Chapter 443 No. 12 Grimmauld Place

After getting what he wanted, Kyle left here immediately without stopping,

However, he did not return to St. Catchpole Village, but went to London at the invitation of Sirius.

Late at night, the two appeared in Grimmauld Place, not far from King's Cross.

Kyle was thinking about what Sirius had just said. Just as he thought of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, a shabby door appeared out of thin air between No. 11 and No. 13.

The Black family's mansion is also where Sirius lives now, a place protected by the Fidelity Charm.

Although Fudge had promised that he would remove all the Dementors and the Aurors responsible for capturing him, Sirius still felt that it would be relatively safer to live here.

He took out his wand and knocked on the door. Kyle heard a lot of loud sounds of metal hitting, and what sounded like the rattling of chains.

The door creaked open.

"Come in," said Sirius.

Kyle crossed the threshold and walked into the nearly dark foyer. The room was damp and had a lingering smell of decay.

"No one has lived here for a long time. I'm going to clean it up before Harry comes."

Sirius's voice came from behind.

Then, Kyle heard a rustling sound, and then a row of old-fashioned gas lamps on the wall lit up, casting a shaky and unreal light, illuminating the peeling wallpaper in the foyer and the polished and frayed wallpaper. carpet.

Kyle touched a table next to him, and a thick layer of dust immediately appeared on his fingers.

"It's not easy to clean here, and a lot of things need to be replaced."

"Yes, take your time." Sirius said, "I originally thought about picking up Harry in a few days, but Dumbledore told me that if the mouse wants to recover, he needs to use a Moon's resurrection potion.

Coupled with the subsequent trial process, this holiday is too late and has to wait until Christmas, so there is plenty of time. "

With the sound of hurried footsteps, Lupine came out of a door at the other end of the hall and strode up to them.

"Oh, Kyle, it's so nice to see you," he said with a smile.

"Me too, Professor," Kyle said.

"I'm no longer a professor. Call me Lupin, or Moony."

Kyle was about to speak, but suddenly noticed a pair of eyes as big as tennis balls staring at them next to the cabinet not far behind Lupine.

It was a house elf. He looked very old. His loose skin was stacked on top of each other, his head was bald, a lot of white hair grew out of his big bat-like ears, and he had a big fleshy nose. It's just like a pig's snout.

To be honest, in front of him, Dobby could be called a handsome elf.

"That's Kreacher, a house elf," said Sirius, "but he's gone crazy now and is of no use at all, otherwise the house wouldn't be what it is now.

"Say hello to you, Master." Seeing that he was discovered, Kreacher bowed, and then muttered in a voice that everyone could hear:

"...smells like sewers and crime. The prodigal son is back. Besides the werewolf, he has brought another cub to the mistress's house. Oh, what a shame, poor old Kreacher. What can he do? what……"

"Go away, Kreacher!" Sirius said impatiently.

"Okay, Master." Kreacher bowed again and dragged his feet out, but he didn't stop talking, "The Master is a nasty, ungrateful and dirty man who broke his mother's heart. But Kreacher will still listen to him..."

"Sorry, Kyle." Sirius was shaking with anger, but he still turned around and explained: "He stayed alone for too long, and received some crazy orders from my mother's portrait, and began to treat himself Talking...becomes crazy."

"Oh, it's okay." Kyle looked at the direction Kreacher was leaving, then waved his hand to express that he didn't mind.

"Come with me, I will take you to a quiet place." Sirius said, "But don't make too much noise, otherwise..."

"boom!"

Before Sirius could finish speaking, he kicked over an umbrella stand and almost fell down, thanks to Kyle who pulled him up from behind in time.

"Oh, crap..."

Lu Ping covered his face, looking a little helpless.

The next second, a terrible, blood-curdling scream flooded the entire house.

Two torn and old velvet curtains behind him were inexplicably pulled open, revealing a portrait in the back, in which an old lady wearing a hat was screaming desperately.

"Beast, bitch, prodigal son, the disgrace of the family, get out of here quickly, how dare you desecrate my ancestor's home..."

The sharp curses seemed to deafen people's ears.

"Shut up!" Sirius reacted the fastest. He covered his ears, ran over in three steps, and grabbed the curtains on both sides.

Seeing him, the old lady turned pale.

But before she could speak again, Sirius pulled the curtains tightly shut.

The curses died away, followed by an echoing silence.

"It seems that you have already met my mother." Sirius smiled bitterly: "She doesn't like me because I was sorted into Gryffindor, and after I ran away from home at the age of sixteen, she didn't like me. It turned into disgust.

But as long as you make less noise when passing by, she won't know there is anyone outside. "

"I didn't expect it to be quite lively here." Kyle said with a smile.

"I don't think so," said Sirius. "Let's go, quickly, before she wakes up again."

Sirius led them through the corridor and into a relatively clean room.

The place is very large, with a magnificent round table placed in the middle. It looks like it should be a living room.

"If you want to study that box, do it here." Sirius said. "This house is protected by the Fidelity Charm. You can use any magic here as you like, and no one from the Ministry of Magic will know who it is. They are the most All you can do is find Grimmauld Place, and then you’ll find there’s no one there.”

"Box? What box?" Lu Ping asked confused.

"Don't ask me, Moony Face." Sirius rubbed his forehead, "To be honest, I have more doubts than you.

Can you believe it? Kyle just walked around the Lestrange ancestral house and found a deeply hidden box... as if he was at home, going to the kitchen to get a piece of bread. "

Lupine was confused.

But then he saw that Kyle really took out a box and put it on the table.

"Is this a Lestrange thing?"

"It used to be," Kyle said.

He didn't explain much, just looked at the two of them and said, "If you choose to stay, please remember to keep it a secret. No matter what happens here later, you can't tell anyone. Including Professor Dumbledore."

"Of course." Sirius nodded immediately, slightly raising the corners of his mouth.

Although he still had a lot of doubts in his heart, it didn't matter... Looking at Kyle in front of him, for some reason, he suddenly felt like he was back in his student days.

That's how they were, secretly making the Marauder's Map without telling everyone... This feeling is so nostalgic.

Lupine hesitated for a moment and nodded.

"That's good, remember, it must be kept secret." Kyle smiled: "Otherwise I will beat Harry. You know, he can't beat me."