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"What's this..."
Cedric, seeing Kyle staring blankly at a bottle about the size of a thumb, curiously leaned closer.
"Strange, why isn't there a label on it?" Cedric frowned, puzzled. "Could it be that the St. Mungo's people accidentally put it in the wrong place?"
"With eyesight like yours, what kind of Seeker are you? Just retire already, so you don't embarrass yourself later." Kyle held out his hand, pointing to the bottle. "Look closely, the label is right here... huh?"
Before Kyle could finish speaking, he suddenly froze.
He realized that where he was pointing was empty; the words that had been written on it had all disappeared.
"No…you must have seen wrong."
Cedric examined the bottle carefully again, and only after confirming that there were indeed no labels on it did he smile and say, "By the way, the Quidditch Finals are in a few days, so you'd better not go out at night lately, lest you be half-asleep and throw your Quaffle outside the door frame again…"
After saying that, Cedric turned his head and talked to George next to him about other things.
"Strange…" Kyle looked at the bottle in his hand and muttered to himself.
He was sure that when he first saw this bottle, the words "Veritaserum" were indeed written on it in gold cursive script.
But in the blink of an eye, those words had all disappeared without leaving a trace.
"It can't be that I really saw things…oh well, I'll study it more carefully when I have time."
Kyle shook his head, put the bottle in his pocket, and continued to look through the potions in the box.
Compared to the Veritaserum, the remaining potions were much more normal. Although there were quite a few expensive ones, they could basically all be found in stores.
Soon, only one bottle of potions remained unexamined in the box.
It was tucked away in the far corner, and the bottle was even smaller than the Truth Potion.
When Kyle carefully took it out, a collective gasp rippled through the room.
"No way..."
Cedric's eyes widened in disbelief. "This is Felix Felicis?!"
The golden liquid inside swayed slightly with Kyle's movement.
Cedric's eyes followed suit.
"What? Felix Felicis!"
Fred and George also crowded around, asking curiously, "Is this the legendary potion of luck?"
"It should be true."
Cedric nodded seriously. "Although this is the first time I've seen a real Felix Felicis, I've seen it in books. This is what it looks like, and look, it's written here."
As he spoke, Cedric pointed to the label on the bottle's neck, barely larger than a grain of rice.
"It really is Felix Felicis!" Fred clicked his tongue.
Like Cedric, this was also the first time he had ever seen real Felix Felicis.
Before this, in his mind, it was like the Elder Wand in storybooks, something from legends.
The three of them stared at the Felix Felicis in Kyle's hand, not daring to blink, until there were only five minutes left before class, when they reluctantly left.
Kanna also glanced at it curiously, but the more she stared at the small bottle, the more familiar it seemed…
"Still don't remember? You haven't forgotten, have you?"
On the way to the Charms classroom, Kyle took out the bottle of Felix Felicis again and waved it in front of Kanna.
"Just a reminder, it was last year's Christmas present."
"Christmas… Oh, right, I remember!"
Kanna paused, suddenly realizing, "I remember Professor Snape gave me a bottle of this potion back then. So this really is Felix Felicis."
"It's not cold medicine anymore?" Kyle drawled from the side.
Kanna seemed to understand Kyle's meaning, her face flushing red. She turned away somewhat embarrassedly, offering a quiet explanation.
She hadn't known about Professor Snape's relationship with the Prince family at the time, so it was understandable that she didn't believe him.
After all, what professor would give a student Felix Felicis as a gift? It seemed absurd.
"Now you should believe me, right?" Kyle asked with a smile.
Just as Kanna was about to nod, she suddenly remembered something, looked up, and glared at Kyle, saying, "Wait, you didn't know Professor Snape knew me back then, did you? And you've been laughing at me ever since?"
"You're overthinking it, that's not it at all."
Kyle shook his head, explaining, "I only found out a few days before the holidays."
Kanna wrinkled her nose and asked, "Then how could you be so sure the potion he gave me was Felix Felicis?"
Kyle said casually, "Because that's what Felix Felicis looks like."
"Just that simple?"
"Of course..." Kyle smiled, "However, it also has to do with the professor's personality. Professor Snape wouldn't joke like that."
The professors at Hogwarts have very different personalities. If that gift had been given to Kanna by Professor Flitwick, it might actually have been cold medicine.
Because he had done something similar before. Chris had mentioned in casual conversation that Professor Flitwick had once given all the students who stayed at school at Christmas a Ravenclaw Diadem.
However, the students quickly realized that it was actually chocolate, but Professor Flitwick had magically shaped it into the shape of a crown.
"I see..." Kanna nodded thoughtfully.
Thinking about it carefully, she realized that Professor Snape really wouldn't do such unnecessary things.
"By the way, I'm giving this back to you."
Just as they were about to reach the Charms classroom, Kyle suddenly took a small bottle out of his pocket and handed it to her.
It was the Felix Felicis that Snape had given Kanna.
He hadn't dared to keep it anywhere else and had always carried it with him.
Kanna glanced at Kyle but didn't take it.
"You're really giving it to me?"
"What are you saying... this was originally yours." Kyle smiled.
He had kept it for Kanna before because she had been losing things, and it was a bit unsafe to leave the Felix Felicis with her.
Now that the thieving "mouse" was gone, there was naturally no need to worry.
Kanna still didn't move.
"What are you still standing there for? Take it." Seeing that she still hadn't moved, Kyle couldn't help but urge her, "Class is about to start."
"No..."
"Huh?" Kyle was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard.
This is Felix Felicis…
"I said, I don't want it."
Kanna suddenly laughed, standing at the door of the Charms classroom, hands behind her back, and said, "Since I gave it to you, it's yours now."
[End of the chapter]