Because in a sense, owls and telephone numbers in the Muggle world are the same, and they usually represent the identity of their owners.

This is quite important.

To give the simplest example, Kyle's mother Diana works in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic. The management of this department is very strict. Except for special circumstances, all letters sent in need to go through layers of screening.

From the owl's identity, ownership, status... to the sender's name, identity, ownership, and finally to checking whether there are any special substances or evil curses on the letter.

Only after they are confirmed to be in good condition will the letters be sent to the Department of Mysteries in the form of paper airplanes.

This is the rule. Even the letter sent by Kyle is no exception. At most, the process will be faster.

Given the efficiency of the Ministry of Magic, this entire process would take at least a day to complete.

But it’s different with Laton.

Diana can apply for it to be a special owl. While the letters will be given priority, the screening process can also be simplified a lot. She only needs to check the owl's status, the sender's name, and whether there are any curses on the letter, and it can be done on the spot.

At Platform 9, Diana specifically told him this, asking him to try to choose the same owl when sending letters next time, and if that wasn't possible, to go to Diagon Alley and buy one.

Of course, it is impossible to buy it. Why would Kyle spend that kind of money? He already has Laton now.

Perfect solution.

Kyle took out some owl nuts and a few bags of Mothra rat jerky from his deformed lizard skin bag, and pushed them in front of the owls along with the chestnuts in his hand.

Then he found some clean water, poured two bottles of owl tonic into it, stirred it well, and poured it into a stone trough next to him.

These are their hard work fees. We can’t let their feathers go to waste all over the ground.

While the owls were eating, Kyle took Laton back to the castle and walked straight to the Hufflepuff common room.

Pass through the barrels in the kitchen corridor and return to the dormitory...

Mikel and Ryan are not here. I guess they went to the classroom.

Kyle didn't think much about it. He placed Laton on the shelf next to his bed, picked up his textbook and left.

In the common room, Kyle happened to meet Cedric who was also preparing to go out.

"Kyle, I was just about to look for you." Cedric walked over quickly and said, "What's your first class?"

"Magic spells." Kyle shook the Standard Book of Spells, Elementary in his hand and asked, "What do you want from me?"

"By the way, this is for you." Cedric handed a piece of parchment to Kyle:

“This is the Hogwarts map that a class leader gave me when I first entered school. It clearly marks the locations of the classrooms and some of the changing patterns of the stairs.

But I don’t have any use for it now, so it’s just right for you.”

Hogwarts is good in every way except that it is too big. The interior is even more complicated, like a big maze. It is common for young wizards who have just entered the school to get lost, and being late is a common occurrence.

Fortunately, the professors also knew what was going on. Except for a certain dean, other professors turned a blind eye to it. They either verbally reprimanded the student or symbolically deducted a point and did not make a big fuss about it.

Kyle took the parchment and examined it carefully.

It was just an ordinary map, but the content was very detailed. Not only did it clearly mark all the routes from the Hufflepuff common room to each classroom, it also specifically noted where one needed to wait for the stairs to turn before they could walk.

It's a low-profile version of the Marauder's Map, but it's enough for Kyle.

"Thanks, I really need this." Kyle put away the map and said, "By the way, what is your first class?"

"I'm potions...wait, potions!"

Cedric was suddenly startled, and then ran away: "I'm leaving first, Kyle, remember, the class you can't be late for in Hogwarts is Potions, you must remember..."

It is not difficult to see from his performance that Snape must have left a deep psychological trauma on him...or he must have left psychological trauma on many young wizards.

Kyle didn't think he could run away.

"What a pity! It would have been better if Harry Potter could have started school a year earlier."

Kyle shook his head and left the common room shortly afterwards.

…

The Charms classroom is on the third floor and can be easily found by following the map.

When I pushed open the door, the first thing I saw was a pile of books stacked up like a staircase, and on the wall in front of me were four portraits of unknown people.

They were probably all famous wizards, but Kyle didn't know any of them.

On the walls on both sides were hung the logos of the four colleges, and further down were several long tables.

When Kyle arrived here, there were still five minutes before class started.

To be honest, it was not early at this time, but there were not many people in the classroom, even Professor Flitwick was not there.

Kyle found a seat and sat down.

Sitting opposite him were a few young wizards from Ravenclaw, with people from the two houses sitting on the left and right, clearly separated.

As nine o'clock got closer, little wizards pushed the door open one after another, panting.

Kyle also saw Kanna, but unfortunately the little witch ignored him and walked past him angrily.

At 8:59, Mikel and Ryan also arrived on time.

"Thank God I'm not late."

As soon as Mikel sat down, he began to pant and complain to Kyle.

“We are lost.”

"Oh my god, Hogwarts is simply a maze. We were supposed to go to the third floor, but when we were on the second floor, the staircase suddenly changed position, and we ended up on the fifth floor for no apparent reason."

"Then we started walking down again, and after walking for a long time we realized we were still on the fifth floor."

"We finally got down, but we were back to the second floor... You know what, Kyle, we climbed the stairs for thirty minutes, and my legs almost broke!"

The more Mikel spoke, the more aggrieved he felt, and he was about to cry.

"Wait a minute, it's a bit chaotic, let me slow down." Kyle rubbed his forehead and thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why the two of them could walk down and still stay where they were.

Even if you are a person with poor direction, you should be able to distinguish up from down.

Spinning in place has already touched upon the realm of metaphysics, which is completely different from magic.

Besides, there were no records of these things on the map that Cedric gave him.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now." Kyle couldn't figure it out and decided to give up. He turned around and asked, "Then how did you find this place in the end?"

"We were brought here." Mikkel blushed and pointed to the opposite side. "We met a Ravenclaw freshman on the fifth floor. She pulled us down the spiral staircase and asked us if we were going to the Charms class. If so, we could come with her."

Kyle took a subconscious look and realized that the person Mikel was referring to was Qiu Zhang from Ravenclaw.

(End of this chapter)