Chapter 679 Bellatrix and Umbridge

After entering May, the weather gradually became clear, and the sky was as clear and blue as the forget-me-not flowers swaying in the wind. 【】

Not long ago, Hufflepuff played the second Quidditch game and won the victory by an absolute advantage over Slytherin.

Slytherin seemed to want to copy Ravenclaw's tactics and use the advantage of numbers to trap Kyle with the Firebolt.

But the problem is that Slytherin doesn't have Qiu Zhang. With the speed of the Firebolt, Kyle easily broke through the encirclement of Montague and others, and the slow-moving Nimbus 2001 couldn't even see his broomstick.

The whole game also completely turned into his personal show, and the screams in the stands almost never stopped.

Half an hour later, Cedric caught the Golden Snitch under Malfoy's nose, and the score was fixed at 360:10.

It can be said that this game also brought victory to Hufflepuff. Their score was far ahead of the second place. As long as they scored a few goals in the third game, they could take the Quidditch Cup.

This also made the Hufflepuffs extremely excited.

But Snape didn't seem so happy. He looked at Kyle, who was surrounded by the crowd in the stands, with a gloomy expression, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After the players fell back to the ground, he snorted coldly and turned back to the castle.

However, after this game, the exam was closer. The excitement of the Hufflepuffs only lasted for one day, and they had to continue to plunge into the heavy homework.

The third day after the Quidditch game was the first weekend of May. The sixth-grade students came to the hall as usual to learn Apparition.

"Let's follow what we said before. Everyone can practice freely." Tycross said.

But most students were not very interested. Recently, every time they learned Apparition, some people split up, and some even left half of their bodies in place.

Although Professor McGonagall put the other party together in time, this terrifying scene inevitably made most people feel some resistance, resulting in slower and slower progress.

But there are still some people who are not affected.

When Connor landed accurately in the wooden circle five feet away with a crisp explosion, Tycross clapped his hands happily.

"Very good, five weeks without any mistakes..." He smiled and said to Connor, "No problem, I think you have completely learned the Apparition. Just wait for the exam in a month, no need to come again."

"Thank you, professor." Connor said happily.

In a sea of ​​envious eyes, she ran to Kyle on the other side of the auditorium.

In fact, after the first Apparition course, Tycross no longer cared about Kyle, and he also fulfilled his promise and gave Kyle a big bag of heavy candies.

But Kyle divided them all, and everyone present got one, even the professor.

"I learned it..."

"Congratulations..."

The two said at the same time, and then left the auditorium together.

"How are those dragon claws?" Kyle asked.

"It's all ground into powder, and it's enough for me to use until the end of the assessment." Connor laughed happily, took out a box and handed it to Kyle, "By the way, this is for you."

"What is this?"

"I don't know, Professor Snape asked me to bring it to you." Connor said.

Kyle paused as he stretched out his hand, "Hmm... it can't be frog brains or mouse spleens or something like that."

"How is that possible!" Connor said unhappily, "How could Professor Snape give you that kind of thing."

"It's not impossible..." Kyle muttered in a low voice.

He just won Slytherin by crushing the other day, and it's hard to say whether Snape, the stingy guy, will hold a grudge.

"Hmm?" Connor narrowed her eyes, "What are you thinking about?"

"No, nothing." Kyle coughed twice and quickly took the box.

He always felt that Connor had just guessed his thoughts... It seems that he has to continue to strengthen his study of brain occlusion.

Under Connor's gaze, Kyle mustered up the courage to open the box.

Fortunately, there was nothing strange inside, but a pile of eggshells and a complete horn.

Kyle recognized it as a unicorn horn at a glance. The golden spiral pattern was only found on unicorns.

Kyle was a little surprised. This thing was not cheap... and the eggshells.

There were six in total, three of which were silver and glittering, like crafts made of pure silver. Only the eggshells of bird snakes were this silver.

The remaining three were orange with irregular red stripes on them.

"Eggshell of the fire ash snake?"

Kyle was even more surprised. This thing was not common and its value was not much lower than that of a unicorn horn.

Let's put it this way, this box of things was worth more than a hundred galleons.

Snape gave him something worth more than a hundred galleons... something seemed a little wrong. Was it April Fool's Day today?

No, it was already a month after April Fool's Day.

Kyle scratched his hair, "Connor, these should be for you..."

"Of course not." Connor said, "Professor Snape told me to give it to you."

"Huh?"

Kyle looked at the box in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he seemed to guess what Snape was thinking.

These things add up to more than a hundred Galleons, and the dragon claw he gave Connor is also priced at more than a hundred Galleons on the market.

Now it makes sense.

Tsk tsk...

Thinking of this, Kyle put the box away directly, "Thank Professor Snape for me. By the way, did he say anything?"

"No..." Connor glanced to the side.

In fact, when Snape gave her the box, he gritted his teeth and told her to stay away from Kyle.

But she didn't say this, and before coming here, she took away a note attached to the box.

"It shouldn't be." Kyle shook his head and said nothing more, "Forget it, I'll take these things, remember to thank Professor Snape for me."

"Okay." Connor nodded.

"And this, please help me give it to Professor Snape." Kyle took out a palm-sized, wrinkled thing.

"What is this, snake skin?" Connor took it and asked.

"Almost. This is the basilisk's skin." Kyle said with a smile, "Just say I gave it to him. Professor Snape should like it."

...

The next day, Kyle was going to the Ministry of Magic to slack off as usual, but as soon as he walked out of the common room, he saw Snape standing in the corridor outside like a ghost. As soon as he saw Kyle, he pulled him aside without saying anything.

"The basilisk is in your hands!" Snape said with a gloomy face.

"Don't talk nonsense, Professor Snape." Kyle's face remained unchanged, "The basilisk was dealt with by Professor Dumbledore, I don't know."

"What do you say about this?" Snape took out the snake skin.

"Oh, this is what I picked up." Kyle said, "You gave me such a precious thing, I have to give something back... If you don't like it, forget it."

As he said, Kyle was about to take the snake skin.

Subconsciously, Snape retracted his hand, and Kyle grabbed nothing.

"You..." Snape stared at Kyle, his face changing constantly, "Do you still have this thing? Give it to me!"

"No." Kyle blurted out: "But Professor Dumbledore entrusted the basilisk to Mr. Scamander for care. If you want, you can go find him."

Snape's face turned slightly blue.

If he knew where Newt Scamander was, would he still look for Kyle?

"How about this..." Kyle continued: "I can help you ask Mr. Scamander if he has any extra snake skins. What do you think? I think he should have a lot. I'll let Connor send it to you when the time comes."

"No need..." Snape said coldly, "You'd better stay away from her!"

After that, he left without looking back.

Kyle looked at his whirring cloak and spread his hands helplessly.

Really, it's just a Quidditch game. Although the score gap is a bit big, he also let Slytherin a goal and didn't shut out the game. Is it necessary to hold a grudge until now?

"How stingy." Kyle muttered.

Snape, who had not walked far, suddenly paused. Just as he was about to turn around, he saw Harry and Ron running down the stairs with brooms, almost bumping into him.

"What are you doing!" Snape asked with a dark face.

"We are going to the Quidditch field." Harry whispered, "We have training today..."

"Before answering my question, you should apologize first." Snape said coldly, "Gryffindor will be deducted five points."

"Oh, sorry..." Harry said.

"Impolite." Snape dragged out a long tone, "Gryffindor will be deducted five points."

"Okay, sorry, Professor Snape." Harry said.

"Yeah." Snape responded lightly, "In addition, the school prohibits chasing and fighting on the stairs, Gryffindor will be deducted another five points."

Harry clenched his fists tightly, resisting the urge to punch Snape in the face, and stared at him with gritted teeth.

But to Snape's disappointment, Harry finally held back and did not do anything out of line.

However, after deducting fifteen points from Gryffindor, Snape's mood suddenly improved a lot. He ignored Harry and Ron, whose eyes were about to spit fire, and strode towards the underground classroom.

"He must have deliberately picked a fight because of the Quidditch match a few days ago."

After making sure that Snape had gone far away, Ron immediately said: "I heard that Montague and the others were severely reprimanded, and Malfoy and Cedric caught the Golden Snitch under his nose. Snape was furious."

After hearing what Ron said, Harry was not so angry at once.

The game a few days ago can be said to be the most exciting he has ever seen. Slytherin fell behind by more than three hundred points, and his cheers never stopped throughout the whole process.

In order to cheer for Hufflepuff, he even bought a flag and waved it until his hands were sore.

In comparison, being deducted fifteen points didn't seem to be a big deal. Anyway, they were already the last one now, so it didn't matter if they lost another fifteen points.

"The only pity is that they scored a goal." Ron sighed, "If only the Hufflepuff goalkeeper had done a better job, if he had saved Montague's goal, they would have lost all the points."

"Yeah!" Harry nodded in agreement.

Slytherin got zero points in the game, which was really exciting to think about.

"We have to hurry up." Ron glanced at the time, "It's all Snape's fault, the training time is over."

"You're right, if it were any later, Angelina would definitely kill us."

The two looked at each other and ran outside the castle at the same time.

After everyone left, Kyle walked out and followed the stairs to the fourth floor.

Although Umbridge has left the school, her office remains, and the fireplace there is open for an hour every weekend to allow students to visit the Ministry of Magic.

When Kyle arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Cedric was already waiting.

"Why are you so slow? We are already late." He said anxiously.

"I can't help it. I met Professor Snape on the way, which delayed me for a while." Kyle said calmly, "And our working hours are different from those of regular employees. We just need to arrive at the Ministry of Magic before nine o'clock."

"That's what I say, but it's better to go early."

They passed the fireplace and soon arrived at the Ministry of Magic.

It was still the same as usual, with wizards coming and going filling the hall.

And because recently, news about Death Eaters causing sabotage has been reported in the newspapers every few days, making everyone nervous, and even more people came to the Ministry of Magic.

"The latest news, Death Eaters have appeared in the south again." On the elevator, two witches were discussing the latest news in the newspaper.

"This time it's that crazy Bellatrix Lestrange. She seems to be looking for something."

"Yes, I heard that she happened to encounter the attackers who were chasing her, and the whole street was destroyed by bombs."

"It would be nice if the leader was an Auror... maybe we could catch her."

Kyle didn't pay attention at first, just thinking it was Umbridge making false news again.

But when the witch came down the elevator, Kyle accidentally saw the newspaper in her hand. What he didn't expect was that there was actually a picture of Bellatrix on it.

When the elevator stopped at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Cedric was about to speak when he saw Kyle running out first.

He quickly reminded: "Wait a minute, Kyle, you haven't arrived yet..."

"I know." Kyle ran all the way to Chris' office without looking back.

Chris was writing something. When he saw Kyle coming in, he asked in a joking tone: "What, does the minister have any new tasks for you to convey?"

"Dad, do you have the Daily Prophet here?" Kyle asked directly.

"Oh, there." Chris pointed to an unopened newspaper on the table, "It was just delivered a minute ago."

Kyle quickly opened it and read it.

Sure enough, there was a picture of Bellatrix on the front page of the newspaper. She used her wand to push back the attackers who blocked her way, laughed and turned into a black mist and left.

"The Striker discovered Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater who had escaped from prison before, in Hampshire, and escaped after a fierce battle.

"Deputy Minister Dolores Jane Umbridge, who is leading the team, is suspected of showing signs of being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse. She has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries..."

Kyle didn't think the photo was fake, because it was difficult for ordinary people to imitate Bellatrix's madness.

More importantly, he also saw Dumbledore in the photo.

Although it was only a fleeting moment, he did appear in the corner of the photo in a burst of fire. It seemed that he was taken there by the phoenix.

Perhaps it was precisely because of Dumbledore's presence that Bellatrix ran away in a hurry.

"Dad, do you know what happened?" Kyle asked, "There should be news from the Order of the Phoenix."

Chris glanced at the newspaper and then closed the door with his wand.

"I do know something." He said in a low voice, "The principal is looking for someone, and it just so happens that the Death Eaters are also looking for him."

"who's that person?"

"Bob Ogden," Chris said after a moment of silence.

"That name again." Kyle frowned, "Who is he?"

This time Chris did not explain, just shook his head and said: "This is a matter of the Order of the Phoenix, Kyle, although Dumbledore said that we don't have to hide anything from you, you can't help much in this matter. "

Chris didn't want to say too much about Bob Ogden. Kyle thought about it for a while and didn't say anything more. Instead, he asked: "What's going on with the batter? Why don't they let the Aurors go."

"This..." Chris suddenly laughed, but seemed to feel it was inappropriate and held it back.

"What a coincidence, didn't you give Fudge an idea?"

"Yes." Kyle nodded. He did not hide this from Chris, and several core members of the Order of the Phoenix knew about it.

"That's it." Chris said, "Yesterday we received news that someone illegally smuggled two civet cats in Hampshire, so Umbridge felt that there was something to do here, so she went there early this morning ”