Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Harry, who was being watched by Cedric, had the urge to run away. The current situation was too embarrassing.

‘If I had known he was here too, I wouldn’t have come here! ’

Harry thought, but forced a smile and said to Cedric:

"Hello, Cedric."

"Hello, did you miss lunch too?" Cedric replied and looked at Mike again and said, "Come and sit down, we can have something together."

Mike calmly pulled out a chair and sat next to Cedric, but Harry and the others still made no move.

Seeing this, Mike spread his hands and said:

"Come on, everyone, sit down. Harry, Cedric is not such a stingy person. He will not think that you have robbed him of his warrior spot."

Harry seemed to be moved after hearing this, and put his hand on another chair to pull it away, but his eyes still glanced at Cedric from time to time.

"Who says I'm not angry! They made little wizards like Harry become warriors, but they let me sit on the bench!" Harry's hands froze, and Ron and Hermione behind him even moved towards Harry. Derek glared.

But Cedric didn't take it to heart at all and continued:

"But after watching the first event, I don't think so. Being a warrior is not a good thing for you. It is too dangerous, Harry. This is obviously someone who wants to kill you. You have to be careful all the time.”

Harry breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out his chair and sat down.

But Ron behind him obviously didn't understand what Cedric meant, and said with a blushing face:

"Can I interpret this as a threat? Diggory?"

As soon as this was said, Hermione next to her poked Ron with her elbow.

"Hey! Ron, don't be so stupid, we can all hear Cedric didn't mean it."

"You know again? Ah? Miss Know-It-All!" Ron said still reluctantly, "Answer me, Cedric."

Harry's already relaxed body became tense again. It seemed to him that a fight might be unavoidable, and he didn't know what Ron had been doing wrong lately.

However, what surprised him was that Cedric didn't talk to Ron. He just glanced at him contemptuously and said to Mike:

"Is this person your friend?"

"Yes, but he's recently hit puberty, so he's a little too eager to show off his masculinity in front of someone."

Cedric glanced at Hermione and understood instantly.

At this time, Hermione also realized the meaning of Mike's words, her face turned red, and she subconsciously looked away from Ron.

Ron was almost furious at this time, but luckily he still had sense and didn't rush directly towards Cedric, but turned around and walked away.

"Okay, the unpopular person is finally gone." Cedric picked up the chicken legs again and started eating, "I can finally eat some more."

Upon hearing this, Harry instinctively wanted to retort, but in the end he remained silent.

Ron's recent state is indeed a bit strange, and even when he speaks to him, it is with a sinister and undercurrent of sarcasm.

To be honest, he also had a strong opinion of Ron.

"You can resist doing anything in this situation." Mike pulled a chicken leg from a whole chicken in front of Cedric and said, "It seems that the sequelae of the last deformation accident have disappeared."

"It's definitely getting better, but it's not completely gone yet," Cedric said. "I just want to punch you right now."

Mike: "?"

Seeing Mike's confused look, Cedric smiled.

"It's not because you just ate my chicken legs. It's because you robbed me of my qualification as a warrior. Tell me how you are going to compensate me. If I am not satisfied with your compensation, I will really beat you."

"You can't beat me." Mike joked, and when he saw Cedric starting to take out his wand, he said seriously, "Okay, okay. What do you want? I can give it to you as long as it doesn't go too far. Who told you He's my friend."

"Hmph, you know what's going on." Cedric put down his wand and said, "I won't make it difficult for you. Just prepare a ring for me, an engagement ring."

"Engagement? Who are you going to marry?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's Qiu Zhang. As you know, I'm about to graduate and I plan to propose to Qiu Zhang at the graduation ceremony."

Mike smacked his lips in astonishment and said:

"I have a feeling that you won't succeed. Qiu Zhang is from China. According to their customs, her parents will not agree to her getting married so early."

"That's why I said we were engaged! I'm not ready to marry her now. At least I have to wait until she comes of age!"

"Okay, then I wish you good luck. I will take care of the ring. I will use the most precious materials to make it. Then I am looking for someone to enchant it. No powerful spell is needed, just It needs to be able to emit a strong sound and light effect when worn, for example, a layer of shiny light will appear on the wearer. I think this will greatly increase the success rate of your proposal. After all, girls Like dragons, they both like shiny things.”

Cedric stared at Mike with his mouth wide open.

Merlin originally just wanted to ask Mike to make an ordinary ring, but he didn't expect Mike to have such a big idea.

However, this seems good.

At least what Mike said was right. Girls all like shiny things. Didn’t you see that the girl named Hermione next to you was already gleaming?

If you really have such a ring, the success rate of your proposal may really increase.

Although he was already happy in his heart, Cedric remained calm on his face and said, "Well, I can do it, it's up to you."

Cedric, a duplicitous guy, Mike smiled and shook his head.

But neither of them noticed at the moment that when Cedric talked about proposing to Cedric, Harry's face suddenly turned pale.

But then Harry lowered his head, hiding his gaffe well.

"Ladies and gentlemen, here comes the black tea!"

An old voice came over. Mike and the others looked back and saw that the old house elf was holding a large wooden tray with four cups of black tea on it.

"Oh! Thank you, but only three drinks are enough. One of our partners left beforehand."

"Damn it! It must be our poor reception. It's all our fault!"

The old elf panicked when he heard this. When Mike saw this, he said:

"Don't blame yourself. This has nothing to do with you. Your hospitality is very good. Put down the tea and leave. By the way, those two named Robbie and Sparkling Elf should also be here with you, right? Please call them over. .”

After Mike finished speaking, he turned to drink black tea. However, the old elf did not leave as he expected. Instead, he hesitated and said to Mike:

"Why is Mr. Townley looking for them?"

"Is there any problem?" Mike asked.

"No problem! It's just that if you need us to wait for you to eat, maybe you should change to two elves. With all due respect, Winky and Dobby are not good people!"

Mike smiled and replied: "Don't worry, I just want to ask them something."

Having said this, the old elf had no other reason to refute Mike, so he could only retreat, and not long after, he came over with two house elves.

"Mr. Harry Potter! You actually came to see me again! I'm so...oooooooo...I'm so touched! The respected Mr. Harry Potter actually came here again to visit me, a humble house elf. !”

Dobby, who had a teapot warmer filled with colorful badges on his head and two socks of different sizes on his feet, hugged Harry's legs and started crying.

The old house elf was so angry that he almost died. In his opinion, Dobby's behavior was extremely disrespectful.

Behind him, there was a house elf wearing a small skirt.

That should be the female house elf named Winky. Mike has noticed her since the first time she appeared. However, her current condition seems to be very bad. She looks haggard, not to mention her eyes are still red. I just cried when I saw it.

"Oh! God, Dobby! You don't have to be like this. Get up and let me introduce you to a new friend." Mike pulled Dobby off his trousers in a panic and said, "This is Mike , Mike Townley. He’d love to be friends with you.”

"Harry Potter's friends are my friends! Hello! Mr. Townley! My name is Dobby, nice to meet you!"

"I'm very happy to meet you too." Although Mike was speaking to Dobby, he had been watching Winky beside him with his peripheral vision. "I heard about your experience with Winky from Harry before. , I feel so sorry for you. So maybe if I could, I thought I might be able to give you a job. I mean, you could be my house elves, just like you were before."

Mike's last words were actually addressed to Twinkle, and he also noticed that after he said these words, Twinkle's big ears twitched visibly.

"No! This is absolutely not allowed!"

screamed the old house elf.

"What's wrong? Why haven't you left yet? Aren't you very busy now?"

"Both Winky and Dobby are not good house elves! You must not take them in, or you will regret it later!"

Twinkle on the side burst into tears.

"Yes, Dobby is a bad elf, and he still wants a salary." Dobby said with his head held high, "But Dobby has no regrets! Because Dobby is now a free house elf! "

The old elf couldn't stand it anymore, and he tugged at his ears as if he heard the most unpleasant sound in the world.

Hermione smiled, touched Dobby's smooth forehead, and said:

"You're right! Dobby! You are free, no one can enslave you anymore! Mike, if you want to hire Dobby, you must pay him a salary! And don't think about messing with him about the amount, I will I’m talking to you as his lawyer the whole time!”

Dobby raised his head and looked at Hermione with tears in his eyes.

"These are all small problems. I'm glad that I can have a special employee like Dobby." Mike laughed, "You can come with me now if you want!"

"Contract! You must sign a contract with Dobby!"

Mike nodded towards the excited Hermione, and then turned his attention to Winky, who was still crying beside her.

"What about you, Winky, are you willing to be my house elf?" Mike said, "Don't worry, I won't give you a salary, and I also have countless jobs that I need you to do. It will be a long time in the future. You won’t even be able to sleep for a while.”

"Really...really?" Twinkle's drooped ears stood up again, looking very happy, but immediately she began to hit the floor with her head, "No! No! Twinkle was kicked out by the previous owner. The bad elf! Winky doesn’t deserve a new master, Winky should die!”

"Okay, Winky, stop what you're doing, if you still want to be my house elf!"

Twinkle stopped immediately, came to Mike tremblingly, and looked at Mike with eyes full of hope.

Mike smiled, snapped his fingers and said: "From today on, you will be the house elf of the Townley family! I will make arrangements at the school. You can just follow me later!"

"Thank you! Thank you! Master!"

Winky's condition suddenly became much better. House elves like her who were kicked out by their masters would be labeled as inferior products, and generally no one would be willing to take them in, so she was really happy now.

But at this moment, Hermione suddenly roared at Winky:

"No! You can't just agree! You should enjoy better treatment like Dobby! I can..."

"Shut up! You bad woman! Don't try to teach Winky a bad lesson!" Winky interrupted with an angry look on his face, "Winky is not Dobby's shameless bad elf! Winky has a new master now!"

After saying that, she glanced at Dobby with disdain, and then stood beside Mike, holding her head high and looking proud.

Hermione was furious, standing there pointing at Winky but unable to say a word.

At this time, Cedric had also finished his late lunch, and Mike had just achieved his goal for the day. The four of them left the kitchen with the two elves, Dobby and Winky.

On the way back to the lounge, Hermione understood that Winky would not listen to her, so she changed her strategy and started targeting Mike.

Mike, who couldn't stand being annoyed by her, could only say perfunctorily:

"Don't worry Hermione, I will treat Winky and Dobby well. As for Winky's treatment, you don't have to worry too much. Her mentality hasn't changed yet. Just let her get along with Dobby for a while. You also You should understand that any intelligent life will instinctively pursue better treatment."

'Except the house elves. ’

Mike added internally.

Sparkle exploded as soon as this statement came out, and she screamed in denial, saying that she would never become like Dobby.

After hearing this, Hermione returned to Gryffindor with Harry without saying anything else.

Mike watched them leave and shook his head. To be honest, Hermione really looked like those extreme animal protectors now.

He could have tried to persuade Hermione to return to her normal thinking.

But why bother?

Everyone is no longer a child, and they all have different ideas. If Mike forces Hermione to accept his ideas, what is the difference between himself and that group of extreme animal protectors?

What's more, Mike himself really didn't have the confidence to convince Hermione.

It would be bad if he failed to use his verbal skills successfully and affected his relationship with Hermione.