Chapter 724 The Closed Floo Network

The next morning, the Daily Prophet published an article about the attack on Amelia Bones, the head of the Department of Law Enforcement, at the Ministry of Magic, and it took up two pages.

As expected, this incident immediately caused an uproar in Hogwarts. During breakfast that day, the discussion in the hall did not stop.

Kyle looked around the dining table. Susan did not come to breakfast. I think she should still be in the dormitory at this time.

In order to help Susan calm down better, Professor Sprout came to the common room last night and said that she did not need to attend classes these days.

If it were normal, Susan would definitely jump for joy, but last night she could not laugh at all, just silently lowered her head.

And no one had seen her anywhere else in the castle all day.

"Slughorn is such a snob!" When it was time for dinner, Mikel began to belittle a professor crazily.

"You know what? He held a party in his office this weekend, but didn't invite Susan."

"What's wrong with that..." Some people didn't care, "Since it was hosted by Professor Slughorn himself, it's his freedom to invite whoever he wants."

"You're too naive. You don't know the inside story." Mikkel shook his finger and began to popularize science for others.

"I've heard that Professor Slughorn's Slug Club invites students who are excellent or have distinguished people in their families.

"Originally, Susan also had an invitation, but when he read the newspaper, he immediately snatched the invitation away, that stupid old slug."

"Not that bad..." Some people still didn't believe it. After all, Slughorn was a professor. How could he do such a bad thing as snatching back the invitation?

"Mikkel, how did you know he snatched the invitation away?"

"That's because I was next to him and was asked to deliver a message to him..." Mikkel said angrily, "He took the invitation away from me, how could I not know. "

The man was silent for a moment, and then continued: "Is it possible that Professor Slughorn wanted Susan to stay quiet for a while.

"Think about it, such a big thing happened, how could she be in the mood to attend a banquet."

"I don't think so." Mikel curled his lips, "What if Susan wants to change her mood? There is no need for him to ask for the invitation back."

Listening to Mikel's words, Connor asked curiously: "Is Professor Slughorn really such a person?"

"Almost, but I think Mikel is exaggerating."

Kyle thought for a while and said: "Although Slughorn does have a preference for students with outstanding family backgrounds and is more realistic, he has never done such a rude act as asking for an invitation back. At most, he just refused to invite."

"Then will I still go?" Connor looked down at the parchment roll in her hand.

This is the invitation that Mikel just sent, inviting Connor to attend a small party in the Potions Office on Friday night.

Originally, Connor was quite curious about this party, but now she suddenly didn't want to attend it so much.

"It's okay to go or not." Kyle poured a glass of pumpkin juice. "To be honest, this kind of party is just a simple chat, everyone eats and drinks, and by the way, they get together to flatter each other. There is no substantial meaning, and you don't have to expect to learn about potions at the party."

"Ah? Then I won't go!" Connor said immediately.

Because she didn't know Slughorn and had never attended the dinner on the train, she always thought it was an academic exchange meeting on potions.

Just like the parties that Snape took her to during the holidays... Everyone got together and explained to each other the latest potion materials they discovered, or the advantages and disadvantages of different types of crucibles.

"Okay, if you don't want to participate, don't participate. It doesn't matter." Kyle took a bite of the fried pork chop, "But have you thought of an excuse?"

"Excuse?"

"Yes." Kyle said, "Slughorn is still a professor after all, you must have a reason to refuse the invitation."

"Well... does it count if I have to do homework?" Connor asked tentatively.

"Yes, but it may not work." Kyle said, "Harry used this trick, but the next day, Slughorn formed a mutual aid group and asked several people to help Harry with his homework.

"You don't know, Harry was dumbfounded, and he didn't recover until the next day."

Connor shuddered subconsciously. If she was surrounded by a group of people to help with homework, she would also be dumbfounded.

No, I have to change an excuse.

"I have an idea..." At this time, Kyle suddenly said: "So, you go to Professor Snape and ask him to find a reason to put you in detention on Friday night, so that you have enough reasons to refuse Slughorn's invitation."

Connor's eyes lit up.

Yes, detention, why didn't she think of it, this is simply the best excuse, Slughorn can't chase to the detention room.

"It just so happens that there is a Defense Against the Dark Arts class tomorrow..." Connor said happily, "Then I will go to Professor Snape and ask him to put us both in detention on Friday..."

"Don't, don't! "Kyle quickly stopped her from having this dangerous idea and warned her, "Just lock yourself up, don't take me with you, this is very important."

Connor was detained by Snape, so what was the difference between that and going home, a real home in the literal sense.

But he was different.

Kyle believed that Snape would definitely not mind giving him some special treatment during detention.

For example, not wearing gloves, picking out the unusable ones from a bucket full of philoprogenitors... It is said that Harry won this detention after the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class and stayed in the dungeon for a whole night.

Kyle felt that Snape must have no shortage of philoprogenitors, especially when he was detained, he might even pay to buy a new bucket outside.

So he had better find another way, and compared to being detained by Snape, it was actually nothing to go to a party occasionally.

But this reason soon came to him.

On Friday afternoon, Kyle received a letter from the Ministry of Magic, written by Fudge, asking him to go to the Ministry of Magic as soon as possible to discuss things.

It was just after the potion class. Kyle just showed Slughorn the name at the end of the letter, and he immediately stopped talking.

"Oh, go quickly, go quickly..." Slughorn's eyes sparkled, "The Minister wrote a letter specifically, there must be something good."

"That's not necessarily true..." Kyle complained in his heart.

Fudge didn't think of him when there was something good. It was probably because Fudge wanted to reverse his worsening reputation, but he couldn't think of any good way.

Since Ms. Amelia Bones was attacked by the Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic, people's trust in the Ministry of Magic has begun to plummet.

The reason is also easy to understand... The Ministry of Magic can't even protect its own people, how can it protect others.

However, Kyle didn't have any particularly good ideas. The most effective way he could think of was to let Fudge resign and replace him with a more capable person as the Minister.

For example... Dumbledore.

Unfortunately, neither Fudge nor Dumbledore would agree to this method.

Kyle dawdled to the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office... not Snape's office, he had too many things, and some potion materials were very demanding on the environment, so it was difficult to move them, so he was still in the original underground classroom.

Kyle came to Umbridge's office, where she had previously opened a dedicated line to the Ministry of Magic for the fireplace here.

Although she had left the school a long time ago, there were many outstanding students in Hogwarts who were admitted by the Ministry of Magic last year. In order to facilitate their internships on weekends, this line was retained.

It's just that Dumbledore arranged an armored guard at the door, and only those who knew the password could enter.

"Bibi Multi-Flavored Beans!"

Kyle said the password, and the armor in charge of guarding turned around with a creak and moved to the side.

It can only be said that it is worthy of being a guard arranged by Dumbledore. Even the password is the same series as the principal's office. Fortunately, Honeydukes has enough product varieties, otherwise it would not be enough.

The fancy decorations and cat dishes in the room were all removed, leaving only a bare table and a few scattered chairs, which was much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Kyle lit the fireplace and grabbed a handful of floo powder from the bucket next to it and threw it in.

But strangely, the flame did not change color, but a head emerged from it, and Kyle could clearly see the other person's exquisite 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 person in the fireplace glanced at the letter and Fudge's signature on it.

"Sorry, this floo network has been blocked."

He said in a businesslike manner as if he hadn't seen Fudge's signature: "According to the request of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, the entire Hogwarts will be on the highest alert. Except for the fireplace in the headmaster's office, all other floo networks will be closed, including this one.

"After that, this fireplace will be completely blocked. 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 expressionlessly: "No need to interfere in other matters."

After that, the other party disappeared.

The only sound in the room was the crackling of the burning flames.

Kyle glanced at the letter in his hand again, threw it into the fireplace, and then sat down on a chair, watching the parchment gradually burn out in the flames.

He guessed that the Floo Network was closed because of Amelia Bones's incident...

Although I 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 through the Floo Network in front of them Hogwarts.

Dumbledore probably thought of this and insisted on sealing the fireplace.

But Kyle was still very happy with this 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 fire and walked out of the classroom again.

This was a good reason. In the future, if Slughorn invited him again, he could just say that he was going to the Ministry of Magic. Anyway, he couldn't go to the Ministry of Magic to verify whether he went there or not.

Of course, the premise is that he can't be seen by him during this period.

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 walking 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 asked 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 combinations of herbs 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.

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