Chapter 416 Chaos

In the end, Lupin and Tonks' wedding was scheduled for July 1st, and the location was set in an old manor in Castle Combe.

Strictly speaking, this is not a good day. The traditional wedding day in Yingguo is after the autumn harvest when food is sufficient and before Christmas. This is because if a woman conceives at this time, the child can be born in the autumn harvest season when food is abundant, and the survival rate will be greatly increased.

Although modern society no longer has to worry about food problems, this custom is still preserved because of tradition.

The reason why Lupin and Tonks set the date at this time is entirely because they took into account that Voldemort will invade the wizarding world in a large-scale manner and the war will begin again. Of course, this is also to facilitate Harry and others to attend the wedding smoothly. After all,

if the date is set on July 1st, Mike and others don't need to go home after the holiday at Hogwarts, and can go directly to the wedding site.

In addition, the wedding location they chose is also very interesting.

Although Castle Combe is called a castle, it is not a castle, but a small town.

It is located in the south of the Cotswolds in Ying, and is the best-preserved medieval town in Ying.

All the buildings in the town maintain the style of the 12th to 15th centuries, and the environment is beautiful and the folk customs are simple. Although it is not well-known now, it has become one of the best tourist attractions in Ying in later generations.

It is also due to the above reasons that the overall style of Castle Combe is very peculiar, like a fairy tale town.

Of course, that is the result of the repair and maintenance of the buildings here in later generations. Now Castle Combe is still a remote town that is so dilapidated that no one wants to go there. Most of the buildings in it are dilapidated due to disrepair, and there are even less than two hundred permanent residents.

Such a remote and backward town is now completely a place where no one lives.

The manor where Lupin and Tonks got married belongs to the Black family. Of course, it has now been given to Lupin by Black for their marriage and future life.

In fact, Black wanted to give his other property in London to Lupin and Tonks, because it was more prosperous and closer to him, but Lupin and Tonks refused sternly, saying that they wanted to live in seclusion in the future. In order to reduce the probability of being discovered by Voldemort and the Death Eaters, this remote town was their best destination.

Mike's expression was very strange after learning the news, because he knew very well that the place would become a famous tourist destination, and Lupin's wish to live in seclusion might be in vain.

Of course, Harry knew nothing about all this.

Everyone maintained a tacit understanding, that is, not to let Harry know anything about Lupin and Tonks' marriage.

This seems a bit cruel, but there is no way.

Harry has not yet completely mastered the brain block technique. If he rashly told Harry the specific time and place of Lupin and Tonks' marriage, it would be equivalent to telling Voldemort, and the wedding scene would likely become another battlefield. Harry

knew this very well, so he himself was not dissatisfied at all, after all, he did not want to see the tragedy happen.

After discussing the wedding of Lupin and Tonks, Mike and the others got up and returned to the school, but the school was already in chaos.

At this time of year in previous years, Hogwarts was always full of laughter and joy, and everyone played in the castle wantonly, and the professors turned a blind eye to the students' violations.

But now the Hogwarts Castle was silent, and almost all the students of the colleges hid in the lounge of their colleges and dared not go out except for the necessary outings for meals.

Because Mike and others concealed the fact that Voldemort had appeared during the Ministry of Magic Night, many people still naively thought that the Ministry of Magic Night was just an ordinary terrorist attack organized by the Death Eaters.

As for the man whose name cannot be mentioned, he should still be lying in the grave now. But

now that the report in the Daily Prophet came out, they all panicked. The consequences of the collapse of faith are quite serious. The whole Hogwarts was instantly occupied by the atmosphere of panic. Many students ran to the professor's office crying as soon as they heard the news, saying that they wanted to go home now.

Of course, the professors did not allow such a request.

You have to know that at this time, there is no place in the entire wizarding world that is safer than Hogwarts. After all, it is guarded by the strongest white wizard of the contemporary era, Dumbledore.

If possible, professors and even students should not leave Hogwarts for the entire summer vacation.

Of course, this is impossible. The parents of the students will not allow them to do so, especially in this uneasy period. Parents always have to see their children in person to feel at ease.

However, no matter which era or group, there are always idiots. Although the professors have tried their best to explain, their refusal to allow students to leave school early has caused further panic among the student group.

The students have no choice but to turn to their parents for help. As a result, in just one morning, Dumbledore's office has been filled with fiery red roaring letters, all of which are sent by students' parents.

While the entire Hogwarts was in a panic, there was a group that seemed particularly comfortable. They were the Slytherins.

Looking at the faces full of fear around them, the Slytherin students were so happy that they could hardly breathe.

Others were afraid of Voldemort, but they were not.

You have to know that Voldemort came from Slytherin, not to mention that many of their elders were former Death Eaters. In their eyes, the notorious Voldemort was actually one of their own.

As soon as the Slytherin students learned of Voldemort's return, they started a carnival. They wandered around the Hogwarts Castle wantonly, celebrating Voldemort's return, and intimidated everyone they met, even including some professors who were not so strong.

Since several major professors were busy dealing with the Howlers, the behavior of the Slytherins was temporarily ignored by the professors.

However, the Slytherins obviously did not think that the professors' behavior was regarded as a fear of Voldemort, which made them start to bully other students even more severely. Some excessive Slytherins even blocked the door of Hufflepuff College.

This was the mess that Mike and his companions saw when they returned from St. Mungo's. Hogwarts was empty, and the walls and floors were covered with various patterns painted with green paint. The most common of these was the snake pattern representing Slytherin College. But that was not all, because Mike even saw Voldemort's skull symbol in some hidden corners!

"Oh my god!" Hermione was so angry after seeing the green patterns that her voice trembled. "How dare they... How dare they do this? Where's Filch? In the past, he would be furious if a student brought muddy water into the castle. What's wrong now?"

Mike patted Hermione's back to comfort her, while Harry and Ron were also very angry.

They even started to use cleaning spells such as the Spring Water Charm on the patterns, but unfortunately, these cleaning spells that were effective in the past had no effect on the patterns. Obviously, the Slytherin tycoons used magical ink that was waterproof and spell-proof.

In desperation, they had to continue walking towards the auditorium, and as soon as they arrived at the auditorium, they knew why Filch did not clean up the damn graffiti.

Filch was hung upside down in the air by a strange force, and around him were five or six senior Slytherin students. Some of them were smearing something on Filch with a feather pen dipped in green ink, while others were laughing. Filch was in a

very bad state at the moment, and could only float in the air and let those students do whatever they wanted.

If it weren't for the tears that kept flowing from his eyes, Mike and others almost thought he was dead!

Although Filch was indeed an annoying guy, and he even helped the evil during Umbridge's time, Harry and others did not feel any gloating when seeing this miserable situation. Hermione even couldn't help covering her mouth.

And those Slytherins also found Mike and others at the first time. They were all stunned, as if they were surprised that people from other colleges dared to wander outside at this time.

Then almost instinctively, they began to laugh and approach Mike and others, but after getting closer, they finally found Mike standing in the front position.

The smiles on their faces froze in an instant. Mike's notoriety had spread throughout Hogwarts and even in some circles outside the school. They didn't dare to provoke him.

The tradition of Slytherins is to judge the situation. It can be said that every Slytherin is a shrewd person, except for a certain emotional Malfoy, so those Slytherins who looked senior almost immediately turned around and ran out of the hall.

It seemed that they felt it was a bit embarrassing to leave like this. Before disappearing in the hall, one of the Slytherins even quickly gave Mike a middle finger.

Mike was a little speechless, while Harry, Hermione and the other two quickly walked forward and freed Filch who was hanging upside down.

Everyone saw Filch's miserable condition at this time. They saw that his face was red due to excessive congestion, and his clothes were tattered. Through the holes in his clothes, you could vaguely see the black bruises inside.

"Why would they do this? Aren't they in the same group as Filch?"

Harry frowned and asked. In his opinion, Filch and the Slytherins were all bad guys, with no difference.

"The reason is simple." Mike said calmly, taking out some difficile from his package and applying it on Filch's wound, "Because Filch is a Squib, and they are pure blood."

Ron was okay after hearing this, but Harry and Hermione showed confusion on their faces.

"Just because of this?"

Hermione frowned and said.

"That's right."

"This is simply unreasonable!"

"No, it's easy to understand." Mike said, "The pure-blood supremacy theory promoted by Voldemort will further improve the social status of pure-bloods, allowing them to more easily exploit half-bloods and Muggle wizards. As vested interests, it is understandable that some pure-bloods unconditionally support Voldemort. After all, this is good for them. You have to know that due to the passage of time, many ancient pure-blood families have declined, and Voldemort's actions are likely to allow them to regain their glory!"

Hermione's expression suddenly became complicated. As a top student, she easily understood what Mike meant, while Harry next to her was still confused.

But Mike didn't want to explain it to them further at this time. Others didn't know, but he knew it very well.

Those Slytherins who had just left were not simply running away. With the temperament of Slytherins, they were most likely going back to call for help. So after applying some medicine to Filch to keep him alive, Mike looked up and said,

"Okay, we should go."

After that, Mike waved his arm, letting Filch float behind him again and began to walk towards the Ravenclaw common room.

...

In the Ravenclaw common room, Mike's return eased the tense atmosphere in the common room. Everyone came out of the dormitory and gathered in the common room to look at Mike in the center.

As Mike's college, almost everyone in Ravenclaw has a mysterious confidence in Mike.

This confidence makes them feel that as long as Mike is there, they will not be harmed, even if Voldemort himself comes!

In a sense, Mike's prestige in Ravenclaw College has even reached the level of Professor Dumbledore Flitwick. Of

course, this is exactly what Mike wants, and it is also the result of his continuous efforts in the past five years.

After arriving at the Ravenclaw common room, Mike handed Filch, who was still in a state of confusion, to other students for treatment, and he also learned from his classmates about the changes in Hogwarts this morning.

"How could they...how dare they..."

Hermione said over and over again, her body trembling constantly, obviously angry.

To be honest, Mike thought she looked very much like Professor McGonagall, which was very funny.

But at this point, he obviously wouldn't make such a joke.

So Mike coughed and suppressed the corners of his mouth that had been slightly raised, pretending to be serious and said:

"It looks like it's time to work again!"

As soon as these words came out, Harry and the others were all confused, while the faces of the others around them all showed excited smiles.

They were all members of the mutual aid association. They had missed the Ministry of Magic Night because of Mike's order. Now they finally had a few people who could prove themselves in front of Mike!