Chapter 727 Snape's Reminder

Katie Bell was sent to St. Mungo's that afternoon.

Although Kyle dispelled the dark magic on the opal necklace in time and she did not suffer much harm, she was actually hit by an Imperius Curse.

Regarding the damage caused by this kind of unforgivable curse, St. Mungo's is more professional. In addition, the school hospital was unable to provide an environment where she could rest peacefully.

As Katie left school, word of what happened to her in Hogsmeade spread throughout the school, although the details were unclear. Except for a few people present at the time, no one knew that the opal necklace was actually intended to be targeted by someone else.

In addition, Malfoy has also become famous. The large amount of points Slytherin and Hufflepuff gained out of thin air can't help but make everyone think.

Just at this time, news came that this score was awarded to Draco Malfoy.

However, as the central figure in the whole incident, Malfoy himself was not very happy.

"I've said it many times, I don't know what happened!" Malfoy said harshly to Shabini next to him during dinner: "I went to Hogsmeade just to send letters, and I had no idea what happened there. What a ridiculous attack.”

"But everyone else said..."

"People also said that you are a brainless idiot, are you?" Malfoy interrupted him impatiently.

"And if you think about it carefully, even if I were here at the time, do you think I would take the initiative to help a Gryffindor?"

"Definitely not." Shabini blurted out.

The Malfoy he knew would only clap and cheer if he saw a Gryffindor student being possessed by dark magic.

"That's right," said Malfoy, "I'm not going to help some idiot from Gryffindor!"

He seemed to be still angry, and he cut the steak hard, and the knife made a squeaking sound, as if he was trying to cut the plate.

"In that case, why does Professor McGonagall want to give you extra points?" Pansy still didn't understand.

"That's not an extra point for me, no!" Malfoy roared loudly, then stood up abruptly and left the auditorium.

"I'm sorry Draco, just wait for me." Pansy was startled, and after she realized what she was doing, she quickly followed him in panic.

"Look at his look..." At the Gryffindor table, Ron glanced at Malfoy, who left angrily, and muttered in a low voice: "It seems that he thinks extra points are a punishment. How hypocritical. , I dare say he is actually already happy."

"You're right." Harry nodded in agreement.

In his heart, Malfoy is a person who likes to show off... When his mother sent him a pack of high-end candies, he wanted to let everyone in the school know about it, not to mention the twenty points added this time.

According to Malfoy's past temperament, even if it was not imposed on him, he could still put it on his head.

"There must be something odd about him," Harry said thoughtfully.

"Tell me, could that opal necklace be the one he gave to Katie?" Ron asked in a low voice.

"Probably not." Harry thought for a while and said, "The opal necklace was originally intended for Kyle. If Malfoy did all this, why would he bother with it? Don't forget, it was because of Malfoy , Kyle didn’t touch that thing.”

"Maybe he didn't want to do it," Ron said. "Maybe he wanted to celebrate in advance, but he just ruined his plan."

"That's impossible," Hermione said. "No one could be that stupid, and I feel like he pushed me onto Katie on purpose."

"You mean, Malfoy did it on purpose?" Harry frowned.

"It's just a feeling." Hermione said, "I can't guarantee that it is definitely the case."

While several people were discussing whether the necklace had anything to do with Malfoy, Kyle also received a message from the fat monk.

Dumbledore is back and wants him to go to the headmaster's office.

"I knew that after such a big thing happened in the school, he would definitely not stay outside." Kyle finished the steak on the plate, said goodbye to Kangna, and headed to the door of the principal's office alone.

He knocked on the door, and a voice asked him to come in.

Dumbledore was sitting there, looking particularly tired, and Snape was also sitting there. On the table between them was the familiar opal necklace.

"Oh, here comes our lucky man." Snape drawled as Kyle walked in.

From his tone, it seemed that he was regretful that Kyle had not touched the necklace with his own hands.

But Kyle just pretended that he didn't hear the other meaning in Snape's words and gave him a standard fake smile.

"Thank you, Professor."

Snape snorted, but said nothing more.

"Severus cares about you too, Kyle, he just doesn't know how to express it." Dumbledore smoothed things over.

"If I did something to cause you to have this illusion, I will definitely correct it as soon as possible." Snape said expressionlessly.

This time, both Dumbledore and Kyle silently ignored him.

"It seems that you have repeatedly ruined Tom's plans and he has become unbearable." Dumbledore looked at the opal necklace on the table. "He wants to get rid of you even more than Harry."

"Obviously." Kyle shrugged.

When they were in Hogsmeade, there was only Hermione between him and Harry, but Katie handed the package to him without hesitation, without even looking at Harry.

It must be said that this treatment really made Kyle a little flattered... How could he be ranked before the famous savior.

"Tell me what you think." Dumbledore raised his head, and his blue eyes looked unusually bright through the lenses.

"This thing comes from Borgin and Burke." Kyle looked at the necklace, "Harry said he saw it there, but this is normal.

"Everyone knows that if you want to get rid of someone, go to Knockturn Alley. There are cursed necklaces, banned books that can make people mentally collapsed, and swords that automatically stab people's hearts... There is everything there."

"As far as I know..." Snape narrowed his eyes, "Underage wizards should not be allowed to enter Knockturn Alley."

"Sorry, professor, the Ministry of Magic doesn't actually have this decree, but parents don't allow them to go to that kind of place." Kyle said casually: "And Harry accidentally broke into Knockturn Alley because he was not familiar with the process of using Floo powder for the first time."

Snape stopped talking.

"Then who do you think bought it? "Dumbledore continued to ask.

"I don't know." Kyle spread his hands helplessly, "Greedy old Burke never sells out information about his employer, which is why Borgin and Burke can continue to operate in Knockturn Alley.

"After all, no one wants to be visited by Aurors the next day after buying something, so even if we ask, he won't tell us.

"Besides, I guess old Burke also has ways to deal with Legilimency and Veritaserum."

"You guessed right." Dumbledore said calmly, "As the owner of a dark magic shop with a long history, Mr. Burke does have many unknown little tricks."

"That's a pity." Kyle sighed, "But I do have some other ways, maybe I can make him cooperate."

"No, Kyle." Dumbledore said in a deep voice: "I can tell you in advance that no formal means can make Mr. Burke surrender."

"That's a pity. "Kyle said again.

Dumbledore's meaning was already very clear...any formal means.

This means that he would not allow Kyle to ask Burke in his own way.

"What a pity?" Snape glanced at Kyle, "Do you want to do anything to the owner of Borgin and Burke?"

"Don't get me wrong, Professor." Kyle said, "I just want to introduce him to a friend...I just met him during the holidays, and he happens to be called Burke."

"Really, such a coincidence?" Snape raised his eyebrows and didn't believe it at all.

"I named it." Kyle said with a smile.

Now Snape is more certain that if Kyle implements what he thinks in his mind, it is definitely worth sending a team of strikers, or even Aurors to catch him.

"Okay, Burke is not important." At this time, Dumbledore suddenly said: "The important thing is that this kind of attack will not happen again, so Kyle, do you have any clues to provide?"

"No." Kyle said, "I don't remember seeing any Death Eaters in Hogsmeade. "

Seeing Kyle insist that it was done by the Death Eaters, Snape next to him seemed a little surprised, but he didn't say anything, just stood there quietly.

Dumbledore didn't say anything either, and the headmaster's office suddenly fell into silence.

They all knew that Kyle was pretending to be confused.

Because the real Death Eaters dared not disobey Voldemort's orders, and Voldemort would not let the Death Eaters approach Hogwarts without preparation, unless he wanted to start a war immediately.

Based on Kyle's past performance, he couldn't have been unaware of this, but he still said so, which made it obvious that Kyle didn't want to say what he really thought.

But even so, the two couldn't say anything, because they were the same, knowing the truth but couldn't say it directly, so they could only ask Kyle indirectly.

Just when the atmosphere in the headmaster's office was deadlocked, a sudden knock on the door broke the embarrassment.

"I think it must be Mr. Potter." Dumbledore said, "I have an agreement with him that I will give him a class at 8 o'clock on weekends. It's this time."

"Class? "Kyle asked curiously, "Is it Defense Against the Dark Arts? Or Transfiguration?"

"Neither." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "If I have to say, it should be History of Magic.

"I will take him to look through some past memories tonight. These memories will help him understand some things better."

"If you are interested." Dumbledore looked at Kyle, "You can also stay and take classes together. The Pensieve can provide space for three people."

Kyle thought for a moment and shook his head. "Sorry, professor, forget it."

He could probably guess what memories Dumbledore asked Harry to look at... It was nothing more than about Voldemort's life. He was not interested in these, and did not want to know what Voldemort did when he was a child.

"If the content of the class is about the application of Transfiguration, I would be willing to stay and learn, but History of Magic... to be honest, I don't like this course very much."

"I can teach Transfiguration..." Dumbledore said with a smile, "After all, I was the professor of Transfiguration before. Even though it has been a long time, I believe that my teaching level is not much worse than Professor McGonagall."

"But..." Dumbledore changed the subject, "To be honest, it is difficult for me to guarantee that I can learn useful knowledge for both you and Harry at the same time."

Snape sneered beside him.

He understood what Dumbledore meant... Kyle and Harry's academic gap was really a bit big.

What Kyle could understand, Harry couldn't understand at all, and what Harry could understand was a waste of time for Kyle.

It seemed that the only class that allowed them to take together was the History of Magic.

"Then I'll take my leave." Snape turned around and prepared to leave.

Harry didn't expect to meet Snape here at all, and was shocked when he opened the door.

"Why didn't you say hello, Potter, and what's that expression on your face." Snape glanced at him coldly, "You are rude to the professor... Gryffindor will deduct five points."

Harry was so angry that his whole face was a little distorted. He really didn't expect Snape to be so shameless that he could even think of such an outrageous reason for deducting points for not saying hello.

But Snape didn't care about his thoughts at all, and quickened his pace and left.

"Then Professor Dumbledore, I also..."

In the principal's office, Kyle was about to leave with him, but he was interrupted before he finished speaking.

"You may have to wait a little longer, Kyle." Dumbledore said, "I personally think some memories are still very interesting. How about just killing time?"

Kyle looked at Dumbledore and always felt that he was a little strange... But since he said so, Kyle did not insist on leaving.

"Kyle, you are here too?" Harry, who was sulking, immediately became happy when he noticed that there was another acquaintance in the principal's office.

"Professor, what are we going to see today?" He looked at Dumbledore and asked.

"What a coincidence." Dumbledore took out his Pensieve, which had been filled with memories in advance. The silver-white light was like a fish, constantly swimming in the basin.

"One of the things we are going to watch this time is about the experience of Voldemort's mother Herope, and the one who provided this memory is Caractacus Burke, who founded a store that year and sold the opal necklace a few days ago."

"Borgin and Burke?"

"That's right." Dumbledore shook the Pensieve, just like a gold digger sifting gold, and the figure of a little old man emerged from the constantly rotating silver-white substance.

...

At the same time in the castle, Snape, who had left the headmaster's office, strode to the Slytherin common room, and in the puzzled eyes of everyone, he dragged away Malfoy who was in a daze in front of the fireplace without saying anything.

The two came to an empty corridor.

"Let me go..." Malfoy struggled to break free from Snape's hand, "What do you want to do!"

"I should say this." Snape said with a gloomy face, "Cursing a Gryffindor and asking her to give something with dark magic to Kyle... Do you know what you are doing?

"Don't lie, I know you bought the necklace from Borgin and Burke! "It's not me!" Malfoy said with his neck stiff, "Well, even if I did it, so what. Whether I cursed Bell or not, it has nothing to do with you." "I swore to your mother to protect you." Snape pressed Malfoy directly against the wall of the corridor, "I made an unbreakable oath, Draco..." "It seems that you have to break this spell. I don't need protection." Malfoy looked at Snape without flinching, "This is my job, he assigned it to me!" "Then you should make a more comprehensive plan instead of acting rashly." Snape lowered his voice, "This is extremely stupid, even Kyle has guessed that it was you who did it!" "Impossible." Malfoy sneered, "That idiot, he thought I helped him, and asked McGonagall to give me extra points." "You are the real idiot, can't you see the purpose of his doing this? "Snape said, with a tone of regret, "What do you think the Dark Lord would think if he heard about this!" "Hufflepuff and Slytherin help each other, how touching, isn't it?" Malfoy stopped talking, cold sweat instantly soaked his back. ...

"I will help you with this." After another pause, Snape said, "But remember, no matter what your plan is, don't do stupid things during this period... Especially don't target Kyle anymore. In a way, I would rather you turn your target to Dumbledore."

"But I almost succeeded before!"

"You can't succeed!" Snape looked at Malfoy coldly, "Maybe you don't know yet, Kyle knows Nicolas Flamel, and his achievements in alchemy are far beyond your imagination."

"Nicholas Flamel? The old wizard who has lived for more than 600 years?" Malfoy blinked blankly, "This is impossible... How could he know that kind of legendary wizard."

"Do you think I'm kidding you about this?" Snape took a deep breath, "In short, he probably knew what was in the package from the beginning, and how dangerous it was. Do you think he would be stupid enough to reach out and touch it?"

Malfoy didn't speak.

"Fortunately, you finally got wise and terminated that clumsy and stupid plan in time, and didn't let Kyle really touch the necklace."

"In this way, at least on the surface you helped him." Snape paced in place, "Listen to me, Draco, you must try to avoid Kyle as much as possible during this period, especially don't stay alone with him, this is very important."

Malfoy still didn't speak.

"In addition, what is your plan..."

"I know what you are up to, you want to steal my credit!" Malfoy suddenly said.

"Steal credit... you really talk like a child." Snape said coldly, "I am helping you!"

"No need!" Malfoy shook Snape off, "I can always find a way."

Snape looked at Malfoy's back, his face kept changing, and he left from the other side of the corridor after a long time.

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