Chapter 744 Two Bottles of Love Potion

"Kyle, you must come to the party tomorrow.

After the potions class ended, Slughorn stopped Kyle who was about to leave and said: "This time is to celebrate Mr. Shabinibres's seventeenth birthday. You will definitely come, right? "

He looked like he was shaking his head and looking very happy, as if the person whose birthday was about to be celebrated was him.

Kyle, who was stopped by him, just nodded and said, "Of course, Professor Slughorn, I will participate."

"I knew it." Slughorn smiled even more happily, "The coming of age of a wizard is a big day, and many people will come to attend. You definitely don't want to miss it.

"Then I'll prepare the drinks for the party first. I hope Three Broomsticks still has some good old wine..."

Slughorn fastened the gold buckle of his dragon-skin briefcase and headed out.

"Wait a minute, professor, I want to ask a question." Kyle suddenly stopped him.

"Then ask, kid, ask..." Slughorn turned his head and said kindly.

"Professor, do you know... Horcruxes."

Slughorn froze, his hand stopped in mid-air, and his round face seemed to sink.

It's strange that a person who was very energetic just now seems to have become sluggish in an instant, as if he hasn't slept in several days.

He licked his lips and asked in a hoarse voice: "You, what did you just say?"

"Horcrux, Professor." Kyle repeated again, "I saw this in a book and was curious."

"Dumbledore asked you to come?" Slughorn asked in a low voice, but his tone was very firm. "Dumbledore showed you that memory... right? He asked you to ask me!"

Slughorn's eyes were filled with shock and fear, and sweat began to form on his forehead.

"What memory? Does Professor Dumbledore know this too?" Kyle asked doubtfully.

"You don't know?" Slughorn was stunned for a moment, took out a handkerchief from his breast pocket and wiped his forehead.

"Is there anything I should know?" Kyle said, "Like I just said, I read it in a book."

"What book!" Slughorn asked: "I'm sure there won't be any records about that kind of thing in the Hogwarts library. You can't fool me. It must be Dumbledore..."

"No, professor, I saw it from Nicolas Flamel." Kyle interrupted him and said: "I found a copy of "Advanced Black Magic Revealed" in his private library. The content is really interesting.

"It's just that some of the questions are too general and I can't quite understand them. Horcruxes are among them."

"I have no comment!" Slughorn said softly, wiping his sweating forehead again, "You've got the wrong person, Kyle, I know nothing about Horcruxes... nothing at all! "

Slughorn repeated the last sentence forcefully, as if he wanted to emphasize something.

Then he grabbed the fire dragon leather briefcase, randomly stuffed the handkerchief into his pocket, and started to walk out.

But after reaching the door, Slughorn suddenly stopped again.

He seemed to have thought of something, took a deep breath and turned around again to look at Kyle.

Like, so similar...

At this moment, Slughorn seemed to see two figures overlapping.

He is equally talented, and his whole body shines with a blinding light, as if he is incompatible with the other people in Hogwarts.

And just like that person, he also noticed the Horcrux...

"I advise you not to waste your time on this, Kyle. It's not something you should know."

Slughorn said seriously: "You should spend your energy on other things, such as...well, Quidditch is good, I remember you are a good chaser.

"If you are willing, I can recommend you to the Holyhead Harpies, where you will definitely become a famous professional Quidditch player."

Slughorn didn't give Kyle a chance to speak.

He didn't even care about Kyle's answer. After he finished speaking, he slammed the door and left the classroom.

Kyle and Connor were the only ones left in the room.

"What did you ask him?" Kangna asked confused.

She had never seen a person change his face so quickly. The fear on Slughorn's face just now almost overflowed.

"It's nothing, just some past events that he doesn't want to mention." Kyle spread his hands and followed Kangna towards the outside of the underground classroom.

"You couldn't do it on purpose, right?" Kangna glanced at Kyle suspiciously, "To not go to the party?"

"The effect is remarkable, isn't it?" Kyle said with a smile: "For a long time after that, I shouldn't have to worry about what party he will invite me to...he won't even want to see me. ”

…

The fact was exactly as Kyle predicted. For two weeks, Slughorn didn't say a word to him. Even in Potions class, he would try to keep a distance from Kyle as much as possible, and would deliberately ignore him when checking homework, as if Kyle was transparent.

Even Connor, who was sitting with Kyle, had a rare few days of leisure. Slughorn seemed to have made up his mind to draw a clear line with Kyle and the people around him.

But this is exactly what Kyle wants to see, and the same goes for Connor.

Connor, who had not been in "lockdown" for two weeks, told Kyle more than once that he should have done so earlier.

In this regard, Kyle only said that he wanted to thank Harry for his inspiration.

This is also true. If he hadn't met Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussing Horcruxes in the hall before, Kyle wouldn't have thought of this idea.

What Slughorn resists the most is anything or topic related to Horcruxes. If you want to keep a distance from him, it is easy, just talk about it.

Kyle was a little annoyed, why didn't he think of it before?

…

From February to March, the weather did not change much. It was still as cold as ever, but it was humid and windy. Fine snowflakes were blown on the classroom windows, making a crackling sound.

This day is the weekend, but people are generally not very happy because they have just been notified that the plan to visit Hogsmeade has been cancelled.

"This is already the second time!"

While eating breakfast, Kyle heard someone complain, "Why, I've been looking forward to this since last week!"

"I have thought of it a long time ago." Justin Finch-Fletchley walked over and patted the other party on the shoulder, "Don't forget, the previous Gryffindor was still in St. Mungo's."

"But I ran out of candy at Christmas, and I was thinking of buying some more."

“I bought a lot last time,” McMillan said, “but now I only have Brass Beans and Buttercup Mints left.”

"That's great. If I had known I would have bought an extra galleon last time."

Kyle walked past several people.

He was also not surprised about the cancellation of Hogsmeade visitation day. In addition to the last attack, there have been more and more missing reports in the Daily Prophet recently, and several of them were from Hogwarts. Relatives of students.

Under such circumstances, the school will certainly not let students leave easily.

Kyle and Connor came to an empty seat and sat down, preparing to have breakfast.

"Kyle, what's wrong with you today?" Connor asked, spreading jam on her bread.

"no, what happened?"

"I want to try a new potion today." Kangna said, "But there are a lot of things that need to be prepared, and it is very troublesome to deal with. If you are okay, can you help me?"

"No problem." Kyle nodded and said, "When?"

"How about after breakfast, we can go to the underground classroom."

"I think it would be better to go to the Room of Requirement." Kyle thought for a while and said, "If you go to the underground classroom, you will probably meet Slughorn. I heard that he rarely holds his favorite parties anymore. , it would be bad if it scared him again.

"The things in the Room of Requirement are quite complete, and the environment is better than the underground classroom."

"Okay." Kang Na nodded.

After breakfast, the two went to the eighth floor together, where they met Harry and Ron.

It's just... there's something wrong about the two of them.

"Let me go, Harry, I'm going to find Romi Davanni, don't stop me!"

Harry grabbed Ron's arm tightly and dragged him forward, while Ron was like a fish thrown to the shore, twisting and struggling.

"Yes, yes, I will take you to find her now." Harry said without looking back: "She is in Slughorn's office. Let's go now."

"Why is she there?"

"Perhaps, we are in Potions class..." Harry said casually.

"Maybe I can apply to go with her!" Ron said happily.

"Yes, yes, you can...oh, don't drool on my sleeve!"

"What's going on?" Kangna approached Kyle and asked, "Look at Harry's eyes, are they bruised? Also, why do I feel that something is not right about Ron's condition?"

Kyle looked over and found that there was indeed a faint bruise around Harry's left eye, about the size of a fist.

Combined with Ron's infatuated look, Kyle probably guessed what was going on.

"Harry!" He called to the two of them, "Did Ron drink a love potion?"

Apart from the Imperius Curse, the only thing that could make Ron voluntarily give up his weekends to make up for classes was the love potion.

"I think so." Harry also saw the two of them and said quickly: "He ate the chocolate cauldron Romy Davanny gave me for Christmas."

“That should be it.

"Kanna said thoughtfully: "Remember what I said before that someone brought the love potion to Hogwarts? Wanni is one of them, but I remember I had confiscated her love potion. "

"Apparently she bought another bottle," Kyle shrugged.

"Stop talking about this." Harry said anxiously, "What can you do?"

Kyle walked over and tapped Ron on the forehead with his wand.

"The fascination wears off!"

"Hey, what are you doing!" Ron pushed Kyle dissatisfied, and then said to Harry next to him: "Let me go, I'm going to find dear Romilda!"

"It's useless?" Harry looked at Kyle blankly.

"Obviously, Romilda used a real love potion, not a joke product from Weasley's joke shop." Kyle put away his wand, "This situation requires an antidote."

"Then you can?" Harry asked.

Kyle didn't speak, just glanced at Kangna.

"Half an hour." Kangna said, "The effect of dispelling the intoxicant requires a mixture of multiple magic potions, but I lack the most basic tranquilizer."

"If you don't want to wait, you can go to the hospital or Professor Slughorn." Kyle looked at Harry again and said, "They should have ready-made potions."

"I'll go to Professor Slughorn." Harry said, "But can you help me? He keeps kicking my legs, it hurts so much. Does the love potion also increase strength?"

"Normally, it doesn't." Kyle said with a smile, "But who asked you to stop Ron from pursuing his beloved girl? Who else can he hit if not you?"

Kanna couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Not to mention, Harry looked at Ron now, and he really looked like a villain who broke up others.

Harry's face fell all of a sudden. If he could, he didn't want to be like this. There was no way. He couldn't really let him go to find Romilda.

"Forget it, there's no rush for the potion. Let's help him first." Kanna said.

"Since you said so, then okay." Kyle took out the wand again.

"Fainted!"

A flash of red light passed by, and Ron immediately fainted in Harry's arms.

"This is much easier now."

Kyle used the Accompaniment Charm to bring the unconscious Ron to Slughorn's office with Harry.

The door was ajar, and Harry just knocked lightly, and it creaked open.

"Sorry, Professor Slughorn, Ron... Oh, my God!"

Harry, who had just opened the door, suddenly screamed.

Kyle raised his head quickly, and then he saw that Slughorn was like an angry bull, slamming Harry away and running out of the corridor without hesitation.

At the same time, he kept repeating in his mouth, "Don't block the way... Rosmerta... Dear... I want to see her now!"

Uh...

Harry sat on the ground in a daze, rubbing his back that was hurt by the fall.

So, Slughorn likes Ms. Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks?

Somehow, he always felt that the scene in front of him was a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

At this time, Kyle had quickly thrown Ron aside and pointed his wand at Slughorn.

"Fall!"

The next second, Slughorn also lay on the ground motionless.

Kyle used a Stunning Spell on the professor! ?

Harry was shocked at first, then suddenly realized.

No, it was a love potion... He remembered that Slughorn's performance just now was exactly the same as Ron who ate the chocolate cauldron.

Harry hurriedly looked into the office.

There was no chocolate cauldron inside, only a plate of steaming steak, which should be his breakfast, in addition to a bag of pineapple candied fruit and half a cup of mead.

"What's going on!"

Harry was a little confused.

"Will Ms. Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks use aphrodisiacs on Slughorn? It doesn't seem necessary."

To be honest, Kyle also felt that it was unnecessary. After all, Ms. Rosmerta was very popular in Hogsmeade, and Slughorn... He had to go to the Three Broomsticks at least twice a week, and he would go once more when there was a party.

But what he shouted just now was not false, they all heard it.

"Anyway, let's send them all to the school hospital first. When Slughorn wakes up, he will naturally know what happened."

Kyle rubbed his forehead and said, "Harry, you know the walking spell... Forget it, you go and inform Professor McGonagall.

"Slughorn is different from Ron. He is a professor. It is not a trivial matter for someone to use aphrodisiacs on him."

"But Ron..." Harry looked back at Ron who was thrown to the side by Kyle just now.

"We won't leave him here." Kyle said. "Connor, you come to take care of Ron, he is more relaxed. "

Connor nodded, took out her wand and pointed it at Ron.

"Zombie Floating."

Ron immediately floated limply in the air, and was led forward by Connor.

Harry heaved a sigh of relief, stood up from the ground and immediately ran towards Professor McGonagall's office.

Kyle took Slughorn away in the same way.

Their unique combination instantly attracted everyone's attention, mainly because Slughorn was too conspicuous.

A professor actually fainted in the castle. Everyone was curious about what happened, and the atmosphere was a little tense.

However, Kyle and Connor couldn't explain anything. They couldn't just say that he drank the love potion, and Slughorn's face would be saved.

So they could only walk through the castle towards the school hospital under the strange eyes of a group of students.

"Kyle, why don't you let me find Professor McGonagall." Connor said with some concern, "If Madam Pomfrey asks, Harry will know more."

"Don't worry, Madam Pomfrey won't ask. "Kyle shook his head and said, "And Harry may not know how to perform the walking spell, so we can't let him carry Ron over."