Chapter 735: Fox, the Right-Handed Assistant

For Dumbledore, the news brought by Kyle was a big surprise.

Death Eaters hiding in the dark are scary, but it's different when they are exposed to the sun.

The Vanishing Cabinet can help Death Eaters avoid the castle's magical fortifications. If they don't know in advance, Death Eaters can indeed take the initiative and attack them by surprise.

But now they know that the Vanishing Cabinet that cannot be moved has become the biggest flaw of the Death Eaters.

Dumbledore is very confident that he can catch all the Death Eaters who use this method to enter Hogwarts.

What he is considering now is how to get Draco Malfoy out of this matter, so that his family will not be angered by Voldemort.

After all, if the Death Eaters really want to attack Hogwarts, there must be a lot of people coming. If these people are caught in one net, Voldemort will definitely be furious.

At that time, the Malfoy family who proposed this method will be finished.

Dumbledore wants to save their lives.

He could ignore Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy, but he couldn't ignore Draco. No matter what, Draco Malfoy was a student of Hogwarts.

As the headmaster, he had the responsibility to protect every student, even if the other party was trying to kill him.

But Dumbledore didn't tell Kyle about this idea. It wasn't that he didn't trust Kyle. He was sure that if he asked, Kyle would not refuse.

But protecting students was his responsibility as the headmaster, not Kyle's... and whether this thing could succeed was still a question.

Dumbledore shook his head and didn't think about it anymore.

"Kyle, the most critical question now is... do you know where he will hide the Vanishing Cabinet?" he asked.

If you want to use the Vanishing Cabinet to ambush the Death Eaters, you must know where it is.

Hogwarts is very large, and there are secret rooms and places like the Room of Requirement that few people know about. Even if Dumbledore is the headmaster, he can't guarantee that he knows all the secrets of Hogwarts.

If Malfoy also found a similar room, they might not be able to find it in the first place, and then no matter how good the plan was, it would be useless.

"Of course." Kyle said, "I've prepared it in advance."

He would not make such a low-level mistake.

"When I put the vanishing cabinet back, I made a small change on it and added a special magic rune."

While speaking, Kyle took out a map of Hogwarts and spread it on the table.

After glancing at it, he pointed to the Slytherin common room.

"Isn't it? It's right here." On the map, a footprint formed by ink was extremely conspicuous, and the name "Vanishing Cabinet" was written on the footprint.

If Fred and George were there, they would be able to see at a glance that this kind of footprint and name were unique signs on the Marauder's Map.

This is indeed the case. This effect was created by Kyle based on the Marauder's Map...The only difference is that this map is not as dense as the Marauder's Map. There is only this one name on it, and its movement can be said to be clear at a glance.

"Oh?" Dumbledore took the map and took a look, and immediately understood what was going on. "Is this name tracking magic?"

"Yes." Kyle nodded, "It's a very simple trick, just use the magic rune to change the target from wizard to object, but it's very useful."

While speaking, Kyle took another look at the map.

It can be seen that the vanishing cabinet is still in the Slytherin common room. Maybe he is not ready yet, or maybe the other vanishing cabinet has not been repaired yet, but in any case, Malfoy does not seem to be ready to act immediately.

After all, there are many people in the common room. In addition to what happened in the past few years, a few portraits have been added to the door of the common room of each college.

No matter what, Malfoy would never use the common room as an entry point, and he would definitely choose a more hidden place.

But this is also good, they can have more time to prepare.

Dumbledore took out his wand and waved it, and the map immediately became two copies. Under the support of Dumbledore's powerful magic, both the map and the magic attached to it were all preserved.

He returned the original map to Kyle and kept the copy for himself.

"Professor, do we need to add another reminder spell?" Kyle thought for a moment and said, "As long as the position of the vanishing cabinet changes, an alarm will sound, so you don't have to keep watching it."

"No need to be so troublesome." Dumbledore said, and with a wave of his hand, the map on the table immediately floated to a shelf behind him.

That position was just visible to the portraits on the wall.

"They will help me watch it." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I have a lot of things to do recently, and I can't guarantee that I can bring the map with me. Moreover, at certain special times, if it suddenly makes a sound to remind me, it will be a troublesome thing."

"Indeed." Kyle nodded, "Anyway, a certain principal is idle, so find him something to do, and save him from being beaten every day, which is good..."

"What do you mean." Phineas was immediately unhappy, and said indignantly: "It's really rude, how can you say that to Dippet!"

"No, no, you misunderstood, Principal Black, I didn't mean that." Kyle said without even raising his head, and he didn't even bother to explain.

Because there is no need for this.

"Do you really not understand or are you pretending not to understand?" Principal Dippet glanced at Phineas with his eyes slanted. "Who is this kid talking about? Don't you have any idea?"

"Who else can it be except you?" Phineas said, "It can't be Spoor, but she is indeed quite idle..."

"What did you say?"

The two witches rushed into his portrait one after another, and without saying a word, they punched and kicked Phineas.

From the looks of it, they seemed to be the same person, but one was middle-aged and the other was much younger, but Kyle had never seen her before.

Before Kyle thought about it, screams rang out in the principal's office.

Dumbledore seemed to be accustomed to all this, and waved his wand skillfully, and the screams stopped abruptly.

In the portrait, Phineas was still being beaten, but the sound could not be heard...

"Those two people are both Philida Spoor, just portraits left at different times of her life." Dumbledore explained.

"Can a person leave two portraits in the headmaster's office?" Kyle asked in confusion.

"Theoretically, it's possible."

"Okay, let's get back to the point." Dumbledore said, "I may have to leave Hogwarts for a while. Can you please keep an eye on Draco Malfoy?"

"I'm very busy, professor." Kyle said, "I'm in the seventh grade now, and I'll have to take the N.E.W.T. exam in half a year. In order to find a good job after graduation, I must get enough certificates. Otherwise, you should find someone else for this matter."

Kyle said, "I think Professor Snape is good. He is the dean of Slytherin and has plenty of time. He can observe Malfoy or Harry."

"Harry?" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows, "I remember that their relationship didn't seem to be very harmonious. . "

"That's why it's appropriate." Kyle said, "As old rivals for six consecutive years, no one knows each other better than them. If there is something wrong with Draco Malfoy, Harry will definitely notice it at the first time."

"But he is not the best candidate." Dumbledore shook his head, "Harry's character is a bit impulsive, and it is inevitable that he will be a little negligent when facing some special things."

"Also, Kyle, I think you misunderstood me." Dumbledore continued: "I'm not asking you to watch Malfoy all the time, but just asking you to pay more attention and don't let some dark magic items enter Hogwarts.

"You know, Katie Bell is still in St. Mungo's, and we can't send a second student there."

"Okay, I'll try my best. "Kyle said.

If that's all, it wouldn't be that much trouble.

The school is different from Hogsmeade. It's not so easy to bring in dark magic items. And even if Dumbledore left the school, the professors are still there. Both Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick are experienced wizards. It's not so easy to do things under their noses. Malfoy is not that stupid.

At most, he can only play an auxiliary role.

Seeing Kyle agreed, Dumbledore nodded.

"Oh, is it so late?" He glanced at the dark sky outside the window, "I think you should be hungry too. I heard that the kitchen made fried pork chops tonight, or you can go to No. 12 Grimmauld Place with me. Molly will definitely welcome you."

"Forget it, I'd better go to the hall. "Kyle stood up and said.

"I think so..." Dumbledore looked at Kyle with a teasing expression, and a gossipy look on his face, "There are only a few boring adults like us in Number 12 Grimmauld Place now. You must prefer to stay in school, right?"

Kyle did not answer, but stood up and glanced at the silver teapot on the table intentionally or unintentionally.

Dumbledore keenly noticed the change in Kyle's eyes, and immediately became nervous, reaching out to put the teapot away.

At this time, Kyle suddenly looked at the window behind him in surprise, "Professor McGonagall? What are you doing outside the window on a broom? Oh... Be careful! "

Subconsciously, Dumbledore turned his head and looked over...

Then he seemed to feel a gust of wind blowing across his cheek, blowing a few strands of his beard.

It's really strange, the windowsill is obviously closed, why is there still wind?

Without time to think about it, Dumbledore's heart skipped a beat. With his strong self-control ability, he suppressed his instinct and turned his head back.

Then he saw that the silver teapot on the table was already in Kyle's hand.

He should have thought of it long ago. How could McGonagall appear outside the window of the principal's office on a broom in the middle of the night? This was definitely Kyle's way of diverting his attention. Excuse of willpower.

But why would he fall for such a poor excuse?

Dumbledore was upset.

But now there was no time to think about it, he had to make amends as soon as possible...

Dumbledore's mind was spinning... but Kyle didn't give him this chance at all.

As if he had practiced it countless times, after getting the teapot, Kyle immediately ran to the door without looking back, and the whole set of movements was smooth and flowing.

When Dumbledore stood up, Kyle had already reached the door, and was only one step away from opening it.

Dumbledore placed his hope on Fawkes again, hoping that he could stop Kyle.

Fawkes also noticed the change in Dumbledore's eyes. He flew down from his perch and came to Kyle... He used his wings to help him open the door.

"Thank you, Fawkes. I'll treat you to some mandrakes later. You can pick whatever you want!"

Kyle's voice echoed in the corridor outside the principal's office.

Fawkes chirped happily, without even looking at Dumbledore, and followed him out with his wings fluttering.

It seemed like just a moment, and there was only a lonely old man in the principal's office, and the sound of something breaking.

...

"Come, try this."

In the auditorium, Kyle handed Connor a cup of black tea with milk and sugar cubes.

Connor took a sip, and her eyes lit up immediately.

"How is it?"

"Delicious!" Connor nodded repeatedly and took another big sip.

"It's definitely delicious. This is the principal's treasure." Kyle shook a silver tea can in his hand.

This jar is also a good magic item. Its function is similar to the box Nico gave him before, and the material is also precious, the same as the Gryffindor sword, all of which are secret pure silver unique to goblins.

Kyle roughly estimated that a jar as big as this would require about 10,000 silver Sickles to be repeatedly smelted and purified, and it is worth a lot of money.

"Is this a gift from the principal?" Connor took another sip and marveled at how Connor could always get some good things from the principal.

"No, he wouldn't be willing to give it away." Connor shook his head and said lightly: "I stole it from me."

"What? Stole it?" Connor was choked, and her hand holding the cup paused for a moment, looking at Kyle in disbelief.

"Yes, I stole it." Kyle said, "But don't worry about drinking it, it's okay. I helped him solve a big problem, so he has to show his appreciation.

"And this is also his tacit consent. "

Kyle's words are not without reason.

The distance from the eighth floor to the auditorium is not short. If Dumbledore wanted to, he could definitely catch up with Kyle.

But he didn't do that, and he didn't even chase out of the principal's office, otherwise, the jar would have been snatched back by him.

...

After getting Kyle's assurance, Connor felt relieved, but looking at the cup in her hand, she still found it hard to believe.

Kyle should be the first one who dared to blatantly snatch something from Principal Dumbledore and show it off... Connor thought to herself.

...

Time quickly entered December, and before we knew it, the outside had begun to float. Snowflakes began to fall.

Just as Kyle thought, Dumbledore did not come to take back his tea can, and of course, Kyle had not seen him in Hogwarts.

Perhaps, as Dumbledore said in the headmaster's office, he had a lot of things to do.

Kyle has been observing Draco Malfoy intentionally or unintentionally recently.

But his behavior is no different from usual. Every day, apart from the daily classes, he is looking for trouble with Harry, as if only after a quarrel with Harry, the day is considered perfect.

In addition to Malfoy, Kyle has to deal with another person... Slughorn.

I don't know where he got the news from, but I know that the Ministry of Magic The floo network between Hogwarts and Kyle had been cancelled, so the reason Kyle used to refuse to attend the dinner party was no longer valid.

So, various invitations were sent to him every now and then.

Although Kyle had tried his best to find other excuses, he could not resist Slughorn holding five dinner parties a week. He had no choice but to attend a few of them.

It was called a dinner party, but in fact, a few people sat around Slughorn and listened to him talk about what achievements his past students had made and what gifts they had given him.

Then, according to the process, everyone exclaimed together, and every time It was always like this.

In comparison, dinner became the least important part. Kyle went there several times, and the first thing he did after returning was to go straight to the kitchen.

There was no way, there was really nothing to eat there.

He was still lucky, after all, the Hufflepuff common room was close to the kitchen, and he could come anytime he wanted to eat.

But Harry and Hermione were not so lucky. Slughorn always finished the dinner party at curfew, and they had no time to go to the kitchen.

Fortunately, there was Ron who could pack some food for them from the hall, and they could just roast it in the fireplace when they got back. Although the taste was a little worse, it was better than nothing.

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