Page 320
"There's no way the map could be wrong!"
Before Kyle could say anything, he saw Blake get up from the ground and loudly retorted.
He looked extremely excited at this moment, and ran towards Kyle eagerly, but just after running two steps, his body floated up uncontrollably like a balloon.
"Wandless spellcasting..." Hermione said in surprise, covering her mouth.
"No!" Professor Lupin shook his head and stared at a fist-sized blue bug next to Black. "It's a Billywig bug... Anyone stung by it will float uncontrollably."
"Sorry, Blake is so excited right now, I think this should help calm him down a little," Kyle said with a shrug.
Then he reached out and caught the Billywig worm that flew back.
Ron was envious standing by, thinking if his Banban had the same skill, he wouldn't have been snatched away.
Black was still struggling, but Professor Lupin had already found a rope and tied him up tightly.
Now it's more like a balloon.
"Let's go," he said. "It's getting late now. We need to hand Black over to Professor Dumbledore as soon as possible."
Professor Lupin paused, but ultimately decided not to hand him over to the Dementors directly.
But just as he was about to walk out, he noticed Kyle looking at the rat in Ron's hand.
Scabbers no longer struggled at all. He nestled comfortably in Ron's hands and seemed to be smiling.
"Why do you laugh, Peter?"
Kyle kindly reminded him, "Don't you realize it yet? You can't return to your human form.
Or do you think that Professor Lupin and Black are idiots who all pronounced the spell incorrectly?"
It was visibly that the joy in the mouse's eyes quickly disappeared, and was replaced by fear.
Are Lupin and Black idiots?
Of course not, on the contrary, they are all graduates with excellent grades.
Banban seemed to have thought of something, and the fear in his eyes became more and more intense. He began to struggle again and even bit Ron's finger.
"Ouch." Ron felt pain and let go of his hand.
But Banban, who fell to the ground, did not run away. He just kept circling in the same place and made a sharp cry.
"Scabbers, what's wrong with you, Scabbers?" Ron said anxiously.
"Nothing, it's just confirming something." Kyle looked at him, "Can you lend me your wand?"
Ron held his wand tightly, not letting go.
"Use mine." Harry handed over his wand and looked at the mouse on the ground with a complicated expression.
He had too many doubts in his mind and didn't want to miss any chance of knowing the truth.
"Thank you."
Kyle took the wand and placed it on the ground, then smiled and said to Scabbers, "You can try it yourself to see if you can undo the Animagus transformation."
Banban didn't move... He wasn't so stupid as to expose himself.
Kyle probably guessed what he was thinking and said, "Don't worry, if you can change back, I will let you go."
As he said this, he pointed his wand at Hermione without warning, "Expelliarmus!"
Kyle took Hermione's wand and put it in his pocket along with Professor Lupin's and his own.
"Look, no one can threaten you now." Kyle spread his hands and said, "As long as you can change back and get Harry's wand, you can escape at any time."
"Kyle. You don't…."
Professor Lupin wanted to say something, but before he could finish his words, Scabbers moved.
As Ron looked on in disbelief, it rammed the tip of Harry's wand.
Unlike the blue light before, this time the wand flashed white light.
Under everyone's gaze, Banban's body shook... and then nothing happened.
This time, even Ron noticed that something was wrong with Scabbers. It seemed like it was crazy, hitting the wand again and again.
In the small room, the white light flickered, as if there was a light bulb with poor contact.
This scene made Ron's faith gradually collapse... His Scabbers was using a wand, and he was using the same spell.
But can an ordinary mouse use a magic wand?
Banban hit the target faster and harder, even the fur on his head was broken.
A few drops of blood fell on the wand, and Harry felt sick at the sight.
He seemed to understand a little bit why Kyle wanted to borrow Ron's wand just now.
"Haha...Peter...hahaha..." Blake's wild laughter came from the room. He laughed so happily that a crystal tear rolled down the corner of his eye and fell on the dusty floor.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 432 The Truth
Looking at the mad Banban, Ron subconsciously retreated to the wall, one hand tightly grasping his chest, and asked hysterically: "What is going on? Can anyone explain it to me?"
The pet he had raised for several years actually knew how to use a magic wand. He felt so confused that he didn't dare to get close to Banban anymore.
"That's what we wanted to ask." Professor Lupin glanced at Black who was laughing non-stop and frowned, "How do you know Peter can't change back?"
Kyle didn't answer immediately, but took out his wand.
"Collapse!"
Peter, who was banging his wand, immediately fell to the ground.
Afterwards, Kyle returned Hermione and Professor Lupin's wands to them, and then explained, "Because of the tonic I brewed for it."
"Tonic?" Hermione frowned as she took the wand. "But the book never said that pet tonic can prevent Animagus from returning to human form."
"Regular ones don't work," Kyle said, "but I added a whole dried mandrake leaf to its tonic... the one on top of the root."
"What did you say?" Professor Lupin raised his voice subconsciously.
Mandrake leaves are not cheap to begin with, costing five Sickles each, and the one at the top of the root is even more expensive, almost ten times the price of ordinary leaves.
Such an expensive thing is enough for him to live for a month, but Kyle actually used it to make tonic for a mouse?
Did Kyle know that Scabbers was Peter?
That's not right... Professor Lupin shook his head. They were the only ones who had seen Peter's Animagus. Moreover, Peter's fake death happened twelve years ago. How old was Kyle at that time? Two? Or three?
"It's just a coincidence..." Kyle ignored Professor Lupin's strange expression and continued, "I originally wanted to make the tonic more effective, but I didn't expect him to be an Animagus."
"But... does this matter?" Harry blinked and asked confusedly.
"Of course it does." Kyle conjured a cage, locked Peter inside, and said without raising his head.
He thought someone would help explain it, but no one around spoke until he finished dealing with Peter.
Even Hermione and Lupin looked at him in confusion, with the same expression as Harry.
"You never read any herbal books other than textbooks?" Kyle asked subconsciously.
Hermione shook her head slightly. Of all the books she had read, the ones about herbs were the least.
Professor Lupin also turned his head away, his situation was similar to Hermione's.
"Okay..." Kyle sighed and could only continue, "Mandra leaves are very good for magical creatures. They can heal wounds, strengthen their physique... They can be used in many places, but it's different for Animagus. You should know what the first step in learning Animagus is..."
Kyle said the last words to Blake.
"Of course I remember." In mid-air, Blake did not ask Kyle how he knew he was an Animagus. He just rubbed his sore chin and said, "Put a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month... To be honest, that month was too hard to endure. I almost gave up several times."
"That's it."
Kyle said, "The function of the Mandrake Leaf is to record all your information as a wizard. It is equivalent to another "you", or a beacon that guides the direction..."
"What lighthouse?" Harry was confused.
He felt like he was in Professor Trelawney's divination class. He couldn't understand a word of it. The main point was that participation was the most important thing.
"Okay, let me put it more simply." Kyle sighed, "The Hawk Moth Pupa can turn you from a human into an animal, and the Mandrake Leaf can turn you back..."
"What is a ghost-faced hawkmoth... Ouch!"
Harry wanted to ask more, but before he could finish his words, Hermione elbowed him in the waist, causing him to grimace in pain.
"That's a potion ingredient." Kyle glanced at him and continued, "So when an Animagus eats a large amount of Mandrake leaves in animal form, the information about the 'wizard' in the body will gradually disperse until it can no longer be transformed back."
"But that's impossible..." Hermione frowned, "Professor McGonagall talked about Animagus, but she didn't tell us to pay attention to it. If it was as dangerous as you said, the professor would not have failed to remind us."
"Because there is no need for that." Kyle said, "Strictly speaking, the information of the 'wizard' is difficult to disperse, unless it is eaten for several years in a row... and once it changes back to human form, the information will be reunited.
There aren't many Animagus to begin with, and the chances of them being animals for five consecutive years while constantly eating things containing Mandrake leaves are too low...
In the entire wizarding world for a thousand years, there has only been one person... Oh no, there should be two now."
Kyle glanced at Peter in the cage.
Blake started laughing again.
Professor Lupin looked at Kyle and suddenly asked, "Did you know that Scabbers was Peter?"
Kyle turned his head and asked, "Why do you say that?"
"Because I didn't see any surprise in you." Professor Lupin said, "Whether it was me, Harry, Ron, or Hermione, we were all shocked after we confirmed that Scabbers was Peter. Only you were different. You were very calm."
After hearing what he said, everyone looked at Kyle at the same time.
Ron seemed about to say something, but was stopped by Hermione.
"The reason I'm not surprised is that this isn't the first time this has happened," Kyle shrugged.
"What?" Professor Lupin was stunned, as if he had not expected Kyle to say that.
"In fact, a similar thing happened when I was in my first year. Another student's pet was also an Animagus, and it was also a rat."
Kyle smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Fred and George, or other students above the fourth grade. They all know."