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Neither of them was the best choice for him, but Dumbledore still came to him anyway.
But Kyle thought about it for a long time and didn't think of Dumbledore's other purpose.
"But I still have to guard the basilisk... I can't be distracted." Kyle raised his head and whispered.
Visibly, the corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched, but then returned to normal.
"It doesn't matter, Fox can help." He said with a smile.
"Then it's settled." Kyle almost didn't hesitate, as if he was afraid that Dumbledore would regret it, and immediately agreed, "Without further ado, I'll go find Professor Snape."
After saying that, he opened the door to the principal's office and walked out, hugging Fox who was sleeping on a perch.
Fawkes, who was awakened, opened his eyes blankly, looked at Kyle, then at Dumbledore, and then buried his head in the wings again.
"boom!"
The door to the principal's office was closed.
"What a cunning boy."
Phineas Black in the portrait opened his eyes and said to Dumbledore: "That boy obviously made conditions on purpose, can't you hear it?"
"I'm not an old fool, Phineas." Dumbledore walked behind the table, picked up a letter on it and read it.
Of course he knew what Kyle meant. If the basilisk was really so unstable and needed to be watched all the time, he would not acquiesce to Kyle bringing it into the school.
But now he has to let Kyle take the job.
Of course, helping Harry is only secondary, the more important reason is another reason...
That is to find something to do for Kyle during this holiday to keep him busy so that he has no time to think about other things.
He had a premonition...well, it could be regarded as an intuition of the old wizard. If Kyle was ignored, he would definitely do something unexpected in the past two weeks, and it would most likely be the same as himself. related.
And the closer we get to the holidays, the stronger this feeling becomes.
Dumbledore chose to trust his instincts.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 658 Another day of envy for Dumbledore
When Kyle found Snape, he was playing with an ancient stone basin on the table in his office.
There is a circle of magic words engraved on the surface of the stone basin, and light blue light flows inside like a fish.
Pensieve?
When Kyle was wondering why this thing appeared here, he saw Snape quickly covering the pensieve with a piece of flannel and asked coldly: "What are you doing here!"
"Professor Dumbledore asked me to come," Kyle said. "He asked me to be your assistant to help Harry learn Occlumency."
"You're very proud, aren't you?" Snape said in a long voice: "A sixteen-year-old master of Occlumency, what an amazing achievement, isn't it?
"So you can't wait to tell everyone and use it as a bragging rights? That's stupid."
"You are right, Professor Snape." Kyle nodded in agreement, "I also think this decision is not good, but Principal Dumbledore wants me to come anyway, and I dare not say it clearly. ah."
"Professor, you are still outspoken and dare to tell the truth." Kyle gave a thumbs up, "Don't worry, Professor, I will convey your meaning to the principal."
"The principal asked you to come here?" Snape was stunned for a moment. He just thought it was Kyle who wanted to help on his own initiative.
"Yes."
"I'm going to ask him now." Snape stood up, "If you dare to lie, I don't mind giving you a two-week confinement."
"I also hope I'm lying." Kyle said nonchalantly.
Snape had just taken two steps when he suddenly noticed that Kyle glanced at the table. This glance made him stop immediately and pointed in the direction of the door.
"Get out! If Dumbledore tells me there is no such thing, you will be given notice of confinement before curfew."
"Okay," Kyle said, leaving Snape's office a little disappointed.
If he had known that Snape was so guarded, he should have restrained his curiosity just now.
……
This night, Kyle naturally did not receive the notice of confinement, but he also did not receive the time to give Harry a make-up lesson.
But Kyle was not anxious at all. It would have been better if Snape kept silent. In this way, he would have an excuse to be lazy openly.
……
The next day, the vacation began.
Early in the morning, everyone took the boxes they had packed in advance and took a carriage to Hogsmeade Station.
Kyle was also going to London to visit Sirius. Although he signed on the detention list a few days ago and was unable to take the train, this was not a problem.
He went to the principal's office, but luckily Dumbledore was still in the school and had not left.
A few minutes later, Kyle appeared in the living room of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, London.
"Who...Oh Kyle, dear." Mrs. Weasley walked out of a room and asked in surprise: "Today's train arrived so soon?"
"No, Mrs. Weasley, I used the door key that Headmaster Dumbledore gave me." Kyle said, taking out a woolen glove.
"I originally wanted to go directly to St Mungo's, but the principal insisted that I come here first."
"He's right." Mrs. Weasley stepped forward and hugged Kyle, "You should be on the train now, not at St. Mungo's. If you let people from the Ministry of Magic see you, you will be in trouble... Come here quickly. , have you had breakfast? I made beef pie."
"Oh, I've already eaten."
Even so, Mrs. Weasley brought over a large plate of steaming pies.
"Have you not had breakfast yet?" Kyle asked.
"I ate," said Mrs. Weasley.
"What about the rest?"
"No one else, just me." Mrs. Weasley took Kyle to the kitchen and brought back a jug filled with pumpkin juice.
"Everyone has been very busy recently. Arthur has to protect and look after Sirius at St. Mungo's. Lupine hasn't been back for a long time, and everyone else has to work. Chris and Alastor came last night, but they Didn’t even spend the night here.”
"Wait... who came yesterday?" Kyle raised his head and asked.
"You heard that right, it's your dad." Mrs. Weasley said with a smile: "He officially joined the Order of the Phoenix a month ago. He was invited by Dumbledore. He was also the first to discover Sirius and drive away those who tried to Death Eaters breaking into the Ministry of Magic.”
Kyle was not particularly surprised that Chris could join the Order of the Phoenix. In his opinion, it was a matter of time.
He was more concerned about the second half of Mrs. Weasley's words...the Death Eaters trying to break into the Ministry of Magic.
So the Death Eaters were heading to the Ministry of Magic that day?
Mrs. Weasley also realized that she had let something slip and immediately changed the subject.
"Eat quickly, before the pie is cold." After saying that, she hurriedly left the kitchen.
Kyle picked out the smallest looking piece of pie and ate it while thinking about what Mrs. Weasley had just said.
It seems that the Death Eaters originally wanted to go to the Ministry of Magic that night, but on the way they discovered Sirius and the wizard named Stourge who were following them.
Then they followed Voldemort's orders and wanted to kill Sirius... Wait, was Voldemort also there at the time?
Kyle frowned, then shook his head.
It was unlikely that Voldemort would show up at this time, and Harry also said that he had killed someone at the time, but neither Mr. Weasley nor anyone else mentioned this news.
"This proves that Voldemort was in another place at the time. He should have given orders to the Death Eaters through the Dark Mark."
But why are they going to the Ministry of Magic?
Kyle immediately thought of the Department of Mysteries.
This is probably the only place in the entire Ministry of Magic that would interest Voldemort.
Thinking of this, Kyle became inexplicably nervous because Diana was in the Department of Mysteries.
Fortunately they didn't break in this time.
Kyle really lost his appetite, pushed the beef pie aside, then took out the parchment and quill, and wrote a letter to Diana.
By the time he finished writing, Mrs. Weasley happened to be back.
"Kyle, do you want to send a letter?" She looked at the envelope in Kyle's hand and asked, "But I don't seem to have seen your owl."
"I didn't bring it with me this time," Kyle said.
"Then it's troublesome..." Mrs. Weasley put a basket of Christmas decorative ribbons next to her, "There are no owls here, and if you don't bring them, you will have to wait until the children come back from vacation.
"However, if you are in a hurry, I can go to the post office in Diagon Alley to mail the letter for you."
"It's okay Mrs. Weasley, I'm in no rush." Kyle said.
In fact, he had no intention of using an owl to send letters.
Since Voldemort was resurrected, Diana had received an urgent mission. Normally, under such circumstances, the owl would not be able to deliver the letter to the Department of Mysteries.
"That's good." Mrs. Weasley nodded and continued to get other Christmas decorations.
After she left, Kyle opened his suitcase and jumped in, shaking Fox awake from his nap.
Although Kyle deceived Fox...well, the reason for borrowing it was to guard the basilisk, but since it came here, it has been sleeping most of the time and is too lazy to look at the basilisk. It can be said that it is just a fish. To the extreme.
But this is normal. After all, every time Kyle went to the principal's office before, Fox would always sleep on a perch. It looked no different from now, it was just a change of environment.
After being shaken awake, Fox poked his head out of his wings.
"Sorry, but can you help me deliver this letter to the Department of Mysteries?" Kyle asked, holding the letter.
Then he took out a handful of cloak grass and said, "This is the reward. I'll give you an extra meal."
Fox stared at Kyle with his bright eyes, and nodded after a moment.
But it did not eat the cloak grass. Instead, it turned its head to look in the direction of the woods and chirped softly.
"You said you want to eat mandrakes?" Kyle nodded and agreed without hesitation, "No problem, I will pick the biggest pot for you when you come back."
This time, Fox was no longer sleepy. He flapped his wings and flew to Kyle's shoulder, taking the envelope from his hand.
"Better leave it to my mother, named Diana..." Kyle continued: If you can find her, I'll give you two more biting kale. "