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Although Snape had a scary expression on his face, she still stepped forward and said bravely: "The ones fighting were Harry and Malfoy. Kyle and I both came over after hearing the noise... In fact, it was still Kyle. I separated them."
Snape didn't seem to expect Hermione to say that, his expression froze, and he was stunned on the spot.
"Not you?" He looked at Kyle puzzledly.
"Of course not." Kyle shrugged, "Harry and I are friends, why should we beat him up."
Yes, Snape then noticed that there was also a Harry Potter entangled in the water pipe.
The main reason is that the scene just now was too scary. There was a mess all over the ground, Malfoy was locked and unable to move, and Kyle was holding a wand.
Snape subconsciously felt that Kyle couldn't wait any longer and was ready to attack Malfoy.
Although Dumbledore had promised that Kyle would not cause trouble to Malfoy, Snape did not fully believe it and had been worried that such a day would come.
He was afraid that Malfoy would be killed directly by Kyle, so in desperation, the scene just happened.
Now that the truth was revealed, he was still a little embarrassed.
But after seeing Kyle's half-smiling expression, Snape immediately became serious again.
"Why don't you explain, don't you think it's fun to fool the professor?"
"I never thought about it that way." Kyle raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just that Professor, you didn't give me a chance to explain... The door blew up as soon as you came. With such a big movement, I thought you were here to arrest me. How dare you speak as a Death Eater?"
Snape's face turned from green to red, and then back to livid again. He felt like Kyle was laughing at him.
"Severus, he is right, you are indeed too impatient." Professor McGonagall stepped forward and stood between the two of them.
From the moment she came here, she knew that this matter had nothing to do with Kyle.
There are too many traces, traces of magic everywhere.
To put it bluntly, if Kyle really wanted to attack Malfoy and Harry, he wouldn't have made such a big fuss.
Being interrupted by Professor McGonagall, Snape couldn't say anything else. He just raised his head and looked around for something.
He's looking for Myrtle.
He wouldn't be so anxious if the ghost hadn't filled the castle shouting, "There's been a murder! There's been a murder in the bathroom!"
But Myrtle also realized this and had already gone into the sewer to hide.
"They need to go to the school hospital." Professor McGonagall said. "As for their punishment... Principal Dumbledore will come back tonight. Let him make the decision then."
Snape had no objection to his decision and took out his wand to put Malfoy down.
But an embarrassing scene happened at this time. He couldn't open the water pipe on Malfoy.
The curse seemed to have completely lost its effect, falling lightly on the water pipes, like a breeze, and dispersed with a snap.
Malfoy was still tied up.
Snape tried two more different spells, again with no effect.
For a moment, the atmosphere became a little awkward.
"Professor, can't you solve it?" Kyle asked pretending to be confused, "Do you need help?"
"Shut up!" Snape said through gritted teeth, his voice forced out from between his teeth.
He dared to use his career of more than ten years to guarantee that Kyle must have done it on purpose.
But there was nothing he could do. A professor couldn't lift a student's curse. No matter what the reason was, it was a very embarrassing thing.
At the same time, Professor McGonagall, who was preparing to put Harry down, also encountered the same situation.
However, after discovering that the curse was useless, she quickly thought of another situation and used her wand to tap Harry's body back and forth for a while.
This time the pipe came loose quickly.
Harry fell to the ground and staggered to his feet, clutching his arms.
"That's great. It seems like you've learned well." Professor McGonagall said, with a hint of joy in her tone that Harry didn't understand.
But she soon regained her composure, "Follow me, Potter, we will discuss your questions later... Move quickly, Severus, what are you still hesitating about?"
Snape didn't answer, just frowned.
Just when he was hesitating to cut open those strong water pipes, Professor McGonagall walked to the door and waved her wand again.
Malfoy also fell.
No need to worry about it now.
Snape glared at Kyle fiercely, then helped Malfoy out.
When passing Kyle, Malfoy trembled all over and couldn't help but speed up.
When he was entangled in those water pipes just now, he really felt fear. The feeling that life and death depended on other people's thoughts made him go crazy.
Even after being put down now, his legs were still weak and he could only move with Snape's support.
But Kyle didn't care at all.
Since he had promised Dumbledore, he would not cause trouble for Malfoy in school. This time was purely a coincidence, and the purpose was to prevent him and Harry from continuing to fight.
In the situation just now, if he hadn't taken action in time, both Harry and Malfoy would have been carried to the school hospital.
The only thing that was hard for Kyle to accept was that even though he helped so much, he didn't even get any points from the academy.
Kyle walked out of the bathroom a little disappointed and prepared to go back to the common room.
"You two, come here too!" Professor McGonagall's voice came from behind.
Hearing this, Kyle had no choice but to turn around and follow him.
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As one of the regular visitors to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey was already used to Harry's arrival.
She skillfully inspected their bodies.
"How is it?" Professor McGonagall asked: "They are not injured."
"No problem, just a little scratch," Madam Pomfrey said.
The two men had mostly scratches on their bodies. Harry's legs were a little stiff, a sign of the Leg-Locking Curse. Malfoy also had bruises on his back. Kyle guessed that he was hit by a Repulsive Curse and then hit the wall.
But these are all minor problems, and if they had come later they might have been cured.
Madam Pomfrey brought a jar of white essence and motioned the two of them to apply it to the injured area.
During this period, Professor McGonagall also learned the whole story from Hermione, and also knew that Harry and Malfoy were fighting before Kyle went.
But she wasn't prepared to care. Just like she said just now... leave everything to Dumbledore.
"Professor..." Hermione glanced at Professor McGonagall, "Can I just take care of Harry here?"
"If Madam Pomfrey has no objection, yes." Professor McGonagall thought for a moment and said, "But you'd better watch Potter and don't let him run around. I think when the principal comes back, he will have a lot of questions to think about. ask him."
After saying that, Professor McGonagall left the school hospital.
Snape glanced at them and left, but he added a curtain around Malfoy's bed to separate the two sides, and at the same time looked at Kyle.
"It's time for you to return to the castle."
"But Professor, I also want to take care of Harry here." Kyle said. He was curious about why Harry fought with Malfoy, and he also knew that Harry would definitely tell Hermione.
"No need, the campus hospital needs to be quiet, Miss Granger alone is enough." Snape insisted, making it clear that he didn't want Kyle to stay here.
After leaving the school hospital, the two walked side by side on the way back to the castle.
"Professor, actually you don't need to be so nervous." Kyle suddenly said: "No matter what, I will never do anything to Malfoy in the school hospital."
Snape did not speak, but quickened his pace, then turned around and disappeared down the stairs to the underground classroom.
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At the same time, in the school hospital, after the professors had returned to the castle, Malfoy was about to walk out when Madam Pomfrey wasn't paying attention.
"Where are you going!" Hermione stopped in front of him warily.
"Professor McGonagall just said that you have to wait here for Principal Dumbledore to come back."
"Shut up, you filthy..."
Before he could finish speaking, Harry next to him took out his wand again.
Malfoy seemed to have thought of something, and closed his mouth angrily. He did not say the next words, but just pushed Hermione aside impatiently, "No one said that you must stay in a place like this. Get out of the way. Don't block it." road!"
With that said, he left without looking back.
Not far away, Madam Pomfrey came over after hearing the noise and did not stop her.
Because Professor McGonagall only told them not to run around, but did not say that they must stay in the school hospital, and his slight skin injury did not require hospitalization.
Seeing that Madam Pomfrey had no objection, Harry jumped out of bed and walked towards the door.
"Harry, you can't, Professor McGonagall said..."
"Come on, Hermione, who knows when Professor Dumbledore will come back, I can't wait here all afternoon." Harry said.
Hermione was a little irritated, but had no choice but to stamp her feet and follow him.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Malfoy must have a secret." Harry looked around and whispered after making sure no one was around: "I saw him sneaking up on the seventh floor."
"So you just followed?"
"Of course." Harry blurted out: "I always have to find out what he is doing."
"You haven't given up yet?" Hermione said impatiently, "I already told him that he can't do anything in school."
"That's not necessarily true, what if Snape helps him." Harry said, "Professors always have much greater power than students, right?
"And you saw this time, Snape had no intention of punishing him."
"That's because Professor McGonagall left the decision to Principal Dumbledore." Hermione glanced at him and didn't bother to say anything else.
"So you discovered something and actually got into a fight. You even used the Crushing Curse. Do you know how serious this is? You might really be expelled."
"It was Malfoy who made the move first," Harry said. "I saw him crying in the bathroom, and then he attacked me involuntarily. I also wanted to protect myself."
"Wait, what did you say Malfoy was doing in the bathroom?" Hermione asked confused, thinking she heard wrong.
"He's crying." Harry said. "Actually, I find it a bit unbelievable, but this is the truth. I saw it with my own eyes. Myrtle was comforting him next to him.