Chapter 180 School Holidays

Whether Malfoy believed Lu Yunkai's sincerity or not, Daphne believed it anyway.

So she didn't think about avoiding Lu Yunkai anymore, and just continued to sit there quietly, listening to Lu Yunkai and Malfoy chatting about yesterday's dinner.

Lu Yunkai left early, so there was nothing much to say. As for the fact that he and Daphne went to the Room of Requirement to play all night, it was naturally impossible to tell Malfoy, so he was actually more of a listener.

Listening to Malfoy's version of "The Triwizard Tournament"...

It was mainly the story between Harry and Krum, and since this story revolved around the person he hated the most, Hermione, naturally the point of view of this story was not very positive.

"I really can't understand it. Krum is from a noble family, and even a representative of Durmstrang warriors. How could he invite a Muggle to the ball? It's really shameful. He deserves to be fooled." Malfoy commented indignantly, ending the story of the scheming woman who played tricks on the stupid man who Lu Yunkai didn't listen to.

The ending of the story was a bit sudden.

Because Lu Yunkai didn't hear much from Malfoy's story that Hermione actually raised her status by wandering between the two Triwizard champions. It should be that she simply attended the ball as Krum's dance partner and was disliked by Malfoy. As for the fact that Harry and his dance partner Parvati were a little unhappy, it had nothing to do with Hermione herself...

But he was too lazy to correct Malfoy's prejudice against Hermione.

And there was no time to do so, because Pansy came.

Just like Malfoy took out the gift for Lu Yunkai as soon as he arrived at the hall, Pansy took out the Christmas gift she prepared for Malfoy as soon as she arrived at the hall.

A beautifully wrapped paper box with decorative ribbons.

Then...

Lu Yunkai did not see Malfoy return the gift.

Actually, this is nothing. Not only Lu Yunkai, but even Daphne, or even Pansy herself, seem to be accustomed to this.

She did not think there was anything wrong, but sat next to Malfoy naturally, eating brunch while nagging about how unreliable her parents' Christmas gifts were...

If it were usual, the other three would not think there was anything wrong, anyway, Master Malfoy has always been like this, but today...

Lu Yunkai looked embarrassed, Daphne looked resentful, and Malfoy also realized that it seemed a little inappropriate that he did not prepare a return gift for Pansy because of the quarrel between Daphne and Lu Yunkai just now...

However, the distinguished Master Draco Malfoy said something to Pansy very seriously, which made Lu Yunkai and Daphne want to escape from the auditorium at the same time.

"Although I didn't prepare any Christmas gifts for you, I am the best Christmas gift for you."

Ahem...

Lu Yunkai felt that Malfoy should never need anyone to teach him how to sweet-talk girls in his life.

He is really "talented".

Then, Pansy's performance was even more exciting.

She smiled and nodded, and replied, of course.

Then Daphne's face was visibly written with the word "embarrassment".

Just when Lu Yunkai was thinking about how to find an excuse to leave this place elegantly and politely, which made him look back and not know how to persuade Daphne, the opportunity came.

Parvati came to the table.

She told Lu Yunkai, with red eyes, that Trelawney was looking for him, because she didn't sleep well last night.

Under normal circumstances, Lu Yunkai would definitely be curious about why Parvati went to Trelawney's place early in the morning on Christmas Day, and even acted as a messenger for her. Is this related to her being Harry's dance partner last night, and what happened to her and Harry last night...

But now he was just anxious to escape from this embarrassing place, so he apologized to Malfoy and left with Daphne, who was actually eager to escape immediately.

...

Trelawney didn't have much to do with Lu Yunkai. She just did a divination last night when she was bored. The result of the divination said that people around Lu Yunkai might be in danger recently, so she wanted to inform him.

After listening to it, Lu Yunkai didn't take it seriously at all.

Maybe Trelawney did have the talent of a prophet, but that was definitely not when she was sober and remembered clearly.

He really wanted to tell this friend of Chris, who was still drunk, that no matter how much alcohol she drank and how confused she was, it was not the same as when she was making a real prophecy. Expecting more alcohol to make more accurate predictions is as unreliable as believing that Malfoy can learn how to coax girls.

The Christmas holiday kicked off in a mess.

In the end, Daphne didn't take out anything for Lu Yunkai as a Christmas gift, but Lu Yunkai saw from her determined eyes that this girl might have already started planning a gift for him next Christmas...

With Christmas coming, the group of people who spent money to buy potions from Daphne and only wrote IOUs have now "asked" for money from their parents to pay off their debts and settle their accounts with her.

Now this girl has a lot of cash in her hands, I'm afraid she can be called the second richest person in Hogwarts, and Lu Yunkai is not worried that she has no money to use.

His attention is still on the conjecture about Voldemort.

The blood curse on Daphne really gave Lu Yun a lot of hints, and he still hopes to turn these hints into weapons against Voldemort as soon as possible.

There are no classes and nothing to do. Most students are actually not used to having to stay at school during the Christmas holiday with nothing to do, and they are not like Lu Yunkai, who has the talent to find things for themselves...

Ever since, boredom always breeds disaster.

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"Malfoy, I leave this matter to you."

"I think you're just overthinking it. No one cares!"

"It's hard to say." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "Many people have been dissatisfied with me becoming the warrior representative of Hogwarts. Now is the preparation period for the second competition event. I won't prepare for the third one. Instead of competing for the hegemony, I went to train with the Slytherin Quidditch team. It would be a shame if those people didn't find fault with me in the school."

"What are you afraid of!!"

"This is not a matter of fear. Don't make it difficult for yourself! And..." Lu Yunkai lowered his voice, "Others don't know, but you don't know? I don't have the talent to play Quidditch! This captain is inherently weak. Very.”

"Then... how about I take everyone to train for you?" Lu Yunkai had already said this, and Malfoy, who was not very disgusted with this matter, became rude.

"Yes. I think you are right. Even if there is no competition this year, Quidditch training cannot be completely stopped. Otherwise, when the competition resumes next year, everyone will not be able to find the rhythm." Lu Yunkai nodded, "Triwizard Tournament This year will take up too much of my energy and time, and I don’t have time to take care of this... Just be patient for now. After the second event is over, I will tell everyone publicly that I will let you take the position of Quidditch captain. Take it officially."

"...Ah! How embarrassing is this!!"

"What's the point of being embarrassed! A capable person should work harder!!" Lu Yunkai smiled, "I really don't have time. I've been thinking about more reliable medicines to deal with that competition recently..."

"Okay! Okay!!" Malfoy waved his hand, "Then I'm leaving!"

"Well, walk slowly."

Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded, and then watched Malfoy walk out of the lounge carrying his newly received Christmas gift, the Firebolt broomstick.

"You!"

Daphne, who had remained silent and watched Lu Yunkai talking to Malfoy with a smile, gave Lu Yunkai a meaningful look.

"What are you doing!! I'm doing this for Slytherin's good! The Quidditch team needs a responsible and passionate captain!!"

"Yeah! Yes! Yes! You're right!" Daphne replied with a perfunctory smile, "Our captain Lu Yunkai is dedicated to the good of the team. He doesn't hate Quidditch training at all, nor does he care about Quidditch games. Always full of enthusiasm..."

"Who did you learn this weird way of speaking from??" Lu Yunkai glared at Daphne, "Stop talking nonsense, how are you practicing the protective spell and underwater breathing spell?"

"...You!!" Daphne smiled even more vigorously, "I'm practicing!! Really, why bother? I've never seen you so interested in teaching me magic before."

"This is not the one who broke the Triwizard Tournament!" Lu Yunkai waved his hand a little annoyed, "That broken golden egg told me that someone would steal my most precious treasure, and it would disappear if it was not found within an hour... "

"What does that have to do with me! It will definitely be your cat that is captured then!"

"...Don't laugh when you say this, you're not sincere at all." Lu Yunkai gently knocked Daphne, "I'm really worried about you, in case I can't find you within an hour. What should I do? So be prepared and don’t let them catch you, and nothing will happen.”

"Yeah." Daphne smiled sweetly.

Lu Yunkai was worried about her, which was a good thing for her. Naturally, she wouldn't find him annoying.

Seeing Lu Yunkai pick up a weird book again from an unknown origin, Daphne also returned her attention to the practice of spells.

Lu Yunkai's expression looked very heavy. He must be worried about something, so it was better not to cause trouble for him.

But how did she know that Lu Yunkai was actually eager to chat with her more now.

He was in a terrible mood.

Although it had only been two days since he started looking for Voldemort's possible ideas for making magic items, in the forbidden book "rented" from the system in front of him, he had already seen a magic item that fit his guess. .

Something called a Horcrux.

It can preserve human souls and give people a chance to be resurrected after accidental death, and the method of making it is also "simple" for Voldemort: killing people.

But such a "surprise" brought him endless fright.

If Voldemort really created this kind of thing based on this book, then Lu Yunkai didn't think there was any possibility of completely getting rid of him.

Because according to the introduction of this thing called a Horcrux in the book, its production is not unique.

In other words, God knows how many of these things the murderous Voldemort did, and where he hid them! !

As long as he still has a Horcrux left, he will be immortal.

this……

It’s so disappointing!

He wished he could go out with Daphne and have a good time instead of sitting here helpless with this book.

Or...

"Shall we go out for a walk?"

Lu Yunkai put the book into his space bag, and then looked at Daphne who was muttering to herself.

"Oh!" Daphne agreed straightforwardly, "Where to..."

"By the lake?"

"Yeah! Okay!!"

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