Chapter 226 The Train Started

In the next few days, Mike began his busiest time during this vacation, because school was about to start, and the Weasley brothers, who were originally the company's leaders in managing the factory, including Mike, all had to go to school, so Mike urgently needed someone to replace him.

Although Shuke and Beta, the two house elves, had enough ability to manage the factory and were very loyal.

But their social status destined them to not be leaders in such a large factory.

Don't think that the factory employees are all Muggle-born wizards and they don't care about social class. In fact, many wizards here care more about bloodline and class than those pure-blooded wizards.

In a word, whenever their interests are damaged, they will jump out and hold high the banner of bloodline discrimination, and whenever their interests are beneficial, they will be deaf and dumb.

This is similar to some people in today's society.

So Mike needs an agent, and this agent must be human, even if he can't do anything, as long as he is a human wizard. Otherwise, the workers below will definitely be dishonest.

So, after careful consideration, Mike selected several most loyal employees from each team leader to form an administrative department, and Harris Carter was appointed as the director.

Yes, it was the good young man who was brave enough to do what was right.

On the other hand, Mike was still seizing every opportunity to practice the Patronus Charm.

At this point, I have to emphasize again that Mike is really busy now.

Sword training, meditation, spell practice, brain occlumency practice, transfiguration practice...

one thing after another almost left him no time to rest. In desperation, Mike had to reduce his sleep time. He now only sleeps four hours a day, which is far below the sleep index released by the United Nations.

Fortunately, Mike is a wizard, and a wizard with extremely strong mental power. Let alone four hours, he can rest well with only two hours of sleep a day.

In terms of the Patronus Charm, Mike found his teacher, Flitwick, after practicing alone for two days and finding that the effect was too low.

Flitwick had no doubts about Mike's motivation to learn the Patronus Charm. As a professor at Hogwarts, he had known about the Dementors' arrival at Hogwarts and told Mike about it.

What surprised Mike was that Professor Flitwick knew the usage and tricks of the Patronus Charm, as if he was a Patronus Charm master. However

, when Mike looked down at Professor Flitwick with admiring eyes and asked excitedly what his Patronus was, Professor Flitwick was silent.

Mike asked a stupid question. Although Professor Flitwick knew the Patronus Charm, he had not practiced to the point where he could release a complete Patronus.

This was very uncomfortable.

However, Professor Flitwick was not a stingy person. After a moment of silence, he told Mike the reason.

It turned out that Professor Flitwick had been learning the Patronus Charm since he was young, because the Patronus Charm represented a high status and virtue in addition to its practicality. However, no matter how hard he tried, how many teachers he consulted, and how much information he collected, he could not release a complete Patronus.

This hurt Professor Flitwick very much. He even doubted that he had no talent for magic at all, and the Patronus Charm became a thorn in Professor Flitwick's heart.

So when Mike came to him for advice, he agreed almost without hesitation. He wanted to fulfill his wish on his apprentice.

Unfortunately, Mike's situation was similar to Flitwick's.

In the few days left in the holiday, Flitwick, the master of theory, launched a cruel hellish training on Mike and taught him countless tips that he heard from others.

Under this intensive training, Mike's Patronus Charm improved by leaps and bounds, and the brightness of the Patronus Charm released was directly upgraded from a flashlight to a white woven lamp.

But he still couldn't release a physical Patronus.

Finally, Professor Flitwick was desperate.

Mike felt guilty about this. He felt that he had disappointed Professor Flitwick. Although Professor Flitwick didn't say anything, Mike still felt very uncomfortable.

But he had no other choice. He could only say that spells depend on talent, especially the extremely difficult spells like the Patronus Charm. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't do it, it will be difficult to do it in your lifetime.

But Mike hadn't given up completely. Although he didn't say it, he still felt that it was because Professor Flitwick didn't teach you well. After all, it was hard to convince people that someone who couldn't cast a physical Patronus Charm would teach you the Patronus Charm.

So he decided to wait until he arrived at Hogwarts to ask the Patronus Charm masters in the school.

With this in mind, Mike, Harry and the Weasley family crossed the platform pillars again and came to the Nine and Three Quarters Station.

Today was the first day of school. The platform was very lively, with little wizards carrying luggage and parents who were worried about them everywhere.

Harry looked at the Muggle freshmen who were looking around with their mouths wide open in surprise, and said to Mike with a sigh: "Look, another freshman. Remember? Mike, we were like this at the beginning."

Mike nodded perfunctorily and walked towards the train without looking back.

Hogwarts will welcome a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year, Remus Lupin.

The new professor is a powerful wizard, a master of the Patronus Charm, and his Patronus is a wolf.

He is the Patronus Charm teacher that Mike has found for himself. Mike is confident that as long as he has a good relationship with him, it should be a piece of cake for him to give him some special lessons on the Patronus Charm.

However, just as Mike was rushing to run onto the train to find Professor Lupin, a voice suddenly sounded from beside him.

"Mike, is that you?" Lucius Malfoy's voice sounded, "What a coincidence, we are just about to send Xiaolong (Draco's nickname) to school."

Although he was very impatient, Mike still put on a smile and greeted the Malfoy family.

"Good day, Mr. Lucius." Mike nodded.

"It's been such a short time since we last met, and you've grown so tall. You're such a handsome boy. I don't know how many girls will send you love letters in the future." Narcissa praised Mike with a smile, and then touched Draco's head. "Our little dragon is too picky about food, otherwise he would have started to grow taller."

"Mom!"

Draco shook off his mother's hand uncomfortably. It was obvious that he was uncomfortable with his mother doing this in front of Mike.

At this time, the Weasley family behind him also noticed the situation on Mike's side. As the mortal enemy of the Malfoy family, Mr. Weasley's first reaction was that Mike was in trouble, so he brought a large group of people to surround him.

"Are you okay, Mike? Did they embarrass you?"

"Don't worry, Mike, they can't do anything to you with us here!"

Before Mr. Weasley could speak, the Weasley brothers were already anxious to help Mike.

The smile on Lucius' face disappeared as soon as he saw the Weasley family, and he looked at the Weasley family with an imposing and proud look again.

"Oh, look who is this, isn't this the poor Weasley family?" Lucius glanced at the Weasley family's luggage, and then laughed, "It seems that your useless father is still useful. At least he can afford to buy brand new books this year. Congratulations, you finally don't have to use second-hand books anymore."

Noticing his gaze, Ginny quickly hid the books she had placed on the top of the suitcase. She didn't like Lucius at all.

Mr. Weasley was directly angry and stepped forward to grab Lucius's collar.

Seeing that a melee drama was about to begin, Mrs. Weasley quickly grabbed him.

If it was somewhere else, the two of them would fight, but this was the Hogwarts Nine and Three Quarters Station. Fighting here might affect their children.

Lucius was secretly relieved when he saw this. He was really afraid that Weasley, this reckless madman, would fight with him here.

This is not to say that Lucius is afraid of Weasley, but that there are so many people watching here. If the self-proclaimed noble Malfoy family fights with others here, or fights physically, it will really be a loss of face.

Lucius is a smart man, and he knows that it is better to stop when you have taken advantage of the Weasley family. So he stopped entangled with the Weasley family, put on a smile again, and turned to look at Mike.

"Mike, you are a smart man, but in my opinion, your understanding of this world is still too shallow. In fact, there are differences between pure-blood magic families. Some families have the name of pure blood but do not have the strength and wealth of pure-blood nobles. Regarding this, I think I can help you."

Although Lucius did not name them, his eyes kept glancing at the Weasley family. The families he mentioned are self-evident.

Faced with this kind of shame, the Weasley brothers' patience has reached its limit. When they were about to beat up Lucius in front of them, Mike stretched out his hand to stop them.

"Mr. Lucius, I think I can tell who is the best friend for me. Thank you for your kindness."

Upon hearing this, the Malfoy family's faces turned black. Narcissa and Lucius were better, after all, they were adults, but Draco was different. He was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Mike found it a little funny. Draco and Lucius were really father and son. Even the words they said when they tried to win people over were similar.

That's right, the words he used to answer Lucius were exactly what Harry said to Draco in the first grade.

"Let's go!"

Lucius, with a dark face, felt that he had lost face. Now he couldn't do anything to Mike and others, so he pulled Draco away.

As soon as they left, the Weasley family and Harry cheered.

"Mike, you are so cool!"

"Did you see the expressions of the Malfoy family just now? Oh my god, it's so funny!"

...

They didn't suppress their voices at all. Lucius heard the cheers behind him and suddenly tripped and almost fell to the ground.

This incident delayed them for a while. When Mike and the others checked their tickets and boarded the train, the train was about to start.

Looking at the crowded carriages, Mike shook his head in embarrassment. It seemed that it would be difficult to find Professor Lupin today.

However, he still had to find him. Mike searched the carriages one by one. Unexpectedly, he did not find Lupin but found Hermione and Penelope who was maintaining order next to Hermione's carriage.

Penelope was no longer as gentle as when she was alone with Mike. Her sonorous voice and every gesture showed the aura of a strong woman.

Seeing this, Mike suddenly had an idea. He thought that Penelope, an official, might know where Lupin was, so he asked, "Penelope, do you know where the new Professor Lupin is?"

"Lupin? Do you mean the new professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?"

"Yes."

Penelope thought for a moment, and then said apologetically, "Sorry, Mike, I didn't see him. But I can ask other students, and there should be results."

Mike nodded with satisfaction, found a seat and sat down, watching Penelope busying around, feeling very emotional.

It would be great if I could have a secretary like Penelope, who is capable and beautiful. When there is something to do, the secretary can do it, and when there is nothing to do, hehehe.

Thinking about it, Mike suddenly felt that there was a furry creature in his arms. He looked down and found that it was Hermione's ugly cat with a flat face.

Perhaps because he noticed that Mike was looking at him, the big ginger cat meowed at Mike twice.

Although the cat looked a little ugly, Mike didn't dislike it at all. He smiled and stroked the cat.

"Crookshanks!"

Hermione hurried out of the box and saw Crookshanks lying on his belly being stroked by Mike.

"His name is Crookshanks? What a strange name."

Seeing Hermione suddenly freeze in place, Mike took the initiative to greet him to avoid embarrassment. However, his words offended the kitten in his arms.

Crookshanks rolled his eyes in a very human way, then jumped out of Mike's arms, and even grabbed Mike's hand before leaving.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I said the wrong thing."

The interaction between the person and the cat made Hermione laugh, and the atmosphere between the two became much more harmonious. Hermione picked up Crookshanks again and asked:

"Do you like pets too?"

"Of course, I like pets very much, and my favorite is dogs, especially black dogs."

Mike suddenly stopped here and swallowed his saliva.

"Then why don't you have a pet?"

His question stumped Mike. He couldn't tell her that he was afraid that he would develop feelings for the pet after keeping it for a long time, right?

Mike thought for a while and finally said, "Actually, I have a pet."

"Oh? What is it? Can you show it to me?"

Hermione's eyes lit up immediately. She has always liked furry animals. Mike didn't hesitate any more. He touched the pendant around his neck and whispered, "Come out, Papi."

A black light flashed, and the raven Papi flew out from Mike's shirt and landed on Mike's shoulder accurately and elegantly.