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"Not necessarily, Nico." Kyle also smiled.
He followed the map to the wall, then took a deep breath and ran straight into it.
Nothing happened, just like at Platform 9, Kyle walked through the wall and came to the familiar corridor.
Then, Nico followed out.
"Please allow me to take back my previous comments." He smiled and said, "Great work, you are indeed not lazy."
"Then we can go back now?"
"Of course." Nico took out two crystal fragments, one blue and one red. "This is a portkey. You can use it by inputting magic power into it through alchemy."
Kyle stared at the blue crystal that looked exactly like the Philosopher's Stone fragment and opened his mouth, but in the end he asked nothing.
Nico continued, "The red one can take you home, and the blue one can allow you to return to the library again if you need it one day."
"Come back here?" Kyle raised his head subconsciously.
"Yes." Nico said, "I think you must have wondered why I invited you here."
Kyle was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.
At first he thought it was because of the Order of Merlin, but if that was all, he wouldn't have stayed there so long.
Especially since during a meal ten days ago, Nico's wife Perenelle had already begun urging him to go back.
Kyle was ready to go home, but surprisingly, Nico refused, saying he had to watch an opera.
However, he hardly went out these days.
"Because I saw you coming here. I saw it two months ago," Nico said.
Two months ago... Hogwarts wasn't on holiday yet.
Kyle thought for a moment, "Is it a prophecy?"
"Strictly speaking, not really, but you can understand it that way." Nico smiled and blinked, "Do you want to know what I saw?"
"No!" Kyle shook his head immediately.
The prophecies in the magical world are very strange. If you don’t know them, the results may change, but once you know them, they will definitely happen one day.
"Don't be so nervous."
Nico waved his fingers, returning the room to its original state.
"In fact, I only saw you come here twice, and nothing else.
But there was a voice in my head telling me that you needed that knowledge and I should help you."
Hearing Nicolas Flamel say this, Kyle's expression relaxed a lot.
As long as he's not here to look for Nicolas Flamel, it shouldn't be a big deal.
What was the reason for his last move... Oh yeah, saving Paris.
The two returned to the hall together.
"Well, there's one last thing..."
Nico pointed to a box on the table next to him.
"It's a little late, but happy birthday, kid."
Kyle suddenly remembered that today was August 5th, and it had been five days since his birthday.
"Thanks, Nico, what is this?"
"Didn't you say before that you wanted a box to store magic items?" Nico said, "I made it for you while I was listening to the opera."
Kyle picked up the box and examined it carefully.
The box was heavy, with a dark gold surface and a few golden symbols on the opening... Kyle quickly recognized that it was used to store magic power.
"Great, that's exactly what I needed." Kyle said happily.
"As long as you like it."
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 247 The return journey and different gifts
It was already evening when Kyle returned to St. Catchpole Village.
When he finished the journey of the portkey and jumped down from mid-air, he saw a large group of people standing there.
Chris seemed to have known in advance that he was coming back and was waiting at the door early.
"Dumbledore wrote to say you would be back today." Chris said with a smile, "But I didn't expect it to be so late."
"It was originally planned for the afternoon, but was delayed due to some things."
"It's okay, just in time for dinner."
Chris opened the door.
Kyle had just walked in and hadn't even had time to drink a sip of water when he asked impatiently, "Tell me quickly, what kind of person is Mr. Nicolas Flamel? I think... he must be a rigorous and self-disciplined scholar."
"Uh... about that." Kyle's expression became a little strange.
It’s hard to say rigorously…
However, during this period, every time he saw Nico, he was always wearing a pair of frog-eye glasses, a floral shirt and shorts, lying on a chair listening to the opera.
To some extent, this can also be considered a form of self-discipline.
"Dad, haven't you met Nico before?" Kyle asked.
"No." Chris shook his head and joked, "After all, I'm not like you, who received the Order of Merlin at the age of twelve."
Then he asked some questions about other aspects.
In order to maintain Nico's image, Kyle said a few vague words, then hurriedly ended the topic on the pretext of putting away his luggage and ran upstairs.
His room was already filled with all kinds of beautifully wrapped gifts, all of which were given to him on his birthday a few days ago.
It's just that Kyle was still with Nicolas at that time, and the owl couldn't find him at all, so it had to be sent here first.
But now is not the time to open presents...
As Laton flapped his wings and flew in through the open window, the voices of Fred and George were heard outside.
"Kyle, are you back?"
"Come out quickly, let me see who we brought here!"
Kyle leaned his head out of the window and immediately saw the thin figure behind them.
"Potter?"
"Right?" Fred laughed. "We got him out of that cage."
"Driving in Dad's flying car."
"It was such a great feeling, it's a pity you didn't come back then."
Behind the two, Harry also waved happily to Kyle.
What Ron said before was right, their family was indeed very close to Kyle.
But compared to the Burrow, Kyle's house looked much more normal, at least from the outside.
Then, at Kyle's invitation, Harry followed Fred and George into the house.
The room was a large living room, even larger than the Dursleys', but before Harry had time to take a closer look he saw Fred and George hurry upstairs.
There was no choice but to follow.
As soon as they came upstairs, the twins pushed open Kyle's door aggressively and started to question him.
"Kyle, you said before that you were only going to be gone for a few days..."
"But now it's been a month..."
"Do you know how we've been spending this month?"
"Playing Quidditch in the open space, causing trouble for Percy, teasing Ron..." Kyle said calmly: "Or researching quick-acting skipping candy in your room?"
"I don't think Mrs. Weasley knows you've hidden everything under the bed."
Fred and George looked at each other and immediately put on smiles.
"Haha, Kyle, you guessed wrong..."
"In fact, we put the stuff under Ron's bed."
Ron, who came with Harry, looked at them in confusion at first, then said with a red face:
"You never told me that!"
No wonder Fred and George had been running into his room lately and lending him a broom to play with.
Ron thought they had changed for the better.
Turns out, these were all fake!
"Don't be angry, little Ron, I just want to borrow your bed temporarily." Fred said with a smile.
Ron frowned and said angrily, "No, what if mom finds out? Take it away now!"
"Since you said so... then alright."
George sighed, "You're our little brother, it's so sad that you don't even want to do this little favor."
Fred also shook his head. "We were thinking of giving you a gift when school starts, but now it seems we should forget it."
"Don't worry, we'll take them away right away, and mom won't find out."
Ron's face turned even redder.
He stammered, as if wanting to take back what he had said, but Fred and George didn't give him the chance.
After they finished talking, they ran out of the room and went back to pack their things.