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"You're still not giving up." Fred said, "Then let me ask you, what's in the flowerpot in Kyle's box?"
"Mandra."
"..."
"Are you really Kyle?" George asked cautiously.
"Nonsense," Kyle said.
Fred scratched his hair. "This shouldn't be the case..."
Kyle thinks Butterbeer is expensive?
This is just like Ron casually buying a Firebolt, which is incredible.
Connor looked at Kyle who was bickering with the Weasley brothers and said with a smile, "It's okay. I'll buy you a drink."
She ran to the bar and came back with an ice-cold Butterbeer in her hand.
"Thank you..." Kyle said, glancing at Fred and George. "Unlike some people who promised to buy me butterbeer after losing a bet, but forgot all about it in just a few years."
"It's okay, I can also treat you to some butterbeer, you can drink as much as you want..." Kanna said with a smile, holding her chin.
"Okay." Kyle looked at her, "Then I'll take it seriously."
"Ah."
"I say, you two. Don't go too far..." Fred put down the cup in his hand irritably.
He felt like he had bought a fake product from Three Broomsticks, and it had a sour and foul smell.
"I'll buy you ten... no, twenty butterbeers." George couldn't drink any more. "Then you can go to Madam Puddifoot's Tea Shop. That's where you belong."
"If you go over now, you might even see Cedric and Cho."
"No," Kyle said without thinking, "It's a small, crowded place, and the coffee is as sweet as syrup. It's not interesting at all."
"Yeah." Kanna nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"Tsk..." George slapped his forehead hard. He just wanted to drink a glass of pumpkin soda, why was it so difficult?
……
It was almost noon when they came out of the Three Broomsticks, and the Weasley brothers went to Zonko again.
Kyle and Connor were not interested in this, so they went straight back to the castle. Along the way, Kyle told her what happened in the Shrieking Shack.
"Two thousand five hundred Galleons. Is that why you suddenly have no money?"
"Actually, there are still some," Kyle said, "but the place where they are stored is a bit too secure, so it's difficult to get them out."
"Gringotts?"
“No, it’s in the Niffler’s pocket.” Kyle said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. “It’s running away when it sees me, just like it’s running away from its predator.”
Kanna found it a little funny.
If you take gold coins out of the Sniff's bag, won't it run away?
"Would you like me to lend you some?"
"No, it's just for a while." Kyle shook his head. "Wait until the Triwizard Tournament is over. The first prize is 1,000 Galleons."
"Are you so confident that you can win the championship? What if you lose to Fleur and Krum in the end?"
"That's impossible..." Kyle said, "I won't lose even if it's for a prize of 1,000 Galleons."
"Others do it for the honor, but you do it for the bonus."
"All the same, all the same..." Kyle waved his hand.
When they passed through the school gate and returned to the castle, they saw a person rushing towards them like a whirlwind from afar.
"You're awesome, Kyle!"
Sirius danced with joy.
"I tried for months to get Moon Face to stay, but you managed to do it in just half an hour... I really should have brought you here earlier."
"Have you discussed it?" Kyle asked.
"Need to discuss? Of course I agree." Sirius said, "I bought this place because of Moony, because he said that the happiest day of his life was the moment when we completed the Animagus transformation for the first time and appeared in the Shrieking Shack.
Because it is difficult for werewolves to find jobs, I discussed with James when we graduated that when we have money in the future, we will buy this place, open a shop, and then ask Moony Face to help. This way, he can have a decent job and a place to stay. "
At this point, Sirius suddenly paused, and said with a complicated expression: "You should know what happened afterwards, so I won't tell you. In short, our idea failed to come true, but it's not too late now.
"I'll go to Gringotts right away to get the money and return those Galleons to you."
Having said that, Sirius hurried out, but was stopped.
"If you still want Lupin to stay here, don't do this." Kyle let go of his hand, shook his head and said, "Lupin understands your good intentions, but he will not accept your gift. This is his bottom line... You can understand that he wants to maintain his last dignity in front of his friends.
"So he can accept me lending him Galleons, but he will never accept yours."
"But this is not necessary." Sirius did not understand, "Moony knows. I don't care about this at all."
"But he cares." Kyle shrugged. "I guarantee that once he knows you helped pay the money back, he will leave without hesitation."
"Then..." Sirius frowned.
"Don't worry about it." Kyle continued, "You don't think Lupin doesn't have the ability."
"Impossible." Sirius said firmly, "Moony is the smartest one among us, he will be fine."
"That's it." Kyle smiled and said, "The most important thing you should do now is to think about how you can help Lupin. The Shrieking Shack has been abandoned for so long, it's not easy to renovate it."
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 556 Testing
Sirius and Lupin worked quickly, and the next day they began cleaning the Shrieking Shack.
As Kyle said, it is not an easy task to renovate a house that has been abandoned for many years.
The place was full of vermin like vixens and beetles, and Lupin even found two Boggarts in the attic.
Sirius suggested tearing down the entire house and rebuilding it, which might be faster, but Lupin disagreed.
He thought the Shrieking Shack was still very strong and it would be a waste to destroy it completely. The two argued for a long time and finally decided to take a compromise.
Keep the house, but leave nothing inside.
It will be much quicker to clean up afterwards.
Kyle came here once through the secret passage under the Whomping Willow.
Lupin and Sirius were busy as hell, and the shopkeepers in Hogsmeade also gathered around after hearing the noise, wanting to see what was going on.
Some kind-hearted people, like Mr. and Mrs. Ambrosio Frum of Honeydukes, also helped clear the yard of weeds and carnivorous slugs.
Besides that, other shop owners were also very friendly to them.
Hogsmeade is not a big place, with only a few shops here and there, and they are very happy to see new members joining.
And the Shrieking Shack... well, although it is famous, the legends about it are long outdated. Plus, it has been abandoned for so long, and the overgrown weeds have somewhat affected the image of Hogsmeade.
Kyle didn't stay here for long. After about half an hour, he was sent back by Lupin.
According to him, cleaning is a small matter that doesn't require too many people to help. And today is not Hogsmeade's visit day. If Kyle is seen by the professors who come to the Three Broomsticks to drink, he will definitely be deducted points, and he may even be put in detention.
Kyle didn't insist, just nodded and went back.
After leaving the Whomping Willow, Kyle met Harry, Hermione and Ron on the grounds...it should be them.
Probably because they didn't want to be discovered, the three of them were wearing Harry's invisibility cloak, but they didn't notice that their feet were all exposed. The scene looked quite weird.
But at this time they were almost at the Whomping Willow, so Kyle pretended he saw nothing and walked straight over.
……
On Monday morning, Dumbledore also returned to the castle.
At the same time, there was a very short line in the newspaper of that day.
[The decree to restrict Aurors was not passed]
This line of words is really small, and it is sandwiched between two articles. If you don’t look carefully, you probably won’t be able to find it.
But even so, Professor Moody was still angry. In the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon, he openly complained that the people in the Ministry of Magic were too incompetent. He also said that they could only talk big but did not understand what the Aurors went through every day.
"I think the professor is right." Qiu nodded seriously, "If the Ministry of Magic really passes that restriction decree, then I will never consider becoming an Auror."
"Don't worry." Kyle said, "If they really pass...tomorrow we will see the news of the Aurors' collective resignation."
As he spoke, Kyle put the Marauder's Map back into his pocket.
After all, Professor Moody had been away for a month, so Kyle brought the Marauder's Map with him before this class.
The good news is that Professor Moody's name is still not on it, just like before.
However, to be on the safe side, Kyle rushed out of the classroom when the class was over and caught up with Professor Moody who had not yet walked far.
"Professor..." Kyle said calmly, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to check our mastery of the Iron Armor Spell?
I see you didn't mention this just now, so is it the topic of the next class?"
"Iron Armor Spell?"
Professor Moody's normal eye and the blue magic eye looked over together.
"I think you must have remembered it wrongly."
He said with great certainty, "The Iron Armor Charm is the content of the first lesson, and I have spent a long time teaching you. Whether you have learned it or not, I will not waste time on this spell. It is meaningless."
"Maybe I remembered it wrong." Kyle said. "Maybe Professor Black said that he was substituting for the class for the previous month."
"If that's the case, then you can completely forget about this." Professor Moody glanced at the students in the corridor, "At least I will never waste time checking your armor spells when I am teaching."
"I understand, Professor," Kyle said and prepared to leave.
Professor Moody's blue magic eye followed Kyle's movement, and a somewhat scary smile inexplicably appeared on his scarred face.
"I have to say, you are quite alert, kid."