Chapter 724 The Floo Network was closed (page 12)

The next morning, the Daily Prophet indeed published an article about the attack on Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Legal Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, and it took up two pages.

As expected, this incident immediately caused an uproar in Hogwarts, and the discussion in the auditorium continued during breakfast that day.

Kyle glanced around the dining table and saw that Susan had not come to have breakfast. She probably was still in the dormitory at this time.

In order for Susan to calm down her mood better, Professor Sprout came to the common room last night and said that she did not need to attend classes for the next few days.

Normally, Susan would jump up with joy, but last night she couldn't laugh at all, she just lowered her head silently.

And no one had seen her anywhere else in the castle all day.

"Slughorn is such a snob!" During dinner, Mikel began to belittle a certain professor crazily.

"You know what? He had a party in his office this weekend and he didn't invite Susan."

"What's the point..." Some people didn't take it seriously, "Since Professor Slughorn organized it himself, he is free to invite whomever he wants."

"You are too naive. You don't know the inside story yet." Mikel shook his finger and began to educate others.

"I've heard that Professor Slughorn's Slug Club only invites students who are excellent themselves or have prominent figures in their families.

"Susan also had an invitation originally, but when he read the newspaper, he snatched it away immediately, that stupid old slug."

"No way..." Some people still didn't believe that Slughorn was a professor after all, so how could he do such a bad thing as snatching back the invitation.

"Mikel, how did you know that he snatched the invitation away?"

"That's because I was right next to him and was asked to send him a message..." Mikel said angrily, "He just took the invitation away from my hand. How could I not know."

After the man was silent for a moment, he continued: "Is it possible that Professor Slughorn wanted Susan to stay quiet for a while.

"Think about it, after such a big thing happened, how could she be in the mood to attend a banquet?"

"I don't think so." Mikel curled his lips, "In case Susan wants to change her mood, there is no need for him to ask for the invitation back."

Listening to Mikel's words, Connor asked curiously: "Is Professor Slughorn really such a person?"

"It's almost the same, but I think Mikel is exaggerating."

Kyle thought for a while and said: "Although Slughorn does have a preference for students with outstanding family backgrounds and is more realistic, he has never acted so rudely as asking for an invitation back. At most, he just refuses to invite."

"Then should I still go?" Kangna lowered her head and glanced at the parchment roll in her hand.

This is the invitation that Mikel just sent, inviting Kangna to attend a small party in the potion office on Friday night.

Kangna was originally quite curious about this party, but now she suddenly no longer wants to attend.

"You can go or not." Kyle poured a glass of pumpkin juice. "To be honest, this kind of gathering is just for chatting, eating, drinking, and complimenting each other. It has no substantive meaning, and you don't need to I want to learn more about potions at the party."

"Ah? Then I'm not going!" Kang Na said immediately.

Since she didn't know Slughorn and had never attended the dinner party on the train, she always thought it was an academic exchange meeting about potions.

Just like the parties Snape took her to during the holidays... everyone gathered together to explain to each other the latest potion materials they discovered, or about the advantages and disadvantages of different models of crucibles.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't want to participate." Kyle took a bite of the fried pork chop, "But have you thought of an excuse?"

"Excuse?"

"That's right." Kyle said, "Slughorn is still a professor after all. There must be a reason for you to refuse the invitation."

"Um...do I have to do my homework?" Kangna asked tentatively.

"It's possible, but it may not work." Kyle said, "Harry used this trick, but the next day, Slughorn formed a mutual aid bureau and called a few people to help Harry. Tutoring assignments.

"You don't know, Harry was so stupid that he didn't recover until the next day."

Kangna shuddered subconsciously. If she was surrounded by a group of people to help with her homework, she would be stupid.

No, I have to find another excuse.

"I have an idea..." At this time, Kyle suddenly said: "In this way, you go to Professor Snape and ask him to find a reason to lock you up on Friday night, so that you have enough reasons to refuse Snape. Raghorn’s invitation.”

Kangna's eyes lit up.

Yes, solitary confinement, why didn't she think of it? This was simply the best excuse. Slughorn couldn't chase him into the solitary confinement room.

"There happens to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts class tomorrow..." Connor said happily, "I will go to Professor Snape then and ask him to put us both in solitary confinement on Friday..."

"No, never!" Kyle quickly stopped her dangerous idea and warned: "Just put yourself in confinement. Don't take me with you. This is very important."

Connor was imprisoned by Snape. Why was that different from going home? Going home in a literal sense.

But he was different.

Kyle believed that Snape would definitely not mind giving him some special treatment during his solitary confinement.

For example, without wearing gloves, picking out the unusable ones from a big bucket full of Phellobo caterpillars... It is said that Harry earned this confinement for himself after his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class and stayed in the underground classroom for the whole time. one night.

Kyle felt that Snape definitely had no shortage of Philobic caterpillars, especially when he was in solitary confinement. He might even pay to buy a new bucket of them from outside.

So it was better for him to find another way, and compared to being detained by Snape, it was actually nothing to attend an occasional party.

But this reason soon came to my doorstep.

On Friday afternoon, Kyle received a letter from the Ministry of Magic, written by Fudge, who wanted him to go to the Ministry of Magic as soon as possible to discuss the matter.

He happened to be finishing Potions class at that time, and Kyle just showed Slughorn the name at the end of the letter, and he immediately said nothing.

"Oh, go quickly, go quickly..." Slughorn's eyes flashed, "The minister wrote a letter specifically, there must be something good about it."

"That's not necessarily true..." Kyle cursed in his heart.

Fudge never thought of him when something good happened. It was probably because Fudge wanted to reverse his increasingly bad reputation, but he couldn't think of any good way.

Ever since Ms. Amelia Bones was attacked by Death Eaters at the Ministry, people's trust in the Ministry of Magic has plummeted.

The reason is easy to understand...the Ministry of Magic can't even protect its own people, so how can it protect others.