Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

"Harry, thank you very much for being able to listen to my old man's nagging while hurting." Dumbledore said with a smile in the principal's office, "Now you can go back, I hope you can sleep well."

Harry, who was opposite Dumbledore, breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to say goodbye to Dumbledore, he was violently dragged by Sirius and walked out the door.

But when they were about to reach the door, Dumbledore spoke again.

"Oh, yes! Harry, the wand that Mike crushed at the last moment was indeed Krum's."

Hearing this, Harry's eyes opened instantly.

He had been debating whether to tell Dumbledore about this matter, but after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to keep this secret in his heart forever, because once he told it, it didn't matter if it had anything to do with Mike It's bound to get Mike into trouble.

But he never imagined that Dumbledore would say what was in his heart at once, as if he could read minds.

"You're a child who values ​​friendship very much, and I'm proud of you. But in order to keep your friendship intact, I decided to make it clear." Dumbledore said, "Although the wand It was indeed Krum's, but it was the opposite of what you guessed, Krum was being controlled by Barty Jr. with the Imperius Curse and attacked Mike. Mike took his wand after subduing him, And fireworks were fired, so Krum's death was a complete accident. It was what Mike said to me, and I chose to believe him."

Harry at the door breathed a sigh of relief. He patted his chest and said with a smile on his face:

"I see, Headmaster Dumbledore, thank you very much for telling me this."

"Hehehe, alright, let's go and rest, it's getting late."

"Okay, good night."

...

Watching Harry and Sirius leave the office, the smile on Dumbledore's face quickly disappeared, replaced by an extremely serious look.

He returned to the eagle-footed table and continued to tap the table with the knuckles of his index fingers, making a crisp knocking sound.

It seemed that this was his habitual movement when he was lost in thought.

The sound seemed to disturb the sleeping portraits on the wall of the principal's office, only to see a yellow-faced wizard with short black bangs on the wall and an old witch with long silver curly hair in the frame next to it, frowning and opening his eyes .

"He's starting again, what an annoying successor." The yellow-faced wizard frowned. "Daris, please, stop him! Just think I owe you a favor!"

Having said that, the yellow-faced wizard disappeared into the frame, leaving only the silver-haired witch Doris looking at Dumbledore with an unhappy expression.

"I can't stand you, Dumbledore. You've been in a bad situation lately, and this is the second time you've made that annoying noise today," Doris said. I think I'm going to consider moving to Amando!"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Derwent."

"Well, tell me, Dumbledore, what is it that's bothering you so much? Maybe we useless old guys can still surprise you."

Dumbledore in front of the eagle-footed table did not reply when he heard the words, but just glanced at the empty wall very covertly.

And this scene,

But it was discovered very sharply by the silver-haired witch Doris.

"Are you worried about Mike?"

Doris's tone sounded familiar to Mike, but it was Dumbledore's turn to be surprised, and he looked at the portrait above the office with a stunned expression.

"Don't be too surprised, Dumbledore, Mike and I met back in Armando, and we chatted for a while." Doris laughed, "He's really a wonderful boy. , Ravenclaw has not had such a good student for a long time. I have a hunch that he will lead Ravenclaw to glory again. Then tell me why such a good child makes you frown ?"

"He's a really good kid, but he's hiding too many secrets." Dumbledore said with a frown, "Why, he doesn't act like a kid at all, and I can't see through him at all. "

"Have you used Legilimency? Even so, you still can't see through him?"

"That's right. Clearly Mike has a pretty good grasp of Occlumency," Dumbledore said. "Especially with what happened in the labyrinth tonight, I always felt like he was hiding something important from me. ."

"So what? What are you going to do?"

Dumbledore fell silent, the office fell into an eerie silence, and the other portraits on the wall that were still asleep also opened their eyes at this moment, obviously they were also very interested in this topic.

After an unknown amount of time, Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Maybe, I should let Mike stay away from Hogwarts, the center of the storm, and go to a safer place to study."

Dumbledore's voice was slightly bitter, this option was the best way he could come up with after thinking about it for a long time.

On the one hand, his plan against Voldemort had reached the most critical moment, and he would not allow any accidents to occur at this time.

On the other hand, Mike can be said to have offended Voldemort tonight.

It is conceivable that Voldemort will retaliate against Mike at all costs, in this case even Dumbledore cannot guarantee Mike's safety in Hogwarts.

It wasn't because Dumbledore wasn't strong enough, but his focus was now on Harry.

In this case, it is a very good choice to let Harry transfer to another school.

For example, the Ilvermorny School of Magic in the Coal Country is very good. Not only is it far away from the center of the storm, but the power of the Ministry of Magic in the Coal Country is no worse than that of the Coal Country. What's more, the wizarding community in the Coal Country is far more united than the Country!

Thinking so, Dumbledore nodded silently.

But suddenly there was an extremely sharp roar from above his head.

"You're going to fire him!? Merlin's beard! I'm not hallucinating, right? You said you're going to fire him?" Doris growled, "You make me sick, Dumbledore! Just because he practiced Occlumency, You're going to fire him if you can't satisfy your disgusting voyeurism on him?"

The surrounding portraits all looked at Dai Lisi in amazement. It was the first time in hundreds of years that they had seen Dai Li's hair with such a big fire.

"Cough cough!"

There was a coughing sound, and when everyone heard the sound, they saw the portrait of Phineas Black combing the few remaining hairs.

"Although I also really want to kick that impure kid out of Hogwarts, I have to say, that kid named Mike is a very good little wizard. If you really kick him out of Hogwarts, Watts, as much as I'd be happy, it would certainly cost Hogwarts a genius," Phineas said, "and I agree with Doris, you're a disgusting old man, Dumbledore, you are more disgusting than I am, and I should give you the title of the most unpopular headmaster."

Phineas' tone was extremely contrived, if the portraits around him would have cursed him in unison.

But this time, his speech was unexpectedly approved by all the portraits. Everyone praised Phineas every word and every word, which made him proud.

There are not many opportunities to show off like this. Just when he was about to say more to win more praise, Dumbledore's slightly low voice rang out.

"Enough, I think I have the ability to handle this myself."

Dumbledore's voice was not loud, but the trace of anger contained in it made all the portraits shut their mouths.

Phineas stared blankly at his companions who were all pretending to be asleep, and instantly gave up the idea of ​​continuing to speak, and learned to close his eyes.

The office was quiet all of a sudden, Dumbledore looked at the empty wall with complicated eyes, and kept weighing things about Mike in his heart.

The words of the portraits of the previous principals shook his heart, and he was reconsidering what to do with Mike.

In all fairness, it is extremely rare to see such outstanding students as Mike, and he is really reluctant to give it to other schools.

Needless to say, just from the fact that he has mastered Occlumency and Silent Spell just in the fourth grade, Mike is a magic wizard that is rare in a thousand years!

If it were another time, Dumbledore would definitely train this child wholeheartedly. You must know that only such a good seedling is qualified to hit the legendary wizard level.

And the number of legendary wizards is the key for wizards and Muggles to maintain the current false peace!

However, Mike happened to sell his head at this time!

In the end is to keep Mike and increase his training, or let him stay away from the center of this storm and transfer to other schools.

The sound of the knuckles hitting the table in the office resounded again, and it was obvious that Dumbledore was lost in thought again.

I don't know how long it took, the moon outside the window has risen to the center of the sky, and the crisp sound in the office finally stopped.

Dumbledore let out a sullen breath, and he decided to have a good talk with Mike before thinking about it.

"Come out, Mike."

As Dumbledore's voice fell, a round arch suddenly appeared on the empty wall, and urgently, a blond boy with a huge bird on his shoulder stepped out.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mike."

"It's okay, Headmaster Dumbledore."

Mike said and sat opposite Dumbledore, while Phoenix Fox was still leaning on his shoulders.

Mike and Dumbledore sat facing each other, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

After a long time, Dumbledore finally spoke.

"Mike, you seem to have known about Voldemort and Barty Jr.

"Actually, I had a bad premonition from the beginning of the school year, which is why I asked people to investigate Moody. At first I thought that this unease came from this maverick professor of black magic. Mike's expression was natural, but his eyes were still empty. "But then Mr. Bagman's strange behavior made me notice him. After some investigation, I found that this person was very suspicious. He seemed to care too much about Harry's ranking. . So I was vigilant, and what happened tonight just proved my guess. As for Voldemort's resurrection, I admit that I didn't think of it. If I knew in advance, I would definitely not touch it. The trophy, of course, and I won't let Harry touch it."

Mike's words brought a smile to Dumbledore's face, and he said with a smile:

"You should have taken an elective course in divination. If I guess correctly, you should also have a very good talent in this area."

Mike didn't speak, just pursed his lips and smiled.

The office fell into silence again, which made the portraits on the wall eavesdropping anxious, and they all grimaced, reminding Dumbledore not to miss this genius.

But Dumbledore ignored them completely, and Dumbledore's expression gradually became serious.

"Mike."

Hearing Dumbledore's call, Mike nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"Can I trust you?"

Dumbledore said this with a serious expression on his face.

"I love it here, Ravenclaw is my home. And Professor Flitwick, he is like my father, and makes me feel the warmth of family."

Mike's answer seemed to be out of line, but it made Dumbledore's face smile again.

"Hehehe, I'm glad you think so, Mike. Well, it's getting late, you should go back to bed early." Dumbledore smiled and got up, "Oh! By the way! Do you want to have a late night snack first? While I'm sleeping, I've got another batch of candy here, you can take some home."

After speaking, Dumbledore took out a bunch of bottles and jars from the drawer, which were full of candies of different colors.

Mike didn't reject Dumbledore's kindness, he picked some out of the pile of candy, and then said goodbye to Dumbledore.

And only then did Fox, who was dozing off on Mike's shoulder, wake up.

It flew to Dumbledore's shoulder with some reluctance, and waved its wings towards Mike, as if to say goodbye, and as if to call him to come again next time.

"You seem to like him very much, did you have a good time with him just now?"

It was not until he saw Mike's back disappearing into the doorway that Dumbledore touched Fox's head and said with a smile.

Hearing that, Fox's eldest brother, whose small eyes suddenly opened, was chirping as if singing, and at the same time his wings were constantly flapping, looking very excited.

Dumbledore seemed to understand Fox's words, and his eyes flashed with surprise, and said:

"Oh? You value him so much? It's really rare!"

No one in this world knows the phoenix better than Dumbledore.

In Dumbledore's view, this kind of creature can be described as perfect. In addition to its powerful apparition ability and undead characteristics, Phoenix's tears also have near-perverted healing and detoxification capabilities, and its tail feathers are used to make powerful wands core material.

And a powerful creature like a phoenix would naturally not choose a master casually.

Wizards who can subdue a creature like a phoenix must be extremely powerful and talented. In addition, they must also possess a variety of rare qualities such as extraordinary courage, kindness and purity of heart.

Just like unicorns instinctively hate men, if you don't have the above qualities, the phoenix will never give you a good look.

Such harsh conditions for master recognition made the phoenix the most difficult extraordinary creature to subdue, and also made the very few wizards who became the master of the phoenix admired by all.

And now, Phoenix Fox has shown an amazing goodwill towards Mike.

This made Dumbledore's heart shake.

Recalling the answer Mike gave him before, the smile on Dumbledore's face became even brighter under the moonlight.