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Is there really no normal person around him?
Oh, no, there's one more... Kyle turned and glanced at Cedric.
After noticing his gaze, Cedric, who was eating pumpkin pie, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked in a low voice, "How did I die?"
"He died of pumpkin pie!" Kyle sneered.
Well, there wasn't a single normal person around him.
"Ha, how is it possible..."
Cedric obviously didn't believe Kyle's words and waved his hand, "You must be kidding."
Having said that, looking at the half-eaten pumpkin pie in his hand, he calmly pushed it aside and picked up a baked potato instead.
……
There are more and more people around, and everyone seems to want to get first-hand information from Kyle.
Fortunately, the messengers arrived at this time.
A flock of owls flew into the hall and began dropping letters and packages to everyone.
While everyone was reading the letter, Kyle finished the last piece of pumpkin pie in a few bites and hurriedly left the auditorium.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 371 Unique Potions Talent
The first class in the morning was Potions, which Hufflepuff and Gryffindor took together.
From the very beginning of the class, Gryffindor students began to be targeted madly.
Katie from the Quidditch team had five points deducted from her for wearing a hat as soon as she entered the classroom, and McCaw McLaggen had three points deducted from his book because there was a crease in it.
As for the reason, everyone knows it.
In the third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class, when Neville faced the Boggart who turned into Snape, he changed him into a very eye-catching grandma outfit.
Originally, this matter could be a big deal or a small one, and even if Snape was angry, he would only cause trouble for Neville.
But the problem was, some unscrupulous person brought a camera into the classroom... and then Snape's photos of himself wearing women's clothing spread throughout Hogwarts.
Although this incident was quickly stopped and all the photos were forcibly confiscated...but that was only on the surface.
There are still many behind the scenes.
In order to find the culprit, Snape tried every possible means, including coercion, bribery, tracking and investigation... but to no avail.
This time the students were unprecedentedly united and no one knew when asked.
Including Professor Lupin himself, he had an expression like... I don't know, I didn't see anything, and Snape was so angry that his teeth were itching.
So, Gryffindor, who first leaked the photo, was in trouble.
Let's put it this way, even though Kyle was deducted 100 points, Hufflepuff's house points were still far ahead of Gryffindor.
And this was just one day's work for Snape.
At the beginning of this year, Gryffindor began to dive towards the lowest score record in its history.
Even Professor McGonagall couldn't say anything because she had also seen the photo, and to be fair, it was no wonder that Snape was so angry.
"Vitality potion!"
Only after Gryffindor had been deducted a full twenty points did Snape return to the podium and drawl out, "Loveweed, ginger root, the horn of a one-horned bison... Mr. McLaggen."
He suddenly asked, "When brewing the vitality potion, what should be done with the bison horns?"
"Roast it and grind it into powder, Professor," McCormack McLaggen said confidently, standing up and glancing at the blackboard.
"Haha, Snape miscalculated this time."
Kyle heard someone whisper behind him, "Luckily, all this information is on the blackboard. We can find it out with just a glance."
"Oh?"
Snape on the stage raised his eyebrows, took a step forward to block the blackboard, and continued to ask: "How long will it take to roast?"
"Twenty minutes," McLaggen said without hesitation. "Then we have to scrape off the top layer before we can start grinding."
"Do you think you are very smart..." Snape said sinisterly, "You remember so much after just one glance."
"I wasn't looking at the blackboard, Professor!" McLaggen said seriously. "I only knew it because I read the book in advance."
"If you had read the book in advance, you would have known that the vitality potion requires the horn of a horned beast, not a unicorn..." Snape sneered, "Five points deducted from Gryffindor!"
McLaggen's expression froze, and he said unconvincedly, "But, what you wrote on the blackboard is the one-horned bison, I can't be mistaken!"
"Oh, this...I wrote it wrong." Snape turned around and erased the line of words.
"Didn't you say you didn't look at the blackboard?" he said lazily, "You cheated the professor, Gryffindor will lose another five points."
Next, they deal with the ingredients.
Lovage and ginger root are easy to deal with, but the horn of the horned camel is very troublesome. It is too hard and very tough. It is difficult to just cut it, let alone grind it.
Pre-roasting is a step given by Snape and is not in the book.
"Kyle." Ryan leaned over and whispered in the name of borrowing something, "Have you read today's Daily Prophet?"
"No." Kyle shook his head. "What happened?"
"Someone saw Sirius Black." Mikkel said in a low voice.
"Where is it..."
"Croftshire, just south of Hogsmeade." Mikel seemed excited, "It was seen by a Muggle... Of course, he didn't know what was going on, he just thought Black was an ordinary criminal, so he called the hotline.
By the time the Ministry got there, he was gone."
"That's really not far, less than fifty miles from Hogsmeade." McLaggen next to him also came over.
"Do you think he will come to Hogwarts?" Connor looked a little nervous.
"it's out of the question."
McLaggen said firmly, "Don't forget that there are Dementors outside the school gate. He's walking into a trap if he comes here."
"But I still feel something is wrong." Mikkel groaned. "There are so many places to go, why did he appear so close to Hogsmeade?"
"Perhaps he doesn't know there are Dementors here." McLaggen sneered, "I would like him to come quickly. If he is discovered by the Dementors, he will definitely not be able to escape.
"Once he is captured, the Dementors will also leave the school. To be honest, whenever I think of those monsters guarding the door, I always feel uncomfortable all over. Even the wind blowing over is chilly."
None of them dared to say more and they went their separate ways before Snape turned around.
"Kyle, do you think that if Black wants to come to Hogwarts, can those Dementors at the door really stop him?" Connor asked in a low voice.
"It's hard to say." Kyle shook his head, "They've already let Black escape once, and it was in their base camp...not to mention there are only two Dementors now.
But don't worry, it'll be fine, I promise."
After hearing Kyle's words, Kanna finally felt relieved and began to scrape the skin of the ginger root with a knife.
When the get out of class was about to end, Snape began to check everyone's potions.
Kyle and Connor's cauldrons were both bright yellow, which was a normal color and there was nothing wrong with it.
Snape didn't even look at them, he just walked past.
But it’s different for others, they come in all kinds of colors.
Especially Mikel's... Kyle noticed that his potion was a very strange purple color, with brown smoke floating on it.
Even the knowledgeable Snape was stunned when he saw the pot of potion.
He could at least tell what went wrong with other people's potions... like adding too much of a certain ingredient, or not stirring it enough, etc., but this was different.
He couldn't see anything.
Lovage, ginger root, and horns of a horned camel... can something like this be brewed?
What a great experience!
"Ten points for Hufflepuff."
Snape stared at the cauldron of potion, then looked at Mikel, "And detention. Go to the dungeon classroom at eight o'clock on Saturday morning until you learn the vitality potion."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 372: The Crown in the Treasure Room
Weekends at Hogwarts are always pleasant, but some people don't think so.
At 7:50, Mikel, who had been dawdling in the auditorium for half an hour, had to put down his cutlery and walked towards the basement classroom, looking back every few steps.
He seemed to want to seek help from his roommates, have them go with him, or cast a curse on himself or something.
As long as he can escape this confinement, it doesn't matter even if he is sent to the school hospital for two days.
But Kyle and Ryan never looked up at him.
"I'm going to the Quidditch field in a bit." Ryan didn't seem to notice that there was someone missing. He turned his head to the other side and said, "Aren't we going to recruit two people this year? I'm going to try my luck. Maybe I can be selected."
"Sure, which seat do you want to choose?" Kyle turned his head and avoided the pitiful look at the door.
"Chaser, same as you."
Ryan poured himself a glass of juice. "Or goalkeeper is also good. I heard that the competition for this position is not that fierce."
"I don't know about that." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "But I think you can try both positions and see which one you are more suitable for."
"I thought so too." Ryan took another piece of toast, "Will you go later? We can go together."
"I'm not going." Kyle shook his head. "It's fine as long as Cedric is there. I have other things to do."
After Harris graduated, Cedric became the new captain of the team. Whether it was recruiting new players or formulating training plans, all fell on his shoulders.
The two chatted for a while, and it was exactly eight o'clock.
Mikel's pitiful figure was no longer at the entrance of the auditorium.
Kyle and Ryan stood up at the same time.