Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

Slughorn's expression is a little weird, and Mike sees Slughorn as a tiger deliberately disguised as a pig, and Mike's status in Slughorn's eyes is also very high.

Slughorn admired Mike's talent, strength, wisdom, wealth, and attractiveness of personality. He was even convinced that as long as Mike was given a little time, he would sooner or later become the most talented person in the entire country and even in Europe. Noble and wealthy people.

Slughorn was convinced of this, and he believed in his own vision, which is why he managed to befriend Mike.

But these recent events have made Slughorn see a different side of Mike.

Crazy, violent, vicious, decisive and indifferent to life.

He posted a bounty, and the entire Hogwarts and even the thousands of outlaws outside went crazy. All of this made Slughorn fearful, and he didn't dare to be in front of Mike now. It was installed on the wall, because he found that the other party could easily crush him to death just by waving his hand.

So when he found out that Mike came to visit him, Slughorn actually refused. He had a hunch that the other party must have very troublesome things to do when he came to visit him at this time, but the other party was surprisingly polite, and, The question asked turned out to be only about the side effects of Veritaserum.

This made Slughorn a little bewildered.

Fortunately, Slughorn is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves. He quickly reacted and said:

"The side effects of Veritaserum can't be removed. After all, this formula has been perfected to the extreme, and there is no room for improvement."

"yes?"

Mike sighed lightly, but the expression on his face did not show much disappointment.

He was about to leave, and since his question had been answered, there was no need for him to stay here.

Just when he turned to leave, Slughorn said again:

"But there are potions that have the same effect as Veritaserum but have few side effects."

With that, Slughorn waved his wand.

A thick magic book flew from the bookshelf behind it to Mike, and opened it automatically.

"Look, this is it." Slughorn pointed to a line of words written in ancient rune with the tip of his staff and said to Mike, "The potion of truth, its effect is also that the user can only speak the truth, But the effect is much worse than Veritaserum. Well, the duration is about half worse, and there is a certain chance that the other party will babble nonsense, making it impossible to ask. But like its weak effect, its side effects are also very Small, people who take this medicine will only feel a little trance, and this kind of symptoms just need a sleep."

Slughorn had apparently entered the teaching state, and he said that the saliva was flying, and Mike had to back up a little to avoid being sprayed by the droplets.

"Is this...is it really useful?"

Mike asked in disbelief, he never had hope for Slughorn. He's here just to show off.

But now it seems that the other party is obviously more powerful than he expected.

"Of course it works. I used this potion when I was young and experimented with it on a Muggle. This potion is absolutely effective!" After speaking, Slughorn's face changed, and he waved his hands in panic. He stared at Mike with those big eyes and said, "Oh! You heard it wrong, I said I did an experiment on a leper dwarf. Yes, a leper dwarf! Experimenting with Muggles or something is If it is against the law, I will not do such inhumane things!"

Mike looked at Slughorn coldly, and the other party's words once again reminded Mike of the status of Muggles in the eyes of wizards.

Just like humans do experiments with monkeys and orangutans, wizards also use Muggles for magic research. In the eyes of wizards, Muggles are really suitable experimental materials. After all, Muggles' bodies and Wizards are almost the same.

Mike recalled that he had learned all kinds of esoteric potions, transfiguration, and black magic, and his body could not help shivering. Behind this knowledge, I don't know how many innocent lives were mercilessly taken away.

Mike himself is also a man with bloody hands, but he still has an instinctive aversion to human experimentation.

Beads of sweat began to form on Slughorn's cheeks, and the expression on his face became a little frightened.

All this is because Mike's expression began to become more and more frightening, that hideous expression, as if he would take out his wand and give himself a life-threatening spell at any time.

Slughorn stepped back slowly, and at the same time reached into the lined pocket of his suit and grabbed a small glass vial, which contained Fulin, which was one of his last means of saving his life.

However, what Slughorn was worried about did not happen, and the grim look on Mike's face quickly disappeared and returned to his previous smile.

But as long as you observe carefully, you can find that although Mike's face is full of smiles, it gives people a feeling of not smiling. The original kindness has completely disappeared, replaced by It's pure cold.

"I still have a question, Professor," Mike said. "Since the side effects of this mantra potion are so low and the effects are acceptable, why is everyone using the Veritaserum potion now?"

Slughorn obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now. His hands were still in the lining pockets of his suit, and he stammered:

"This... This is because of the cost. The cost of configuring the mantra potion is very high, almost twice that of the Veritaserum, and it is also more difficult to make than the Veritaserum, so gradually no one is making it. It's gone. In fact it's almost lost, and now there are basically only a dozen people in Europe who know how to configure it."

"Is that so?" Mike said with a smile, "Then can I ask the professor to help me make some mantra potions? I'm embarrassed to say that, I need more potions, probably enough for 100 people. But You can rest assured that all the materials will be provided by me, including you and I will also prepare a generous remuneration."

"This... of course there is no problem. It is my duty as a professor to help students."

"Then I won't disturb your rest."

With that said, Mike slowly exited the office.

As the office door was gently closed, Slughorn finally breathed a sigh of relief. Mike looked so scary just now that he almost thought he was going to die.

Breathing heavily, Slughorn instinctively reached for the cigar over there to take a sip, but all he touched was a mass of ashes.

He looked down and saw that the half-smoked cigar had already burned out, and the precious carpet under his feet had also been burned with a big hole by the cigarette butt.

"Merlin's beard..."

Slughorn cursed instinctively, but as soon as he spoke, the door to the office was opened here.

"Oh! That's right, Professor. I forgot to say that you don't need to keep secret about what I asked you to do. If anyone asks about it, you should tell him the truth. Well, this time it's really goodbye, professor."

The door of the office was gently closed again, but the expression on Slughorn's face was very wonderful, because he didn't receive any warning when Mike opened the door just now, and he spent a lot of money to arrange it. The prohibition on the door seemed to be completely non-existent in front of Mike!

...

On Monday, Hogwarts finally recovered some of the school's appearance, and the various damages caused by the student riots in the castle were quickly restored thanks to the efforts of the house-elves and the punitive labor of many erring students.

The subjects of various professors have basically returned to normal, and even Slughorn, who had been cowardly hiding in the office from the beginning, has returned to the podium.

Have to say it's a good thing, especially for fifth and seventh graders.

Because no matter how severe the external situation is, they have to participate in the OWL and exams that can determine their future lives this year. You must know that Hogwarts has no chance to repeat.

Now that classes have resumed, students should go to class.

This is a philosophy that Dumbledore resolutely implements, and even students like Mike are no exception.

So Mike ran to class with his book in hand.

This morning, what they are going to teach is Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. The task assigned by Professor McGonagall is to turn a mouse into a cat. This is a relatively difficult task for the sixth grade students, because it involves biological The problem of behavior and habits, if you conjure up a cat that gnaws and bites like a mouse, it is not qualified.

Hermione was the happiest to be able to resume classes, but the others were different, especially the students who participated in the riots, most of whom had bruises and scars on their faces, which was angry It was left to them by Professor Snape.

These people waved their wands with sullen faces. Because of their poor mental state, the cats they turned out also seemed a little sluggish.

Mike didn't sympathize with them at all, what they did before was really bad, so in the rest of the semester, they had to use their spare time to complete the punishment given by the professors while completing a lot of schoolwork, which included obligations Labor, review reports, and confinement.

Professor McGonagall's expression on the podium was also not very good-looking. From the beginning to the end of the class, her mouth was tightly pressed together. Anyone who knew her well knew that this was a sign of her anger.

And to say who was the most relaxed in the whole class, it must be Mike.

It only took him five minutes to turn the mouse sent down into a clingy black cat, and then he flipped through a magic book called "The Magic of Language" without anyone else, ignoring it completely. Professor McGonagall's murderous look.

After a Transfiguration class, the Ravenclaw student sitting next to Mike broke out in a cold sweat.

He was so afraid of Professor McGonagall that he was so frightened that he almost couldn't hold his wand.

At 11:00 sharp, Professor McGonagall announced the dismissal of the get out of class on time. This is one of the characteristics of Professor McGonagall. She will never delay the class.

When Professor McGonagall walked away with her high heels ticking away, the entire classroom was considered to be alive. Everyone walked to the restaurant without a word, and some were corporally punished.

Mike also packed up and got up and walked to the door alone. Franklin skipped class today to help Mike.

"Mike!"

Hermione's familiar voice came from behind, Mike looked back, and sure enough, the Harry trio were behind him.

"It's a coincidence that you guys are here, let's go eat together." Mike said with a smile, "Harry, Ron, I can share some of my lunch with you later. The house-elves in the kitchen don't know what's going crazy recently. , I was given more and more food, and I was too embarrassed to waste food, so I had to bite the bullet and finish it every time, it felt so uncomfortable."

Hearing this, both Harry and Ron nodded quickly, and they also felt that the house-elves in the kitchen were crazy. It's just that unlike Mike, the food that the house-elves gave them to Gryffindor was always poor, and they couldn't get enough to eat at all.

Hermione rolled her eyes at the two foodies, and then looked at Mike with a worried look.

"Mike, are you really going to torture every classmate in the school with that weakened Veritaserum Potion?"

Mike raised his eyebrows and said:

"Who told you?"

"We listened to Angelina, but it doesn't matter because Angelina also listened to others."

"Yes, in fact, the fact that you are going to feed all the teachers and students the mantra potion has spread throughout Hogwarts."

"If you want me to say, this is really not a good idea. Although Azkaban is no longer here, it is illegal after all, and Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic cannot turn a blind eye!"

Harry and Hermione, you gave an overview of the matter in one word, and Mike nodded repeatedly. After they had finished speaking, he tried to suppress the corner of his mouth that he wanted to raise, and pretended to be firm. said:

"This matter is not negotiable. There is only one way to find the assassin. I will never give up."

Mike's voice was a little loud, and many of the classmates around him heard what he said, and they all quickened their pace after hearing the words, fearing that they would be discovered by Mike.

Hermione and Harry's expressions were also not very good-looking, they did not expect Mike to be so stubborn.

But as friends, they couldn't sit back and watch their best friend go astray, and with this belief, Hermione was ready to persuade Mike again.

But before she could speak, Mike waved his hand to signal her to stop talking, and pointed in the direction of the auditorium and said:

"Okay, don't talk about that now. Let's go eat first."

Saying that, Mike turned around and walked towards the auditorium.

Harry and the others looked at each other, and finally took steps to keep up with Mike.