Chapter 739 Returning the property to its original owner

Kyle and Connor stayed at Nico's estate until the Christmas break was over.

During this period of time, Kangna was exactly like Kyle when he came here for the first time. Once he entered the library, he couldn't get out and wanted to stay in there from morning to night.

Only during meals would she come out for a short time at Perenal's request, but never more than an hour.

As for Kyle, it was much simpler. He just wandered around the manor and harmed the alchemy gadgets he was interested in.

To be precise, he took them apart and reassembled them. In two weeks, Kyle dismantled between 100 and 80 things, and the crime locations included every corner of the manor.

From the garden to the attic, to the rooms that can be opened, Kyle's busy figure has been left behind.

Of course, most of these alchemical items were eventually restored to their original state by Kyle, with only a few exceptions.

For example, the room on the second floor used for watching operas had a glitch on the ninth day. If anyone came to watch the opera, they would find that a corner on the left side of the room would occasionally flicker, which looked like a poor connection. The same as the light bulb.

Fortunately, no one other than Kyle went inside in the next few days.

That's it until the last day of vacation.

Early that morning, Kyle and Connor went to the garden outside, preparing to take the Thestral carriage back to Hogwarts.

"It's really rare."

Nico sent the two of them to the garden and watched with a smile as the two men hitched the carriage to the Yeqi.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since this place was so lively."

Perenaar echoed from the side: "And both Kyle and Connor are very good children. I can always feel the unique energy and enthusiasm of young wizards from them. After being with them for a long time, I I always feel that I am a lot younger...at least a hundred years old."

"No, Perenal, you misunderstood." Nico shook his head, "I mean, it's rare that Kyle didn't find some extra things for me to do."

I don't know since when, every time he saw Kyle, his leisurely and peaceful life would be broken.

At the beginning, Kyle brought the Ravenclaw diadem, abandoned all plans, and stayed in the laboratory for several months.

Before that, the last time he opened the door to the laboratory was ten years ago.

When they met again later, Kyle got him Hufflepuff's gold cup and Slytherin's locket. He had to work for a long time and even missed an important opera performance because of it.

Oh, and the most time-consuming and labor-intensive time-turner from thousands of years ago is also related to Kyle.

But these are all of Nico's own free will. As he said before, no alchemist can remain calm when facing the Ravenclaw Diadem, and the same goes for the gold cup and locket.

Unless he's never seen it.

Nico wished he had never seen those things. It was very contradictory, but it was his true thoughts.

Fortunately, it will be different after today. This time Kyle didn't cause any trouble. When they return to Hogwarts, he can spend time in beautiful operas as before.

Nico couldn't wait any longer.

At this time, Kyle and Kangna had also put the carriage on the Thestrals.

"We'd better get going, you didn't forget something," Kyle said.

"No." Kangna shook her head, "But don't we need to say goodbye to Nico and the others?"

"We're all old acquaintances, no need." Kyle said.

"No, Kyle, even if you are familiar with someone, it is very rude to leave without saying goodbye." Kangna frowned and said: "Besides, I feel that you are a bit strange, and you seem to want to leave here quickly."

"No, it must be your misunderstanding." Kyle said, "I just...well, I just want to get back to Hogwarts before the dinner."

He couldn't tell Kangna that he demolished Nico's baby room on a whim... If he heard this, he might not be able to leave today.

So it's best to run away as soon as possible while no one notices.

"But it's still morning, we have plenty of time." Kangna glanced at Kyle suspiciously.

Her intuition told her that Kyle was definitely hiding something from her.

"Are you ready?"

Just when Kyle wanted to use some excuse to fool him, Nico had already walked over with small steps.

"Yes, Nico." Kangna said quickly: "Thank you for this invitation."

"You're welcome." Nico waved his hand, "By the way, this is my Christmas gift to you... Although it's a bit late, it's still in time."

He took out two boxes, one red and one gold. The red one was given to Kangna, and the gold one was given to Kyle.

"Christmas gift?" Kangna said doubtfully, "But I have already received it. The book and manuscript..."

"This is another part." Nico said with a smile, "If others knew that I exchanged a book for a bottle of precious Phoenix potion, they would be laughed at.

"Especially that guy McPhail, he will definitely spread the word about this."

"But……"

"Don't reject the child, just accept it."

Kangna wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Nico.

He shook his head and said, "You should take a page from Kyle on this one."

Kangna turned her head subconsciously, only to find that Kyle had put away the golden box naturally, without feeling anything wrong at all.

"Oh well."

Seeing Kyle doing this, Kangna nodded after hesitating for a moment and accepted the box.

"That's right." Nico said with a smile, "But it's important to remember that you have to open it yourself."

"Okay, I remember." Kangna nodded.

After that, Nico took two steps back and watched with Perenal as they boarded the carriage.

"Goodbye!" Perenal waved his hand, "I remember you guys will graduate next year, and you can visit us again at any time."

Kyle and Connor also poked their heads out of the window in the carriage and waved to them.

Then the Thestral spread its wings, slowly lowered its body, and then rushed upwards.

The carriage instantly shot into the sky at a steep angle, flying towards Hogwarts.

Looking down at this time, there was no trace of the manor, and only an open space covered with stones could be seen.

"This is the Fierce Loyalty Curse, and it is also one of the best defense methods for Nico Manor." Kyle explained: "If there is no one to lead us, we will not be able to find the entrance to the manor even if we turn around and go back now."

"I've heard about this," Conner said.

Kyle had told her about the special magical protection of Nico Manor before, and after seeing the magic there, she didn't find it strange at all.

Not to mention anything else, just that private library can make countless wizards flock to it. If the location here is exposed, there will definitely be a steady stream of trouble coming to your door.

In this case, some protective magic is necessary.

But they were not in the mood to discuss this topic now.

After returning to the carriage, their eyes fell on the two boxes that Nico had just sent.

"What do you think is inside this?" Kangna looked at the box in her hand and couldn't help but ask.

The box is very ordinary, just a common gift package, and it is tied with the same red ribbon. Other than that, there is nothing special about it.

If it appeared in the pile of gifts, Kyle felt that he would not take a second look at it.

"I don't know." He shook his head and said, "If you want to know, can't you just open it and take a look?"

"Can you open it now?" Kangna was still a little nervous.

"Why not." Kyle said, "Nico didn't say you have to go back to Hogwarts to open it."

Kangna thought about it and realized that Nico really didn't say that.

There was still a long way to go to Hogwarts. Connor was so curious that she just thought about it for a moment and then opened the ribbon on the box.

For a moment, the carriage was eerily quiet. Kyle even slowed down his breathing and watched Kang Na slowly opening the box in her hand.

The box was opened a crack, and just as Kyle was about to get closer to get a closer look, he saw a red light bursting out from inside.

The red light was like a flexible snitch, beating in the small car, then turned around suddenly and fell on Kang Na's wrist.

By the time Kyle reacted, the red light had disappeared. At the same time, Kangna had a sparkling silver bracelet on her right wrist.

The bracelet is exquisitely shaped, and is a phoenix connected end to end. It is bright silver and only the eyes are red. Kyle recognizes that thing, a fragment of the magic stone.

"What's this?"

"Nico said that this thing can help me withstand two killing curses." Connor said softly.

"Ah? When did he say that?" Kyle took the box curiously and took a look inside.

The box was empty, without any notes or instructions.

"I heard his voice just now." Kangna pointed to her ear, "Just when the box was opened."

"Okay." Kyle didn't pay attention, and just said thoughtfully: "It seems that he returned the Phoenix potion to you, but in another way."

Kyle paused, suddenly realizing there was a difference between the two.

The phoenix potion is for resurrection, but the function of the bracelet is for resistance. It's hard to say which of the two effects is better, but the advantage of the bracelet is obvious... it can be used twice.

"Isn't an alchemy item that can resist the killing curse a bit too expensive?" Kangna looked at her wrist. The phoenix on it was flying and turning at a slow speed, as if it had come to life.

"It doesn't matter, Nico doesn't lack this." Kyle said, "And even if you want to, you won't go back now."

"How could it be?" Kangna reached out and was about to take off the bracelet.

However, the originally calm phoenix was now swimming between her fingers at a very fast speed, allowing Kangna to catch it, and then returned to her wrist again.

Connor tried several times with the same result.

"Ha!" Kyle looked on and couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you laughing!" Kangna turned to look at him.

"No, it's nothing." Kyle shook his head. Of course, he couldn't say that Kangna looked like a poor seeker just now. She tried to catch the Golden Snitch several times, but all of them slipped away.

"Okay, just keep it." Kyle quickly changed the subject and said: "Anyway, this is made with the things you brought, so it can be regarded as returning to its original owner."

"But that's for Nico."

"It doesn't matter, he should have left some of it." Kyle explained: "If you just carve the magic text, you won't need too much."

Under Kyle's explanation, Kangna gradually accepted this special gift. She opened the window a little, and the sun shone in from the outside and fell on the Phoenix. The original silver color turned into a light golden red. Just like a real phoenix.

"So beautiful..." Kangna couldn't move her eyes away.

Regardless of its ability to resist the Killing Curse, this look can capture the hearts of countless witches.

"Kyle, I remember that you also learned alchemy from Nico." Kangna asked curiously: "Can you also make such powerful things?"

"Of course." Kyle nodded, but there was a hint of guilt in his voice.

Kyle was very happy that Connor believed in him so much, but once he said it, he believed it a bit too much.

Kyle has been studying alchemy for only a few years, and alchemy is different from the courses in school. It is more like a narrow-mouthed bottle. The further you go in, the greater the unknown territory you can see.

It would be a bit too presumptuous to try to touch Cinnico at this time.

He even felt that Dumbledore might not be able to make something like this.

But in front of Kangna, he just couldn't admit it. Anyway, there were just the two of them here, and Kyle didn't worry about being exposed at all.

Kangna looked at it for a while and suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, Kyle, what's your gift? Open it quickly and take a look. Maybe it's this one too."

Hearing what Kang Na said, Kyle's heart suddenly became nervous.

Will Nico give him something like this that can resist the killing curse?

Kyle wasn't sure either.

He took out his golden box, took a deep breath, and untied the straps with some excitement.

Nothing jumped out from inside, and Kyle didn't hear Nico's voice. There were various signs that this was an ordinary box.

There was a velvet cushion inside, and a golden object about the size of a small mirror was placed on the cushion.

"What is this, a pocket watch?" Kangna stepped forward, looked at the contents of the box and wondered, "It's strange, how come it has five hands."

"No, it's not a pocket watch," Kyle's expression gradually turned serious, "This is a time turner."

"Time turner?"

"That's right." Kyle said solemnly: "And it's a time turner from a thousand years ago."

He was simply too familiar with this thing. It was because of this that he was able to meet the Big Four of Hogwarts in the Chamber of Secrets.

But this thing later broke down, and it was so broken that Dumbledore sent it to Nico for repair.

Probably a few years ago, in order to satisfy the huge magic power required to activate the time turner, Nico came to Hogwarts specially and borrowed his small bottle of Nirvana Ashes.

Kyle changed the position of the time turner in his hand, and through the hollow gaps on both sides, he could clearly see the red light flashing inside.

The Philosopher's Stone... Although it is much smaller, it is still complete. The Philosopher's Stone can turn stone into gold and make the elixir of life.

Apparently, after almost four years, Nico finally got it fixed!

But Kyle couldn't figure out why he gave the time turner to himself. Shouldn't it be given to Dumbledore?

Has Dumbledore already used it?

Kyle thought for a moment and shook his head.

Probably not... If Dumbledore had used this time turner, he would definitely show it later.

Whether you are disappointed, happy, or something else, it will always be different from usual.

But in his memory, Dumbledore had always been like that, nothing had changed.

And judging from the color of the magic stone, there are no traces of use.

This is strange. It is obviously something that Dumbledore cares about, so why would Nico give it to him?

It doesn't make sense.

Kyle subconsciously took out the piece of parchment that could contact Nico and wanted to ask clearly.

But as soon as he lowered his head, he saw a large paragraph of text popping up out of thin air on the parchment... In addition, from between the lines, he could clearly feel how angry the other party was at this time.

"What is this?" Kangna looked at the parchment and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, it's just the Charms homework during the holiday. I just took it by mistake." Kyle said, calmly taking the parchment back and putting it at the bottom of the deformed lizard's skin bag.

Forget it, it’s somewhat out of time now, so I’ll ask another time.

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