Chapter 180 Pappy
After returning to the Ravenclaw Common Room, Roger invited Mike to drink and celebrate again. This time, he did not invite everyone in a big way, but only invited a few wizards who got along well with him. At the
last celebration banquet, he provided strong liquor to his classmates without permission, and was severely criticized by Professor Flitwick. If he did it again, he might have to repeat the year or be punished. However, even after such a severe warning, this guy still wanted to drink. Mike seriously suspected that he had the potential to become an alcoholic.
In the name of retreat, Mike rejected Roger and others' invitations and locked himself in the dormitory.
The fireplace in the dormitory burned automatically, warming the small dormitory. Mike carefully observed the raven pendant in the light of the fire, and even the slight stains in the gap were not spared.
In the previous game, Mike was very sure that he had heard a raven cry. Others might think that they heard it wrong, but Mike was very sure that the sound was made by this pendant.
Originally, Mike could choose to ignore the abnormality of the pendant, but now it is different.
Willy's bat made Mike realize that magical animals can also help wizards in battle, and taking Willy as an example, the help is not small.
In fact, after the last time, Mike looked up a lot of information about the Nightmare Raven, and also had some guesses about the relationship between him and the Nightmare Raven. Today, Mike is going to test whether his guess is correct. If Mike's guess is correct, the Nightmare Raven will become Mike's real fighting force.
Mike took out a piece of beef from the bag of the Traceless Extension Spell, cut a small piece and placed it in front of the Greed Pendant.
"Little darling, come out and eat."
The pendant did not change at all, and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.
Mike scratched his head, a little puzzled.
Since there is very little information about creatures like Nightmare Ravens, and most of the remaining information in Hogwarts is related to making Nightmare Ravens a contracted creature, Mike still doesn't know much about the living habits of Nightmare Ravens. In desperation, he could only find some beef according to the habits of ordinary ravens, but now it seems that beef is useless.
Mike was anxiously running around in the dormitory. The fire in the fireplace stretched the shadow of the pendant so long that the shadow twisted and turned as if it was laughing at Mike's actions.
"Never mind, just rush when you are in doubt!"
He shouted the slogan and drew out the Sword of Victory and Oath and chopped it down at the Greed Pendant. Although Mike shouted fiercely, he just wanted to scare the Nightmare Raven in the pendant, so his target was just the hanging rope connected to the pendant.
"Swish!"
The sharp blade of the Sword of Victory and Oath cut the hanging rope and the hardwood desk into two pieces like cutting tofu. Mike didn't even feel any resistance. He had to sigh that the name of the Iron Sword was well-deserved. The
Greed Pendant slid down from the crooked desk, bounced a few times and fell to the floor. Mike turned a blind eye to it. At this moment, he was concentrating on observing the Sword of Victory and Oath in his hand, as if he saw a beautiful girl that was rare in a thousand years.
At this moment, the Raven Pendant on the ground suddenly flashed a strange purple light, and then four words suddenly appeared in Mike's mind.
'Do you want to die?'
Mike thought for a while, and spat a large mouthful of sticky saliva on the side of the Raven Pendant.
"You are the one who wants to die, right? How dare you talk to your master in this tone!" Mike pointed the Sword of Victory and Oath at the pendant on the ground, and said domineeringly, "I give you two choices, either show your true self, or I will give you a sword now and let your soul fly away!"
After Mike said this, the scene fell into silence again. After a long time, Mike felt that the hand holding the Sword of Victory and Oath had begun to ache, so he stopped waiting and stabbed the pendant with his other hand.
'You will also be hurt if you kill me.'
Just when the tip of the Sword of Victory and Oath was about to touch the pendant, a row of words appeared in Mike's mind again.
Hearing this, Mike's mouth corners slightly raised, and with a flick of his wrist, the tip of the sword pierced into the floor, brushing against the raven pendant.
Perhaps because Mike's sword control ability was not good enough, the blade actually scratched a shallow sword mark on the side of the pendant when it lightly brushed against the pendant.
"Ugh!"
A crow cry that Mike had never heard of before sounded, and the pendant on the floor flashed purple light and turned into a black raven and flew to the magic lamp hanging on the ceiling of the dormitory.
Mike instinctively looked at the raven, and saw a shallow wound on one side of its wing, which was emitting black air. The nightmare raven was combing its feathers at the wound with its beak, and one eye was still looking at him vigilantly.
"Oh my! I'm so sorry, you said it too late and I didn't have time to change my direction." Mike apologized, but there was no apology in his tone, and a magic wand appeared in his other hand.
The Nightmare Raven on the magic lamp also stopped combing its wound feathers. Its little head swayed from side to side. One eye observed Mike's movements, while the other was quickly looking at the layout of the dormitory, as if it was looking for an escape route.
"In fact, the contract between us has been signed a long time ago, right?"
As soon as Mike said this, the Nightmare Raven's movements immediately froze, and its little eyes flashed with fear in a very human way.
Seeing this, Mike's smile became even bigger, and he continued:
"According to records, the contract signed between wizards and Nightmare Ravens is essentially a kind of symbiosis. The Nightmare Raven obtains more food and magic power through the wizard's ability, while the wizard can obtain the combat power of the Nightmare Raven.
The most advantageous point of this contract for wizards is that this symbiotic contract is unequal. If the wizard dies, the Nightmare Raven will also die, but if the Raven dies, the wizard will only suffer some minor injuries.
What you just said has exposed the fact that you and I have signed a contract."
'Despicable human! I will never surrender to you! '
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with submitting to me. You can still eat beef. Look how good I am to you?"
'Foolish human! I only need to eat your dreams and magic power. I don't need your beef at all! '
"Oh, no wonder I was wondering why I hadn't had any dreams for a while. It turned out to be you. Then the contract between you and me is also related to you eating my dreams?"
'Cunning human! You're trying to trick me again! '
...
An hour later, the Nightmare Raven had flown from the magic chandelier to Mike's shoulder.
In this one-hour negotiation, Mike has reached a preliminary agreement with the Nightmare Raven. From today on, the Nightmare Raven will obey Mike's orders, but it must not be the kind of order that lets it die. Mike will work hard to have more good dreams.
Because according to the Nightmare Raven, good dreams taste sweet, nightmares taste salty, and it is a pure sweet party raven!
And the Nightmare Raven also told Mike the truth about the contract.
It turned out that it was signed by Ms. Ravenclaw before it was sent out. As long as it can't help but suck other people's dreams, it will sign a contract with that person. Out
of disgust for humans, it has been resisting hunger and has not signed a contract with Ms. Grey, but when Ms. Grey died, it was collected by the people of Hogwarts as a relic, which resulted in it having no chance even if it wanted to eat dreams.
In order to escape the torture of hunger, it can only turn into a pendant to hibernate, and it didn't wake up until soon after Mike got the pendant.
So, the Nightmare Raven, which had been hungry for nearly a thousand years, suddenly turned on the delicious mode and ate Mike's dreams clean that night.
"I say, let me give you a name?" Mike reached out to the Nightmare Raven, "How about Papi?"
The Nightmare Raven was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and even forgot to avoid Mike's hand.
"Despicable human, since you said so, I will let you call me that."
The Nightmare Raven's eyes flashed with a gleam of joy, and he raised his head with a very proud look, not realizing that the hair on his head had been rubbed into a bird's nest by Mike.
Mike was also a little surprised. He originally thought that this raven should resist this name, but he didn't expect that it not only accepted it, but also looked very happy. Looking at its arrogant look, Mike was also happy in his heart, so he started to call it a new name.
"Papi!"
"Hey!"
"Papi!"
"Hey!"
...
However, the conversation between the two of them seemed smooth, but in fact they were not on the same channel at all.
The word papi in Mike's mouth means puppy. At the same time, this word also means a follower, an arrogant and rude teenager.
But the nightmare raven thought Mike was talking about papi. The two words have the same pronunciation, and many people confuse the two words, but in fact they have different meanings.
Papi comes from Spanish, the same as papa, which means dad. This nightmare raven is very likely from Spain, and it thought Mike was calling him dad.
In any case, the two boring guys finally stopped after answering each other for the 101st time. Both looked at each other with a teachable look. It seems that the relationship between the two has become closer in this weird conversation. Just when the
man and the raven were looking at each other affectionately, Papi suddenly turned his head and looked at the door. At the same time, a string of words appeared in Mike's mind again.
'There is someone outside the door, the guy with a little bat. '
Mike followed Papi's gaze and looked at the door, but after waiting for a long time, he did not find anything unusual. Just when he was about to ask Papi, there was a knock on the door.
Mike and Raven Papi looked at each other. After a moment of eye contact, Papi understood what Mike meant and turned into a pendant in Mike's hand.
Mike calmly tied the pendant back to his neck and opened the door.
"Congratulations, Mr. Townley. I'm here to fulfill the bet."
Willy, wearing a plain robe, held his hands in front of him, smiled and said to Mike.
Although he still looked gentle, Mike found that his lips were very pale and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that the injury caused by the previous game had not healed completely. Seeing that
Mike's eyes were always sweeping over him but he didn't speak, Willy twisted his neck uncomfortably and said, "Mr. Townley, won't you invite me in?"
Hearing this, Mike looked around and saw that the narrow corridor was full of people, and everyone's eyes were on the two of them. Among them, Franklin and Roger's eyes were still vaguely unfriendly, and they obviously doubted Willy's intentions.
"Oh! How rude! Please come in." Mike pretended to react and stepped aside to invite Willy into the dormitory. At the same time, he gave Franklin and the others a reassuring look.
Mike slowly closed the door of the dormitory. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Willy looking at the furnishings in Mike's dormitory. Seeing that Mike had closed the door, Willy said, "Mr. Townley, your dormitory reminds me of my great-grandfather's cabin. It is small but cozy. I will never forget the time I spent with him in that cabin when I was a child."
"Really? I didn't expect that a rich young man like you has lived in that kind of house."
"Although our Hunter family has made some money now with the craftsmanship passed down by our ancestors, we never forget our roots."
"It's really an excellent tradition." Mike deliberately said in an exaggerated tone, "By the way, how is your injury? To be honest, I'm surprised that you can be discharged from the hospital so soon."
Willy naturally heard the sarcasm in Mike's words, and understood what Mike meant, so he did not answer Mike's question, but took out a bag of Traceless Stretching Spell from his arms and put it on the table.
"Ten thousand gold Galleons, all here."
Mike flicked his wand and the bag flew into Mike's hand. He opened the bag and saw that it was full of golden Galleons. The moment he saw these gold coins, Mike knew the number of gold coins in the bag: ten thousand.
This is the number counting magic that comes with the gold Galleon.
Please forgive Mike's contempt for the mathematical ability of wizards when he first entered the magic world. In fact, the magic currency issued by Gringotts has its own number counting magic, which can automatically calculate the number of various currencies.
"How generous, Mr. Hunter."
Seeing Mike put the bag into his arms with a smile on his face, Willy's smile became even brighter. Mike just loves money. As the heir of the Hunter family, he has no shortage of money.
"Just like you, Mike, and you can call me Willy." Willy smiled, "If it's all right, I'll take my leave. Oh, by the way, I wish you win the championship."
After that, Willy smiled and walked out of Mike's dormitory, which surprised Mike.
He originally thought that Willy came in such a hurry to fulfill the "blocking agreement" because he needed something from him, but he didn't expect that Willy left without saying anything after giving him the money, which made Mike very confused.
Is this guy just here to give money?
Is he just a fool with lots of money or is he playing the long game?
Mike: Papi! (How are you, you arrogant dog?)
Papi: Hey! (My dear son, I'm fine)