Chapter 152: Secret Visit on Valentine's Day (Part 1)

The annual Valentine's Day is here again. Under the operation of Professor Lockhart, who can't sit still, the Great Hall and Library of Hogwarts are decorated into a pink world with countless pink flowers.

Not only that, but I don't know how Lockhart did it. He actually hired a large group of goblins, gave them golden wings transformed by magic, and dressed them up as Cupid, holding harps or bows and arrows.

These "Cupids" wandered around the Hogwarts Castle in groups, delivering love letters according to the list that Lockhart had prepared long ago, and there would also be a live recitation program with music.

Of course, these love letters are real. Lockhart announced last month that he could deliver love letters on Valentine's Day, and claimed that this could give surprises to the people he likes. Under the call of Lockhart's fame, many people sent letters anonymously.

But to be honest, Lockhart's carefully prepared Valentine's Day event brought more shocks than surprises.

After all, the ugly appearance of the goblins and the appearance of Cupid were really a bit eye-catching.

But these goblins are very dedicated. They will never stop until the recipient has finished listening to the letter, which makes many people very distressed.

And Harry is one of those distressed people.

Mike looked at the goblins in the hall who were playing music and reading love letters, and Harry who was covering his ears in pain, and laughed with gloating.

Mike is also a semi-famous figure in Hogwarts. Logically, there should be quite a few people who send him love letters, which can be seen from the pile of chocolates and love letters he received on Christmas.

However, because Lockhart had just been scolded by him two days ago, Lockhart deliberately bypassed Mike on Valentine's Day, which allowed Mike to sit here calmly and laugh at Harry.

At this time, Harry, who was covering his ears and looking desperate, also saw Mike in the crowd. His pair of emerald green pupils shrank suddenly, and then he shouted anxiously: "Mike! Do something!"

Seeing that Harry had discovered him, Mike also restrained his smile and raised his wand to point at the goblins.

"Tongue-locking spell (a spell that can make others unable to speak)."

A nearly transparent white beam of light flew towards the two goblins, and when it was about to hit one of the goblins, it quickly split into two slightly thinner beams of light that hit the two goblins separately.

The hall suddenly became quiet, and the silenced goblins covered their throats in fear and fled away.

Seeing this, Mike also smiled.

The tongue-locking spell just now looked simple, but in fact, Mike used two new casting techniques he learned from Professor Flitwick.

The first one is the multi-casting technique, which can release multiple spells at the same time. Wizards who are proficient in using this technique can even release different spells at the same time.

Mike seemed to have only released one tongue-locking spell, but in fact, he had just released two tongue-locking spells.

The second technique is spell change, which can make the released beam-shaped spell suddenly change direction, achieving an unexpected effect.

Both of these spellcasting techniques are high-difficulty spellcasting techniques, and the requirements for learners' mental strength and magic control are very high. Even with Mike's current huge mental strength and magic control, he has just reached the learning threshold of these two spellcasting techniques.

At Mike's current level, releasing two spells at the same time and making the spell deflect in a slight arc in the middle is already the limit.

Seeing that the two goblins have escaped, Harry's face showed a relieved expression, and he thanked Mike: "Thanks to you, I was almost annoyed by them all day today."

Mike's eyes moved slightly. He didn't go to training today and waited in the hall just to wait for Harry to come to him.

After becoming suspicious of Percy, Mike also began to investigate the heir. Originally, he planned to hand over the matter to the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, but judging from the current situation, the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore don't seem to care about the heir. It has been several months since the basilisk incident, but there is still no news about the heir.

In the original book, the heir of Slytherin is Ginny Weasley. When the whole family went to Diagon Alley to buy equipment for the new semester, this poor little girl happened to meet Lucius Malfoy, who was accompanying his son Draco to buy equipment for the new semester and disposing of the dark magic items in his home.

The Malfoy family and the Weasley family, two families that were as hostile as fire and water, met each other and naturally fought.

Lucius took advantage of the chaos to stuff a magical dark magic notebook into Ginny's book basket.

Surprisingly, the book actually contained the soul of a man named Tom Riddle, and this Tom Riddle was Voldemort.

It was under the instigation of this Tom Riddle that Ginny became the new heir of Slytherin, and even in the end, she was almost reborn after being sucked out of her power by Tom.

After asking Lockhart, Mike learned that on the day when Lockhart's new book was released, the Malfoy family did have a dispute with the Weasley family in the bookstore, and Lockhart also claimed that he had gone up to persuade them to stop fighting.

This means that Tom's notebook, a Horcrux that has the same function as Ravenclaw's diadem and can take over a person's body, should have been in Ginny's hands.

But judging from the heir's style of letting the basilisk attack Penelope and himself, Percy is much more suspicious than his sister Ginny.

"It's a small matter." Mike deliberately led the topic to the Weasley family, "But Ginny's writing is really not good. I was embarrassed to hear that letter."

"What, what do you mean?"

"Didn't you notice that Ginny likes you? The letter those two goblins just read was written by her to you." Mike stepped forward and hugged Harry's shoulders, whispering in his ear, "If you don't believe me, look over there."

Looking in the direction Mike pointed, Ginny was hiding in a corner of the hall, holding a copy of the Daily Prophet and pretending to read the newspaper, but her eyes kept glancing at Harry from time to time, and she didn't even notice that the newspaper in her hand was held upside down.

Seeing that Mike and Harry were looking at her, two red clouds appeared on Ginny's face, and she fled the hall like the two goblins. Seeing

Harry at a loss, Mike continued to ask, "Where's Ron? Why isn't he with you today?"

"He's in the Gryffindor common room telling Harry about his brother Percy's heroic deeds in the dueling tournament." Mike's sudden change of topic obviously made Harry relieved, and even his tone became lighter. "He has been telling the story almost every day since Percy successfully advanced.

At the beginning, everyone liked to listen, so he told the story in the hall. But after telling it so many times, only some Gryffindor students are willing to listen now."

Mike smiled slightly when he heard this. Harry mentioned Percy, which was exactly what he wanted.

"Oh? Come to think of it, I didn't expect Percy to be so strong." Mike pretended to be calm and asked, "Do you know why he suddenly became so powerful?"

Harry smiled strangely at Mike when he heard this. He didn't say anything, just stared at Mike with a smile.

Until Mike felt a little hairy under his stare, Harry nudged Mike with his elbow and said meaningfully, "I know what you mean..."