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If you are tied up, you can write me a letter and I will personally take Hagrid to the Ministry to confront him."
"That's not necessary, Albus." Fudge said unnaturally, "I trust you completely, and the investigation into Hagrid has been completed.
There was no trace of any Winged Devil in his room, of that there was no doubt."
"Thank you for your trust, Cornelius." Dumbledore said gently, "I didn't expect you to come to Hogwarts in person for this matter."
"Oh, it's nothing, Albus." Fudge took a sip of black tea and said, "This was originally our mistake. It's my duty to come here. I just hope Minerva won't be too angry.
But speaking of the Winged Demon, I suddenly remembered something."
"Oh?" Dumbledore raised his eyelids slightly, looking very interested.
"Is such that."
Fudge adjusted his collar unconsciously and said, "Recently, some people in the Ministry of Magic have been using the matter of the Winged Demon to discredit me, saying that I am too inefficient.
They also thought that my decision to return the magical creatures was a mistake and that I shouldn't have transferred Newt and Chris away for so long.
Even the Ministries of Magic in other countries wrote to me saying that I shouldn’t let Newt go to their countries.”
"But Albus, I just want to express my importance to this matter. My original intention is good."
"I completely understand how you feel." Dumbledore nodded and said, "Sometimes, not being understood is a very distressing thing."
"I knew you would understand me." Fudge took another sip of black tea. "What I hear most every day now is all kinds of accusations, which makes it impossible for me to carry out my normal work. If it were not for this, I would definitely write to you in advance when the striker comes to Hogwarts to inform you."
Dumbledore's eyes flickered, and he stared at Fudge in silence.
"If it were you," Fudge asked casually, "how would you solve this problem..."
……
No one knew what Fudge and Dumbledore said in the headmaster's office, but many people saw him leaving Hogwarts with a straight face.
It was obvious that he didn't seem very satisfied with the conversation.
After Fudge left, Hagrid found Professor Oren carrying a large barrel of single malt whiskey, had a good drink with him, and gave him a large bag of rock cookies as a thank you gift for his righteous words.
This also led to the fact that during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class the next day, Kyle always felt that there was something wrong with Professor Oren's words.
"I'm trying a new spell."
Professor Oren explained: "It was just that something went wrong during the process and I suffered some minor injuries. It's nothing serious."
Well, Kyle was still quite curious about what kind of spell could cause teeth to break.
Remove your lunch curse?
Also, during the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall's behavior was a bit confusing.
She first inexplicably tapped Kyle with her wand while checking his homework, and then asked a very simple question.
After Kyle answered correctly, she gave Hufflepuff a full 20 points for the first time.
This made the other young wizards very excited. They thought that Professor McGonagall was inspired by something and wanted to support a house to compete with Slytherin for the house cup.
But they soon realized that they were overthinking.
Professor McGonagall is still Professor McGonagall, serious and fair, with no preference for any college.
This kind of large bonus only happened once, and in the third year during the Transfiguration class, she was deducted ten points from Hufflepuff because of homework problems.
I guess only Kyle knows the reason behind this.
When he was mingling with the young wizards and shouting, he noticed that Professor McGonagall had glanced at him several times, intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Kyle deliberately changed his voice, it only deceived the people in the Ministry of Magic and the little wizards around him.
Professor McGonagall is not that easy to fool.
However, judging from her actions, Professor McGonagall did not seem to intend to pursue the matter.
In addition, the roots of the devil's net were also planted by Kyle in the Room of Requirement, just next to the cave of the Moon Crazy Beast, a place completely out of sunlight.
After two weeks of careful care, the original small root has turned into a new devil's snare, and even grew tendrils as thick as fingers.
Kyle simply poked the tendrils and they immediately wrapped around Kyle's wrists.
Since the tendrils are still too young and not very strong, being wrapped around them feels like a massage and is quite comfortable.
Kyle played with the Devil's Snare as a toy for a while before letting it go.
The moon-crazy beasts next to them have completely gotten used to the environment here and are sleeping very peacefully in their respective caves.
The growth of Baixian and Ruxiang is not bad. If it is only used as rations, it will basically be enough for Moon Crazy Beasts to eat for several months.
But recently Kyle has been thinking about improving their diet and is preparing to get some Babo tubers.
A whole root of the Babo tuber, mixed with leaves of plants such as Dictamni and Rue, mashed and then rolled into small balls, is the favorite food of the Moon Beast.
However, there was no place to buy Babo tubers in Hogsmeade, and there was no opportunity to start in the school greenhouse. Kyle could only wait until the holiday to go to Diagon Alley... and go to Newt's place.
The biting cabbage is almost ripe, and its row of teeth are as sharp as razors.
Kyle found a stone and threw it over.
The hard bluestone tasted like chickpeas in Kale's mouth, making a crunching sound when chewed.
Kyle is already looking forward to the Devil's Snare growing up. When that happens, it and the Biting Cabbage will be one for control and one for output. That scene...
Hey hey hey.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 90 Kyle, do you have rat poison?
For the next few weeks, Kyle visited the Room of Requirement almost every day, and in addition to tending to the newborn devil's web, he also needed to keep an eye out for kale bites.
After entering the mature stage, they can briefly break away from the constraints of the soil and stroll around relying on the outermost layer of broad leaves.
However, Kyle was not too worried about this. After all, the biting cabbages would not easily leave the comfortable soil unless there was any creature to provoke them.
Kyle is worried about them spitting out seeds.
Mature biting cabbages may spray their seeds outside at any time, and the distance depends entirely on their mood. The farthest they can spray is even several hundred meters away.
The House of Requirement is not very big, but it would be troublesome if these seeds took root near the Moon Beast or the Devil's Snare.
Bite cabbage is a plant that is difficult to transplant, especially in the early sprouting stage. If the surrounding environment changes slightly, they will bite you on the spot.
Only a master botanist like Professor Sprout could accomplish this kind of work which requires great skills and experience.
Kyle was still a little short of ideas, so he could only use the simplest method, which was to collect the seeds before they sprouted and plant them in a suitable place.
After more than a month of hard work, before the Easter holiday, there were already five Bite-ing Brussels sprouts in the Room of Requirement.
Two mature ones, and three just sprouting.
After making sure that there were no missed seeds, Kyle felt a lot more relieved. At least he didn't have to go to the Room of Requirement every day.
But Cedric was busy, and not only him, but also other Hufflepuff Quidditch players.
Harris was stricter than ever with them, and his enthusiasm for training did not cool down at all even in the continuous rainy days after the heavy snow.
But others had no complaints.
If they won the next match against Slytherin, they would overtake Gryffindor and become the house with the highest total score.
After that, as long as they win the last game or are not overtaken by other houses, they will become the champions and bring back the Quidditch Cup for Hufflepuff.
In order to achieve the final victory, all the team members turned into training maniacs, wishing they could stay on the Quidditch field for both eating and sleeping.
Of course, it's much the same with Gryffindor.
But Slytherin seemed to be in a bad mood. They trained as usual every day, and then disbanded at a certain time without staying for even a second longer.
This is not surprising, because they can only win the championship if they beat Hufflepuff by 300 points in the next game.
But this is obviously unrealistic. If it were Ravenclaw's free-scoring team, it would be possible.
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this morning, Kyle was looking forward to tomorrow's game while recording various treatment methods for being bitten by a werewolf.
"Remember, the mixture of distilled water and silver powder can only seal the wound, it can't prevent lycanthropy."
On the podium, Professor Oren said solemnly: "If you are not sure of winning, the best way to deal with a werewolf is to run as fast as you can. The choice of spells should also focus on creating obstacles to buy time for yourself to escape, rather than trying to kill them.
Sometimes, it is a good habit to always have a broomstick with you, it can save your life in critical moments. "
After memorizing these contents, Professor Oren used a transformation spell to turn the podium into a werewolf, and then asked the young wizards to come forward for practical exercises.
While waiting in line, Connor came up to Kyle and whispered, "Do you have any rat poison?"
"Rat poison?"
Kyle blinked and said, “Why, Pochi fell out of favor?
But even if it has fallen out of favor, there is no need to kill it, just give it to Percy, Scabbers is in need of a wife."
"What are you thinking? I won't give Pochi away."
Kanna pushed Kyle and said unhappily, "I meant the potion to cure rats. Pochi has been sick recently and has no energy at all."
"Sick?" Kyle frowned and asked, "Did you give it rat tonic on time?"
Kanna nodded and said, "Of course, I feed him on time every month, never missed a day."
"That shouldn't be the case." Kyle scratched his head in confusion, "Did I buy fake materials?"
The rat tonic he sold to Connor was not the sugar water sold in the Diagon Alley shop, but a special tonic that Newt had developed for the Murtra rats.
For ordinary voles, this stuff is almost like the "fountain of life". As long as they drink a small bottle every month, they can definitely live in good health until the end of their life.
"Are you sure it's sick?" Kyle asked again.
"Sure, it sneezed last night." Kanna thought for a moment and said, "I suspect it has something to do with the heavy rain during the flight class a few days ago. At that time, everyone in our dormitory caught a cold."
"Maybe……"
Kyle looked at the few people left in front and took the initiative to pull Kanna to the back of the team.
"I do know a recipe for rat poison, but I'm missing some potion ingredients."
Kyle rubbed his fingers, thought for a while, and then said, "How about this, you give Pochi a bottle of rat tonic tonight and see.
If that doesn't work, I'll send an owl to Hogsmeade to buy it tomorrow after the Quidditch game."