Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 154: Valentine's Day Secret Visit (Part )
Seeing the three Weasley brothers swearing to protect their eldest brother to the death, Mike knew that he would not be able to get any information out of them today.

So he simply stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Okay, okay, then give me the map. I can use it."

"What do you want this for? To monitor Percy?" Fred's eyebrows were almost squeezed together. "I advise you to give up. Really, isn't it better to be upright?"

"Damn it, what are you thinking? I'm here to investigate the heir!"

"So you suspect Percy is the heir?" Fred was no fool, and he immediately understood the hidden meaning of Mike's words. "That's impossible! Percy is a Gryffindor, how can he be the heir of Slytherin?"

"But your Weasley family is also pure blood, isn't it? And it's one of the noblest 28 sacred families. And ask yourself, is Percy's original strength really as strong as he shows now? Maybe it's because of Slytherin's inheritance that he suddenly became stronger." Mike sneered, "Okay, give me the map quickly, and also, keep it a secret for me, don't tell Percy."

Mike's words silenced Fred. Mike was right. Although the Weasley family had always been staunch supporters of blood egalitarianism, they were indeed purebloods, and their bloodline was much higher than that of most purebloods.

Moreover, Percy's personality is indeed somewhat inconsistent with Gryffindor. He is greedy for power and money and is ambitious. In Fred's opinion, these are the qualities of Slytherin.

But Percy was his brother after all.

Fred hesitated for a while, and finally took out a piece of worn and yellowed parchment from his arms.

Seeing this, Mike reached out and grabbed the parchment and tried to take it away, but failed. Fred held it tightly and refused to let go.

Ignoring Fred's gloomy expression, Mike increased his strength, and the parchment gradually stretched under the pull of the two, and seemed to be about to be torn.

Seeing this, Fred quickly let go of his hand, and Mike stuffed the Marauder's Map that he had finally obtained into his arms and said, "Thank you! And don't worry too much. I also hope that I am wrong."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the lounge door.

"Wait!" Fred suddenly stopped Mike, his expression very ugly, "The password to open the map is 'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good'. I hope you didn't lie to me."

Mike had a surprised expression on his face. If Fred hadn't told him, he would have almost forgotten about the password. Although he had read the original book and knew the password to the Marauder's Map, Fred's initiative to tell him the password clearly showed that Fred believed what he had just said.

A smile appeared on Mike's face. He gave Fred a thumbs up and walked out of the Gryffindor common room without saying a word.

Before Mike had walked far, he was stopped by Harry.

"Sorry Mike, I can't help you." Harry said breathlessly with his head down.

Looking at Harry who was feeling extremely guilty, Mike smiled and punched him to comfort him, "It's okay, I've already got what I wanted."

Since Mike has grown quite fast recently, he has become stronger.

Harry, who was lightly punched by Mike, couldn't help but take two steps back. Although the place where he was punched was a little painful, seeing that there was no blame on Mike's face, Harry finally showed a happy smile on his face.

Perhaps because he had never had a true friend before, Harry cherished every one of his friends. This was also the reason why Harry took Mike to find out about Percy even though he knew that Mike was here to find out about Percy. He didn't think about it at first, he just thought that he had to help his friend.

As the two were chatting happily, Mike suddenly felt that there was a pair of eyes watching them in the dark corner not far away.

"Who is it! Come out!"

Almost instinctively, the blackthorn wood wand suddenly appeared in his hand. Mike pointed the wand at the shadow and shouted. Harry, who was talking to Mike, was startled by this sudden scene. He hurriedly took out his wand and followed Mike's example and pointed it at the shadow.

"No, it's me."

Ginny Weasley said timidly as she came out from the corner with her hands raised in surrender.

Seeing that the person in the corner was Ginny, Harry breathed a sigh of relief and put down his wand. But Mike was not as naive as Harry, and still pointed his wand at her, with the fire spell ready to go.

Not to mention how suspicious Ginny's behavior of following them was, she still hadn't been cleared of the suspicion of being the heir.

"Tell me! Why are you following us?"

"I, I just want to help you." Ginny saw that Mike not only did not put down his wand, but the tip of the wand was glowing red. Her body suddenly trembled violently, and even her voice trembled. "Don't you want to know about Percy?"

Hearing this, Mike finally put down his wand, turned his head and looked around. Seeing that no one else was there, he asked, "I'm sorry, Ginny. I was a little too nervous. Do you know anything about your brother?"

Ginny in the corner still maintained a surrender posture. Mike's ferocious expression and cold eyes just now shocked her greatly. She had an inexplicable feeling that Mike really wanted to kill her just now.

"Well, I heard from Percy's roommate that Percy often talks to himself alone recently." Ginny said tremblingly, "The dark circles under his eyes are obviously much heavier. We all wonder if he often practices spells by himself until late at night."

Ginny paused halfway through her speech, stole a glance at Mike, and then continued, "Also, his mental state hasn't been very good recently, and he often gets angry over trivial matters. We all speculated that he was like this because he was heartbroken."

Being irritable and often talking to himself is consistent with being bewitched by the notebook. The dark circles under his eyes due to lack of sleep indicate that Percy often stays up late.

What was he doing up all night? Practicing spells?
It was possible, but Percy didn't have a Room of Requirement where he could practice at will, so where else could he go?
A storm of thoughts swept through Mike's brain. Although there were still many things he didn't understand, at this moment he was almost certain that Percy was the mastermind behind controlling the basilisk to attack him and Penelope.

Of course, there is still one last piece of the puzzle left before the case is finalized.

Thinking of this, Mike showed a harmless smile on his face, and asked softly in the most gentle tone:

"Well, have you ever seen a black notebook? No, it should be a diary, with Tom Riddle's name written on it?"

Although there was a smile on his face, Mike's eyes were cold. At this moment, he was carefully observing Ginny's expression, hoping to find a flaw in her face.

(End of this chapter)