Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

With excitement, Mike pushed open the wooden door and entered the room.

I saw that Professor Flitwick was talking to the white-bearded old man in the room. The two stopped to talk when they saw Mike coming, and looked at them in unison.

"Mike, let me introduce you." Professor Flitwick said with a smile, "This is the elder of our Raven's Nest, Randall Woodcutt."

Mike nodded towards Randall and greeted respectfully.

"Hehehe, what an excellent boy." Randall's eyes were lost when he smiled, and he pointed to a set of large sofas in the room and said, "Come, come, stop standing, sit down."

Mike was also welcome and sat down with Flitwick.

At this time, the conversation really entered the theme. I saw Randall's small brown eyes kept looking at Mike, and he said after a long time:

"Mike, on behalf of all the members of Ravenclaw House, I want to thank you for retrieving the long-lost crown. Maybe a little wizard like you can't understand what it means to us, but we can't take advantage of it. Yours are cheap."

Randall said that he paused here, carefully observed Mike's expression, and continued to say after seeing that there was nothing wrong:

"So after some discussion, we decided to give you two house-elves."

After speaking, Randall stretched out his hand like a chicken claw and snapped his fingers in mid-air, and then two house-elves appeared in front of Mike.

The two house-elves were very similar in height and size, and were dressed very similarly, both wearing plain white pillowcases without any symbols. Different from the dirty look of the house-elves in Mike's impression, these two house-elves were very clean, even the pillowcases they wore as clothes were spotless.

And on their heads they also wore berets, the one on the left was wearing a red and black plaid made of woolen cloth, and the one on the right was the same as the one on the left except that the color was black and white.

These two berets are very new, if Mike guessed correctly, they should have been given to them by their owner not long ago.

(There is an implicit contract between a house elf and a wizard. If a wizard wants to give his own house elf freedom, he only needs to give it a piece of clothing. The clothing mentioned here includes Very wide, from small handkerchiefs to large tablecloth curtains.

In history, there are very few cases of voluntarily rescinding contracts with house-elves. On the one hand, wizards are unwilling to lose such a free labor force. On the other hand, because freedom is a sin for house-elves, it is Clothes given by their masters are like exile to them. )

As soon as the two house-elves appeared in the room, they bowed deeply to Mike for a long time, and directly slammed their huge heads on the ground, making a dull sound of the wooden floor colliding with their foreheads. .

"This is a pair of twin brothers, who are only 10 years old this year. The one wearing the red and black hat is the elder brother, named Shuke, and the one wearing the black and white hat is Beta. You will be their master from now on."

Randall introduced the two house elves to Mike, and the two little guys immediately raised their heads and looked at Mike in surprise. In their house elf society, a family without a master Pixies are a disgrace to all pixies and should kill themselves right away. So these two little guys are very happy to hear that they have a new owner so soon.

"Master! I'm Beta, I can do anything, I promise not to disappoint you."

The house elf in the black and white hat hurriedly began to show his loyalty, while Shuke, who was beside it, was much calmer, not as impulsive as his younger brother, but just bowed to Mike again.

"Okay, you go down first, we still have business to talk about."

Randall waved his hand and gave orders to Shuke and Beta, but surprisingly, Shuke and Beta, who had been obedient to Randall before, did not obey his orders.

Just looking at Mike with questioning eyes.

Mike naturally understands what this is about. Shuke and Beta are now their own house-elves, and naturally they will not continue to obey Randleton's orders.

So Mike nodded slightly towards Shuke and Beta, which made them disappear into the room again.

Randall wasn't annoyed when he saw this. The fiery temper that he had lived for so long had long since faded away, not to mention that the house elf itself was such a rigid creature.

Seeing that the two house-elves had disappeared, Randall took out a piece of parchment and a set of copper keys from his arms with a smile and handed it to Mike.

Mike took it instinctively, and just when Mike was puzzled, Randall explained:

"Felius told me you were looking for a house, right? Then this house is for you."

Hearing that, Mike was stunned for a moment, and then he was pleasantly surprised.

This is really a sleepy pillow, and I was still considering whether to find someone to buy a room or build a new one. Now Raven's Nest directly gave me a ready-made one.

I opened the parchment and saw that it was a magical contract.

This magical contract is different from the one signed by Mike and Lockhart before. This is the highest-level magical contract, and its effectiveness is second only to the strongest and oldest contract magic: the unbreakable oath.

The deed clearly marked the location of the house as Professor Flitwick's home, in Godric's Hollow, except that the house number was 518 Godric's Hollow.

It seems that Professor Flitwick and Randall were discussing this matter before, and it is very likely that this house was chosen by Professor Flitwick, in order to make Mike live closer to him. He can be there at the first time.

Mike felt that a certain string in his heart was touched. In the past two years, Professor Flitwick had nothing to say about Mike, and he was raising Mike as his own son. And Mike's heart wasn't made of stone either, so he was naturally very moved at this moment.

Taking a deep breath, Mike bowed deeply to Professor Flitwick and thanked him. Although Mike didn't say anything provocative, his thoughts were completely conveyed to Flitwick's heart. Made Flitwick, a sentimental man, cry.

Randall on the side watched all this with a smile, and continued after Mike and Flitwick calmed down:

"This house was originally a safe house set up by our Raven's Nest when Voldemort and the Death Eaters ravaged the UK. Now that Voldemort is dead, and his Death Eaters have also dispersed, this safe house is also There is no need to exist, and it is also considered to be the best use of it for you.

Since it was once used as a safe house, this house has excellent protection capabilities. Not only has a large number of defensive magics and basic Muggle exorcism spells been set up, but also stealth magic has been applied. This kind of stealth magic is not as good as the Faithful Charm, but it is also very good. Although it can't guard against a great wizard like Dumbledore, it is enough to guard against an ordinary wizard.

As long as you sign your full name on this contract, then this house belongs to you, and you will have the highest authority over all the magic devices in it. "

After listening to Randall's explanation, Mike immediately took out the black thorn pear wood wand. This high-level magical contract cannot be written with ordinary pen and ink. It is the same as the magical signature of Gringotts as one of the withdrawal certificates. All require the use of magic to write.

Because everyone's magical breath is different, this signature can be said to be unique and extremely difficult to imitate.

Mike used the wand as the pen and the magic as the ink to sign his name on the contract.

After Mike wrote the last letter, the parchment ignited spontaneously, and disappeared into ashes in a short while. And there was something more in Mike's mind, which was the specific address of a house.

This specific address is like the car navigation of Mike's previous life, marking all the paths that Mike will take from his current location to that house.

After slowly digesting the sudden extra information in his mind, Mike told Randall and Professor Flitwick that he was done.

Here's the thing, Mike's purpose of attending the Raven Party today has been successfully completed, but the Raven Party is not over yet.

When Mike and the others walked out of the room and returned to the hall, there was still a steady stream of wizards coming in from the gate, and then excitedly ran to the display stand in the center of the hall to visit the crown.

As a major contributor to recovering the crown, Mike has naturally become a hot presence in the eyes of these people. People kept coming up to say hello to Mike, and said that they could go to them if they encountered any difficulties in the future, and they would definitely give Mike the greatest help.

Among them are high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic, as well as direct members of ancient families, and there are many heirs and even patriarchs of new and new families who have started their business on the basis of business. The strength of the Raven's Nest is evident from this.

The people who came to greet Mike from early morning until noon finally stopped. The Raven's Nest is a loose member mutual aid organization, and the control of members is not strict.

So when it was almost time for dinner, although the Raven Party wasn't over yet, most of the people left the hut in twos and threes and went to other activities.

This is actually not surprising. Although these people have a good relationship, they usually work all over the world. Now that they finally meet each other, they naturally want to be happy.

Maybe for them, the main purpose of coming to the Raven Party this time is not to see what Ravenclaw's crown is, but simply to get together with old friends who have not seen each other for a long time.

Mike also received a lot of invitations, but Mike declined all of them.

Because he had already promised Uncle Mario to go to his house for dinner.

In the hall, Mike, who finally got rid of those grandfathers and uncles, let out a long sigh of relief. This entertainment made Mike feel very tired, even more tired than the last battle with Cedric.

Abbott, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that Mike had finally stopped, so he leaned over and said, "Is it done? I'll go to the Ministry of Magic when it's done."

"Come on, I'm ready."

Hearing that, Abbott had a smile on his face, turned his head and shouted at Uncle Mario who was chatting with Flitwick and the others:

"Dad, Mike and I are going to the Ministry of Magic, and we'll be home before lunch!"

Uncle Mario obviously also knows about the Dolphin patent, and he is chatting hotly with his old friends, so he waved his hand without looking back, signaling Abbott to get out of the way.

Abbott, who received the response, quickly pulled Mike out of the hut, fearing that Mike would be found by some uncle and aunt.

Since there is no fireplace and other equipment in the Raven Hut, and Abbot, the new Auror squad leader, naturally does not have a door key that can directly reach the Ministry of Magic, so Abbot and Mike first used the door key to return. In the manor of the Foley family, and then use the fireplace in the manor to teleport to the Ministry of Magic.

The British Ministry of Magic is located in the depths of Whitehall in central London. The entire Ministry of Magic is a total of ten floors. It contains a large number of offices, courtrooms and a Wizengamot court. It can be said that this is the center of the rights of the entire British wizarding community. .

When Mike walked out of the fireplace, what appeared before him was a hall far more majestic than Gringotts.

The floor of the hall was a polished dark wood floor, and the walls on either side were lined with many gilded fireplaces, and countless wizards were lining up to enter the fireplace on the wall directly opposite Mike to leave the Ministry of Magic. , and on Mike's side, a steady stream of people walked out of the fireplace.

It seems that the fireplace on Mike's side is dedicated to arriving at the Ministry of Magic, and the opposite is dedicated to leaving.

Perhaps because Mike stayed at the fireplace for too long, there were many dissatisfied voices from the fireplace behind Mike. Mike looked back only to find that his back was already overcrowded, and he hurried out of the way.

Abbott laughed when he saw Mike's rare embarrassment, and introduced to Mike:

"This is the main hall of the Ministry of Magic, on the eighth basement level. And that is our current Minister of Magic, Connelly Fudge."

Looking at the place pointed by Abbott, I saw a huge magical portrait hung above the crowd. This portrait depicts a wealthy middle-aged white man. At this moment, he is looking down at the people coming and going in the hall below him with a smile.

Just below this portrait, and in the center of the entire hall, is a huge fountain.

At the very center of the fountain is a group of statues of wizards, witches, centaurs, goblins, and house-elves. The tallest among them was a noble and handsome wizard who was holding his wand high and pointing straight to the sky. Surrounding him were a beautiful witch, a centaur, a goblin and a house-elf.

Now the statues of centaurs, goblins, and house-elves were looking up at the two wizards with infinite admiration, and gleaming jets of water shot out from the tips of the wizards' wands, the centaurs' arrows, and the house-elf's ears. A beautiful arc was drawn in mid-air, and finally fell into the pool.