That evening, while Vaughan was still trying out various spells, he received a letter from Zhu Weiqiong.
The letter was from his mother. Inside was only a sheet of parchment with the words "Throw Me into the Fireplace" written on it.
Of course, Molly had not gone mad and demanded that her son burn her. That sheet of parchment was called "Throw Me into the Fireplace," an alchemical item used for fireplace calls.
The thrifty Weasley Family rarely used such fancy things. This time, probably because the Wolfsbane Potion incident had caused too great an impact, Molly and Arthur felt that a few letters would not be enough to explain everything, so they simply decided to have a fireplace call.
There was a small fireplace in the dormitory, but it could not be used for calls, because alchemical items like "Throw Me into the Fireplace" made use of the Floo Network.
At Hogwarts, only the large fireplaces in each House's common room and the fireplaces in the professors' offices were connected to the Floo Network.
Vaughan did not go to the common room. Instead, he went straight to find Snape.
The professor was still dressed in that gloomy fashion. Standing amid densely packed potion ingredients, he narrowed his eyes and drawled in his trademark mocking tone, "Hmm—Vaughan Weasley, famous far and wide, newly promoted Potions Master. Rather than accepting the worship and flattery of those little idiots, what brings you to this humble Potions professor's office?"
Vaughan's gaze swept over the prepared ingredients beside Snape, and he knew that this tsundere professor had actually been waiting for him to come.
But unfortunately, he had not come to study potions today.
Vaughan took out "Throw Me into the Fireplace" and said sincerely, "Professor, I'd like to borrow the fireplace."
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Vaughan