Chapter 657: Dumbledore’s intuition, Phoenix obtained (Part 2)

Chapter 657 Dumbledore’s intuition, getting the Phoenix (two-in-one)

The news of Sirius' injury seemed to have been deliberately concealed by the Ministry of Magic. No one knew what happened that night, and there was no report in the newspapers.

The next day, Hogwarts was as lively as ever, with everyone excitedly discussing the upcoming Christmas and holiday arrangements.

"What on earth does the Ministry of Magic want..." Cedric put down the newspaper in his hand at the Hufflepuff dining table and said angrily: "But there are two people who almost died, and they are still strong adult wizards. This is them The solution? Leave it alone?”

"Obviously... that's right." Kyle spread marmalade on his bread, "This is why I always wanted Professor Dumbledore to run for Minister of Magic, but unfortunately he said nothing. "

"Yes, it would be great if Professor Dumbledore became the minister." Cedric also sighed.

Although he always believed that Hogwarts could not live without Dumbledore, the key was that he would graduate next year... and who the principal would be by then would have nothing to do with him.

So from the bottom of his heart, he was also more inclined to Dumbledore to run for Minister of Magic.

"Okay, let's change the topic." Kyle shook his head, "I want Dumbledore to be the minister. This is only possible if Voldemort becomes the principal of Hogwarts... What are your plans for the holidays?"

"Qiu and I are going to St. Mungo's to visit Sirius." Cedric took a sip of pumpkin juice. "Then we'll go to Diagon Alley. Fred and George have chosen a shop there, and I'm going to join them."

"Join the Weasley Joke Shop?" Kyle asked confused: "But don't you want to join the professional Quidditch team after graduation?

"If I remember correctly, the Mottola Macaws also sent you a trial invitation not long ago."

"That's right." Cedric said calmly, "But I really can't convince myself to leave the UK at this time. I can join a professional team at any time, but it's definitely not now.

"It just so happens that the Weasley brothers also need help. This can be considered as finding something to do for yourself."

"Are you sure?" Kyle glanced at him, "That's a very good team. This opportunity is rare."

"But their current seekers are also very good." Cedric said nonchalantly, "Even if I pass the trial training, I can only be a substitute. It would be good to wait and see for a few more years."

Cedric seemed to have made a decision and took the initiative to change the topic after speaking.

"Kanna, what are you going to do during the vacation?"

"Maybe I should stay in school. Anyway, I have nothing to do when I go back." Kangna said, "And I plan to try to join the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists next year, so I can read some books related to potions during the holidays."

"What about you, Kyle?" Cedric continued.

"I haven't thought about it yet," Kyle said.

"Would you like to come with us to visit Sirius?" Cedric asked, and then he glanced at Connor again, "But I think... you would rather be at school."

"It's not a conflict." Kyle smiled.

Even if he stayed at school, he could go to Dumbledore and ask for a door key to No. 12 Grimmauld Place, and then go to St. Mungo's.

Or even simpler, take the Knight Bus directly there.

As for which method to choose, it depends on whether Dumbledore will be in school during the holidays. If possible, Kyle still wants to choose a more convenient door key.

The Knight Bus isn't exactly comfortable, after all.

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After breakfast, several people left the auditorium and prepared to go to class.

The first period of sixth grade was potions class. Kyle and Connor arrived in the underground classroom on time.

But the strange thing is that Snape was late today...it was not until twenty minutes after class that he opened the door of the underground classroom with a sullen face.

This has never happened before.

And during class, Snape was even more severe and terrifying. No matter who made the slightest mistake, even if the material was cut too thick, he would be scolded.

This also caused everyone to remain silent, and no one dared to say a word.

When get out of class ended, Snape didn't stay for a second and left the classroom before the bell ended.

When Kyle walked out, Snape was no longer in the corridor.

"What's wrong with him?" Kyle looked at Kangna and asked curiously: "Did the crucible explode while preparing the potion?"

"I don't know either." Connor shook her head, "But it's definitely not what you said. The potions prepared by Professor Snape have never failed."

"This is strange." Kyle murmured in a low voice: "Professor Dumbledore can't ask him to go to St. Mungo's to take care of Sirius during the Christmas vacation."

After saying that, Kelliu couldn't help but laugh. Snape greeted Sirius. The scene was simply too weird. If that were the case, there would definitely be a big war at St. Mungo's.

But Kyle didn't pay too much attention to this little episode.

It's normal for Snape to be angry. It would be strange if he looked happy one day.

But Kyle soon discovered that Snape was not the only one who was unhappy, but also Harry.

After returning from St. Mungo's that day, Harry had been pretending as if nothing had happened in order to prevent Umbridge from noticing anything.

But for some reason, he suddenly became taciturn recently, and a few days later, his temper began to become irritable.

According to Hannah, Harry once had a big fight with Snape during a Potions class and was kicked out of the classroom.

This was so rare... Although Harry was indeed impulsive at times, he rarely quarreled with professors during class.

Because whenever he wanted to do this, Hermione and Ron could always stop him immediately.

But this time was different... According to Hannah, neither of them combined could hold Harry down.

Kyle was curious about what happened in the past few days to cause such a big change in Harry, and he also went to Gryffindor Tower.

But Fred told him that Harry was not in the dormitory, not even in the past few days, including at night.

"He didn't run out of school, right?" Kyle frowned.

"Of course not." George shook his head, "I think he probably spent the night in the Room of Requirement."

"What?" Kyle was a little confused, "Why didn't Harry stay in the dormitory and instead went to the Room of Requirement? He and Ron had a fight?"

"It's not Ron. Actually...this matter is mainly related to us."

Fred took Kyle to a deserted corridor and explained: "It must have been three days ago. We sent a special prop in the letter to home... an upgraded telescopic ear."

"We made it look like a blank piece of parchment," George said. "Because it was our letter, Mom didn't check it..."

"I think she put it aside after reading it..."

"That made us lucky enough to hear one of their conversations."

"Harry happened to be there at that time."

Fred said with some annoyance: "Because he has been depressed about Sirius these past few days, so we invited him to listen to the conversation."

"Is it related to Harry?" Kyle asked.

"That's right." George sighed, and his voice was very low, "Mom said that Harry can possess the mysterious person through dreams, and the mysterious person can also do the same..."

Kyle frowned and said, "Mrs. Weasley really said that?"

"It's absolutely true," Fred said, "It was after Harry heard these words that he made the decision to leave the dormitory.

"He probably felt like he was a weapon or something that could hurt other people at any time."

"He didn't even want to go to class. Professor McGonagall caught him back in the classroom." George said quietly, "If we had known that things would turn out like this, we shouldn't have invited Harry to listen together."

Their intention was to give Harry some fun and make him happy, but they ended up making him even more miserable.

But they didn't expect that the conversation that day happened to be related to Harry.

After understanding the cause of the incident, Kyle went to the corridor where the Room of Requirement was located.

But after seeing the two people who were there before, he turned around and left... Even Hermione and Ron couldn't see Harry, let alone him.

Fortunately, it was almost Christmas, and Sirius should be able to cheer him up again.

Kyle thought so.

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Finally, Christmas has arrived.

The day before the holiday, the auditorium was decorated with twelve towering Christmas trees, and the ceiling was filled with sparkling snowflakes and stars.

Everyone was celebrating the upcoming holiday, except Kyle... After the dinner, he was called to the principal's office by Dumbledore again.

And this time there was only Dumbledore in the principal's office. He was wearing floral pajamas just like last time.

"We're not going anywhere again." Kyle muttered in his heart.

But what Dumbledore said next made him somewhat unexpected.

"What? Let me teach Harry Occlumency?"

"Yes, you heard it right." Dumbledore said, "Harry needs to learn this technique to protect his brain from being invaded by external magic.

"I originally wanted to teach him myself, but I was too busy..."

Dumbledore pointed to the pile of letters on the table, "These are messages from all over the world, and they are like this every day. I must read them all before going to bed."

"So you just want me to teach?" Kyle said.

"It should be said that he is assisting Professor Snape." Dumbledore said,

"Harry's Occlumency teachings started two days ago."

Two days ago?

Kyle thought about it and realized that it happened to be the day that Snape was late for class.

"So, it didn't go well?" he asked tentatively.

"Harry doesn't seem to adapt to Professor Snape's teaching methods..." Dumbledore couldn't help coughing slightly.

In fact, he still had reservations about what he just said. Not only was Harry not adaptable to Snape's teaching methods, they were simply incompatible.

But there is no way. Harry must now find a way to protect his consciousness from being invaded by Voldemort one day in the future. Occlumency is the best choice.

This is why Snape said a few days ago that Harry was always in danger.

So after returning from St. Mungo's, he began to arrange for Harry's Occlumency training.

But the discovery of the matter was not smooth.

Snape chose to use Legilimency to force Harry to find a way to close his brain...

This was understandable, but in desperation, Harry used another kind of magic, or instinct... without a wand, he bounced Legilimency back.

Then Harry also saw some of Snape's secrets... Although it was only for a few seconds, it was enough to embarrass Snape.

The first teaching ended in a hurry with an angry quarrel between the two people, and it had no effect at all.

Then Dumbledore thought of Kyle.

"You are also proficient in Occlumency. If you relax the atmosphere in the middle, the teaching effect should be better." Dumbledore said, "At least don't let them get upset in the middle of the class like last time. And disperse."

"But I'm new to Occlumency, so I shouldn't be able to help much." Kyle refused deliberately.

He has other things to do during this holiday and doesn't want to waste time on other things.

Occlumency cannot be achieved overnight. If he takes this job, his vacation will be completely ruined.

Besides, Snape was pretty good. Although his teaching methods were a little rough, they never harmed Harry.

And now is a special period, giving Harry some pressure will help him master this technique as soon as possible.

But Dumbledore didn't seem to hear the rejection in Kyle's words.

"You are too modest, Kyle." He shook his head, "When it comes to Occlumency, there are few people I know who are better than you, including some long-established wizards."

"Professor, you can really joke." Kyle continued to refuse, "Professor Snape is much better than me. He can't even do it, so what's the use of me?"

Dumbledore's eyes flashed. If it were said two years ago, Kyle's words would be correct, but now it is open to question.

"Is it okay to help Harry?" Dumbledore said calmly: "The dream last time made him very depressed. You want him to cheer up as soon as possible."

Kyle frowned and hesitated.

If it was true as Dumbledore said, it would be okay for him to help, but Kyle always felt that something was wrong.

Although Dumbledore's words sounded correct, to comfort Harry... Hermione and Ron were obviously more suitable for this job.

Moreover, Snape was responsible for teaching Harry Occlumency. Even if he went there, he wouldn't be able to help much... Kyle didn't think he could change Snape's thoughts and decisions, unless Connor was also involved. .

Neither of them was the best choice for him, but Dumbledore still came to him anyway.

But Kyle thought about it for a long time and didn't think of Dumbledore's other purpose.

"But I still have to guard the basilisk... I can't be distracted." Kyle raised his head and whispered.

Visibly, the corners of Dumbledore's mouth twitched, but then returned to normal.

"It doesn't matter, Fox can help." He said with a smile.

"Then it's settled." Kyle almost didn't hesitate, as if he was afraid that Dumbledore would regret it, and immediately agreed, "Without further ado, I'll go find Professor Snape."

After saying that, he opened the door to the principal's office and walked out, hugging Fox who was sleeping on a perch.

Fawkes, who was awakened, opened his eyes blankly, looked at Kyle, then at Dumbledore, and then buried his head in the wings again.

"boom!"

The door to the principal's office was closed.

"What a cunning boy."

Phineas Black in the portrait opened his eyes and said to Dumbledore: "That boy obviously made conditions on purpose, can't you hear it?"

"I'm not an old fool, Phineas." Dumbledore walked behind the table, picked up a letter on it and read it.

Of course he knew what Kyle meant. If the basilisk was really so unstable and needed to be watched all the time, he would not acquiesce to Kyle bringing it into the school.

But now he has to let Kyle take the job.

Of course, helping Harry is only secondary, the more important reason is another reason...

That is to find something to do for Kyle during this holiday to keep him busy so that he has no time to think about other things.

He had a premonition...well, it could be regarded as an intuition of the old wizard. If Kyle was ignored, he would definitely do something unexpected in the past two weeks, and it would most likely be the same as himself. related.

And the closer we get to the holidays, the stronger this feeling becomes.

Dumbledore chose to trust his instincts.

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