Chapter 77: Lemon-ing It Up

The bottle was only the size of a thumb. It contained a golden potion, the color like melted gold, dazzling and captivating.

After careful observation, Kyle confirmed that the bottle contained Felix Felicis.

Felix Felicis, also known as Liquid Luck, was arguably the most complex potion in the wizarding world.

The precious potion ingredients were one thing, but the most important part was that it took six months to brew. And if you made a single mistake, you had to start over.

Every bottle was worth a fortune.

"Where did this come from?" Kyle turned and asked.

"Professor Snape, the Potions Master, gave it to me for Christmas." Kanna said in confusion, "What's wrong? Didn't you get one?"

Hearing this, Kyle's heart instantly turned sour.

Forget Felix Felicis. Snape hadn't even given him an empty bottle.

"That…" Kyle tried to hold back the acid rising in his stomach. He asked with a complex expression, "Did you know Professor Snape before?"

Kanna shook her head first, then nodded, "I heard Mom mention his name before, but I never met him before coming to Hogwarts."

Kyle looked at Kanna thoughtfully.

Prince?

When Snape had given Kanna extra points for the first time, Kyle had thought something was wrong. But at the time, he thought they just knew each other. He didn't think much of it.

But now, it seemed like he was wrong.

If it was just a simple acquaintance, even if they were good friends, Snape wouldn't give Kanna Felix Felicis as a gift.

Malfoy had never received this kind of treatment.

This showed that he definitely had a deep connection to the Prince's surname.

Kyle thought for a moment. He suddenly remembered hearing this surname somewhere. It sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where.

The only thing he could think of was Princeton University.

But that had nothing to do with the wizarding world.

Kyle thought for a long time and finally decided to give up. He held the glass bottle and asked, "Do you know what this is?"

"Cold potion?" Kanna said uncertainly.

Kyle shook his head. He didn't keep her in suspense. He said directly, "No, it's Felix Felicis."

" ... Pfft… Kyle, are you still asleep?"

For some reason, Kanna suddenly burst out laughing, "This potion looks like Felix Felicis, but I don't know Professor Snape. Why would he give me such a precious thing? It's impossible."

"Why is it impossible?" Kyle gently shook the bottle, "This liquid gold potion, is there anything else besides Felix Felicis?"

Kanna still shook her head. "Professor Snape is a potions master. If he just wanted to change the color of the potion, it wouldn't be difficult for him.

Maybe this is a Christmas surprise he prepared for everyone. It's actually just a cold potion."

Kyle explained a few more times, but Kanna always found reasons to refute him. In the end, even Kyle was a little unsure.

Kyle could understand Kanna's reaction.

Honestly, if this bottle had appeared in his gifts, he wouldn't have believed it was Felix Felicis either.

He would have thought it was a special poison that Snape had brewed. He had made it look like Felix Felicis just to trick him into drinking it.

At that time, it was probably Kanna who firmly believed it was Felix Felicis, and then she kept coming up with reasons to refute him.

It was the same principle.

So, Kyle didn't say anything more.

It was very easy to confirm, or rather, to make Kanna believe whether the bottle contained Felix Felicis or not. He just had to figure out the relationship between Snape and the Prince's surname.

But before that, it was better for him to keep the bottle.

Kanna was always losing things. Maybe it would be this bottle's turn next.

If the contents were Felix Felicis, it would be too late to regret it.

He looked at Kanna and said, "Can I keep this bottle for now?"

Kanna nonchalantly patted her hand, "You can have it."

Kyle quickly refused, "Forget it. I'm afraid you'll regret it and cry your eyes out."

He was just kidding. He wasn't the kind of person who would take advantage of someone. He was just a little less moral than others.

"I wouldn't cry…" Kanna seemed very unhappy with Kyle's words. She wrinkled her nose and said resolutely, "If I said I'd give it to you, I wouldn't regret it. Even if you gave it back to me, I wouldn't want it."

Kyle shrugged, unconvinced.

It was just that he didn't have anything to record with right now. Otherwise, he would record Kanna's words.

Then, he would play it on repeat in the common room all day long.

After leaving the common room, Kyle went to the library and stayed there until noon.

The Christmas feast was very sumptuous. There were one hundred plump roast turkeys, mountains of roast meat and potatoes, large platters of sausages and, buttered peas. He didn't know why, but Kyle also saw flatbreads.

Every few steps along the table, you could see piles of wizard's Christmas crackers. These, like Christmas trees, were essential for Christmas.

Kyle picked up a Christmas cracker in front of him and pulled the string at the bottom.

With a loud bang, a hat decorated with lace and tassels slowly fell from the air in front of Kyle.

Kyle looked around and discreetly put the hat into his chameleon-skin bag.

Professor Snape's Christmas present. There it was.

Then, Kyle pulled a few more Christmas crackers.

The explosive bang was like a firecracker version of a double-barreled rocket. And he didn't have to worry about blowing himself up. It was very exciting.

By the time the feast started, Kyle had a mountain of things next to him.

There were six hats of various shapes for men and women, two sets of Wizard's Chess, three rubber wands, various strange props… and a cockroach cluster (?).

Honestly, Kyle wasn't sure if it was real. He could only put it in a transparent box and keep it far away from him.

The house elves' craftsmanship was as reliable as ever. Kyle looked at the huge turkey, cut a piece of drumstick, and made a pizza with flatbread, meat sauce, and sausage.

After the turkey came the bright red Christmas pudding. There were also little surprises inside. Kanna's pudding had a silver Sickle wrapped inside.

Kyle cut open the pudding in front of him with anticipation. A little yellow was visible…

Then, Kyle put down his knife.

He couldn't cut anymore. If he cut any more, the mango sauce would leak out.

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