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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.
However, Kyle didn't have any particularly good ideas. The most effective way he could think of was to have Fudge resign and replace the minister with a more capable person.
For example...Dumbledore.
Unfortunately, neither Fudge nor Dumbledore would agree to this approach.
Kyle walked slowly to the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office... It was not Snape's office. He had too many things, and some potion materials also had strict environmental requirements and were difficult to move, so he was still there. The original underground classroom.
Kyle came to Umbridge's office, where she had previously set up a dedicated line to the Ministry of Magic in the fireplace.
Although she had left school long ago, there were many outstanding students admitted to Hogwarts last year by the Ministry of Magic. In order to facilitate their internship on weekends, this route was retained.
It's just that Dumbledore arranged an armored guard at the door, and only those who knew the password could enter.
"Bibi's all-flavored beans!"
Kyle said the password, and the armor responsible for guarding creaked and turned around and moved to the side.
I can only say that they are worthy of being guards arranged by Dumbledore. Even the passwords are the same as those in the principal's office. Fortunately, Honeydukes has a wide variety of products, otherwise they would not be enough.
All the fancy decorations and kitten plates in the room were moved away, leaving only a bare table and a few chairs, which was much more pleasing to the eye than before.
Kyle lit the fireplace, grabbed a handful of Floo powder from the keg next to it, and threw it in.
But the strange thing is that the flame did not change color, but a head popped out of it, and Kyle could clearly see the other person's delicate beard.
Although he didn't know what happened, Kyle was not too surprised. He just took out the letter he had received before from his pocket and said:
"I need to go to the Ministry of Magic."
The man in the fireplace glanced at the letter, and Fudge's signature on it.
"Sorry, this floo network has been blocked."
As if he hadn't seen Fudge's signature, he said businesslikely: "According to the request of Principal Albus Dumbledore, the entire Hogwarts will be on the highest alert. Except for the fireplace in the Principal's Office, all other floo networks All will be closed, including this one.
"The fireplace will then be completely sealed. No one can use it."
"Okay." Kyle said, he glanced at the letter in his hand, "What about this? The minister asked me to go there as soon as possible."
"You are still a student..." The man continued to say expressionlessly: "There is no need to interfere with other things."
After saying that, the other party disappeared.
The only sound in the room was the crackling of the flames.
Kyle looked at the letter in his hand again, threw it into the fireplace, then found a chair and sat down, watching the parchment gradually burn out in the flames.
He guessed that the Floo Network was closed probably because of Amelia Bones' incident...
Although we don't know how those Death Eaters entered the Ministry of Magic, this also shows another possibility.
They were able to use the fireplace in the Ministry of Magic to enter Hogwarts through the floo network in front of them.
Dumbledore probably had this in mind and insisted on sealing the fireplace.
But Kyle was quite happy with the result... he got rid of Slughorn's invitation and didn't have to go to the Ministry of Magic to face Fudge. It was perfect.
A minute later, Kyle extinguished the flame and walked out of the classroom again.
This is a good reason. When Slughorn invites him in the future, he can simply say that he is going to the Ministry of Magic. Anyway, it is impossible for him to go to the Ministry of Magic to confirm whether he is going or not.
Of course, the premise is that he cannot be caught during this period of time.
Kyle went downstairs and made his way to the Hufflepuff common room.
Kangna is here too.
"Didn't you go to the Ministry of Magic?" She looked at Kyle who walked in and asked in surprise.
"The school's floo network is closed, and I can't get out." Kyle explained roughly what happened before.
"What about you? Aren't you imprisoned?"
"I'm just in solitary confinement." Connor said seriously, "Professor Snape told me to finish reading this book."
She picked up the "Powerful Potion" on the table, "I asked if I could come back and read it, and he agreed."
"Uh... okay..." Kyle smacked his lips.
Sure enough, Snape's confinement was no different to Connor than going home. Who else could make demands during confinement except her?
"I remember you had finished watching "Power Potion" two years ago." Kyle walked to an armchair next to her and sat down, "Why are you watching it again."
"I only saw half of it," Conner said. "Professor Snape thought that I was not suitable to handle some of the second half of the potions at that time, so he took them away from me."
She opened the page she was reading and pushed it to Kyle.
There is a picture of a person whose whole body is twisted, and the proportions of his body are seriously out of balance.
The Giant Potion... can make ordinary people become as big as giants, but it will also suffer tremendous pain, just like inflating people.
In addition, there are blood boiling potions, crazy potions...
To put it simply, it's the black magic in potions... It's not pretty, but some of the unique herbal combinations are what you need to know to learn potions.
This is also the main reason why the book "Powerful Potion" is placed in the restricted area. As for the polyjuice potion... that is only the most insignificant part of the content.
The two of them just spent time in the common room.
The next day came, the first weekend in October, and the day everyone had been waiting for to visit Hogsmeade.
Because the protective measures around the school are becoming more and more strict, they thought they could not go to Hogsmeade. Now after seeing the announcement, everyone was happy.
Although they knew it was very dangerous recently, everyone still didn't want to stay in the castle all the time.
The professors seemed to think it would be good for everyone to go out and relax occasionally, so they arranged a Hogsmeade visit day.
In the morning, a strong wind suddenly blew outside, and there were not too small raindrops, but this did not dampen everyone's enthusiasm.
During breakfast, everyone seemed very excited. Mikel and Ryan were discussing what they should buy in Hogsmeade. They made a long list, which included almost all the stores. .
At this time, there was a quarrel at the door, and just by the sound, I knew it was Harry and the others.
"Hermione, haven't we already tried it? There is nothing wrong with the contents of the notes." A familiar trio walked into the auditorium.
Harry was saying excitedly: "I never thought that I would get extra points in Potions class. It's incredible."
"But that's not your thing!" Hermione said stiffly.
"But there must be a part of it!" Harry retorted: "Although I read the notes given by Kyle, I did all the processes myself. Aren't everyone also operating according to the contents of the book?"
"This is different!" said Hermione.
"What's the difference?" Ron said nonchalantly, with excitement on his face, obviously having just experienced some happy things.
"I see, Hermione, you must be jealous that our Potions class score is better than yours..."
"It has nothing to do with that," Hermione said, her cheeks turning red. "I just don't think you should be opportunistic."
"But our potion is perfect, isn't it?" said Ron. "Even Slughorn can't fault it. Since the results are the same, wouldn't it be better if the process was simpler?"
The three of them were so noisy that no one could convince anyone, and they didn't notice that they had become the focus of everyone's attention.
"What notes did you lend them?" Kangna asked curiously.
"It's just some little tricks taught by Professor Snape." Kyle shrugged, "I guess none of them noticed the process and textbooks written by Professor Snape on the blackboard during the Potions class. It’s a little different.”
This is not difficult to understand, Hermione must be textbook-oriented.
As for Harry and Ron... they barely dared to look up when they were in Snape's Potions class, let alone compare the contents in the textbook and the blackboard.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 725 Gifts and the Imperius Curse
After breakfast, everyone gathered in the foyer.
Because of the tense atmosphere during this period, everyone seemed to be suffocating in the castle. There were especially many students going to Hogsmeade this time.
There was a long queue in the foyer. Filch stood at the oak door as usual, checking the list of students who were allowed to go to Hogsmeade one by one, while using the dark magic detector repeatedly around everyone. The earth was measured back and forth.
"What a waste of time, so what if we take the dark magic items out of the school?" Mikel muttered dissatisfied: "I'm afraid you should check what we brought in."
"I don't need you to teach me how to do it." Filch dissatisfied and poked Mikel with the spy device.
Even so, he speeded up the inspection and soon arrived at Kyle.
There was a strong wind outside. To be honest, it was very uncomfortable to walk to Hogsmeade in this weather. Many people started shivering as soon as they left the castle, and their ears and cheeks were red from the cold.
But everyone didn’t want to stay in the castle, so they could only speed up their pace, wanting to get to Hogsmeade as soon as possible, and then go to the warm and comfortable Three Broomsticks and drink a cup of hot butterbeer.
Of course, there are also students who are not in a hurry, such as Kyle and Kangna. They wear warm-up badges with waterproof and moisture-proof charms on their chests, and this bad weather has no impact at all.
The two chatted, walked slowly across the grounds, and followed the path to Hogsmeade.
It must have been notified in advance, and for safety reasons, all the wizards from other places here have disappeared. Looking around, there are only Hogwarts students whether on the streets or in the shops.
"Oh Kyle, look over there." Ryan suddenly pointed to a store not far away, "Zoko is closed."
Kyle turned to look.