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But the two batters in this school year are newcomers, not twins, and their coordination is limited. The Bludgers are going straight and can be avoided as long as they are seen. The difficulty has been reduced by more than one level.
There's just no sense of experience.
He finally became a seeker, and there was no chase or battle of wits as he imagined, but he managed to catch the Golden Snitch in such a daze...
Not interesting.
"Ryan said that in order to celebrate our victory in the first game, they held a banquet in the common room." Mikel said happily: "Let's go over quickly, I need some butterbeer to celebrate ”
"Butterbeer?" Gatekeeper Vanny said in surprise: "Aren't you allowed to go to Hogsmeade? Where did they get the butterbeer?"
"The elf bought it with help." Mikel said with a smile, "Originally this was not allowed, but we are neighbors, and seventh grade... always has some privileges."
"Then hurry up." Several people changed their clothes and walked happily to the castle.
Kyle stayed at the end, and soon Connor came. She looked happy, but not too excited, as if she had expected Hufflepuff to win the game.
"Qiu doesn't look very happy," said Kang Na. "She also said that you should be careful in the next game."
"Ha, I said it as if I was afraid of her." Kyle waved his hand indifferently.
Someone who doesn't even have a Firebolt is not worthy of being his opponent...
Together they walked through the crowd, walked across the grounds, and returned to the castle. Many people shouted and congratulated him, and Kyle responded one by one.
……
"Look, who is that?" When she came to the foyer of the castle, Kangna suddenly tugged on Kyle's robe and pointed to a person not far away who was walking upstairs.
"Malfoy? It's really rare." Kyle muttered: "Not only did he not go to the game, he actually appeared alone outside the auditorium."
Connor blinked at Kyle.
"Don't look at me like that." Kyle spread his hands, "I have promised you that I will not go to him. I keep my word."
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 731 Halloween, Slughorn’s Ball
After the first Quidditch match, Halloween came quietly.
The pumpkins that Hagrid planted in the field outside the door were moved into Hogwarts, and God knows what he did. Those pumpkins looked to be at least six feet tall, and they could be used as carriages if they were given four wheels.
When these pumpkins were delivered to the auditorium, Professor McGonagall was responsible for turning them into various shapes, such as eagles, lions, snakes, badgers, or some more famous ghosts, and then Professor Flitwick delivered them to the auditorium. Half empty.
Nearly headless Nick posed wildly next to his pumpkin statue for the little wizards to take photos with.
The fat monk of Hufflepuff also smiled happily and looked very satisfied.
However, in the remaining two academies, you can no longer see the main ghost and the statue in the same frame.
Bloody Barro was not interested in these and never appeared in the auditorium. As for the Gray Lady, Helena Ravenclaw, she has long since disappeared.
Kyle looked for her many times, as well as Dumbledore and the portraits in the headmaster's office. They almost turned the castle upside down and couldn't find where she was.
Later, Kyle slowly gave up. There was no other way. Even the castle was created by Rowena Ravenclaw. If they didn't want others to find it, it wouldn't be difficult.
"Hey, that's pretty cool."
Mikel, who came to the auditorium from the common room for the dinner, looked at the surrounding decorations and said: "It's a pity that there are no performances by the Weird Sisters or the Skeleton Dance Troupe this year, otherwise it would be even more perfect."
"There's nothing we can do about it." Ryan sighed, "Now everyone is busy avoiding Death Eaters, and no one wants to come all the way to Hogwarts to attend some Halloween dinner."
"But the dance team is all a bunch of skeletons." Mikel didn't understand. "Can the Death Curse kill them again?"
"Um..." Ryan was really stopped by the question, but he didn't know the question. He could only say vaguely: "Maybe the Death Eaters have other methods."
This is the only way to explain it now.
……
Several people came to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Just at this time, the professors also walked in from the small door on the other side.
"Oh, crap..." Connor said suddenly.
"What's wrong?" Kyle looked at her.
"Professor Slughorn..." Connor said, "I just remembered that he organized another dance after the dinner, and Froda just gave me the invitation an hour ago.
"Oh, there's also a copy for you, but you were in the library, so Floda gave it all to me."
"What? How many parties does he have in a month?"
"This is the fifth time this month," said Kangna.
"Okay." Kyle was speechless, "Let's just use the previous reasons to reject him this time. After the dinner, I just want to go back to the warm common room to kill time. Even just sitting in a daze is better than going to a dance party. Be nice!”
"I'm afraid it won't work this time." Connor sighed: "Professor Snape left the school for something. Professor Slughorn must have received the news in advance. He also asked Floda to send a message, telling me to go."
"Professor Snape left school?"
"Well, just an hour ago," said Connor, "and within five minutes I got the invitation."
"His timing is really good," Kyle said.
"So..." Kangna blinked, "Can I invite you to the dance?"
"It has nothing to do with me that Professor Snape left school. My excuse can still be used." Kyle raised his eyebrows. "After all, the Ministry of Magic will not have a holiday on Halloween."
"But Professor Slughorn requires everyone to find their own dance partner in advance." Connor said, "If you refuse, I can only ask Mikel to be my dance partner.
I heard that Slughorn had invited a ghost dance troupe as a private person, so I thought he would be happy to attend this Halloween dance. "
"Actually, I'm also quite interested in the Ghost Dance Troupe." Kyle said immediately: "And Mikel can even stumble his legs when walking. How can he dance?"
Kangna clicked her tongue slightly.
Fortunately, the dinner started at this time, sumptuous food appeared on golden plates, and the whole auditorium was instantly filled with the smell of pumpkin.
The scent also attracted Kangna. Without looking at Kyle, she reached for a piece of golden pumpkin pie.
"I've been waiting for this... outside of Halloween, school kitchens only seem to make pumpkins into drinks."
Kyle also got himself a piece of pumpkin pie, which he also liked for its less greasy taste.
But as Kangna said, this kind of thing is only available on Halloween. The only thing related to pumpkins on the table is pumpkin juice.
"By the way." In the middle of the dinner, Kangna suddenly remembered something, "You remember to write a letter to Fred and George and ask them to stop putting love potions in bottles of pick-me-up potions and send them to school. , This simply adds to our workload.”
"What happened to them?" Kyle asked confused.
"You don't know?" Connor glanced at him, "I have confiscated several bottles of love potion recently, all of which are products from Weasley's Wise House.
"They would replace the outer packaging with the bottle and label of a pick-me-up potion to avoid Filch's inspection.
"You should know that detectors only work on black magic, while love potions are just magic potions and not dangerous... so they took advantage of it."
"Well, actually you don't need to pay too much attention..." Kyle explained in a low voice: "Fred and George made some improvements to the love potion, which reduced some of the ability to confuse the mind and amplified the desire for expression.
Of course, the effect is definitely there, but after being improved, it becomes something closer to teasing people, and the effect is only ten minutes, so there won't be any big problem even if you leave it alone. "
"Since you said that, I don't care anyway." Kanna said softly, "But Romi Davanni and Antlia, who bought it, seem to want to pour this stuff into the pumpkin juice you are going to drink. Remember to pay more attention to it in the future."
Kyle's hand holding the sandwich stopped in mid-air, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.
"You must be joking, right? Who would give me a love potion?"
"There are quite a few..." Kangna stretched out her hand and counted: "In addition to the two I just mentioned, there are also Paia, Darlene, Kvar...and these are all discovered, and there may be more that have not been discovered. .
"Anyway, good luck to you. I don't want to see you tap dancing on the dinner table one day."
What Connor was talking about was that two days ago, a Gryffindor student suddenly jumped on the table during breakfast and performed a lame tap dance for everyone.
After investigation, it was discovered that the other person became suddenly excited after drinking Harry's pumpkin juice by mistake.
It was only after that incident that Kangna noticed the love potion disguised as a refreshing potion.
When he thought of the scene at that time, Kyle's expression suddenly changed.
"It's too much." He said angrily: "Fred and George have gone too far. How can they sell things like love potions to students? It's so shameless.
"Don't worry, I will write a letter right away to severely condemn their opportunistic behavior and warn them not to do it again in the future."
Kyle didn't even wait until the dinner was over and started writing the letter directly on the table in the auditorium.
This abnormal behavior also attracted the attention of many people. They all looked over and guessed what Kyle was doing.
But Kyle didn't care about all this. After writing the letter to the Weasley brothers, Kyle still felt uneasy, and then wrote another letter to Mr. Weasley.
The general content is to report Weasley's Joke Shop for illegally selling love potions to Hogwarts.
Kyle clicked with his wand, and the two letters immediately folded into paper airplanes and flew out of the auditorium, then turned around and arrived outside the castle.
After waiting outside, a huge owl suddenly flew over from the direction of the Forbidden Forest, grabbed two paper airplanes floating in the air, and flew towards the distance.
In the auditorium, Kyle breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that the letter had been sent away.
But after that, he didn't take another sip of pumpkin juice, especially if it was handed to him.
Until the end of the dinner.
The students all got up and went back to the common room, some of them ran very fast, and some even went back before the dinner was over.
Because it was a prom, they needed to change into their formal robes in advance.
This is also Slughorn's request. Although he can dance in school uniforms and robes, he wants to make the dance more formal, just like the dance during the Triwizard Tournament.
"If possible, I would rather go to the previous dinner party than go to any dance." Connor looked at the two seventh-grade Slytherin girls who had already changed into formal robes in advance and were standing in the middle of the hall like peacocks. .
"That kind of dress is so uncomfortable to wear, and there are no pockets. I don't know where to put my cauldron..."
"You still have the crucible with you?" Kyle turned his head and asked with a look of disbelief.
He could understand carrying two potions with him, but the cauldron was a bit much.
"Yes." Kangna nodded and took out a small crucible as big as a fist from his pocket.
"As long as you use the recovery spell, it can become normal size." Kangna continued: "This is a habit I developed last year to perfect the recovery potion, so that I can verify the combination of certain materials at any time.
“Then I thought it was pretty good, so I kept wearing it.”
"Okay." Kyle asked, "But why don't you put it in the shapeshifting lizard skin bag."
"Because the leather bag is already full." Kang Na said matter-of-factly: "There isn't enough room for all the finished potions and herbs. Where is there room to put the crucible."