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"How do you feel?" Kangna put down the cards in her hand and asked with interest.
"Well... not bad." Kyle said, "If you are interested, I can convince Umbridge to let you be my assistant."
"Let's forget it." Kangna shook her head hastily, "I can't guarantee that I won't expose the secret. It's better if you do it."
"It doesn't matter. The assistant's job is to follow me. There will be no problem." Kyle said.
Kang Na was a little excited, mainly because everyone had something to do, and she wanted to help.
"And this is also a rare opportunity." Kyle continued: "You can experience the feeling of fighting wits and courage with the enemy in advance, just like what the members of the Order of the Phoenix have always done."
"Probably the head of the Auror office." Cedric teased: "Don't forget that you also command a group of Slytherins."
"If Montague and the others were Aurors, the Ministry of Magic would be doomed." Kyle shrugged, "Of course, the same goes for people like me."
Kyle's self-deprecating words made Kang Na couldn't help laughing.
Then the three of them chatted in the common room for a while, before returning to their dormitories in the early morning.
……
The next day, in order to make the scene look more real, Cedric did not sit next to Kyle as usual during the meal, but deliberately came further away.
Although Kyle felt that there was no need to do this, everyone, including Umbridge, was staring at Gryffindor, and no one knew that he was also a member of the DA, but Cedric was happy with it, and even From time to time he raised his head and glared at Kyle with a vicious look.
It's just that his acting skills are really not that good. Kyle has to purse his lips to barely stop laughing.
But correspondingly, the attitude of the Slytherin students towards him became much friendlier.
As soon as the Charms class ended, several Slytherins came around to chat with Kyle and invited him to play at home during the Christmas holidays.
"Our family holds a dance every Christmas holiday. You must not miss it. It is much more lively than the school dance last year..." said a sixth-grade Slytherin. "And there will be many big shots coming, including Minister Fudge. I come here occasionally.”
"Really? That's really good. If I have time then, I will definitely go." Kyle said while quietly speeding up his pace.
But just as they left the classroom corridor, they were stopped by two people on their way to the auditorium.
"Weasley..." Before Kyle could speak, a Slytherin stood up and said, "What do you want to do!"
"It has nothing to do with you, we are not here to find you." Fred glanced at him, then looked at Kyle viciously and said, "Do you dare to come with us?"
"Of course, why not." Kyle said with a smile.
Then he signaled for the others to go first, and he took Connor and Fred to another empty corridor.
As soon as he walked out of everyone's sight, the expression on Fred's face changed.
"How on earth did you do it?" He tried hard to restrain his excitement and said in a low voice: "Our suspension punishment has been revoked... I, George, and Harry can all continue to play."
"Oh, that's good." Kyle said with a smile, "Congratulations."
"But how did you do it to actually make that old toad Umbridge change his decision?" Fred asked again.
He was just too curious.
Umbridge has been here for so long, but she has never heard of anyone making her take back the punishment, not even once.
Even Professor McGonagall's visit to her a few days ago did not change Professor Trelawney's situation of being retained for inspection.
"I just wrote a letter to the Malfoy family." Kyle said.
"It's that simple?"
"of course."
Fred was a little unconvinced, but before he could ask any more questions, George from the other side of the corridor waved and interrupted him.
The next second, they heard a mess of footsteps.
Someone is coming.
There was no other way, Fred could only put on a vicious posture again and said loudly: "Let's wait and see, don't let us see you again!"
After that, he and George walked quickly to the other side of the corridor and left the corridor before Umbridge came over.
……
It was like this for the next week.
Cedric was fine, but Fred and George had to sneak around to talk to Kyle or go to the Room of Requirement after curfew.
They found it interesting at first, but over time it became boring.
"Just wait... maybe those Slytherins will go home during the Christmas vacation." Fred said after another DA gathering.
As usual, they went to see off the other students, with Kyle walking ahead of them in case anyone showed up unexpectedly.
Everything went well until midnight.
Kyle was already preparing to go back, but Professor McGonagall suddenly came over and came to Kyle in front of everyone.
"Dumbledore is looking for you, come with me." Then, she took Kyle away without any explanation, leaving only a group of Slytherins standing there in panic.
"Damn it, why did the principal intervene?" A fifth-grade student couldn't help but said: "What should we do, go find Professor Umbridge?"
"No, don't move." Montague looked at the direction where Kyle was taken away, rolled his eyes, and said in a gloating tone: "Isn't it the principal? We should believe in Kyle, he will definitely be able to solve this problem. Troublesome."
"But..." The man wanted to say something else.
"So, didn't you hear what I said just now?" Mengtai took two steps forward and looked at him coldly.
Looking at the tall Meng Tai, the man immediately shook his head, "No, I didn't."
"That's good." Mrs. Montag nodded with satisfaction, "And it's already so late. It's better for us not to disturb Professor Umbridge's rest. Now, let's all go back to the common room. We can talk about anything tomorrow."
Mengtai's words were immediately agreed by some people, and they unanimously chose to hide it. As if nothing happened, they went downstairs talking and laughing.
Malfoy stayed at the back of the team. He glanced in the direction of the principal's office, a trace of confusion flashed across his expression.
But under the constant urging of Pansy and Crabbe, he finally took a deep breath and followed the others.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 654 Sirius was attacked (two-in-one)
The principal's office is also on the eighth floor, not far from where they were before.
Kyle followed Professor McGonagall through the moonlit corridors.
Kyle really wanted to ask what happened, but when he saw Professor McGonagall's tightly pursed mouth and serious expression, he gave up the idea.
A few minutes later, they arrived in front of the gargoyle at the entrance to the principal's office.
"Fluffy Tooth Mints."
Professor McGonagall said before leading Kyle through the passage behind the stone beast.
Although it was already midnight, Dumbledore didn't seem to be sleeping. Kyle could clearly hear the voices coming from the room. It was noisy, as if many people were discussing something.
In fact, the principal's office was indeed very lively.
When Kyle walked in, he saw Dumbledore wearing white pajamas with strawberry print, squatting in front of the fireplace.
Behind him stood Harry...and Snape.
This combination is rare.
Kyle looked at them curiously... Could it be that Harry did something against school rules and was caught by Snape?
Kyle looked at Dumbledore again.
At this time, he discovered that a human face made of flames suddenly appeared in the fireplace. It was Mr. Weasley.
"Yes, Professor Dumbledore." Mr. Weasley opened and closed his mouth as if he were really standing here and said: "Sirius was indeed attacked by Death Eaters. When Moody and I rushed over, he Being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse."
"How is Sirius..." Harry quickly walked to the fireplace and asked anxiously: "Is he okay?"
"Oh... Harry." Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment and said, "Calm down, Sirius has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. The therapist said that he was not seriously injured and just needs to rest. It’ll be fine for a while.”
"Thank you for your hard work, Arthur." Dumbledore said.
"This is what I should do." Mr. Weasley said, "But Professor Dumbledore, I don't know if Moody has mentioned to you that the situation at Stooges may be a bit grim."
"I already knew that," Dumbledore said.
Then Mr. Weasley's face disappeared.
At the same time, a witch with silver curly hair appeared in a picture frame on the wall.
"How's it going, Dalys?" Dumbledore asked.
"One good and one bad," said the witch, "and they were all sent to St. Mungo's, right under my portrait... One of them was just unconscious, but the other was in a bit of trouble.
Sasia said that the black magic he suffered was very difficult, and it would take at least six hours to prepare the antidote, but he certainly wouldn't be able to hold on for that long, so you have to think of a way. "
"Thank you." Dumbledore said, turning to look at Kyle.
"You should take that magical box with you."
"Of course." Kyle nodded.
"Well, I'm afraid we have to go out." Dumbledore strode over, his pajamas turning into a purple robe in the blink of an eye.
"Are you going to St. Mungo's?" Harry said quickly: "I'm going too, Professor, take me with you. I want to see Sirius."
"A very reasonable request." Dumbledore said, looking at Snape, "Then Severus, let's wait until we get back to talk about that matter."
Snape's expression became even more gloomy.
"You should know very well." He glanced at Harry, "Since Potter can see what the Dark Lord is doing through that stupid scar, then the Dark Lord can also see him in the same way.
I think what Potter needs to do most now is to find a way to protect his empty brain, otherwise he may be in danger at any time. "
"Of course I know, Severus." Dumbledore said, "But please believe me, this cannot be done overnight. It doesn't matter if it's a little later, I promise you."
Snape snorted coldly and said no more.
"Let me think about it, if there are three of us." Dumbledore said, "I'll take Harry first...Kyle, how about asking Fawkes to take you there."
Kyle couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, he wanted to change with Harry even more...
There was no other reason than that Harry had never been taken on a journey by a phoenix. The opportunity was rare and it would be a pity to miss it.
But before he could say anything, Dumbledore grabbed Harry's arm and disappeared into the room.