Chapter 487? A Cliché Tragedy

Chapter 487 A cliché tragedy

Mrs. Kent, this 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 at the last minute, Clark's most precious meetings were almost all about this daughter. Memory fragments.

It's just that in Clark's memory, Mrs. Kent is far from the person she is now in front of Mike.

In Clark's mind, Mrs. Kent's hair will always be black, her eyes will never have wrinkles, her familiar black dress will always be as black and shiny as the night sky, and her face will always be filled with warmth and happiness. smile.

This is normal, because in the eyes of most sons, their mothers are always perfect, and this is what they say when their mothers are ugly.

When Mike first saw this, he thought Clark and Mrs. Kent were a mother and son with a very good relationship. However, in fact, after continuing to read, 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 decent 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 original legacy, and she never lacked material things.

It is obvious that Mr. Kent intends to train Mrs. Kent as a lady of the family. Although he does this with the hope of using her as a family marriage in the future and selling her for a good price to restore the decline of the family, there is no doubt that Yes, Mr. Kent was very kind to Mrs. Kent, better than any other of his children.

But it was Mr. Kent's favor that made Mrs. Kent's character unruly and willful. She considered herself to be the center of the world and a being that everyone must look up to. However, while her character had flaws, Mrs. Kent's academic performance and even behavioral etiquette failed. She is impeccable, which is one of the reasons why Mr. Kent loves her so much - Mrs. Kent is a genius witch and the hope of revitalizing the family.

But it was such a witch who was bound to have a bright future, but she fell hopelessly in love with a Muggle who was ten years older than her not long after she graduated from Hogwarts.

And it was a pity that the Muggle didn't like her. He already had a happy family and it was impossible for him to abandon his wife and son and marry Mrs. Kent.

But Mrs. Kent didn't think much about it. As long as she wanted something since she was a child, she had never been able to get it.

So, all the tragedy began. Mrs. Kent, who was very good at potions, used love potions. A few months later, Mrs. Kent, who was only 18 years old at the time, had sex with her without the knowledge of her family. The muggle man got married.

The next plot was 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 became addicted to the love potion. Resistance has developed.

Mrs. Kent's husband began to realize what had happened to him over the years, and due to the influence of love drugs for many years, he also had mental problems and began to become irritable. Finally, he completely vented his anger to On Mrs. Kent and Clark.

This is a very typical wizarding tragedy. There are many witches who have the same experience as Mrs. Kent in wizarding society. This is why Professor Slughorn calls the love potion extremely dangerous. It has indeed caused countless tragedies. The culprit.

According to the original direction of those plots, Mrs. Kent should have raised Clark alone and then struggled in Muggle society.

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

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

In Mrs. Kent's consciousness, old Kent has always been the existence that loves her the most. As long as she can meet the Kent family, her life will definitely return to its original track, happiness and perfection.

However, the reality is cruel. After returning home, Mrs. Kent discovered that her father Kent Sr. had passed away long ago, and her brothers and sisters were fighting for the little remaining property of the Kent family. We have long since lost contact with each other, and she has become a shame to the Kent family. Her brothers and sisters all regard her as their enemy.

If old Kent hadn't insisted on leaving the old house to her before his death, Mrs. Kent might have taken Clark to live on the street.

After this, Mrs. Kent became depressed. She became addicted to alcohol, ignored Clark, had affairs with many wizards, and eventually gave birth to two daughters with unknown fathers.

Of course, this was already when she was still young.

Nowadays, she no longer has a man she wants, and without the support of her lovers, this young lady who has been pampered since childhood and has extremely weak ability to take care of herself has gradually fallen into the abyss of poverty.

Mrs. Kent suffered greatly from this!

Mike looked at Mrs. Kent's old face, which still showed the beauty of her youth, and the corners of her mouth slowly raised. He had many ways to deal with this kind of person.

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

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

As soon as he said this, Professor Flitwick, who had already stood up and was about to rub Mike's head, sat down expressionlessly. Mike also sat down opposite Mrs. Kent very naturally and continued 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 could see Mike's extraordinary identity from the reactions of Dumbledore and others, which made her not understand at all. If he dared to look at Mike, he could only look down at his muddy shoes.

"Well, since everyone is ready, let's get started." Seeing that everyone was sitting down, Kingsley took out a document from his pocket, took a deep breath and said, "First of all, let's Let's confirm the issue. What we are going to deal with today is the matter about Mike Townley kidnapping Clark Kent as the culprit who assassinated him on the Quidditch pitch."

Hearing this, Mrs. Kent started sobbing again, but strangely, Mrs. Kent cried for a long time, but her eyes were only red, without a single tear falling.

Kingsley glanced at her, then looked at the others. Seeing that no one had any objections, he continued:

"Then, first of all, I want to ask you a question, Clark Kent, where is he? Or, is he still alive?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the office turned their attention to Mike, and even the portraits of past principals hanging on the wall peeked over.

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

"Does it matter?"

"This is the most important question today, bar none! Also, please correct your attitude, Mr. Townley!" Kingsley raised his eyebrows and said sternly, "You have made a fatal mistake! No matter whether Clark has or not If he assassinates you, he should let the Ministry of Magic handle it. This is law enforcement power, a power that only the Ministry of Magic has! It is illegal for you to take him away privately. I can definitely prosecute you for kidnapping and intentional murder. !”

Mike looked sideways at Kingsley, his expression still so casual.

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

Listening to Mike's indifferent tone and looking at the almost mocking 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 pissed off.

Kingsley's mouth opened slightly, and he instinctively wanted to scold loudly, but Mike looked at Mrs. Kent first and continued:

"The most important question today, in my opinion, is, how much do you want?"

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

Then, she quickly reacted, and the expression on her face became indignant, as if Mike's attempt to buy her with money was completely insulting her.

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

"How about a thousand gold galleons?"

Mike asked slowly, but Mrs. Kent didn't hear what he was saying at all. At this moment, her attention had been 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 could touch the check, Mike snatched the check back and added another zero on it.

"No, no, no! This is really too little. Clark is an outstanding person, and this price is far from worthy of him! Then... ten thousand gold galleons!"

The check was placed 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 magical signature on it and Gringotts' mark proving the check was valid, 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 don't worry, I'm totally qualified. Get this money.”

"Then, what is your answer? Is this ten thousand 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 already cold black tea.

But he was not anxious but Kingsley beside him was anxious. Kingsley frowned and said angrily:

"Are you thinking I don't exist? Mr. Townley! Or do you think you can escape punishment with this method?"

"I never feel that I have made any mistakes that need to be punished." Mike said with a smile, "And the reason why I did this is just because I know that I have to pay this money. The question is who should I give it to?" That’s all. Rather than giving this money to you or the lawyer, I would rather give it directly to Mrs. Kent. After all, you are the one who needs this money the most, right?”

Mike's words made Mrs. Kent wake up, and then she hugged the check in her arms as if she had thought of something, while looking at Kingsley with a wary expression.

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

"But I still have two daughters to support." Mrs. Kent forced out a smile with difficulty, "That's it, I deceived you. Clark did not disappear, he was just recommended by me to work abroad, so Your allegations against Mr. Townley are simply not true."

This short sentence seemed to drain all the strength out of Mrs. Kent. After finishing speaking, she slumped down on 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 without any reason? "

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.

When Mrs. Kent heard this, the expression on her face suddenly became angry. She sat up straight and glared at Kingsley and shouted:

"Please stop saying these shameless words! 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 away from me!"

"No, I never thought of it that way."

"Stop talking such nonsense. I have seen enough of the dirty things you have done. You have always done this, arresting the criminals first, and then forcing them to hand over their wealth in exchange for freedom. This has always been the case! Otherwise, why are there so many Death Eaters running rampant outside now? You must know that many of them should have been caught and executed when the mysterious man first fell more than ten years ago!"

Kingsley's mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to defend something, but in the end nothing came out.

Because what Mrs. Kent told the truth was exactly what the Ministry of Magic did when they first tried those Death Eaters. The most typical example was Lucius Malfoy, who used to bribe Ministry of Magic officials. From a Death Eater who did all kinds of evil, he was abruptly transformed into a pitiful person controlled by Voldemort with the Imperius Curse.