After lunch, when Kyle was passing by the stairs, he suddenly heard Harry shouting at Professor McGonagall in frustration.

"Intentionally harming students, suspected of being a Death Eater? How is this possible? He is the Phoenix..."

"Potter!" Professor McGonagall shouted, interrupting him, "This is a decision made by the Ministry of Magic, and we must cooperate with it."

"But..." Harry knew he had said the wrong thing, but he was too anxious.

It was really hard for Sirius to accept that he was taken away for no apparent reason and was associated with the Death Eaters.

"But professor, hasn't he been acquitted?"

Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched, and after a moment of silence, she said, "I can only tell you that things are not what you think... Anyway, Headmaster Dumbledore will take care of this matter. You just need to prepare well and complete this year's OWL exam."

Harry wanted to ask something else, but Professor McGonagall just left.

Not getting an answer, Harry pounded on the stair railing, while Ron and Hermione looked at him worriedly.

Kyle's expression changed. It seemed that there was something else behind Sirius being taken away...

Driven by curiosity, he decided to go to Dumbledore and ask.

So that afternoon, after the last History of Magic class, Kyle went to the eighth floor, in front of the gargoyle.

"Fluffy Teeth Mints..."

"Pepper Little Urchin..."

“Cherries in syrup!”

On the third try, the statue finally moved, stood up and jumped to the side, revealing a passage behind it.

The password to the principal's office is not difficult to guess. Just read out the list of Honeydukes products. They are usually some of the best-selling products or new products.

When Kyle pushed open the oak door at the end of the passage and walked into the headmaster's office, Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk writing a letter.

He looked up after hearing the noise and said, "I thought you would come to see me at noon."

Dumbledore put down his quill. "Is it about Sirius?"

"Sort of," Kyle said. He walked over to Fox and rubbed the feathers on its neck.

"What happened? It can't be that a student was injured in his duel class."

"That's one reason," Dumbledore said. "Some parents wrote to me last year, accusing him of being a bit extreme in his teaching methods."

"But there is another reason..." Dumbledore paused before continuing, "I received news that Peter Pettigrew is dead, and someone saw a big black dog near Azkaban at that time."

"Peter Pettigrew is dead?" Kyle said in disbelief, "Could it be fake news?"

"No." Dumbledore shook his head. "I have confirmed that it is indeed Peter."

"when."

"A week ago," said Dumbledore.

"That definitely couldn't be Sirius." Kyle said firmly, "School had already started and he was in school the whole time.

Although he is indeed the one who wants to kill Peter Pettigrew the most, he will not take the risk of doing so with Harry around. "

"I thought so too, but the Ministry of Magic didn't believe it. They insisted that I was helping Sirius hide it."

Dumbledore folded the parchment in his hand twice and put it into an envelope.

"What about the Death Eaters?" Kyle continued to ask: "I heard that the reason why Sirius was taken away was related to the Death Eaters."

"I'm not sure about that. Maybe Peter Pettigrew said something before that caused him to misunderstand," said Dumbledore.

He put the written letter on the table, Fox butted Kyle with his head, then grabbed the letter and flew out of the window.

Is it for Nico? he wondered.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing." At this time, Dumbledore suddenly said: "Although your actions in the hall are very gratifying, I have to remind you that the new Professor Umbridge is not as generous as other professors.

"Professor McGonagall also has the same idea as me. She thinks you'd better be more careful and not get caught."

"It's okay, I have a way to deal with her."

Kyle didn't seem to care much about Dumbledore's reminder.

"But speaking of this..." He glanced at Dumbledore, "Professor, I think you haven't forgotten what we discussed in the Hog's Head Inn before."

"Yes...I haven't forgotten."

Dumbledore's fingers trembled, and his tone became somewhat helpless. "In fact, I have recently met with Amelia, as well as Barty, Arthur, and your father Chris. I also had a drink with Dougal at the Leaky Cauldron two days ago."

"Then there's nothing to worry about," Kyle said.

Just as he was about to go back to the auditorium for dinner, he suddenly thought of something else and turned around to ask, "Professor, can you tell me about your plan?"

"What?" Dumbledore didn't seem to understand.

"It was your plan to be expelled from the Wizengamot and confuse Fudge and You-Know-Who." Kyle said, "I noticed that the number of votes was much different.

"Of course, if it's inconvenient, forget it."

"this……"

"There are some things you may not understand very well..." Dumbledore suddenly began to hesitate, and his tone revealed a hint of inexplicable embarrassment.

“Whether it’s the Wizengamot or the International Confederation of Wizards meeting, it’s impossible for everyone to be present.

"For example, when a potion master is brewing some precious potions, he will never leave the room. The same is true for some magic experiments."

"So you were really fired?"

"Ahem, that's not the case." Dumbledore fiddled with the silverware on the table. "There are some benefits... Those positions took up a lot of my time. After getting rid of these burdens, I can concentrate on dealing with the most important things at hand."

"Okay, I understand." Kyle turned and opened the oak door. "Well, goodbye, professor."

"Next week's password is Lemon Sherbet. You won't have to guess next time," said Dumbledore. "Good luck."

"Same to you, Professor."

After leaving the principal's office, Kyle went directly to the auditorium.

Dinner was about to start and the auditorium was full of people.

Connor saved a seat for him. After Kyle sat down, he happened to hear Cedric discussing the team's recruitment with Mikel.

The team was short one spot last year, and two more graduated this year, so they have to recruit three people in total.

A keeper, a chaser, and a batsman.

"The time is 9 a.m. on Saturday," Cedric said. "Because there are many new people joining this time, I hope you can all come to see if the new people can cooperate better with everyone."

"I'm fine," Mikel said. "It would be best if we could get a senior hitter. The sophomores are too young and not strong enough."

Kyle shrugged indifferently. He didn't have any big requirements for the next teammate, as long as they didn't fall behind.

"It will be no problem." Cedric said expectantly, "I really hope the Quidditch game can start soon. We have Kyle's Firebolt this year. Even if there are more newcomers, other houses will not be our opponents."

(End of this chapter)