Chapter 449 Professor’s Invitation

After concluding negotiations with the Muggle Prime Minister, Mike ushered in the first semester of Hogwarts.

When he stood with his luggage and Franklin at the bustling Nine and Three-Quarters Station again, it felt like he was in another world.

He did too many things this summer, especially the contract he finally signed with the Muggle Prime Minister, which directly caused a stir within the Freemasonry.

Most of them, led by Franklin, were extremely happy.

After all, Mike had obtained exaggerated privileges for them, which meant that regardless of their previous family background, their family could live a good life for a while.

But a few people still expressed concerns about the matter.

Because this is simply treating the International Wizarding Secrecy Law as if it does not exist, and this organization will definitely come to your door afterwards.

Mike completely sneered at this. At this stage, all wizards were afraid of Voldemort's raging country. Even if they borrowed ten courages from the International Federation of Wizards, they would not dare to step foot here again.

Thinking of this, a trace of sarcasm appeared on Mike's face.

Franklin on the side said a little strangely:

"Mike, are you okay? The train is leaving soon, let's get on."

After hearing this, Mike immediately calmed down, nodded, and took the lead in passing the Hogwarts Express.

There were so many people on the platform, and everyone was squeezing towards the train entrance, fearing that they would miss the train and not knowing what they were doing earlier.

But when Mike appeared in front of them, they all moved out of the way and respectfully sent Mike into the carriage before continuing the crowding.

This scene made many freshmen look surprised. They could not imagine that those ferocious-looking seniors would treat someone so respectfully.

"Mike, everyone respects you."

Franklin said with a smile, but Mike smiled and shook his head.

Due to age issues, many senior members of the Freemasons and even the Mutual Aid Society, including Benjamin, have graduated. Before Franklin came, he had been worried about whether their influence in Hogwarts would be affected, but now it seems , Mike's reputation not only remained unaffected, it even grew wider.

Since Mike, as a prefect, had to enter the prefect's car, Mike and Franklin separated and walked to the prefect's car alone.

Everyone on the road paid him respectful attention, and many brave people came up directly to say daily greetings.

Mike was a little annoyed by this, and couldn't help but quicken his pace, wanting to enter the prefect's office to get rid of these annoying flies.

But things obviously weren't going to go so smoothly. When he stepped into the prefect's carriage, everyone in the carriage except Slytherin stood up and looked at Mike with excitement.

"Mike, you're here!"

"You finally came!"

"Senior Tangli!"

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Mike was immediately surrounded by a series of intensive greetings. As a last resort, Mike could only squeeze out a smile and respond to everyone over and over again.

Fortunately, the prefects of the three major colleges were not fools with single-digit emotional intelligence. They did not pester Mike and quickly returned to their positions.

But the eyes they looked at Mike were still hot.

Of course, not everyone likes Mike.

After Mike sat down, he turned his attention to Slytherin, where Draco, who had replaced Chris as prefect, was sitting side by side with Pansy, looking at Mike angrily.

Perhaps sensing Mike's gaze, they quickly turned their gaze to the side.

Mike wanted to laugh when he saw this kind of behavior. Compared to Chris, Draco was so far behind.

"Mike, have you read the Daily Prophet's report called "The Savior"?"

A somewhat unfamiliar voice came over, and Mike turned around to see a familiar-looking blond girl wearing a Ravenclaw school robe, who should be the new prefect of Ravenclaw, looking at him with a flushed face. .

"Of course, I read every issue of the Daily Prophet."

Mike said with a smile.

He knew exactly what this girl was going to say.

The cause of the matter was a report by the Daily Prophet in August, which made some speculations about the prophecy between Harry Potter and Voldemort, proposing that since Harry Potter was able to defeat Voldemort as a baby, , so now he can still save the magical world of Yu country again.

It's okay if it's just like this. After all, people who understand the truth will understand that the people in the Daily Prophet have always told lies, so everyone just laughed and passed.

But the problem is that in order to prove that his point of view is correct, the Daily Prophet also broke an explosive news.

That was the battle that took place within the Ministry of Magic at the end of June, in which Harry Potter was the one who defeated the Death Eaters and Voldemort.

The people were initially dubious about this matter. After all, the troops of the Ministry of Magic were not vegetarians. They were more willing to believe that it was those powerful Aurors who defeated Voldemort than a young wizard who was not yet an adult.

Everyone was waiting for the Ministry of Magic to make a public statement to refute the rumors, but what is surprising is that in the face of such a situation, the Ministry of Magic did not even let out a fart!

This incident gave the people great confidence, and everyone gave Harry Potter the hope of defeating Voldemort, and gave him the title of 'Star of Hope'.

It stands to reason that Harry Potter should be treated like a hero wherever he goes, and in fact this is exactly the case, but it is different at Hogwarts.

As people who had personally experienced the night attack on the Ministry of Magic, many people had a very deep understanding of this incident, and they also knew very well that the biggest contributor to that operation should be Mike and all of them.

Harry Potter now takes all the credit for himself. This is undoubtedly a thief's behavior in everyone's eyes!

Ever since, a boycott movement against Harry Potter had begun. Mike could almost imagine it. Except for a few buddies such as Ron and Hermione, the rest of the people, no matter how good their relationship with Harry was before, might not be able to do so now. He wouldn't look good on Harry either, let alone the others.

What Mike expected was not bad at all. When Mike told him that he had read the report, the Ravenclaw prefect's face turned red and she said angrily:

"Harry Potter is a thief, he stole your honor!"

The girl was very excited, but Mike just smiled softly.

He didn't take this matter seriously. After all, he already had enough honors. Moreover, this kind of honor had no effect on him other than attracting the attention of Death Eaters and Voldemort. It was left to Harry, and he could also let him help him attract attention.

On the contrary, he looked down upon the Daily Prophet, the Ministry of Magic and even those who pushed Harry to the position of 'Star of Hope'.

Facing a powerful enemy, they not only tried their best to defend their homeland, but they even expected an underage child to defeat the powerful enemy!

This behavior makes Mike feel sick!

But Mike doesn't care, but that doesn't mean others don't care either.

As soon as the girl said her words, everyone in the carriage was in a panic. Everyone, even several senior prefects in Gryffindor were madly cursing Harry Potter for stealing them. Kudos to everyone.

On the contrary, the Slytherins did not participate in the criticism. They just looked at everyone with a sneer, quite like a dog eating a dog.

Ron and Hermione in the crowd blushed upon seeing this, and their bodies were shaking with anger. They finally participated in the scolding battle and spoke up for Harry.

It's just that their power is too weak. Faced with the conquest of so many people, their voices are easily drowned.

Hermione was so anxious that she almost shed tears, while Pansy, Draco and others on the Slytherin side laughed even louder when they saw this.

Mike just watched with cold eyes. His previous conversation with the Muggle Prime Minister made him understand one thing. The masses have always been forgetful. If you want to erase something, the best way to deal with it is to deal with it coldly. Now if he rashly mixes it up, If you go in, things may become more troublesome and stay in people's minds longer.

However, at this moment, a snow-white envelope slipped through the door of the prefect's car that was not a secret room and floated into Mike's hand.

This scene was also seen by everyone else in the carriage. They stopped and argued in unison, staring at Mike intently.

In full view of everyone, Mike opened the envelope and saw clearly written on it.

Mr. Mike Townley:

I would be very happy if you could have lunch with me in box C.

Yours faithfully

Professor Sgrughorn.

Mike's brows twitched. It seemed that Professor Sgrughorn was very confident that he must know his identity, so he did not indicate his identity as the new Potions Professor on this letter at all.

Looking at Mike's expression, everyone's curiosity was aroused.

Especially the Ravenclaw prefects sitting next to Mike. Out of politeness, they have been restraining themselves from peeking at the contents of Mike's letters. This feeling is not pleasant.

The Ravenclaw girl who talked to Mike before may have felt that her previous behavior had won Mike's favor, so she boldly asked:

"Senior Tangli, what's written on it?"

"Nothing." Mike generously handed the envelope to everyone and let them take turns to read it. "It's just an invitation. It's from the new Potions Professor."

Everyone circulated the invitation, and their admiration for Mike deepened after seeing Professor Slughorn's autograph on it.

Most of the seniors sitting here have some strength in their families. Most of them have heard from their parents and elders about this famous master in the potion industry who likes to curry favor with powerful celebrities. And now the other party has sent an invitation to Mike before he even arrived at Hogwarts. This impatient behavior just shows how extraordinary Mike is.

At this moment, several more letters came in and fell into the hands of the girl sitting next to the microphone and the hands of a Slytherin boy.

However, Draco and Pansy were not included.

This made the two people look unhappy. While muttering something that Mike couldn't hear, they were secretly paying attention to the door of the carriage with their peripheral vision.

Unfortunately, the letters in this carriage seemed to have been delivered, and no other letters were seen flying in after everyone waited for more than ten minutes.

Draco's face turned darker when he saw this.

But the girl next to Mike was extremely happy. She jumped up, took Mike's hand and said excitedly:

"It's getting late, let's go, Senior Tangli!"

"Ok, no problem."

Mike readily agreed and walked out of the car first, but calmly shook off the girl's hand.

The girl's expression was a little disappointed, but she quickly adjusted her mood and continued to follow Mike's footsteps.

After Mike and the girl left, the entire carriage became silent. The Slytherin boy who received the invitation looked at the time and said righteously:

"Draco, don't worry, there must be something wrong with your invitation. I'm going to ask Professor Slughorn for you now."

Hearing this, Draco had a dark look on his face and said angrily:

"Go, go! It's just an invitation from a bad old man. I don't want to go!"

However, the Slytherin boy did not listen to Draco's words at all and left the carriage without looking back.

Everyone in the carriage laughed when they saw this, and Draco's face turned red.

Mike knew nothing about the farce in the carriage. At this moment, he was walking with the Ravenclaw girl on the way to box C.

The girl was a very talkative person, and she obviously had a crush on Mike.

Since then, Mike has learned a lot of information about her from her.

For example, her name is Emma Walker, and she is the only daughter of the Walker family.

Another example is that her family makes beauty and hair products, focusing on the mid- to low-end market. Many of the famous mid-to-low-end magic cosmetics on the market are made by her family.

And since then, Mike probably understood why she was so hostile to Harry.

The fact that Harry stole everyone's honor is probably just an excuse. The main reason is probably because Harry's grandfather invented hairdressing spirit.

This cheap and easy-to-use hair product was a huge blow to the Walker family's business.

They have a feud!

Mike and Emma walked into Car No. C talking and laughing. At this moment, there was only a chubby old man sitting in this huge car.

He has a shining bald head, two walrus-like beards and a huge belly. He looks quite festive.

"Good afternoon, Professor Slughorn."

Mike and Emma smiled and said hello.

Only then did the latter notice the two of them, stood up with a smile, and greeted warmly:

"Oh! It's Mike and Emma here! You are number one, come and sit down."

A smile appeared on Mike's lips, and he sat down opposite Slughorn.

Today he wanted to see what kind of medicine this old man Gulu was selling.