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Kyle shook his head and said nothing.
Sirius was even more confused.
"But what does this have to do with what happened just now? Is it because the mysterious man is afraid that Cat Leopard will see the secret in his heart?"
"Don't worry." Lupine continued, "In addition to Legilimency, Cat Leopard has another ability. When its eyes turn purple, it can hypnotize its prey."
"That's it." Dumbledore said, "Cat Leopard's hypnotic ability made Tom temporarily lose control of Harry's consciousness. I'm afraid he never imagined that he would suffer such a big loss with a magical animal."
Dumbledore wanted to laugh, but felt it was inappropriate.
"But why is Kyle okay?" Harry said tangledly: "I'm sorry Kyle, I didn't mean anything else, but I did see that black mist spinning around you first."
"Because of Occlumency." Dumbledore's tone became much more serious. "Voldemort was in an extremely weak state at that time, and he couldn't enter Kyle's brain at all... But I guess even if he was in good condition, he probably wouldn't be able to do it. arrive."
"But I can also do Occlumency." Harry said subconsciously.
At this moment, everyone's eyes in the school hospital changed. Even Hermione, who had just woken up, covered her face and shook her head.
"I have a question, Harry." Dumbledore asked calmly: "Have you taken the initiative to learn Occlumency since Christmas?"
"No, no." Harry blushed and said hesitantly.
Not to mention active learning, he even returned the books on Occlumency to the library.
"That's the answer." Dumbledore looked at him, "As far as I know, Kyle's study of Occlumency lasted for three full years and has never been interrupted."
Harry's face turned redder and he lowered his head and was speechless.
No wonder Voldemort returned in vain from Kyle, but he didn't even have the ability to resist.
"I suggest you do the same in the future, Harry," said Dumbledore.
"I will." Harry nodded.
Dumbledore was right, he needed to learn more about Occlumency to prevent what happened today from happening again.
If anyone is hurt by this today, I'm afraid they will never be able to forgive themselves.
"Okay, that's it for today." Dumbledore stood up and said.
"But Professor, I still have many questions I don't understand..."
Harry wanted to ask something else, but Dumbledore shook his head, "Don't worry, you can ask the same questions tomorrow. If we disturb your rest again, I'm afraid Madam Pomfrey will come to chase them away."
"But you are the headmaster..." Harry said.
"No, the principal's words don't work that well here." Dumbledore said with a smile, turned and left the school hospital.
"have a good rest."
Although Sirius and Mr. Weasley preferred to stay here, they hesitated for a moment and followed.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 688 The hidden part of the prophecy
"I really shouldn't have agreed to Fudge coming to Hogwarts to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!"
Early the next morning, everyone in the school hospital woke up. Tonks was lying on the hospital bed, looking at the bandages wrapped tightly on her body, and her intestines turned green with regret.
"I knew there would be such a day..." She said desperately: "Just look at Alastor. He has been out of office for a year, and he has not completely gotten rid of the curse."
"Don't talk nonsense." Moody next to her said in a deep voice: "As an Auror, injuries are inevitable. What does this have to do with the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts?"
"Then why is Kingsley okay..." Tonks said with a pout.
"Because he is strong enough," Moody said. "Whether it's Kingsley, Remus, or Sirius, when they are at their peak, they have enough energy and reflexes to deal with Death Eaters."
"The same goes for you." Moody's tone suddenly became much more serious, "You are too lazy and have not used your own advantages at all. As a natural disguisemagus, it is the most stupid thing to confront the enemy head-on. How to do it...why don't you turn yourself into a Death Eater?
"Also, what about your vigilance? I remember when you first joined the Aurors, I reminded you countless times that you should be prepared to release the Shield Charm at any time during combat..."
The ward seemed to have turned into a classroom, and Moody unceremoniously pointed out all the mistakes Tonks had made before, making Tonks's cheeks turn red.
"Death Eaters all wear black hoods and masks..." She quibbled: "Our clothes are different, even if our appearance changes, it's useless."
"Ah, really?" Moody said coldly: "It seems I have to go find Minerva. She didn't teach you how to transform your clothes in class."
"I testify that this is what I learned in the third grade." Kyle, who came to see them, said with a smile.
To increase his persuasiveness, he also took out his wand and tapped it on his clothes. The original school uniform robe immediately turned into a pure black cloak of the same style as the Death Eaters.
"Tsk, tsk." Moody said calmly, "It seems I wrongly blamed Minerva..."
At this time, Tonks had already turned her head and started pretending to be asleep, turning a deaf ear to what the two of them said.
Fortunately, she wanted to thank Kyle for saving her life just now, and now it's even.
For a moment, everyone in the ward laughed.
Lupine, who had just come in, listened to the laughter in the ward and asked curiously: "Did I miss anything?"
"That's right." Ron said quickly: "Professor Tonks just now..."
"He's an assistant. This is very important." Tonks didn't even bother pretending to be asleep. She opened her eyes and said loudly, "Also, if you dare to tell me what happened just now, I will give you ten times the amount of black magic." I can still do defense work."
Ron shut up immediately.
"And you too..." She gave Kyle and Hermione another threatening look.
Kyle spread his hands indifferently and wisely did not provoke her further.
However, Lupine didn't seem to particularly want to know the answer. He put the candies he bought from Hogsmeade on the table and said with a smile: "It seems that you are recovering well. I was just discussing with Sirius whether to I'm sending you to St. Mungo's."
"Absolutely not." Tonks shook her head repeatedly, "I hate the smell of St. Mungo's. This place is pretty good, at least it doesn't have the smell of different potions mixed in."
"Well," said Lupine, "if Madam Pomfrey is okay with it, that's fine."
"I don't want to go to St. Mungo's either," said Ron.
"It doesn't matter what I said to Sirius." Lupine shook his head, "Where you want to go is decided by Arthur and Molly. Oh, they are on their way and should be here soon."
"Oh, I will definitely be scolded!" Ron screamed and covered his head with the quilt.
"Hermione..." Lupine continued: "Have you really decided not to tell your parents?"
"Don't." Hermione said quickly: "They are all Muggles and don't understand the situation in the wizarding world at all. Even if they knew, it would only increase their troubles. Moreover, I am almost cured, so there is really no need to tell them. "
"That's...ok."
Lupine hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Hermione was indeed the least injured of all the people. She could have been discharged from the hospital today, but Madam Pomfrey insisted that she stay for a few more days.
"I still want to thank you for saving us, Kyle." At this time, Moody suddenly said: "If you hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid none of us would have been able to escape."
"It's nothing." Kyle shook his head.
"You really shouldn't be an assistant to the minister." Moody said with some regret. "The Auror office is your best choice. You will shine there."
To be honest, Kyle didn't want to be an assistant minister or an Auror, but wasn't there any other way?
So before Moody could continue, Kyle took the initiative to change the topic, looked at Lupine and asked, "Where is Harry? Didn't he come back with you?"
"No." Lupine filled Tonks' empty glass with water. "He said he had something to ask the principal. He had left before you came and did not go to Hogsmeade with me."
"That's it."
Kyle didn't feel surprised that Harry went to find Dumbledore. Instead, he was a little surprised that Madam Pomfrey let him go, but it might have been Dumbledore's intention.
Voldemort had drilled into Harry's head, which was at least an enhanced version of the Imperius Curse. If the headmaster hadn't spoken, Madam Pomfrey would never have let him leave.
Soon, Mrs. Weasley's voice came from outside.
"You are his brother, why would you let him go to such a dangerous place?"
Then came the voices of Fred and George.
"Mom, how could we see it? He was riding a Thestral..."
"Yeah, we can't just fly out and catch him back..."
"Or break his legs in advance!"
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Kyle looked back at Ron. He had begun to shiver and curled up weakly on the bed.
"You'd better admit your mistake directly." Kyle kindly reminded: "Don't say how much you helped, and don't make any excuses. Just apologize, and say as little as possible about other things."
"Ah? Why." Ron was stunned for a moment. He was just thinking about whether to exaggerate his role.
After all, they were able to stop Voldemort's conspiracy this time. Isn't this what the Order of the Phoenix is doing?
"Because Mr. Weasley should have already said everything you can think of, and it's useless for you to say it again."
"boom!"
At this time, the room door was pushed open from the outside.
Mrs. Weasley hurried in. She looked as if she had just cried. As soon as she entered, she rushed to Ron's side and held him in her arms.
"Luckily you're okay." Mrs. Weasley checked Ron's condition. After confirming that Ron was in good condition, she suddenly said with a straight face:
"How dare you deal with Death Eaters... Yesterday the magic clock showed that both you and your father were in danger. I almost fainted."
Ron was about to say that he was not alone, but when he thought of Kyle's words, he hurriedly swallowed it back and said instead: "I'm sorry, Mom, I won't do it next time."
Mrs. Weasley was on the verge of tears again. Hugged Ron again.
Mr. Weasley behind him blinked in surprise, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, and you..." After letting go of Ron, Mrs. Weasley turned around and gave Kyle a hug.
"You saved both of them, thank you."
"It's nothing..." Kyle shook his head, "And Mrs. Weasley, I have heard this thank you countless times since yesterday, why can't you say it all at once."
"It's because we met you at different times," Mrs. Weasley said, hugging Kyle again and looking around.
"Where's Harry, didn't Arthur say he was also injured?"
"Harry should be in the headmaster's office." Lupine said. "He seems to have questions to ask Dumbledore."
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