Chapter 747 Lucky Gryffindor

When Kyle came out of the principal's office, it was already afternoon. The weather was still gloomy, and the continuous rain showed no sign of stopping.

Kyle stood in the corridor on the eighth floor for a while, staring at the rain curtain outside.

He was very curious about what exactly happened between Dumbledore and Snape. Was it because of Malfoy's recent behavior?

Or was it related to Connor, or... Snape was tired of his double undercover identity between Hogwarts and the Death Eaters and wanted to return to normal life?

All of these are possible.

But no matter which one it is, it is certain that he did not get Dumbledore's support, otherwise the two would not be so angry.

However, Kyle guessed that it was most likely Malfoy, after all, he was the most excited now...

And Connor... To be honest, unless Dumbledore wanted her to join the Order of the Phoenix, but Snape insisted on not agreeing, other than that, she could make her own decisions on other matters.

Moreover, Kyle did not think that Dumbledore would insist on letting a newly graduated witch join the Order of the Phoenix, and there was no need for it.

As for returning to the life of an ordinary wizard... before completely solving the threat of Voldemort, this can probably only be regarded as Snape's dream, just think about it.

"Draco Malfoy..." Kyle muttered to himself.

At this time, a group of first-year wizards ran up the stairs, chasing each other, and the noisy playfulness also brought Kyle back to his senses.

Perhaps they didn't expect that there was a seventh-year student standing here, and the little wizards were startled and stopped in place.

Because of fear, a boy even dropped the Quidditch player model in his hand on the ground.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not Filch, I won't deduct points for you talking loudly in the corridor." Kyle said, and pointed at the broken model with his hand.

"Restored as before."

"... Thank you." The boy's face flushed with excitement, as if he had seen some amazing magic.

To be honest, in the eyes of first-year freshmen, especially those from Muggle families, being able to use the restoration spell without a wand is indeed an amazing magic.

After being disturbed by them, Kyle didn't think about anything else. After leaving the eighth floor, he went straight back to the Hufflepuff common room.

Although Kyle always felt that he seemed to have something else to say to Dumbledore, he just paused for a moment and continued to walk downstairs.

Forget it, it shouldn't be important.

...

Because not many people knew about it, the news that Slughorn and Ron were poisoned by the love potion did not spread, and everyone was still the same as before.

Dumbledore left the school again. With the increasing activities of the Death Eaters, he has become busier and busier recently.

But these seem to have nothing to do with Hogwarts. Thanks to the efforts of the professors, there is no sense of danger in Hogwarts at all. Everyone's attention is all on the Quidditch game the next day.

This time it is a game between Gryffindor and Slytherin, which can be regarded as old rivals.

Although Harry has a Firebolt, because Gryffindor lost a main player and the two batsmen performed poorly in the last game, their support rate is not as high as expected.

Most people are still optimistic about Slytherin. Although the quality of their new players in the past two years is not very good, they are stable in performance. The three chasers are also veterans with more than three years of experience and have good cooperation.

And more importantly, they are all big, like a wrestling team. Sometimes a strong body is also an advantage.

On the morning of the game, Kyle and Connor came to the hall to have breakfast.

As soon as he came in, he saw two groups of people who were confronting each other... not Harry and Malfoy, but Ron and Slytherin's chaser Vasai.

"What happened?" Kyle asked in a low voice.

"Oh, it's the Weasley song of Slytherin." Ryan, who came here in advance, said, "Harper was organizing a chorus and happened to be caught."

'Weasley Song', a song that mocks Ron and tortures his mentality. The lyrics change every month, but without exception, they are all related to Ron.

Since last year, Slytherin has sung it several times almost every time there is a match with Gryffindor, and the effect is particularly good.

Whenever Ron is nervous, he will keep losing the ball like a big leak.

This time, Slytherin should also want to use the same method to weaken Gryffindor's strength.

However... today's situation is a little different from what they expected.

Just as Ryan finished speaking, Kyle saw Crabbe in the crowd tilt his body, as if he slipped on something, and his body fell heavily on the person in front of him.

Then the other party knocked down another person.

Now, things changed rapidly in a direction that Kyle couldn't understand.

Obviously only one person fell, but the Slytherins standing together were all affected one after another.

Almost in the blink of an eye, these people all fell to the ground, entangled with each other, and let out waves of painful howls.

Among them, Vasai was pressed at the bottom, his whole face was almost purple, and he kept waving his arms, trying to push others away.

Ron laughed out loud when he saw this scene.

"You guys were singing happily just now, why don't you sing anymore..."

He walked briskly to the Gryffindor table, and Lavender followed happily, looking at him with admiration.

"Oh, they reconciled so quickly?" Neville walked over from behind and said with some surprise.

"What do you mean?" Kyle asked.

"You don't know." He said, "Just now, Ron and Lavender had a big fight in the common room, it seemed because of Romy Davanni. At that time, Lavender was very angry, and Ron No explanation, just kept saying it was a misunderstanding.

"I thought they would continue to quarrel, but I didn't expect that they reconciled in less than twenty minutes. It's really... magical?"

Neville shook his head, really not knowing how to describe it.

Kyle also thought it was quite magical, but he didn't pay too much attention to it. Maybe Ron told the truth.

People who often drink love potions know that the feeling is uncontrollable, and there is no need to feel weird no matter what you do.

The two came to sit down at the Hufflepuff table.

"Who do you think will win this competition?" Kangna asked.

"Probably Gryffindor," Kyle said, "if Harry plays normally."

Vasai had been pulled out at this time, but it seemed that his arm was crushed and he must not be able to play.

As a result, both Slytherin and Gryffindor were missing one of their main players, and the situation was back to what it was at the beginning.

The two chatted while eating breakfast.

Soon, the messenger came.

A swarm of owls flew into the auditorium, dropping letters and packages into everyone's hands.

The most eye-catching thing among them was the three owls flying side by side. They were holding a rope together, with a large package tied underneath, and they were flying straight towards Hufflepuff.

With a thud, the round package landed on the dining table. It made a dull sound and rolled forward twice, knocking over several plates and a jug of pumpkin juice along the way.

"Oh, these owls are definitely not couriers from the post office. They are too rude." Mikel, who was splashed with pumpkin juice, wiped his face and looked at the package with curiosity.

"Whose is this?"

"There is another letter. You will know the name if you look at it." Ryan leaned his head over. "Hogwarts Great Hall, Hufflepuff Table, Miss Conner Prince..."

"Kanna, what did you buy?"

"Ah?" After hearing Ryan's words, Kangna, who was originally curious about what it was, was suddenly stunned, "Is it for me?"

"Of course, your name is on the letter." Ryan handed the letter over, "You don't know?"

"I don't know, and I didn't buy anything." Kangna accepted the letter doubtfully.

After just one glance, she knew what was going on.

"It's from the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists."

Kangna suddenly became excited and grabbed Kyle's arm excitedly, "They said I passed... I became a formal member of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists!"

There was a gasping sound immediately around, and everyone subconsciously looked over.

Although some younger wizards didn't know what the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists was, they could guess from the surprised expressions of the surrounding sixth- and seventh-grade students that it was an amazing organization.

"Congratulations." Kyle said with a smile, "But didn't you already know that? Slughorn revealed it during the first Potions class."

"That's different." Kangna said solemnly: "Until the real results come out, everything else is just speculation."

Kangna took the letter and read it again. At the same time, pour out another item from the envelope.

It was an exquisite blue badge with a smoking cauldron on it, which was also the identification card of the Association of Extraordinary Apothecaries.

Slughorn had an identical badge pinned to his robes, and he wore it to every party.

"That's amazing." Ryan sighed and said, "You must be the youngest member, I remember Professor Slughorn said so."

"For now, it should be considered so." Kang Na nodded. "Kyle, why do I feel that you are a little disappointed?"

"It's a bit true," Kyle said. "I thought they would be more formal, but I didn't expect it was delivered by owl."

"Do you think this is the Order of Merlin?" Connor said angrily.

Kyle shrugged noncommittally.

After all, this is considered an amazing achievement for Connor. Even if there is no ceremony, it would be fine to let Slughorn award the award on her behalf. As long as there is more noise, maybe she can even add a hundred points to Hufflepuff. Woolen cloth.

"Wait a minute, did you forget this package?" Justin said suddenly.

After his reminder, Kangna remembered that there was a package sent with the letter.

At the same time, the movement here also aroused the curiosity of others.

"What is here?" Qiu came over and asked.

"I don't know, I didn't say it in the letter." Kangna shook her head.

"Can you open it?" Mikel was eager to try.

"Of course it's no problem." Kangna said, "Actually, I'm also very curious."

After getting Kangna's consent, Mikel immediately opened the package.

However, after peeling off the last layer of brown paper and seeing what was inside, he had a disappointed look on his face.

"How stingy." Mikel muttered: "Kanna, you may be disappointed, they only sent you an old crucible.

"Tsk, forget about the crucible, can't they even afford a new one?"

No way... Kyle looked over subconsciously.

The package was not completely unpacked, only half of it was exposed.

It was indeed a crucible, but it was red and covered with marks that looked like it had been scratched by a knife. At first glance, it looked broken and old.

But it was just an appearance.

"This is not an old crucible..." Kyle reached out and touched the crucible, and felt a warm sensation at his fingertips, as if he was touching the wall next to the fireplace.

Mikkel also touched it.

"Strange, is this crucible just used? This is even more excessive."

"No, this is the shell of a fire crab." Kyle explained: "This material has excellent thermal conductivity and can absorb all the temperature of the flame in the shortest time and transfer it evenly to every place. The best crucible recognized by the magic world is made of the shell of a fire crab."

After Kyle's explanation, everyone suddenly realized.

"So, they are not stingy?"

"On the contrary." Kyle raised his eyebrows, "This kind of crucible is not cheap."

"How much?" someone asked.

"I don't know." Kyle shook his head. "I haven't bought it before. In general, most people don't need this kind of thing. An ordinary crucible is enough."

After hearing what Kyle said, the others didn't care too much. In their opinion, it was just a crucible, not made of gold. How expensive could it be?

"I take back what I said just now..."

Kyle looked at Kanna and smiled, "Even such a good thing was sent directly by owl. It seems that they really don't care about rituals.

"You can use this to brew potions in the future. The effect is much better than an ordinary crucible."

"Forget it." Kanna shook her head. "I'm afraid that if you get used to it, you won't be able to use an ordinary crucible anymore.

"And Professor Snape and Professor Slughorn are also members of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association. Don't they also use ordinary cauldrons?"

"It's different." Kyle shook his head and lowered his voice: "I dare not say anything else, but when Snape brewed the Phoenix Potion, he must have used the Fire Crab Cauldron. You must be able to use it, so it's best to get used to it in advance."

"Actually. I wanted to give you a Fire Crab Cauldron on your birthday, but now it seems that I have to think of other gifts."

...

After word of mouth from Hufflepuff students, Connor became a formal member of the Extraordinary Apothecary Association and immediately became the hottest topic in the hall, even surpassing the upcoming Quidditch game.

But because too few people knew about the Extraordinary Apothecary Association, this topic was like a gust of wind, blowing for a while and then passing, and then returning to Quidditch again.

"You go first, I have to tell Professor Snape this good news, he will definitely be very happy."

When everyone was preparing to go to the Quidditch field, Connor suddenly said.

"Ah, yes..." Kyle curled his lips and said perfunctorily.

There was no way. Although everyone had the same starting point, he was unhappy when he thought that Snape would be happy.

At this point, I believe Snape is the same.

But Connor insisted on going, so Kyle had to go to the stadium with Ryan, Mikel and others, and reserved a seat for Connor in the front row.

"Look."

When the players from both sides entered the field, Mikel suddenly pointed to the field and said, "The Slytherin team's seeker is not here either."

Kyle also noticed it.

Malfoy was not in the team. There was a strange face standing in his position. He looked young and should be a newcomer.

Malfoy didn't come to participate in the game?

Kyle almost subconsciously took out the Marauder's Map.

Because most people were on the field, the situation in the castle could be said to be clear at a glance.

When he saw Malfoy's name appear in the library and there were many people around, Kyle was relieved.

Fortunately, if Malfoy wanted to do something, he would definitely not choose to go to a crowded place like the library. And it is not easy to escape Madam Pince's eyes. She can always find everyone's little movements at the first time.

But why did Malfoy go to the library? Did he want to find something?

Kyle hesitated for a while, but still chose to close the Marauder's Map and continue to watch the game here.

With Dumbledore and Snape watching, he didn't need to join in the fun, so he should just do what he should do.

At this time, the captains were already shaking hands off the field.

"Both main players are not here, including the most important seeker..."

Ryan on the side said sourly: "Gryffindor is so lucky."