Chapter 726 Opal Necklace, Kyle's Decision

"Malfoy, you bastard!"

Harry and Ron didn't know what happened, and they didn't see anything wrong with the package. After seeing Hermione almost being pushed down, they walked over directly, ready to give Malfoy a look.

Now that the two big lackeys beside Malfoy are gone, two against one, they have a good chance of winning.

Then before they could take two steps, they were pushed back by a huge force.

"Stand there and don't move!" Tonks shouted not far away, still holding the wand in her hand that she had not put down in time.

But Harry soon understood that she had nothing to do.

Because it was soaked by the rain, the brown paper bag broke as soon as it hit the ground, and the contents just fell on Katie's shoes.

In just an instant, Katie flew into the air uncontrollably, looking very weird... She stretched out her hands, and her hair was blown around by the strong wind, but her eyes were closed tightly, and there was no trace of her face. No expression either.

Soon, her eyes opened suddenly, as if she had suffered some great pain, and she began to scream heartbreakingly.

"I'm going to find the professor!" Hermione immediately ran to school.

But at this moment...

"All curses end!"

With a shout, Harry turned his head subconsciously. He noticed that Kyle's wand suddenly had a layer of orange light, and then Kyle pushed it forcefully into the stone path.

The originally hard stone was as fragile as freshly fried potato chips under the orange light of the wand, and was easily penetrated.

Vaguely, it seemed that a layer of golden flames began to spread around. When it came into contact with Katie in mid-air, a layer of black smoke appeared on her body out of thin air, and was quickly burned away by the golden flames.

The screams stopped abruptly.

The unconscious Katie fell from the air and was caught by Tonks.

At this time, a small group of people heard the noise and ran over. They stood around curiously, pointing and saying something to the unconscious Katie.

"What the hell is going on!" Tonks asked sharply, especially the girl with Katie.

Because she could see clearly that all of this was because of that package. If an impolite bad boy hadn't suddenly appeared just now, I'm afraid the person lying on the ground would have turned into Kyle.

"I...I don't know." The girl who was traveling with her had not recovered from the shock just now, so she said in a whimpering voice.

She pointed to the torn brown paper bag on the ground, "We were just going to Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse, but she picked up this package from somewhere and said it was for Kyle and she had to deliver it. Transfer..."

"Oh, by the way, her expression was very strange when she spoke. It was exactly the same as Professor Snape's description of the person who was under the Imperius Curse... Oh, shit, why didn't I realize it at the time!"

The girl slapped her head in annoyance and started crying again, this time because she blamed herself.

If she had discovered something was wrong with her friend sooner, Katie might not have suffered.

Kangna walked over and patted her shoulder gently.

"It's not your fault...I remember you were Lini in seventh grade, right."

The girl nodded.

"So do you know who gave her the package?"

"I don't know." Lini sobbed. "I forgot something at Honeydukes. I was separated from her for a while, and it was there when I came back."

"Is that so?" Kangna looked back at Kyle.

"It doesn't matter." Kyle stared at the opal necklace on the ground and said softly, "Let's solve the matter in front of us first."

"You're right, we have to go back to school quickly." Tonks looked at more and more people around her and immediately ran towards school with the unconscious Katie.

At the same time, she did not forget to remind: "Fred, George, please put that thing on the ground away, and don't let anyone else touch it again."

"Leave it to us." Fred said. He waved his wand skillfully, and the stone on the ground immediately turned into a box. He rewrapped the opal necklace, and then used the wand to direct the box to float forward. .

During this process, the box is far away from everyone.

Harry and the others looked at each other and quickly followed.

"By the way, what kind of spell did Kyle use just now?" Ron asked curiously: "The problem was solved in one fell swoop."

"All curses will end." Hermione said, "It is an advanced curse. You can think of it as an enhanced version of Curse Stop. Its function is to eliminate all traces of magic within a certain range."

"Can even the effects of dark magic items be eliminated?" Harry asked.

"Of course." Hermione said a little impatiently, "If you listen carefully to Professor Snape's class, you will know that the so-called dark magic items are actually things with curses.

"And curses are also a type of magic."

"Listen carefully to Snape's lessons?" Harry opened his mouth. This was too difficult for him.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but Snape always had a way of making him so angry within ten minutes that he couldn't listen even if he wanted to.

Several people walked all the way into the school grounds.

Ron looked at Kyle next to him and seemed to suddenly think of something.

"You guys think Malfoy saved Kyle once."

"Ah?" Harry was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "Yes, if Malfoy hadn't pushed Hermione and knocked over the brown paper bag, Kyle might have touched that thing."

"Ha, I didn't expect Malfoy to do a good thing." Ron said, "But he might not be very happy... Hey, where is Malfoy?"

He looked around, and there was no Malfoy nearby, which made Ron a little strange.

According to Malfoy's character, he would definitely emphasize his contribution next to Kyle, or go to the professor to ask for credit and get extra points, so why didn't he catch up.

Kyle also looked behind him, but said nothing.

In fact, when Tonks rushed over just now, Malfoy had quietly blended into the crowd around him and disappeared.

Several people quickly returned to the school grounds.

"Do you think he did this?" Ron guessed.

Although there was no evidence, it had become a habit for him to put all the bad things on Malfoy's head, and there was no need for evidence at all.

"I don't know." Harry thought and said, "But I seem to have seen that opal necklace."

"You have seen it?" Ron looked at him in surprise, and Hermione also moved her eyes over.

"Yeah." Harry nodded, "It was in a box in Borgin and Burke's four years ago, remember? I used the Floo powder for the first time, went to the wrong fireplace, and went there by accident.

"Because it was written on the box that it took the lives of more than a dozen Muggles, I paid special attention to it and remember it very clearly."

"So, someone bought it from Borgin and Burke?"

"That should be the case."

"The Borgin and Burke necklace..." Connor looked at Kyle and asked, "Who do you think it was."

"Who knows." Kyle narrowed his eyes, "Maybe someone wanted to use the opal necklace to deal with me, but suddenly regretted it when the time came."

"Repent... Malfoy? "Connor blurted out.

She knew very well that Kyle would not say these words for no reason, he must have discovered something.

The only person who met these conditions was Malfoy who suddenly appeared halfway.

Although there were many of them, they did not occupy the entire path, and they were even on the side of the road.

If Malfoy wanted to go back to school, he could just walk there normally, but he not only did not do so, but also made a detour just to push Hermione who could not have blocked him.

Coincidentally, Hermione knocked Katie down again and let the package fall to the ground.

If all this was not intentional, it would be a bit too coincidental.

Connor stared at Kyle, trying to get an answer from him.

"Ah, who knows." Kyle smiled and shrugged, "But for the current situation, I should thank Malfoy, after all, he saved me."

"Don't come on." Connor said, "Don't think I didn't see it, the Shield Charm was used before you reached out. "

"After all, we have already found traces of the Imperius Curse. I can't be so stupid as to touch the package of unknown origin." Kyle said, "The facts have proved that I am right, right?"

"Professor McGonagall is here." Hermione's voice came from the front.

Kyle looked up and saw Professor McGonagall hurried down the stone stairs to meet them in the increasingly heavy rain and snow.

"Tonks said that you guys saw Katie Bell being attacked. Please come to my office upstairs immediately."

"Not an attack!" Ron said loudly, "She wanted to give Kyle a deadly dark magic item."

"We'll talk about this later." Professor McGonagall looked at Fred and the box floating next to him, "Mr. Weasley, what is this."

"It's the thing that Katie touched." Fred said, "I brought it back to prevent others from touching it."

"Good, great, you are very thoughtful. "Professor McGonagall looked a little nervous.

"This is what I should do." Fred said seriously.

At this time, Filch held up the secret detector and was about to walk towards Fred with great interest.

"No, Filch, they are with me, no need to check." Professor McGonagall said quickly.

Filch's face quickly darkened.

"Oh, Mr. Filch." Fred raised his eyebrows, "Maybe you don't know yet, I work in the Ministry of Magic, and I am responsible for dealing with these dangerous dark magic items. You shouldn't stop me."

Filch gasped, and for a moment, he felt that the people in the Ministry of Magic must be crazy, actually letting a Niffler guard the vault.

"Oh, and, Mr. Filch..."

George next to him looked at the secret detector in his hand, "I suspect that this thing is not legitimate, and there may be some hidden dark magic on it. If you can't provide the place of purchase and detailed information, I must confiscate it.

"You know, this is our job."

"No personal feelings are mixed in." Fred added.

Filch's face changed drastically, and he held the secret sensor tightly in his arms.

This thing has been in Hogwarts for who knows how long, and there is no detailed place to buy it...

Even if there is, after so many years, the place is probably changed.

But in contrast, Fred and George's faces were filled with pride. They were often questioned by Filch when they were in school. Unexpectedly, after graduation, their offense and defense changed.

I have to say, this feels great.

"Come on Filch, get this stuff over here," Fred urged. "We need to check it out. This is a requirement from the Ministry of Magic."

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet." Professor McGonagall glared at them, "I guarantee there will be absolutely nothing wrong with the secret detector, okay?"

"Since Professor McGonagall said so, we naturally believe it." George said with a smile.

"Then just say a few words." Professor McGonagall said, "Now please take this thing to Professor Snape."

She glanced at Kyle and Harry again, "You guys, follow me..."

Professor McGonagall took Kyle and Harry into the castle and went upstairs to her office. Rain and snow rattled on the windows, but the fire in the fireplace was strong, and it was much warmer once inside.

"Tell me." Professor McGonagall quickly walked around behind the table and said sternly: "What's going on?"

Lini stammered and spoke. Although her words were not very coherent because she was frightened, she could still understand her.

But she didn't know much, only that Katie got the package during the time she left the Three Broomsticks to go to Honeydukes. As for who gave it to her and who used the Imperius Curse on her, Lini had no idea.

After that, Professor McGonagall asked her to go to the school hospital as well.

Lini's current condition is not very good, and she needs some soothing potion to calm down her shock.

"So, what happened next?" She looked at the others and asked.

Hermione immediately recounted the story of Katie flying into the air and being rescued. She told it in great detail, and Professor McGonagall quickly figured out the whole story.

"Very good, five points for Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall nodded, "You guys should go out too, remember to keep it a secret, and don't tell anyone else, even if they ask."

Then Harry, Ron, and Hermione also left the office, and only Kyle and Connor remained here.

At this time, Professor McGonagall's expression was no longer as nervous as before.

"Because of your calmness in times of crisis..." She looked at Kyle and said gently: "I want to give Hufflepuff fifty points, good job."

"Thank you, Professor," Kyle said.

"You deserve this." Professor McGonagall rubbed her forehead. She simply couldn't imagine how bad things would have gotten if Kyle hadn't been there at the time... At least that girl Katie Bell would have suffered a lot. crime.

Even if Auror Tonks was here, she might not be able to do better than Kyle.

"What else do you know?" Professor McGonagall continued to ask: "Who do you think wants to deal with you, even if he is willing to use the Imperius Curse to control a Hogwarts student."

"I don't know about that," Kyle said calmly, "Maybe it's some crazy Death Eater. After all, I ruined a lot of their plans during the holidays. It's normal for them to want to take revenge on me."

"Death Eaters?" Professor McGonagall said in shock. She didn't believe that Death Eaters dared to attack Hogwarts students, but other than that, there seemed to be no other explanation.

"If that's the case." She paced back and forth, "Kyle, I must say, for your safety, you should not leave the castle or go to Hogsmeade recently."

"Okay, I understand." Kyle had already guessed that Professor McGonagall would say this, and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, he only went to Hogsmeade to drink a cup of butterbeer at Three Broomsticks.

And if such a big thing happened, the school would probably not organize students to go to Hogsmeade again. He agreed or disagreed.

"You guys should go back first." Professor McGonagall waved her hand slightly tiredly, "The school will investigate this matter as soon as possible."

"Just a little something, Professor." Kyle left in no hurry.

"Say it."

"It's about Mr. Malfoy." Kyle paused briefly before continuing: "Anyway, he indirectly saved me, so can I give him twenty-five points."

Professor McGonagall didn't seem to expect Kyle to say that. She raised her head and said, "But after all, it was because of Mr. Malfoy that the package was broken."

"One yard for another, I can't pretend that nothing happened." Kyle said calmly: "That's why I said, give him half of the points I got instead of extra points."

"Well, if you insist..."

Professor McGonagall stared at Kyle and nodded after hesitating for a moment. "Twenty points for Hufflepuff and twenty points for Slytherin."