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"Um...do you have anything else to say?" Kyle asked.
"Are you playing dumb with me?" Snape frowned, his voice turned cold, "Regarding the matter I mentioned to you before, we agreed two months ago that you would give me an answer when school starts again. Now you are pretending that you don't know?
"Do you need me to provide you with a bottle of potion to help you recall your memories?"
As he spoke, he pulled a red bottle out of his robe pocket and threw it on the table.
The bottle was spinning on top, and Kyle's heart suddenly began to lift.
Two months ago...it should be when the school had just been on vacation, but he was just a fake, not the real one. What did they say at that time, and what did Dumbledore promise...he had no idea at all!
What Dumbledore was thinking was not mentioned at all in the letter.
"Ah, Severus, you really should be more considerate of an old man's poor memory," Kyle said, but he was already panicking.
If it were any other professor, Kyle wouldn't be so nervous at all, but Snape was different.
Having been around Voldemort for so many years, Snape's reaction and judgment abilities were too sharp. If he said something wrong, he would probably immediately realize that the Dumbledore in front of him was a fake.
At this time, Kyle only hoped that Professor McGonagall could come over and help him solve this problem. As long as he could find a way to get him away, there would be no problem.
But Kyle forgot that it was class time now. Just because Snape didn't have a class didn't mean Professor McGonagall didn't have a class either.
As time went by, Snape's eyes became more and more unfriendly, and the air pressure around him became lower and lower, but Professor McGonagall never showed any intention of showing up.
"Severus..."
Kyle had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry, I may disappoint you, but I'll stick with my previous answer."
"But you didn't tell me the answer before." Snape narrowed his eyes and said, "That's why I came to see you today... Why do I feel that you are a little strange today?"
"In fact, I already said that the other day." Kyle deliberately ignored his last words and rubbed his hands on his robe behind his back. "It's just that you didn't notice it."
For some reason, Snape froze for a moment, as if he was recalling something.
"Things are far from over... Oh, so this is your answer?" Snape suddenly sneered, "Then I really didn't realize what you meant, so you made the decision at that time, but you didn't tell me?"
Kyle breathed a sigh of relief. Even though it was a bit risky to say this, at least he won the bet.
Dumbledore is like this, always saying strange things. If you look for the answer with a certain degree of certainty, you will most likely find a sentence that can be forced into his sentence.
However, Kyle did not answer Snape's question because he had no idea what he should say.
And the more you say at this time, the more mistakes you will make. The best solution is to let Snape guess for himself.
But his attitude undoubtedly made Snape even angrier.
"You're always like this, thinking you have everything under control, but refusing to tell others your plans." He almost roared.
"I'm so sorry, Severus."
"You don't need to apologize to me. Everything I did was not for you." Snape did not stay here any longer and turned and left.
"I really shouldn't have wasted my time looking for you."
The door was slammed shut, almost knocking Fawkes off his sleeping perch nearby. He flapped his wings and barked in the direction Snape had left.
"Don't get excited, Fox." Kyle comforted Phoenix, sat in the chair and let out a long sigh.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 810 Luna's Intuition
This time Snape's sudden visit was a reminder to Kyle. He didn't know who Dumbledore had met before leaving, or what they talked about.
Snape might come to him today, and Slughorn might come to him tomorrow for another matter, but he couldn't guarantee that he could fool him every time.
In other words, this unknown situation is the biggest test.
Kyle's way of dealing with it is also very simple...run away.
After Snape left the headmaster's office, he asked the headmaster's portrait to help call Professor McGonagall, who had just finished class, and mentioned the matter to her.
"You mean, Severus came to see you? And said something you didn't even know?" Professor McGonagall frowned, looking a little surprised as well.
"He just left a short time ago," Kyle said. "To be honest, I've never been this nervous before, even when I was taking a NEWT."
"Dumbledore really rarely mentioned Severus to us, and I can't help you with that." Professor McGonagall thought for a moment and said, "Strange, why didn't he mention this in the letter?"
"That's the crux of the matter." Kyle sighed, "I don't know how many times this kind of situation will happen. If it happens too often, it will definitely be exposed."
"So what do you think?"
"I can't stay here forever." Kyle took a deep breath, "As long as they can't find Dumbledore, they naturally won't have a chance to expose me."
"No." Professor McGonagall shook her head without hesitation and rejected Kyle's proposal.
"I don't think it has any effect, Professor," said Kyle. "Wasn't Professor Dumbledore always away from school before? I'm sure everyone is used to it.
"Besides, I've already shown up at the opening party, so it shouldn't matter if I leave school temporarily."
Professor McGonagall hesitated and did not refuse immediately as she had done before.
But after hesitating for a moment, she shook her head and said, "No."
"why?"
"Because you can't disappear forever." Professor McGonagall said, "The You-Know-Who and his Death Eaters have been active this year. You need to show up at school more often."
"I can just come back when the time comes." Kyle said, "Didn't Professor Dumbledore do the same thing before?"
"Then how do you get in and out of the school?" Professor McGonagall said, "The students have already started school. If you want to come to school, you can only go through Hogsmeade. There are all kinds of people there. Even if you use the invisibility cloak, you can't guarantee that you can hide from everyone.
"A student who has already graduated and returns to Hogwarts will inevitably arouse other people's suspicion. We should try our best to avoid any situation that may expose us, unless you use Dumbledore's identity every time."
"That's easy, as long as we don't go to Hogsmeade." Kyle laughed.
The problem that Professor McGonagall was worried about was not a problem for him at all.
"Not going to Hogsmeade? Then how can you ..."
Before Professor McGonagall could finish her words, she saw Fawkes, who had been perched on a branch, fly over and land on Kyle's shoulder.
"Fawkes?" Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, then she realized something, "No wonder Dumbledore asked you to pretend to be him."
She had never seen Fawkes so close to anyone other than Dumbledore... This was also a recognized fact in the wizarding world.
Almost all wizards know that Dumbledore has a phoenix by his side. In a sense, this is also a symbol of his identity. As long as you see an old man with a phoenix, there is no doubt that it must be Dumbledore.
This is something that no one else can imitate, even if you drink the polyjuice potion.
Before this, she had never understood why Dumbledore was so confident in letting Kyle impersonate him. Now she finally understood.
With Fox's cooperation, Kyle didn't even need to use Polyjuice Potion. Even the most common human transformation could easily make people believe his identity.
"I'm fine." Professor McGonagall nodded immediately. She glanced at Kyle and said, "While the Polyjuice Potion is still effective, please show up again and then you can leave.
"Next time... maybe Halloween. After all, Dumbledore always needs to be present when there is an important party at school."
"I see." Kyle nodded.
He then changed into a less formal silver-gray robe and followed Professor McGonagall out of the headmaster's office.
"What do I need to do?" Kyle asked.
"You don't need to do anything, just proceed as usual." Professor McGonagall, "Think about what Dumbledore would do when he was in school. Don't do anything deliberate."
"I can't think of it. He hasn't appeared in school in recent years. Every time I saw him, it was in the principal's office."
"Then think further back. You must have seen him when you were in first grade."
As they talked, they walked through the area where the gargoyles were, and when they passed the Gryffindor common room, they ran into a group of students who were preparing to go to lunch.
"Good afternoon, Professor McGonagall, Headmaster Dumbledore..." Seamus Finnigan, who was walking in the front, said excitedly, "Headmaster, is what you said before true?"
"What do you mean?"
"It's Quidditch. If we win the championship, can we really get 200 extra points?" Seamus rubbed his hands. "And how is the gold medal selected? Is it nominated by the team? Or does everyone vote together?"
"First of all, you will definitely get 200 points, provided you can win the championship." Kyle said with a smile, "As for the second question, you will know when the time comes."
"Couldn't you have told us in advance?"
"We have to keep some mystery." Kyle blinked. "Okay, let's go have lunch quickly. We have black pepper fried pork chops today."
"Okay then..." Although Seamus was not very satisfied with the answer, he still left out of respect for the headmaster.
"I want to know, too. How is this standard determined?" After they left, Professor McGonagall looked at Kyle. "At first I thought it depended on the number of points scored, but when I think about it, if that's the only thing, the Seeker's advantage is too great, and it's unfair to the other team members."
"Then let's do as Seamus said and vote," Kyle said casually.
"But in this case, students with good popularity will have an advantage." Professor McGonagall said, "and there are too many uncertainties in voting. It is very likely that students will not make much contribution to the competition but get a lot of votes.
“This is also Hogwarts
“I thought so too,” Kyle said.
"What do you think?"
"My idea?" Kyle continued walking forward. "I don't have any idea."
Professor McGonagall paused, "Didn't you think about anything when you made this suggestion?"
"No." Kyle nodded as a matter of course. "Didn't I tell you yesterday? I just thought of this idea on a whim. How could I have thought through everything in such a short time?"
"What should we do after that?" Professor McGonagall's voice suddenly rose a lot. "Two hundred points is fine, but when the competition is over, what standards should we use to award the gold medals?"
"This is none of my business." Kyle spread his hands. "I'm just filling in for the class. I can just fool around for a while. You can't expect me to fill in for the whole school year.
"Dumbledore will surely be back by then, so let him worry about this."
Professor McGonagall felt her temple throbbing.
She had always thought that Kyle's words yesterday were just talk, but she didn't expect it to be true. He really made that decision without considering anything.
And Dumbledore was the same, he disappeared without a word and left all the school affairs on her.
I thought Kyle would be able to help a little, but he went even further and ended up doing more harm than good...
Why are these two people behaving like this?
Professor McGonagall couldn't help rubbing her forehead. She had to do the work of three people with one salary. Not to mention a professor, even a ghost shouldn't be exploited like this.
Looking at Kyle in front of her, her years of being a professor almost failed to suppress the anger in her heart.
She wanted to hit someone.