Chapter 56 Probing
Professor Flitwick came back at dinner time, carrying a long object wrapped tightly in oil paper on his shoulder. Judging from its shape, it should be a broom.
Seeing this, Lolo hurried forward to help his master with the luggage, but was waved away by Professor Flitwick.
Lolo ignored him, thinking that he had done something wrong again and was banging his head on the floor to punish himself. He walked into the living room carrying the package and shouted loudly: "Mike! Come and see what I brought you."
"Is this... a flying broom?"
Mike looked at Professor Flitwick carrying the long broom-shaped package in front of him in disbelief.
"Wow, you are such a smart kid. This is the latest Nimbus 2001, a belated birthday present for you. I'm so sorry, kid. I actually forgot that your birthday was the day before yesterday. I suddenly remembered it today when I went to Hogwarts to deal with the admission of new students." Professor Flitwick said apologetically, "It has been coated with the latest anti-magic coating, and it can't be stuffed into the bag of the Traceless Extension Charm. By the way, this thing is really heavy. Come and help me hold it."
Mike hurried forward and took the broom off Professor Flitwick's shoulder. As soon as he got it, Mike felt that this broom was much heavier than other flying brooms. Looking at Professor Flitwick rubbing his shoulders, a sour feeling rushed to his nose.
How many years has it been since I last had a birthday? Ten years? Twenty years?
I remember the last birthday present I received was a paper airplane made by little Jimmy in the handicraft class. Although the so-called birthday was just a date Mike reported casually, as an orphan, he didn't know his date of birth at all.
Although Jimmy asked him for a remote-controlled airplane with a wingspan of three meters as a return gift afterwards. But Mike was still very moved. After all, this paper airplane represented that little Jimmy still had his father in his heart.
Mike squatted down and hugged Flitwick, saying thank you with a choked voice.
His action scared Flitwick, and he hurriedly comforted him: "Why are you still crying? Don't you like this gift? No, don't young wizards like flying brooms nowadays?"
Mike had an adult soul after all, and he quickly recovered from his emotional outburst.
"I like it very much. This is the best gift I have ever received." Mike raised the broom, "Next year I will join the school Quidditch team and use this broom to win honor for Ravenclaw."
"Oh? So confident? Then I'll be waiting, hahaha!" Flitwick joked.
The house-elf Lolo on the side no longer banged his head on the floor, but looked at the two people who were chatting with a begging look.
"Since the distinguished guest came, the host's meal time has not been punctual. It's
all the guest's fault. Oh! No! Lolo is such a bad elf. He actually said bad things about the guest behind his back. Damn it! Damn it!" After saying that, he actually began to strangle his neck with the curtain beside him.
Glancing at the actions of the house-elf Lolo from the corner of his eye, Mike hurriedly invited Professor Flitwick to the restaurant for dinner. He estimated that if they hesitated for a while, Lolo might strangle himself to death.
When Lolo heard the host and the distinguished guest say that they were going to eat, he immediately loosened the curtain that was strangling his neck, wiped the tears from his face, and went to decorate the restaurant happily.
With a snap of Lolo's fingers, a sumptuous dinner appeared in front of the two.
While eating, Mike began to test Professor Flitwick.
"Have you heard of the secret passage or secret room in the Ravenclaw common room?"
"Hmm? Who told you that?"
"Fred and George, they told me before the holiday, they said they saw it on a map."
Professor Flitwick was a little surprised at first, but he laughed when he heard that it was the Weasley brothers who said it.
"Then they must have fooled you. I have worked at Hogwarts for decades, and I never knew that there were any secret passages in Ravenclaw. Hogwarts does have many secret passages, but there are absolutely no secret passages in the common rooms of the four major colleges, at least not as far as I know." Professor Flitwick vowed. "
Really? Isn't it true that as long as you recite a spell in front of the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw, or hold a token, a light door will open, and through this light door you will see the treasure of Ravenclaw?"
"That was also told to you by the Weasley brothers?"
Mike nodded.
"I think you may have been fooled by them, Mac." Professor Flitwick stuffed a piece of cut steak into his mouth and muttered, "You must not have studied the history of magic well.
The founders of the four major colleges, except for Slytherin who is said to have built a secret room in Hogwarts to hide his treasures, the other three founders left all their wealth and knowledge to their descendants. There is absolutely no treasure."
Hearing Professor Flitwick's words, Mac's heart sank, and the emotion that just rose because of Flitwick's birthday gift also disappeared.
The claw marks on his face were given by the raven statue used by the Raven's Nest for the initiation test. The statue has been in the hands of the Raven's Nest for thousands of years, and countless wizards have been tested and admitted by it.
According to the images he saw in his dream, he is not the only lucky one. Mac is almost certain that there must be information about the claw marks and the light gate in the Raven's Nest.
However, Professor Flitwick, who has been a member of Raven's Nest for more than 30 years and is the dean of Ravenclaw College in Hogwarts, and whose position in the club is definitely not too low, actually knows nothing about the light door?
Mike smelled a dangerous breath from it.
Either Raven's Nest really didn't know about the light door on the statue of Ms. Ravenclaw, or knew about it but didn't tell Professor Flitwick. Or Professor Flitwick hid something from him.
The probability of the former is not zero, but it is very low.
People with dark hearts will naturally imagine others as people like themselves. Mike almost instinctively chose to believe the latter.
Thinking carefully, Professor Flitwick's behavior is indeed very strange. He is just a mudblood with outstanding talents. Why should he be so good to him?
The greed pendant is one of the relics of Ms. Ravenclaw, but Professor Flitwick gave it to Mike, who had only known him for a few months at that time. If it were Mike, he would not be so selfless.
Mike felt that a giant beast called conspiracy was approaching him, waiting for him to step into the trap and eat him in one bite.
At this moment, the joyful atmosphere at the table continued, and Mike and Professor Flitwick were still enjoying the delicious food made by Lolo.
Lolo stood beside the table, ready to serve them at any time.
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