Chapter 14 Professor Quirrell

After returning to the Slytherin common room with Malfoy and his two followers, Lu Yunkai used the excuse of preparing for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon to hide in the corner of the common room and read a book.

But before he had read two pages, he was interrupted by Blaise who rushed into the common room excitedly.

"Thank you! Lu Yunkai! Thank you so much!" Blaise grabbed Lu Yunkai's hand and kept shouting.

"...Don't be so excited, okay! Is your father okay?" Lu Yunkai looked embarrassed, but still asked seriously.

"Yes! Phoenix's tears just dripped on the wound, and it healed immediately! My mother said she hopes to thank you in person!"

"...Don't be so polite, I didn't do anything!" Lu Yunkai smiled a little embarrassedly.

"What happened, Blaise?" Malfoy's follower Crabbe came over and asked.

"Oh! Lu Yunkai helped me find the Phoenix Tears and saved my father's life!"

"Phoenix Tears? That's a rare commodity!" Goyle, another follower of Malfoy, also came over. "My uncle was cursed by a very powerful curse before, and my father spent a lot of money to buy some from the black market. Unfortunately, it was too late. Although my uncle's life was saved, his brain could not be cured."

"My mother also searched all over Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley but couldn't find it. Then Lu Yunkai said that a friend of his might have it... and then we found it!" Blaise nodded seriously.

"Wow! You are really good!" Crabbe gave Lu Yunkai a thumbs up.

"It's just that my friend happens to like to collect these strange things... By the way, what did he take from you?" Lu Yunkai changed the subject.

"That's not important. The important thing is that my father's life was saved." Blaise shook his head.

"It must have cost a lot of money, right? My father spent nearly 100,000 gold galleons to buy that drop of Phoenix Tear." Crabbe interrupted.

"One hundred thousand?" Lu Yunkai was shocked.

What a loss! ! Lu Yunkai silently shed tears in his heart.

"And I owe that person a favor!" Crabbe nodded, "After all, there are only a few phoenixes now, let alone tears. Some phoenixes will never shed a tear in their entire lives!"

"Then I owe Lu Yunkai a big favor!" Blaise sighed.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, we are roommates after all." Lu Yunkai smiled, "Help each other!"

"Yeah!"

Blaise nodded seriously.

Lu Yunkai smiled and glanced around.

It was still lunch time, and there were not many people in the lounge, but everyone in the lounge knew what happened here.

That's why he chose to stay in the lounge instead of going back to the dormitory.

There were only him and Blaise in the dormitory, and here, many people would know what happened. Lu Yunkai believed that by the evening, all the students in Slytherin would know that he had found a way to help his classmates get a drop of phoenix tears.

Although Lu Yunkai learned from Goyle that he had lost money selling his tear, considering that it was used for advertising, Lu Yunkai could accept it...

Sure enough, just as Blaise left with gratitude, a senior came over and wanted to ask Lu Yunkai to help buy some strange things.

"Sorry, I'm embarrassed to always trouble my friends. Maybe there will be a chance in the future!"

Lu Yunkai smiled and refused.

Even if he wanted to sell it, it would definitely not be a low-end thing like love potion!

Then he just stood in the corner, facing the gazes and whispers of everyone in the lounge, and continued to read the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook, as if nothing had happened just now.

But his pet cat kept meowing beside him.

"Meow! How can you do business like this! You don't accept the business when there is a business? Are you sick??"

But except Lu Yunkai, no one could understand what the cat was meowing.

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Lu Yunkai was so serious about preparing for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon, and it was not all pretending.

This is indeed the course that Lu Yunkai is most looking forward to. He really wants to learn this Defense Against the Dark Arts course well and, by the way, learn some knowledge related to dark magic.

It's not that he hates evil.

But before in Borgin and Burke's magic shop, Lu Yunkai understood the huge business opportunities hidden in dark magic from the "waste" in the warehouse.

But.

"Hello... everyone, I... I am your black... black... Defense Against the Dark Arts... professor, Quirrell."

The first sentence of the professor with a lot of cloth wrapped around his head made Lu Yunkai lose interest in this course.

Because of the sensitivity of dark magic, the textbooks were somewhat vague when they were written. When such a stuttering professor spoke, it was as hypnotic as it could be.

The class ended with Blaise, who was sitting next to him, waking him up.

Lu Yunkai, who was yawning, was left alone by Professor Quirrell before he had time to leave.

"I'm sorry, professor. I'm not feeling well today, so in class..."

"It's okay. I just want to talk to you." Qi Luo smiled and shook his head at Lu Yunkai, with a kind smile on his face, "Come! Sit down!"

"Okay."

Lu Yunkai, who had just woken up, sat back on the stool in the classroom in a daze, and glanced at the empty classroom, a little curious.

He must have seen this professor, Lu Yunkai, during the sorting ceremony, but he had no memory of him. Even after so many days at Hogwarts, he had no memory of seeing this professor again.

"I heard that one of your friends helped your classmate get a drop of Phoenix tears?"

Quirrell asked with a smile on his face.

"Oh, I just tried it, but I didn't expect it to work." Lu Yunkai's eyelids twitched, but he still said it with a bit of embarrassment.

"Well, that friend of yours is quite capable!"

"...Professor, what's wrong with you?" Lu Yunkai seemed to have understood.

"Um?"

There must be a smile on Quirrell's face.

This boy with yellow skin and black hair is so smart that he doesn’t look like an eleven-year-old boy!

"If you have something to say, just tell me. But my friend is withdrawn and may not be able to help."

"Well... I'm just curious about what interesting and rare things he has in his collection. Are there any... for example, magic stones or something like that?"

"Magic stone? What is that?" Lu Yunkai was stunned.

[Magic Stone, 1.1 billion galleons. 】

A row of words appeared in front of his eyes.

There is only one row of words. As for the Magic Stone itself, Chatterbox System doesn't even have a single word of introduction.

"Well, it's a relatively rare thing. A friend of mine is very interested in this thing. If your friend has one... money is not a problem."

"I've never heard of this thing. I'll ask him later when I have time."

"As soon as possible?"

"Oh?" Lu Yun thought happily, "Okay. I'll do it as soon as possible."

Professor Quirrell nodded.

Lu Yunkai left the classroom without saying a word and returned to the dormitory with his head buried.

The afternoon classes ended very early. The students had their own activities after the classes. Blaise was not in the dormitory.

"Meow? You came back so early today?"

Chrissy, who was sleeping in a ball on the bed, was woken up by Lu Yunkai.

During the time since arriving at Hogwarts, Chrissy has become more and more like a real cat. She sleeps in the dormitory during the day and doesn't know what to do when she goes out at night.

"What have you been doing every day lately?" Lu Yunkai sat on the bed, his expression looking gloomy.

"Meow? Just walking around, what's wrong?" Chris suddenly became energetic.

This was the first time it saw such a serious expression on Lu Yunkai's face, and it was startled.

"If you have nothing special to do tonight, can you help me keep an eye on someone?"

"who?"

"Professor Quirrell." Lu Yunkai looked serious.

"Ah? Why?"

"Have you ever heard of the Philosopher's Stone?"

"Philosopher's stone?" Chris was stunned when Lu Yunkai asked, "What is it?"

"I don't know either. The system only told me that it is a product of alchemy. Professor Quirrell wants to buy the magic stone from me."

"Meow? Do you have it? Sell it to him!"

"How do you want me to sell something worth 1.1 billion galleons?" Lu Yunkai glared at Chris.

"One billion... billion??"

"Yes!" Lu Yunkai let out a long sigh, "If it were you, would you find an eleven-year-old child to buy such an expensive thing?"

"Meow, maybe it's just a matter of luck? Phoenix tears are also very rare!"

"I hope." Lu Yunkai nodded, "That's why I asked you to keep an eye on it for me. But my intuition tells me that it's definitely not that simple."

"Meow? Why?"

"Maybe it's because I look like a child!" Lu Yun smiled, but then his smile quickly faded: "When he was in front of me, he forgot that he stuttered when he spoke."

"Meow??"

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