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Chapter 160: Elixir of Fortuna and the Tail-Wagging Dog
Chapter 160: Elixir of Fortuna and the Tail-Wagging Dog
"What is this...?" Cedric looked curiously at Kyle, who was staring at a small bottle the size of his thumb.
"That's strange, there's no label on it." Cedric furrowed his brows, puzzled. "Maybe someone from St. Mungo's made a mistake and put it in the wrong place."
"With your eyesight, you should retire from being a Seeker. You might embarrass yourself during the final Quidditch tryouts," Kyle said, reaching out and pointing at the bottle. "Look carefully, the label is right here... or is it?"
Before Kyle could finish his sentence, he suddenly froze. He realized that where his finger was pointing, there was nothing but empty space, and the words that had been written there were nowhere to be seen.
"No, you must have seen it wrong."
Cedric examined the bottle carefully once more and, after confirming that there was indeed no label on it, he smiled and said, "That's right. The Quidditch tryouts are coming up in a few days, so you should avoid night adventures for now. Otherwise, you might end up throwing the Snitch out of the window again."
After saying this, Cedric turned his head and started talking about something else with George, who was standing next to him.
"That's odd..." Kyle muttered to himself, looking at the bottle in his hand.
He was certain that when he first glanced at the bottle, there were indeed words written in golden calligraphy, saying 'Truth Serum'. But in the blink of an eye, these words had disappeared without a trace.
"It can't be that I'm really seeing things... Oh well, I'll figure it out later."
Kyle shook his head, put the bottle back into his pocket, and continued to look through the potions in the box.
Compared to the Truth Serum, the rest of the potions seemed more normal, although there were still some expensive ones. However, most of them could be found in stores.
Soon, only one potion was left in the box, placed in the very corner, and its bottle was even smaller than that of the Truth Serum.
As Kyle carefully took it out, a collective gasp could be heard from those around him.
"No way..."
Cedric's eyes widened in disbelief. "Is this the Elixir of Fortuna?!"
The golden liquid inside the bottle shimmered slightly with Kyle's movement.
Cedric's eyes followed the liquid's motion.
"What? The Elixir of Fortuna?!"
At this moment, Fred and George also approached, curious. "Is this the legendary luck potion?"
"It must be."
Cedric nodded solemnly. "Although I'm seeing the real Elixir of Fortuna for the first time, I've read about it in books, and this is exactly what it looks like. And as you can see, there's a label here."
As he spoke, Cedric pointed to the label on the bottle, which was only slightly larger than a grain of rice.
"It's indeed the Elixir of Fortuna!" Fred exclaimed.
Like Cedric, this was also the first time Fred had seen the real Elixir of Fortuna. Before this, it had been nothing more than a legendary item in his mind, akin to the ancient wand in storybooks.
The three of them stared at the Elixir of Fortuna in Kyle's hand, not even blinking, until there were only five minutes left before class, when they finally left reluctantly.
Conna also took a curious glance at the bottle, but the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed...
"Still can't remember? You must have forgotten already."
On their way to the Charm Classroom, Kyle took out the Elixir of Fortuna once more and waved it in front of Conna.
"A reminder, the Christmas gift from last year,"
"Christmas... Oh, that's right! I remember now!"
Conna paused, then exclaimed, "I recall that Professor Snape gave me a potion like this back then. So, it really is the Elixir of Fortuna."
"Not the Potion of Sneezing?" Kyle dragged out the word beside her.
Conna seemed to understand Kyle's implication, her face turning red as she averted her gaze, explaining softly.
At that time, she was unaware of the connection between Professor Snape and the Prince family, so it was understandable that she didn't believe it.
After all, which professor would give a student the Elixir of Fortuna as a gift? It sounded far-fetched no matter how you thought about it.
"Now you should believe me, right?" Kyle asked with a smile.
Just as Conna was about to nod, she suddenly thought of something, raised her head, and looked at Kyle with a serious expression, saying, "Wait, you didn't know that Professor Snape knew me back then, and then he's been making fun of me ever since?"
"You're overthinking it, this really isn't the case."
Kyle shook his head and explained, "I only found out about it a few days before the holiday."
Conna wrinkled her nose and asked, "Then how could you be sure that the potion he gave me was the Elixir of Fortuna?"
Kyle replied casually, "Because that's what the Elixir of Fortuna looks like."
"Is it that simple?"
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"Of course..." Kyle smiled, "But this is also related to the professor's personality. Professor Snape wouldn't play such a joke."
The professors at Hogwarts have different personalities. If that gift had been from Professor Flitwick to Conna, it might really have been the Potion of Sneezing.
Because he had done something similar before.
Previously, Chris mentioned in a casual conversation that Professor Flitwick once gave all the students staying at school during Christmas a Ravenclaw Crown made of chocolate, which he had magically shaped into a crown.
"Oh, I see..." Conna nodded thoughtfully.
Upon careful consideration, she realized that Professor Snape indeed wouldn't do something unnecessary like that.
"By the way, here you go."
Just as they were about to reach the Charm Classroom, Kyle suddenly took out a small bottle from his pocket and handed it to her.
It was the Elixir of Fortuna that Professor Snape had given to Conna.
He hadn't dared to keep it anywhere else and had carried it with him all the time.
Conna glanced at Kyle but didn't take it.
"You're really giving it to me?"
"What are you saying... This is originally your thing." Kyle smiled.
He had kept it for Conna before because she had been losing things constantly, and it was indeed unsafe to keep the Elixir of Fortuna with her.
Now that the "rat" that had been stealing things was gone, there was no need to worry.
Conna still didn't move.
"What are you staring at? Take it." Kyle urged her as she remained motionless, "Class is about to start."
"No, I don't want it..."
"What?" Kyle was taken aback, thinking he had misheard.
But this was the Elixir of Fortuna...
"I said I don't want it."
Conna suddenly laughed. Standing at the door of the Charm Classroom, she said with her hands behind her back, "Since you gave it to me, it's your thing now. I don't want to be a tail-wagging dog..."
(End of Chapter)
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