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Connor picked up the last box. There was no signature on it, but she recognized it at a glance. It was Snape's handwriting.
She opened the box curiously...
Inside was a bare old quill, and a small bottle.
Kanna looked up, and while Kyle wasn't paying attention, she calmly threw the broken quill under the bed.
"Kyle, Professor Snape sent you a bottle of joy potion."
"What?" Kyle looked up in surprise.
Snape actually gave him potions? That was quite unusual.
He had thought that Snape would give him a broken quill... just enough to pair with last year's moldy parchment.
"Look." Kanna handed over the potion bottle.
The bottle is not big, and the potion inside is a beautiful peacock blue color. When placed under the sun, you can see some bubble-like things.
"It's a real cheerleader?" Kyle whispered.
It has to be said that all the characteristics match, but he still finds it a little hard to believe it.
That shouldn't be the case. Could it be that Snape drank the potion that Mikkel brewed?
"Of course it's true."
Connor said happily, "When I gave Professor Snape the Christmas present, he said he wanted to give you a surprise."
"What did you get him for Christmas?" Kyle asked.
"A set of potion-grinding tools," said Connor. "And the very sweet coffee from Madam Puddifoot's tea shop."
Kyle's heart tightened.
"So you didn't intend to give the coffee you bought to Professor Dumbledore?"
"No." Connor said as a matter of course, "Didn't you say before that the headmaster and Professor Snape recommended that very sweet pudding?
I thought he might like sweet things too.”
"So does he like it?" Kyle asked.
"He should like it." Kanna thought for a moment and said, "He came to ask me where I bought it the next day."
"you said so?"
"Yes," said Connor. "I told him we had it at Madam Puddifoot's tea shop in Hogsmeade."
……
Kyle took a deep breath and silently put away the bottle of "joy potion".
There's no need to think about it, this thing is definitely fake, and there's no way he would drink it anyway.
Kyle wants to live to graduate.
Moreover, he had to stay away from Snape for some time, and he also had to prepare more bezoars for detoxification.
This thing is sold in Hogsmeade and the price is not expensive. Kyle plans to stock up on a hundred dollars first.
Be prepared.
Not long after we opened the gifts, it started to get dark.
The other students also returned, and walked into the common room with excitement about the holidays, talking and laughing.
The opening banquet was as sumptuous as ever.
Dumbledore, dressed in purple robes, walked briskly into the hall.
"Kyle, have you noticed that the principal seems very happy?" Cedric asked softly, holding a baked potato.
Not only him, almost everyone noticed that the principal looked much happier than usual.
"Maybe I received some good news."
Kyle glanced up.
Dumbledore seemed to have said some witty remarks to Professor McGonagall next to him, making her laugh continuously.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 400 Firebolt
At Hogwarts, the most difficult day is the first day of school. Except for a few individuals, all other students are not happy on this day.
Because this day not only means the official end of the happy holiday, but also means that one has to stay up all night to make up for homework... The lights in the common rooms of almost every college are on all night.
But this year is different.
On the first day of school, a piece of news on the bulletin board at the entrance of the auditorium made everyone instantly forget all the other unpleasant things.
Professor Lupin's Patronus Charm Club finally began. The time was set at eight o'clock the next evening. The venue was the same as last year, still the auditorium.
"I can't wait..."
"I really want to start soon..."
"Why not tonight?"
The crowd discussed the matter excitedly.
Although Dementors are rarely seen on campus now, the last scene on the Quidditch field was so impressive that it is impossible to forget.
Especially those guardian gods who are shining with silver light and look like elves, make everyone fascinated.
"Oh, is it finally starting?" Cedric was also a little excited.
His Patronus Charm was stuck at the last step, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't condense the silver light into a real Patronus.
"Are you going, Kyle?" Connor asked, "or are you going to stay in the common room?"
"Let's go together. We can treat it as in-depth study." Kyle said, "I don't think there will be many people left in the common room tomorrow. There's no point in going back alone."
This kind of large-scale event is not common at Hogwarts and is definitely not to be missed.
"Harry, look, Professor Lupin is going to teach us how to deal with Dementors."
At this moment, Ron's excited voice suddenly came from beside them.
"Once you learn this spell, combined with the world's best flying broomstick and firebolt, you will be able to defeat other schools..."
Ok?
Cedric moved his ears and quickly grasped the key point.
He turned his head quickly and asked, "Ron, you said Harry bought a Firebolt?"
"Ah, no..."
Ron was startled and quickly denied it, "You heard it wrong, I didn't say anything just now."
He then remembered that Wood wanted to keep the Firebolt as a secret weapon and didn't want them to tell anyone.
And Gryffindor's next opponent happens to be Hufflepuff.
In other words, this secret weapon is designed to deal with Cedric and Kyle.
Ron quickly thought of an excuse and tried to get away with it.
But before he could open his mouth, Harry next to him said directly:
"No, I can't afford such an expensive broom," he said. "The Firebolt was a Christmas present."
"Hey, Harry!" Ron tugged at Harry's sleeve secretly and whispered, "Is it really okay to tell them like this? Don't forget our next match. The opponent is Hufflepuff."
"It's okay, Ron." Harry shook his head slightly. "The Firebolt is the fastest broom. I won't lose even if they find out."
"Okay then..." Ron sighed.
On the other hand, after learning that the Firebolt was a Christmas gift from someone else, Cedric took a deep breath and said with envy,
"I remember you lived with your aunt and uncle, they were so kind to you..."
"you misunderstood."
When Harry mentioned his uncle and aunt, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression was so ugly, as if he saw Snape with a grim smile on his face. He quickly explained:
"They wouldn't even give me a regular broom for sweeping unless it was broken and they didn't want it anymore."
"Not your uncle or aunt?" Cedric was a little confused. "Who else would give you such a valuable gift..."
"I don't know." Harry shook his head. "But Hermione said that Sirius Black might have given it to me to... um... make me fall during the competition."
"That's nonsense!" Ron said angrily, "Black is busy avoiding the Dementors, how could he go to Diagon Alley to buy a broom!"
Ron's ears turned red from anger.
"And Professor McGonagall also believed this. She even said that the Firebolt should be disassembled. That's a Firebolt. Disassemble it? How ridiculous!"
Kyle noticed that Hermione was indeed not with them, and the usually inseparable trio was rarely seen apart.
"It's not impossible." Cedric shrugged and said, "For a gift of unknown origin, no matter how valuable it is, it must be carefully examined.
Just think of it as a way to reassure yourself, because Harry is going to fly fifty feet high, and it would be very dangerous if he found out there was something wrong with the broom at that time."
Ron curled his lips, obviously not thinking that this was possible, and muttered softly, "Now that the Firebolt has been taken away by Professor McGonagall, you probably hope that something goes wrong with it, so..."
He then said something else, but his voice was so quiet that no one heard it.
Harry looked a little embarrassed, "Don't get me wrong, that's not what Ron meant."
"I understand." Cedric didn't really care about what Ron said.
“What he said was not wrong. If I said I had no such thoughts at all, I’m afraid even I wouldn’t believe it.
But Harry, losing the game was better than falling from the sky again.
And now there is still a long time before the game, enough for Professor McGonagall to complete the inspection. "
"Yeah, I know," said Harry.
The topic basically ends here.