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Now that Kyle and Harry are back, they naturally have to go back.
After leaving the school hospital, Professor McGonagall immediately turned into a tabby cat and ran towards the Quidditch field. Professor Moody's figure gradually disappeared.
"Oh, and this."
After the two left, Dumbledore took out a trophy.
"You forgot it on the top of the mountain. Your championship doesn't count without the trophy."
"Should I take it?" Kyle asked.
"Although this is also possible, I have a better way to make the game look more reasonable."
Dumbledore tapped it with his wand. "Mentos!"
Then he continued, "I have to go back now too. The time is five minutes, and then just put your hand on it...see you later."
After saying that, Dumbledore also left.
The only ones left in the hospital wing were Kyle, Harry, and their two mortal enemies, Sirius and Snape.
Obviously, even the news of Voldemort's comeback could not temporarily resolve the hatred between the two men.
"Snotlout, aren't you going to tell your master?" Sirius mocked, "Tell him that Harry is here, in Hogwarts!"
Snape rarely remained silent. He looked at Sirius coldly, then his gaze stayed on Kyle for a moment, then he stood up and left with Dumbledore.
"I really don't understand why Headmaster Dumbledore lets you stay here at this time!" Sirius said loudly on purpose.
Snape heard it, but did not pause.
Sirius didn't look at Harry until he had completely disappeared around the corner of the corridor.
"Remember, stay away from Snape in the future, and never stay alone with him."
Although Harry was a little confused, he nodded anyway. After all, he had done the same thing before.
Then he looked at Kyle and the Triwizard Cup placed on the ground.
"Congratulations on winning the Triwizard Tournament," he said, "I knew it would be you."
Harry had witnessed Kyle's strength more than once, especially the giant dragon made of fire that he saw ten minutes ago.
Although he didn't know what the spell was, the terrible feeling of oppression was so frightening that Harry still felt a chill in his spine when he thought about it even now.
"Thank you, see you later." Kyle said, "I think Professor Dumbledore may have something else to ask us."
"I know," Harry said.
If I guessed correctly, he should repeat what he just said to Professor McGonagall.
When the time was almost up, Kyle walked over to the Triwizard Cup and grabbed the handle on the side of the trophy.
The scene before my eyes changed instantly.
Kyle felt himself being drowned by waves of sound, with cheers and the sounds of fireworks exploding everywhere in his ears.
He returned to the edge of the maze, and everyone around him was shouting his name.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the Triwizard Tournament has been decided." Ludo Bagman's voice came from the commentary desk.
He spoke in a low voice and was a little absent-minded... but no one cared about that, everyone was cheering to their heart's content.
Kyle raised the Triwizard Cup in his hand, and the noise around him instantly became louder.
He looked towards the audience. Dumbledore had changed into a new robe and was clapping with a smile, but he was now standing in the seat Karkaroff had previously occupied. His original seat was occupied by Cornelius Fudge.
The Minister of Magic is here too? He really loves to join in the fun.
Kyle looked away and soon found Connor in the stands.
She was waving her hands and jumping and shouting, while Fred and George were busy setting off fireworks, and Cedric, who was standing next to her, was excitedly waving a flag with a Hufflepuff badger on it.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 578: Exciting Work
The award ceremony for the Triwizard Tournament champion was very grand.
On behalf of the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge handed the Triwizard Cup to Kell, along with a full thousand Galleons in prize money.
Ms. Maxime and Fleur were clapping beside them... Fleur looked a little regretful.
After all, the competition was announced to be over before she even started, so she had no experience at all.
But that's how the competition is. It's her fault for having such low points. And Ms. Maxim just said that Kyle destroyed half of the maze with just one spell... The path paved with flames has not been extinguished yet, and you can see it clearly if you stand in the audience.
This also proves from the side that Kyle is indeed very strong, at least she definitely can't do it.
The sky gradually became dark, and the award ceremony ended in this lively atmosphere.
The only ones who couldn't laugh were probably the students at Durmstrang.
Their warrior Krum fell into a coma and was carried out shortly after entering the maze, and Headmaster Karkaroff was also missing.
With the two key figures not there, they felt like outsiders standing here, not knowing whether to celebrate with them or go back to the boat first.
After the awards ceremony, Dumbledore calmly came to Kyle and whispered:
"Come with me, I may need to ask you something."
"Okay." Kyle nodded and subconsciously glanced at Dumbledore's left hand.
"Oh, don't worry." Dumbledore seemed to see what he was thinking, and stretched out his left hand and said, "It's just a burn from the Fiendfyre. It will heal soon."
The black burn marks were gone, leaving only a shallow scar.
"Of course, it's impossible to have no cost at all." Dumbledore said with a smile, "And Tom is not much better. I didn't suffer any loss."
He blinked, exchanged a few words with the people around him, and then returned to the castle.
Kyle followed him.
At this time, the students who had watched the game had not returned yet and the castle was silent. The two of them walked down the stairs to the principal's office on the eighth floor.
Harry was already waiting here, along with Professor McGonagall, Professor Moody, Snape and Sirius.
So, for the next period of time, Harry repeated the whole process of being taken away and everything he experienced on the top of the mountain.
"That man, Barty Crouch Jr. is really smart." Professor Moody couldn't help but say, "I think he probably waited until we all left the castle before drinking the Polyjuice Potion.
"Filch... I saw the Squib before dinner, and he hadn't taken Polyjuice Potion."
"Professor, can you see through this potion?" Harry asked curiously.
"It's hard to tell," said Professor Moody. "But it's not that hard to tell a Squib from a normal wizard."
Harry suddenly realized that, thinking back now, something was indeed amiss when Filch came to see him, and he even saw traces of a wand in the other's pocket.
But at that time he was so focused on the third event that he didn't think much about it. Then he was knocked unconscious and taken away.
"Wait!" Harry suddenly thought of something. "If the person who took me away was Barty Crouch Jr., then where is the real Filch?"
The principal's office suddenly fell silent.
Both Dumbledore and the professors seemed to have forgotten the castle caretaker.
"Minerva..." said Dumbledore, "could you please go to Filch's office, and ask Madam Pomfrey to come with you? I think Filch may need some treatment."
"I see." Professor McGonagall nodded and quickly left the room.
"Let's continue." Dumbledore looked at Harry again. "You said just now that Kyle fought off those Death Eaters?"
"Yes, Professor." Harry's voice was a little excited, "It was a giant dragon made of fire. It scared away all the Death Eaters as soon as it appeared."
Everyone's eyes subconsciously turned to Kyle. Some of them thought it was the spell he used in the competition, but Professor Moody thought of another possibility.
But not just any fire spell can be condensed into a fire dragon... Just like the spell Kyle used in the maze, although it is powerful, it is only the most basic form.
Only Lihuo can easily condense into the appearance of a magical animal.
Although this spell was an out-and-out dark magic, the former Auror did not say anything inappropriate.
He has now retired from the Auror Office and is now just a professor at Hogwarts. Even Dumbledore didn't say anything, so he naturally wouldn't say anything.
Just pretend you know nothing.
"Is that when Dumbledore went?" he asked.
Calculating the time, from the time Kyle was sent over with the portkey to the time he cast the Fiery Fire Charm to protect himself, it was almost the exact time when Dumbledore left.
"I guess so." Harry said hesitantly, "There was suddenly a thick fog. It was so thick that I couldn't see anything clearly. Then I heard the headmaster's voice."
"Thick fog?" Professor Moody frowned. "Is it there originally?"
"No, it's this." At this time, Kyle suddenly said, and he took out something and placed it in front of everyone.
It was a crystal blue bead, a little smaller than the Golden Snitch, and a cloud of white smoke could be seen slowly moving inside it.
It looks like a shrunken crystal ball.
"What is this?" Sirius asked curiously.
"The Mist Gem," Kyle said, "As long as you crush the bead, the white mist inside will pour out continuously, and the effect will be just as Harry just described."
"It's really something." Professor Moody's magic eye stared at the mist gem without moving, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be something from Ugadu.
"When I was hunting down a foreign dark wizard before, he used something similar. He threw a stone and hundreds of caterpillars flew out of it."
"Pretty much," said Kyle, "I bought it in Hogsmeade, and the shopkeeper said it came from an ancient tribe in the Moon Hills.
“Because it works so well, I always carry it with me.”
"You did the right thing." Professor Moody said sincerely, "When there is a huge disparity in strength, using this method to restrict the opponent's actions and buy time for rescue is the most correct way... I guess this is also the original intention of your purchase."
Kyle said nothing, acquiescing.
"Are you really not considering becoming an Auror after graduation?" Professor Moody couldn't help but say.
Although he was not optimistic about the current Ministry of Magic, when he really met the right person, the first place he thought of was the Auror Office.
"I can make the decision to exempt you from all assessments. You can even become a registered Auror of the Ministry of Magic in your sixth year. You don't need to participate in missions, and you can get a generous salary every month."
"how much is it?"
"Fifty Galleons."