Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

With the slow arrival of autumn, the sunshine time in the country has become shorter and shorter, and the sun in the sky has been slowly sinking into the mountain just before dinner time.

Magic candles were also lit early in Hogwarts Castle for lighting.

Mike walked slowly in the dark corridor, the bright yellow light of the candle hit him, shining on his solemn Ravenclaw uniform and his conspicuous blond hair.

It was dinner time, but Mike did not stay in the restaurant like the others, but swaggered towards the basement.

Today is Saturday, the day I made an appointment with Professor Slughorn to attend the 'Slug Club' banquet.

However, it is a pity that, except for the girl named Emma and another boy from a pure blood family in Ravenclaw, none of the people Mike knew were invited.

As he walked, Mike couldn't help thinking that if Benjamin was still at Hogwarts, he would definitely be invited, after all, his talent in potions is so outstanding.

Mike, who was thinking wildly, also unknowingly came to the corridor outside the Potions Classroom, where two figures were erected early.

"Harry! You should be wearing a bow tie, your tie is so ugly!"

In the dim light, Hermione was looking at Harry with disgust.

It can be seen that Hermione attaches great importance to this banquet.

She once again changed into the pale pink dress she wore at the Goblet of Fire Christmas dinner, and used magic hair conditioner to recombine her messy hair, even her face that was originally turned upside down. Some traces of makeup.

It's just that Hermione seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, in the eyes of some old-fashioned nobles, dresses, especially evening dresses, are consumables. They can only be worn once at a banquet, and they are thrown away after they are worn.

It's a show-off method that some boring nobles came up with, and it's also a screening mechanism.

Because a set of dresses cost a lot of money, by fabricating the unspoken rule that a set of dresses can only be used once, they can show off their rich family wealth, and they can effectively filter out those false nobles who sneak into the banquet.

If it was an ordinary school banquet, the pure-blooded nobles wouldn't say anything. After all, the main body of Hogwarts students are ordinary students from ordinary or poor families.

Doing this is easy to cause outrage.

But it was different at the 'Slug Club' dinner where the elite gathered later, and Hermione was likely to be swarmed and attacked because of this incident.

On the other hand, Harry, who was being disliked by Hermione, wore the dress that Sirius specially prepared for him for this kind of scene. Well, the style is exactly the same as Sirius's usual style, and they are all bells and whistles.

It's just that this time without Sirius to organize for him personally, this complicated evening dress looks a little messy on Harry's body, which is the main reason why he is disliked by Hermione.

"Shut up! Hermione! I don't need you to teach me how to dress!"

Harry retorted angrily while twisting his crooked tie, and could see that the relationship between the two of them was very bad because of the "Half-Blood Prince Textbook".

Hermione snorted and stopped talking to Harry, but she didn't leave directly, but watched Harry frantically fiddling with the messy tie, planning to wait until Harry was helpless. Do it again when you beg her.

Don't look at her as a girl, but in terms of understanding of ties, she is much better than Harry, after all, she often helps her father tie ties at home.

It's a pity that Mike's appearance completely ruined her plan.

"Let me come, Harry."

Mike walked over to the two of them and directly took over the job of helping Harry sort his tie.

Harry was startled by the sudden appearance of Mike, raised his head to expose his neck, and stammered:

"Thank...Thank you!"

"After you go back, you should learn how to tie a tie." Mike said while unraveling Harry's tie and tying it again, "You must know that as a gentleman, tie-tie is a required course."

"Can you teach me?"

Harry said brightly.

Hearing that Mike raised his eyebrows and said:

"I'm afraid not, Harry, you'd better ask Sirius. I guess he'll be very happy then."

As soon as these words came out, Harry's face also showed a look of joy, and he obviously understood what Mike meant.

And Mike, who finished tying Mike's tie, looked at Hermione, who was still sulking, and said casually:

"Why did you all change into evening dresses. I remember that the invitation letter did not indicate the dress requirements."

Hermione hesitated to speak, while Harry, who was on the side, hurriedly said:

"It was Hermione and Ron's idea, and they felt it was the only way to show how seriously we took this banquet."

"Really..." Mike's eyes were still scanning Hermione's body, "but we are still students, I think we only need a clean and tidy school uniform to cope with this kind of scene. I believe Slughorn is also This means, otherwise, there will be no special dress requirements on the invitation letter."

Hearing that, Hermione and Harry finally noticed the Ravenclaw uniform Mike was wearing at this time. Hermione didn't react, but Harry looked anxious.

"What to do! Mike! Shall I go and change into my uniform now? But my uniform hasn't been washed, so it's not good to wear dirty clothes to dinner!"

"Uh, if that's the case, you'd better wear a dress." Mike perfunctory Harry and then looked at Hermione, "What about you, Hermione, do you want to change into a uniform?"

"no need."

Hermione answered coldly, and then walked into the potions classroom without even thinking about it.

Seeing this, Mike's brows also wrinkled. It is really difficult for him to open up about this matter. If he opened up and said it directly, it would be very embarrassing with Hermione's character when Harry was still present, but his suggestion The other party can't understand, how can this be good?

Mike couldn't think of any way for the time being. After tangled in place for a while, he could only decide to see the tricks at that time.

Always, as a friend, I can't let Hermione be wronged for no reason.

And Harry on the side also saw the tangle on Mike's face, he patted Mike on the shoulder and said:

"You don't have to worry about it, Hermione has not had a good relationship with us recently because of the 'Half-Blood Prince' thing. I guess she must be under too much pressure to study. So I'm thinking about taking her to Hogmore tomorrow. What do you think about going shopping in Demura?"

"Very good doctrine, she really needs to relax."

"Ha! Do you think so too? That's awesome!" Harry said brightly. "It's good you're here, Mike. Hermione is ignoring me now, and Ron hasn't been invited. , if you don't show up, I'll have to face Slughorn and those people alone, it's a nightmare!"

...

After chatting with Harry for a while, Mike and Harry opened the door to the Potions classroom together.

As soon as the door opened, the aroma of all kinds of food rushed in. Mike and Harry, who had been hungry all afternoon, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It seems that this time there shouldn't be a situation where we need to bring our own food."

Mike smiled and teased, and Harry, who was beside him, was amused by Mike's words and laughed.

At this time, the potions classroom has been completely new, all the crucibles, cabinets and even the tables and chairs are gone, replaced by a huge long table full of various delicacies in the open space in the center of the classroom And a champagne tower next to it.

The soft, warm-toned beam of the magic lamp shines brightly on the high champagne tower.

The ceiling in the classroom was also engraved with various beautiful frescoes. The frescoes seemed to depict a banquet. This should be an allusion, but unfortunately Mike's lack of knowledge in this area also appreciates it. If you don't come to this kind of art, you can only think that the maid who pours wine on the mural looks good.

"Oh! Look who's here! Two great boys! Harry and Mike!"

Just as Mike and Harry were looking at the decorations in the classroom, a familiar voice came from the side.

Mike and Harry turned their heads and saw that Slughorn was walking quickly with a big belly and a happy face.

His voice was very loud, and all the people in the classroom who were still talking to each other suddenly cast their eyes on him.

Since it was the first time to attend the official banquet of the Slug Club, many of the people present were wearing formal evening gowns like Harry and Hermione. But they also all came up with some tricks on their uniforms.

For example, the Hufflepuff boy who was not far from Mike, had a unique badger-shaped brooch on his chest. Judging from the simple appearance and the magical aura emanating from it, this brooch should be a priceless brooch. antique!

It was the first time to attend such a 'upper class' banquet (a greeting to Duke ZOOM) Harry was obviously a little uneasy. He timidly hid behind Mike, trying to avoid the hot eyes of those around him.

The reflective mic was much more natural, and he greeted Slughorn with a smile, and stretched out his hand to hold it together.

"Glad to have you here, Mike."

"It's my pleasure, Professor."

Suddenly, Slughorn's eyes fell on Mike's Ravenclaw uniform, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly:

"Wow, what a great dress!"

In the face of Slughorn's praise, Mike did not talk to Slughorn, but smiled at Slughorn, and let go of his hand tacitly.

Mike has to admit that Slughorn does have some discernment. Although the Ravenclaw uniform he is wearing at the moment looks the same as ordinary uniforms, it is actually completely made by Los Santos. It is made of cloth and anti-magic fur. In terms of anti-magic ability, this uniform will definitely not be much worse than the Los Santos Wizarding Company's combat uniform, but its cost is ten times that of the combat uniform. !

On the other hand, after a brief chat with Mike, Slughorn came to Harry again.

He looked strangely at Harry's fancy but obviously expensive dress.

"Well, this is a really good dress," Slughorn said hesitantly, "but for some reason, it always gives me a very familiar feeling, and I seem to have seen other people special before. Love this dress."

Harry's expression was also a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to respond to Slughorn.

Fortunately, Mike was rescued in time and said:

"I'm guessing the guy's name is Sirius Black, right? There's probably no one else in the world who likes such a...well, such a fancy dress."

"Crack! What you said is not bad at all!" Slughorn snapped his fingers excitedly, "I remembered, it's Sirius, that handsome guy liked this kind of outfit very much when he was a student, and he was still It was a trend at Hogwarts for a while, and it didn't stop until Dumbledore stopped everyone."

After speaking, he looked at Mike happily and said:

"I have to say what you describe is really good. I really can't find a better word to describe this style of dressing than fancy, but I don't like it very much." He turned his head to Harry again. Said, "Oh! I'm not saying that what you're wearing right now is not good, it's just... um, you get the idea. I'm too old to understand this trend of young people."

Harry nodded embarrassedly, and upon seeing Slughorn raised his brows, he hurriedly asked:

"By the way, Harry! How could you think of dressing like this, what does it have to do with Sirius?"

"Sirius he...he's my godfather."

The smile on Slughorn's face froze, and he stared at Harry blankly, his eyes full of disbelief.

Seeing this, Mike smiled lightly and decided to add a fire to Harry, so he said jokingly:

"Blake is raising Harry as his own son, and I'm sure you can see that. Harry's dress is a replica of Blake. It's a parent-child outfit. Sometimes when we get together I still Will make fun of him and tell him he should find a woman and start a family, but guess what Blake says? He's saying he has Harry enough, and that's really touching!"

Harry was a little embarrassed by what Mike said. He scratched his head and lowered his head blushing.

And Slughorn is different. He keenly learned such a news from Mike's words - Sirius-Black wants Harry to inherit the Black family!

This is simply news that can shock the magic world!

The wealth and power accumulated by the Potter family and the Black family for thousands of years will be concentrated on Harry alone in this generation, which will make Harry surpass the Malfoy family and become the richest wizarding society in the entire country and even Europe. , the most honorable wizard!

Slughorn's eyes looking at Harry were getting wet now!