MTL - Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 726 Opal Necklace, Kyle’s Decision

 “Malfoy, you bastard!”

Harry and Ron didn't know what happened, and they didn't see anything wrong with the package. After seeing Hermione almost being pushed down, they walked over directly, ready to give Malfoy a look.

Now that the two big followers around Malfoy are not here, two against one, they have a good chance of winning.

Then before they could even take two steps, they were pushed back by a huge force.

"Stand there and don't move!" Tonks shouted not far away, still holding the wand in her hand that she had not put down in time.

But Harry soon understood that she had nothing to do.

Because it was soaked by the rain, the brown paper bag broke as soon as it hit the ground, and the contents just fell on Katie's shoes.

In just a moment, Katie flew into the air uncontrollably, looking very weird... She stretched out her hands, and her hair was blown around by the strong wind, but her eyes were closed tightly, and there was no expression on her face. nor.

Soon, her eyes opened suddenly, as if she had suffered some great pain, and she began to scream heart-breakingly.

 “I’m going to find the professor!” Hermione was about to run to school immediately.

 However, at this moment...

 “All curses come to an end!”

With a shout, Harry turned his head subconsciously. He noticed that Kyle's wand suddenly had a layer of orange light, and then Kyle pushed it hard into the stone path.

The originally hard stone was as fragile as freshly fried potato chips under this wand emitting orange light, and was easily penetrated.

Vaguely, a layer of golden flames seemed to begin to spread around. When it came into contact with Katie in mid-air, a layer of black smoke appeared out of thin air on her body, which was quickly burned away by the golden flames.

 The screams stopped abruptly.

 The unconscious Katie fell from the air and was caught by Tonks.

At this time, a small group of people heard the noise and ran over. They stood around curiously, pointing and saying something to the unconscious Katie.

"What the **** is going on!" Tonks asked sharply, especially the girl who was with Katie.

Because she could see clearly that all of this was because of that package. If an impolite bad boy hadn't suddenly appeared just now, I'm afraid the person lying on the ground would have turned into Kyle.

"I...I don't know." The girl who was traveling with her had not recovered from the shock just now, so she said in a whimpering voice.

She pointed to the torn brown paper bag on the ground, "We were just going to Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse, but she picked up this package from somewhere and said it was for Kyle and she had to deliver it. c/o…”

“Oh, by the way, her expression was very strange when she spoke, just like Professor Snape described the person who was under the Imperius Curse... Oh, shit, why didn’t I realize it at the time!”

 The girl slapped her head in annoyance and started crying again, this time because she blamed herself.

If she could have discovered something was wrong with her friend earlier, Katie might not have suffered.

　Connor walked over and patted her shoulder gently.

"It's not your fault...I remember you were Lini in seventh grade, right."

 The girl nodded.

“So do you know who gave her the package?”

"I don't know." Lini sobbed. "I forgot something at Honeydukes. I was separated from her for a while, and it was there when I came back."

 “Is that so?” Kangna looked back at Kyle.

"It doesn't matter." Kyle stared at the opal necklace on the ground and said softly, "Let's solve the immediate matter first."

"You're right, we have to go back to school quickly." Tonks looked at more and more people around her and immediately ran to school with the unconscious Katie.

At the same time, she did not forget to remind: "Fred, George, please put that thing on the ground away, and don't let anyone else touch it."

"Leave it to us." Fred said. He waved his wand skillfully, and the stone on the ground immediately turned into a box. He rewrapped the opal necklace, and then used the wand to direct the box to float forward. .

 In this process, the box is far away from everyone.

Harry and the others looked at each other and quickly followed.

“By the way, what kind of spell did Kyle use just now?” Ron asked curiously: “The problem was solved in one go.”

“All Curses End,” Hermione said. “It is an advanced curse. You can think of it as an enhanced version of Curse Stop. Its function is to eliminate all traces of magic within a certain range.”

“Can it even remove the effects of dark magic items?” Harry asked.

"Of course." Hermione said a little impatiently, "If you listen to Professor Snape's class carefully, you will know that the so-called dark magic items are actually things with curses.

“And curse is also a kind of magic.”

 “Listen carefully to Snape’s lessons?” Harry opened his mouth. This was too difficult for him.

It's not that he didn't want to, but Snape always had a way of making him so angry within ten minutes that he couldn't listen even if he wanted to.

Several people walked into the school grounds together.

 Ron looked at Kyle next to him and seemed to suddenly think of something.

“You think Malfoy saved Kyle once?”

"Huh?" Harry was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, "Yes, if Malfoy hadn't pushed Hermione and knocked over the brown paper bag, Kyle might have touched that thing."

"Ha, I didn't expect that Malfoy actually did a good thing." Ron said, "It's just that he may not be very happy... Hey, where are the Malfoys?"

 He glanced around and saw that Malfoy was no longer nearby, which made Ron feel a little strange.

According to Malfoy's character, he would definitely emphasize his contribution next to Kyle, or go to the professor to ask for extra points or something. How could he not follow suit?

Kyle also glanced behind him, but said nothing.

In fact, when Tonks rushed over just now, Malfoy had already quietly blended into the surrounding crowd and disappeared.

 Several people quickly returned to the school grounds.

 “You think it’s his fault?” Ron guessed.

Although there is no evidence, it has become a habit of him to blame Malfoy for all bad things, and there is no need for evidence at all.

“I don’t know.” Harry said thoughtfully, “But I think I’ve seen that opal necklace before.”

“Have you seen it?” Ron looked at him in surprise, and Hermione also looked away.

"Yeah." Harry nodded, "It was in a box in Borgin's Bock's four years ago. Do you remember? I used floo powder for the first time and walked to the wrong fireplace and got there by mistake. .

“Because it said on the box that it had killed a dozen Muggles, I paid special attention to it and remembered it clearly.”

“So, someone bought it from that store?”

"This should be."

 "Bojinbok's necklace..." Kangna looked at Kyle and asked, "Who do you think it could be."

“Who knows.” Kyle narrowed his eyes, “Maybe someone wanted to use that opal necklace against me, but suddenly regretted it when the situation came to pass.”

 “Repent…Malfoy?” Connor blurted out.

She knew very well that Kyle would not say these things for no reason. He must have discovered some clues.

 The only person who met these conditions was Malfoy, who suddenly appeared halfway. Although there were many of them, they did not occupy the entire path, and they were even on the roadside.

If Malfoy wanted to go back to school, he could have walked there normally, but instead of doing that, he made a detour just to push Hermione who could not have blocked him.

By coincidence, Hermione knocked Katie down again, causing the package to fall to the ground.

 It would be a bit too coincidental to say that all this was not intentional.

Connor stared at Kyle, trying to get an answer from him.

"Ah, who knows." Kyle smiled and shrugged, "But as far as the current situation is concerned, I should still thank Malfoy. After all, he saved me."

"Don't come here." Kangna said, "Don't think I didn't see it. The Iron Armor Curse was already used before you stretched out your hand."

"After all, the traces of the Imperius Curse have been discovered in advance. I can't be stupid enough to touch the package of unknown origin." Kyle said, "The facts have proved that I was right, haven't they?"

"Professor McGonagall is here." Hermione's voice came from the front.

Kyle looked up and saw Professor McGonagall hurriedly walking down the stone stairs to pick them up in the increasingly heavy rain and snow.

“Tonks said you guys saw how Katie Bell was attacked, please come to my office upstairs immediately.”

“It wasn’t an attack!” Ron shouted: “She wanted to give Kyle a deadly dark magic item.”

"We'll talk about this later." Professor McGonagall looked at Fred and the box floating next to him, "Mr. Weasley, what is this."

"That's what Katie touched," said Fred. "I brought it back so no one else could touch it."

 “Very good, great, you have considered it very carefully.” Professor McGonagall looked a little nervous.

"This is what I should do." Fred said seriously.

At this time, Filch held up the spy device and was about to walk towards Fred with great interest.

"No, Filch, they are with me and do not need to be checked." Professor McGonagall said quickly.

Filch's expression quickly darkened.

"Oh, Mr. Filch." Fred raised his eyebrows, "Maybe you don't know, but I work in the Ministry of Magic and am responsible for handling these dangerous dark magic items. You shouldn't stop me."

Filch gasped for air. For a moment, he felt that the people in the Ministry of Magic must be crazy to let a Niffler guard the treasury.

 “Oh, and Mr. Filch…”

George next to him cast his eyes on the spy device in his hand, "I suspect that this thing came from the wrong place, and there may be some kind of hidden black magic on it. If you can't provide the place of purchase and detailed information, I have to send it to you." It was confiscated.

 “You know, this is our job.”

 “Nothing personal,” Fred added.

 Filch’s expression changed greatly, and he held the spy tightly in his arms.

This thing has been in Hogwarts for who knows how long. Is there any detailed place to buy it...

Even if there were, after so many years, that place would have probably changed its doors long ago.

But in contrast, Fred and George's faces were full of pride. They were often questioned by Filch when they were in school. Unexpectedly, after graduation, offense and defense changed.

I have to say, this feeling is great.

"Come on Filch, get this stuff over here," Fred urged. "We need to check it out. This is a Ministry of Magic requirement."

“Okay, everyone, be quiet.” Professor McGonagall glared at them, “I promise there will be absolutely nothing wrong with the secret detector, okay?”

“Since Professor McGonagall said so, we naturally believe it.” George said with a smile.

"Then just say a few words." Professor McGonagall said, "Now please take this thing to Professor Snape."

She glanced at Kyle and Harry again, "You guys, come with me..."

Professor McGonagall took Kyle and Harry into the castle and went upstairs to her office. Rain and snow rattled on the windows, but the fire in the fireplace was strong, and it was much warmer once inside.

 “Tell me.” Professor McGonagall quickly walked around behind the table and said sternly: “What’s going on?”

Lini stammered and spoke. Although her words were not very coherent because she was frightened, she could still understand her.

But she didn’t know much. She only said that it was during the time when she left the Three Broomsticks to go to Honeydukes that Katie got the package. As for who gave it to her and who used the Imperius Curse on her, Lini had no idea.

 After that, Professor McGonagall asked her to go to the campus hospital.

 Lini's current condition is not very good, and she needs some soothing potion to calm down her shock.

 “So, what happened next?” She looked at the others and asked.

Hermione immediately recounted the story of Katie flying into the air and being rescued. She told it in great detail, and Professor McGonagall quickly figured out the whole story.

"Very good, five points for Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall nodded, "You guys should go out too, remember to keep it a secret, and don't tell anyone else, even if they ask."

 Then Harry, Ron, and Hermione also left the office, and only Kyle and Connor remained here.

 At this time, Professor McGonagall's expression was no longer as nervous as before.

"Because you are calm in times of crisis..." She looked at Kyle and said gently: "I want to give Hufflepuff fifty points, good job."

 “Thank you, Professor,” Kyle said.

"You deserve this." Professor McGonagall rubbed her forehead. She simply couldn't imagine how bad things would have gotten if Kyle hadn't been there at the time... At least that girl Katie Bell would have suffered a lot. .

Even if Auror Tonks was here, she might not be able to do better than Kyle.

"What else do you know?" Professor McGonagall continued to ask: "Who do you think wants to deal with you, and even uses the Imperius Curse to control a Hogwarts student."

"I don't know about that." Kyle said calmly: "Maybe it's some crazy Death Eater. After all, I ruined a lot of their plans during the holidays. It's normal for them to want to take revenge on me."

"Death Eaters?" Professor McGonagall said in shock. She didn't believe that Death Eaters dared to attack the students of Hogwarts, but other than that, there seemed to be no other explanation.

"If that's the case." She paced back and forth, "Kyle, I must say, for your own safety, you should not leave the castle or go to Hogsmeade recently."

“Okay, I understand.” Kyle had already guessed that Professor McGonagall would say this, and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, he only went to the Three Broomsticks to drink a cup of butterbeer when he went to Hogsmeade.

 Furthermore, if such a big thing happened, the school would probably no longer organize students to go to Hogsmeade. He agreed or disagreed.

"You guys should go back first." Professor McGonagall waved her hand slightly tiredly, "The school will investigate this matter as soon as possible."

"Just a little something, Professor." Kyle was in no hurry to leave.

  “Say it.”

"It's about Mr. Malfoy." Kyle paused briefly before continuing: "Anyway, he indirectly saved me, so can I give him twenty-five points."

Professor McGonagall didn't seem to expect that Kyle would say this. She raised her head, "But after all, it was because of Mr. Malfoy that the package was broken."

“One yard equals one yard, I can’t pretend that nothing happened.” Kyle said calmly: “That’s why I said, give him half of the points I got instead of extra points.”

 “Well, if you insist…”

 Professor McGonagall stared at Kyle and nodded after hesitating for a moment. "Twenty points for Hufflepuff and twenty points for Slytherin."

 (End of this chapter)