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"And your mother never told me any of this, including what I just said. I heard it from others."

"Who?"

"Xenophilius."

"Who are you talking about?" Kyle was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly.

"Xenophilius Lovegood." Chris said again, "Have you forgotten? Luna's father also lives in St. Catchpole Village. You have met him."

"Of course I haven't forgotten it." Kyle rubbed his forehead, and some of the thoughts he had just brewed disappeared in an instant.

"But didn't he also say before that the Department of Mysteries was specifically responsible for making poison for Fudge to help him deal with his opponents?"

"But now Fudge is no longer the Minister." Chris looked around and lowered his voice again and said, "And I think his statement is very reasonable, remember? There are really some very mysterious things in the Department of Mysteries. Door."

"Yeah." Kyle laughed dryly.

Compared with poisoning Fudge to get rid of his opponent, this statement is really normal, and it can even be said that it is so normal that it doesn't look like something that should be in "The Quibbler".

To be honest, Kyle didn't know whether these remarks were made by Xenophilius to Chris, or whether they were new content he wrote on "The Quibbler."

If it was the latter, then Kyle could only say that Xenophilius had fallen. He gave up his persistence and lofty ideals, and fell back to the solid ground from the boundless clouds.

How could such logical content appear in "The Quibbler"? How sad would its loyal readers be if they saw it? Wouldn't this add chaos to St. Mungo's?

By the way, the place where "The Quibbler" sells best is St. Mungo's, or to be more precise, the Department of Psychiatric Magical Healing and Holistic Restoration, which is part of St. Mungo's Magical Injury Department.

Because the therapist accidentally discovered that reading "The Quibbler" can calm down wizards who have been harmed by mental magic, and can temporarily show the same thinking logic as normal wizards.

Although they don't know the reason behind it, they still buy several sets of magazines every month, using some for reading, some for research, and the rest for wall coverings.

It is said that the walls of several wards were covered with intact articles cut from The Quibbler.

As for the effect, Kyle doesn't know, but there must be a reason why they can maintain this tradition for so long.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Weasley had brought everyone else into the house.

She seemed very happy. No one was missing, and there were just as many people as when we set out in the morning.

"Today is worth celebrating." She said with a smile: "I'm going to prepare a midnight snack."

Mrs. Weasley went to the kitchen. Others tried to help, but she kicked them out.

From what Kyle knew about Mrs. Weasley, she probably wanted to find a place where no one was around to spend some time alone.

What happened today was a bit too exciting for her. It could be said that except for Percy who was at St. Mungo's and Arthur who returned to the Ministry of Magic early, the rest of the Weasley family were at the wedding.

When she saw Bellatrix and the Death Eaters behind her, which were almost three times their number, Mrs. Weasley felt like the sky was falling.

If Phoenix hadn't appeared in time to take them to safety, she simply couldn't imagine what would happen next.

She has not recovered until now. Kyle had noticed before that her hands had been trembling slightly.

The same goes for Mr. Weasley. When Kyle distributed the wine he bought from the Hog's Head to everyone, it took him three attempts to remove the cork.

For a moment, no one spoke.

Even the noisiest Fred and George sat there quietly, each holding a bottle of wine in their hands and drinking heavily, as if they regarded it as a magic potion that could stabilize their spirits and also suppress their depression. The dizziness hasn't gone away yet.

As for the younger Ginny and Hermione who didn't like drinking, Kyle made them a special drink, half a cup of water and half a cup of vinegar, plus the juice of three lemons with peels.

Because they didn't see the production process, they were quite happy when Kyle brought the cup to the two of them.

"What is this?" Ginny asked curiously.

"Special lemonade." Kyle tilted his head slightly, "According to my experience, the most effective way to relieve the dizziness caused by Apparition is to drink something with a strong sour taste, followed by strong liquor."

"Thank you," Hermione said.

"Well...you're welcome." Kyle said, "Just try it."

"Can you give me a drink of this too?" At this time, Ron suddenly said.

Although he was old enough to drink, he really didn't like the taste of whiskey and brandy, and lemonade was more acceptable.

"Sure, no problem." Kyle found a few smaller cups and distributed some of the drinks. "Harry, would you like some?"

"Ah, no, thank you." Harry shook his head.

Although he doesn't like strong drinks, he also doesn't like sour things.

"Okay then." Kyle handed the lemonade back to Ginny, and because she felt so uncomfortable, she took a sip without any hesitation.

The next second, a sour and bitter taste rushed along the tongue to the top of the head.

Ginny's features scrunched together.

"What, does it taste bad?" Ron suddenly stopped raising the cup to his mouth and asked with a suspicious look on his face.

"No, it's not bad at all, it's sweet." Ginny's face, which had been wrinkled just now, quickly unfolded and she tried to pretend to be nonchalant. In order to prove to Ron that she wasn't lying, she even took another sip. .

"Then why are you so confused?" Ron, not doubting that he was there, decisively brought the cup to his mouth and took a big sip.

then……

"Oh... so sour!" Ron's face also wrinkled, and his facial features were squeezed together, looking like a cabbage that had been stepped on by a unicorn.

"Oh...why are you still suffering so much!"

"Because there are lemon peels." Kyle tried not to laugh, "Drink it, it's okay, and it's good for you."

"Absolutely not." Ron shook his head firmly, "Ginny, you actually lied to me."

"What did I lie to you?" Ginny glanced at him.

"You told me this stuff tastes good."

"It just tastes good."

"Then take another sip." Ron said angrily, "If you take another sip, I will believe you."

"Why should I ask you to believe me?" Ginny said calmly: "I feel much better now. I don't want to drink anymore, can't I?"

"You..." Ron became even more angry and his face turned red.

But what he didn't know was that Ginny's words were true. After taking a second sip of lemonade, she did feel better, and the ubiquitous dizziness gradually disappeared.

Although he has not completely recovered, he is at least much more comfortable than before.

Ron naturally didn't feel this way because he spit out everything in his mouth.

The two of them just sat at the dining table, glaring at each other across Harry.

However, due to their commotion, the atmosphere at the dinner table relaxed a lot, and everyone was not as nervous as before.

"Today was really thrilling." Kingsley was the first to say, "If we had known that something like this would happen, we shouldn't have gone back to the Ministry of Magic before."

"It's just because I didn't expect it." Sirius had finished a whole bottle of whiskey and was opening the second bottle. "I still haven't figured out how they knew that Remus was going to marry Nymphadora. Obviously we only told a few people, and they were all our own."

"Maybe someone let it slip." Chris thought for a while, "It could also be that the Death Eaters have long been eyeing those people close to us. Capture Andromeda and Ted, and follow their movements It’s actually not difficult to deduce the location of Godric’s Hollow, just a bottle of Veritaserum or Legilimency.”

"We didn't think carefully this time." Lupine lowered his head, "We should be more cautious."

"No, I am also responsible." Sirius said, "After knowing that Dumbledore was coming, I subconsciously relaxed my vigilance around me. If I could be more cautious, I might be able to discover the Death Eaters in advance. traces.”

"No, no, after all, we shouldn't leave early..."

Several people shared the responsibilities at the table.

But in Kyle's opinion, this matter was ultimately Dumbledore's fault. Who made him show his face, give others the illusion that he was there, and then sneak away without saying a word.

There is nothing wrong with taking the blame for this irresponsible behavior.

"And Kyle!" Sirius suddenly turned his head and said, and Kyle looked over subconsciously.

"Why did you let the Phoenix send me away first!" His eyes turned slightly red. "You told Fred that Dumbledore asked the Phoenix to save everyone, but I don't think so."

"I……"

"No need to explain, I can tell that you are directing the Phoenix's actions, and it was precisely because of your request that it turned back and caught me."

"not me……"

"Have you ever thought about how much I would blame myself if you failed to come back this time? Asking a child to buy time for me... How shameful would I be to see Chris again?"

Kyle, who was interrupted twice in a row, said nothing again. He coughed lightly until he was sure that Sirius had finished speaking.

"Finished?"

"Actually, what I want to say is that I can apparate without the help of the Phoenix... Do you remember? When I took you out of the encirclement."

As he spoke, Kyle stretched out his hand and pointed to the ring on his finger.

However, after three uses of Apparition, the color of the ring has become very dim. In addition, it is close to the finger, making it difficult to spot without looking carefully.

"That won't work either." Sirius said with a stiff neck, "I have to stay behind you."

"Ah, okay." Kyle didn't refute, "Next time, definitely next time."

"It's better not to have another time." Chris helped smooth things over. He also looked at Kyle and asked solemnly: "So what did you do after sending Sirius away?"

"It's nothing," Kyle said. "I gave them a little surprise and then left."

His tone was very relaxed, and he deliberately concealed the news about Voldemort.

"Surprise?" Chris raised his eyebrows, "What you call a surprise doesn't mean killing all seventy Death Eaters."

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire restaurant fell silent. Everyone looked at Kyle in disbelief. Even Mrs. Weasley in the kitchen ran out, her pupils constricted, as if she had heard something extremely terrifying.

To be honest, they all had this experience more than ten years ago, even more than once, when it came to killing Death Eaters.

But if you raise that number to seventy... there will be no one sitting here except Alastor Moody.

Even Alastor had accumulated numbers over his decades-long career as an Auror.

But as for Kyle, if he killed seventy Death Eaters at once, if this were true...

Inexplicably, when Ron looked at Kyle again, his legs began to tremble unconsciously. This was a physiological reaction and had nothing to do with whether he was familiar with Kyle.

"There must be a mistake somewhere, Chris." Mrs. Weasley came back to her senses and said, "Kyle is a good boy, how could he..."

"No, Molly..." Mr. Weasley shook his head, "The news we received is that all seventy Death Eaters were killed in Godric's Hollow. If I guess correctly, Scrimgeour The Aurors are already there."

"No, this has nothing to do with me." Kyle looked innocent and quickly denied, "I didn't do it."

"But you were the last one to leave," Kingsley said.

He had been wanting to ask since just now, but because Chris was here, he didn't know what to say.