Chapter 98 School-wide Martial Law (Thanks to Global Cold Air for the reward)
The next day, when Mike woke up, he was shocked to find that Hogwarts not only did not lift the martial law, but there were more patrols.
Mike was very confused about this, because in the original book, except for the fact that Hogwarts was almost closed in the late second year due to the increasing number of casualties, the attitude towards the Basilisk and the Heir of the Chamber of Secrets was not so tense. However,
after a careful analysis, Mike also understood the reason why Dumbledore did this.
In the original book, since the victims were all petrified, Dumbledore might not know that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the Basilisk, or he knew that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the Basilisk, but he was confident that he could deal with the Basilisk. So in order to allow Harry to accumulate adventure experience and prestige again, martial law was deliberately not imposed.
The current situation is obviously different from the original book.
The news that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is the Basilisk has spread, and other professors and directors of Hogwarts will not allow such a magical creature that may cause huge casualties at any time to continue to stay in the castle.
You should know that almost all the children in the entire British wizarding world go to school in Hogwarts. These children are the future of the wizarding world. If they are slaughtered by the basilisk, it will cause a huge blow to the wizarding world.
In this case, it is not surprising that Dumbledore opened martial law in the whole school.
Mike, who was discharged from the hospital, joined the temporary management team to protect and maintain the order of students. This temporary team is composed of all outstanding students in the senior grades. Dumbledore gave them the ability to deduct other people's college points, but set a limit. The maximum deduction for each person is 50 points. In order to make up for their wasted study time, Dumbledore promised that as long as they joined this team, they would get extra points in the subsequent NEWT exams.
Mike was originally not qualified to join this team, but after his soft and hard grinding, Professor Flitwick finally agreed to his request to join.
However, Professor Flitwick was still very worried about Mike. Although Mike had the experience of escaping from the hands of the basilisk, he still gave him a task to protect his classmates and did not let him participate in dangerous patrols.
So Mike's job now is to stay in the hall of Hogwarts with other team members to protect the classmates gathered here.
In order to distinguish Mike and his team from ordinary students, Mike and his team pinned an H-shaped metal brooch symbolizing Hogwarts on their school uniforms.
The function of this brooch is not only for decoration, but also for instant warning. Once someone encounters danger, as long as the magic power is used to slightly stimulate the brooch, it will issue a warning to all brooches within 5 kilometers. This warning not only allows the person who receives the warning to know the location of the danger, but also has a special reminder function.
After receiving the warning, the needle of the brooch will deform and pierce the chest of the wearer shallowly. Although it will not cause any harm to the wearer, the pain will ensure that you can react immediately even if you are asleep.
Mike heard from the senior students in the same team that this brooch is a simplified version of the Auror brooch, so its function is relatively simple. In addition to the warning function, the special brooch equipped by the Aurors also has other practical functions such as real-time communication, which surprised Mike very much.
Mike thought that the wizarding world had only a superficial understanding of this aspect. Now it seems that the wizarding world's alchemy has developed to a very high level, and even portable communication equipment has been developed.
Dumbledore also made a promise that after this incident, this brooch will be given as a medal of honor to Mike and other warriors who are willing to stand up at the critical moment of Hogwarts. This is also the reason why many 7th grade pure-blood students are willing to join the temporary management team.
In the eyes of these pure-blood students, honor is far more important than NEWT points.
Time passed day by day, and the professors and the temporary management team still did not find the basilisk.
The students who were locked in the hall also knew the existence of the basilisk, so Dumbledore's most worried thing finally happened.
"The heir of Slytherin will kill all the mudbloods, and you will be the next one!" A Slytherin boy shouted at a Hufflepuff Muggle-born student.
The Hufflepuff student was listlessly chewing the dry food distributed by the school. These days, under the invisible threat of the basilisk, the kitchen of Hogwarts has also stopped working. He was almost vomiting from chewing the dry food every day. The Slytherin student suddenly jumped out and yelled, which scared him directly. He even dropped the dry food in his hand on the ground. The
Slytherin students on the side laughed loudly.
The little Hufflepuff wizard looked at the laughing crowd and his eyes suddenly turned red. Amid the laughter of the crowd, he quickly leaned over to pick up the dry food that fell on the ground and fled away.
His action caused more intense laughter. One of the Slytherin boys even laughed so hard that he lay on the floor.
But what they didn't know was that the conditions of the little Hufflepuff wizard's family were very poor. His mother taught him not to waste food since he was a child. The reason why he came to Hogwarts to study was not because he was interested in magic, but because Hogwarts did not charge tuition and provided food and accommodation.
As long as he comes to Hogwarts to study, the pressure on his family can be greatly reduced, leaving more food for his younger brothers and sisters.
There are many people like him in Hogwarts. As an old socialist country, Britain is not as glamorous as it seems to outsiders at this time. The rise of the British Empire was built on the corpses of countless workers.
Mike, who was guarding the hall, had a panoramic view of everything that happened. Looking at the Muggle-blooded wizards around him who dared not speak out, the anger in his heart could not be suppressed.
"Slytherin deducted 50 points!"
Mike came to the side of the Slytherins under the gaze of everyone in the hall and said coldly.
The Slytherins did not care about Mike's deduction. In fact, they were all smart people. They had sent letters to tell their families what happened in Hogwarts. Most of their families were old aristocrats in the wizarding world and had great influence.
Now the families of these Slytherin students have united to put pressure on the Ministry of Magic. If Dumbledore still can't find the basilisk in the next week, Hogwarts may have to be closed for rectification. With Hogwarts about to be closed, the house division is of course irrelevant.
"Oh! Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Mike from Ravenclaw." The leading Slytherin said sarcastically, "What? You want to be a hero and stand up for your fellow mudbloods again?"