Chapter 487 A cliché tragedy

Mrs. Kent is someone Mike is very familiar with.

Of course, the reason why Mike is familiar with her is not because they have had any contact before, but because this woman has appeared frequently in Clark's memory, and in Clark's most precious meeting at the last moment, it is almost all about the memory fragments of this daughter.

However, in Clark's memory, Mrs. Kent is far from the appearance in front of Mike now.

In Clark's mind, Mrs. Kent's hair is always black, there are no wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and the familiar black dress is always as dark and shiny as the night sky, and her face is always with a warm and happy smile.

This is normal, because in the eyes of most sons, mothers are always perfect, and the saying goes that a son will not dislike his mother's ugliness.

When Mike saw this at first, he thought that Clark and Mrs. Kent should be a pair of mother and son with a very good relationship, but in fact, after continuing to watch, Mike realized that the relationship between the mother and son was not that good.

This is a very sad story.

Mrs. Kent was also a respectable person in Slytherin when she was in school. Although the Kent family had already declined at that time, Mrs. Kent still received a very good aristocratic education with the help of the first family, and she never lacked material things.

It is obvious that Mr. Kent was going to train Mrs. Kent as a lady from a noble family. Although he did this with the expectation of using her for family marriage in the future and selling her for a good price to save the family's decline, there is no doubt that Mr. Kent was very good to Mrs. Kent, better than any other of his descendants. But it was

Mr. Kent's favor that made Mrs. Kent's character become unruly and willful. She thought she was the center of the world and everyone had to look up to her. However, while her character was flawed, Mrs. Kent's academic performance and even her behavior and etiquette were impeccable. This was one of the reasons why Mr. Kent loved her so much - Mrs. Kent was a genius witch and the hope of revitalizing the family.

However, such a witch who was bound to be brilliant in the future fell hopelessly in love with a Muggle who was ten years older than her not long after graduating from Hogwarts.

And it is a pity that the Muggle did not like her. He already had a happy family and it was impossible for him to abandon his wife and children and marry Mrs. Kent.

But Mrs. Kent did not think much. Since she was a child, she had never failed to get what she wanted.

So, all the tragedies began. Mrs. Kent, who had excellent results in potions, used the love potion, and a few months later, Mrs. Kent, who was only 18 years old at the time, married the Muggle man without her family knowing.

The following plot is very familiar to Mike. Under the influence of the love potion, Mrs. Kent and her husband lived a loving life for several years and gave birth to Clark, but soon her husband developed resistance to the love potion.

Mrs. Kent's husband began to realize what had happened to him over the years, and because of the long-term influence of the love potion, his mental problems also appeared, he began to become irritable, and finally, he completely vented his anger on Mrs. Kent and Clark.

This is a very typical wizard tragedy. There are many witches who have the same experience as Mrs. Kent in the wizarding world. This is also the reason why Professor Slughorn called the love potion extremely dangerous. It is indeed the culprit of countless tragedies.

According to the original plot, Mrs. Kent should raise Clark alone and then struggle in the Muggle society.

But Mrs. Kent is obviously an exception. At a certain moment when her husband beat her, she woke up and realized that she and others had been doing stupid things.

So, she decisively took out her wand and killed Clark's father in front of him, and then took the frightened Clark to her father, old Kent.

In Mrs. Kent's mind, old Kent has always been the one who loves her the most. As long as she can go back to the Kent family, her life will definitely return to the original track, happy and perfect.

However, the reality is cruel. Mrs. Kent found out after she returned home that her father, old Kent, had died long ago. Her brothers and sisters had fought for the little property of the Kent family and had long since stopped talking to each other. She also became the shame of the Kent family, and her brothers and sisters regarded her as an enemy.

If old Kent had not insisted on leaving the old house to her before his death, Mrs. Kent would probably have to live on the streets with Clark.

After that, Mrs. Kent became depressed. She became addicted to alcohol, ignored Clark, had ambiguous relationships with many wizards, and eventually gave birth to two daughters whose fathers were unknown.

Of course, this was when she was still young.

Now no man is willing to marry her, and without the support of her lovers, this spoiled young lady with very weak self-care ability has gradually fallen into the abyss of poverty.

This made Mrs. Kent suffer!

Mike looked at Mrs. Kent's old face, which still showed her beautiful appearance when she was young, and the corners of his mouth slowly rose. He had plenty of ways to deal with such people.

On the other side, Dumbledore seemed a little impatient. He frowned and looked at Mike deeply, then tapped the coffee table with his knuckles and said,

"Okay, let's not waste any more time. Let's all sit down."

After saying this, Professor Flitwick, who had stood up and was ready to hit Mike on the head, sat down expressionlessly, and Mike also sat down opposite Mrs. Kent very naturally, continuing to stare at her with a smile. Under

Mike's gaze, Mrs. Kent suddenly felt a great deal of pressure. Now she had clearly understood the horror of Mike's strength, and from the reactions of Dumbledore and others, she could see that Mike was an extraordinary person. This made her dare not look at Mike at all, and she could only look down at her shoes covered with mud.

"Well, since everyone is ready, let's get started." Seeing that everyone was seated, Kingsley took out a document from his pocket, took a deep breath and said, "First, let's confirm the topic. Today we are going to deal with the matter of McTownley kidnapping Clark Kent as the culprit who assassinated him on the Quidditch field before."

Mrs. Kent sobbed again, but strangely, Mrs. Kent cried for a long time but her eyes were red, and no tears fell.

Kingsley glanced at her, then looked at the others, and continued to say when he saw that no one had any objections:

"Then next, I have to ask you a question first, Clark Kent, where is he? Or is he still alive?"

As soon as this was said, everyone in the office looked at Mike, and even the portraits of past principals hanging on the wall secretly looked over.

But Mike, who was under the spotlight, looked indifferent. He shook his head gently and asked casually:

"Is this important?"

"This is the most important question today, no doubt about it! Also, please correct your attitude, Mr. Townley!" Kingsley raised his eyebrows and said sternly, "You made a fatal mistake! Regardless of whether Clark tried to assassinate you or not, he should be handled by the Ministry of Magic. This is the law enforcement power, which only the Ministry of Magic has! It is illegal for you to take him away privately. I can prosecute you for kidnapping and premeditated murder!"

Mike looked at Kingsley with a sidelong glance, his expression still so nonchalant.

"No, it's not important at all."

Listening to Mike's indifferent tone and looking at the almost sarcastic expression on his face, Kingsley's breathing became rapid. He had never seen such an arrogant prisoner in all his years of law enforcement. At this moment, he was really angry.

Kingsley opened his mouth slightly, and instinctively wanted to scold loudly, but Mike took the lead and looked at Mrs. Kent and continued:

"In my opinion, the most important question today is, how much money do you want?"

Mike's words stunned everyone, especially Mrs. Kent, whose expression was particularly wonderful, full of surprise and astonishment, as if she had never thought that Mike would ask such a question.

Then, she quickly reacted, and her expression became indignant, as if Mike's attempt to bribe her with money was a complete insult to her.

But Mike seemed to have not seen her expression at all, and sat down on his own, took out the checkbook, wrote a few strokes on it, tore it off and placed it in front of Mrs. Kent.

"How about one thousand gold galleons?"

Mike asked slowly, but Mrs. Kent didn't hear what he said at all. At this moment, her attention was completely attracted by the thin check, and her expression became a little dull.

She instinctively wanted to reach out for the check, but before her hand touched the check, Mike took the check back and added another zero to it.

"No, no, no! This is too little. Clark is an outstanding man. This price is far from worthy of him! Then... 10,000 gold galleons!"

The check was put back in front of Mrs. Kent again. This time, Mrs. Kent seized the opportunity and grabbed the check in her hand in just a moment.

She first confirmed Mike's magic signature and Gringotts' mark proving the validity of the check, and then looked at the astonishing number. Then her body began to tremble violently, and her eyes slowly turned red.

"Oh! By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, Mrs. Kent." Mike stood up with a smile, "My name is Mike Townley, and I am the CEO of Los Santos Group, so you don't have to worry, I can afford the money."

"Then, what is your answer? Is this 10,000 gold galleons enough?"

Mrs. Kent did not answer Mike. At this moment, she was counting the numbers on the check over and over again.

Mike was not in a hurry. He sat back in his seat and slowly drank the black tea that had already cooled down.

But he was not in a hurry, but Kingsley next to him was. Kingsley frowned and said angrily:

"Are you treating me as if I don't exist, Mr. Townley! Or do you think you can escape punishment by this means?"

"I never think that I have made any mistakes that need to be punished." Mike said with a smile, "and the reason I do this is just because I know that I have to pay this money, the problem is who to give it to. Compared to giving this money to you or a lawyer, I would rather give it directly to Mrs. Kent. After all, you are the one who needs this money the most, aren't you?"

Mike's words made Mrs. Kent sober up, and then she held the check in her arms as if she thought of something, and looked at Kingsley with a vigilant face.

"No, no, no." Kingsley said sincerely, "Please don't do this, Mrs. Kent."

"But I still have two daughters to support." Mrs. Kent forced a smile with difficulty, "So be it, I deceived you. Clark is not missing, he was just recommended by me to work abroad, so your accusation against Mr. Townley is not valid at all."

This short sentence seemed to drain all of Mrs. Kent's strength. After she finished speaking, she slumped in the chair, still holding the check tightly in her hand.

"Merlin! Mrs. Kent, you don't have to do this." Kingsley said almost desperately, "We are seeking justice for your son. Do you want your son to disappear in such an unclear way?" Kingsley

's original intention was to inspire Mrs. Kent's maternal love so that Mrs. Kent would continue to hold Mike accountable, but this seemed to have the opposite effect.

Mrs. Kent's expression suddenly turned angry when she heard that. She sat up straight and glared at Kingsley and shouted:

"Please stop saying such shameless things! Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? You don't want to seek justice for Clark, you just want to take this check from me!" "

No, I never thought about it that way."

"Stop talking nonsense, I've seen enough of the dirty things you do, you always do it this way, first arrest the criminals, and then force them to hand over their wealth in exchange for freedom, it's always the same! Otherwise, how could there be so many Death Eaters rampant outside now? You must know that many of them should have been arrested and executed when You-Know-Who first fell more than a decade ago!"

Kingsley opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to explain something, but in the end he said nothing.

Because what Mrs. Kent said was completely true. This was how the Ministry of Magic operated when the Death Eaters were first tried. The most typical example was Lucius Malfoy, who bribed the officials of the Ministry of Magic and was transformed from an evil Death Eater into a poor man controlled by Voldemort with the Imperius Curse.