Chapter 241: Sharing Wealth and Weaknesses

Fudge was right. He was the Minister of Magic. Although Dumbledore could easily overthrow him, he was still the Minister before he was overthrown.

So when the students in the hall woke up, they were surprised to find that the Dementors hovering outside the castle not only did not disappear, but there were more.

Mike sat on the sofa chair in the Room of Requirement with his legs crossed. He was not surprised that this happened.

As he had thought before, the wizarding society was too small, which made it difficult for them to have truly outstanding masters and big figures.

And Fudge was obviously an incompetent person.

Mike smiled, reached out to pick up the teacup on the coffee table and prepared to take a sip, but found that the tea in it had been drunk long ago.

Franklin came up very servilely and refilled Mike's tea.

What happened last night proved that Mike was right to let them learn the Patronus Charm and the Spell of the Striker. Franklin's admiration for Mike has now broken through the sky!

"Thank you."

"You're welcome! You're welcome! Is there anything else I can do?"

"Please take a seat. I have something very important to say next."

Franklin immediately sat back in his seat, and Penelope sat up straight.

Seeing that the two were ready, Mike said, "What do you think of the future?"

Franklin was confused. He was living a comfortable life and had no intention of thinking about the future. Penelope's face darkened. She was not a simple guy like Franklin. She had made a very careful inference about her future, and the result was not good.

"We are all wizards of Muggle origin. Our future will be thousands of times more difficult than others! It may not be obvious in school now, but once you enter society, you will understand that the discrimination against us by pure-bloods is engraved in their bones, and it cannot be changed without unforgettable pain!" Mike continued without waiting for the two to answer, "A single arrow can be easily broken, but no one can break a hundred arrows put together. So I think we should unite, unity is strength! This power is steel! This power is iron! This power can defeat all darkness!" "I

want to gather all the talented people together to form a mutual aid organization to gain greater benefits!"

"The name of this organization is Freemasonry, which means to be in the same boat! And now, I sincerely invite you to join Freemasonry."

After that, Mike took out two gold Galleons and threw them to the two people. The two gold coins quickly deformed in mid-air, and when they fell in front of the two people, they had turned into two olive branches covered with emerald green leaves.

Franklin looked at Mike with admiration, and without hesitation, he raised the olive branch above his head with trembling hands, and sang in a voice that was almost distorted with excitement:

"I will follow you forever, sir!"

Penelope on the side seemed to have not reacted yet, staring at the olive branch in front of her with straight eyes. After a while, she smiled, picked up the branch and said, "I do too!"

"Very good! Then I will give you this thing as a token of love!" Mike waved his wand, and the olive branches in the hands of the two turned into gold coins again. "This gold coin has the functions of positioning and communication. You must keep it well."

"Next, let us make an unbreakable oath!"

After Mike finished speaking, he motioned for the two to hold hands together, and then put the magic wand on their hands.

"Recite after me!" Mike said while urging his magic power, "I volunteer to join the Freemasonry, support the interests of the organization, fulfill the obligations of members, implement the organization's decisions, strictly abide by the organization's precepts, keep the organization's secrets, and never regret it!..."

Since the 'unbreakable oath' requires every oath to be detailed to the extreme, Mike recited it for a long time.

And every time Mike recited a sentence, Franklin and Penelope followed him. As they recited, a golden flame appeared from the tip of Mike's wand, and it wrapped around the two people's connected hands like a chain. And, as the recitation continued, the tongue of fire continued to stretch, gradually covering the two people's bodies, tightly binding them together.

As the two people said the last note, Mike took back the magic wand, and the flame chain disappeared instantly, continuing to exist in a more weird way.

Seeing the two men heaved a sigh of relief and separated their clasped hands, Mike said with a smile:

"Now, we are a team."

Franklin smiled like a child and said loudly: "That's right!"

"From now on, all the knowledge I have will be open to you. I will set up a small library here for you to consult. At the same time, I will provide you with as many resources as you need as possible!" Mike said, "In addition, I will also set up a peripheral organization. This organization will absorb all those who want to join. After that, we will select those who have the same ambitions, talents, and trustworthiness as us to join our Freemasonry." "

And what we have to do next is to do our best to expand the influence of this peripheral organization and recruit more people to join!" "

I understand! I will go to the first and second grades tomorrow to promote it. I believe that many people will be willing to join!"

Franklin said excitedly.

"No, no, no, you just need to follow my instructions on this matter." Mike stretched out a finger and shook it in the air, saying, "People are cheap. If you beg him to join, he will think you are cheap, so we have to set a proper threshold. After all, it is much easier to find gold from a pile of gold ore than from sand."

Franklin and Penelope looked at each other, and both of them were shining with excitement.

...

"Harry, are we really going to have class here?" On the eighth floor of Hogwarts, Ron grabbed Harry's arm and said with some fear, "It looks gloomy here."

"I'm not sure, but this opportunity is rare. As long as we learn the Patronus Charm, we don't have to be afraid of Dementors anymore!"

Harry cheered Ron up, glanced at Hermione who deliberately lagged behind them, and sighed unconsciously.

He felt that the friendship between his two good friends was coming to an end.

Ron and Hermione's relationship was strained because of Crookshanks and Scabbers. Although Harry had tried his best to mediate, things were still going in a bad direction.

Now Ron and Hermione no longer spoke to each other! Even when they met by chance, they would pretend not to know each other!

Harry felt that if Hermione was not very interested in the Patronus Charm, she would never come with Ron today.

Just when Harry was worried about his friendship, a door suddenly appeared on the wall in front of the three people. Then the door opened and Mike came out with a gentle smile.

"Welcome, my friends!"

The three were startled by the sudden appearance of Mike and the door. Ron hid behind Harry and only timidly poked his head out to take a peek after hearing Mike's voice.

Seeing that the person who spoke was Mike, Ron was no longer afraid.

After what happened last night, Ron regarded Mike as an idol and made a big fuss about the fact that he and Mike were friends. He gained the admiration of many little girls. It was said that a girl named Lavender seemed to have some other ideas about Ron. By the way

, Hermione was extremely disdainful of Ron's behavior.

Mike led the three people into the Room of Requirement. Everyone was very surprised at the existence of this secret room. Even Hermione looked around with her mouth wide open and looked around at the layout inside.

Penelope and Franklin were sitting on the sofa chair looking at Mike and others.

Franklin was playing with the gold Galleon that Mike gave him. The gold coin bounced up and down in his hand. With the smile on his face, it was obvious that he was showing off.

Unfortunately, Harry and the other two were all paying attention to the Room of Requirement. Even Ron, who was the most greedy, didn't pay attention to Franklin's actions, which disappointed him.

"This is the Room of Requirement. It can change into what you want according to your wishes. We will practice the Patronus Charm here in the future." Mike said, "But please be careful not to reveal the secret of this secret room. This is our secret base."

After Mike said that, he looked at Ron and said, "Especially you, Ron. I hope you can keep the secret."

"I won't..."

Ron was a little embarrassed. He also knew that he had a big mouth, so he could only stammer a few words.

"As far as I know, the Patronus Charm is a very difficult spell. I'm curious how you learned it in the third grade!"

Compared with Ron, Hermione's concern was a little strange. After a little surprise, she turned her attention away from the Room of Requirement and turned back to the real purpose of this trip, the Patronus Charm.

Mike was not surprised by this. He had a deep understanding of Hermione's desire for knowledge, so he waved and called Penelope and Franklin to re-explain the key points of the Patronus Charm.

The Patronus Charm sounds simple, but in fact there are many little tricks in it. After Mike sorted it out for these people, time was unknowingly approaching curfew.

During the teaching process, Mike also noticed that Ron and Hermione were really in a bad mood. This can be seen from the fact that Ron always stayed at the farthest position from Hermione intentionally or unintentionally, and Hermione always interrupted Ron's speech.

It is actually very simple to resolve the conflict between the two. Just give Ron a new pet.

It is true that breaking up with your girlfriend is sad, but if a girl who is thousands of times better than your ex-girlfriend falls in love with you right away, will you still be sad?

I am afraid you will forget your ex-girlfriend in a very short time, right?

This is true for adults, and it is also true for teenagers like Ron.

Mike is confident that if he can give Ron an owl, or even a magical creature, then his mouse Scabbers will be quickly forgotten by him.

However, Mike will not do this.

In fact, he hopes that Hermione and Ron will break up completely.

In the original book, Hermione, the designated female protagonist, finally married Ron, which made him feel uncomfortable for a long time. Now that he is here this time, he will not let this happen again.

In the end, Mike asked several people to try to cast the Patronus Charm in turn.

As expected, Franklin did the best, followed by Penelope and Hermione, while Harry and Ron could only emit a very weak white light, which could not even be seen in bright places.

It has to be said that Franklin and Hermione's magic talents are really good, and Franklin is obviously more talented in the Patronus Charm alone. His simple temperament adds a lot of points to him in this regard.

As for Penelope, although she is not talented, Mike is not prepared to train her to be a female warrior.

Mike positioned her as a senior business talent and administrator to help him manage his growing industry in the future.

The day after Mike taught Harry and others the Patronus Charm, things began to develop in the direction Mike expected.

It is impossible to keep Ron, a big mouth, from revealing secrets. From the next day, he has been publicizing what happened last night in Hogwarts.

Basically, except for the secret base of the Room of Requirement, he told everyone almost everything.

He even found a dark place to cast his half-baked Patronus Charm on others.

Harry was very dissatisfied with this. He felt that Ron had betrayed Mike's trust by doing this.

Ron obviously didn't think so. He felt that he was helping Mike expand his influence, and Mike should thank him.

In fact, what Ron said was right. Mike had decided from the beginning to let Ron be his publicity officer, and spread the news without Ron's knowledge.

This worked very well. Since Ron's main target of showing off was students of the same grade and lower grades, many lower grade students soon found Mike, hoping that he could teach them the Patronus Charm.

Many of them were not interested in the Patronus Charm at all, and came just for Mike, and some even just wanted to join in the fun.

But Mike accepted everyone, and with the permission of Professor Flitwick, he borrowed the Charms classroom and taught these students to learn the Patronus Charm in the evening.

Mike originally thought that only lower grade students would come to listen to his lectures for the time being, but he didn't expect that an old acquaintance would also come.

"Hey! Mike! I heard that you started a study class, so I brought people here to show my support!"

Cedric, who had changed his personality, looked like a gang leader, and walked into Mike's classroom with a bunch of Hufflepuff students and said.

Time was running out, so Mike agreed, hugged Cedric, and let them find a seat by themselves.

Mike's first class went smoothly, and basically everyone present got what they wanted. It was not until after class that Mike and Cedric had time to sit together and start chatting.

"I am very grateful to you, Cedric."

"Don't say that, we are brothers!" Cedric waved his hand and said proudly, "And your lectures are really good, I am fascinated by them! Hahaha!"

Mike couldn't tell whether what he said was a compliment or the truth, so he could only laugh it off.

When the clock in the classroom rang the music indicating curfew, Cedric said goodbye to Mike and returned to the Hufflepuff lounge with a large group of people.

Before leaving, Cedric suddenly paused, turned around and said with a smile:

"My first Quidditch game of the year is about to start! You must come and watch it then!"