citrus hogwarts

Chapter 15 Today is also the day that Lao Deng plans to communicate

As soon as Pansy returned to the lounge, he saw Malfoy playing wizard chess with Blaise, humming a song while playing chess, and he was in a great mood.

It's completely different from the previous one who quarreled with Kate at every turn.

She walked over to take a look, only to find that the chessboard had already shown a one-sided trend, but the strange thing was that Malfoy was obviously about to lose, but he still had a smile on his face.

"Hey," she couldn't help leaning over and whispering to Blaise, "She's like this, and you still play chess with her, don't you feel panicky?"

Blaise shook his head helplessly, and moved a chess piece, which happened to be the checkmate.

"I'm going back to do my homework. Let's talk slowly." He calmly got up to make room for Pan Xi, and went back to the room by himself.

As soon as Pansy sat down, he saw that Malfoy was not annoyed at losing the game, and he was still tidying up the chessboard cheerfully.

"Draco, are you alright?" She wondered if her friend had some kind of hysteria.

Malfoy raised his lips slightly, his morbidly white face was full of complacency: "Can't I be happy if I'm fine?"

But you laugh like a mindless troll.

Forcibly swallowing this rant, Pan Xi consciously shut his mouth and prepared to take this opportunity to torture this guy.

After half an hour.

The defeated king's chess piece fell to the ground in embarrassment, Pan Xi's face was flushed with anger, and he softly snorted, "I won't play with you anymore!"

She returned to the girls' dormitory angrily, and before she entered the room, she saw Kate standing by the corridor, as if waiting for her.

"Kate?"

"You're here," Kate straightened her back, subconsciously glanced behind her, "Well... Malfoy didn't say anything to you today, did he?"

Pan Xi had a strange expression on his face: "He is in a good mood today, and he didn't tell me anything else."

A woman who is in a good mood and doesn't let her win, huh.

"Oh, that's good." Kate murmured in a low voice, then patted her shoulder with a smile, "It's late, go to bed."

After all, he turned and entered the room.

Why are these two guys so weird?

Pansy tilted her head in confusion, and was soon relieved.

Forget it, anyway, it's these two guys' dirty little secret, and it's okay to have one more.

She, Miss Parkinson, is too lazy to care about these gossips.

The days that followed finally returned to calm.

Kate and Hermione went out together as usual, exchanged a few words with Malfoy when they returned to the dormitory, and then started their own spell practice.

Soon, the second weekend after school started as an appointment. .

After finishing the last potions class on Friday, before Kate left, Snape took the initiative to stop her to stay.

Letting Hermione and Harry go to eat first, she packed up the cauldron of books and waited until the other students had left the classroom before going to the front of the podium.

"Professor, do you want to meet the principal together?" She asked with a smile.

Snape paused his hands while arranging the lesson plans, and stared at her indifferently with narrowed eyes: "It seems that Dumbledore values ​​you very much and allowed you to run to his office so diligently."

His eyes were so sharp that they seemed to pierce into the brain, Kate resisted a little discomfort, and looked at him without fear.

"Professor, it's not that Mr. Principal thinks highly of me, it's just that he pities me and has no one to rely on, so he often asks me to come over and have a heart-to-heart talk."

"You think I'll believe what you say?" Snape warned in a low voice without any shame, "Safik, stop your petty tricks."

Kate glanced at her hand that was already in her pocket, raised her eyebrows slightly, and took out a candy from it.

"I was just thinking that the principal likes candies, so I'll bring them to him later, which should make him feel better,"

Snape looked at her with a sullen expression for a moment, and finally moved his eyes away: "He asked me to tell you to go find him tomorrow morning."

"Yes, I see." Kate was not surprised by his words and deeds at all, she still performed all the etiquette, bowed respectfully to him, and then left the classroom.

She had already guessed that Snape would not be participating in this diary study.

As a double agent, he had to remain a suspected Death Eater until he carried out the most important step in Dumbledore's plan.

At least he can't participate in anything against Voldemort on the surface. For example, he didn't show up in the Philosopher's Stone incident last year.

So Dumbledore had to find another helper.

Just like in the original book, he took Harry to the cave to find the Horcrux, and Harry was his assistant at that time.

It's just that now, the assistant's position is temporarily replaced by her.

But Dumbledore asked Snape to give her instructions, wondering if there was a secret intention to remind her of Snape's identity.

Hmm...Maybe she was thinking too much.

In Dumbledore's eyes, Harry Potter was the one who attacked Voldemort, and she was just a poor and clever ordinary girl.

Kate has always placed herself in a very correct position. She is just a small role hiding behind Harry and Lao Deng to develop, and occasionally playing a supporting role.

No one wants her to go up against Voldemort with a wand!

……

Early the next morning, Kate went all the way to the principal's office after feeding pompoms bird food.

Before that, she had explained to Hermione and the others that the reason she came in and out so frequently was that Dumbledore's phoenix was in a weak stage and needed her to take care of it.

And Fox is indeed very old now, and even the ability to fly has begun to gradually lose, so he can only stay on the perch and wait for the day of nirvana.

Kate fed it pompom bird food, but didn't see how much it could eat.

"It seems that you are not very nervous." Dumbledore appeared at the door of the office and greeted her with a relaxed tone.

Kate put down the bird food, with a calm look: "With you here, what else do I have to be afraid of?"

Dumbledore said nothing, just smiled at her for a moment.

Sure enough, under those intelligent eyes, Kate finally couldn't bear the pressure a little bit, and confessed guiltyly: "Well, I'm really nervous."

"But you know, it's useless to be nervous, because this is something you choose to face." Dumbledore walked slowly to the desk and took the wooden box out of the drawer.

The moment he took out the box, Kate vaguely noticed that the texture on it seemed different from the last time she saw it.

It was just for a while that she couldn't remember the specific difference.

Forcing herself to take her attention away from the wooden box, Kate closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths to manage to maintain her calm.

"Yes, you are right, nervousness is useless." She murmured in a low voice, as if hypnotizing herself.

Dumbledore observed her expression with great interest, and only after Kate had finally prepared herself psychologically did he gently call her over.

"Before we start, I need to confirm a few things with you," he said, smiling, as if they were just going to have breakfast next.

The psychological defense that Kate had built up with great difficulty trembled again, and raised her hand tremblingly: "You don't mean to ask me, have you ever learned Occlumency?"

"It seems that we have a good understanding." He blinked half-jokingly.

Well, since he asked that, he must have noticed some details.

Kate swallowed, feeling that her efforts to hide the secret seemed like fruitless in front of Dumbledore.

"Although I don't know how you found out, I did practice some Occlumency in private."

Dumbledore shook his eyebrows with a smile: "Actually, there is no need to use Legilimency to test—of course, I don't have the habit of casually looking at people's thoughts.

But obviously, Kate, the way you look at me sometimes with a time-empty look is too much like Occlumency. "

Regarding the former sentence, Kate could only remain skeptical, but the latter sentence surprised her a little.

In order to prevent Lao Deng from peeking at her memory at will, she did secretly use Occlumency to protect herself.

Unexpectedly, the magic spell, which is obviously used for protection, has become the key to exposing himself.

It seems that although Yimei's practice can improve the level, the most important thing is actual combat.

For example, from before to now, she has not found that her eyes will reveal the traces of using Occlumency.

"Professor, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just...just..." She lowered her head shyly, not knowing how to explain.

Dumbledore smoothed things over for her with a smile: "There is nothing to apologize for. Didn't you also say that I am the strongest wizard, and subconsciously protecting myself in front of the strong is a normal reaction."

After a long silence, Kate finally raised her head, "Then professor, you asked me this because..."

"Next, I would like to ask you to continue the conversation with the diary. If you haven't learned Occlumency in advance, then I can only go into battle myself."

The corner of Kate's mouth twitched, and she raised her hand to ask again: "But didn't you say before that I've been affected by it..."

"So—you can try something else." He stroked his white beard with a smile.

Something else……

Could it be the thing she thought of?

Before Kate could confirm, he heard a knock on the door, and then Hagrid walked in with a pair of steel armor in his arms.

"Professor, I brought it here!" He put the armor on the carpet and gestured for Dumbledore to take off his hat.

Kate's eyelids jumped, this armor... Isn't it the one she sent to school before?

"Thank you, Hagrid."

Hagrid smiled heartily, and looked at Kate standing beside him strangely, "Little Kate, have you gotten into trouble again?"

"Uh...no." Kate smiled awkwardly, why did she appear here to cause trouble?

Has her current character design become the same as Gryffindor?

"Okay, Hagrid," Dumbledore stood up, "I'll take you out."

Saying that, regardless of Hagrid's flattered refusal, he insisted on taking him out together.

No.16 Chapter Fudge diary or something, the most exciting

So, what is the situation.

Kate stared at the armor in front of her in a daze... Oh no, it has no eyes, only a slit.

Old Deng specifically asked Hagrid to bring it here, and then went out to see Hagrid himself, leaving her alone with this armor and staring?

Her eyelashes twitched slightly, and she poked her head to look towards the door a few times.

Wouldn't it be what she understood?

Forget it, whether it is or not, she has to try.

Use the wand to create a small awl, carve a few alchemical characters on the armor for better channeling, and then...

"Light and shadow clone, show!"

Thick matter with a faint luster spewed out from the tip of the wand, and was gradually absorbed by the armor in front of him.

Kate saw a little light glow from the slit in the helmet, and it disappeared quickly.

She looked towards the door again, and Dumbledore hadn't returned yet.

Then continue to transform the avatar.

From the previous experience, it can be concluded that the diary has a certain amount of wisdom and can distinguish the difference between a wizard and a clone.

But Kate didn't know how it recognized it, it might be from memory, or it might be something else.

It just so happened that the diary could help her identify how to make the doppelganger more perfect.

Pointing the wand tip at the brain, sucked some silvery substance from the temple and dropped it into the armor.

Kate threw all kinds of false or real memories into it, and carved various alchemy equations on the armor with the awl.

With memory and a physical body, coupled with her consciousness that can be remotely attached to the armor, she might be able to fool the diary.

But these still need actual verification.

After finishing her preparatory work, Kate coughed and said loudly on purpose: "Fox, since the professor hasn't come back yet, I'll go back first!"

After a while, the door of the office was pushed open, and Dumbledore walked in from the outside, "Oh, boy, I had such a good chat with Hagrid just now, I almost forgot that I still have business to do."