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"Li Huo!"
"You are indeed a dark wizard!"
Dumbledore's expression was stern, but his first reaction was not to protect himself or deal with Kyle. Instead, he quickly extinguished the fire around the barn and protected it with magic. After doing all this, he pointed his wand at the flaming snake.
However, Dumbledore did not notice that Kyle had Apparated again and appeared behind him.
Dumbledore's attention was all on the Fiendfyre in front of him. By the time he reacted, the wand in his hand flew out instantly and landed in the other person's hand.
"Expelliarmus." Kyle stood behind him and said with a smile, "Professor, I think we really should have a good talk."
Although he lost his wand, Dumbledore did not panic. He raised his right hand high, imprisoned Fiendfyre in place, and then turned to look at Kyle.
"If you had used the Killing Curse on me just now, you might have killed me."
"It's unlikely." Kyle shook his head and said, "You wanted to protect this barn, so you didn't use your full strength. But if I use the Killing Curse, you might not care so much anymore."
Dumbledore said nothing, which was considered as his consent.
"If I'm not mistaken, you probably don't want others to notice what's happening here, or you don't want Ariana to hear what's happening here."
Kyle reached out and handed the wand back to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore did not expect Kyle to do this. After a moment of hesitation, he took the wand doubtfully.
"what do you mean."
"I told you, I mean no harm." Kyle waved his hand, the fierce fire disappeared, and the cut logs on the roof were put back together.
Kyle calmly repaired the damaged items in the barn and said, "I know your purpose because I also used a time turner like you. In fact, the time turner you used was given to you by me."
"impossible."
"Nothing is impossible." Kyle stopped what he was doing and said, "Or professor, you can think carefully about where the time converter you are using came from."
"Do you have any impression? I guess not."
Dumbledore was silent.
Kyle was right, he really couldn't remember, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find any memory of the time turner.
Now, Dumbledore also discovered something was wrong...
Yes, how did his time turner come from? It couldn’t have appeared out of thin air, and even if it did, he should have this part of the memory.
Also, why had he never realized this before?
And if you think about it carefully, there are many things that don't make sense, such as his attitude towards Kyle when he first met him just now.
When he first met this person, he subconsciously believed him. When the other person came to support him, he was not on guard at all. He naturally accepted the other person's kindness and showed his most vulnerable side.
This unconditional trust is as if they have known each other for many years.
That trust disappeared until Kyle revealed his biggest secret.
"Is what you said true?" Dumbledore said in a deep voice, "I need evidence, evidence that you know me."
"It's very simple."
Kyle took out his wand and tapped it on his arm.
As the wand passed, a thin golden line appeared on his wrist... Then, a similar golden line appeared on Dumbledore's wrist, and the two golden lines finally connected perfectly in the air.
"Contract magic?!" Dumbledore said in surprise.
"Yes, we used contract magic before." Kyle said, "As for the reason, it doesn't matter. It has little to do with the current situation, but now you should believe me, we really know each other."
Dumbledore lowered his wand.
He could feel that the contract magic on his wrist was cast by him actively, and when the golden thread appeared, many non-existent images flashed through his mind.
"I'm sorry," said Dumbledore, "but I don't remember you."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 842 Lost Memories
"How did this happen?"
Seeing Dumbledore looking confused, Kyle rubbed his forehead, not knowing where to start for a moment.
He came to save people, but they just met and started fighting without saying anything.
Fortunately, although Dumbledore lost part of his memory, he was still conscious. After realizing that something was wrong, he temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to erase his memory.
I have to say that Dumbledore's temper was really bad at that time. He threw his wand when he disagreed with something. It was because he was weak now and had some concerns in his heart, otherwise the consequences would be much more troublesome than it is now.
Kyle also conjured himself a chair, sat opposite Dumbledore, and asked:
"Professor, you really don't remember anything?"
"I don't remember." Dumbledore shook his head.
"Then you have never doubted it?" Kyle continued, "You think you are a professor of Transfiguration, but that should be when you were middle-aged, or even earlier. You obviously don't look that age now."
"Because this is not the first time I have come here." Dumbledore explained: "I can't remember the exact number of times, but I know that I have been back many times, and the total time is not short."
Kyle sighed helplessly.
According to Dumbledore, he knew that his appearance and the age in his memory were different, but he did not think there was anything wrong with it. He just regarded it as the normal aging process when he went back to the past again and again.
"But now it seems that things are completely different from what I thought." Dumbledore looked at Kyle, "Can you please tell me the truth?"
"No problem, but this is complicated to explain. Let me think about where to start..." Kyle rubbed his forehead.
"Don't worry, we have plenty of time." Dumbledore said, "Grindelwald will be back at 10:23 tomorrow morning. We still have more than ten hours."
His tone was calm, as if he had instantly turned back into the familiar Hogwarts headmaster.
"Let's start from the source of everything." Kyle took out the golden pocket watch, "This is the time converter we use. It comes from Salazar Slytherin's work a thousand years ago."
Dumbledore looked at the golden pocket watch, and a familiar memory suddenly came to his mind, but it was very vague, like a forest hidden in the mist, where only faint shadows could be vaguely seen.
"Go on." He asked, "How could we get something from a thousand years ago?"
"This is about my third year, ninety-three years later. You were the headmaster of Hogwarts at that time. During the Halloween dinner that year, the school administrator's cat was suddenly petrified..."
Kyle carefully recounted what happened in the Chamber of Secrets, and Dumbledore sat there listening quietly, frowning slightly from time to time, but did not interrupt Kyle.
“…This time-turner took me back three months and connected everything together, and when I returned to the correct timeline, it was preserved.
"It was just that it was completely broken at the time. The one we are using now was repaired by you, Professor, Nicolas Flamel, and Professor Victor of Beauxbatons."
Some vague memories reappeared in Dumbledore's mind. He felt his forehead swelling and couldn't help but rub it with his hand.
"Professor, are you okay?" Kyle asked with concern.
"It's okay." Dumbledore took a deep breath, "Go on."
"There's nothing more to say after that." Kyle spread his hands, "You use this to go back a hundred years, which is now."
"Then why did you come?"
"Because you haven't appeared since then." Kyle looked up, "Nico thought you must have done something to be excluded from the right time. The purpose of my coming here is to bring you back."
"So you're saying that after I used the Time-Turner, I disappeared?"
"That's right." Kyle nodded.
"If that's the case, then things are a bit troublesome." Dumbledore pondered for a while, "I think I probably understand why I lost some of my memory."
"why?"
"Because I am disappearing," said Dumbledore calmly.
"Disappearing?" Kyle was stunned.
"That's right." Dumbledore raised his head and looked at the window above the barn. "After this summer, I tried many ways to save Ariana, including the time converter. I spent five years looking through all the relevant knowledge I could find. I also know a little about time repulsion.
"I am disappearing, and my missing memories are the most direct manifestation of this." He pointed at himself, "There can't be two identical people at the same time, so when my memories overlap with my own at this time, I won't be coming back."
The barn fell silent.
Kyle held the time-turner tightly and reached for Dumbledore with his other hand. "It doesn't matter. You should be able to recover your memory after we return. There's still time."
But Dumbledore stepped back and avoided Kyle's hand.
"I'm sorry, I can't go back yet."
"But professor, you should know that you can't change anything." Kyle looked at him seriously, "Perhaps it is because you want to change something that you are rejected by time and are trapped in the past."
"No, you are wrong." Dumbledore shook his head. "It's not that nothing has changed for me. And I have a feeling that I have succeeded."
"Successful? Then what did you change?"
Kyle was a little angry, especially after seeing Dumbledore's face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. That was caused by his excessive mental exhaustion.
Kyle has also experienced something similar. Although he did not lose his memory, he still felt very uncomfortable and his head was in a mess every day.
But he only went back three months.
But how long has Dumbledore been here... According to his previous description, the continuous cycle has lasted for at least several decades, or even more.
Kyle pushed open the barn door and said, "Look, you've returned to this time again, and you've lost all your memories of the past, no matter how many times you come here.
"Even if you save Ariana, you will come back here again one day, and everything will start from the beginning again and again. What's the point!"
"Because of you." Dumbledore suddenly smiled. "You were not here before, but you are here now."
"I'm here to save you," Kyle said.
"This is change." Dumbledore said calmly, "According to what you said, you are not from this era. Your appearance itself is enough to explain the problem."
He suddenly laughed, "I guessed, 'my' plan, and I succeeded."
"Your plan is to use me?" Kyle raised his eyebrows.
"It's not exploitation, it's help." Dumbledore stood up staggeringly. "This matter requires the involvement of someone outside of time, so I ask you to help me..."
Kyle said nothing.
Now is the best time. If he takes Dumbledore away, the two of them can go back smoothly to a hundred years later, and everything will be back on track and all problems will be solved.
But if he chooses to stay and help Dumbledore... then everything that happens afterwards will become an unknown.
Regardless of whether Ariana can be saved, the problem now is that whether he succeeds or fails, Dumbledore may be excluded from time again.