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Malfoy was obviously still a little unconvinced.
"Then let me put it another way." Snape glanced at him, "Do you think you can hide your secrets from the Dark Lord?"
When he heard the name of the Dark Lord, Malfoy suddenly stopped in place, his body couldn't help trembling, and cold sweat fell down his forehead.
"I guess not," said Snape.
Malfoy didn't argue because Snape was telling the truth.
He didn't even dare to think of that name, so how could he hide his thoughts in front of him.
"In that case..." Snape said sarcastically: "Then why do you think you can deceive Dumbledore?
"Or maybe you have forgotten that Dumbledore is the person the Dark Lord fears most."
Malfoy raised his head in horror, as if he didn't expect Snape to say such... treacherous words, even though what he said was the truth.
"Don't look at me like that, I'm just making an analogy." Snape said, "In short, when you face Dumbledore in the future, you'd better put away all your thoughts, let alone look into his eyes. "
"I know..." After a long time, Malfoy muttered quietly and continued walking downstairs.
"So that's the reason." Snape came next to him, "No matter what you want to do, you should reduce your existence as much as possible now, why bother Potter."
"That Scarhead!" Malfoy said viciously. "He followed me and discovered my secret!"
"Secret?" Snape frowned, "Did he see your plan?"
There was another moment of silence, and it wasn't until they reached the foyer on the first floor that Malfoy finally spoke:
"No, I discovered him and didn't see that much."
At this point, Malfoy's expression suddenly turned ferocious, "If it weren't for that nosy Kyle, I would definitely teach him a lesson!"
"You'd better give up this idea," Snape said flatly.
"What, you want to protect Harry Potter?" Malfoy said with narrowed eyes.
"No, I'm talking about another person." Snape said softly, "Nosy Kyle... He does like to be nosy, but you'd better forget about it and just pretend that nothing happened... At least don't bother him until you finish your plan."
After another pause, Malfoy said, "I know what to do, I don't need you to teach me!"
By this time, the two of them had arrived in front of the Slytherin common room, and Malfoy spoke the password.
"that power!"
A giant snake-like statue swam by and formed a door with its body.
Malfoy walked straight in and closed the door hard.
"Draco, you're back." A group of people immediately gathered around.
"How are you? Are you okay?" Pansy asked worriedly.
"What can I do?" Malfoy said perfunctorily. He pushed Pansy away and walked to an armchair in the corner to sit down.
Of course he knew what Snape meant.
Don't bother Kyle...yeah, he took control of himself easily with just a wave of his wand, and that weird magic that turned the blaster into a raven.
Before his plan is completed, he must stay as far away from the other party as possible.
But to put it simply, in addition to dealing with Dumbledore, the other task given to him by that person was to kill Kyle.
So no matter what, he couldn't stay out of it. The stronger Kyle became, the more irritable he felt.
Especially now that it's May, if he can't complete the task before the holidays, that person will definitely not let him go.
The tight pressure almost made Malfoy collapse.
Although he had already thought of a plan, when he was about to implement it, he suddenly regretted it.
Because this plan will affect too many people, many innocent students will be involved, and he doesn't want this.
It was precisely because of this that he was on the verge of collapse under tremendous pressure and went to the bathroom to vent, and was seen by Harry.
Malfoy grabbed his hair, struggling again.
Crabbe and Goyle originally wanted to go there, but seeing him like this, they stopped, looked at each other and then went elsewhere.
On the other side, after Malfoy and Snape left, only Dumbledore and Harry were left in the principal's office.
Harry stood there nervously, waiting for his punishment.
But at this time, he felt much more relaxed than before. After all, even Malfoy had not been expelled, so he definitely didn't have to worry.
Sure enough, his punishment was the same as Malfoy's, which was points deduction and confinement, but the one he needed to find was Professor McGonagall.
Harry had no objection to the confinement, as long as he didn't go to Snape, he could accept it.
The only problem is Quidditch.
"Professor, can I change the time." He hesitated. "There will be a Quidditch match on Saturday morning next month. Can I go see Professor McGonagall in the afternoon? It doesn't matter even if the time is doubled."
"I really want to promise you, Harry, but I can't." Dumbledore shook his head. "You have to realize what you did wrong. Missing an activity you like may be more meaningful than a simple confinement."
"Okay, you should go back to sleep now." Dumbledore said, rubbing his eyes.
"Professor, I have one more thing!" Harry suddenly said: "Maybe it can make up for my mistake this time."
"What?" Dumbledore raised his head and asked.
"This is it." Harry took out a small glass bottle, "I got Slughorn's memory."
"This is really exciting news." Dumbledore suddenly stopped feeling sleepy. "That's great. I knew you could do it."
"Hermione helped me a lot," said Harry.
"Oh? Miss Granger?"
"Yes." Harry nodded: "After the first week of vacation, she gave me a glass of pumpkin juice at breakfast and asked me to find Slughorn.
"Everything went well after that and I went to Slughorn's office with a bottle of wine and he was very happy and drank a lot.
"After that, we talked about the love potion thing last time. Although he didn't want to mention it, he still told me his suspicion that someone wanted to use him to deal with someone in the school. He guessed it was me.
"I told him I needed his help with that memory."
"So Horace gave you his memory?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes," Harry said with a smile, "He gave it to me."
"I guess you must have been lucky that day." Dumbledore said with a smile. "You have a very good friend, and a very generous one."
It was not difficult to tell from Harry's words that what he drank in the morning was not ordinary pumpkin juice, but pumpkin juice with Felixir added.
It was precisely because of this that he was able to come to Slughorn's door when he wanted to drink and successfully got what he wanted.
But Dumbledore didn't pay too much attention to this, or maybe now was not the time.
While Harry was speaking, he had already stood up, holding Slughorn's memory and striding to the cabinet with the pensieve.
"Now." Dumbledore put the pensieve on the table and poured the memory in the bottle into it. "We are finally going to see the truth of the matter. Harry, come on..."
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(End of this chapter)
Chapter 758 Reward
At ten o'clock in the evening, the Hogwarts castle fell into silence. Due to the curfew, there was no one in the corridor. There was only a whisper from the portraits on both sides.
At this time, there was a sudden light not far away. It was a door that was opened, and the light inside came out.
Then there was the sound of stones rubbing against the ground, and the sound of someone's footsteps.
Harry took two steps and couldn't help but look back at the gargoyle that jumped back to its original position and sighed quietly.
He originally wanted to use Slughorn's memory to save himself from being imprisoned. In his opinion, this was a sure thing, but unexpectedly it failed.
"I'm glad you got this memory, Harry. If you want, I can give you an extra reward, but it won't help you escape punishment. These are two different things that can't be easily offset."
Dumbledore said so.
This means that he will still go to Professor McGonagall's office every Saturday for confinement and will no longer be able to participate in the last crucial Quidditch match.
The only thing that made him feel lucky was that Kyle seemed to have something else to do and was no longer participating in the competition for the time being.
Because everyone only has the last game left, in which Hufflepuff and Gryffindor are far ahead in points, and the difference between the two sides is only 10 points.
In other words, whichever of the two teams scores more points in the last game is likely to win the final championship.
Now both sides are missing one of their main players, so no one suffers.
"I hope Kyle won't be competing by then." Harry sighed, turned and walked towards the common room.
Due to the time, there was no one in the common room, but Hermione and Ron were still there, and judging from their appearance, they must have been waiting for Harry.
"Why did it take so long?"
"How about it? Principal Dumbledore didn't fire you?" Hermione asked.
"No." Harry shook his head, "But he deducted a hundred points from me, and I will be put in solitary confinement on Saturday in Professor McGonagall's office."
"As long as we don't get expelled." Ron was very open-minded, "It's just a point deduction and confinement. We are already at the bottom of the academy, so it's not a big deal if we get another hundred points deducted."
"The point isn't the scores," Harry said, "it's that I have to go to Professor McGonagall's office every Saturday."
"So what, you... wait a minute." At this moment, Ron suddenly realized something. "You mean you're going to be in solitary confinement every Saturday?"
"Yes."
"What about the last Quidditch match?" Ron asked hurriedly.
"There's nothing I can do." Harry spread his hands.
"How could the principal do this..." Ron was anxious, "That is a game that affects whether we can win the Quidditch Cup!
"Can you talk to him again? Maybe he will agree to let you participate in the competition."
"Stop talking nonsense, Ron." Hermione pushed him away, "What do you think the principal's decision is, your homework? You can change it if you ask for it?"
"But Gryffindor hasn't won the Quidditch Cup in more than ten years." Ron looked at the ceiling and said weakly: "This year is obviously the most promising year!"
"There's nothing I can do." Harry lowered his head.
"Don't worry about it for now." Hermione interrupted the two of them sighing, "How about that memory? Did you give it to Principal Dumbledore?"