Chapter 254 Changes in the Student Mutual Aid Association

Benjamin was walking down the hallway the first weekend after the Christmas break.

Since it was only 7 o'clock, this usually bustling corridor seemed a little deserted. Presumably most people were still asleep in bed at this time.

Hogwarts is extremely cold in January, and even the bright sunshine outside the castle cannot melt the stubborn ice and snow.

Although the weather was cold, Benjamin's heart was hot.

Benjamin's dream is to become a pharmacist.

But he is just an ordinary Muggle wizard. He does not have a great family, nor an amazing talent. If nothing else happens, he should get a graduation grade that is neither low nor high, and then get A hand-to-mouth job.

But it’s different now, because something unexpected happened!

Los Santos Corporation Student Aid Program!

Because of its existence, Benjamin finally has the money to conduct potion experiments outside the classroom!

Although he has not passed the exam, Benjamin believes that his grades in Potions are steadily improving after receiving a loan from the Los Santos Company.

Because Professor Snape hasn't scolded him for a long time!

This makes no sense, because Professor Snape has been looking bad lately. It can be seen that he is in a bad mood, but he does not scold himself.

Then there is only one answer, my potion level is really improving!

There is definitely more than one person who has the same experience as him. Although Hogwarts is nominally a completely free school, in fact, all they can receive for Muggle-born wizards is a basic education, unless Your talent is really ridiculously strong, otherwise you wouldn't be able to learn the most advanced knowledge!

Because the higher knowledge at Hogwarts is only open in the last two years, and all of it is expensive and obscure knowledge like alchemy!

No talent and no money?

You'd better take a shower and go to bed.

When Benjamin thought about this, a fire burned in his heart!

Benjamin walked very fast, but when he passed the auditorium, he was stunned.

I saw a young man with blond hair as dazzling as gold sitting there with his head propped up on the corner of the long Ravenclaw table.

That was Mike, the owner of the Los Santos company and his backer.

Benjamin recognized the figure almost the moment he saw him.

This person in front of me gave me the opportunity to become a better version of myself!

Benjamin was so excited that he couldn't control himself. He really wanted to rush up right now, hug Mike, and then thank him!

But he endured it after all. He took a deep breath for a while, finally loosened his tightly clenched fists, turned around and headed towards the place agreed upon by the recipients at a faster speed.

Just wait, Mike. I am not good enough now, I will repay you with practical actions after I become a better person!

Benjamin thought in his heart.

Mike, who was in the auditorium, had no idea that he had just been almost hugged by a man.

Now he was waiting for Hermione.

Last night, Hermione suddenly asked him to come to the auditorium early in the morning. However, the appointed time was about to come, and Hermione still didn't show up.

Mike sighed, looked up at the clock, and then lowered his head to think again.

Recently, his student aid plan seems to have undergone some unexpected changes.

His actions to ban underclassmen from taking out loans and set up a stricter review mechanism, in addition to causing dissatisfaction among those who were barred from taking out loans, seemed to unite those who qualified for loans.

And this kind of unity made the student mutual aid association, which was originally just a 'debtors exchange meeting' in Mike's opinion, suddenly become a united and dynamic organization.

The senior recipients not only organized study sessions every weekend, but even designed the emblem for the student mutual aid association.

One by one, the wand passed diagonally through the pattern of a gear.

It is said that the wand represents the magic of wizarding society, while the gears represent the science of Muggle society.

The combination of the two means that they, Muggle-born wizards, have mastered the supernatural power of magic and have not forgotten science!

Mike was shocked after getting the news.

Oh, God! His own Freemasonry does not yet have an emblem!

But this also proves how much those members love this ‘Debtor Exchange Meeting’.

They even have a sense of superiority!

If you don't join this student mutual aid association, you will be looked down upon by them.

Because wanting to borrow money from Los Santos' student aid program requires strict review. If the review fails, it means that the person being reviewed has no investment potential at all.

Can you believe this sense of superiority?

This is the first time Mike has heard that being in debt can give you a sense of superiority!

However, the complaints will continue, and Mike is quite happy to see this kind of thing happen.

Because since this group of people had a sense of superiority, their performance has indeed improved steadily, and some of them have even improved their abilities at a rate that can be regarded as more talented.

For example, Benjamin, who wanted to become a pharmacist, was not something that ordinary people could do without being scolded by Snape during the recent period.

On the other hand, it was because he found that these guys who owed him money seemed to be very grateful to him.

No, this can no longer be described as simple gratitude. Mike felt that they all seemed to have begun to worship him!

They even still have photos of his Mike! Almost everyone has one!

The contributor of the photo was Harry's former die-hard fan, Colin, who took secret photos of Harry with a Muggle camera all day long.

Yes, it was once, and his current idol has become Mike.

Of course, the target of the candid photography also became Mike.

Mike is really annoyed by this, because Colin is simply better than the most dedicated paparazzi in his previous life. You can't predict when and where Colin will suddenly appear and take a picture of you.

The most exaggerated time was when Mike was squatting in the toilet stall to solve a personal problem when he suddenly heard a click and a white light flashed above his head.

Then when he raised his head, he saw Colin holding a camera and looking at him feverishly.

There is no need to say more next.

Colin was pinned down in the toilet by Mike and beaten up severely. From then on, Colin never dared to take secret photos of Mike again. Whenever he wanted to take pictures, he would definitely ask Mike beforehand.

Except for Colin, who is a weirdo, the other members of the Student Mutual Aid Association are relatively normal. At least there is nothing like suddenly rushing out to hug him.

Therefore, Mike did not control them too much, and even added some advanced knowledge to the mutual aid association's shared library materials, including part of Snape's potion knowledge.

‘I hope they won’t disappoint me, work hard, try to be a better person, and then use it for me. ’

With this in mind, Mike looked up at the clock again.

The moment he raised his head, the minute and hour hands of the magic clock suddenly moved, and the time came to 8 o'clock exactly as agreed with Hermione.

The next moment, Mike felt someone suddenly tap his shoulder.

"Hey, Mike, you're here so early."

"Because I thought you would come early, but I didn't expect you to be so punctual."

Needless to say, the person coming must be Hermione.

After Mike said that, he turned around, and what appeared in front of him was Hermione whose dark circles were a little heavier.

Seeing this, Mike frowned and asked, "You haven't had a good rest? Don't you have a time turner? Wouldn't it be better to turn back time and sleep?"

"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Hermione hurriedly covered Mike's mouth, looked around again, and was relieved when she saw that there was no one around. "There is a daily limit on the use of the time turner. If I use it too much, If it happens too often, I’m very likely to be discovered by myself!”

"So you squeeze out your rest time in order to have more time to study?"

Hermione stopped talking now, and she could hear the annoyance in Mike's words.

To be honest, she wanted to rest, but there was too much schoolwork, plus she had to go through a lot of legal documents to help Hagrid, so she had even less time to sleep.

When Mike saw her lowering her head and not speaking, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he said:

"Okay, your body is yours, I don't care about you! What do you want from me today? Just tell me."

Hearing this, Hermione's face immediately burst into a smile. She knew that what Mike just said was just angry words.

"I discovered a big secret!" Hermione said into Mike's ear, "Professor Lupine is actually a werewolf!"

When Hermione spoke, the hot air from her mouth tickled Mike's ears. He instinctively ducked back and heard the second half of Hermione's words.

Then, he reached out and scratched his still itchy ears, and said casually: "Oh? Really?"

Hermione was obviously dissatisfied with Mike's reaction. In her opinion, Mike should be so shocked that he fell off his chair.

When Mike saw her deliberately turning her head away and pouting her mouth to pretend to be angry, Mike smiled softly and said:

"It's not hard to guess, isn't it? Snape already hinted like that in class, and he just came close to telling us that Lupine is a werewolf."

"Yes! It's not difficult to guess at all!"

After Hermione said that, she stamped her feet fiercely, turned around and completely ignored Mike.

When Mike saw this, he secretly said something bad, he had to show off for what he had done badly, and now Hermione was really angry.

"Oh, don't be angry, let's get down to business." Mike began to change the subject, "Have you told anyone else about this?"

"No!"

"It's okay if you don't. Lupine is a good teacher. I would like to take a few more classes from him."

As soon as these words came out, both Mike and Hermione fell silent. If Lupine's werewolf identity was revealed, then his fate needless to say, he would definitely be expelled.

Parents of students will not allow a werewolf to teach their children!

Although Lupine's identity would be exposed sooner or later, Mike still planned to delay it as long as he could.

And the reason wasn't that he liked Lupin's class, it was just that he didn't want to take Snape's class.

There was no way, since the last 'deal' with Snape, Snape had begun to target Mike desperately, which really made people feel a little bald.

After a moment of silence, Mike came out of his melancholy mood and said seriously to Hermione:

"Hermione, do you want to join my student mutual aid association? Although you must accept a loan from the Los Santos Company to join the association, you only need to borrow one Galleons."

"Stop it, I'm already very busy now and don't have time to participate in other activities."

"Then don't regret it. The mutual aid club is now full of outstanding senior students, and they also hold regular study sessions."

Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard this.

"Really? Then I'll join."

"Okay, they are having a meeting in the Charms classroom. It's a good time for you to go there." Mike waved his hand and said, "If anyone stops you, just say that I asked you to go there."

"knew!"

With that, Hermione hurriedly left the auditorium.

Mike looked at Hermione's back and smiled and shook his head. Hermione was good at everything, but she was too obsessed with studying.

But this is not a shortcoming. For Mike, it is enough for a woman to be beautiful and cute!

I wonder if a wizard can have two wives in wizarding society?

Looks like I'm going to check it out later.

With this in mind, Mike also left the auditorium and returned to the Ravenclaw lounge.

The clock at this time had reached ten past eight, but the Ravenclaw lounge was still empty.

Mike stood in front of the Ravenclaw statue and whispered the familiar spell in a voice that only he could hear.

The moment the spell was recited, a ray of blue light bloomed on the Ravenclaw statue, and then Mike disappeared into the Ravenclaw lounge.

By the time Mike stood firm again, he had appeared in a vast indoor square.

The square was full of ruins, all caused by his battle with the afterimage Geralt.

Yes, this is the secret realm of Ravenclaw.

After a year, Mike finally came here again.

And he came here not for sightseeing, but to build a base.

The current headquarters of their Freemasonry is the Room of Requirement. Although the conditions of the Room of Requirement are excellent and can meet almost all of Mike's needs, it has one shortcoming that Mike cannot tolerate at all.

That's just not secretive enough.

The Room of Requirement is a treasure, and almost every generation of students will find it.

Since the establishment of Hogwarts for so many years, the Room of Requirement is not a secret at all in the eyes of many people. The reason why they keep it a secret is just because of bad taste.

It's like the sorting ceremony at Hogwarts.

Everyone will keep the new students a secret and try to exaggerate the difficulty of the sorting ceremony to see how nervous they are.

The same goes for the seniors who have discovered the Room of Requirement. They like to maliciously reveal some irrelevant or even seriously misleading clues to their juniors, and then leave them scratching their heads to find this treasure room. .

Although they may not be able to see the bald heads of the juniors, it’s nice just thinking about it, isn’t it?