Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

In the afternoon, Mike contacted a special construction team to come here to discuss the construction of the factory.

This construction team was actually the same construction team that built the duel competition amphitheater before. Mike had already asked Lockhart for their contact information long before the holiday.

The construction team, called Jeno Buildings, is made up of wizards and house-elves, and they charge more than the average Muggle construction team, but it's really good value for money.

Because their construction speed is quite magical, the quality of the things they make is also very good, and they have a warranty! If the building is damaged to a certain extent within a certain period of time, they will come to repair it free of charge.

On top of that, they are also able to enchant the building according to the client's request.

The spells that can be selected are all kinds of strange, there are the most common Muggle expelling spells and concealment spells, and there are quite rare counter-attack magic mechanisms and traceless stretching spells. Even the person in charge of this construction team told Mike very vaguely that they could also attach the strongest guarding spell to the house, the Brave Loyalty Charm!

I believe that friends who have read the original book carefully know that it is the spell that Harry's parents attached to their house in order to protect Harry.

This is an extremely complex magic that can hide a secret forever in the soul of a living person, and the living person who is selected to hide the secret is called the Keeper.

When the secret hidden by the Faithful Loyalty Mantra is the location of a house, unless the secrecy person takes the initiative to disclose it, then even if the house is in front of you, you will not be able to find it.

This effect seems to be similar to that of the Concealment Charm, but the effect of the Brave Loyalty Charm is much stronger than that of the Concealment Charm.

You must know that even Voldemort was able to find Harry because the keepers leaked the secret.

After learning that the construction team could cast the Faithful Charm, Mike chose to let them build his own factory without hesitation.

Although his factory does not need to be protected by such advanced magic as the Scarlet Loyalty Charm, being able to deploy the Scarlet Loyalty Charm can already prove the strength of this construction team.

After referring to the terrain and environment of the site, the construction team gave three construction plans.

The first is an all-wood canopy-type workshop.

This kind of factory is very poor in terms of habitability and sturdiness, but it is cheaper.

Since there are dense jungles all around, most of the materials for the construction of the workshop can be sourced locally. The quotation given by Jeno Architecture for this construction plan is 1,000 gold Galleons.

The second is slightly better and is made of bricks.

The third one is the best, with a mix of masonry and wood, a super-large factory building and a collective staff dormitory. The plan also includes a protective magic package and a fine decoration package, including a large version of commonly used protective magic such as the Muggle Exorcism Curse. .

However, the third option is also the most expensive, costing as much as 10,000 Galleons.

Mike settled on the third most expensive solution without blinking an eye.

This is not because Mike is too rich, but because this construction payment can be divided into installments, and its interest is pitiful.

The person in charge who came to negotiate after signing the contract on the spot was very happy. In fact, the business situation of their construction team was not optimistic. First, the market of British wizards was too small, and secondly, the rich and old brand Nobles generally have their own ancestral homes, while ordinary wizards choose to build their own houses or buy ready-made Muggle houses.

Based on this situation, their main customers are actually only the newly rich upstarts, who belong to the type who will not open for three years and eat for three years.

How could Mike and Lockhart not be happy with two orders in less than a year?

After saying goodbye to Mike and others, the person in charge immediately used the door key to return to the company to arrange work, but when Mike and the Weasley brothers and others were about to leave half an hour later, they found that there were many dark spots in the sky in the distance. point,

After a closer look, I found out that the person in charge had just come to the site again with a group of construction workers.

As a result, under the watchful eyes of Mike and others, the person in charge instructed the wizards in blue uniforms to take out various building materials from the traceless stretch spell bag they carried with them, and then quickly built a fireplace.

Immediately afterwards, a team of wizards began to level the ground, while more wizards kept walking out of the fireplace, carrying building materials back and forth.

The three Weasley brothers were stunned, because ordinary fireplaces cannot be teleported, and to teleport in, they must link to the Floo network. And Floo's application is extremely slow. They were amazed now that the construction team had built a fireplace and was able to teleport right away.

Mike is not surprised by this. A wizard construction team like them must have their own complete logistics system to operate for so long, and the high-quality and cheap Floo network is of course the best choice.

As for why they don't need to apply for a new fireplace, that must be a classic power-for-money deal.

The efficiency of the construction team is very high. In just one hour, they dug a rectangular foundation with a depth of 10 meters in the open space burned by the Weasley brothers. This made Mike feel a little surprised, you know Putting this amount of work in the Muggle world may not be able to do it in half a month.

The three Weasley brothers and Arthur saw such a large construction site for the first time, so they watched with great interest.

But Mike was not interested in this, so he directly asked Shuke to take him back to his home.

Mike, who had returned home, did not rest, and he had to go to Lockhart again.

Lockhart still has a novel about him. Since he wants to promote the Dolphin drink that will be on sale soon, it must be in place at one time, not only relying on the influence of the Daily Prophet, Let Lockhart also mobilize his brain-dead fans to buy it.

However, when Mike used the fireplace to teleport directly to Lockhart's house, he was surprised to find that Lockhart didn't have the right to teleport to him.

Floo Fireplace teleportation is a bad thing about this, except for public fireplaces like the Leaky Cauldron, you need the consent of the other person to teleport to a private fireplace.

So Mike could only angrily go to the Lockhart house in person.

...

When Mike arrived at Lockhart's house according to the address given earlier by Lockhart, it was already evening.

Mike looked at the large brightly lit villa and the faintly emitting music and female laughter in the villa, and the veins on his fist slowly emerged.

Although Lockhart's house is big, it doesn't have too many defensive facilities. Mike didn't even use his wand, and kicked the door of his house directly.

And when Mike came to a huge room on the second floor looking for the sound, the scene that appeared in front of him made him an old driver who couldn't help but sigh that Lockhart really knew how to play.

On the ceiling of the room, the magic lamp that was supposed to emit soft white light was now flashing with colorful lights, and directly below the magic lamp were dozens of men and women playing musical instruments suspended in the air. dancing to the music.

On the floor of the room, a large number of empty wine bottles and clothes were scattered on the ground, and the unpleasant smell of alcohol and deodorant mixed in the air.

It's all very similar to a bar disco in the Muggle world, the only difference is the people dancing.

Or rather, dancing creatures.

I saw in the center of the room, one by one 'female' magical creatures with different clothes and shapes were writhing with a few wizards.

The largest of them was a female centaur, who was now carrying a thin, ribbed wizard who kept beating with the music, and there was a shameless sound in her mouth. On the other hand, the wizard on its back is just grabbing the neck and below with both hands, which cannot be described, as if he is holding on to the saddle.

In addition, Mike also found a Veela with the same silver hair as Furong on the dance floor. Its silver hair shone brightly under the constantly flickering colored light of the magic lamp, so fascinated by the two wizards that they almost came out.

The strange thing is that there is no Lockhart in it. Mike walked in the dark room looking for Lockhart, and finally found him on the bar in a corner.

Lockhart was holding a goblet filled with red wine and was talking to someone.

Because of the perspective, Mike didn't see who the person sitting opposite Lockhart was, but according to Lockhart's behavior of constantly touching the other side, it could be inferred that it should be a woman.

However, when Mike turned to the side, he realized that the one who was flirting with Lockhart turned out to be a female goblin with a small stature, pointy ears, a big head and dark skin!

Seeing the heavily made-up face of the female goblin and Lockhart's obsessed expression, Mike's mouth opened wide in shock.

It turns out that Lockhart's taste is so unique!

The night vision ability of goblins is much stronger than that of humans, so when Mike circled around Lockhart's side not far from the side of Lockhart, the female goblin sitting across from him had already spotted Mike, and after being questioned by the female goblin, Lockhart found him. He turned his head suddenly and looked at Mike, and the expression on his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Mike! Why are you here!"

Faced with Lockhart's questioning, Mike felt a little embarrassed.

After all, he didn't come with malice this time, but he bumped into Lockhart's special hobby.

"I have something to call you, but the permission of your fireplace doesn't seem to be turned on for me, so I went straight to the door."

"Dear Mr. Mike! You should know that, right? When you reject your Floo transfer application by yourself, it means he doesn't welcome you right now." Lockhart slapped the table and roared, "Can't you? Send me a letter first so I can prepare a little?"

The movement that Lockhart made was so great that it even overwhelmed the noisy music on the side, so it attracted the attention of the 'knight' on the side.

Apparently Lockhart noticed this too, so he dragged Mike into a bright room next door before he could answer.

Mike looked at the room that was decorated in pink as a whole and had various 'heavy toys' hanging on the walls. He tried his best not to laugh out loud, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Laugh if you want! A well-known best-selling author, a handsome guy who has played countless female fans, and a third-level Merlin badge winner! He actually likes to be with goblins in private! How funny! Right!" Loha Te's face darkened as he walked around the room, dancing and saying, "I'll be the laughing stock of the entire wizarding world if this story spreads, and it's all your fault! Mike!"

Mike almost couldn't help laughing while listening to the first half of the speech, but after listening to the second half, especially when Lockhart started pointing his finger at him, the expression on his face suddenly sank. .

"Don't point at me with your finger that doesn't know what disgusting things you have touched. If there is another time, I can guarantee that you will never use this finger again!" Mike knocked Lockhart's finger off. With a gloomy hand, he said, "Please figure out the current situation! I am the one who has the advantage!"

Lockhart sucked in the cold air and swung the painful hand that was beaten by Mike. At first, he wanted to talk back, but after seeing Mike's cold eyes, his body immediately stiffened, and he finally collapsed with a gray face. That huge bed.

"Tell me, what do you have to do with me?" Lockhart said desperately.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's your novel. It should be finished by now, right?"

"Yes, what do you want?"

Mike walked to the edge of the bed, looked down at Lockhart and said, "You can modify it for me, and add some more advertisements about Dolphin's magic drink in it. Do you understand the advertisement? Don't understand, anyway, you only You need to praise the Dolphin drink to death and you're done. Then, wait for me to notify you when the book will be published. I told you to send it before you can send it, understand?"

After Mike finished speaking, the expression on Lockhart's face suddenly became sluggish, and he just stretched out on the bed and stared blankly at Mike.

Suddenly, Lockhart sat up abruptly and raised his voice an octave and said, "That's what you're doing?"

"That's right."

"Then why did you come in person?" Lockhart stared at Mike, "Would you just write me a letter?"

"I'll ask if you can do it!"

Seeing that the expression on Mike's face was getting more and more distorted, Lockhart quickly reacted and nodded quickly.

And Mike didn't say much anymore when he saw Lockhart being so obedient. Now that it was getting late, he needed to hurry home and have dinner with Professor Flitwick and the others.

So under the guidance of Lockhart, Mike deliberately bypassed the previous room like a bar and disco, and came to a room with a fireplace on the side.

"Okay, I'm leaving." Mike grabbed a handful of Floo powder from the jar by the fireplace and walked into the fireplace, "You can continue to find your fairy girlfriend, but make sure to give the manuscript to the day after tomorrow. I'm done. Got it?"

"Yes! I understand." Lockhart replied weakly to Mike, and then the expression on his face became embarrassed. He lowered his head and struggled for a long time before slowly saying, "That... this matter today... ...you won't say it, will you?"

Lockhart lowered his head and waited for a long time without waiting for Mike's response. When he looked up, he found that the fireplace in front of him was empty, and Mike had already teleported away.