Imperius Curse

Slughorn wanted to cover up what had happened today and pretend nothing had occurred, but that was clearly impossible.

To some extent, the effects of a love potion were no different from the Imperius Curse—both could make a person obey every command.

The risks of a love potion were even lower, since there was an antidote, so it was not illegal.

And Slughorn was a Hogwarts professor. If someone controlled him and made him do certain things, no one dared imagine what might happen.

Therefore, after receiving the message Professor McGonagall had sent, Dumbledore returned to the school that very day.

At the same time, Kyle and Kanna were summoned to the hospital wing once again.

When they arrived in the courtyard, they ran into Harry and Ron, who had just come down from upstairs.

"What a coincidence," Harry said. "Did Dumbledore summon you too?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Kyle said.

"So the headmaster is finally going to punish Romilda Vane?" Ron waved his arms excitedly beside them. "I went to see her today, and not only did she refuse to apologize, she even accused me of stealing her food!"

Ron angrily flung out a hand, tore a handful of branches from the bushes beside the courtyard, then threw them back as though they were all Romilda Vane.

Kyle glanced at him.

Come to think of it, she had not exactly been wrong. After all, Harry had been her original target, and Ron had ruined her plans, hadn't he?

Kyle could not help feeling that something about it was a little strange...

The group soon arrived at the hospital wing.

The atmosphere there was extremely grim. Dumbledore stood there without saying a word, his face utterly expressionless.

Professor McGonagall and Snape were there as well, assisting Madam Pomfrey in examining Rosmerta,