Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Because he hadn't seen Cedric for a long time, and because Cedric was too enthusiastic, Mike finally gave in and agreed to have two drinks with Cedric.

But Cedric seemed to be deeply afraid that Mike would sneak away halfway, and he hugged Mike tightly all the way. Finally, after Mike repeatedly said that he would never run away, he reluctantly let go of his hand on Mike's shoulder.

The two walked together in the direction of Hufflepuff.

Of course, their destination was not the Hufflepuff common room, but the Hogwarts kitchen.

Compared to the Hufflepuff lounge, the kitchen is obviously a more suitable place for drinking. The house elves in it all cook delicious food, provide considerate service, and speak nicely.

Cedric said he loved being in there.

It is worth mentioning that the two met Harry halfway.

Just from his gloomy expression, you can tell that Harry is in a very bad mood right now. If it were the Cedric of the past, he would just go up and say hello.

But now this Cedric actually dragged Harry to the kitchen with him, claiming that he wanted to treat him to afternoon tea.

Mike wholeheartedly agrees with this!

Although he was in a bad mood, Harry still maintained his basic self-cultivation. He kept saying that he had to participate in Quidditch training later and had no time to drink afternoon tea.

However, Harry's small arms and legs were obviously no match for the two big men, Mike and Cedric, and he was carried to the kitchen of Hogwarts by the two of them.

It was obvious that Cedric must come to the kitchen often to eat and drink.

So when Cedric, Mike and others came to the kitchen, the house elves inside ran to prepare food without even asking, while Mike and others found a small round table and sat down.

"Mike, Cedric. To be honest, I really have to go to training later..."

After arriving in the kitchen, Harry was released and wanted to find an excuse to leave, but before he could finish speaking, Cedric got angry.

"It's raining today to train, why don't you make excuses!" Cedric angrily pressed Harry on the chair, "You dare to leave today because you don't treat me as a friend!"

Cedric's angry look obviously frightened Harry. Harry sat pitifully in his seat, his eyes peeking at Cedric from time to time, for fear that he would get angry again.

Seeing this, Mike smiled, patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Don't be nervous, Cedric doesn't mean any harm. Besides, it's raining today, so it's really not a good time to go to Quidditch training."

"I don't want to go, but Oliver is crazy. He forces everyone to get up at five o'clock every morning for a morning meeting, and to train every day, no matter what!"

Harry deliberately emphasized the last four words when he said them. It seemed that he was very resentful towards their Quidditch captain.

The smile on Mike's face became even brighter. He originally thought that Roger pestering him all day long to ask him to participate in the competition was already crazy enough, but he didn't expect that the Gryffindor Quidditch team went even further.

Unlike Mike, Cedric, who was still smiling at first, immediately turned serious after Harry finished speaking, and said to Harry with a complicated expression:

"Don't blame Wood, he should graduate this year. To be honest, he is quite pitiful. Wood's dream is to become a champion, but Gryffindor has not won the Quidditch Cup for at least seven consecutive years. If If we can’t win the cup this year…”

Cedric stopped mid-sentence, lowering his head with a serious expression as if he was mourning for Wood.

When Harry heard this, he lowered his head and remained silent, making Mike feel a little embarrassed.

The eerie silence between the three people did not last long, because the surprisingly efficient house elves had already begun to serve the food.

Cedric, who was awakened from some complicated emotions, returned to his original state. He took out a bottle of whiskey from a hidden corner next to the round table, opened the bottle cap, covered the pattern on the bottle with his hand, and poured it. A glass was handed to Harry.

"Come on, I told you to treat you to afternoon tea." Cedric said with a smile, "Hufflepuff's special black tea!"

After Harry saw the cup of liquid that was very similar in color to black tea, his face showed an expression that looked like a black question mark.

"This seems...not black tea, right?" Harry lowered his head and smelled it, "Ahem! It doesn't smell like it either! Isn't this wine?"

Seeing that Harry was not fooled, the smile on Cedric's face quickly faded. He picked up the bottle again and poured it for himself and Mike respectively before continuing to persuade:

"You are mistaken. This is black tea, but it smells a bit like wine. Try it. My black tea has effects that ordinary black tea does not have."

Cedric paused for a moment before continuing: "It can make people forget their worries and sorrows. To be honest, this thing is very expensive. If I hadn't seen your frown, I wouldn't have let you drink it."

Harry began to doubt his life. Since he had never drank alcohol or even smelled it, Harry was not sure of the authenticity of Cedric's words and could only look at Mike helplessly.

It's always bad behavior to trick a child into drinking hard liquor, but Mike especially wanted to see Harry's reaction after being tricked.

So Mike pretended not to see it, lowered his head and ate the food served by the house elf.

This is a very common drink pairing in the UK, consisting of fried pork rinds, Scottish fried eggs, beef jerky and some pickled cucumbers.

When many foreigners think of Britain, they think of well-dressed gentlemen and gay men, but in fact, the most favorite thing for most British men to do is drink.

The UK can be said to be a place rich in drunkards. Everyone says that the fighting nation drinks heavily and drinks vodka every day.

But in fact, when it comes to drinking, the British are even worse than the fighting nations.

In fact, the United Kingdom is the country with the largest alcohol consumption in the world (in terms of value). With a population of more than 60 million, it ranks first on the list. You can imagine how much the British like to drink.

In a country with such a popular drinking culture, the food that goes with the wine is naturally not that bad.

Not to mention beef jerky and pickled cucumbers, fried pork rinds also have an unexpected flavor after being simply fried.

There is even a restaurant that specializes in fried pork rinds and has been awarded three Michelin stars. You can imagine how delicious this snack is.

The preparation of Scottish fried eggs is more complicated than fried pork rinds. It is worth noting that one egg is not fried in another. As the name suggests, this dish is fried eggs.

It's just that it's fried eggs that have already been cooked, and before frying, they have to be wrapped with a layer of seasoned ham, coriander, green onions and other ingredients.

This dish is a bit devilish, and Mike is not very interested in it. It feels like a mixture of boiled eggs and fried meat, and it tastes weird and greasy.

When Mike was eating hard, Harry's eyes left Mike and focused on the cup of "black tea" again.

He is not a fool, so he naturally knows that the cup of black tea in front of him is wine.

But the minor's curiosity about wine prompted him not to expose Cedric's clumsy lie, and even lowered his head to take a sip.

"Cough cough cough!"

For Harry, a young boy who had never drunk alcohol before, the 43-proof whiskey was still too strong. As soon as the liquid entered his throat, Harry started coughing violently, making Mike and Cedric laugh wildly.

As if to celebrate their success in deceiving Harry, Cedric and Michael raised their glasses and clinked them together before drinking down the small amount of whiskey in the glasses.

"Ha, it's really good wine." Cedric said cheerfully, "How about it, Harry, does it taste good with the water of life?"

"I can't, this wine is too strong!"

Harry quickly shook his head and waved his hands, indicating that he could not enjoy such delicious food.

However, he was no match for Cedric. Under Cedric's constant persuasion, his glass of whiskey was finished by him unknowingly.

Harry, who was drinking for the first time, obviously couldn't drink enough. After one drink, his little face turned red, his eyes were wide open, his body was swaying in the chair, and his voice was much louder.

Obviously drunk!

Of course, Mike and Cedric were not as miserable as him. They were eating snacks and talking about interesting things that had happened recently, and they were very drunk.

After being drunk, Harry was obviously much bolder. Seeing that Cedric and Mike were chatting happily, he refilled the drink for himself after he delayed pouring it for him. After taking a small sip, he burst into tears.

This heart-wrenching cry startled the house elves who were working in the kitchen, and Mike and Cedric also looked at Harry.

Before the two of them could start to comfort him, Harry cried and said:

"It's so hard for me! Mike! I've been under a lot of pressure lately!"

Cedric and Mike looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

But in fact, they didn't need to say anything. Harry was drunk again and drank the wine in his glass. He hugged Mike's arm and said:

"Mike, do you know? I really want to go to Hogsmeade, but the registration deadline is the day after tomorrow, and Professor McGonagall still refuses to sign for me!"

"Well, maybe she's doing it for your own good? As you know, Blake is looking for you all over the world."

"It's good for me! If it's good for me, you should let me go to Hogsmeade!" Harry shouted and pushed Mike away. "There are also Hermione and Ron. The two of them also had a falling out recently. Ron said that Hermione Min's cat always wants to eat his mice, and Hermione says her cat won't do that... Oh my god! How come there are so many bad things!"

"I'm not happy in class! The old woman in the divination class looks at me with regretful eyes all day long, as if I might die at any time! The same goes for Hagrid, who now asks us to take care of caterpillars all day long!..."

It can be seen that Harry has been under great pressure recently. He has been talking there for a long time. Mike and Cedric are both at a loss. They have never seen Harry like this.

At this moment, the kitchen door was pushed open with a loud bang.

When Mike heard the sound, he saw Snape walking towards him with his head held high like a big bat.

"Aha! Three underage students gathered together to drink! You are really capable! Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff will deduct 50 points each!" Snape's cold eyes were on the three of them. After scanning, he finally landed on Harry, "Mr. Savior! I didn't expect that I would see you here again. Originally, I planned to put you in solitary confinement, but now it seems that maybe expelling you is the right choice."

After saying that, Snape looked at Harry with satisfaction, expecting to see the bullied but helpless expression on his annoying face.

Every time he saw this face, he always felt like he had gotten revenge, which made him very happy.

Things are changing! James, you bullied me when you were in school, so I will bully your son now.

However, Snape might be disappointed this time. Harry roared with red eyes and rushed towards Snape. He hugged Snape's waist and started kicking him randomly.

Harry's bold behavior startled Snape. Although Harry's small arms and legs could not hurt him, it embarrassed him.

"The Upside Down Golden Bell!"

Snape didn't even use his wand. After roaring, Harry was picked up by a huge force and hung upside down in the air.

"Harry attacks the professor! Another 50 points will be deducted from Gryffindor!"

"Professor! Don't you think it would be too much not to do this?"

Being drunk, Mike felt his head heat up and stood up, questioning Snape, and the blackthorn wand appeared in his hand.

As a friend, Cedric naturally supported Harry and Mike. When he saw this, he stood up and said:

"Snape, if you want to punish me, just punish me. I invited both Mike and Harry here!"

Snape completely ignored Cedric, stared at Mike with his snake-like eyes, and said word by word: "Do you also want to attack the professor? Mike! Townley! It seems that I really want to teach you a lesson today. Hit you!"

After saying that, Snape took out the wand, and Mike's pupils shrank. Although he had never seen Snape take action, judging from Professor Flitwick's level, he should not be an opponent yet.

Just when the battle was about to break out, a somewhat shrill but extremely majestic voice came over.

"Who wants to teach my students a lesson!"

Behind Snape, Professor Flitwick was walking with Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout.

The three professors had different reactions. Professor Flitwick was looking at Snape.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, her face turned frosty, and her face became even colder when she saw Harry being dumped in the air.

As for Professor Sprout, she didn't care about the others at all. She walked quickly to Cedric and started asking him if he was okay.

Ever since Cedric was injured, Professor Sprout has blamed himself very much, thinking that this was his responsibility, so he took extra care of Cedric.

She didn't know what Cedric said to her. After the two of them finished talking, Sprout looked at Snape with extremely sharp eyes.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the kitchen became extremely strange. Everyone was silent. Even the house elves on the side stopped what they were doing and hid aside.

Only Harry, who was hanging in the air, was obviously completely drunk and was still scolding Snape.

This made Snape's face look even darker.

"Lock the tongue and seal the throat!"

Unable to bear it, Snape shut Harry's mouth with a locking curse.

But this action seemed to detonate the scene. Professor Sprout and Professor Flitwick both pulled out their wands and pointed them at Snape!

Everyone is the dean of their respective colleges, so there is no such thing as anyone being afraid of the other.

Snape's body froze when the two pointed them at him.

"That's enough!" Professor McGonagall yelled, "What are you doing! Harry! Ground you all! For one semester!"

Although Professor McGonagall held great authority, the other two deans did not listen to her at this moment and were still looking at Snape eagerly.

Seeing that a conflict between professors was about to begin, Mike and Cedric began to persuade the professors of their respective colleges, and then they put down their wands.

Seeing this, Professor McGonagall snorted coldly and asked everyone to disperse quickly, then rolled up her sleeves and left. Even Harry didn't put it down. It seemed that what happened today really made her very angry.

Of course, Mike couldn't watch Harry being hung upside down. In front of Snape, a golden bell fell to the ground and the curse stopped, breaking the curse that Snape had placed on Harry.

After doing all this, Mike followed Professor Flitwick and left slowly. Before leaving, he gave Snape a meaningful look.

What appeared in front of him was a gloomy, stinky face.