Chapter 746: The Soul-Seizing Curse (page 12)
Slughorn wanted to conceal what happened today and pretend that nothing happened, but this was obviously impossible.
To a certain extent, the effect of the love potion is no different from that of the Imperius Curse. Both can make a person obey orders.
Even the risk of love drugs is smaller, because it has an antidote, so it is not illegal.
And Slughorn is a professor at Hogwarts. If he is manipulated into doing something, no one dares to imagine what will happen.
Therefore, after receiving the message from Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore rushed back to school that day.
At the same time, Kyle and Kangna were called to the school hospital again.
When they came to the courtyard, they also met Harry and Ron who had just come down from upstairs.
"What a coincidence." Harry said, "Dumbledore called you too?"
"It's obvious, isn't it?" Kyle said.
"So is the principal finally going to punish Romi Davanni?" Ron danced excitedly on the sidelines, "I went to see her today, and instead of apologizing, she even scolded me for stealing food!"
Ron waved angrily, pulled a handful of branches from the bushes beside the courtyard, and threw them back as if they were all Romy Davanni.
Kyle glanced at him,
Thinking about it carefully, what the other party said was indeed not wrong. After all, her initial target was Harry, and Ron could be considered to have ruined her good deeds?
Kyle always feels a little weird...
Several people quickly arrived at the school hospital.
The atmosphere here was very gloomy. Dumbledore stood there without saying a word, with no expression on his face.
Professor McGonagall and Snape were also there, and they were cooperating with Madam Pomfrey to check on Madam Rosmerta in the hospital bed.
Just like the two people in the morning, Ms. Rosmerta also fell into a coma. As for whether it was the effect of the coma spell, Kyle didn't know.
Harry and Ron were startled by the battle in front of them. When no one spoke, they shut their mouths and stood quietly.
Soon, a drunken Slughorn arrived.
"Albus..." Before anyone else arrived, a voice came from outside the door.
"I've already said that it was Rosmerta who gave me the love potion. If you have any questions, just ask her directly...!"
Slughorn walked in and was suddenly stunned. He also saw Ms. Rosmerta lying on the hospital bed, and was a little unresponsive for a moment.
"What... is going on?" He said subconsciously: "She must know that she can't escape, so she is just pretending..."
"So you are saying that in order to avoid punishment, she used the Imperius Curse on herself?" Snape stood up and said in a long voice: "With all due respect, this method is much more punishable than using a love potion. .”
"What did you say?" Slughorn trembled all over, half awake from the wine. "The Imperius Curse?"
"Yes." Snape said, "And according to our previous observations, she had been controlled by someone as early as three months ago."
"Three months...what's going on?" Slughorn asked doubtfully.
"That's what we want to know."
Dumbledore turned around and said calmly, but he did not look at Slughorn, but instead focused his eyes on Ron.
"Oh, Mr. Weasley, I just noticed you're here too."
"Yes, yes," Ron whispered.
"Exactly." Dumbledore looked at him, "Can you tell me what happened this morning? It's best to be specific and don't leave anything out."
"That's right..." Ron thought carefully about everything that happened that morning.
"While I was picking up presents, I accidentally mixed up a box under Harry's bed.
"In there was a chocolate cauldron that was given to Harry by Romy Davanni, but I thought it was for me... No, I mean, I thought it was a gift from Harry, so I opened it. I took a bite.
"It turned out there was a love potion in it...and then I was sent here by Harry, that damn Romy Davanni!"
"No, Ron, we are going to Professor Slughorn's office first." Harry added next to him.
"Oh, yes, that's right."
……
Ron spoke intermittently, while Harry helped fill in the missing parts.
Dumbledore listened carefully, and until the two of them finished speaking, he nodded slightly and looked at Kyle and Connor.
"Is that so? You met on the eighth floor?"
"That's right," Kyle said, "We were going to a quiet place to brew the potion."
"Why don't you go to the underground classroom to brew the potion?" Snape suddenly asked, squinting his eyes and staring at Kyle with an unkind expression.
"There is a magical room there, which is much better than the dark environment of the underground classroom." Kyle shrugged, "Dumbledore should know."
I don't know if it was Kyle's misunderstanding, but he always felt that Snape's face looked uglier than before.
"That's right." Dumbledore said at the right time: "It's amazing. I dare say that ninety percent of the students don't know where it is. I didn't expect you to find it."
Snape seemed to accept this statement and stepped aside without speaking.
"Well, the matter is very clear, isn't it?" Dumbledore said, "Mr. Weasley's matter was just a misunderstanding and had nothing to do with Ms. Rosmerta. If it must be said, it happened to be at the same time. I just went through the same thing as Horace.”
"You can go back." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Today the kitchen has prepared pepper fried pork chops, you must not miss it."
Ron was about to leave immediately. The atmosphere here was too depressing and he wanted to leave a long time ago.
"Kyle, please wait a moment, I still have something to ask you." Dumbledore suddenly spoke and stopped Kyle who was about to walk out.
There was no other way, Kyle could only shrug at Connor and retreat into the room, but Dumbledore was already looking at Slughorn at this time.
"Horace, can you tell us now?"
"What do you want to know?" Slughorn sat on the bed closest to him and asked: "First of all, I must say that I did not know that she was under the Imperius Curse, nor did I know that she was going to do something to me. do what."
"I think the person who wants to attack you is not Ms. Rosmerta, but the person behind her." Dumbledore said, "Do you think there is anything different about her recently?"
"Is it different from before?" Slughorn thought for a moment, "I haven't noticed it, but if I must say it, she is probably too enthusiastic."
"enthusiastic?"
"Yes." Slughorn said, "I think it was the day before Christmas. The drinks I prepared were a little short, so I had to buy some temporarily.
"Even though there were many people in the store, Rosmerta kept talking to me... She had never been so enthusiastic before.
"But I didn't think much of it. I just thought she was interested in the ball I held. After all, there were a lot of people coming that day, including the Minister of Magic. It's normal for her to be interested, right?"
