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"Yes, that's right." Ron was also very angry, "A person like him is not qualified to be a professor!"
"Hey, calm down." Harry lowered his voice and said, "Although Snape's actions are also excessive, it has nothing to do with him, it's Kyle."
"Kyle?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, then continued: "Even Kyle can't hit you..."
"No, no, no...it wasn't Kyle who hit me, it was Cat Panther." Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Harry.
At this point, Hermione was completely confused.
It was already a bit unbelievable that Kyle was involved. Why is there another Cat Leopard now?
If she remembered correctly, this was a rare magical animal. There were only a few found in the entire UK. How could it appear in Hogwarts?
Harry quickly explained briefly what happened a few days ago.
Hermione and Ron were astonished and opened their mouths as if they were listening to a story about a troll learning to dance ballet.
Even if they wanted to break their heads, they would never have imagined that Kyle actually found a leopard cat to teach Harry... and even he himself learned Occlumency in this way.
"That's it." Harry said, "These may look scary, but they are actually just skin injuries. Even if you don't care about anything, they will be gone in a day or two. Don't worry."
"So you've been with Cat Leopard these days?" Ron asked, smacking his lips.
"A whole week." Harry said, his tone full of sadness that he couldn't hide.
"That being said, Cat Leopard's eyes do seem to have the ability to legilimens."
Hermione nodded thoughtfully, "But when its eyes turn purple, its ability will also turn into hypnosis. This is also the scariest thing about Cat Leopard, because there are very few known defensive magics. There are those who can resist hypnosis.”
"Huh? Leopard Cat can also hypnotize?" Harry scratched his hair.
"You don't know?" Hermione asked.
"I don't know." Harry said, "The leopard cat I saw always had blue eyes."
"Have you never thought about reading a book?" Hermione looked a little angry, "You should know that the Room of Requirement will add corresponding books to the room according to your needs, which is what we did during the DA party.
"And what I just said are all from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
"Come on Hermione, I'm being chased and beaten all the time, so I don't have time to read!" Harry couldn't help but retort.
"Don't you still have a few hours to sleep?" Hermione frowned and said, "Can't you spare twenty minutes? It's always good to know more about your opponent."
"Twenty minutes?" Harry sighed, "You know? I've fallen asleep directly on the floor by the door several times."
"But……"
Hermione wanted to say something else, but in the end she shook her head, "Let's take you to the school hospital after the dinner. Madam Pomfrey should be able to recover you soon."
"No." Harry refused decisively: "What I long for most now is to be able to go back to the soft bed in the dormitory and have a good sleep... As for these, according to my experience, they will disappear in two days, and they will disappear at all. Do not care."
"But Hermione, if you're not particularly anxious, I think it's better not to learn Occlumency in this way. It really hurts."
Hermione didn't refute this time, because Harry's quick fix didn't really seem to suit her.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 666 Fudge’s decision, the war begins
Harry learned Occlumency, which seemed to make everyone happy, and everyone except Snape and Umbridge ended the first-term dinner in a rather happy atmosphere.
But the happy atmosphere was broken the next morning.
While eating breakfast, Cedric opened the Daily Prophet he had ordered as usual, ready to see what news was on the front page.
But the next second, he suddenly stood up and exclaimed.
Not only Cedric, but more and more students began to scream, as if they had seen something terrible.
"What happened?" Connor asked.
Cedric spread the newspaper on the table and pointed at the ten photos on the front page, speechless.
The photos showed nine wizards and one witch, some laughing loudly, and some raising their heads arrogantly. Under each photo were their names and their crimes.
[Antonin Dolokhov, brutally murdered brothers Gideon and Fabian Prewett]
[Augustus Rookwood, leaking Ministry of Magic secrets to a mysterious man]
[Bellatrix Lestrange...] As the only witch in the photo, this photo is probably the most eye-catching, and she is also the most proud of them all.
Her eyes were full of disgust, and her thin lips were filled with contempt and disdain, as if she were some disgusting insect in front of her.
And her crime was to brutally torture the Longbottoms.
Kyle was naturally no stranger to Bella. In order to exchange for the key to the Lestrange family's vault, he even asked the dementors to bring her a small gift.
Some candies and chocolates are things that can make her feel happy again... although Kyle doesn't know if she still has such a thing as happiness.
Looking up the photo, there is a line of eye-catching headlines in bold?
[Many people escape from Azkaband, the Ministry of Magic issues a warning, and the mysterious man returns again! 】
Several notorious Death Eaters escaped from prison, and the mysterious man made a comeback... No wonder Cedric screamed after seeing such news.
In fact, the current auditorium has long been reduced to a mess, and some of the less courageous students were even frightened to tears.
Even those students who had always believed in Dumbledore, such as Cedric, Mikel, Justin and others, were sitting there breathing heavily.
Believing it was one thing, but when the Ministry of Magic announced this in the most authoritative newspaper, they still had a hard time accepting it.
"Kyle, you really did it."
In the chaotic auditorium, only Kang Na whispered: "Fudge stopped pretending that nothing happened. He admitted that the mysterious man was back."
"Yeah." Kyle murmured, looking at the newspaper.
Everything he had done before, including creating the illusion that Dumbledore wanted to compete for the minister, or keeping Malfoy away from Fudge, was all to give him a sense of crisis.
When Fudge felt that he had no chance of winning, but did not want to give up his position as Minister of Magic, he had only one way to go... to declare a state of war in the wizarding world.
Because at this time, the Ministry of Magic will not change the minister easily.
His plan was successful. Fudge had already panicked when he was called to the Ministry of Magic during the Christmas vacation. As long as Nicoléme's owl came to Hogwarts in front of Umbridge, Fudge would definitely No more hesitation.
Of course, this was Kyle's original plan, but he didn't expect that Death Eaters would escape from prison during the process.
"Why is it at this time?"
Although his plan was considered successful, Kyle frowned and was not happy at all.
If they act a few days later, even if it's just a pretense, Fudge will definitely strengthen Azkaban's defense force. By then...
"Forget it!" Kyle suddenly sighed.
If this prison break was planned by Voldemort himself, then no matter how hard the Ministry of Magic strengthens the guards, it will be useless, and it will cause unnecessary sacrifices.
After all, the only person who could resist Voldemort was Dumbledore. It was impossible for him to leave school and guard Azkaban... This was unrealistic.
Kyle shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.
At this time, fear and uneasiness began to spread in the auditorium. Fortunately, the professors seemed to have anticipated this situation. Sprout, who was in the auditorium, stood up in time to calm everyone's emotions.
"Don't panic, everyone. Hogwarts is safe enough. You won't be harmed here?"
Her words had some effect, and the buzzing discussion in the auditorium gradually became quieter.
Then came Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, Snape, and finally Dumbledore.
When the principal appeared here, the last sound in the auditorium disappeared.
But Dumbledore didn't say anything. He just sat on the teacher's bench as usual and made himself a sandwich, as if he really came to have breakfast.
Taking advantage of this moment, Kyle also read the rest of the newspaper.
"The Ministry of Magic announced a large-scale prison break in Azkaban last night. During an interview in his office, Minister Cornelius Fudge confirmed that ten felons escaped last night."
"This was an oversight by the Ministry. Although we have improved our defenses with the help of Sirius Black, we have forgotten the external factors."
Fudge said last night, "Last night we found a surviving guard and learned from him that someone had forcibly broken through Azkaban's defenses and rescued the Death Eaters amid the siege of dementors.
"The striker saw that person's appearance, and when the Aurors rushed over after receiving the news, they also saw the Dark Mark in the sky... Yes, I have to regretfully tell everyone that the mysterious man is back.
"I think I need to apologize on behalf of the Ministry of Magic to Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. He was the first to discover that his nemesis was back, but we at the Ministry did not take it seriously.
"I will go to Hogwarts in person soon to express my apology to Principal Dumbledore and discuss together how we should deal with the terrible Dark Lord.
The Ministry of Magic will do its best to protect everyone's safety, but the public is also asked to remain vigilant and be sure to carry your wand with you. The war has begun! "
……
"Hey, Fudge is smart." Cedric sneered after he came to his senses, "The Ministry of Magic didn't pay attention to it. How could he have the nerve to say such a thing? He spent six months telling everyone Dumbledore is an old madman, isn't he?"
"That's true, but I know he won't admit it." Connor continued to flip through the newspaper, "The entire wizarding world is in chaos, Kyle, do you think Professor Dumbledore knows about this? "
"You should know." Kyle looked up at Dumbledore on the teacher's bench.
Just in time, Dumbledore also looked over, his blue eyes flashing behind his lenses.
After breakfast, Professor McGonagall came to the Hufflepuff table.
"Please wait a moment." She called Kyle, "The principal has asked for leave. You don't have to go to the first transfiguration class. You can just go to the principal's office directly. The password is the same as before."
"Okay." Kyle agreed.
After Professor McGonagall left, Connor couldn't help but ask: "Does the principal want to see you for anything?"
"I think it has something to do with today's Daily Prophet," Kyle said.
"Then what are we going to do next?" Connor looked a little confused. "The wizarding world is suddenly declared to be at war. Can we still stay in Hogwarts?"
"Don't worry, at this time, Hogwarts will not be closed down."
Kyle smiled and said, "And you don't have to pay too much attention, Voldemort won't jump out of the darkness just because of a report, just go to class.
But what we have to learn next may not be as simple as before. "
"It doesn't matter, as long as Hogwarts isn't closed." Connor smiled and waved, then ran towards the Transfiguration classroom.
Kyle also went straight to the eighth floor.
When he arrived at the principal's office through the spiral staircase, he found Fox standing on the same perch as before. He didn't know when he left the box.
And Dumbledore is already waiting here.
"I'm very curious." He looked at Kyle with a curious face, "What did you do to actually make Fudge admit that Tom was back without seeing him with his own eyes?"