Chapter 20 20. Sapphire Ring
"I just went to the library to read a little more books when I was free. If I really let me get started, I can't even use a single spell now."
Jon bowed his head and took a sip of the cup of warm black tea. He had just eaten at Hagrid's, and now he had no intention of drinking anything.
"A good theory is the foundation of successful practice." Slughorn said as he poured himself a cup of tea. "I think people have never missed it. You will definitely have a lot to do in the future. If this is in peacetime, I would always I will send you an invitation to join my club."
Of course Jon knew the club he was talking about, and those who could join it were indeed people who were either capable or from prominent families.
Slughorn is obviously good at getting closer to students. He can always take the initiative when socializing. This is not only due to his identity, but also his innate specialty.
Jon just dropped in to help, he didn't intend to stay here any longer, after sitting down and drinking two more sips of tea, he got up and prepared to leave.
Slughorn didn't do much to keep him, but he just took a few pieces of taffy and a box of pineapple preserves when he left.
After leaving the office and closing the door from the outside, Jon didn't continue to linger in the corridor. He was worried that if he didn't go back, he would probably go to Professor McGonagall to report his disappearance due to Neville's character.
However, just as Jon took a step to return to the dormitory, he suddenly felt a cold touch on the index finger of his right hand.
He was slightly taken aback, then raised his hand, and saw a ring on his index finger that he had never had before!
It was a silver ring, which looked very slender as a whole. It was just the right size to wear on Jon's finger, and there was a diamond-shaped blue gemstone inlaid in the middle of the ring.
The gem is very small, and it is not suspended on the ring, but is directly wrapped in the ring. Before and after the gem, it surrounds the silver ring, and there are four diamond-shaped gaps vaguely seen, like As before, there are four gems that should have been inlaid there.
Jon looked at the ring and couldn't help but frowned deeply. He could be sure that the ring was not his own, and he had never seen such a thing before!
He tried to remove the ring from his index finger, and it came off easily.
Jon thought of Slughorn's stuff first, because before entering his office, he didn't have this thing in his hand, and it suddenly appeared as soon as he left the office door.
He just thought for a while and immediately came up with a solution.
Regardless of whether this thing ran into his hands from Slughorn, he had to go back and hand over the ring to him.
Diaries, rings, lockets, opal necklaces, etc. in the magic world, especially those of unknown origin, most of them are not good things, and there will always be some curses that ordinary people cannot understand.
Jon has never imagined that there might be an old grandfather hidden in this ring, saying that he is the chosen one, and it is the safest thing to kill possible dangers in the cradle compared to those who have nothing. of!
So he turned around without hesitation, and knocked on Slughorn's office door again.
"Come in."
Slughorn, who was stuffing a candied pineapple into his mouth, looked at Jon who had re-entered in some surprise, and asked suspiciously.
"Is there anything else you can do, kid?"
Jon took a deep breath, and stretched out his right hand in front of him.
Seeing the ring lying quietly in Jon's hand, Slughorn was visibly stunned.
But soon he reacted, and quickly threw the candied pineapple back on the desk before he had time to stuff it into his mouth. At the same time, he opened the drawer in front of him and took out a small wooden box from inside. box.
He opened the small wooden box in front of Jon, and it was empty inside, but it was obvious from the dent in the cushion that there should have been a ring lying there.
Slughorn's face became serious. He put away the smiling face he used to see, which was serious and even a little scary.
However, this seriousness didn't last long, and he stretched his brows again, but then the pair of eyebrows were quickly wrinkled again.
He didn't speak, but stood up directly from the chair, and just walked back and forth in front of Jon with his hands behind his back and his face uncertain.
Jon didn't dare to disturb him. Slughorn's reaction now at least reassures him that this ring originally belonged to the defense professor, but he doesn't know why it fell to him after he went out. hands.
Finally Slughorn stopped his anxious thinking, stared at Jon, and stretched out his hand.
"Give me the ring."
Jon returned the ring to him without any hesitation.
After getting the ring, Slughorn didn't let Jon leave, and didn't put it back in the wooden box immediately. Instead, he just stepped back from him, about three meters away, and after a while The familiar coldness suddenly appeared on Jon's index finger again!
Jon looked at the ring that seemed to be tied to him, with a look of astonishment. Compared to him, Slughorn's face became calm at this time.
"Professor, this."
"You take it first." Slughorn looked at the ring on Jon's hand and said softly, "Don't worry about anything else, it won't do you any harm, but you can't get rid of it for the time being. Go back first, Jon, I will come back to you tomorrow after I figure out some things, and then I will explain the ring to you, and during this period, don’t tell anyone about the ring Come on, remember! It's anyone!"
Jon is certainly not very relieved about such a result, but he can't force Slughorn to tell what the ring is right now.
He could only ask.
"When can I come to you tomorrow, Professor?"
As if seeing that he was worried, Slughorn fixed a time for him.
"Let's finish lunch at noon tomorrow, we should all be free by then."
After getting an accurate time, Jon finally left.
He returned to the dormitory. Neville happened to be in a hurry to go out, and he was relieved when he saw Jon.
"Where did you go? I didn't see you at lunch. I almost went to Professor McGonagall to tell you that you were missing."
"I went to do a little favor for Professor Slughorn, don't worry, I've already had lunch, and I brought back some desserts."
Jon showed a nonchalant look, and put the candied pineapple and toffee on the table, but when he lay back on the bed, he still quietly picked up the ring inlaid with blue gemstones, staring blankly. Preoccupied.
(end of this chapter)