Chapter 178 Water

"Why did you come so early?"

"It's too awkward to stay in the auditorium."

"What's so awkward? Someone came to chat with you?"

"... Not me, but Astoria."

"Oh."

Daphne smiled helplessly and put down the book in her hand.

Lu Yunkai closed the book for her.

Before leaving for the dance, Lu Yunkai came to the infirmary to see Daphne. At that time, she was reading the 73rd page of "Curse and Magic". When Lu Yunkai closed the book for her just now, the book was still on this page.

She was not reading a book! !

"But because of me, your dinner party was ruined." Daphne said with regret, "You should be the focus of the whole school tonight."

"No need." Lu Yunkai smiled, recalling the scene when the four warriors and their partners went on stage to dance at the beginning of the dance.

The girl who was usually crazy and had a snake wrapped around her neck every day, dressed up so hard tonight that she actually stole the attention of many boys from Furong.

I can only say that the necklace with the Confusion Spell is very powerful! !

And the dress is also a plus.

Anyway, in the opening dance, Lu Yunkai and Astoria became the focus of the whole audience, and after coming down from the stage, the boys who came to chat with the girl can be described as "in an endless stream".

So much so that she probably didn't notice Lu Yunkai sneaking away.

As for Lu Yunkai...

He is a wooden man, and it is a victory that he didn't embarrass himself.

Before, Daphne was worried that Lu Yunkai would take her sister to be used as a tool, but who would have thought that the tool turned out to be Lu Yunkai!

Daphne shook her head gently and looked out the dark window with a smile.

Snowflakes were floating in the sky, and there was a very Christmas atmosphere.

Lu Yunkai smiled and looked at Daphne without saying a word.

For a long time.

"Actually, I want to dance with you."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future... Well, let's go. Anyway, the dance is over. You are discharged from the hospital now, and Madam Pomfrey will definitely not bother you. Let's go." Lu Yunkai suggested softly.

"Go? Where to?"

"I'll take you to a place." Lu Yunkai smiled, "A place where you can dance."

"... But Madam Pomfrey won't let me dance!" Although Daphne said the words of refusal, she had an indescribable smile on her face.

"She won't know. Let's go!"

"But... well."

...

"Meow! Wake up!!"

"... Dead cat! Let me sleep a little longer!"

"You won't die if you sleep less! Hurry up and get up to work!!"

Chris scratched Lu Yunkai's face with her claws, and said impatiently.

Lu Yunkai sighed softly and climbed up.

Glancing at the side.

Blaise was still asleep.

This poor guy must have been alone in an unknown place last night. When Lu Yunkai came back to sleep, his bed was still empty!

And Lu Yunkai came back very late last night...

And he was very tired.

He and Daphne went to the Room of Requirement and danced all night.

"Meow, are you awake? If you are awake, take your golden egg and go out with me."

"Eh? Did you find out?"

Lu Yunkai's originally confused brain suddenly became clear after hearing Chris's words.

That day, after Snape threatened Lu Yunkai to spend more time on the Triwizard Tournament by increasing his schoolwork, Lu Yunkai handed over the task of unlocking the secret of the golden egg to Chris.

The reason was very reasonable: he had to look up soul magic related to curses in the pile of banned books.

Although Chris objected to this, it was ineffective and she had to accept it.

After that, it had been looking around for information about the golden egg, from the Durmstrang domicile to the arms of the sisters in Beauxbatons. It was doing its job well.

"Yeah! Fleur left the ball early last night, but she wasn't going on a date. She was practicing the underwater breathing spell!"

"... The underwater breathing spell?"

"Yeah! Then I heard Gabrielle ask her sister how her practice was going. She said if it wasn't too cold, she would go down to the lake to take a look..."

"So, the stuff for the next mission is at the bottom of the lake?" Lu Yunkai frowned, "But the competition is at the end of February next year! The lake will be cold at that time..."

"Meow! This is the Triwizard Tournament after all. Do you expect you to finish the competition while soaking in the hot spring?" Chris said with a disdainful tone.

"That's right." Lu Yunkai was embarrassed by the scolding, then suddenly remembered something and slapped his thigh heavily, "Oh! Right!! Snape told me that day that as long as I 'immerse' myself in it, I will definitely understand the secret of the golden egg!!"

"Immerse? Water? Meow, Snape is such a good teacher!" Chris said sarcastically.

"Humph, is there anyone who doesn't cheat in this Triwizard Tournament? It's good that Snape didn't say it explicitly." Lu Yunkai waved his hand, "Then I'll find a place with water to open this golden egg..."

"So I asked you to come with me! I found a place. The prefect's bathroom! There's a bathtub in it, and there must be no one in it at this time."

"Prefect..."

"You are a Hogwarts Warrior after all! You are fighting for Hogwarts! Not to mention the prefect bathroom, if you go to Dumbledore and ask him to lend you his bathroom, he will probably agree!" Chrissy waved He waved the cat's paw and said, "As long as you don't go into the prefect's bathroom, there won't be any problems."

"You thought I was you!"

Lu Yunkai glared at Chris.

…

"Meow! What did you hear?"

Beside the huge bathing pool, curiosity was written on Chris's face.

As a cat, it’s good that it doesn’t hate water, but if you want to let it play in the water... it’s impossible. Impossible in this life.

Lu Yun opened his head from the bathtub, then reached out and wiped off the water droplets on his face.

"I didn't hear it clearly, I have to listen again." Lu Yunkai gasped and said, "You can't sing on the ground, steal my treasure, and then only have one hour to find it, otherwise it will disappear. "

"Steal the treasure? What treasure? Me, meow??" Kris started thinking.

"I don't know. But maybe it's really something at the bottom of the lake... Is there anything in the lake that can sing?"

"How do I know!" Chrissy shook her head almost instinctively, and then quickly said, "Oh! By the way! Mermaid!! There are mermaids in the lake! It is said that mermaids can sing. Isn't there a story about mermaids singing to confuse sailors and lead to disasters? …”

"If the mermaid sings with the same voice as the one in this egg, the sailor will never look away." Lu Yun gave Chris a blank look, but he felt that the cat might be right.

As the rest room of the house is at the bottom of the lake, Slytherins know everything about what is in the big lake at Hogwarts.

In addition to the giant octopus, there are many magical creatures.

But if it has something to do with words like language and singing, which are mostly related to intelligence, there may be the only one with a human character in his name.

"Meow, it seems you also need to practice the underwater breathing spell..."

"Is that necessary?" Lu Yun rolled his eyes at Chris, "The second project did not say that only wands are allowed. Underwater breathing potion, one gold galleons per bottle, the system provides it."

"That's good. Let's forget about this project for now. How's your investigation of the banned books going?"

"I was busy with the dance yesterday, so I didn't make any new progress." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "But I thought of something when I was dancing with Daphne yesterday. You said that the curse her father caused could be regarded as something he imposed on himself. Curse?"

"Meow, what do you mean?"

"In the past week, I have checked all the books related to curses in the forbidden book area, and there are almost no curses imposed on myself." Lu Yunkai touched the water, splashed it on his face, and then continued. , "So yesterday I suddenly thought that maybe Voldemort could do some evil things to make his soul cursed, and then achieve the same effect..."

"Voldemort has done too many crazy things!"

"To be honest, I really don't know what he did." Lu Yunkai sighed softly, "But it's not important. For example, I will cast a protection spell on you first. The effect of the spell is that if someone tries to kill you , that person's soul will be torn apart, and then I will kill you..."

"Meow, then your soul will split?" Chris nodded, "This is a way to curse yourself. But the soul that leaves the body will disappear immediately!"

"But there are some that won't disappear! For example, the ghosts in the academy and the paintings on the wall!" Lu Yunkai said seriously, "I can completely prepare a magic item that can capture the fragments of my soul, and then after I kill you, The torn soul will be attached to that item..."

"Like that notebook!!" Chris nodded repeatedly, "The resurrection ritual he is doing now seems to be preparing a container for his soul!"

"So I think what I'm looking for is not a magic that can tear apart the soul, but a container that can preserve the soul. As for how to tear the soul, it may just be a bonus to making that container... Moody wasn't in class before. As he said before, using the Soul-stealing Curse to kill people will cause the soul to be cursed. Although he didn't say what this curse is, I plan to try this idea today. "

"Meow, how can I help you?"

"Not yet." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "I can only slowly search in the restricted book area, but... I definitely don't have time to think about the Triwizard Tournament."

"Meow. This is easy, just leave it to me." Chris nodded, "I will help you keep an eye on Krum and Fleur. I will tell you any new preparations they have, and you can follow them when the time comes. That’s it.”

"Well." Lu Yunkai stood up from the bath, "Okay, I'll go find Harry first and tell him about the egg."

"No need, right?" Kris stopped Lu Yunkai, "I think it might not be a good thing for him if you rush to help him with everything."

"How to say?"

"It's obvious that someone wants to plot against him in this competition. As for who it is...it hasn't been revealed yet, aren't you curious?"

"You want me to use Harry as bait?" Lu Yunkai understood instantly, "Then what's the difference between me and Dumbledore!!"

"But if the plotter is hiding behind you, when will you be able to find him? Wouldn't that be even more annoying?" Chris insisted, "Besides, don't underestimate Harry and Hermione. I think he can definitely think of something as simple as the egg."

"..."

"How about this, meow, I'll help you keep an eye on him. If he hasn't discovered the secret by mid-January, you can go find him."

"That's fine."

Lu Yunkai thought about it and nodded.

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