Chapter 451 Conflict

Professor Slughorn's eyes widened. His exaggeratedly bright blue eyes and his snow-white beard trembling because of shock made him look even funnier.

"Merlin, are you still a member of Raven's Claw? As far as I know, it's a semi-closed private social organization. It doesn't accept anyone except a very small number of outstanding people to join."

"Yes, Raven's Claw is indeed quite closed. I was able to join through the recommendation of Professor Flitwick. By the way, you should know Professor Flitwick, right?"

"You mean Filius? Of course, he was the professor of Charms at Hogwarts before I retired..." When he said this, Slughorn paused, observed Mike's expression, and then continued, "I have to say that he is the best Charms professor I have ever seen. His big head is full of countless knowledge and love for students!" "

Really? I think so too! Professor Flitwick's position in my heart is no less than that of Headmaster Dumbledore, and even better than that. They are both great wizards!"

Mike laughed happily. Although he didn't know whether Slughorn was telling the truth or not, it didn't matter. He would be very happy as long as someone said good things about Professor Flitwick.

Professor Slughorn obviously noticed this and complimented Professor Flitwick a few more times, which made Mike laugh. Seeing the two of them talking happily, the students around them finally started to communicate with each other, and the atmosphere on the scene was gradually becoming hot.

"Mike, come and try my cooking. I didn't use any magic to make the roasted quail, but relied entirely on handwork. I believe that only in this way can the most precious dishes be made. As for those foods made by magic, I think they are like products made on an assembly line, dry and tasteless."

Slughorn said as he pushed a lunch box in front of Mike. Inside lay a steaming crispy roasted quail, surrounded by many green leafy vegetables, and even a red cherry in the bird's mouth.

Mike first looked at it for a moment, and finally stretched out his knife and fork.

He cut a piece of crispy skin with a little fat and lean meat on it and put it in his mouth.

"Well, your cooking skills are quite good."

After saying that, Mike put down his knife and fork, without any intention of trying again.

This behavior was actually a bit rude, but Professor Slughorn was not angry, but nodded with satisfaction.

He was very clear about his cooking skills. It was not bad, but there was a big gap between him and the top chefs. If Mike was really a noble person who never tired of fine food, then his rash behavior of handing inferior food to him would be considered rude.

Thinking of this, Slughorn's smile became even brighter. He even began to guess whether Mike was born in an aristocratic family in Muggle society. Otherwise, how could he tell at a glance that the most delicious part of the roasted quail was the crispy skin?

Just when Slughorn was thinking about it, Shuke finally came back.

He saluted to Mike and then directed the plates he brought to fly onto the table. There were a lot of delicacies in them, most of which were meat. Just looking at the number, some people even suspected that Shuke had roasted a cow directly!

Seeing this, the boys around cheered. For teenagers of this age, meat is their favorite.

Fortunately, they all maintained the most basic manners and thanked Mike before they started to devour the food.

"Don't be polite, don't be polite to me, eat quickly."

Mike said with a smile, and he also took a piece of steak and started to eat.

Seeing this, Slughorn's face was a little confused, because although these tableware looked very expensive, the roast meat in them was just ordinary Muggle beef, which was not precious at all.

This was obviously inconsistent with the identity Mike had shown before.

"Professor Slughorn, you should try it too. Shuke's barbecue is really good. I've fallen madly in love with the taste recently."

"Okay, okay..." Slughorn cut the steak after hearing that. "By the way, Mike, you just said you have a company, right?"

After swallowing the steak in his mouth completely, Mike said:

"Yes, to be precise, it should be a group. Maybe you have heard of it. The name is Los Santos."

"Los Santos Group?" Slughorn was horrified. "You mean Los Santos Group?"

"Yes, I founded it."

Hearing that, Slughorn swallowed his saliva.

After so many years of development, the tentacles of Los Santos Group have almost extended to all walks of life in the wizarding world of Yingguo. Its name is so big that even Slughorn, an old man who was almost in seclusion before, has heard of it.

But the real reason why Slughorn remembered this name was because Los Santos Group recently started selling a special potion auxiliary liquid called Los Santos Magic Liquid.

Although the name has changed, Slughorn still easily recognized its true identity with his experience - Avery Magic Liquid!

This should be a monopoly product exclusively operated by the Avery family, but now it appears in the merchandise window of the Los Santos Group.

Considering that all the Avery family's stores have been closed recently, and even the people in the family settlement have all disappeared, Slughorn suddenly had a big guess.

"Um, Mike, as far as I know, your Los Santos Group is selling a product called Los Santos Magic Liquid recently, right?"

"Yes, professor. It is a potion auxiliary liquid. If you need it, I can give you some."

"That's not what I mean. What I want to ask is, this Los Santos Magic Liquid seems to be related to Avery..."

Professor Slughorn's words stopped abruptly, because he was horrified to find that the boy opposite him, who was originally full of smiles, had a very scary expression after hearing the name of the Avery family. The pair of eyes with a strange smile stared at him, forcing him to stop talking.

"The Avery family, hehe." Mike approached Professor Slughorn with a smile and whispered, "I advise you not to ask about the news about the Avery family anymore. After all, it's all in the past, and they will never appear again, professor."

"I... I understand."

Professor Slughorn's hand holding the fork trembled slightly, but his face looked very normal.

Then the atmosphere between the two became a little awkward. Mike no longer had the interest to continue chatting with Slughorn, and ate his steak quickly and elegantly alone.

Slughorn sat there with an awkward look on his face. He seemed to want to find someone else to continue chatting, but he was afraid that Mike would find it rude, so he was a little at a loss.

At this moment, a noise broke out in the crowd beside him. Mike and Slughorn looked up and saw Harry, Neville and Ginny being surrounded by others.

"Savior of the World, huh? Do you think this title sounds good? Thief Harry?"

Someone in the crowd said this, and then everyone laughed.

Facing this ridicule, Harry's face was almost as red as Ginny's hair. He panted and roared:

"It's not my fault! It's the group of people in the Daily Prophet..."

"Aha! The same rhetoric again, Harry Potter! Every time you encounter something, the first thing you think of is to wash away the responsibility. Can't you stand up upright for once? Savior of the World?"

The surrounding noise became louder. Everyone called out the four words "Savior of the World" over and over again, with extremely exaggerated expressions and tones, which was annoying.

Harry lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly together.

This made the crowd around him even more excited. A senior Ravenclaw jumped out, grabbed Mike by the collar and said:

"Aha! The Savior is angry! Let us see what you can do?"

Hearing this, the people around him also echoed, but Harry did not make any move. He knew very well that if he took action here, he would not get any good results.

But his refusal to take action did not mean that others would not help him.

Amidst the laughter, a large group of bats suddenly appeared and pounced on the people surrounding Harry.

Each of these bats had a wingspan of more than one meter. The appearance of this super-large group of bats immediately made the scene chaotic. Everyone was waving their arms and wands frantically to drive away these bats, but those bats were not afraid at all, and bravely went forward to kill the wizards.

Mike stared at this scene in amazement, not knowing what to say.

He just saw Ginny raise her wand and summon these fierce bats. This behavior really made Mike unable to associate her with the kind and lovely little girl before.

"How is it, Mike? This little girl is not bad, right? I am very accurate in judging people. She is definitely a talented person and will definitely achieve something in the future." Professor Slughorn said with a smile, "But now is not the time to talk about this. I must stop this farce."

After that, Professor Slughorn stood up and first loudly dissuaded them. Seeing that it had no effect at all, he waved his wand.

"Left and right separation!"

As Slughorn chanted, a gray light that was almost transparent enveloped everyone.

However, the scene that happened next was extremely embarrassing.

I saw that the light gray light had just fallen, and Emma and others, who were originally in a mess, suddenly gathered together after a period of adjustment. Then a layer of universal protection shield emerged, which bounced off the surrounding bats and even Slughorn's left and right separation spell!

Mike raised his eyebrows. He was very familiar with this tactical formation. It was a simplified version of the battle formation that he had given to the DA Army and the Mutual Aid Society. After the night attack on the Ministry of Magic, this formation spread throughout Hogwarts. He didn't expect that the people in front of him could use it so well.

However, this was not the end. After deploying all protections to disperse the bats, Emma and the others glared at Harry, Ginny and the others. Their original purpose was to encourage Harry to attack them, and then they would teach him a lesson. But they really didn't expect Harry's attack to be so swift and fierce, which made them look very embarrassed!

In anger, everyone ignored Slughorn's previous obstruction, and raised their wands one by one, and began to cast various evil curses at Harry!

Harry and Professor Slughorn on the other side could hardly believe their eyes. Emma and her group actually dared to attack in front of a professor?

'Expelliarmus', 'Teeth as Bludgeon', 'Slug Curse'...

all kinds of mischief spells turned into streams of light and shot straight towards Harry. Ginny's face turned pale at this moment. At this moment, she finally realized that she had caused trouble.

She looked at Harry with guilt and worry, but the latter not only did not blame her, but blocked her behind him!

"Neville, prepare to guard safely!"

Harry roared and raised his wand, and Neville, who was still in a daze, took out his wand in a hurry!

With the efforts of the two, a layer of light mist appeared around them. The magic power of the two of them was still too little, so they could only construct this low-level safe guard.

But this was enough. Emma did not use too powerful evil spells. Those mischief spells hit the mist straight and then bounced away.

For a moment, the carriage was full of evil curses running everywhere. An Expelliarmus even hit Slughorn straight, knocking the wand in his hand away!

"Damn it, stop it!" Professor Slughorn roared, "You are really the worst class of students I have ever taught. I will put all of you in detention!"

However, facing Slughorn's roar, Emma and others showed sarcastic smiles on their faces.

"Please contact our dean, Professor Slughorn, but I don't think they will punish us!" Emma shouted excitedly, "You must know that it was Harry Potter who attacked us first. We are just fighting back in self-defense!" As

soon as these words came out, the wizards around Emma also laughed!

Slughorn was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he did not continue to curse in vain. Instead, he frantically looked for his wand everywhere. As long as he had the wand in his hand, he would definitely be able to subdue these little bastards. He was so convinced.

Harry and Neville were not feeling well at the moment. Emma and the others were still attacking, and the curses were getting stronger and stronger. It was obvious that the other party was getting impatient. If they continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before they were defeated!

For a moment, Harry and Neville were a little desperate, and Ginny behind them looked at Mike not far away with a look of help.

She knew very well that if anyone could stop all this now, that person must be Mike!