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Then he took out two more Galleons and handed them to Kyle along with the parchment.
"Professor, what are you doing?"
"Remember? You lent me two Galleons on the train." Professor Lupin smiled and said, "It just so happens that Professor Dumbledore advanced me one month's salary in advance."
"No thanks, Professor. I..."
"Listen to me, Kyle." Professor Lupin interrupted him, "I know what you mean, but as a professor, I can't accept money from students. This is absolutely not allowed... Do you understand me?"
Professor Lupin's expression was serious.
"I see." Kyle took the two Galleons.
"But I also want to thank you." Professor Lupin smiled again, "Thanks to those two Galleons, I was able to buy a decent set of clothes before class."
He made no secret of his embarrassment and even joked, "The cheapest clothes in Hogsmeade are one Galleon and fifteen Sickles, and the extra money can buy a box of chocolate frogs, which was my favorite before... By the way, do you collect cards?"
He pulled a Chocolate Frog card from his pocket.
Kyle glanced at…Salazar Slytherin.
"No!" Kyle shook his head decisively.
Professor Lupin didn't care and just thought that Kyle already had this card.
"And this is my thank you gift."
He picked up the parchment in his hand and said, "I remember you also used the Patronus Charm on the train, but you failed to summon a complete Patronus.
"Here is the method I summarized for learning the Patronus Charm. It should be helpful to you."
"Forehead……"
Kyle really wanted to tell Professor Lupin that he actually knew the Patronus Charm and was quite good at it, but this was a thank-you gift after all, so in order to avoid embarrassment for both parties, he took the parchment.
"Thank you, Professor."
"You're welcome." Professor Lupin smiled and said, "If there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask me."
"Yeah...I will."
"It's okay, go back quickly." Professor Lupin blinked, "Don't make your friend wait anxiously."
"Goodbye, Professor."
Just as Kyle turned around and prepared to leave, he suddenly found two more people in front of him.
Cedric and Fred, they lay on the floor motionless, as if dead.
"Oh, it's a Boggart..."
Professor Lupin also noticed this, and stepped forward and said, "I always thought it had been destroyed, but I didn't expect it to hide here. Let me help you..."
Before he could finish his words, Kyle had already raised his wand.
Almost instinctively... flames shot out from the magic wand and condensed into the shape of a fire dragon in mid-air.
"Snapped!"
The fire dragon spewed out a ball of flame, and a wave of hot air instantly swept across the entire office.
All the windows were shattered, and the tables and chairs in the room turned into ashes in an instant.
The "corpses" of Cedric and Fred disappeared. A mass of black mist kept twisting and deforming in front of the fire dragon, and finally disappeared completely...
It happened so quickly that by the time Professor Lupin reacted, the office was already in ruins.
"Stop……"
Looking at the huge flaming dragon in front of him, he drew out his wand in horror.
"The curse stops immediately!"
But it's no use.
The "Fire Dragon" seemed to be enraged. It turned its increasingly huge body and opened its mouth towards him.
At this time...
"All curses end!"
Another ball of golden flame rose up and attached to the "fire dragon", and its huge body began to shrink rapidly.
The "fire dragon" at this moment was just like the Bogut just now, struggling constantly until it completely disappeared.
Professor Lupin looked up blankly.
The office was in a mess. The tables, chairs, cabinets and windows were all gone. Only half of the door was left, hanging with difficulty on the door frame.
There was a sound of footsteps outside, as if someone had heard the noise and was coming over here.
"I'm sorry, Professor. I..."
"This is too dangerous..." Professor Lupin suddenly said loudly: "This is not how you use the Fire Charm!"
After saying that, he rushed out of the office and drove the students away before they could even reach the door.
"There's nothing to see, let's go to the auditorium to eat... Go back quickly, don't delay the afternoon class."
"Oh, Professor McGonagall... Why are you here too?... It's nothing, don't worry, there was just a little accident with the fire spell, and it has been resolved."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 369 Dumbledore's Punishment
"Damn the fire spell, he's lying, it's clearly Fiendfyre!"
In the headmaster's office, Snape roared, "Can the Fire Curse be so powerful? Or does that idiot Lupin think we can't even tell the difference between a Fire Curse and a Fiery Curse!"
"Calm down, Severus, I can hear you, don't be so excited." Dumbledore picked up the teapot next to him.
"Would you like some black tea?"
"It's already this late, and you're still in the mood for tea?" Snape stared at Dumbledore as if he had just met him.
"Someone used a Fiendfyre spell on a school and destroyed an office!
"Even when Black...that person was in school, he didn't dare to use this extremely dangerous black magic so blatantly."
"I know, Severus... I know." Dumbledore still poured him a cup of black tea.
Snape took a sip, seemed to find it too hot, and put it back and continued, "You should find out how he learned the Fiery Curse!"
"I have a different opinion from you on this point..."
Dumbledore shook his head. "Remus told me that he didn't hear the spell. Maybe Kyle just suddenly saw the "corpse" of his friend, which caused the magic riot..."
"Can magical riots produce fierce fire?" Snape's face became increasingly ugly. He felt that his IQ was insulted.
"It's not impossible."
Dumbledore thought for a moment, "Kyle saw the Fiery Fire Curse in his second year, and was in it. It was not a good memory.
And the Boggart, this kind of creature always reveals the fear deep in people's hearts. Perhaps Kyle also thought of this experience, so when the magic rioted, he subconsciously reproduced it...
"Well... this is normal, nothing strange."
There was silence in the principal's office.
Snape looked at Dumbledore in disbelief, his expression as if he had been forced to drink a large gulp of potion brewed by Neville Longbottom.
"Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"Of course not, Severus, you are the most gifted Potions genius I have ever seen, and one of the youngest headmasters in the history of Hogwarts, there is no doubt about that."
"but……"
Dumbledore changed the subject and continued, "You are too focused on potions, so it is inevitable that you are lacking in other aspects... Magic is the most wonderful thing in the world."
"Bang bang..."
Snape wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.
"Are you here so soon?"
Dumbledore stood up and said, "Severus, can you please inform Hagrid? Kyle may not be able to go to class until later this afternoon."
"Just don't regret it!" Snape took a deep breath, turned around and opened the door of the headmaster's office.
Outside the door were Professor McGonagall and Kyle.
Snape's mouth twitched, but he said nothing and walked past them.
Then Professor McGonagall left, leaving Kyle alone.
"Sit down." Dumbledore pointed to an armchair in front of him.
Kyle walked over and sat down.
He had expected Dumbledore to ask him some questions, or give him a stern rebuke...but nothing happened.
Dumbledore just waved calmly.
The table between the two of them was instantly filled with all kinds of food.
"You can have your lunch here... it's not as lively as in the auditorium, but it's still just as good."
Dumbledore blinked and said, "And as Headmaster, I always get things that aren't in the canteen, like this honey cream pie."
He pushed a plate towards Kyle, "Try it."
Kyle cut a small piece onto his plate but didn't eat it.
Everything Dumbledore liked was too sweet for him, and honey cream... the name alone was enough to make it too sweet.
Kyle cut a little and left it alone, while Dumbledore happily brought the plate to himself.
The two of them ate lunch in the principal's office. The scene was both harmonious and strange.
Half an hour later, the last plate of pudding disappeared, and a pot of black tea and a glass of lemonade appeared on the table.
"Can you tell me why?" Dumbledore asked suddenly.
"I'm sorry, Professor." Kyle didn't explain. "I just wanted the Boggart to disappear completely."
"Is it because you saw the 'corpse' of your friend?" asked Dumbledore.