Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

After returning to Hogwarts from Dumbledore, Mike sat alone in the dormitory for a long time.

At this moment, his mood is very complicated.

In general, the purpose of his trip to the villa in the forest has been achieved. First, he can solve the problem of the Slytherin pendant with the help of Dumbledore's power, and Dumbledore should set off to look for resurrection soon. stone.

At that time, Dumbledore, who is eager for his loved ones, will definitely be unable to resist the temptation of the resurrection stone, and thus step into Voldemort's trap, time is short.

Even Dumbledore's attitude towards Harry was exactly as Mike expected. It can be said that everything was developing as Mike planned, but despite this, Mike just couldn't be happy.

Is it really worth sacrificing the lives of two old friends, Dumbledore and Harry, for those cold interests?

Mike fell into deep doubt.

Fortunately, Mike's entanglement did not last long. After some thought, he quickly came to a conclusion.

Of course it's worth it!

Otherwise, what is your previous effort?

At the same time, he also has a clearer understanding of himself in his heart.

In a way, he was the same person as Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was willing to sacrifice Harry, the son of his old friend, in order to destroy Voldemort and restore peace to the wizarding world, and Mike was willing to sacrifice the lives of two old friends, Dumbledore and Harry, for the greater good.

Of course, this is not to say that Mike is so ruthless that he decides to trade the lives of Harry and Dumbledore for victory.

Just as in the original book Dumbledore tried his best to find the best of both worlds, and in the end succeeded in destroying Voldemort while saving Harry's life.

Mike will also do his best to avoid the sacrifice of his friends. Just as he persuaded Dumbledore to let Lupin retire so that he and Tonks can have a good ending, Mike hopes from the bottom of his heart that every one of his friends can. There is one.

But, who knows what will happen in the future? All you can do is do your best.

Thinking like this, Mike, who had regained his fighting spirit, took a deep breath and sat down at the desk to start the post-war statistical work.

After communicating with Dumbledore, he has a detailed understanding of the battle situation of this trip to the Ministry of Magic.

In this battle, the Los Santos Wizarding Corps suffered few casualties, with only 6 casualties, including one lightly wounded, four seriously wounded, and one killed.

The original casualties should have been smaller. After all, there were only two seriously wounded people who were injured in normal battles. The remaining one was slightly injured, and the two serious injuries and one casualty were all caused by the negligence of the defense team.

For this reason, the team leader of the defense team voluntarily resigned from his position as team leader and expressed his willingness to accept any punishment.

It's just that Mike didn't punish him too much. After all, these Los Santos wizards were trained by Mike with a lot of money. Mike will never be free until they help Mike earn more than they cost. expel them.

But there should still be some punishment, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public, so Mike subtracted his one-year bonus and all the proceeds of this operation as a punishment.

For this punishment, the defense captain naturally agreed with both hands.

After all, his life is left, and a fine is nothing.

The rest of the members are also very satisfied, because Mike promised to give the squad leader a monthly bonus of up to 500 Gold Galleons, and the bonus for this operation was as high as 1000 Gold Galleons, which means that Mike fined him 1500 Gold Galleons at one time. Long's huge sum!

And the money Mike didn't put into his wallet, but gave it to the family of the sacrificed team member as a pension.

In general, the loss of the Los Santos Wizarding Corps this time is much less than what Mike expected. After all, war always kills people. Mike has even prepared for the loss of more than half of the entire Wizarding Corps, so now he can get He was very satisfied with this result.

On the other hand, the Death Eaters are far from ideal.

Although Voldemort successfully took the Prophecy Ball, his Death Eaters suffered heavy losses.

The first is that the entire werewolf army was wiped out, and even Commander Fenrir did not survive.

Then the casualties of human wizards were also very serious. With the first strike of Los Santos wizards and the late encirclement and pursuit of the Aurors, Mike estimated that most of those Death Eaters were already in the Ministry of Magic.

And the rest of the small group, even if they didn't die, would only dare to go on to Voldemort.

In other words, Voldemort today, except for the main core members such as Bellatrix, his Death Eater army has almost been killed and wounded.

Mike slowly wrote such a conclusion on the notepad, and the corners of his mouth rose slowly.

This action organized by himself undoubtedly gave Voldemort a heavy blow, which greatly hindered the progress of Voldemort's next notification to the wizarding world.

But the loss of the Order of the Phoenix was equally serious.

First, the whereabouts of Kingsley, an official of the Ministry of Magic who colluded with them, was unknown, and he was absent from the beginning to the end of the entire operation. It was suspected that he had been captured by the Death Eaters.

Later, Black, Lupin, and Moody were all seriously injured, and they were completely incapable of fighting in a short period of time.

However, Mike estimates that even if they recover from their injuries, it is unlikely that they will continue to return to the Order of the Phoenix.

After all, Lupin has been arranged to retire, and Black has developed a sense of distrust of the Order of the Phoenix because of Moody's affairs. Next, it is not impossible for him to pull him to Los Santos. .

As for Moody, he should be the worst one in this operation, because both Mike and Black ignored Moody's existence when they were evacuating, which caused him to be in a coma and was successfully given fermented bean curd by the Aurors. !

According to Dumbledore, he also went to the Ministry of Magic to try to rescue Moody afterwards, but the Ministry of Magic refused his request mercilessly.

He also stated that Moody had recovered after the treatment they provided, but he himself was unwilling to follow Dumbledore back to the Order of the Phoenix.

In this regard, Mike strongly suspects that Moody has been bribed. After all, he was a senior Auror, and he knew the senior officials in the Auror office (although the relationship was not very good), and he has a great deal of power at this critical moment. Probability will rejoin the Ministry of Magic instead of returning to the Order of the Phoenix, an organization where someone throws a black gun in the back.

In this regard, Mike is naturally happy to see it, after all, he himself does not like the old guy Moody.

As for your claim that the Phoenix Society will not decline after losing so many capable officers?

Mike said you were joking.

Who is Dumbledore?

He is the most powerful white wizard in the world today, and he has more honorable titles than you can count!

For such a person, it is too simple for him to replenish the manpower of his organization!

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When the early morning sun fell on Hogwarts Castle, Mike finally sorted out the relevant information.

Although Mike's mental strength is very strong, he still feels a little tired after going through a big battle and having not slept for two days.

In order to cope with the next exam, Mike still drank some Dolphin magic drink to refresh himself.

Perhaps due to the fact that it is always sunny after a storm, the weather around Hogwarts has been very good during the exam week, which is very rare, especially in the UK.

The beautiful sunshine and fresh air relieved the students' anxiety about exams to a large extent, so when Mike came to the restaurant, he found that the atmosphere here has been greatly improved compared with the previous two days.

Although the classmates still maintained the assiduous attitude of studying while eating, at least their expressions were not as ugly as the first two days.

Mike easily found Harry and Hermione and others, and told the three of Lupin's situation and Dumbledore's follow-up arrangements for him.

The three had different reactions to this.

Among them, Ron and Harry didn't look very good, and both expressed regret for the incident.

From their euphemisms, Mike could probably understand what they meant.

Ron was sympathetic to Lupin's injuries this time, while Harry's concern was that Lupin would probably lose a large part of his spellcasting abilities in the future.

As for Hermione, her reaction can be said to be the most normal one for Mike, because she was so happy when she heard that Professor Lupin could finally retire and get married, even the review notes that were inseparable from her during this period of time were not considered. .

Mike was also quite impressed by this.

In a previous life, Mike had heard a conclusion that girls have always been three to five years ahead of boys in terms of psychological growth and development.

Before, Mike thought this was nonsense at all. After all, his daughter in his previous life was hard to describe, but now, judging from Hermione's performance, what the scientists said was true!

Harry and Ron were too one-sided, seeing only what Lupin had lost, but not what he had gained.

Fortunately, Hermione is still relatively mature. After Hermione broke all the uncomplicated twists and turns and told them to the two, Harry and Ron's faces showed a sudden realization.

In the end, the four made a decision to visit Professor Lupin together after the holiday began.

After making this decision, everyone's life finally returned to its original track.

This is painful for many because it means they will have to face endless exams.

Among them, Ron even said boldly: 'This is harder than fighting 80 Death Eaters alone at the Ministry of Magic and winning! ’

Mike was speechless about this, but the thing that made him speechless the most was yet to come.

Because after Ron made such outrageous remarks, many members of the Da Army agreed with him, saying that the exam was much more difficult than fighting the Death Eaters.

Thanks to their hard work, Mike and the others' record at the Ministry of Magic instantly doubled a thousand times that night, and the number of Death Eaters killed reached an astonishing 100,000!

Mike was completely stunned, because this number was a bit too exaggerated. If Voldemort really had an army of 100,000, he would have pushed Europe flat, and he would continue to entangle with Dumbledore in the country.

But the people who eat melons just eat this way, and they even form a chain of contempt. The da army who participated in the action that night is at the top, and the bottom is those who have a little dark background. Slytherins.

In this regard, the Slytherins dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

Furious because to a certain extent those classmates were right at all, and some of their parents and elders were indeed killed by the Los Santos Wizarding Order and Aurors at the Ministry of Magic.

And dare not speak because their two big backers, Chris (yes, you read that right, Chris did not take the owl exam) and Umbridge are not at Hogwarts these days!

But the hard days will pass, and before the last week of the semester, all the exams are finally over.

On this day, the whole of Hogwarts was boiling, and the students were running around to tell each other, wantonly venting their repressed liveliness during the week.

Some graduates tore up all their books right after their exams as a way to express their distaste for learning.

This kind of behavior is very irrational, because these old books should be donated to the school according to the normal procedure to be used as second-hand books for other poor students.

Among the remaining graduates, there were even at least three student couples who announced their romance immediately after the exam, and said they would get married during the summer vacation.

Of course, everyone offered their heartfelt blessings to them, only Mike was confused.

Mike later learned after asking Benjamin and others that it is a Hogwarts tradition to announce their relationship and announce their wedding date immediately after graduation.

It is said that the beginning of this tradition was a member of the Black family hundreds of years ago. He announced his wedding date with another pure-blood family girl at the graduation dinner and invited all his classmates to attend.

Of course, most of these traditions belong to wealthy pure-blood family members, including the three couples who announced their wedding dates this year.

As for ordinary students, they seldom follow this tradition for reasons of face and economics, as they are likely to be ridiculed by their pure-blooded classmates.

All the students had happy smiles on their faces, even those who did not perform very well in the exams.

After all, they still have a whole week of vacation. During this time, they don't have to worry about any exam results, nor do they have to worry about the discipline of their parents and teachers, and they can play freely in the huge castle of Hogwarts.

It's just that the professors are not so happy, even the most optimistic Professor Flitwick has a serious face.

The students didn't feel anything wrong with it, or rather, they were crazy now and didn't care what the professors were like.

But this situation will not last long.

In fact, the morning after the exam, a report in the Daily Prophet put a harsh reality before everyone's eyes and robbed everyone of their good mood.