263 Professor Kettleburn, alone, Prewett

263 Professor Kettleburn, alone, Prewett

After class, Professor Gideon stopped Karan.

"Hey, my little actor."

He held out a finger and moved it from side to side.

"That's not your true level just now, don't let us down."

Professor Fabian's tone was also somewhat dissatisfied.

"You should work harder and show more talent in magic. We can count on you for the next play - if Headmaster Dumbledore allows it."

After seeing Karan's suspicious eyes, Fabian quickly added: "Believe me, he will agree. Let's go talk to him about this now."

The two ignored Karan's bland reaction and hurriedly left the classroom.

"Hey, little actor!" Lily walked over with a giggle. She pretended to be serious and patted Karan's shoulder twice.

"Do you need me to give you the leading role next time?"

Karan shrugged twice and shook her palm away.

"Headmaster Dumbledore would not agree."

He said angrily: "How can he be in the mood to care about such a thing before the secret room incident is solved?"

"If you ask me, Professor Prewett is really messing around."

Lily's smile disappeared.

"Maybe they just want to relax the atmosphere?" she probed cautiously.

Karan glanced at her but said nothing.

Lily's expression gradually changed to one of horror.

"Are you still doubting them? But you have obviously written a letter to Principal Dumbledore..."

Karan left the classroom directly, and Lily followed him in small steps, her eyes getting weirder.

After walking around the corner of the stairs, Lily looked at Karan who was frowning and silent. She finally said, "Then let's just go and ask Principal Dumbledore?"

"Anyway, you have already written to him, and your suspicions are well-founded. I believe he will be very willing to answer your questions."

"He is Dumbledore after all, isn't he?"

Karan suddenly stopped in the armor corridor on the fourth floor. He stared at a pair of face armor without speaking.

Lily looked back and forth curiously, but she didn't notice anything unusual about this armor at all.

"I've already written to him."

Karan said suddenly.

He took out a clean handkerchief, carefully wiped the dust off his faceplate, then folded the handkerchief and put it away again.

"The next thing I have to do is wait."

Lily's eyes became even weirder. She had no idea what Karan was talking about, but she had some vague guesses.

"Are you angry with Principal Dumbledore?"

She asked in disbelief: "Just because he didn't reply to your letter, you started to lose your temper?"

At this moment, Karan could no longer maintain his calm expression.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Isn't it?" Lily asked back: "Don't you just want to know the answer now, but you are unwilling to take the initiative to ask?"

"And it's not like you've never lost your temper. I still have fresh memories of what happened last semester..."

When talking about this, Lily simply imitated Karan at that time.

"[What kind of trash do you think I am?]" She deliberately shouted in a high voice, almost grabbing Karan's collar.

Karan looked at this scene amusedly. He finally shook his head and said softly: "It's really not the right time."

"I should wait, and I can only wait."

Lily froze.

She could tell that Karan was particularly serious this time.

"Maybe you should be more calm." She tried to explain to Karan: "Don't be so mysterious all the time, so..."

She rolled her eyes and finally said something that even she found funny.

"It makes everyone want to harm you."

Karan did laugh.

"Maybe that's true," he said.

Lily didn't know if Karan was joking, but she suddenly felt helpless.

"You..." she sighed.

At this time, a figure walked slowly in the corridor.

That was Professor Kettleburn.

After the Fire Crab Club was forcibly disbanded, several people never saw him again because they did not need to learn courses related to magical animals.

But after discovering the two of them, Professor Kettleburn did not deliberately avoid them. Instead, he rushed over.

"The guy who really hurt you has arrived." Lily whispered dissatisfiedly.

After walking up to the two of them, Professor Kettleburn stared at the two of them with his ferocious face for a while, which made Lily take a few steps back with a guilty conscience. She was not sure whether Professor Kettleburn heard her. What I just said.

【I think should not be? 】

Just as Lily was thinking this, Professor Kettleburn finally said hello to them.

"Hello."

Then, without waiting for Lily to respond, he said to her: "Can we talk alone, Ms. Evans?"

Lily froze for a moment.

She suddenly realized that Professor Kettleburn seemed to want to talk to Callan about the previous injury. He might apologize or something.

"Oh, sure." She nodded and said, after quietly giving Karan a look, she immediately ran away with her backpack, looking back several times during the process.

But Professor Kettleburn seemed not to intend for the conversation between the two to be heard.

"Would you like to go to the prize showroom?" he suggested.

Karan didn't say no.

He was also a little curious about what Professor Kettleburn wanted to say.

The trophy display room was only a few steps away from them, and the handwriting of "Heir" on the wall had not been wiped clean. It was probably because some special magic had been cast on it.

Near the place where Mrs. Norris was once victimized, the number of passers-by gradually became even less.

Professor Kanetburn walked into the trophy display room first, and he closed the door after Karan also came in.

Then he ignored the nervous expression on Karan's face and wandered around the room, but judging from his not-so-relaxed pace, he seemed to be enduring the pain while carefully considering his next words.

His injury has not healed yet, but Callan heard that this is not the first time he has done this. Professor Kettleburn has been to the school hospital too many times, and he knows when it would be more appropriate for him to be discharged early, so that He didn't have to miss any more classes.

"Probation period."

That didn't sound like a good start, but he continued: "It reminds me of the old days, especially when Armando was still the principal."

"I was on more academic probation during that period. To be honest, I quite miss that period."

"I was more adventurous at that time and in much better shape than I am now. At least I didn't have to wear these wooden things around every day."

Judging from the current situation, Karan should take advantage of the situation and say a few words of comfort.

But among the two, he seemed to be the one who suffered the injury. After all, Professor Kettleburn's injury had nothing to do with him.

But Professor Kettleburn reminded him of another person - Alastor Moody.

When little Harry was sad, Moody introduced him to the dead members of the Order of the Phoenix one by one. He seemed to think this could have a comforting effect.

This is just like what Professor Kettleburn is doing now.

He seemed to think that wearing a wooden prosthesis would bring comfort to Karan.The only good thing is that there is no dead guy in his mouth.

But that doesn't seem to be any better.

Because I don’t know when, he suddenly changed the topic to how he lost these limbs.

And each time the situation was more tragic than Karan imagined.

He finally talked about the leg he had completely lost.

"Such a serious injury, you must have thought it was caused later, right?" The words were originally meant to arouse interest, but as soon as they came into Professor Kettleburn's mouth, they inexplicably turned into torture.

Coupled with his ferocious face, the meaning of torture became even more intense.

Karan pressed his body against the door, planning to run away if the situation was bad, and at the same time nodded with some fear.

Professor Kettleburn seemed not to notice Callan's pale face, and he showed a scary smile.

"Wrong answer."

Karan looked more frightened.

"This happened when I was young, not long after I graduated." Professor Kettleburn continued: "At that time, Newt said he was going to write a book about magical beasts. Let me borrow some information and take a look."

"I very much agree with his decision. There are so few similar professional books, so few that when we wanted to borrow a book when we were in school, we didn't know which one to borrow."

"It's just that I didn't have much information at the time, and the two of us had some differences in our views on magical animals, so we didn't do research together, but traveled around the world separately."

"That's when the leg was lost."

There was no look of regret on Professor Kettleburn's face. Instead, he continued to say in a nostalgic tone: "The reference material he wanted to borrow from me at that time was the Chimera beast."

"After knowing that I lost a leg because of this, Newt stopped asking me for help, and even my offer to help was rejected by him."

"He's too cautious, and I've never liked that about him."

"If you ask me, compared with these cute little guys, danger and everything else are secondary."

The topic gradually got further and further away, but Karan did not interrupt. He just listened carefully, as if he was fascinated by the story.

But Professor Kettleburn did not continue.

The story comes to an abrupt end.

He finally stopped looking at the trophies and the list of student union presidents displayed one by one, and turned to look at Karan.

"I know what those two Prewetts said to you before school started, and it must be related to Chimeramon."

The sudden jump in the topic prevented Karan from coming back to his senses for a moment. He just heard Professor Kettleburn continue to say: "But you must not blame Albus for this. He did it at my strong request." I only agreed to do this next time—also before the start of school.”

"It's not that he doesn't care about the safety of the students, it's just that sometimes, he thinks more than the rest of us."

"You should know this, he is the great Dumbledore."

Karan blinked in confusion.

But he suddenly remembered that not long after the Chimera beast in the other party's house was discovered, Professor Kettleburn made a deliberate trip to Hogwarts.

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The matter of raising this Chimera beast in the Forbidden Forest should have been decided at that time.

Also before school starts.

Professor Kettleburn stared at Callan silently for a while, but he did not continue to explain in depth, but brought the topic to himself.

"There is nothing wrong with Albus, but I cannot escape this responsibility - especially since you were the first student I dragged into the Fire Crab Club. In the end, you were harmed."

Karan opened his mouth. He felt that he should take the initiative to say something at this time.

But Professor Kettleburn immediately raised a hand and stopped what Karan was about to blurt out.

“You don’t have to say anything because it’s already a fact.”

He tapped his prosthetic arm, making a dull sound.

"It's like these chunks of wood on me, not to mention not long after the Acromantula incident last semester."

"I don't want you to have any misunderstandings about magical animals because of these two consecutive injuries."

"On the contrary, I hope more wizards can like them - at least on this point, Newt and I have the same opinion."

He walked slowly towards the door.

When he walked up to Karan, he said casually: "I have always felt that magical animals can see into the hearts of wizards better. They are born with various special abilities. This is a talent that wizards do not have."

"This is especially reflected in the connection with the wizard, which is a very subtle feeling."

"What do you think?"

After talking alone for a long time, he finally asked Karan his first question.

[Is he talking about "love"? 】

Karan frowned and thought for a while, and finally said: "I think so, sir."

"Although I haven't really confirmed it, maybe it will be in the future."

Professor Kettleburn smiled again and seemed satisfied with Callan's answer.

"I knew you had talent. Don't forget to take my class next semester." He said, patting Karan's shoulder twice.

"Also, remember not to tell anyone about this matter."

He suddenly lowered his voice, as if he was on guard against something.

"Watch out for Prewett."

"Maybe one, maybe two."

Ignoring Karan's suddenly widened eyes, he continued to whisper.

"I warned you in advance this time not to become a frequent visitor to the campus hospital - although I have always been proud of it, it is still too early for you."

"Finally, be safe."

"Talented little guy."