Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Seeing this, Mike hurriedly closed the bag to prevent the pile of cockroaches from crawling out.

The name Cockroach Pile means a pile of cockroaches, but it is not a real cockroach, but a candy made in the shape of a cockroach, which is a very strong-flavored candy.

Feeling the wonderful touch of the squirming piles of cockroaches in the bag, Mike frowned in disgust, pinched the mouth of the bag with his index finger and thumb, and returned it to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was not surprised by Mike's reaction. In fact, he had given this "delicious food" to many people, so he was already used to it.

He took the bag and took out a pile of crawling cockroaches, threw it into his mouth and started eating. Not only that, Dumbledore also showed an extremely intoxicated expression while eating, as if he was eating. What a delicious meal.

After finishing one, Dumbledore took out another cockroach pile and handed it to Mike who looked across from him with a shocked look on his face.

"There is an old saying in the far East that people should not be judged by their appearance. It means that we cannot judge a person based on his appearance alone," Dumbledore said. "Come and try it. I guarantee you will not be disappointed."

Looking at the cockroach-shaped candy that was still jumping around in front of him, Mike was a little at a loss.

To be honest, Mike thinks that he has a relatively strong tolerance for such heavy-flavored food. He has eaten the disgusting-colored heavy-flavored food called preserved egg that is popular in that ancient oriental country. Although Only one time.

He had also tried insects before, but they were fried, and the ones he ate were relatively clean bee pupae. To be honest, they tasted pretty good.

But looking at the pile of lively cockroaches in front of him, although he knew in his heart that it was just a candy, Mike still didn't dare to take action.

It's as difficult as putting a piece of chocolate-flavored chocolate and a piece of chocolate-flavored chocolate in front of you and asking you to choose one to eat.

After hesitating for a while, under Dumbledore's encouraging eyes, Mike finally reached out to the cockroach-shaped candy.

To be honest, he was quite interested in this famously heavy-flavored candy.

Of course, he didn't take the whole cockroach directly, but just broke off one leg.

Putting this slender leg in front of his eyes, Mike discovered that there was a difference between this candy called Cockroach Pile and real cockroaches.

Although real cockroach legs can remain active for a period of time after being broken off, their flexibility and range of motion will be greatly reduced. However, after being ripped off, the legs on the cockroach pile were the same as when they were on the body, swinging violently.

After gritting his teeth, Mike threw the cockroach leg into his mouth, then closed his eyes and started chewing.

After just a few bites, Mike opened his eyes with a look of surprise on his face.

The smell of cockroach feet is actually not bad!

Unlike real cockroach legs, the legs of cockroach piles are hard. When Mike bites them into pieces, his mouth is filled with the aroma of coffee.

If we had to describe it as an ordinary candy, the cockroach legs tasted like coffee candies, the best kind.

Seeing the shocked look on Mike's face after eating, Dumbledore quickly handed over the pile of cockroaches with their legs broken off, his eyes full of expectation and encouragement.

After trying the cockroach pile legs, Mike also changed his mind about this kind of candy that was no different from a live cockroach. He hesitated again and again when he took the candy from Dumbledore's hand, and finally closed his eyes and swallowed this candy that was still struggling desperately. He threw the pile of cockroaches into his mouth.

As soon as the pile of cockroaches entered his mouth, Mike started chewing desperately. He didn't want to feel the feeling of live cockroaches crawling in his mouth, so he wanted to rely on this method to kill the pile of cockroaches quickly.

However, the pile of cockroaches is just candy. It has no life at all, and there is no such thing as death. So no matter how much Mike chewed, the pile of cockroaches in his mouth kept crawling.

Mike resisted the goosebumps-inducing feeling in his mouth and chewed quickly, and as he chewed, an increasingly strong aroma of coffee filled the air, passing through his throat. Rinse the nasal cavity.

Mike was surprised to find that, aside from the horrible feeling of live cockroaches crawling in your mouth, the cockroach pile actually tasted really good!

The wings, limbs and shell of the cockroach pile are all made of coffee hard candies, while its belly is made of soft candies. When you bite it, the milk chocolate syrup inside will spurt out, releasing a rich and sweet flavor. The small amount of bitterness in the coffee hard candy is neutralized, leaving only the rich coffee aroma in the end.

Mike didn't make any move to swallow at all. The pile of cockroaches completely melted under his chewing within a short time.

"Want another one?"

Seeing that Mike had finished eating, Dumbledore took out another cockroach and handed it over, his eyes full of expectation.

"No, principal, I think just one of this delicacy a day is enough." Mike quickly refused. Although the cockroach pile tasted good, it tasted so creepy that Mike didn't want to try it a second time.

"You're right. The more delicious the food, the more we need to exercise restraint. It's just like being a human being. We must remain rational in the face of temptation." Dumbledore stopped persuading after seeing this and collected the cockroaches. He stood up and said, "Thank you for having dinner with me, Mr. Townley. To be honest, I haven't had such a happy meal in a long time."

Dumbledore's words were so sincere that Mike couldn't tell the truth from the lies, so he could only reply with a regular polite word.

Dumbledore didn't lie, he really enjoyed today's dinner.

Often the older the old people are, the more they like children, and Dumbledore is no exception. What he likes to see most is the smiles of children, so he always invites students who come to his office to eat desserts and candies. He thinks Sweet things can make people feel happy.

However, I don’t know why, maybe because they are too nervous in front of their principal or for some other reason, only a handful of students are willing to try the candies given by Dumbledore, and there is not a single student in the cockroach pile. Dare to try, which made Dumbledore very disappointed.

But today, Mike not only ate his cake, but also tried his collection of cockroaches, which made Dumbledore, a candy lover and kind grandfather, overjoyed.

Of course, Dumbledore also once doubted whether Mike ate those things deliberately to please him.

But when he saw Mike eating, he gave up the idea and came to the conclusion that the child was really hungry.

Of course, Mike had no idea what Dumbledore was thinking. As Dumbledore concluded, he only ate what Dumbledore gave him simply because he was hungry.

Mike once wondered whether Dumbledore would put some veritaserum or other potions in the food he gave him, but he rejected this conjecture in a flash.

Are you kidding me? If a great wizard like Dumbledore wanted to deal with him, would he still need to drug him?

After that, the two chatted for a while about the Hogwarts campus before Dumbledore finally got to the point.

"Mike, can you tell me what happened last night?"

As soon as these words came out, Mike's expression suddenly froze, and the atmosphere in the office suddenly became gloomy.

"Okay, Principal Dumbledore." Mike sat upright after hearing this and said slowly, "That night I was suddenly awakened from my sleep and found a piece of parchment beside my pillow, which said 'Penello is here with me. Here, now come to the Forbidden Forest alone, without telling anyone.' So I went to the Forbidden Forest.

I believe you already know what happened next. The person who sent me the letter was Percy. To be precise, it should be Voldemort. He conquered the Acromantulas and Centaurs in the Forbidden Forest and attacked me, forcing me to fight back. "

Dumbledore looked directly into Mike's eyes as he spoke, as if he could tell if Mike was lying.

Mike knew that wizards of Dumbledore's level did not need to recite spells or wands when releasing Legilimency, so he also used Occlumency with all his strength, hoping to deceive Dumbledore.

"What about the parchment? Mr. Townley." Dumbledore looked away after a long silence and asked.

"It spontaneously combusted after I finished watching it."

After finishing speaking, the office fell into silence.

I don't know how long it took before Dumbledore spoke again: "Okay Mr. Townley, thank you very much for coming here with your injuries today. I'm very sorry for what happened to you. I, as the principal, couldn't protect you." dereliction of duty."

"You spoke harshly, principal, so I should apologize to you. If I had told you about this matter as soon as possible, maybe the matter would not have become such a big deal."

"Okay, let's stop being so condescending to each other. I think it's time for you to go back. If you don't go back, your friends will probably be anxious." Dumbledore said with a kind smile, " I hope you can recover as soon as possible and get back to studying, and I hope you can achieve good results in the next exam."

Mike was quite surprised to hear Dumbledore mention his friend, because there was no one around him when he first woke up.

But Mike didn't think much about it. Dumbledore's gaze just now put a lot of pressure on him. Now he didn't want to stay in this place for a second anymore, so he stood up and left.

But when Mike was about to walk out of the office, Dumbledore stopped him again.

"One more thing. The diary has been confirmed to be Voldemort's Horcrux after testing. As a reward for destroying the Horcrux and saving your classmates, I decided to add 100 points to Ravenclaw and award Your Hogwarts Special Contribution Award." Dumbledore smiled, "Finally, I hope you can forgive Hagrid for being rude. He is actually a very good person, but he doesn't know enough about some things. whole."

"Thank you very much, Principal Dumbledore, this is what I should do." Mike turned around and glanced at Dumbledore in surprise and said sincerely, "As for Hagrid's matter, I didn't take it to heart from the beginning. Hagrid and I are also friends, and it was completely arrogant to say that we should be held accountable."

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As they set off back to the ward, a bright smile broke out on Mike's face.

What Dumbledore just expressed was very clear. He awarded Mike a Special Contribution Award and gave Ravenclaw a hundred points in exchange for Mike no longer holding Hagrid accountable.

The price given by Dumbledore is already not small. Adding 100 points is nothing, but this special contribution award is amazing.

As far as Mike knows, the review of the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award is extremely strict. Once the winner's name and trophy are awarded, they will be permanently placed in the prize showroom at Hogwarts, and will be accepted by generations of young wizards. worship.

At the same time, this award can also add points to the wizard rating exam in the future, and it can also play a considerable role in job hunting in the future.

This transaction can be said to be of great benefit to Mike, so Mike agreed without any hesitation.

Mike hummed a little tune all the way back to his ward. As soon as he opened the door, he found that his ward was already crowded with people.

Penello was lying on Mike's bed in pain, with a dinner placed on the bedside table next to her, while Mrs. Weasley squatted beside her and patted her back gently, saying with words of comfort to her.

Harry, Franklin, the others, and the rest of the Weasley family looked anxious, speculating among themselves about where Mike might be.

Mike understood as soon as he saw this scene. It turned out that the reason why there was no one around him when he woke up was just because Penelo and the others had gone to have dinner. Now they should have brought food for Mike but found that Mike was missing, so they were worried. .

"Wow, I didn't expect it to be so lively in my room?"

Mike deliberately said this in a very exaggerated tone, and suddenly heard Mike's voice, and everyone in the room was attracted.

Penello raised his delicate face with pear blossoms in the rain, and looked at the door with a pair of red and swollen eyes.

Penelo's eyes lit up the moment he saw Mike, and he stood up quickly to say something.

However, someone was faster than her.

"Mike, I'm so grateful to you!" Mrs. Weasley stepped forward, held Mike's hand, and said with sobs, "Thank you for saving Percy. Really, if this child was born... His father and I really don’t know what to do!”

"Yes, Mike, it's all thanks to you this time." The Weasley brothers also gathered around and expressed their gratitude, "Principal Dumbledore told me everything. Percy is really lucky this time!"

Mike looked at Mrs. Weasley, who was holding his hand and crying non-stop, and the three Weasley brothers and their father, Mr. Weasley, who looked grateful, at a loss. He didn't know what to say. good.

At this moment, Madam Pomfret's voice suddenly came from the corridor:

"Weasleys, come here! Percy's awake!"