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Professor McGonagall also smiled, "Yes, Albus, you are right."
This was the first time she relaxed since she learned of Black's presence in the castle.
"Then let's provide some help as well."
Dumbledore took out his wand and waved it gently. The hall seemed to have suddenly become much larger. The passage, which was originally a little crowded, was now spacious enough for two people to walk side by side.
This also means they can make their beds bigger.
Professor McGonagall was not idle either. She turned all the sleeping bags of the first and second year students into single beds like those in the dormitory.
As for students in third grade and above who have already learned secondary transformation... they are not within her scope of help.
Moreover, these sleeping bags were conjured up by Professor Dumbledore, and the magic power can be said to be quite stable, and they are almost indistinguishable from real sleeping bags.
So strictly speaking, this is not even a secondary transformation, it is simply a sleeping bag turning into a single bed.
Third grade...If you can't even do this, then you'd better just use a sleeping bag.
There are many such people, such as Harry and Ron from Gryffindor.
They struggled for a long time, but only made their sleeping bags look uglier. Finally, Hermione couldn't stand it anymore and helped them.
Next to them, Neville had already crawled into his sleeping bag without even thinking about doing anything extra.
Kyle also transformed his sleeping bag. It wasn't fancy, just an ordinary single bed in the dormitory, the same as those for first and second graders.
Fred, George and Cho came over too.
"It feels so strange, as if we were living in the same dormitory..." Fred lay there, looking up at the enchanted ceiling.
Although it was cloudy outside, he was in a surprisingly good mood. "It's a pity that Cedric is not here..."
As a prefect, Cedric had to guard the entrance to the Great Hall and was not with them.
"Thanks to Blake..."
George turned his head and said, "Without him, we wouldn't have encountered such an interesting thing. To be honest, this is the first time I sleep in a bed that I made myself... Will it suddenly turn back into a sleeping bag in the middle of the night?"
"If you get an E (exceeds expectations) in Transfiguration, then not..." Kyle said.
"That's too bad..." Fred sighed, pretending to be embarrassed, "We got an O in Transfiguration, which obviously doesn't meet the requirements, right?"
"Maybe we can deliberately get a few wrong answers on the next test so we can get an E."
"Mom will definitely not be happy if she hears you say that."
After saying that, they both laughed at the same time.
Kyle ignored them.
However, when George mentioned Blake, they couldn't help but think of what had just happened.
"Tell me, how did Blake get into the castle?" Connor asked.
This is the question most people want to know.
Now Kyle could clearly hear several speculations being said around him.
"Apparition..."
"Flying in on a broomstick..."
"Turn yourself into a flowering bush..."
They said a lot, but basically none of it was reliable.
The castle was protected by special magic that prohibited Apparition, and it was obvious that the Dementors would not allow a man on a broomstick or a flowering bush to slip into the castle.
"Is it possible that he came in through a secret passage?" At this time, Qiu suddenly said, "Aren't there many secret passages leading to the outside of the castle?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Fred said without hesitation.
George looked around and confirmed that Professor Sprout and Percy were on the other side, then he lowered his voice and said, "There are only two secret passages leading to the outside of the school.
"One of them is in the warehouse of Honeydukes, which Black obviously can't get into. Remember, he doesn't have a wand."
"The other one is in the Shrieking Shack. Although it's unguarded, the entrance is right under the Whomping Willow."
Fred continued, "If Blake dared to go out there, he would probably be crushed by the Whomping Willow as soon as he came out."
"We didn't hear anything wrong with the Whomping Willow tonight, did we?"
"Lights out now!" Percy shouted. "I demand that every one of you stop talking!"
All the candles went out immediately, leaving only a few silver ghosts emitting a little light, floating around and talking seriously with the prefects.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 381 Lupin and Black
For the next few days, the only topic of conversation in the school was Sirius Black, and the stories about how he broke into the castle became more and more bizarre.
Gryffindor's Seamus Finnigan insisted that Black had transformed into a Dementor... and had sneaked into the castle with the guards.
Luna believed that he was a painting monster who could freely enter and leave the castle's portraits.
The torn portrait of the Fat Lady was taken down from the wall and replaced by that of Lord Cadogan.
But the Gryffindor students didn't seem happy with him.
In the corridor, Kyle could always hear the complaints of Gryffindor students.
"That Sir Cadogan, who spends half his time every day daring others to duel with him..."
"Every time I enter the common room, I have to waste five minutes responding to his duel... because if you don't say anything he will keep provoking you."
"He also always comes up with ridiculously complex passwords, and he changes them at least twice a day."
"I think he probably stayed on the eighth floor for too long."
Someone said, "The corridor where Sir Cadogan used to be was rarely visited, and the owners of the other portraits did not welcome him as a visitor."
"It's obvious because he always likes to talk nonsense, and of course no one likes him."
……
In just a few days, Sir Cadogan replaced Black and became the new hot topic among Gryffindor students.
"At least he's brave."
During a lunch, Fred said with a smile: "No other portrait artist was willing to take this job, only Sir Cadogan was willing to do it."
"And I heard that he volunteered." George also said.
They didn't really dislike Sir Cadogan, and sometimes they would even take the initiative to provoke him, making him jump up and down in the portrait in anger.
To be honest, Kyle was also quite curious about Sir Cadogan, but the latter was only in charge of the Gryffindor common room and could not switch to work for Hufflepuff.
At this time, Harry also walked into the hall, but his expression looked a little unhappy.
Percy followed behind him, observing the situation around him from time to time, as if a fire dragon might jump out of the corner at any time and swallow Harry in one bite.
This strange behavior inevitably attracted the attention of others.
"Here we go again... this big head."
Fred glanced at him and quickly turned his head away.
"What's going on?" Cedric asked curiously, "Why do I feel like Percy is very nervous?"
"It's because of Harry."
George explained: "Mum wrote to us the other day to say she was going to help look after Harry, and then he became like this."
"You all probably know what happened between Black and Harry." Fred came over, "Mom...or most people think that Black came to the castle last time just to kill Harry and avenge his master."
Others nodded.
"No wonder I always see professors following Harry around recently..." Qiu said suddenly.
"Not only that," said Cedric, "even when the Quidditch team is training, Madam Hooch is there to supervise."
"Percy probably thinks of himself as a professor." Fred curled his lips, "Besides, this is the auditorium, Black can't hide under the table."
As he spoke, he bent down, put his head under the table and asked seriously, "Mr. Black, are you here? Do you want some steak?"
His funny appearance made many people laugh.
Harry probably had the same idea as him.
Kyle saw him turn around and say something, and Percy stopped following him so closely, but still kept a distance from him.
The first class is Defense Against the Dark Arts.
After dinner, Kyle and Kanna went to the classroom together.
Professor Lupin looked a little strange today, as if something was on his mind. He was always absent-minded during class and called the wrong students' names several times.
In the end, he simply stopped teaching and asked the students to work in pairs to practice exorcising spells to deal with the little devils.
Until the end of get out of class...
"Kyle, could you stay for a moment?" he said. "I have something I want to ask you."
After everyone left the classroom, Kyle looked around... To be honest, he was still a little resistant to being kept by Professor Lupin.
Fortunately, there were no wardrobes or boxes around this time, and there shouldn't be any Boggarts or anything else.
However, Professor Lupin did not notice Kyle's abnormality. He closed the door and hesitated for a long time before asking, "Did you see him that day?"
"Who?"
"That's Sirius Black."
"Yes, I saw it." Kyle nodded.
"What does he look like..." Professor Lupin asked in a low voice. "I mean... is he the same as in the photograph in the newspaper?"
In just one sentence, his eyes changed several times: nervousness... disappointment... hatred... and there seemed to be a hint of concern, but it was fleeting.
"You can tell it's the same person, but there are still differences."
Kyle thought for a moment and said, "He is very thin, with only a layer of skin covering his bones. He is sloppy and dirty, and his eye sockets are sunken... It seems that he must have suffered a lot in order to avoid the pursuit of the Dementors."
"He deserves it!" Professor Lupin suddenly slammed his fist on the table and said excitedly, "He should have thirteen years ago..."