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After this whole set of actions, Slughorn frowned. This kind of good wine should be tasted slowly. If you want to quench your thirst, wouldn't it be better to drink pumpkin juice?
"Huh...it's really good, much better than the Three Broomsticks!" Ron smacked his lips, then looked at Harry, "What did you just say?"
"Nothing." Harry shook his head and glanced at Slughorn thoughtfully.
As the mead in the cup became less and less, he was reluctant to drink it. He only glanced at Kyle from time to time, as if he wanted to add another cup, but was embarrassed to say so.
"Who brought the wine in?"
Fortunately, at this time, Madam Pomfrey walked over angrily, scanning the room with sharp eyes, and finally landed on Slughorn.
"This is the campus hospital, Professor Slughorn, not your office!" She said coldly: "Now, take your wine and get out!"
"No, actually I..."
"Yes, Professor Slughorn, let's go back first." Kyle interrupted, "Many people saw it when I brought you here. They seemed to have misunderstood something. You need to clarify. "
"You're right." Slughorn finally remembered what Professor McGonagall had said before. He was probably in a much better mood, or maybe he was afraid that Madam Pomfrey would take the wine away, so he did not choose to continue hiding here. , stood up and walked out of the campus hospital with a cup.
Seeing this, others followed suit.
After returning to the castle, Kyle discovered that the place was exactly as Professor McGonagall said, a mess.
Almost all the students gathered in the auditorium, discussing what happened. Everyone had unconcealed fear on their faces.
But it’s also convenient... you don’t have to run all over the castle.
Slughorn walked into the Great Hall and was immediately spotted.
"Slughorn?"
"Are you okay?"
"Are you resurrected?"
……
The discussion suddenly became louder and buzzing non-stop.
"Quiet, be quiet!" Slughorn walked to the middle of the auditorium and said loudly: "I'm glad that so many people care about me, but please don't worry, I just had something go wrong when I was brewing the potion. That’s all.”
"Then why did you lose consciousness?" someone asked.
"That's a good question," said Slughorn. "Remember how I always told you to stay focused and not distracted when brewing potions? That's why.
"If something goes wrong in the brewing process of some potions, it will be very dangerous."
Although many people doubted this, they had to believe it when they saw his lively appearance.
After knowing that this was a misunderstanding, everyone's emotions gradually stabilized and they left the auditorium one after another.
"I should have completed my mission, right?"
When there were only five of them left in the auditorium, Slughorn sat on the bench and said, "I have a heartfelt request. Could you please forget what happened today, at least don't mention it to outsiders."
"Of course there is no problem with this." Kyle said, "But Professor, how come you didn't discover such a thing as a love potion?"
Slughorn turned his head away, as if he didn't want to recall this embarrassing incident.
"Just let it pass, okay?" He said softly: "Let's not mention it anymore. Just pretend that nothing happened. You didn't see me this morning."
"Yes, yes..." Ron nodded repeatedly from the side, "Also, you must not tell other people, especially Lavender, I don't want her to misunderstand."
"Sorry, Ron..." Harry's eyes were a little wandering, "In fact, you had already met Lavender when I brought you out of the common room.
"She came to give you a birthday gift, but you told her to go away. Don't delay you and call Romilda...don't you remember?"
Ron's face suddenly turned pale, his mouth opened, and a trembling whimper came from his throat.
"Damn..." He held his head in his hands and said angrily: "That Romidavani, why did you give me a love potion? I don't even know her!"
"I guess she should have prepared it for me." Harry whispered: "The chocolate cauldron was a Christmas gift from her to me, but because Hermione reminded me that she bought a love potion, I threw it on the bed. Underneath."
"Then why did you give it to me!" Ron didn't understand.
"I didn't give it to you." Harry quickly explained, "Remember? When you got out of bed this morning, you accidentally kicked part of the gift under my bed."
After being reminded by Harry, Ron finally remembered.
The chocolate crucible was indeed found by him when he was picking up gifts. Because it was well packaged, he took it out without thinking too much and mixed it with his own gifts.
In addition, after the school banned everyone from going to Hogsmeade, he hadn't eaten chocolate for a long time, so he couldn't help but take a bite.
"I'm sorry." Ron lowered his head again, "But you should have thrown it away. I mean used a cleaning spell, not just put it under the bed."
"I...I forgot..." Harry whispered.
"Ron, is today your birthday?" At this time, Kangna suddenly asked.
"Ah, yes." Ron sighed quietly.
"Sorry, I didn't know, and I didn't prepare a gift." Kangna rummaged in her small bag and took out a bottle.
"This is the antidote to the love affair drug that I prepared in the school hospital just now. I give it to you. It can be regarded as my gift." Kangna said, "This way, you don't have to worry about something like today happening."
"Great, thank you." Ron took the bottle and said happily, he was really scared.
"This is mine." Slughorn next to him also took out a bottle, which was also a potion.
I don't know if it was because of the same experience or because of the hush money, but what he gave was actually a small bottle of Felixir. The golden potion sparkled in the bottle, and Ron couldn't move his eyes away.
"Lucky Potion?!" He couldn't help but raise his voice, "Is this really for me?"
"Of course." Slughorn felt a little distressed, but still nodded and said, "As long as you don't..."
"I won't tell anyone what happened today!" Ron said firmly.
"Okay, this is mine." Kyle also took out what he had prepared.
Compared to Connor and Slughorn, his gift looked a bit shabby. It was a large box full of Honeydukes candies and chocolates.
However, his gift was in a box with a gold-red ribbon on it, which was obviously prepared in advance.
"Thank you, I haven't had these for two months... Mom won't let me go to Diagon Alley, and Fred and George won't bring them to me," Ron said,
After receiving three gifts in a row, including a bottle of precious lucky potion, Ron's mood suddenly improved a lot.
He directly picked up a fudge and stuffed it into his mouth, and gave Harry all the chocolates in the box. He didn't want to see this kind of thing in a short time.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 746 The Soul-stealing Curse
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 shuddered, half sobering up. "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.