Chapter 744 2 bottles of love potion (page 12)
"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 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 man, 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 use 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 finishing 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?" Kang Na asked doubtfully.
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. .”
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The fact was exactly as Kyle predicted. Slughorn didn't say a word to him for two weeks. 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?
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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 against 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 by the cancellation of the Hogsmeade visit 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.
