Chapter 314 Krum is attacked

Since she got the Heart of the Ocean, Penelope has never taken it off, not even when sleeping.

Mike understands this, but he cannot accept that Penelope wears it when she sleeps with him, at least not in winter.

After all, it is not easy to warm up a large and smooth stone in the winter.

If you don't warm it up, the cold touch it brings when you are passionate will definitely extinguish your passion.

Unfortunately, Penelope does not accept Mike's advice.

It can be seen that Penelope really likes this necklace.

This should be nonsense. Which woman would not love a magic necklace that can make people stay young forever?

And this necklace also brings Penelope many benefits. For example, when they get together with the girls after class every day, Penelope will inadvertently reveal the Heart of the Ocean, and then introduce the origin of the necklace in detail to everyone under the envious and jealous eyes of everyone, and finally receive a wave of praise and amazement. For

this kind of behavior that Mike thinks is a bit boring, Penelope is always happy to do it.

Of course, Penelope didn't tell her about the special function of the necklace. She still understood that if a man is innocent, then Huaibi is guilty.

But this was enough to make her girlfriends scream. After all, a natural sapphire of such a large size and high purity is worth a lot even in the wizarding world (gems ​​are used in many alchemies).

Thanks to this necklace, Penelope had a very happy time, and Michael was not doing badly.

During the day, he would go to class like other students. Although the knowledge taught in Hogwarts was a bit too superficial for him at this stage, some courses could still bring him some fun.

At night, he would devote himself to the research and training of silent spells and wandless spells.

This schedule made his sleep time very short, and he could only persist with the Dolphin potion and his strong mental strength.

But Michael was very happy.

Because it turned out that his talent in silent spells and wandless spells was quite good. His strength was increasing every day under this intensive training. Although the increase was not much, this continuous positive feedback was really addictive.

Mike is not an ascetic or a masochist. He knows the principle of combining work and rest.

So every weekend he would take a whole day off, sleep in, go to Hogsmeade with friends, or have a meeting with Penelope to have a deep exchange.

This way of relaxing is very effective, especially when you encounter strange things every week.

Just like now, when Mike, Benjamin, Franklin and others went to Hogsmeade to have some fun as usual, they saw Ron standing at the Gryffindor table in the hall and telling about his experience in the second project.

The only difference from a few weeks ago was that the story he told had changed dramatically!

In Ron's story, the trip to the Black Lake, which was originally very safe and even comfortable for the hostages, turned into a thrilling kidnapping without prior notice.

And Ron himself turned into a master of spells and kung fu.

First, he knocked out more than 50 mermen with eight feet in height and eight feet in waist with his bare hands without using any spells, and then he knocked down hundreds of such cube mermen with his wand. In the end, he gave in only after Dumbledore suddenly came out and explained to him.

Facts have proved that as long as you are shameless enough and confident enough, people will believe your boasts.

For example, Padma in the crowd seemed to have some problems with her IQ. At this moment, she was looking at Ron in admiration.

Mike and his group not far away were watching Ron's performance with relish.

They didn't want to expose Ron. After all, this was one of the few things that could make them laugh. They all liked Ron's clown behavior to last a little longer so that it would bring them more fun.

Unfortunately, some people didn't think so.

"Hey! Ron." Zhou Hong blinked his innocent and beautiful big eyes and looked up at Ron curiously, "Why is what you said completely different from what Hermione said?"

As soon as these words came out, Ron, who was originally in high spirits at the long table, froze.

He stared at Zhou Hong with his mouth wide open.

But Zhou Hong thought that he didn't hear what he said clearly, so he repeated it again.

Now, Mike didn't know whether Ron heard it clearly, but including them, most of the onlookers in the hall must have heard it clearly.

Everyone cast doubtful eyes at Ron, and some people who had long disliked him even laughed loudly.

Ron danced and tried to explain, but no one listened to him at all.

In the end, Ron, who was angry and embarrassed, rushed to Zhou Hong with red eyes, the naughty child who made him lose face.

Seeing this, Benjamin rushed up in one step, blocked in front of Zhou Hong and kicked Ron down with one foot.

Ron was so angry that he wanted to get up and continue, but the appearance of Mike and others at this time made his body suffocate.

Everyone in Hogwarts knew that Benjamin and Mike had a good relationship. Although Ron had a good relationship with Mike, he was not arrogant enough to think that Mike would turn against Benjamin for him. He

clenched his fists and glared at Zhou Hong who was protected by Benjamin behind him. Ron walked away without looking back.

It was not until then that Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look at Zhou Hong and asked:

"Are you okay?"

"What can happen to me? Do you think I'm really a twelve-year-old child? Even if you take out your wand, you are not my opponent."

Hearing this, Benjamin was speechless. If Zhou Hong hadn't said it, he would have really forgotten that Zhou Hong was a powerful creature.

With an awkward smile, Benjamin was ready to invite Zhou Hong to go to Hogsmeade Village together.

However, before he opened his mouth, an anxious girl suddenly came over.

"Oh! Merlin! Hong! Are you okay?"

Mike and others looked and saw a girl with dark brown hair running quickly to Zhou Hong, and started to touch Zhou Hong's body while speaking.

"You're not hurt, are you? Let me see! Ron is such an impolite bastard!"

Zhou Hong obviously didn't want to lose face in front of Mike and Benjamin. He desperately pulled away the hands, but the girl kept stretching her claws towards Zhou Hong.

Mike and Benjamin looked at each other, and their expressions became extremely strange.

After a moment of silent communication, Benjamin asked with a kind smile:

"You are Scarlett, right? I often hear Zhou Hong talk about you. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Zhou Hong's brother, Benjamin."

Scarlett, who was standing aside, was not ready to pay attention to Benjamin at first. When she heard that he was Zhou Hong's brother, she immediately withdrew her hand, lowered her head and said with a blushing face:

"Well, I am Scarlett. Hong Zhou and I are... very good friends!"

"That's great. Zhou Hong has been naughty since he was a child. I hope you can bear with him more."

"He is not as bad as you say."

...

Benjamin and Scarlett couldn't stop chatting, but their eyes were very strange. Benjamin's eyes seemed to be looking at his daughter-in-law, while Scarlett wanted to look at her father-in-law.

No one noticed that Zhou Hong had already run away while they were chatting.

Mike and Franklin were watching the excitement with a smile, and they were almost ready to move out the melon seed benches.

But at this moment, a member of the mutual aid association in a Ravenclaw uniform ran to Mike and whispered something in Mike's ear.

Mike's expression changed immediately. He frowned and looked at the person seriously and said,

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Absolutely true, they are in the infirmary now!"

Franklin, who was standing next to Mike, was confused and asked,

"What's wrong, Mike, what happened?"

"Nothing, I'm leaving first because of an emergency, you don't have to follow me."

After that, Mike walked quickly to the infirmary, leaving Franklin touching his short hair in a puzzled manner.

...

Ten minutes later, Mike finally arrived at the infirmary.

And the person who appeared in front of Mike at this moment was Krum with a piece of gauze tied on his head.

Mike slowed down his pace and entered the ward, closed the door and said:

"I heard you were attacked, what happened?"

"An old wizard attacked me outside the castle. I heard that the man was called Crouch. Later, a tall man appeared and brought me and Crouch here." After that, Krum touched the gauze on his head again, a little embarrassed, "I'm not actually injured, just a little skin broken, it will heal soon. But the doctor thinks I have to be tied up like this. So... Can you not tell Hermione about this? I don't want her to think that I am a coward who has to be wrapped like a mummy for a little injury."

It can be seen that Krum cares about his image.

It's a pity that Mike's mind is not on this at all. Mike frowned and continued to ask:

"What about Mr. Crouch?"

"Oh, he is receiving emergency treatment in the special ward next door. The spell he used on me was bounced back by my armor, and it seems that it was a very lethal spell, so..."

Krum didn't continue to speak, just made a burp expression.

Mike's brows furrowed even tighter, and at this moment, the door of the ward was pushed open again.

This time, a large group of people including Hagrid, Dumbledore, Karkaroff, etc. arrived. They filed in one after another, and then Dumbledore looked at Mike with a surprised look on his face.

He was a little surprised why Mike appeared here, and his speed was even faster than them.

"Krum is my friend, so I came to see him."

Mike explained without waiting for Dumbledore to speak.

Hearing this, Dumbledore looked at Krum with an inquiring look.

It was a pity that Krum didn't have time to deal with him at all. Karkaroff was anxiously asking about his situation. He had no choice but to tell Mike what had just happened again.

"Crouch attacked you? The referee of the Triwizard Tournament attacked you?"

Karkaroff's face was livid.

"A hoax!" he accused Dumbledore and roared, "This is a conspiracy! You and your Ministry of Magic have lured me here with false pretenses, Dumbledore! This is not a fair competition! First, you secretly stuffed Harry Potter into the competition even though you already had a champion! Now, one of your friends in the Ministry of Magic wants to make my champion lose his fighting power! I smell deception and corruption in this whole incident, and you, Dumbledore, you keep talking about enhancing the connection between the international wizarding community, restoring the good relations of the past, and forgetting the differences of the past... Now I understand what kind of person you are!"

Karkaroff was extremely angry. He pointed at Dumbledore with a trembling finger, as if he felt that this was not enough to vent his anger. He then spat at Dumbledore's feet.

Dumbledore was unmoved, as if the person Karkaroff was insulting was not him.

But others could not help it.

In a flash, Karkaroff's phlegm had just fallen to the ground when Hagrid grabbed Karkaroff's neck, lifted him up, and pressed him against the wall behind him.

"Apologize now!"

Hagrid roared, and Karkaroff, who was pinched in his hand like a little chicken, blushed.

He seemed to want to speak, but Hagrid's big hands like iron clamps tightly strangled his neck, making him speechless.

"Hagrid, stop it!"

As Dumbledore's cold voice suddenly sounded, Hagrid's body trembled and immediately loosened his hands.

Karkaroff, who had regained his freedom, slid down the wall like a puddle of mud, curled up at the foot of the wall, holding his neck and coughing heartbreakingly.

"Thank you very much for bringing Mr. Crouch and Krum back, but now, please go out first." Dumbledore said expressionlessly, "Others should go out too, only me, Karkaroff and Bagman are needed here."

Hearing this, everyone left the ward one after another.

Bagman said with a worried look on his face:

"Dumbledore, I want to go see Crouch, he seems to be in a bad condition."

Seeing Dumbledore nod, Bagman ran out of the ward quickly, while Hagrid and Mike were unmoved.

Dumbledore's serious eyes glanced over, Hagrid panted heavily, glared at Karkaroff fiercely and said:

"Maybe I'd better stay here, Headmaster..."

"Get out! Hagrid!"

Hagrid gritted his teeth, his fists creaked, but in the end he left the ward without saying a word.

Dumbledore nodded with satisfaction and turned his eyes to Mike again.

"You too, Mike."

"Principal, I think I should stay here. Krum is my good friend and I'm very worried about him." Mike blinked at Krum, "Isn't that right, Krum? You want me to stay here too, right?"

Perhaps worried that Mike would go out and say something that would ruin his tough guy image in Hermione's mind, Krum rolled his eyes and said quickly,

"Yes, Mike is my best friend in Hogwarts, I hope he can stay here with me."