Chapter 246 Peter

Since Fudge left Hogwarts, the Dementors have gradually disappeared in an orderly manner, which disappointed the students who were learning the Patronus Charm, because most of them learned the Patronus Charm mainly for the purpose of showing off. Now that the Dementors are gone, they naturally have no place to show off.

Therefore, the Patronus Charm course conducted by Mike has gradually become deserted. However,

the "Los Santos Student Support Program" is very popular.

Generally speaking, Muggle-born wizards are poor. Even if they have a lot of wealth in their families before entering the wizarding society, it is impossible to convert it into gold galleons. Therefore,

Mike's student loan business is very prosperous.

After applying for these loans, capable and self-disciplined people will use the gold galleons to improve themselves, while more people will use them for eating, drinking and having fun. Mike is happy to see this happen, because he knows very well that those people can't default on his loans at all with magic contracts. If they

can't pay back the loans in the future, it is natural to become a coolie in the factory under the Los Santos Company.

Even if Mike agreed to cancel their debt, then it would not be impossible to ask them to do something that would put their lives in danger.

So Mike completely ignored Penelope's suggestion to tighten loan review, and instead invested more gold galleons in this business.

In fact, Penelope's worry was not unreasonable. Los Santos Corporation was established not long ago, and currently only has Dolphin Magic Drink as its pillar industry, and a large amount of cash flow being transferred to Hogwarts will definitely affect the company's profits.

Mike is not in a hurry about this.

During the days at Hogwarts, Mike has been remotely controlling Los Santos Corporation through Shuke and Beta. Every gold coin produced by the Dolphin Magic Drink factory was used by Mike to the best of his ability, so that they can produce more gold galleons.

Others only know that Los Santos Corporation has a Dolphin Magic Drink, but in fact, Los Santos Corporation now has many subsidiaries, such as Los Santos Construction, Los Santos Fashion, etc.

Although these companies are not large in scale now, Mike believes that the profits they can generate in the future must be amazing.

Because their top executives are almost all Muggle-born wizards, or the kind of Muggles who returned to Muggle society to continue learning all kinds of Muggle knowledge after finishing school at Hogwarts.

They are all high-level talents, architects, fashion designers, senior sales...

After seeing the wonders of the wizarding world, they have been longing for the lives of wizards, but the bloody facts have given them a blow. They are insignificant to the wizarding society, and they can't even find a decent job here.

So, they can only live in all walks of life in Muggle society, and they can no longer use spells under the supervision of the Ministry of Magic.

When Mike found them and promised them a high salary, they basically gave up their original jobs without much hesitation and re-entered the wizarding society.

And this time they vowed to prove their talents!

With such a group of people who work hard every day like chicken blood, Mike doesn't worry about not making money at all.

Seeing Penelope's tired look, Mike smiled and stretched out his hand to gently pinch Penelope's face, and said gently: "Don't worry about this matter anymore, go and have a good sleep, you already have dark circles under your eyes."

Penelope sighed and returned to the dormitory when she saw that she couldn't change Mike's decision.

She stayed up all night for this matter last night, and now she really needs a good rest.

Mike avoided others and came to Hogsmeade Village alone through the secret passage under the statue of the hunchbacked witch.

Today is the last day to go out before the Christmas holiday, so the streets of Hogsmeade Village are particularly lively, and everyone is choosing suitable items to take home as gifts.

In the past, those Muggle-born wizards would not make such large-scale purchases. Their pitiful exchange quota every year can only support them to buy some worthless candies at most.

But this year is different. Thanks to Mike's student loan, many Muggle-born wizards also came to Hogsmeade Village to purchase today.

People were coming and going on the street, talking and laughing as they increased the income of Hogsmeade Village today.

Many shops on both sides were also crowded with people, among which the Duke of Bee and the Joke Shop were the most lively, with long queues lining the street.

Many shops that were not as prosperous as these two sent their clerks to the street, shouting desperately to attract more customers to come in.

Mike felt that everything in front of him was no different from those large commercial streets in the Muggle society that held activities before Christmas.

It was just that he had no time to go shopping now, and he had a more important mission this time.

Peter Pettigrew.

This mouse was so cunning that in order to prevent it from disappearing suddenly one day, Mike decided to take the initiative!

Scabbers, a mouse that had been in Weasley for more than ten years, panicked after hearing that Black had escaped from prison.

To be honest, Mike really didn't understand what the Weasley family was thinking.

According to Ron, his mouse Scabbers was picked up by his brother Charlie, and it was just an ordinary mouse.

But can an ordinary mouse live for more than ten years? This is really not very scientific!

If it were Mike, he would have doubted whether his pet was a mutant, but the Weasleys didn't care at all, as if it was a very common thing for an ordinary mouse to live for more than ten years in the wizarding world.

Whether Mike understood it or not, it couldn't change the fact that Scabbers, the mouse transformed by Peter Pettigrew, was Ron's most important friend. Ron loved Scabbers, the pet who had been with him since childhood, to the core. After Hermione raised a big ginger cat as a pet, he began to consciously keep Scabbers away from the ugly cat. After

he and Hermione broke up over this matter, Ron hid the mouse Scabbers on his body and was inseparable from it every day.

This time when he came to Hogsmeade to purchase was no exception.

Mike looked at Ron who was lingering in Zonko's Joke Shop and the mouse in his arms who was looking around vigilantly, and a nice arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Found you!"

After muttering to himself in an almost inaudible voice, Mike drew out his wand. After waving it for a while, a piece of gravel on the road twisted and expanded, and finally turned into a dirty black dog.

When Mike controlled the big black dog to squeeze into the joke shop, Ron was still drooling at the many prank props on the shelf, and the mouse Banban, who had been vigilant, discovered it at the first time.

"Squeak!"

The mouse Banban made a shrill cry and then began to desperately drill into his owner's arms, wanting his owner to protect him.

However, he was disappointed. Ron, who was watching intently, ignored him at all. He continued to concentrate on looking at the shelf. He gently stroked his finger over the top of his head and comforted him easily: "Don't make trouble, I will give you food later." The

black dog's eyes were fixed on the mouse Banban who kept approaching. Its expression became more and more ferocious, and its sharp teeth were exposed, as if it would pounce on the mouse Banban and bite it the next moment.

Banban couldn't stand it. It thought the dog was Blake.

It twisted its body flexibly and drilled out of Ron's arms, fell to the ground and disappeared quickly.

At this time, the shop assistants discovered that a dirty black dog had come into the store. However, when they tried to drive it away, they saw that the dog suddenly turned into a piece of gravel. In the end, they could only shake their heads in confusion and kick the stone out of the store.

On the other side, after Mike successfully used the black dog to scare Scabbers away from Ron's arms, he began to track Peter Pettigrew with his magical perception.

In addition to not wanting to conflict with Ron, there was another important reason why he had to scare it away from Ron's arms before taking action, that is, Peter might have mastered a very lethal spell.

According to the information provided by Blake, the explosion that Peter mastered by this spell should be able to kill all creatures within half a kilometer around, and he only needs to pay the price of half a finger.

And this spell may not require a wand!

If he releases this spell in the crowded Hogsmeade village, the result will be very bad.

Mike tracked Peter all the way out of Hogsmeade Village. When he came to the only way back to Hogwarts, Peter stopped and found a bush to rest.

It seems that Peter doesn't want to leave his little master Ron for the time being. He wants to reappear on the way back to Hogwarts and return to Ron's side.

To be honest, Mike was a little confused by his behavior. If he were Peter, he would leave his hometown as soon as he knew Sirius Black was nearby. Could it be that he really had feelings for the Weasley family over the past ten years?

But it had nothing to do with him. Mike slowly drew out his wand and aimed at the bush where Peter was hiding and cast a petrification spell.

After becoming a mouse, Peter naturally possessed all the abilities of a mouse, including super vigilance.

This guy reacted within a second after Mike cast the spell, and turned into a black afterimage and rushed into the wilderness in the distance.

However, this was useless. Mike locked onto him early through his magic perception. The translucent petrification spell turned strangely in mid-air and hit the black afterimage.

Peter, who was petrified, flew far away due to inertia. Mike quickly stepped forward to pick him up. He was still running, but his big eyes were full of fear.

"Ok! Call it a day!"

Mike held Peter's tail and swung it twice before putting it in an ordinary bag. He had no desire to communicate with Peter. This guy was a complete terrorist and he couldn't give him any chance. After

a long detour back to Hogwarts Castle, he saw Ron arguing with Hermione in the hall.

"Where's your stinky cat? I'm going to kill it!"

Ron's eyes were red, and it seemed that he had just cried. At this moment, he was roaring at Hermione angrily.

Hermione's situation was not good either. She didn't have many friends to begin with, and now Ron, who she regarded as a friend, accused her so much, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Listen Ron, I didn't bring Crookshanks with me when I went to Hogsmeade today!" Hermione tried her best to explain, "And he's a good kid, he won't eat your Scabbers!"

"How do you know? He's a cat! Eating mice is his nature!"

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Originally, the topic of the quarrel between the two was still about Crookshanks and Scabbers, but as the heat escalated, Ron's words became more and more unpleasant, and the focus of the curse was also on Hermione herself. Faced with

this situation, Hermione stopped talking. Her eyes were red, and it seemed that tears might flow out of them at any time, but she pursed her lips tightly, forcing herself not to cry. There

were many people around, and everyone was watching the excitement.

Soon Ron's two brothers also heard the news and rushed over. As soon as they came, they saw their brother pointing at a girl's nose and scolding her. This made them very angry, so the two of them each carried Ron on one side and left the hall.

Before leaving, she also winked at Mike beside her, the meaning of which was unclear.

After Ron left, Hermione could no longer suppress her tears. She covered her face and rushed out of the hall.

Mike looked at Hermione who rushed out, then looked at his cloth bag, and finally sighed and chased after Hermione in the direction she left.

Hermione ran very fast, and Mike chased her from the hall to the library before catching up with her.

Hermione was very surprised by Mike's sudden appearance. She pulled her sleeves and wiped her face randomly, trying to hide her tears.

Mike didn't say anything nonsense. He took out a sizzling bee candy and handed it to her, saying, "Put it in your mouth, you will feel much better."

Hermione's hands that were used to cover her eyes opened a gap, and after secretly taking a look at the object in Mike's hand, she cried and said, "No eating in the library!"

"It's okay, I'll block it for you, no one will find out."

Although Mike said so, he was very contemptuous in his heart.

You didn't think about the rules when you attached a waterproof and moisture-proof spell to Harry's glasses a few days ago.

Facts have proved that it is human nature to love delicious food. At Mike's insistence, Hermione finally ate the Sizzling Bee Candy in Mike's hand.

This violation of the rules seemed to make Hermione very excited. She didn't even care about crying now. Her big red eyes rolled around and looked around vigilantly.

"So why did you come to the library?"

Mike continued the topic when he saw that Hermione had almost recovered. He didn't continue to persuade and comfort Hermione about Ron's matter, nor did he intend to mediate between them.

If possible, Mike even hoped that Hermione and Ron would never have anything to do with each other again.

Hermione naturally didn't know what Mike was thinking at the moment, and said shyly:

"Buckbeak might be executed!"