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"how should I do."
"It's very simple." Kyle took two steps back, "Don't get beaten too badly."
Before Harry could understand what this meant, he saw Leopard, who was as well-behaved as a house cat, suddenly stood up and rushed over.
He subconsciously wanted to hide, but as if Cat Leopard had read through his thoughts, he turned around and stood in front of him.
A tail struck Harry accurately with a sound of breaking wind, sending him flying away.
Harry let out a scream, covering his arms and groaning.
No, this is different from what he thought... Didn't Kyle say there was no danger?
When Harry was about to say something, Cat Leopard had already jumped in front of him again.
The same tail whizzed over like an iron rod.
Harry rolled on the spot, and then...he was whipped to the other side again.
"Harry, don't forget Occlumency." Kyle shouted from the side: "Cat Leopard can see through your thoughts. Simply hiding is useless, use Occlumency!
"Only if the cat and leopard can't see it, you have a chance to avoid its attack."
He was answered with another scream, and Harry drew a beautiful arc in the air and flew directly into the lake, splashing a lot of water.
Although this lake is just a look-alike, and the deepest part only reaches the level of a normal person's calf, Harry's wet look still makes people feel a little unbearable.
So Kyle chose not to watch.
After exchanging a few words with Cat Leopard, he decisively turned around and left the Room of Requirement.
"It's much better now."
When he came to the corridor outside, Kyle breathed a long sigh of relief and walked downstairs in a happy mood.
Whether Harry can learn Occlumency depends on these few days. At the same time, he can also have time to do his own things.
As for Harry's safety, Kyle wasn't worried at all.
In addition to Cat Leopard, there were two house elves further away in that room. If there was an emergency, they would use apparation to take Harry away as soon as possible.
In addition, Fox also goes over to watch several times a day.
You must know that when he first learned Occlumency, there was no such luxurious preparation, so Harry just had fun secretly.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 664 I’m just doing the right thing
"Please believe me, Professor Umbridge, I didn't mean to hide anything. In fact, my owl flew to the Ministry of Magic three hours ago."
In the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Kyle looked at the glaring Umbridge and said calmly: "There are very detailed investigation results, which are all the information I recently obtained from Hagrid."
"I hope you didn't lie to me," Umbridge snapped, not even using her usual cooing voice.
"Of course not." Kyle shook his head, "If I had known that Professor you would come back early, I wouldn't have let the owl send the letter to the Ministry of Magic."
Umbridge returned early, and on the afternoon when Kyle locked Harry in the Room of Requirement, she stormed into the castle with undisguised fury.
"I shouldn't have left school." Umbridge gritted her teeth and said, "Tell me what you found."
"Someone is writing to Dumbledore," Kyle said calmly, "and there are many people."
Umbridge stared at Kyle with a scrutinizing gaze, and nodded slowly when she heard what he said. "It seems you didn't lie to me."
"Of course not." Kyle asked, "Professor, how do you know about this?"
"You are not alone in this school." Umbridge said meaningfully, "The Minister wants to see you."
"Great." Kyle said happily: "Shall we go to the Ministry of Magic now?"
"Of course, the sooner the better." Umbridge grabbed a handful of Floo powder and threw it into the fireplace.
"Hurry up, don't keep the minister waiting too long."
Kyle was slightly surprised.
After all, in Hogwarts, except for the principal's office, the fireplaces in other places are not connected to the Floo network, including the professor's office.
But Kyle quickly thought that if Umbridge wanted to open a Floo network for the fireplace in her office, it wouldn't be difficult.
He walked calmly into the fireplace and shouted, "Ministry of Magic!"
The next second, Kyle found himself in the main hall of the Ministry of Magic. The entire corridor here was filled with fireplaces, and wizards walked in or came out of it every moment.
Soon, Umbridge came too.
"Follow me." She said, and then led Kyle through the crowd and strode towards the elevator, without any intention of covering up.
Even in the Ministry of Magic, Umbridge is very famous. Everyone they meet along the way will make way out in advance and greet Umbridge warmly.
But where Umbridge couldn't see them, they would immediately put on another look of disgust.
But Umbridge didn't know this. She strode ahead with her neck held high like a toad with a stiff neck.
Soon, they came to the elevator.
Umbridge chose the one that had just come down.
Although there were many people waiting outside, no one came in until the golden fence in front of the elevator was closed... Umbridge and Kyle were the only two people in the elevator.
Judging from Umbridge's appearance, she seems to have been accustomed to this for a long time and doesn't think there is anything wrong.
"Professor, what does the minister want from me?" Kyle couldn't help but ask.
"You'll know when we get there." Umbridge glanced at Kyle and didn't answer.
Kyle nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Since there was no one else around, the lift reached its destination quickly.
"The first floor." The emotionless female voice said: "The minister's office, including the office of the senior deputy minister, the office of the assistant minister, and the logistics department."
They walked out of the elevator and walked along the corridor.
Kyle noticed an imposing golden door with a sign for the Minister's Office. But the strange thing is that Umbridge did not stop here, but continued to walk forward, until she reached the end of the corridor, in front of a door labeled Pantry.
Umbridge's previous arrogance disappeared and turned into a flattering look as she stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Fudge's voice came from inside.
After receiving permission, Umbridge opened the door.
It was a room about the same size as a Hogwarts classroom, and there was only one person in it.
"Minister," Umbridge said respectfully.
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Dolores." Fudge nodded. He looked at Kyle and forced a smile, "Sorry kid, I called you over during the holiday."
"It's okay, Mr. Minister." Kyle said sincerely: "I'd rather do something more meaningful than a boring vacation."
"It's rare for you to think so." Fudge laughed again, much more naturally than before.
"Hypocritical guy." Umbridge cursed in her heart, but she still smiled on the surface.
"Sit down quickly." Fudge pointed to the seat opposite him. "What do you like to drink, butterbeer? Or black tea. I would say red currant rum is the best, but you are not an adult yet, right? no."
"Butterbeer then."
As soon as Kyle finished speaking, there was a bottle of butterbeer on the table in front of him. Judging from the looks of it, the bottle should be a product of the Leaky Cauldron.
"I just received your letter." Fudge said seemingly casually: "To be honest, I have never seen such a big owl, and Delis swore that it was a brand new magical animal."
"Laton is usually a glutton, so he has grown a bit bigger." Kyle said with a smile.
"So what you wrote in the letter is true?" Fudge said suddenly, "Someone has been contacting Dumbledore recently?"
Umbridge on the side frowned and glanced at Kyle intentionally or unintentionally.
Although Fudge's words proved that Kyle had indeed written a letter, Umbridge did not expect that the letter was not sent to her, but was sent directly to Fudge, which made her very unhappy.
But in front of Fudge, she couldn't show it, so she could only keep it in her mind, preparing to settle the score with Kyle when she returned to Hogwarts.
"Indeed."
Kyle didn't know what Umbridge was thinking. He put down the butterbeer in his hand and said, "As far as I know, Dumbledore has been in contact with wizards who are very famous in the wizarding world recently. MacPhail, Nicolas Flamel and Madame Maxime of Beauxbatons.
"Of course, there must be others. They don't communicate directly. They are all relayed by Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts.
It’s just that Hagrid’s... well, he has a strong sense of confidentiality. I didn’t see the content of the letter, and I don’t know what they were doing. "
"Of course it's to fight against the Ministry of Magic!" Fudge's expression suddenly became distorted and he slapped the table hard.
"It's not that serious." Kyle whispered, "It might be for other things..."
"No, you underestimate them too much." Fudge turned to look at Umbridge, "Show it to him."
"But..." Umbridge hesitated.
"It doesn't matter, Kyle is one of our own and we can trust him completely," Foley said.
There was no way, even if she didn't want to, Umbridge could only take out an opened letter and put it on the table.
Kyle clearly saw what it said.
[You should have done this a long time ago, Albus, see you on the 20th. 】
Kyle almost laughed out loud. This letter was so familiar to him. It was supposed to be sent to Hagrid, but instead it ended up here with Umbridge.
Needless to say, someone must have attacked the owl delivering the letter and snatched the letter.
Of course, although he knew what was going on, Kyle still pretended to be confused and asked: "Professor, what is this?"
"The letters exchanged between Dumbledore and those people are also evidence of their attempts to rebel against the Ministry of Magic."
Umbridge said in an exaggerated voice: "I simply can't imagine that such an appalling thing could happen in Hogwarts."
Then, there was a bit of pride in her tone. "They even added anti-peep magic to the envelope. As long as someone tries to open the envelope, the letter inside will be automatically destroyed, but I finally cracked it."
Kyle blinked. Didn't they use anti-Muggle magic? How did it become an anti-peep magic that can automatically destroy letters? Does the Owl Post Office still have this kind of business?
This was obviously asking for credit. If he hadn't known the truth, he might have been fooled by her.
Looking at Umbridge who was so smug and seemed to be waiting for Fudge's praise, Kyle almost laughed out loud... Fortunately, he held it back.
"I think we should capture that Rubeus Hagrid. As long as we hand him over to the Aurors for interrogation, perhaps we can find out what Dumbledore's real purpose is."