Chapter 868: Snape's guess

Chapter 868: Snape's guess

Chapter 868 Snape’s speculation

 In the empty streets of Diagon Alley, Malfoy and Narcissa were walking side by side. Because of what happened just now, both of them were not in a good mood. They had gloomy faces the whole time, thinking about their own things.

But they did not choose to go back in a hurry. It seemed that they were more willing to spend time aimlessly in Diagon Alley than going home.

Narcissa looked at her silent son next to her, wanting to find some topics to break the awkward situation, but she didn't know what to say. Finally, she looked around and asked:

"Draco, do you want some ice cream?"

"Who wants to eat that?" Malfoy said impatiently.

He subconsciously glanced at the Florin Fusco cold drink shop next to him, but his eyes stayed on a shop with a closed door and no signboard.

Through the clean window, you can see a well-dressed house elf busy arranging the shelves.

A well-dressed house elf... Malfoy couldn't help but sneered. This was the first time he had seen such a strange situation.

This feeling was like seeing a troll not only take a bath, but also wear a diaper, which was simply unheard of.

But when he mentioned the weird house elf, he subconsciously thought of Dobby who betrayed the Malfoy family, and his already bad mood became even more furious.

"It's so boring, what kind of store is this!"

"I don't know." Narcissa shook her head, "But this position should have something to do with the Black family. I remember Mrs. Black mentioned it at the beginning."

The Mrs. Black that Narcissa refers to is the portrait of the 'Screaming Witch' in No. 12 Grimmauld Place, and she is also Sirius's mother.

The Screaming Witch was Ginny's nickname because the portrait couldn't speak well at all, and whenever it spoke it would scream loudly enough to pierce the eardrums.

"Black..." Malfoy looked disgusted, "That dirty big dog fugitive?"

"Probably not." Narcissa thought for a while, "The property here has been divided, and the ownership should be Melifren."

To be honest, although she was also born in Black, she had not paid much attention to the affairs of the Black family since she married Lucius, and she had no interest in dividing their property.

After all, although the Black family has a rich heritage, the number of Galleons is far inferior to that of the Malfoy family, especially after one of Black's ancestors spent a large sum of Galleons to exchange for a Merlin Order of Merlin medal to enhance their appearance. .

Draco Malfoy's expression improved after hearing that it had nothing to do with Sirius.

"Do you want to take a look?" Narcissa asked: "But it doesn't look like it's opened yet."

"So what." Malfoy's face darkened again, "We are Death Eaters, will we care about this?"

"Don't be like this, Draco." Narcissa's voice trembled slightly as if she heard something terrible, "You...you can't think like that, you still have a chance."

"Opportunity?" Malfoy felt a little irritated. "What do I think? Who cares!"

Without any further hesitation, he turned around and walked towards the store.

"boom!"

Because he was walking too fast, Malfoy didn't pay attention for a moment and bumped into another person.

"Damn it, you..." He raised his head, but the curses he blurted out suddenly stopped, and he said coldly: "It's you, you are following us...do you want to take credit from us?"

"I have countless opportunities to do so if I wanted to," Snape said with the same expressionless expression.

"Severus!" Narcissa walked over quickly, "You..."

But before she could say anything, she was pulled away by the angry Malfoy. She could only turn back frequently and look pleadingly at Snape, who was getting farther and farther behind her.

Snape said nothing, just stood there.

It wasn't until the two of them completely disappeared around the corner that he slowly opened his hand.

In the palm of his hand was something that looked like an ear and a torn piece of parchment.

He had just found the opportunity to throw the telescopic ear into Malfoy's pocket. Through the conversation between the two of them along the way, he was basically certain that both Malfoy and Narcissa had lost part of their memory.

Probably, it was after Malfoy became angry.

Because judging from the conversation between the two, they did not realize that the previous meeting between the three of them had been interrupted.

Without a doubt, the Oblivion Curse.

This can also confirm that the people who followed Malfoy before are not Death Eaters. Being able to successfully use the Forgetting Curse on the two people means that they can be subdued.

If they were Death Eaters, there would be no reason to do this. It would be Death Eaters' style to replace the Oblivion Curse with the Cruciatus Curse, or they could simply use the Stunning Curse to capture the two of them and take them to see the Dark Lord.

And speaking of the Forgetting Curse...

Snape looked at the retractable ears in his hand, his face uncertain.

As luck would have it, he happened to know someone who was not only good at using the Forgetting Curse, but was also inextricably linked to the Weasley brothers who sold telescopic ears.

More importantly... Snape glanced at the half piece of parchment, turned around without hesitation, and pushed open the door of the shop behind him.

With a bang, the door hit the wall hard, almost shattering the glass next to it.

Dobby, who was busy, was startled.

"Sorry, sir, this place is not open yet..."

"Call him out!" Snape said coldly.

"I don't know what you are talking about?" Dobby looked at him in confusion.

"Don't let me say it a third time!" Snape took a step forward, "Let him come out, immediately, immediately!"

"Professor, Dobby really doesn't know, you'd better not embarrass him."

Even though he had expected it, Snape's blood pressure suddenly rose when he heard the familiar voice coming from behind him.

"Kyle!" He turned around and said through gritted teeth.

"What did you say? I don't understand." Kyle waved his hand.

At his signal, Dobby immediately ran out and closed the door.

Snape waved his hand, and something seemed to envelope the room.

"This!" He took out a piece of parchment and slapped it on the brand new counter.

"I found this from Malfoy's pocket. Don't tell me it has nothing to do with you."

On the parchment is a line of words: [Xiu Xiu Boutique Store: Find all valuable treasures]

There is also a pattern of six wands on top.

"This should be torn from a store flyer." Kyle glanced at it and said, "Why, Professor Snape, do you have anything you want to buy? If you don't mind, I can help."

"Do you think I don't know anything?" Snape took a step forward, pointed to the pattern on the parchment and said, "This is your logo, right? Those baubles that the six of you sold in school. It's all there.

"I know that you were the one who followed Malfoy, and you were the one who erased his memory and stuffed this into his pocket."

"Why should I do this?" Kyle spread his hands and said, "Push him a leaflet from the store, or a small piece that was torn off."

"Emphasis on memory." Snape sneered. "There are traces of magic on it. When using the forgetting spell, do something to make it flash back to certain fragments when it sees the corresponding words or patterns."

Kyle narrowed his eyes.

"Why, you want to deny it, think I don't know?" Snape seemed satisfied with Kyle's reaction.

"If I guess correctly, after your store opens, this pattern will appear in a prominent position. When Draco sees it, this arrangement will take effect, and he will subconsciously walk in.

"What he did just now was probably because of you... I don't think he is in the mood to buy anything now." "What is your purpose?" Snape stared at Kyle.

"Professor, are you too worried?" Kyle threw the parchment aside casually, "I admit that I was the one who followed Malfoy, and I was the one who used the forgetting spell on them in Knockturn Alley, but I I just want to save them, nothing more."

"Save Draco?" Snape almost laughed, "Do you think everyone is a fool?"

"I never said that." Kyle shrugged, "And Professor, you should know the horror of the mysterious man better than I do. Only if you don't know anything can you avoid being discovered by him."

Snape said nothing, just stared at him coldly.

"And you think so too."

Kyle continued: "The reason why Ms. Narcissa brought Malfoy here is to put it bluntly, she wanted him to convince you as her godson. Unfortunately, Narcissa ignored Malfoy's character, which caused you to break up on bad terms."

"I know, Professor, you must also want to help... You want them to go to Professor Dumbledore, right?"

"There is no need for you to meddle in other people's business." Snape said solemnly: "You'd better keep this matter in your mind, otherwise, I will shut you up personally."

"It's as if the mysterious man would believe what I said." Kyle couldn't help laughing, "If Harry and I were standing on the left and right at the same time, I guess he would point the wand at me first without hesitation. "

"You think too highly of yourself." Snape sneered.

Kyle smiled too.

He really didn't think too highly of himself. Before, Voldemort might have wanted to kill Harry, the savior who had defeated him once, but that wasn't necessarily the case after seeing the basilisk.

Voldemort, who had controlled a basilisk once, had already regarded that thing as the symbol of his Slytherin heir. However, he never expected that as soon as he was resurrected, his most important identity would be cut off by Kyle.

At that time, Voldemort was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot.

It's hard to say which one Voldemort valued more, the identity of the heir of Slytherin or a failure.

However, Kyle did not explain. He just said calmly: "Professor, I am also here to help you, to help you save the life of your godson. It's okay if you don't thank me. Why are you here to ask questions?"

"Do you think I will believe it?"

"I think you can." Kyle said, "And to put it bluntly, even if you don't believe it, what can you do, kill me?"

Faced with Kyle's almost provocative words, Snape instantly became angry and waved the wand in his hand.

In front of Kyle, a silver shield lit up slightly, and the spell bounced onto the shelf next to it.

The newly purchased shelves were blown to pieces.

"That's an ebony shelf, Professor. Remember to pay me one hundred and fifty Galleons later." Kyle said calmly.

"Do you know what you are talking about?" Snape laughed angrily, "One hundred and fifty galleons, I can fill this entire room with ebony wood."

"The shelves are the next best thing, but the King Vine pods on them are valuable." Kyle pointed to the smashed fruits on the ground, "There are sixteen pieces broken in total, each one is ten Galleons, so charging you one hundred and fifty is already a discount. price.”

Veins were pulsing in Snape's forehead.

In addition to Kyle's attitude, what made him even more uncomfortable was that he seemed to be unable to do anything to the other party. Although it was just a tentative disarming spell just now, Kyle's iron armor spell did not move at all, and he seemed to be at ease. This meant that Even a more powerful magic might not have any effect.

In addition, there is also the opponent's record in the past few days.

Even if Snape didn't want to think about it anymore, he had to admit that Kyle's current strength was on par with him... Anyway, he would not admit that Kyle was stronger, absolutely not!

"Tell me your purpose!" Snape calmed down and asked again.

"I said, I just want to help you, that's all." Kyle said.

Snape said no more, took a deep breath, turned around and left.

"Remember to pay, Professor." Kyle reminded from behind: "Otherwise, I will let Kangna go to you and ask for it. In a sense, this is also her property."

Snape paused, a puff of black smoke appeared from his body, and his greasy hair seemed to be lit with a wisp of fire.

Fortunately, he was not an Obscurus, otherwise, the Obscurus might have exploded immediately.

Kyle was prepared to welcome the coming Divine Blade Wuying, but what he didn't expect was that Snape didn't stop or even say anything. He just quickened his pace and opened the door forcefully.

"The door is quite expensive..." Kyle said in time: "The damage will be compensated for ten galleons, and if the glass is shattered, the compensation will be five galleons!"

Snape abruptly stopped slamming the door, walked out without looking back, and disappeared within a few seconds.

Kyle looked at his back and felt happy in his heart

Not to mention, teasing Snape was still fun. Seeing him incompetent and furious was more pleasurable than drinking a whole bottle of joy potion.

It's just that the risk factor of this kind of behavior is too high. If he is not careful, he may put his head in his hands. If he hadn't learned the new Iron Armor Curse, he would not have dared to try it easily.

Kyle picked up the wand and waved it, and the damaged shelves immediately returned to their original state, and all the things scattered on the floor floated back to their original positions.

As for the King Vine pod that was accidentally broken, a simple recovery spell was useless, so Kyle really didn't deliberately trick Snape.

It was the disarming spell he used just now. If he replaced it with a blasting spell, he would only lose more money. After all, the king vine pods were already the cheapest thing on that shelf.

Kyle glanced outside the door again, and with a move of his finger, the parchment he had thrown away slowly flew back into his hand.

Looking at the content above, Kyle was slightly in a daze.

Before this, he had never thought that Snape would come to him, let alone that the other party would guess his plan in such a short period of time.

Or there was a reason why he was able to hide with Voldemort for so long.

Kyle glanced at the parchment.

Snape was right. The content above is equivalent to an anchor point in Malfoy's memory. As long as he sees it, some erased fragments will subconsciously flash through his mind, greatly increasing the possibility of him coming here. sex.

Kyle also deliberately made this thing in the style of a promotional leaflet. Even if it was discovered, others would only think that Malfoy did not throw it away and left it inadvertently, and would not suspect anything else.

Who would suspect that there is something wrong with a promotional leaflet...

But this thing was taken away by Snape halfway, so it was useless.

Kyle sighed and a flame lit the parchment.

Now that Malfoy has left Diagon Alley, it is definitely impossible to put a new one, but it doesn't matter. Judging from Malfoy's performance just now, he already has an impression of this place.

It's like cultivating mandrakes. Although you can't use fertilizer to shorten the time, there will always be a day when the soil breaks through and sprouts. It just takes a few more days.

But Kyle didn't want to tell Snape this, not because he was worried that something bad would happen to him, but because he was worried that he might be held back by Malfoy.

After all, Malfoy has fully demonstrated the potential of his pig teammates. It is safer for the two of them to act separately, not only for Snape, but also for Malfoy, which will also reduce the possibility of him being exposed.

It is safest for everyone, including himself, not to know.

At this time, Dobby walked in from the outside and asked cautiously: "Sir, are you okay?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Kyle said, "If you meet this kind of person again next time, don't be polite, just blast him out."

"Dobby knows." The house elf puffed up his chest and looked like he was gearing up.

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(End of chapter)