"It's good to be humble, and there's nothing wrong with being cautious, but those are things to consider later. You can definitely perform better now."

Professor Oren seemed to really treat this place as a classroom. He said seriously, "After all, you are so old. Who would really consider an eleven-year-old freshman as an opponent?"

Kyle continued walking forward without saying anything.

Professor Oren didn't care and continued, "I've finished talking. Now it's your turn. Tell me when you discovered it."

Kyle blinked and said, "Found out what? I don't understand what you mean, Professor."

"If this is your answer..." Professor Oren suddenly stopped and said coldly: "Then there is no need for us to go any further."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Even Kanna, who was concentrating on looking for Pochi, vaguely sensed that something was wrong and involuntarily moved closer to Kyle.

"As the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor of the year, I have no doubt that you are the one with the problem."

Kyle shrugged and said, "Everyone knows that this is a cursed position. For most professors who take office, they are either injured and sent to St. Mungo's, or sent to Azkaban.

Some were unlucky and didn’t get to go to either of these two places.

Even those professors who can survive until the end of the semester will have to resign for various reasons.

It's the end of the semester now, and you haven't had any accidents, nor have you resigned, so there must be something wrong with your status."

"You're right, tsk tsk... a cursed position."

Professor Oren sighed and said, "I really liked being a professor, but unfortunately my identity has been discovered. I just received news that people from the Ministry of Magic are on their way.

Those idiots probably never thought that I was hiding in Hogwarts, and they actually searched for me for so long."

When talking about the Ministry of Magic, Oren's eyes were full of disdain.

"Wait, you mean the Ministry of Magic is not looking for the Winged Demon, but you!"

"Of course it's me."

Oren mocked, "Think about it, it's just a magical animal, is it worth them making such a fuss? What they want is what I have in my hand."

"What is that..." Kyle asked subconsciously "Are you sure you want to listen?" Oren teased: "If you want to listen, I can tell you."

“Uh… I don’t want to.” Kyle came back to his senses at this time and laughed dryly: “Actually, I’m not that curious.”

The fact that the Ministry of Magic had spent half a year investigating this matter must have involved something extremely important, and he didn't want to touch it.

After hearing this, even though Kanna was slow to react, she looked at Oren in disbelief and subconsciously drew out her wand.

"Don't be so nervous, Miss Prince." Oren didn't care about her little movements, but instead looked under a tree on the left.

"Oh, look what I found."

He waved the wand lightly, and the fallen leaves on the ground began to wriggle, coiling up like a snake and grabbing a gray-haired mouse lying on the roots of a tree.

"Pochi!"

Kanna screamed, stretched out her wand tremblingly and said, "Let it go..."

"Let me give you one last lesson."

Without even glancing at Connor, Oren pointed his wand at the mouse and said, "If you want to be sure whether the animal in front of you is an Animagus, the Apparition Charm is your best choice.

Reveal yourself quickly! "

A beam of blue light blasted out of the wand, and in an instant, the rat stopped in midair, its small gray body twisting wildly.

Oren waved his wand again, the leaves scattered, the mice fell to the ground, and there was another dazzling flash of light...

Like a fast-forward shot of a tree growing, a head appeared, followed by limbs, and a moment later, a hunchbacked, ugly witch appeared out of nowhere.

The witch was hunched over, which made her look very short, and her sparse, dull hair was messy and just covered her big, ugly hooked nose.

Kanna looked at the old witch in front of her and was stunned again. She stretched out her hand and said incoherently: "She...Pochi...Pochi..."

"So your name is Pochi, nice to meet you." Oren said happily, as if he had just made a new friend at the party.

"Damn it!" The witch was furious. She took out a thick and short wand and stared at Oren viciously. "I'm going to kill you, kill you!"

Her voice was so hoarse, it sounded like someone was sawing wood with a rusty lawnmower.

As she spoke, a purple light shot out from the witch's wand and went straight to Oren's chest.

Good opportunity...

While the witch was making trouble, Kyle quickly took out two flying brooms from his deformed lizard skin bag and stuffed one of them into Kanna's hand.

"Let's go find Professor McGonagall!"

After a brief moment of surprise, Kanna understood what Kyle meant, and she got on her broom as fast as she could and flew into the sky.

After she left, Kyle did not fly with her, but threw the broken broom aside.

…

On the other side, facing the witch's spell, Oren just turned around slightly to avoid it. Then he sneered and raised his wand as well.

"Avada Kedavra!"

A pale green light flew past the witch's ear and hit a small spider passing by behind her.

The unfortunate spider got hard on the spot.

The witch who had a brush with death was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, shaking all over.

After doing all this, Oren turned his head and just happened to see Kyle throwing the broom.

"You never fail to surprise me."

"You said before..." Kyle smiled, "Always have a broom on hand. It can save lives."

"Add fifty points to Hufflepuff." Oren also smiled and said, "This is the highest score I can decide."

He ignored Kanna who had already left and let her disappear from his sight.

"Kyle, you didn't seem surprised at all just now, or did you already know that the rat was an Animagus?"

After Kanna left, Kyle felt a lot more relaxed. He stretched his stiff shoulders and nodded, "I did guess a few things."

He had been suspicious ever since Kanna said Pochi was sick last time.

Then, during the Quidditch match, he used the Marauder's Map to note down the names of those who were still in the common room.

One of these names was not on the Hufflepuff roster.

But at this time Kyle was still just skeptical. After all, the fact that there were two Animagus mice in the castle was really unbelievable, and he found it a little hard to believe for a while.

What if someone visited Hufflepuff that day? That's not impossible.

So Kyle has been looking for rosters for the other three colleges lately.

So far, only Slytherin's is left to be seen.

But...it's not necessary anymore.

"If you know, why don't you tell me?" Oren raised his eyebrows and said, "Aren't you worried about the safety of that little girl?"

"Then why did you bring us to the Forbidden Forest?" Kyle shrugged and said, "This is Hogwarts. Would she dare?"

Oren chuckled, "It seems you are smarter than I thought."

The fight starts now?

Kyle smiled and touched the ring on his finger.

But the next second, Oren's voice came again.

"You probably have some means of escape, but I advise you to wait a moment. Remember I have a curled-winged demon? Guess where it is now."

Kyle's pupils shrank, "You..."

In the blink of an eye, the curse of the rat witch had already taken effect.

Kyle quickly lay back. Although his action was not very graceful, he managed to avoid it.

The dark purple spell hit a tree behind him, and a large area of ​​the trunk was corroded instantly.

"Ten minutes."

Oren placed an hourglass on the stone next to him and said to himself, "The Winged Demon will be back in ten minutes. Good luck to you."

Ten minutes, right? OK! Kyle gritted his teeth, looked at the big fireball coming towards him, turned around and ran deep into the forbidden forest, trying to use the dense bushes to avoid the witch's spell.

It's not fair.

Kyle cursed in his heart as he ran wildly in the woods.

Why did Harry Potter always meet Quirrell, who was his natural nemesis, or Lockhart, who was a fool, but when it came to him, the person he met was Oren, who was more cunning than honeycomb briquettes.

Why! ...

On the other hand, after seeing that several of her spells had failed, the Rat Witch became anxious and chanted her spells much faster.

Because what Oren said just now was also said to her. If Kyle was still alive in ten minutes, she would be the one who died.

"Everyone is petrified!"

"Hanging bell!"

"Corrosive acid!"

…

Kyle ran in front and the witch chased him desperately from behind.

But as she was running, her feet suddenly went soft, as if she was stepping on water. Her whole body lost balance and she fell uncontrollably.

At this time, Kyle also stopped. He turned quickly and pointed his wand at a big tree next to the witch.

"Weak!"

The treetops shook, and the originally upright tree instantly became soft. Under the influence of gravity, the soft trunk fell towards the witch like noodles.

The softening spell can only make an object softer, but its weight will not change.

Seeing a tree as thick as a millstone falling on her head, the witch was so scared that her face turned pale and she tried to run away even as she rolled and crawled.

Kyle waved his wand, and several branches floated up from the ground. Then the branches twisted and turned into sharp stone cones that flew towards the witch.

The witch also saw Kyle's actions. She shouted angrily: "Armor protection..."

"boom!"

But at this moment, accompanied by a loud roar, the big tree finally fell down.

Countless birds were frightened by the loud noise and flew away in all directions.

When the smoke and dust cleared, a big hole appeared on the ground.

The witch was now lying in the pit, wailing in pain.

One of her arms was pinned under the tree and a stone spike pierced her leg. She had completely lost the ability to resist.

The battle started quickly and ended even faster, even Oren couldn't believe it.

That witch is a waste, but she is at least an adult wizard who has learned Animagus, right? Is that the end?

If Kyle used a lot of high-end spells, Oren could accept it.

But the problem is that Kyle only used five spells from beginning to end, and they were all the simplest ones.

Two softening spells, a levitation spell, elementary transfiguration spell, a mobility spell, almost every little wizard knows these.

…

Kyle wasn't that surprised. After all, he had spent two weeks reading the biography of the duel master. It was impossible that he gained nothing from it.

Setting traps, taking advantage of terrain, and beating the enemy when they are down are just entry-level skills in dueling.

Also, that witch is really bad, just look at the spells she used...

Except for the Corrosive Spell, the Fuchsia Spell and the Total Petrification Spell, they are all courses below the third grade. The only one that is a bit difficult is the Explosive Spell in the fifth grade.

Besides, her brain wasn't very good, and she took the bait after a little acting. Kyle even began to suspect whether her Animagus was bought.

Of course, if there is a place to sell it.

"Expelliarmus."

Kyle walked over and put the short wand into the pocket of his robe.

"Papapapa... Hufflepuff gets another fifty points." Oren clapped his hands, pointed his wand at Kyle and said, "So, do you need me to give you some time to escape?"

"Professor Oren..." Kyle stood there without moving, wondering, "Why do you have to target me? Even if I took one of your Billywig bugs, it wouldn't be that serious... At most, I can return ten to you."

“…”

Oren's hand holding the wand shook slightly.

"It has nothing to do with this." He gritted his teeth and said, "You are Chris's son. If he hadn't been meddling in my affairs, I wouldn't be here today... Wait, are you stalling for time?

Tsk tsk, do you still expect those idiots in the Ministry of Magic to save you?"

"I am indeed stalling for time, but I am not waiting for someone to rescue me." Kyle looked directly at Oren and said, "I have another question. Why do you think I let Kanna leave?"

"So-called friendship?"

"On the one hand." Kyle shrugged, "On the other hand, there are some things on my body that are not suitable for her to see."

"What the hell...ah!"

Oren suddenly screamed. He felt like something had bitten his leg, and then he lost consciousness in an instant.

"Expelliarmus!"

A red light shot out from Kyle's wand.

Oren endured the severe pain and rolled forward to avoid Kyle's disarming spell. At the same time, he also saw clearly the thing that had just bitten him.

Two round cabbages.

"Damn it!" Oren gritted his teeth and said, "Why is there a biting cabbage from Country Z in the Forbidden Forest?"

"Of course I brought it." Kyle cast another disarming spell and said, "Hogwarts is too dangerous. Even Hagrid could be ambushed. It's reasonable for a weak little wizard like me to carry something to protect myself."

(End of this chapter)