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Tata called him and took out another bottle, which contained the same drink he had drunk on the first day, which looked like raspberry juice.
"This is what the master asked Tata to give to you. You have to drink a bottle every day when you wake up and before you go to bed."
"I wanted to ask before, what is this?"
"I don't know, Tata." The house-elf shook his big ears, "But the master spent a long time preparing this for you, and said it would be of great help to you."
"Okay." Kyle took the bottle of drink.
He did not ask why there was only one bottle. For Nicolas Flamel, it was too easy to make a bottle with the ability to renew the spell.
Kyle put away his drink and walked out of the manor with Tata.
"Well, see you next time."
Kyle said, "Fawkes, let's go back to Hogwarts..."
There was no movement around.
"Oh!" Kyle slapped his forehead. He forgot that Fox had just achieved nirvana and there was no way he could fly out and Apparate him back.
There was no choice but for Kyle to walk forward a distance, to a place beyond the protective magic, and use Apparition himself.
Although his tracks might be discovered by the Ministry of Magic, there was no other way at this point and he couldn't walk back.
Kyle's chosen destination was Hogsmeade, the second floor of the Hog's Head Pub.
Various wizards Disapparate here every day, and it is also the safest place he can think of.
"Kid, this is not a fireplace. You need to pay to use the room." A disdainful voice came from my ear, "It's fifty Galleons in total. How are you going to pay?"
The person speaking was Aberforth... or to be more precise, it was a portrait of him on the second floor.
"Principal Dumbledore will pay when he comes back," Kyle blurted out.
Fifty Galleons for a temporary place to stay... This is faster than robbery, he doesn't want to pay this money.
"We don't take credit in this bar." Aberforth added a handful of straw to the goat in the portrait. "Hurry up, or I'll call someone."
"Don't be like that. How about I give you five times the amount when the time comes?" Kyle said.
Aberforth: "..."
"ten times!"
"Get out of here quickly and don't delay my business." Aberforth's face changed. "By the way, I'd like to remind you that there are more people downstairs than usual these two days, and many of them have become regular customers."
"Got it, thanks," Kyle said.
These days are not weekends, so it cannot be Hogsmeade visiting days. There must be someone else coming to the Hog's Head Pub, and becoming a regular means that they have been here these days.
Unless they like the wine here, they must have ulterior motives.
Aberforth was reminding him to hide his identity.
As expected, the service is very thoughtful when you pay for it. It is really worth ten times the price.
But Kyle had no intention of leaving downstairs.
He went to the window on the second floor, took out his wand, put it to his forehead, and chanted a spell softly.
His body began to shrink and deform, and his robe became twisted, as if it had been neatly cut with scissors and trimmed into brown feathers.
Not long after, Kyle disappeared from the spot, but a very common owl appeared on the windowsill on the second floor of the Hog's Head Bar.
Human body transformation, the main content of Hogwarts Transfiguration class after the fifth year, allows students to transform themselves into an animal, a table, or a stone.
Although this kind of transformation is not as perfect as Animagus and has a time limit, it does not have the limitations of Animagus and can become anything you want.
During the Triwizard Tournament, Viktor Krum transformed himself into a shark to participate in the events in the Black Lagoon.
It's just that he was only half transformed at that time, and only the upper half of his body was a shark.
But Kyle was completely transformed this time.
In fact, it was his first time doing this, and the whole process was simpler than he had imagined.
Kyle looked at his new body. The feeling was so wonderful, so light that he couldn't even feel the weight. He tried to flap his wings and almost fell down the first time. The second time, he hit the window frame above. It was not until the third time that he finally succeeded in flying.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 822 Failed Memory Extraction
It was evening, and after a busy day, Professor McGonagall had finished her dinner and prepared to go back to her office to have a good rest.
Professor Dumbledore was away and there was no one to help, so all the school affairs fell on her alone. On top of that, she was also responsible for seven grades of courses. Even Professor McGonagall, who had become accustomed to this kind of life, couldn't help but feel a little tired.
As she passed Slughorn's office, she clearly heard bursts of laughter coming from inside.
As if feeling that the crisis had passed, Slughorn once again began to host his classic dinner parties.
Professor McGonagall shook her head and walked over quickly.
What a leisurely life... There is no one in the whole school who can make her worry-free, especially Slughorn. Even though she has clearly rejected him twice, he still sent in an application to purchase an automatic stirring crucible yesterday.
He didn't even think about how the school director could possibly pay for such an expensive item.
Professor McGonagall walked all the way back to her office, and just as she was about to close the door, she suddenly noticed an owl on the railing.
It is not uncommon to see owls at Hogwarts. These messengers shuttle back and forth between the school every day, delivering letters and parcels. It would be a rare event if you don't see them one day.
But this one was different. Professor McGonagall felt vaguely that something was wrong with it.
"Who are you!"
She immediately drew out her wand and her eyes became sharp.
"Don't get excited, Professor," the owl said.
Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment. This voice sounded very familiar to her. After thinking for a moment, she asked tentatively, "Kyle?"
"it's me."
The owl jumped off the railing and its body began to swell rapidly. Its feathers also connected together and turned into the appearance of a robe again.
"Wait a moment." Professor McGonagall did not let down her guard when she saw Kyle's appearance, and asked sharply: "What did Miss Granger want to do when we last saw her?"
"Submitting her work to Transfiguration Today," Kyle said. "She wants to try to win the Most Promising Newcomer Award before graduation."
Professor McGonagall nodded and put away her wand.
"I have to check," she said. "What do you mean?"
"In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Death Eaters around the school." Kyle gave a general account of the situation at the Hog's Head Inn, "Under the circumstances at the time, turning into an owl was the best option.
"I thought I had turned out pretty well, but I didn't expect you to see through me at once."
"The traces of magic on the human body are too strong. Anyone who is proficient in Transfiguration can see through it at a glance."
"Fortunately, there are no such people among the Death Eaters' spies." Kyle said with some relief.
"But why did you use Transfiguration to avoid their detection?" Professor McGonagall asked in confusion, "Wouldn't it be more convenient to let Phoenix bring you here directly?"
"Due to some special circumstances, Phoenix is temporarily unable to Apparate with me." Kyle said.
"Special circumstances...what does that mean?" Professor McGonagall asked nervously, "Did the Death Eaters do something else without us knowing?"
"No, it has nothing to do with this." Kyle shook his head. "It's Professor Dumbledore's business."
"Dumbledore...what happened to him?"
"This is not the place to talk. Let's go to the principal's office and I'll explain." Kyle said, "But before that, please wait a moment while I look for my wand."
Kyle rummaged through his robes.
Since the human body cannot hide the wand during deformation, he can only hide the wand in the owl's fluffy and thick feathers. When the feathers turn back into a robe, the position will naturally change.
After searching for a while, Kyle finally found his wand behind his shoulder.
"If you had learned Animagus, this embarrassing situation would not have happened." Professor McGonagall couldn't help laughing.
"But if I use Animagus, it doesn't necessarily have to be an owl." Kyle shrugged.
Then he hid himself and went to the headmaster's office on the eighth floor with Professor McGonagall.
"Now you can tell me what happened to the headmaster?" Professor McGonagall asked impatiently as soon as she pushed open the oak door. "Also, do you know where he is?"
Professor McGonagall vaguely felt that Kyle should know Dumbledore's whereabouts.
"He's stuck in the past."
As soon as Kyle finished speaking, not only was Professor McGonagall a little surprised, but even the portraits around were stunned. They stopped pretending to sleep and all squeezed into the frame closest to the two of them.
"What did you say?"
"Where is Albus trapped?"
……
"He's trapped in the past," Kyle said softly, "Strictly speaking, it should be a hundred years ago."
The office suddenly fell silent, and then the principals gathered together and argued fiercely about something.
Professor McGonagall looked at Kyle in confusion. "So, what is going on? How could Dumbledore go back a hundred years? The existing time-turners simply cannot do that. Going back a month is already the limit."
"It's impossible now, but it was possible a thousand years ago." Kyle said. "You should remember that after the secret room was opened, a damaged time converter appeared..."
Kyle then recounted the entire story from the discovery of the Time Turner to Dumbledore using it to travel back in time.
Because there is a lot of content, Kyle took a long time.
From evening to late night and then to early morning, it was obvious that Professor McGonagall had many questions during this process, but she held back and did not interrupt Kyle.
"So you're saying that Dumbledore not only repaired the Time-Turner he had taken from the Chamber of Secrets, but also used it to travel back a hundred years?"
Professor McGonagall rubbed her forehead. She had just received too much information and she needed to sort it out.
"That's right." Kyle nodded, "No one has seen Professor Dumbledore during this period because he doesn't exist in the current time at all."
"Wait, that's not right."
At this time, a headmistress suddenly spoke up: "If it was a time turner, Albus should have returned long ago. This is a... um, balance of time."
"Because of time exclusion, this is what Professor Victor and Nicolas Flamel said." Kyle explained: "After all, it is something from a thousand years ago. Although it has been repaired, there are still some problems."