Kyle walked out of the car and looked around curiously.

Devon…Kyle was no stranger to it.

Because the village of St. Catchpole is in Devonshire, but he has no impression of this place at all.

This place was so far away from the village of St. Catchpole, almost at the edge of Devon, and Kyle could even hear the sound of waves in the distance.

"Welcome, sir." A sharp and familiar voice came.

Kyle looked down subconsciously. It was a house-elf wearing a floral shirt and a pair of goggles on his forehead.

"Tata? What kind of style is this?"

Tata is Nicolas Flamel's house-elf, but unlike other elves, it is not averse to clothes. In fact, the new clothes Nicolas Flamel gave it have filled up its entire wardrobe.

But Kyle still couldn't understand the outfit of the floral shirt, goggles and leather shoes. Even the buttons were buttoned wrong, with one side of the shirt higher than the other.

But when she was in Paris before, Tata looked quite normal...

"The master said that I should try some different combinations." Tata tugged at his floral shirt and said, "What do you think, sir?"

"Hmm...very novel." Kyle gave a thumbs up. "At least better than 90% of wizards. He is definitely the most eye-catching one in the crowd."

Tata tugged at his clothes happily, but he did not forget his business.

"Sir, please follow me."

Tata bowed slightly and then walked in one direction.

Kyle followed him in the Thestral carriage. After walking about ten steps, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

A magnificent manor inexplicably appeared on the open space that was originally full of rubble.

There was flat grass under my feet, and all kinds of beautiful plants that I couldn't name.

In front of the gate of the manor, there stand two lifelike stone statues of fire dragons that look as real as they really are.

The Thestrals refused to move forward no matter what Kyle said.

"It's okay sir, it's safe here and Tata will take good care of them."

"Okay then." Kyle thought about it and simply untied the reins on the Thestrals, allowing them to move freely around.

"The food is in the carriage, and I'll bring some more later."

One of the Thestrals snorted and came over to rub Kyle's arm.

Kyle then followed Tata into the manor.

It's even bigger here than it looks from the outside, almost as big as Hogwarts.

A watering can walked past them on its short legs, shaking its head as it poured water evenly on the plants on both sides.

"Hey, pay attention, we have guests arriving." Tata said dissatisfiedly.

The kettle suddenly stopped, and the long nozzle slightly bent, as if to apologize...

A kettle apologizing?

Kyle felt as if hundreds of Moon Crazy Beasts were galloping through his heart... He really had met Merlin!

But when I thought of the owner of this place, everything seemed to make sense.

"Don't worry about it, this reckless guy." Tata continued walking forward.

Along the way, Kyle also saw a pair of scissors that were trimming dead branches, a fountain that took the initiative to bathe birds, and a refrigerator that was chased around by a cat.

Kyle felt that he had to apologize to Mr. Weasley... Nico's house really had a running refrigerator, and that refrigerator was throwing ice cubes out while running, trying to scare away the kneazle.

Kyle followed Tata up a flight of stairs, where Nicolas Flamel was standing with a smile on his face, and next to him was a witch with equally white hair.

That was his wife, Perenelle, also over six hundred years old.

"Long time no see, kid." Nico patted Kyle's shoulder enthusiastically...

“Crack…”

Hearing the crisp sound next to his ear, Kyle thought for a moment that he was trying to scam him.

"Be careful, this is the third time this year." Perenel tapped his wrist gently.

"I will." Nico said with a smile, and then led Kyle into the room.

To Kyle's surprise, there were only three of them in the huge room.

He had thought he would see some familiar faces, such as MacPhail, whom he had met in Paris before, or Maxime, the headmaster of Beauxbatons who was trying to poach someone from the school...

"Don't be surprised." Nico seemed to see his confusion, "Before, a few friends wanted to celebrate Christmas together, but I don't think it's necessary.

"In my opinion, those so-called holidays are no different from ordinary days."

Having lived for more than six hundred years, Nico has experienced a lot, so in his eyes, no day is special, all days are the same.

The old man walked slowly forward, and Kyle followed him into a spacious room.

The chair that was originally in the corner immediately moved to the table, and the teapot on the table also took the initiative to pour a cup of hot black tea.

"What a coincidence! I was about to invite you here a few days ago when I received the letter you asked Albus to send."

Nico sat in the armchair and said with a smile: "I have to say, you really gave me a big problem..."

"What?" Kyle was a little confused.

"This..." Nico handed Kyle a golden pocket watch with five hands, "Last year, Albus came here and asked me to fix it no matter what.

"The last time he acted that nervous was when he came to me to borrow the Philosopher's Stone a hundred years ago."

"Is this Slytherin's time turner?" Kyle took the pocket watch carefully, and an expression of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

When I saw it last year, this time converter looked like it was made of sand and would break at the touch of a finger, but now it is intact and I can fiddle with it in my hand without any problem.

"You fixed it?" Kyle asked in surprise.

As expected of Nicolas Flamel, he could even repair this shattered antique.

"No."

Nico shook his head. "I only repaired its shell, but the most important magic rune of this time converter has been destroyed. It was a product from a thousand years ago and is very different from the current runes. I can only find a small part of the information, so it is too difficult to repair it."

Although Nico was complaining, he was smiling while speaking and was obviously enjoying it.

"Isn't this why you wanted to invite me here?" Kyle returned the time-turner to him.

"Yes, I need your help." Nico said, "I want to know what you experienced during the time you went back in time, especially the beginning and the end. The more detailed the better.

"This helps me figure out the composition of those symbols."

"No problem." Kyle nodded.

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(End of this chapter)