Chapter 19 Halloween Eve

"Yunkai! Let's go!" Daphne's voice sounded a little angry.

"Wait a minute, it will be ready."

"Don't dawdle, it's a big dinner tonight, everyone has to be here! You'll be scolded if you're late!" Malfoy also urged, "Hurry up!!"

"The last little bit... ready!"

Lu Yunkai sighed softly, took the crucible off the fire, threw a handful of gray powder into it, and then poured the potion into the red crystal bottle and shook it.

"What kind of potion is this?" Daphne looked at the potion in Lu Yunkai's hand with a blue light, and asked curiously.

"Vision enhancement potion." Lu Yunkai put the bottle away, "Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time, let's go! I'll pack the things when I come back."

"Yeah! Hurry up!" Malfoy nodded, and at the same time, he stuffed a magic hat decorated with pumpkins into Lu Yunkai's hand.

"Thanks. I forgot about this." Lu Yunkai smiled and put the hat on his head.

…

The autumn wind blew, and two months had passed in a blink of an eye. The grass on the school playground had already turned yellow.

The identity card that Snape developed for Lu Yun gave Du Yunkai a stepping stone to Slytherin College, and Daphne helped Lu Yunkai open the door.

The sleepwalking that night turned the two peers into friends with a common secret. With her help, Millicent and Pansy seemed to have a good impression of Lu Yunkai.

In addition, the Nimbus 2000 successfully helped Slytherin College win in the two subsequent Quidditch games.

The entire Slytherin College forgot that Lu Yunkai had been disliked and rejected by them at the Sorting Ceremony.

Lu Yunkai completely integrated into Slytherin and Hogwarts.

Every day he slept, ate, attended classes, and then tried to make potions in the lounge. He was busy and fulfilled like an excellent student. Because he had to stay in front of the crucible in the lounge every day after dinner, there was even a seat in the lounge that no one else would sit on except him.

And inadvertently, his performance in various classes was becoming more and more outstanding.

It was not because of his own talent, but purely because of the help of others.

When Lu Yunkai used the time to boil the crucible to read the textbooks of other subjects, those seniors would always "guide" him from time to time.

For example, how to wave the wand of the petrification spell for better effect, violent spores are actually fine as long as they are not inhaled into the nose, and the direct descendants of the participants on the British side of the First Magic War in 1174 AD told him about the battle situation of that year...

And Lu Yunkai never refused all the help, accepted it all, and then expressed his sincere gratitude.

Of course, in addition to business, these seniors would "very occasionally" talk to him about some gossip.

For example, someone falls in love with someone, someone is almost dragged into the lake by a human-like monster while fishing in the lake, someone wants to go to the toilet one day and a toilet suddenly appears in the corridor...

And Lu Yunkai will listen and chat with a smile, and from time to time, he will let others hold Chris, who is squatting in his arms pretending to doze off, to stroke her.

In addition, although Lu Yunkai looks like he is wearing a second-hand robe and using old potion bottles, he is not stingy at all and often shares the snacks he buys with his friends. In two months, he has become a socialite in the Slytherin lounge.

And today is the last day of October and Halloween Eve.

As usual, Hogwarts will hold a Halloween dinner. This is the first dinner attended by all the school members in full dress since the opening ceremony. Tomorrow, Hogwarts will have the first small holiday after school starts. The school will arrange a train to take students who want to go home to see their parents.

However, most students would not choose to go home: it is only two or three days, and it is not cost-effective to take the train back and forth.

For "homeless" people like Lu Yunkai, Halloween does not have a holiday, so he is too lazy to pay attention. However, this dinner is said to be quite interesting.

When he followed his classmates from the lounge to the hall, the hall was basically full.

"Why are you here just now! Hurry up!!" Pansy, who was sitting at the end of the table, clapped her hands and greeted the latecomers to take their seats.

"Sorry, I made a mistake in the middle and delayed some time." Lu Yunkai apologized with a smile.

"You are really hardworking. You still have to boil medicine today." Blaise smiled and shook his head.

"I think he forgot that today is Halloween Eve." Daphne laughed and complained beside him.

"I really forgot." Lu Yunkai sighed and shook his head.

"Fortunately, I remembered to get you a hat too." Malfoy shook his head helplessly.

"Okay, stop talking."

Fari, the prefect sitting not far away, reminded the first-year students who were chattering as soon as they came in.

They quickly quieted down.

At the front of the auditorium, the headmaster Dumbledore was already standing in front of the podium.

"I hope the students going home tomorrow have a safe journey. Okay, let's start..."

Dumbledore's extremely short speech had not yet ended, and the door of the auditorium was suddenly pushed open.

A figure rushed in.

Everyone's attention was attracted at once.

It was Professor Quirrell.

"Mountain trolls! There are mountain trolls! Dungeons, there are mountains..."

Professor Quirrell rushed forward and shouted, then suddenly fell to the ground.

After a moment of silence, the auditorium exploded.

The students screamed one after another, and even the students sitting around Lu Yunkai followed suit and shouted.

Even Lu Yunkai, who was originally confused and didn't know what was going on, became a little flustered.

Mountain monster? What is that thing?

The panic spread in the auditorium and was about to get out of control.

"Quiet!!"

Dumbledore pointed his wand at his throat and said.

His voice suddenly became extremely loud, which made everyone's ears hurt.

Finally, the auditorium quieted down, and all the students looked at the stern-faced principal.

"The class leader will lead the students back to the lounge. No one is allowed to go out without permission. All teachers, follow me."

Dumbledore ordered.

The calmness in his tone suppressed the uneasiness in the auditorium very well.

The prefects of each college also became busy and began to lead the students of their respective colleges to the lounge.

The auditorium was in chaos again, but at least, it was not panic.

Lu Yunkai also stood up, stretched out his hand, and helped Daphne, who was sitting next to him, up.

The girl was so scared that she couldn't even stand up...

"It's okay, it's safe to go back to the dormitory." Lu Yunkai comforted Daphne with a smile, "What is a mountain monster? Is it so scary?"

"I saw it when I was a child. Mountain monsters are very scary. Magic has no effect on them. They also eat people..." Daphne shook her head, "Why is there such a thing in Hogwarts?"

"I just heard Professor Quirrell mention the dungeon. Maybe it appeared nearby before and was locked in the dungeon after being caught. It doesn't matter! It was caught before, and it will be the same this time."

Lu Yunkai tried to comfort her again, with a gentle smile on his face, but he was madly complaining in his heart.

What kind of parents are these? Why let your daughter see such a horrible thing, even cannibalism... Well, it left a psychological trauma on your daughter!

"Yeah, that's right." Daphne seemed to feel relieved after hearing what Lu Yunkai said, and nodded.

"Yunkai!"

Just when Lu Yunkai was about to follow his Slytherin classmates back to the dormitory, someone suddenly called him.

"Harry?" Lu Yunkai turned his head and saw Harry and Ron looking at him anxiously, so he said to Daphne: "Daphne, you go first, I have something to do."

"Okay." Daphne followed the main group and left first.

Lu Yunkai came to Harry and Ron and asked: "What's wrong? Is there something?"

In the past two months, because they were in different colleges, and Lu Yunkai basically never stepped out of the lounge except for class and meal time, he and Harry and the others basically didn't talk much except occasionally meeting during class.

The relationship between the few people was somewhat alienated because of this.

"I don't know where Hermione went. I'm a little worried, so I want to ask if you saw her just now."

"I didn't see her. Why wasn't she in the hall?"

"Ron just made Hermione angry, and she ran away." Harry smiled helplessly.

"Now is not the time to talk about this! Hermione doesn't know about the mountain troll yet," Ron interrupted Harry embarrassedly.

"Then why didn't you tell the professors just now?" Lu Yunkai glanced into the hall.

Except for Professor Quirrell who fainted on the ground, the other professors had followed Dumbledore to catch the mountain troll.

"We just remembered it." Harry was a little helpless.

"I think if Hermione hid because she was angry or wronged, she would probably be in the bathroom or something like that? Where did you see her last?"

"On the stairs when she came to the banquet."

"Then go to the bathroom on the second floor! It's probably there!" Lu Yunkai nodded, "Let's go!"

"...You want to come too?" Harry was a little surprised.

"Hurry! The later we go, the more dangerous it will be!" Lu Yunkai ran up the stairs without saying anything.

Ron and Harry looked at each other and hurried to follow.