I don’t know if it was an illusion, but after he said that, those people ran faster. After a few seconds, they rushed down the stairs and disappeared.

At this time, even the other people in the classroom began to move, moving their feet lightly and glancing towards the door from time to time.

But the next second, the door suddenly closed by itself.

"Homework, please read the chapter about the evil birds and write down a simple way to deal with them."

Professor Lupin put away his wand and said lightly, "The length is one foot. As for those who leave the classroom early, it is one foot and six inches... Please remind those in the same college not to forget to hand it in during the next class."

Upon hearing that their homework was six inches longer than theirs, some people immediately patted their chests and said that they would definitely convey the message.

"Don't worry, Professor Lupin, this is what we should do."

"And they're still trying to get away with their homework... That's outrageous, they should have six more inches!"

…

Professor Lupin nodded, "That's all, get out of class dismissed!"

The students left the classroom, chatting excitedly.

"Kyle, wait a moment, I have something to tell you."

Kyle, who had just reached the door, stopped and turned around to ask, "What's the matter, Professor?"

"Some small things." Professor Lupin came over.

It was just the end of get out of class time, and this classroom was near the stairs. Professor Lupin looked at the students coming and going in the corridor and whispered, "Come with me, it won't take you too long."

"OK."

Kyle nodded, turned to Connor and said, "You go to the auditorium first, I'll be there soon."

"It's okay." Connor said, "Didn't Professor Lupin say it wouldn't take long? I'll wait a while."

"Yeah... that's fine."

After separating from Connor, Kyle followed Professor Lupin through two corridors and stopped outside the staff room.

"Come in," said Professor Lupin, opening the door and stepping back.

Kyle had been here once before, but at that time, Lockhart was still the owner. After Professor Lupin took over, all the fancy decorations were removed, leaving only a few old chairs.

When Kyle came in, there was already someone there.

Snape was sitting in an armchair, and when Kyle came in he turned, his eyes sparkling.

"Severus." Professor Lupin greeted, "Why are you here?"

"Dumbledore told me that."

Snape said, "I came here to tell you that the medicine will be ready in a week. You can come and get it at any time, or I can send it to you...when you need it."

"Thank you, Severus," said Professor Lupin. "You have been very helpful."

"For the safety of the students, this is unavoidable."

As he spoke, Snape glanced at Kyle intentionally or unintentionally.

But Kyle just turned his head, seeming to be interested in the pattern on an old wardrobe next to him.

"Well, enjoy your conversation."

Snape stood up and walked out the door, but when he passed Kyle, he suddenly stopped and asked casually, "By the way, you received the Order of Merlin, Second Class Medal because you killed a werewolf in St. Mungo's."

"No." Kyle smiled slightly, "It was just an injury, Professor. And I did it with the help of Professor Hagrid and Professor Kettleburn."

Professor Lupin raised his eyebrows and his expression became a little unnatural.

"Really...it seems I remembered it wrongly."

Snape sneered sarcastically and strode away, slamming the door behind him.

"Okay." Professor Lupin came over, opened the box in the corner, took out a few pieces of parchment and placed them on the table.

Then he took out two more Galleons and handed them to Kyle along with the parchment.

"Professor, what are you doing?"

"Remember? You lent me two Galleons on the train." Professor Lupin smiled and said, "It just so happens that Professor Dumbledore advanced me one month's salary in advance."

"No thanks, Professor. I..."

"Listen to me, Kyle." Professor Lupin interrupted him, "I know what you mean, but as a professor, I can't accept money from students. This is absolutely not allowed... Do you understand me?"

Professor Lupin's expression was serious.

"I see." Kyle took the two Galleons.

"But I also want to thank you." Professor Lupin smiled again, "Thanks to those two Galleons, I was able to buy a decent set of clothes before class."

He pulled a Chocolate Frog card from his pocket.

Kyle glanced at…Salazar Slytherin.

"No!" Kyle shook his head decisively.

Professor Lupin didn't care and just thought that Kyle already had this card.

"And this is my thank you gift."

He picked up the parchment in his hand and said, "I remember you also used the Patronus Charm on the train, but you failed to summon a complete Patronus.

"Here is the method I summarized for learning the Patronus Charm. It should be helpful to you."

"Forehead……"

Kyle really wanted to tell Professor Lupin that he actually knew the Patronus Charm and was quite good at it, but this was a thank-you gift after all, so in order to avoid embarrassment for both parties, he took the parchment.

"Thank you, Professor."

"You're welcome." Professor Lupin smiled and said, "If there is anything you don't understand, you can always ask me."

"Yeah...I will."

"It's okay, go back quickly." Professor Lupin blinked, "Don't make your friend wait anxiously."

"Goodbye, Professor."

Just as Kyle turned around and prepared to leave, he suddenly found two more people in front of him.

Cedric and Fred, they lay on the floor motionless, as if dead.

"Oh, it's a Boggart..."

Professor Lupin also noticed this, and stepped forward and said, "I always thought it had been destroyed, but I didn't expect it to hide here. Let me help you..."

Before he could finish his words, Kyle had already raised his wand.

Almost instinctively... flames shot out from the magic wand and condensed into the shape of a fire dragon in mid-air.

“Bang!”

The fire dragon spewed out a ball of flame, and a wave of hot air instantly swept across the entire office.

All the windows were shattered, and the tables and chairs in the room turned into ashes in an instant.

The "corpses" of Cedric and Fred disappeared. A mass of black mist-like thing kept twisting and deforming in front of the fire dragon, and finally disappeared completely...

It happened so quickly that by the time Professor Lupin reacted, the office was already in ruins.

“Stop it now…”

Looking at the huge flaming dragon in front of him, he drew out his wand in horror.

"Stop the curse immediately!"

But it didn't work.

The "Fire Dragon" seemed to be enraged. It turned its increasingly huge body and opened its mouth towards him.

At this time...

"All curses come to an end!"

Another ball of golden flame rose up and attached to the "fire dragon", and its huge body began to shrink rapidly.

The "fire dragon" at this moment was just like the Bogut just now, struggling constantly until it completely disappeared.

Professor Lupin looked up blankly.

The office was in a mess. The tables, chairs, cabinets and windows were all gone. Only half of the door was left, hanging with difficulty on the door frame.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, as if someone had heard the noise and was coming over here.

"I'm sorry, Professor. I..."

"This is too dangerous..." Professor Lupin suddenly said loudly: "This is not how you use the Fire Charm!"

After saying that, he rushed out of the office and drove the students away before they could even reach the door.

"There's nothing to see, let's go to the auditorium to eat... Go back quickly, don't delay the afternoon class."

"Oh, Professor McGonagall... Why are you here too?... It's nothing, don't worry, there was just a little accident with the fire spell, and it has all been resolved."

(End of this chapter)