Chapter 743 Hagrid's Request

After the opening banquet, Dumbledore came back to give Harry the weekly memory class.

But when Kyle received the message from the portrait and went to find him, he had already finished the class and left the school again. Only Harry, who had just finished reading a memory and had not yet fully recovered, was left in the office.

"Kyle, are you here to see Professor Dumbledore too?" Harry said, "He just received a message from the fireplace saying that a dark mark appeared somewhere, and then he rushed over."

"Ah, it doesn't matter." Kyle said, "Anyway, there's nothing important for me to find him, let's talk about it when I have time."

After running in vain twice in a row, Kyle didn't care as much as he did at the beginning. Anyway, the time converter was in his hands, and Dumbledore would naturally come to him if he needed it.

Then the two left the principal's office at the same time.

When he came to the corridor outside, Harry turned his head and looked at Kyle next to him, and the corner of his mouth moved, "Kyle, you..."

But when he said this, he suddenly closed his mouth again.

"What's wrong?" Kyle asked in confusion.

"No, nothing." Harry shook his head.

Because Dumbledore had something to do, he left early after reading the memory, so Harry had accumulated a lot of doubts, and he needed to find someone to talk to and share...

Kyle is indeed a good candidate. He is smart, knows a lot, and even personally participated in several secret plans.

But it is also for this reason that it is difficult for Harry to treat him as a peer. He prefers to discuss these things with Ron or Hermione.

"It's like this..." In order not to arouse Kyle's suspicion, Harry quickly turned and said: "I just want to ask you, is Apparition easy to learn? We can learn this magic on Saturday.

"Originally, Sirius said he would teach us, but he left school not long after the start of the school, and he hasn't found time until now."

"It's not difficult." Kyle glanced at him and said: "And there is a little trick to this magic. If someone can make you appear once with a follower before learning, it will be much easier afterwards. "

"In that case, Professor Dumbledore did take me on a... um, follower apparition once."

Harry said, "It was the night I went to see Professor Slughorn, but the experience was not very comfortable. I felt like a stuffed toy stuffed in a washing machine."

"This is normal, you will get used to it slowly." Kyle said. "Besides, if you have experienced more exciting things, you will definitely find that being a stuffed toy is not a bad thing."

"More exciting?" Harry asked in confusion: "What do you mean, isn't everyone's Apparition different?"

"It's not a person, it's a phoenix. "Kyle looked back with lingering fear.

He dared to say that everyone who was carried by the Phoenix could easily master this magic when learning Apparition.

It's just that few people have this opportunity.

Harry also had no such experience, so it was difficult for him to understand what Kyle meant.

The topic seemed to be frozen here, but fortunately they had already arrived near the Gryffindor common room.

Harry glanced at the huge portrait of the Fat Lady and breathed a sigh of relief.

"See you tomorrow, Kyle."

"See you tomorrow. "

After Harry left, Kyle also went downstairs from another direction.

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The day after the holiday, Hogwarts had a heavy snowfall, and the snow on the ground piled up thickly overnight, almost five inches thick.

A group of first-year wizards had to walk forward with difficulty on the snow because they had to go to the greenhouse for the Herbology class.

The same was true for students who went to the Care of Magical Creatures class.

At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid looked absent-minded. He got a batch of Moon Beasts from the empty pumpkin field.

The other party's unique appearance quickly captured the hearts of the students, and they gathered around.

"I can't believe it." Connor whispered: "Hagrid would actually show Moon Beasts in the seventh grade class instead of other creatures with fangs and claws."

"Yes. "Kyle nodded in agreement.

Hagrid likes creatures that don't look so friendly, this is no secret in Hogwarts.

Students below the fifth grade are fine, because of their age, Hagrid can only find magical animals below XXX level when teaching them, but students in the sixth and seventh grades are different.

The scope of the exam is very large, and there are not so many restrictions on the course content. Recently, they have almost turned the Care of Magical Creatures class into a "Compendium of Fierce Magical Animals".

Last time it was a scorpion tail monkey... the last time it was a giant tooth beast... To be honest, even Kyle was curious about where Hagrid found these, and at the same time he had to sigh that there were so many species in the Forbidden Forest.

Now Hagrid suddenly got a harmless thing like the Moon Beast, and Kyle was a little uncomfortable for a while.

"He couldn't be controlled by someone with the Imperius Curse." Ryan muttered softly on the side, obviously thinking the same thing as them.

"Although I think so, but it shouldn't be. "Kyle said, "To control Hagrid, it is only possible if the You-Know-Who casts the Imperius Curse himself."

"Then why did he suddenly become so strange?"

"I don't know... maybe it's more convenient to prepare the Moon Beast." Kyle said.

They walked on the thick snow to the pumpkin field. When they got closer, he noticed that Hagrid looked absent-minded and not as enthusiastic as he was in class before.

After seeing everyone present, he simply said a few words and gave each person a cabbage, asking the students to try to feed the moon beast themselves.

However, no one was dissatisfied. Instead, everyone was very happy, especially the girls. From the first time they saw the moon beast, they wanted to do this.

Hagrid's abnormal behavior actually made him more popular with the students.

"Kyle, do you have time now?" Just as Kyle was about to take the cabbage in the basket, Hagrid suddenly came over and said in a low voice.

"You are the professor of this class, Hagrid." Kyle shrugged, "If you think I have time, it's okay."

"Look..." Hagrid took Kyle to a farther place and said in a low voice, "Do you still have the spider tonic you gave me before?"

"What?" Kyle didn't realize what Hagrid was talking about for a moment, until he repeated it again, and finally remembered it.

He did make spider tonic before, and he also got a large bottle of Acromantula venom from Hagrid... well, in exchange.

"I gave you all of it at the time." Kyle said. "But that thing is not complicated, I can always get a few more bottles if you need it."

"That's great." Hagrid breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just... can you be faster, Aragog is too old, I should have come to you earlier.

"Oh, by the way, I can pay the reward, and the venom you need, I can give it to you in the afternoon. "

Because he was so nervous, Hagrid didn't even realize that he had let the cat out of the bag. When he asked Kyle for spider tonic before, he used the excuse of giving it to a friend, but now he called out Aragog's name directly.

This is a giant eight-eyed spider that he keeps in the Forbidden Forest. Counting the time, it has been about sixty years.

Kyle has dealt with it before. It is a spider that is easy to talk to. The two sides get along very happily... At least Kyle feels very happy.

"Forget about the reward." Kyle waved his hand and said, "The spider venom was not used up last time, so there is no need to take extra."

The present is different from the past. Because of Aragog's generosity, he has long achieved freedom of spider venom. Now there are several bottles in the box, and they are all large bottles of one pint.

I originally wanted to sell it for some galleons, but I never found the opportunity. Now it just happens to be useful.

In addition, Kyle really wants to help Aragog. After all, he still wants to harvest another wave of venom before graduation, and it is also reasonable to help get some tonic.

"Forget it. "Kyle glanced at the students gathered in the pumpkin patch, "There is still some time before the get out of class ends. If we start now, I should be able to give it to you when the get out of class ends. I will find a place first..."

"No need to look for it." Hagrid stopped Kyle, "You can go to my cabin. It's warm there, and no one can disturb you."

"That's fine." Kyle nodded and turned to walk into the cabin next door.

The fire in the room was burning brightly. As soon as the door was opened, a wave of heat rushed towards him.

But such a hot stove must not be used. Kyle could only change a smaller heating stove next to it and set up a crucible on it.

And Hagrid stood at the door, guarding it while looking in from the window from time to time.

This continued until thirty minutes later, when the get out of class was over, Kyle just came out of the cabin and handed him a large bottle of blue tonic.

"These should be enough for three months."

"Thank you, Kyle." Hagrid said happily, took the bottle and ran into the Forbidden Forest.

"What's wrong with him? "Connor came over and asked curiously, "What did you give him, a potion?"

"It's spider tonic." Kyle said, "Hagrid raised a group of giant eight-eyed spiders in the Forbidden Forest."

Hearing the name of the giant eight-eyed spider, Connor's face changed suddenly... Even Kyle couldn't accept the spider as big as a car, let alone Connor, a witch.

"You can also make spider tonic?" She looked at Kyle in disbelief.

"There's nothing I can do about it, because their venom is very valuable." Kyle shrugged, "Don't tell Professor Snape, otherwise I won't get that little bit of venom."

"Isn't that raised by Hagrid?" Connor asked.

"There's no conflict." Kyle put away the empty crucible and walked out of the cabin, "If the spiders gave it to me voluntarily, I can't refuse it. "

Connor curled her lips and didn't believe a word of Kyle's words.

Although she didn't like the Acromanthus, she also knew a little about it because of the potion. The creature was ferocious and extremely aggressive to wizards.

Professor Snape also specifically reminded her that for some special potion materials, you can just buy them directly and never think about saving money.

The venom of the Acromanthus is one of them.

But Kyle just smiled mysteriously and didn't explain.

Of course he has his own little tricks, but this method is not suitable for Connor, he can do it himself.

After leaving the wooden house, the two followed a long row of footprints on the ground and returned to Hogwarts Castle.

When they came to the hallway, they happened to meet Hermione, Harry and Ron who were walking side by side from the direction of the stairs. The three seemed to have a dispute.

"No one asked you to stay and help." Hermione looked at Ron with a little impatience in her tone, "But can you please not give bad ideas."

"Bad ideas?"

Ron screamed: "Isn't what I said right? Harry is Slughorn's little prince of potions. As long as Harry asks, he will definitely not refuse."

"Do you think Professor Slughorn can't see that this is not Harry's true level?" Hermione became even more impatient, "And even Dumbledore can't get it. He must be determined to conceal the truth. How could he tell a student.

"Horcrux... Horcrux... I haven't heard of it. It must be a very advanced magic. I think it's difficult to get this information. I must think of a plan. "

"Why is it so troublesome? You just think too much!"

"It's better than not thinking about anything. "Hermione was furious.

"Why didn't I think of that..." Ron was also angry.

When the two quarreled, Harry stood by and watched them helplessly. It was obvious that he was used to this kind of quarrel.

Whenever he wanted to ask for some opinions, the two would quarrel because of their different opinions.

However, the three of them soon noticed Kyle and Connor who were walking towards them. I don't know whether it was for confidentiality or for some other reason, they tacitly changed the subject.

"Ron, this is the key point of the homework in the Potions class." Hermione's tone changed, and she said a little stiffly: "Remember to finish it quickly. Professor Slughorn will check it in the next class. You can't deduct points from Gryffindor because of this."

"Yes, that's right." Ron said stiffly, "But if you can lend me the homework..."

"Don't even think about it! "

Kyle listened to their words and shook his head slightly. It must be said that their ability to change the subject was really not very good.

Horcruxes are the focus of the potions homework? How could they say such a thing?

This is no longer a potions class, but a cram school opened by Voldemort.

But in order not to embarrass them too much, Kyle did not expose it. As if he had not heard anything, he walked over and greeted them, then turned and walked into the hall.

"Hermione, you don't have to be like this." After Kyle walked away, Harry whispered: "Kyle also knows about the Horcruxes. He was there when Dumbledore showed me that memory last time."

"What? Why didn't you say it earlier?" Hermione glared at Harry. She thought that her change of topic was perfect just now, but now it has become a joke.

"You didn't give me this opportunity either. "Harry whispered.

It was when Hermione suddenly changed the subject that he noticed Kyle was across from him. He had no time to remind Hermione.

But Harry's explanation obviously did not satisfy Hermione. Her face turned red and she glared at him again.

"Wait, Harry." At this time, Ron thought of something and said, "Since Kyle also knows about Horcruxes, why don't you ask him? He must know something."

"I, I can't say it." Harry shook his head and whispered, "I don't know what's going on... When facing Kyle, I always feel that I'm in front of a professor. Of course, this is just a feeling."

"Really?" Ron blinked, "Why don't I feel that way."

"Maybe I've seen him more often in the principal's office." Harry thought for a while, "You know, few students can go there, right?

"But Kyle has been there many times, and even the previous headmasters know him."

"If that's the case, it's even easier." Ron said, "You don't need to ask, just ask Kyle to go and ask Slughorn about the Horcrux. This way, the chances of success will be greater."

Harry just shook his head and said nothing.

Reason told him that Ron was right. If he had Kyle's help, he probably wouldn't have to worry about this matter. Kyle must have a way to get Slughorn's real memory.

But deep down, he didn't want to do this. Harry couldn't explain why. Maybe it was because this was the first time Dumbledore gave him a task, and he wanted to complete it himself.

Ron's method could be tried first...

Harry thought to himself.

Wait until the next potions class and ask Slughorn directly. Maybe it will work. After all, he couldn't think of any better ideas besides this.

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