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As soon as he pulled himself out, he contacted other colleagues in St. Mungo's unique way and told them about the werewolves.
This is how the previous scene happened.
On the other side, Mrs. Longbottom hurriedly found Neville after learning about this. After learning what happened from her grandson, the old lady immediately took Neville to express her gratitude.
But they were a step too late. When the two found Kyle, he had just gone to the sixth floor with the dean and Dumbledore.
Mrs. Longbottom simply stood at the corner of the stairs with Neville and waited until they came down.
Afterwards, Mrs. Longbottom invited Kyle to a ward on the fifth floor.
Neville's parents were there, lying on the hospital bed, staring blankly at Kyle.
"You saved Neville, and they want to express their gratitude to you."
Mrs. Longbottom turned her head to look at the bed and said with a trembling voice, "Frank, Alice, the child is here."
But the two men's eyes were still dull, as if they had not heard what Mrs. Longbottom said.
"Don't mind, child," Mrs. Longbottom explained. "I can sense that they really want to thank you in person, but they just can't express it."
While Mrs. Longbottom was talking, Neville stood nearby, head bowed, and seemed to be taking great interest in his toes.
But such behavior made Mrs. Longbottom very annoyed.
"Hold your head up, Neville!" she said sternly. "You shouldn't be ashamed of what your parents went through. You should be proud!"
"I didn't..." Neville retorted, his voice was quiet but firm.
Then, Madam Longbottom looked at Kyle again, straightened her back, and said proudly, "They were tortured crazy by the Death Eaters with the Cruciatus Curse... Those stray dogs wanted to force out where their masters were, but they were wrong. The Longbottom family would never compromise with dark wizards!"
"It's admirable..." Kyle stood in awe.
"Same to you, kid."
Mrs. Longbottom said: "To be able to defeat a werewolf at such a young age, not many people can do this.
I hope Neville can have such courage in the future, become an Auror after graduation, and restore the glory of the Longbottom family..."
She turned her gaze to Neville and suddenly frowned, "Keep your back straight, Neville, I've told you many times, keep your back straight!"
After leaving the ward, Kyle could still clearly hear Mrs. Longbottom scolding Neville.
He looked at Dean Sassia next to him and asked, "Can't the injuries caused by the Cruciatus Curse be cured?"
"It's difficult. Any problem involving the soul is difficult to heal. This is true for werewolves and the Cruciatus Curse."
Dean Sassia thought for a moment and said, “The Cruciatus Curse not only causes physical injuries to them, but also the pain of tearing their souls apart.
A wizard's body is very fragile, just like trying to piece together a broken mirror on a stretched balloon. If you are not careful, the balloon will be punctured.
All we can do now is to put together the prototype of the mirror and wait for a more effective method to come out while ensuring that the balloon does not burst."
"Like the wolfsbane potion?" Kyle mused.
"That's right." Dean Sassia smiled and said, "What we are waiting for is the "wolfsbane potion" that can resolve the Cruciatus Curse, and we have been working hard for it."
Kyle said nothing more and walked forward silently.
After mentioning the broken soul, he suddenly thought of the Horcrux.
Yes, the Horcrux... the most evil dark magic item in the world, invented by the despicable Hercule.
Kyle remembered that if he wanted to create a Horcrux, the first thing he had to do was to split his soul through killing, and then it could be put into the Horcrux.
What if the soul is in a split state from the beginning... can this step be skipped?
Just like the Longbottoms, their souls were shattered by the Cruciatus Curse. Don't they just meet the requirements for making Horcruxes?
Kyle fell into deep thought.
Since it is impossible to piece together a complete mirror on the balloon, wouldn't it be better to just take away the fragments?
A Horcrux is a very special thing. It is like an extra body, or a bridge, connecting those broken souls.
What’s even more interesting is that once this bridge is formed, each soul fragment will become relatively complete. This is why Voldemort did not go crazy even after his six Horcruxes were destroyed.
It is precisely because of this characteristic that it allows a person to successfully achieve immortality.
If that is the case, then could the Longbottoms' shattered souls also be made into Horcruxes?
After breaking the soul into pieces, won't we no longer have to worry about the fragments?
Of course, this is just Kyle's idea.
The problem now is that he has never read any books about Horcruxes, and his understanding of the subject is limited to the superficial knowledge in his memory. He has no idea whether it is feasible to do so.
Kyle subconsciously glanced at Dumbledore not far away.
The other party quickly noticed it and gave him a puzzled look in return.
Kyle quickly turned his eyes away.
Ask Dumbledore?
Forget it. He thought that as soon as he said the word Horcrux, the Elder Wand would hammer him into the wall, and it would be embarrassing if he couldn't get it out.
Since I can't ask, I can only look for it myself.
Kyle plans to look for it in the restricted books section after school starts.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t find it, there will be another diary next year.
As for the crown in the Room of Requirement...to be honest, Kyle didn't want to touch that thing if he could help it.
It's too dangerous and it won't do him any good.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 121 Quick-acting candy series
As expected, after the werewolf was out of danger, he was taken away by the Ministry of Magic.
Dean Sassia did not stop her. After the Ministry of Magic left, she took the healer named Hibercrat back with her.
In the headmaster's office of St. Mungo's, Headmaster Sassia asked calmly, "How is it going?"
"It went smoothly." Hebercrat said, "I managed to get them away during the treatment, which took about five minutes."
"How much truth serum did you use..."
"Three drops. With the werewolf's ability to recover, the people from the Ministry of Magic would never be able to tell." Hippocrates said, "Also, I have asked all the questions you asked. The werewolf had been following Greyback before, but was taken to Knockturn Alley a month ago..."
While Dean Sassia was talking to Healer Hebercrat, Kyle was sent home by Dumbledore.
"That's it, Kyle."
At St. Catchpole Village, Dumbledore said, "I have to go to France to meet a friend. I hope he can forgive me for breaking my promise."
By the time Kyle recovered from the discomfort caused by Apparition, Dumbledore had disappeared.
He also noticed that Dumbledore actually brought him to the vicinity of the Burrow.
"Is the principal also a directionally challenged person? I've never heard of that."
Kyle scratched his head and didn't care.
Shortly after he returned home, Chris and Diana also hurried back.
"We have received a letter from Dumbledore."
Chris nervously pulled Kyle in front of him, and after a careful inspection, he asked, "Did you encounter a werewolf in St. Mungo's?!"
"Yes."
Kyle had already thought of an excuse, and said calmly, "But Hagrid and Professor Kettleburn were with me at the time, and they quickly dealt with the werewolf."
"But Dumbledore said in the letter that you were the one who solved the werewolf." Diana dragged out her voice and said, "Did he lie?"
"Well... I thought it would be bad to just watch, so I helped a little."
Kyle stretched out his hand, pinched his little finger and emphasized: "It's really just a little bit."
Diana raised an eyebrow and said, "If you're just helping, then why did Sassia apply for the Second Class Medal of the Order of Merlin for you?"
"Maybe Hagrid and Professor Kettleburn don't need this kind of thing... so they gave it to me."
Diana obviously didn't believe Kyle's statement. She squinted her eyes and said, "First, you were taken to the Forbidden Forest by Oren, who was disguised as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. It's only been a few days, and you encountered a werewolf again when you were in St. Mungo's... Maybe Hogwarts is not suitable for you.
How about transferring to Beauxbatons? I happen to know Madam Maxime, and she should be able to take good care of you for me."
"Ilvermorny is also fine." Chris also said, "Hillscamander and his wife are both professors there. I remember they liked you very much when they were young."
"Um... I don't need to transfer schools." Kyle said nervously, "That would be too much trouble."
"It's not a problem." Diana said, "and at least you won't encounter such dangerous things there."
"This is all an accident. It's the same everywhere." Kyle whispered, "Besides, the things at St. Mungo's have nothing to do with Hogwarts."
Diana said calmly, "Why doesn't it matter? Hagrid is the gamekeeper at Hogwarts, and Kettleburn is the professor of Care of Magical Creatures."
"Is this okay?"
Kyle was speechless for a moment, but soon he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up and he said, "I think it's because of Hagrid... These two incidents are related to him. He must be too unlucky, so I was also affected.
I promise to stay away from him when school starts again, and everything will be fine."
No matter what, let's pass on the blame first.
This trick did work, and after that, Chris and Diana never mentioned transferring schools again.
But they also didn't allow Kyle to run around alone. Even if he went to Diagon Alley, he had to be accompanied by an adult.
Fortunately, Kyle hadn't planned to run around outside anyway, so he agreed readily.
For a period of time afterwards, in order to reassure them, Kyle did not go anywhere and stayed in his room doing his homework.
Perhaps because the exams had just ended, the professors at Hogwarts did not assign too much summer homework, probably about the same as during the Easter holidays.
Kyle finished it in just one week, and that was with the interference of Fred and George.
The two brothers seemed to have treated his attic as a secret base. They came there almost every day. While Kyle was doing his homework, they were there studying some strange candy.
Almost all the sweets they had bought from Hogsmeade before the holidays were used up on this.
When Kyle finished his last History of Magic homework and came to the attic, he just heard voices inside.