Chapter 246 Peter

Ever since Fudge left Hogwarts, the Dementors have begun to slowly disappear in an orderly manner. This has made those students who learned the Patronus Charm very disappointed, because the main purpose of most of them learning the Patronus Charm was In order to be able to pretend to compete, now that the Dementors are gone, they naturally have no place to pretend to compete.

Because of this, the Patronus Charm courses conducted by Mike gradually became deserted.

However, the ‘Los Santos Student Support Program’ is going very prosperously.

Generally speaking, Muggle-born wizards are poor. No matter how much wealth their families had before entering the wizarding society, they cannot convert it into gold galleons.

So Mike's student loan business became very prosperous.

Capable and self-disciplined people will use the Galleons to improve themselves after applying for these loans, while more people will spend it on eating, drinking and having fun. Mike is happy to see this happen, because he is very It is clear that those who have a magical contract cannot rely on his loan at all.

If the loan is not repaid in the future, then it is natural to become a coolie in a factory owned by the Los Santos Company.

Even if Mike agrees to cancel their debts, it is not impossible to ask them to do something life-threatening.

So Mike completely ignored Penello's suggestion to tighten loan review and instead invested more gold galleons in this business.

In fact, Penello's worries are not unreasonable. The Los Santos Company was established not long ago, and currently it only has Dolphin's Magic Drink as a pillar industry, and the large amount of cash flow transferred to Hogwarts will definitely affect the company's income.

Mike was not at all anxious about this.

During the days at Hogwarts, Mike had been remotely controlling the Los Santos Company through Shuk and Beta. Every gold coin produced by the Dolphin Magic Drink Factory was used by Mike on the blade, allowing them to produce More galleons.

Others only know that the Los Santos Company has Dolphin Magic Drink, but in fact there are many subsidiaries under the Los Santos Company, such as Los Santos Construction, Los Santos Fashion, etc.

Although these companies are not large now, Mike believes that the income they can generate in the future will be amazing.

Because almost all of their top management are Muggle-born wizards, the kind of Muggles who return to Muggle society after finishing their studies at Hogwarts to continue learning all kinds of Muggle knowledge.

They are all high-level talents, architects, fashion designers, senior sales...

After seeing the wonders of the wizarding world, they have been yearning for the life of wizards, but the bloody facts gave them a blow. They are insignificant to wizard society, and they can't even find a decent job here. .

As a result, they can only live in all walks of life in Muggle society, and can no longer use magic spells under the supervision of the Ministry of Magic.

When Mike found them and promised them a high salary, they abandoned their original jobs without much hesitation and rejoined the wizarding society.

And, this time they vow to prove their talents!

With such a group of people working hard every day, Mike didn't worry about not making money at all.

Looking at Penello's tired look, Mike smiled and stretched out his hand to gently pinch Penello's face, and said softly: "Don't worry about this matter, go and have a good sleep. You already have dark circles under your eyes.”

Seeing that he could not change Mike's decision, Penello sighed and returned to the dormitory.

She stayed up all night last night to do this, and she really needed a good rest now.

Mike avoided the others and came to Hogsmeade alone through the secret passage under the statue of the hunchback witch.

Today is the last day out before the Christmas holiday, so the streets of Hogsmeade Village are particularly lively, with everyone selecting items suitable to take home as gifts.

Usually Muggle-born wizards would not make such large-scale purchases. Their pitiful exchange quota every year can only support them to buy some worthless candies.

But this year is different. Thanks to Mike's student loan, many Muggle-born wizards also came to Hogsmeade to purchase goods today.

People were coming and going on the street, talking and laughing, creating more income for today's Hogsmeade village.

Many shops on both sides were also crowded with people, among which Bee Duke and Joke Shop were the busiest, with long queues stretching into the street.

Many shops that were not as prosperous as these two sent their clerks to the streets, shouting desperately to attract more customers.

Mike felt that what he was seeing now was no different from those large commercial streets in Muggle society that held activities before Christmas.

It's just that he doesn't have time to go shopping now. He has a more important mission this time.

Peter Pettigrew.

This mouse is so cunning. In order to prevent it from disappearing suddenly one day, Mike decided to take action first!

Scabbers, the mouse who had been with Weasley for more than ten years, panicked after hearing that Black had escaped from prison.

To be honest, Mike really didn't understand what the Weasley family was thinking.

According to Ron, his mouse Scabbers was picked up by his brother Charlie, and it was just an ordinary mouse.

But can an ordinary mouse live for more than ten years? This is really not very scientific!

Mike himself must have begun to doubt whether his pet was a mutant species, but the Weasley family didn't care at all, as if it was very common for an ordinary mouse to live for more than ten years in the wizarding world.

No matter whether Mike understands it or not, he can't change the fact that Scabbers, the mouse transformed by Peter Pettigrew, is Ron's most important friend. Ron loves Scabbers, the pet that has been with him since he was a child, to the core, and he raised a child with Hermione. After taking a big ginger cat as a pet, he began to consciously keep Banban away from the ugly cat.

After he and Hermione had a complete falling out over this incident, Ron hid the rat Scabbers on his body and was inseparable from it every day.

Naturally, this trip to Hogsmeade Village for shopping was no exception.

Mike looked at Ron who was lingering in Zuko's joke shop and the rat in his arms that was looking around warily, and there was a nice curve in the corner of his mouth.

"Got you!"

After muttering to himself in an undetectable voice, Mike pulled out his wand. After waving it for a while, a piece of gravel on the road twisted and swelled, eventually turning into a dirty black dog.

When Mike controlled the big black dog to squeeze into the joke shop, Ron was still drooling and looking at the many prank props on the shelves, and the rat Scabbers, who had always been alert, discovered it immediately.

"squeak!"

The mouse Banban let out a shrill cry and then began to crawl into his master's arms desperately, hoping to let his master protect him.

However, it was disappointed. Ron, who was looking at it in ecstasy, ignored it at all and continued to focus on looking at the shelves. He gently stroked the top of its head with his fingers and comforted it easily: "Don't make trouble, I will feed you later." thing."

The black dog's eyes were staring at the mouse Banban's constant approach. Its expression became more and more ferocious, and its sharp teeth were exposed, as if it would pounce on the mouse Banban the next moment.

Scabbers couldn't stand it, he thought the dog was Black.

I saw it twisting flexibly out of Ron's arms, falling to the ground and disappearing quickly.

At this time, the clerk discovered a dirty black dog in the store, but when they tried to drive it away, they saw that the dog suddenly turned into a piece of gravel. In the end, they could only shake their heads in confusion. Kicked the rock out of the store.

On the other side, after Mike successfully used the black dog to scare Scabbers away from Ron's arms, he launched his magic perception and began to track Peter Pettigrew.

In addition to not wanting to conflict with Ron, there was another important reason why he had to scare it away from Ron's arms, and that was that Peter might have mastered a very lethal spell.

Judging from the information provided by Blake, the explosion created by the magic spell Peter mastered should be able to kill all living creatures within half a kilometer around him, while he only has to pay the price of half a finger.

And it’s possible that this spell doesn’t require a wand!

If he were to release this curse in the crowded village of Hogsmeade, the consequences would be very disastrous.

Mike followed Peter all the way out of Hogsmeade Village and on the only way back to Hogwarts. Peter stopped and found a bush to rest.

It seemed that Peter didn't want to leave his little master Ron just yet, and wanted to reappear when Ron was on his way back to Hogwarts and return to his side.

To be honest, Mike was a little confused by his behavior. If he were Peter, he would run away as soon as he knew Sirius Black was nearby. Could it be that he has really developed feelings for the Weasley family in the past ten years? Already?

But this had nothing to do with him. Mike slowly took out his wand, pointed it at the grass where Peter was hiding, and fired a petrifying spell.

After turning into a mouse, Peter naturally possessed all the abilities of a mouse, including super vigilance.

This guy reacted within a second after Mike fired the magic spell, turned into a black afterimage and rushed towards the wilderness in the distance.

However, it was useless. Mike had locked onto him early through magic perception. The translucent petrification spell turned strangely in mid-air and hit the black afterimage.

The petrified Peter flew far away under the influence of inertia. Mike quickly stepped forward to pick it up, and saw that he was still running at this moment, but there was a very human look of fear hidden in his big eyes. look.

"OK! Call it a day!"

Mike swung Peter by the tail twice and put it away in an ordinary bag. He had no desire to communicate with Peter. This guy was a complete terrorist and could not give him any chance.

After making a long circuit and returning to Hogwarts Castle, they saw Ron having a heated argument with Hermione in the auditorium.

"Where's that stinky cat of yours? I'm going to kill it!"

Ron's eyes were red and he looked like he had just cried. At this moment, he was roaring angrily at Hermione.

The situation on Hermione's side was not good either. She didn't have many friends to begin with, and now Ron, the person she regarded as a friend, accused her like this, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Listen Ron, I didn't even take Crookshanks with me when I went to Hogsmeade today!" Hermione tried her best to explain, "And he's a good boy, there's no way he's going to eat your Scabbers!"

"How do you know? That's a cat! It's his nature to eat mice!"

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Originally, the topic of the quarrel between the two people still stayed on Crookshanks and Scabbers, but as the heat escalated, Ron's words became more and more unpleasant, and the focus of the curse was also placed on Hermione herself.

Faced with this situation, Hermione stopped talking. Her eyes were red, and it looked like tears might flow out of them at any time, but she pressed her lips tightly and suppressed herself from crying.

There were many people around, and everyone was watching the fun.

After a while, Ron's two brothers also came over after hearing the news. When they came over, they saw their brother pointing at a girl's nose and scolding them. This made them very angry, so the two of them took Ron away one by one. into the auditorium.

Before leaving, he winked at Mike, whose meaning was unclear.

After Ron left, Hermione could no longer suppress her tears, covered her face and rushed out of the auditorium.

Mike looked at Hermione rushing out of the door, then looked at his bag, finally sighed, and chased after Hermione in the direction she left.

Hermione ran very fast, and Mike chased her from the auditorium to the library before catching up with her.

Hermione was surprised by the sudden appearance of Mike. She pulled her sleeves and wiped them on her face, trying to hide her tears.

When Mike saw this, he didn't waste any time. He directly took out a piece of Zizzing Honey Candy and handed it over and said, "Hold it in your mouth, you will feel much better."

Hermione's hands covering her eyes were separated by a small gap. After secretly glancing at the objects in Mike's hands, she cried and said: "Eating is not allowed in the library!"

"It's okay, I'll block it for you, no one will notice."

Although Mike said this, he was very contemptuous in his heart.

When you put the waterproof and moisture-proof charm on Harry's glasses a few days ago, you didn't think about the rules.

It turns out that good fragrance is human nature. At Mike's insistence, Hermione finally ate the sizzling honey candy on Mike's hand.

This kind of violation of the rules seemed to excite Hermione. She didn't even care about crying now. Her big red eyes rolled around and she looked around vigilantly.

"So why did you come to the library?"

When Mike saw that Hermione was almost recovered, he continued to expand the topic. He did not continue to persuade and comfort Hermione about Ron, nor did he intend to be a mediator for them.

If possible, Mike even hoped that Hermione and Ron could never interact with each other until the end of their lives.

Naturally, Hermione didn't know what Mike was thinking at the moment, so she said coyly:

"Buckbeak is probably going to be executed!"