Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

There are only three possibilities before Mike at this stage.

First: Penelo and himself both made a mistake. What Chris got was not the real Slytherin pendant at all, but a high-quality imitation of the genuine one.

But this possibility is very small, because even if Penello is young and lacks the ability to hire appraisers who are unreliable waste, she still has the supervision of Uncle Mario around her. You must know that Uncle Mario is The people the characters found were absolutely reliable. Mike didn't think those people dared to deceive Uncle Mario, because there was no need at all. Even if they couldn't identify Uncle Mario, he wouldn't do anything to them. But if they dare to lie, Uncle Mario will definitely make their lives worse than death afterwards.

Second: Chris never wanted to give him the real pendant. The one he took out now was completely a fake!

This is the most likely option that Mike thinks. After all, he and Chris had a big problem before. It's not surprising that Chris would choose to retaliate against him like this.

Third: What Chris took out was genuine, but the Voldemort soul inside was removed by him by some means.

This is the least likely option, because Slytherin's pendant is a relatively mild type of Horcrux. Although it can also confuse the owner, its influence is gradual. In just two days, Chris didn't even think about it. It would be impossible to discover that this is a Horcrux!

In just a few minutes, Mike's mind was running rapidly, and he analyzed the three possibilities one by one. However, because option one and option two were both very likely, Mike was still very confused.

Finally, Mike decided to give it a try!

With this thought in mind, Mike slowly raised his head and looked at Chris opposite him with eyes filled with violent murderous intent.

"You're just using this to fool me?"

Mike's voice was as gloomy as the roar of a beast, and combined with the powerful magic field emitted by his body due to violent fluctuations in emotions, it made people shudder.

Chris obviously noticed Mike's emotional changes, and a silver-black curved wand instantly appeared in his hand.

"What do you mean?"

"The thing you brought out is fake!" Mike looked at Chris coldly and threw the pendant box in his hand, "I don't think you are sincere at all!"

As soon as these words came out, Chris's expression changed to one of surprise.

Mike was delighted when he saw this. The fingers of his right hand hidden under the coffee table shook a few times, and then a silent and invisible wave of magic wave drifted towards Chris.

Mike is using Legilimency!

This simple version of Legilimency is not as powerful as using a magic wand. It can completely invade the target's brain and browse the memories inside at will. What it can do is only observe a small amount of the target's thoughts for a moment.

But even so, it is enough to use it as a lie detection spell when the target's psychology is lost!

However, Mike's brows frowned when Legilimency hit Chris.

There was no other reason, it was just because he couldn't see into Chris' thoughts at all!

Mike immediately understood what was going on - Chris also knew Occlumency!

At this time, the surprise on Chris's face had calmed down. He stood up from the sofa chair with a wand, laughing and saying:

"What I took out is absolutely authentic! Hahaha! Mike, Mike, there is absolutely no need for you to use this method to bargain, because I don't want much at all! I know that you have been secretly collecting the information of the four giants of Hogwarts. Relics, then you must have probably collected one of them. Let's do this, Mike. As long as you exchange any of the Ravenclaw Diadem and the Hufflepuff Gold Cup with me, I will give it to you. I’ll give you Slytherin’s pendant. At the same time, I can also give you a guarantee that from now on, we Slytherins will not mess with anyone who is yours, how about that?”

As soon as these words came out, Mike's pupils shrank again.

Among the relics of the Big Four at Hogwarts, only Gryffindor's sword was not made into a Horcrux by Voldemort, and Chris happens to not want Gryffindor's sword now. Is this a coincidence?

"Don't you want Gryffindor's sword?" Mike looked at Chris expressionlessly, "Gryffindor's sword fell into the hands of a Slytherin, which will definitely make Gryffindors crazy. . And as a Slytherin, isn’t this what you most want to see?”

Upon hearing this, Chris burst into laughter, and his laughter was so loud that even the flames in the fireplace in the living room started to move.

Chris laughed for a long time, so long that Mike began to suspect that he was pretending to laugh to think about how to answer his own question before he said:

"Mike, you are right. In fact, if you have the ability to get the legendary silver sword from the Sorting Hat, I will be happy to exchange it with you for gold Galleons or other things, but only Slater Lin's pendant is definitely not good! I think you don't know much about the founder of our college, Mr. Slytherin. He is a proud man. It can be said that he has never looked down on that idiot Gryffindor, so if I used Slytherin's locket in exchange for Gryffindor's sword. That is undoubtedly an insult to Lord Slytherin, because it means that the two of them are equal! Do you understand?"

Chris's explanation was reasonable, and Mike was speechless for a moment.

And now, since the pendant box Chris took out was not a Horcrux at all, he had no interest in arguing with Chris anymore.

As for the Horcrux Slytherin's pendant, Mike is sure it has a lot to do with Chris, but he can't take action directly against Chris yet.

You must know that he still has things to do at Hogwarts, and it would be bad if he was expelled for taking action rashly.

But Mike is not in a hurry. The comprehensive strength of the Freemasons has now expanded to a frightening level. Even places like Gringotts have been breached by them.

So after the holiday, Qi Qing rushed into Chris's house with his friends from the Freemasonry. Mike didn't believe what lies Chris could say when a wand was pressed against his head!

Thinking of this, Mike waved his hand and walked towards the door without saying anything.

Chris behind him smiled and shook his head, sat back on the sofa and said loudly:

"Mike, my promise is valid for a long time. If you change your mind at any time, just come to me!"

What answered him was the sound of the door slamming shut.

In the Slytherin lounge, when Mike came out of the reception room, he saw the two Weasley brothers holding up their wands, confronting a large group of Slytherin students.

Several of the younger students in Slytherin looked disgraced, and the Weasley brothers also had a few new scars on their faces.

There must have been a fight here before Mike came out.

Seeing Mike appear, the Slytherins instinctively took a few steps back, but the wands in their hands were still pointed at the three of them.

Mike instantly understood what was going on.

The commotion he and Chris made in the reception room just now was quite big. Those Slytherins must have wanted to enter the reception room to check what was going on inside.

Then, they had a conflict with the Weasley brothers.

But judging from the raised corners of the Weasley brothers' mouths, they should have suffered no loss in this conflict.

That's fine. Mike silently put away his wand, completely ignoring the Slytherins who were looking at him nervously, and walked towards the exit. The surrounding Slytherins gave way in fear.

When the Weasley brothers saw this, they followed them, and before leaving the lounge, they gave the Slytherins inside a provocative gesture, making the Slytherins want to come out and beat them up right now. pause.

However, this is of course impossible. After all, they Slytherins are not stupid. They will not go up and seek death with Mike around.

"Mike, are things not going well?"

On the way back to the Ravenclaw lounge, George observed Mike's face and said carefully.

"That's right," Mike replied without looking back, "the other party is not sincere."

"Oh, then he is really ignorant." Fred raised his eyebrows and said, "How about this, Mike. The two of us are going to escape Hogwarts anyway, how about we teach him a lesson before we leave? ?”

Mike turned his head and glanced at Fred. Although he knew that the other person had good intentions, he was still speechless at the other person's naivety.

The Weasley brothers were still in their school days, and the highest degree of revenge they could think of was probably to tease Chris severely.

But Mike was not satisfied with this.

People like Chris hide too much. If he wants to attack him, Mike will definitely choose to kill him with one strike!

Sighing, Mike said:

"No need, Chris is not that simple. Don't act rashly."

After saying that, Mike quickened his pace and walked towards his lounge.

The Weasley brothers looked at each other in confusion, and then caught up after a while.

…

In a forest in the eastern part of the country, an old villa with a mottled exterior wall stands alone.

A huge jet-black raven flapped its wings and flew through the dense woods towards the villa with great agility.

The raven was very fast and soon flew in front of the villa. It continued to fly forward as if it had not noticed the existence of the villa at all.

If nothing else happens, this 'blind' raven will definitely crash into the outer wall of the villa and die.

But just when the tragedy was about to happen, a layer of translucent waves rippled in the space around the villa, and then the raven climbed up at the last moment, as if it had received some revelation, and bypassed the dangerous The wall flies into the sky!

In a room on the second floor of the villa, Dumbledore stood at the window and nodded happily as he watched the raven drifting away.

This is the most protective safe house owned by Dumbledore. Not only is it surrounded by all the protective spells that can be attached, but it itself is also cast with the Fidelity Charm, which can be said to be impregnable.

At the same time, this is also the first and most important base of the Order of the Phoenix. Only the most core and powerful members of the Order of the Phoenix, people like Moody, are qualified to know the existence of this base.

As for ordinary members of the Order of the Phoenix like Mr. Weasley, Dumbledore was actually not unwilling to tell them, but to be honest, how can you believe that a person who doesn't even know Occlumency can keep a big secret? Woolen cloth?

The reason why Dumbledore wanted Harry Potter to learn Occlumency was not only because he wanted to free Harry from those annoying nightmares, but also because he wanted to hide Harry here.

After all, there is basically no safer place in the entire country than here.

"Crunch!"

The old door made a decaying sound. Dumbledore, who was looking at the scenery outside the window seriously, turned to look behind him and saw that Moody had opened the door and was limping towards him. Come.

"Dumbledore!"

Moody took the lead, looking a little angry and his tone a little aggressive.

Dumbledore turned his head and glanced at him, took a sizzling honey candy from the coffee table next to him and stuffed it into his mouth before saying to him in a daze:

"Alastor, what's wrong?"

"Why are you leaving Hogwarts!" Moody said angrily, while still approaching Dumbledore, the wooden prosthetic leg stepped on the floor and made a rushing sound, "You Now that he's gone, who will protect Harry Potter?"

"Minerva is still at Hogwarts, she will protect Harry."

Dumbledore said calmly. His attitude angered Moody, who saw Moody waving his arms and saying hysterically:

"I guess you must be crazy! You actually left Hogwarts for that brat from the Weasley family and that Mike! You are abandoning our plan and ignoring it. You must know the prerequisites needed to complete the prophecy now. That's the most important thing. If anything happens to Harry, it will be all over! Voldemort will dominate the wizarding world!"

"Alastor, I have already said that Minerva will take good care of Harry." Dumbledore helplessly flicked the dust off his body. Moody's voice just now shook a lot of dust on the ceiling. He said, "If Ron and Mike were my students, I couldn't just sit back and watch them being persecuted. Moreover, I did this because I wanted to leave another possibility."

"Maybe? What do you mean by maybe? Do you expect those little guys to be able to defeat..."

Moody suddenly got stuck in the middle of what he was saying. He suddenly remembered that the little wizard named Mike did have talent and strength that far exceeded other people!

Could it be that Dumbledore wanted to wait for that Mike to grow up and defeat Voldemort?

As soon as this idea appeared, Moody shook his head vigorously. This idea was so unrealistic that he really didn't want to believe it.

But opposite him, Dumbledore said meaningfully:

"Actually, I think we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket. If we give other young people some opportunities, maybe they can give you some unimaginable responses."

Dumbledore looked at the disbelieving look on Moody's face, smiled and turned his head away. At this moment, a ball of flame suddenly exploded in the room, and then a bright phoenix emerged from the fire. , fell on Dumbledore's shoulders.

"Good boy," Dumbledore stroked Fawkes' head, "Has the stuff been delivered?"

Phoenix Fawkes called out. Seeing this, the smile on Dumbledore's face became even brighter and he said with a smile:

"It's really good. I hope he doesn't disappoint me."