Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

Facts have proved that the efficiency of wizard social media is not much worse than that of Muggle social media in the same period. The next morning's Daily Prophet published news about Black's release.

And because the popularity of this matter was too high, the Daily Prophet unceremoniously gave a headline on the front page.

In addition to explaining the results of Black's handling, the article also mentioned the matters of Peter Pettigrew and Barty Crouch.

Among them, Pettigrew Peter was confirmed to have become a Death Eater, and betrayed the Potters, causing Harry to become an orphan, and also framed Black, making him squat in Azkaban for more than ten years in vain.

As a result of his treatment, he was deprived of his political rights for life and at the same time withdrew the Medal of the Order of Merlin awarded to him as a mourning honor.

In the end, he was sentenced to 996 years in prison, to be executed in Azkaban.

To be honest, Mike was quite speechless about this.

There is no difference between 996 years of imprisonment and life imprisonment without commutation. Even if Mike was killed, he would not believe that Peter could live for thousands of years with Peter's strength.

But there is no way, as everyone knows that the rotten country is an extremely rigid country.

The number of years to be sentenced for each crime must be clearly counted, neither less nor more.

Moreover, in the entire Western concept, freedom is higher than life, that is to say, in the eyes of those judges, the death penalty is not the most severe punishment, but letting a person lose his freedom forever.

And this kind of concept and way of doing things was perfectly inherited by the wizarding world, which led to a group of Death Eaters and Peter not being executed no matter how serious their crimes were, but being locked up in Azkaban.

Mike thought this was really stupid.

Death is the ultimate punishment for a life. Those who feel that freedom is higher than life must have never experienced the feeling of dying, or they have been brainwashed.

But there is no way. Regarding the treatment of prisoners, what Mike said doesn't count.

And Barty Crouch here.

Our dear Mr. Barty Crouch took the blame and resigned directly because of the impact of this incident.

He also published a letter of apology in the Daily Prophet, which was sincere enough for everyone to understand how much he regretted his wrong decision.

Many people even started to sympathize with him because of this letter of apology, which made Mike really speechless.

Are these people all brainless?

A person of Barty Crouch's level, if he said he resigned, did he really resign?

In Mike's view, his operation is completely retreating, in order to eliminate the negative impact on him caused by the Black incident.

Because according to Mike's understanding, Batty has a very high prestige in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and almost everyone respects him very much.

Such a guy is afraid that he will become the director again as soon as the rumors pass this time, and there will be no change from before.

Mike shook his head with a smile. Barty Crouch, an old guy, is really good, and he can turn the tide even in this situation.

It's just that he has a cheating son, and this son will continue to cheat him again.

But this time, Mr. Crouch might not even be able to stand up.

Thinking of this, Mike closed the newspaper and threw some other miscellaneous tabloids into the trash can.

No need to look at him to know that these tabloids must be all about Blake.

Thinking of such a big thing, these tabloids known as hyenas will not let it go.

"Shook."

Mike called softly, and a house elf appeared in front of him.

"How is the base construction going?"

"Master, after our hard work, your laboratory is almost finished, and the living room and training ground still need to wait for a while."

After saying that, Shuke's big ears shrugged, looking very disappointed.

In his opinion, he has let Mike down by not being able to build the base now.

How could Mike not know his thoughts, looking at the tired look on his face, Mike touched Shu Ke's smooth forehead, smiled and comforted:

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, take your time, don't be too anxious, and pay attention to your body."

After all, regardless of Shu Ke's expression of being so moved that he was about to cry, he put his hand on Shu Ke's shoulder and continued:

"Okay, now take me to King's Cross Station."

"Understood the master!"

With the sound of snapping fingers, Mike appeared in the crowded King's Cross Station after a whirlwind.

Saying goodbye to Shu Ke, Mike tidied up his Muggle clothes that had become a little messy due to teleportation, and squeezed out of the station.

The purpose of his trip was Black's old den, the legendary ancestral home of the Black family, No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

That guy Black actually wanted to delay his payment, and used his inability to leave Hogwarts as an excuse.

This is really unacceptable to Mike.

So he felt that today he would come to the door to check and accept the treasures that already belonged to him.

Grimmauld Square is not far from King's Cross Station, and it only takes about 20 minutes to walk.

However, since Mike hadn't returned to Muggle society for a long time, he was attracted by the bustling street in front of him, and it took him an hour to arrive at 12 Grimmauld Place, which Black mentioned. No.

To be honest, Mike felt very strange at the beginning that the Black family, a family that despised Muggles so much, would arrange their ancestral home in the center of a Muggle city.

But after thinking about it for a while, Mike realized that he was completely wrong.

It wasn't that the Black family's ancestral home was built in the city at all, but that the Black family's ancestral home was wrapped in it when the city expanded.

This is not difficult to understand.

As a super family that has been passed down for thousands of years, the Black family might have been desolate when they chose the site for their ancestral home, right?

And the ancestral house of the Black family that appeared in front of Mike at this moment did not disappoint Mike, and he could feel the ancient atmosphere wafting from it just by looking at it.

From Mike's point of view, it is a door painted with black paint. The black paint on the door is full of scratches due to the long time, and its copper door handle is a ferocious The giant snake fully proves that the Black family has a certain Slytherin blood.

Perhaps it was because no one took care of it for too long, through the window of the house Mike could see that the inside was very messy, and the window itself was even more filthy.

Such a dirty tall building formed a stark contrast with the bright shops beside it. Logically speaking, the city management department would not allow such a building that ruined the city appearance to appear here.

But miraculously, everyone ignored the building.

Mike knew that it was related to the Fidelity Curse, so he didn't care, and walked a few steps forward to the gate.

Except for the doorknob, there were no keyholes or letterboxes on the entire door. Mike understood at a glance that the door should be opened purely by magic.

Fortunately, there was a doorbell on the upper right side of the gate. Mike gently shook the doorbell, which made a crisp and pleasant sound.

It didn't take long for the door to be opened, and to Mike's surprise, it wasn't Blake who appeared in front of him, but an old house-elf.

"Oh! What do I see? A Muggle! Get out of here! Despicable Muggle! Your unclean blood will stain this house of the Holy House of Black!"

The house-elf screamed as if he had seen something terrible, and his shout seemed to wake something in the house, followed by a woman's voice.

"What are you talking about, Kricht? A Muggle! This is absolutely horrible! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The female voice screamed. Although her voice sounded muffled and seemed to be blocked by something, the huge volume still penetrated the entire villa.

Immediately afterwards, the dilapidated villa in front of me became lively, and the voices of countless men and women rang out from inside.

Mike frowned and stepped back slowly. With a flick of the wand in his hand, the old house-elf who wanted to attack him froze in place.

At this time, Black, who heard the sound, also ran down from upstairs. He was slightly surprised when he saw Mike, and then roared at a portrait covered by a rag:

"You crazy woman! Stop it! Stop barking! That's my friend!"

However, the female voice obviously didn't buy his account, and after a short pause, she shouted in a slightly crazy tone:

"Why did you come back, you bloody bastard! And bring this filthy, filthy Muggle to defile my house! Why didn't you die outside? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

Before the female voice could finish speaking, Blake wrapped it tightly with a dirty curtain. In a split second, the female voice that made Mike's head hurt from the noise became quieter.

And as the female voice became quieter, the other portraits in the house gradually became quieter.

"It looks like the house doesn't welcome you."

Mike looked at the panting Black with a grin, and teased.

"Damn it, why did you come here all of a sudden? Hogwarts shouldn't be on vacation yet, right?" Black came to the door and said to Mike with a sullen expression, "Merlin, I haven't even had time to tidy up the house yet!"

"It doesn't matter, I'm just here to accept my reward, and I'll leave immediately when I get what I deserve."

Hearing this, Black frowned but didn't say anything, and directly made a gesture to invite in.

And when Mike stepped into the villa officially, Black suddenly said:

"Can you undo the petrification spell on Kreacher first, I have to rely on him to clean the house next."

"The spell stops immediately."

Without looking back, Mike waved a stopping spell and continued walking towards the house.

The long porch on the first floor of the villa is covered with peeling wallpaper, worn carpet, gas lamps and a cobweb chandelier and chandeliers in the shape of a large snake.

Most of the decorations in the entire corridor are in the shape of snakes, except for an umbrella bucket at the door, which looks very much like... a troll's foot?

Mike's attention was not attracted by the weird umbrella barrel for too long, and he soon turned his attention to the portrait that was still cursing.

"That's my mother, you saw it too, she wants me to die." Black complained angrily, "Okay, don't look at it, let's go."

After that, Black passed Mike sideways and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Mike followed Black to the basement through the stairs at the end of the corridor, and Black turned on the lights in the basement early.

The structure of this basement is very different. A long table similar to that in the Hogwarts auditorium is placed in the middle of the basement, and a fireplace is placed on the wall at the end of the long table.

There are two rows of huge bookshelves on both sides of the long table, and the books Mike needs are neatly placed on them.

"I have already transferred the books in the vault in advance, you can choose it yourself."

Mike glanced at Black and said with a smile:

"It looks like you've already gone to get the money, so just in time, Harry's Firebolt was destroyed by the Aurors, would you like to give him another?"

"Do you still need to remind me? I have already placed an order with the Quidditch supply store, and the new broom will be sent to him as soon as it is ready."

Seeing Blake's smug look, Mike let out a heck and stopped caring about him, and went straight to those bookshelves, looking at the books on them.

I have to say that the Black family really deserves to be a super big family that has been around for thousands of years. The number of books in the basement is almost comparable to the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts.

But Mike flipped through it for a while and found that although there are a large number of books here, the quality is not as good as that in the restricted area.

Not to mention anything else, but there are very few books about history and potions in it compared to the restricted section.

But to Mike's delight, the Black family, as a family that has studied black magic for generations, has far more books about black magic in their collection than the restricted area of ​​Hogwarts.

After a few random searches, Mike found what he most wanted on this trip.

How to release the Fierce Fire Curse!

Moreover, right next to the Fierce Fire Curse, the release methods of the Three Unforgivable Curses lay there quietly.

Mike was so overjoyed that he quickly opened the bag with the No Trace Stretch Charm, and used the Levitation Charm to make the books about black magic fly neatly into his pocket.

On the other side, Black frowned when he saw Mike's reaction.

"Mike, I suggest that you better not learn those terrible black arts." Black said, "Many ancestors of our Black family died because of studying black arts!"

Mike ignored Black's advice, nodded perfunctorily and continued to pack the book.

And Blake saw that Mike ignored him at all, so he stopped talking.