The principal's office was also on the eighth floor, not far from where they were before.

Kyle followed Professor McGonagall through the moonlit corridors.

Kyle really wanted to ask what happened, but when he saw Professor McGonagall's tightly pursed lips and serious expression, he gave up the idea.

A few minutes later, they arrived in front of the gargoyle at the entrance to the principal's office.

"Fluffy Teeth Mints."

Professor McGonagall said, and led Kyle through the passage behind the stone beast.

Although it was already midnight, Dumbledore did not seem to be asleep. Kyle could clearly hear voices coming from the room. It was noisy, as if many people were discussing something.

In fact, the principal's office was indeed very lively.

When Kyle walked in, he saw Dumbledore squatting in front of the fireplace in white pajamas with strawberry prints.

Behind him stood Harry... and Snape.

This combination is rare.

Kyle looked at them curiously... Could it be that Harry had violated school rules again and was caught by Snape? Kyle looked at Dumbledore again.

At this moment, he discovered that there was suddenly a human face made of flames in the fireplace. It was Mr. Weasley.

"That's right, Professor Dumbledore." Mr. Weasley said with his mouth opening and closing as if he was really standing there, "Sirius was indeed attacked by the Death Eaters. When Moody and I rushed over, he was being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse."

"How's Sirius..." Harry hurried to the fireplace and asked anxiously, "Is he okay?"

"Oh... Harry." Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment and said, "Calm down. Sirius has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. The healer said that he was not seriously injured and just needs to rest for a while."

"Thank you for your hard work, Arthur," said Dumbledore.

"That's what I should do," said Mr. Weasley. "But Professor Dumbledore, I wonder if Moody has mentioned to you that the situation with Sturgis might not be optimistic."

"I have just learned that," said Dumbledore.

Then Mr. Weasley's face disappeared.

At the same time, a witch with silver curly hair appeared in the picture frame on the wall.

"How is it going, Dalys?" Dumbledore asked.

"One good, one bad," the witch said. "They were both taken to St. Mungo's, right under my portrait... One of them was just unconscious, but the other is in a bit of trouble.

Sassia said that the black magic he was subjected to was very tricky, and it would take at least six hours to prepare the antidote, but he certainly can't hold on that long, so you have to think of a way."

"Thank you," said Dumbledore, turning to look at Kyle.

"You should carry that magical box with you."

"Of course." Kyle nodded.

"Well, I'm afraid we'll have to go out for a while." Dumbledore strode over, and his pajamas turned into a purple robe in the blink of an eye.

"Are you going to St. Mungo's?" Harry said quickly, "I want to go too, Professor. Take me with you. I want to see Sirius."

"A very reasonable request." Dumbledore said, looking at Snape, "Then Severus, let's talk about that matter after we come back."

Snape's expression became even gloomier.

"You should know very well." He glanced at Harry, "If Potter can see what the Dark Lord is doing through that stupid scar, then the Dark Lord can see him in the same way.

I think what Potter needs to do most now is to find a way to protect his empty brain, otherwise he may be in danger at any time."

"Of course I do, Severus," said Dumbledore, "but believe me, it will not happen overnight. It won't matter if it's a little later, I assure you."

Snape snorted coldly and said nothing more.

"Let me think about it. If there are three of us," Dumbledore said, "I'll take Harry first... Kyle, how about letting Fawkes take you there?"

Kyle couldn't help but twitch his lips. In his heart, he wanted to switch with Harry...

There was no other reason, it was just that Harry had never been taken on a trip by a phoenix before, and it would be a pity to miss this rare opportunity.

But before he could say anything, Dumbledore grabbed Harry's arm and disappeared into the room.

Then Fox, who was perched on the branch, also flew to Kyle's shoulder.

"Okay..." Kyle sighed and said with a bit of despair: "Then I'll leave it to you, Fox."

The phoenix spread its wings and chirped.

Kyle saw Snape's gloating expression and a dazzling golden-red light.

The ground disappeared from under his feet, and the whole world was spinning. Kyle felt as if he had turned into a bludger that was knocked out... and it was a spinning ball.

And then... the Bludger landed.

Kyle tried to land on the ground in a normal position, but still hit a table.

With a dull thud, the table was knocked over, and the parchment on it scattered all over the floor.

"Kyle, are you okay?" Harry, who came earlier, asked cautiously.

Although he was not used to the dizziness caused by Apparition, Kyle was exaggerating a bit. If it weren't for this table, he would probably have crashed into the wall.

Besides, Harry remembered that Kyle could Apparate, so he should have gotten used to it by now.

Kyle waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.

After he tried hard to suppress the churning feeling in his stomach, he looked up and took in the surrounding situation.

This seems to be an office, not very big, and the shelves around it are filled with various crucibles and jars of different sizes.

In addition to him and Harry, Dumbledore was also here, as well as a witch he was very familiar with... Headmistress Sassia of St. Mungo's.

At this moment, the famous pharmacist was looking at Kyle and the phoenix on his shoulder with surprise.

"This is the first time I've seen Fawkes get close to anyone other than you, Albus," she said.

"Fawkes really trusts Kyle." Dumbledore waved his wand, and the table that had just been knocked over immediately returned to its original state.

"Time is running out, Sassia," he said. "The Ministry of Magic will be here soon, and there are some things that must be done before they get here."

"I see." Sasia paused for a moment, frowned and said, "But are you sure he can temporarily stop the dark magic on Sturgis?"

"Only he can," said Dumbledore.

"Okay, come with me." Sasia didn't ask any more questions, put down the silver tray in her hand, and walked outside.

"Come on, Kyle," said Dumbledore. "Harry, you stay here."

"But Sirius..."

"You will see him, but not now."

Dumbledore said as he led Kyle out of the room.

Outside was a dim corridor. The oil lamp on the ceiling seemed to be a product of the last century. It flickered and could only barely illuminate the road under my feet.

Soon, they arrived at the end of the corridor.

Sasia pushed open a heavy black door. It was even darker inside, without even a light, like a deep cave.

"Some wounds caused by black magic cannot be exposed to too much light, otherwise it will be more serious." Sasia said, "Fortunately, the black magic used on him does not have this characteristic, otherwise it would be even more troublesome...fluorescent flashes."

Sassia lit the wand.

There was only a bed in the room, on which lay a wizard whose body was covered with dark purple lines. Moreover, those lines seemed alive and kept spreading.

Kyle also looked at Dumbledore.

"We need to keep him in this state, both physically and spiritually," Dumbledore said calmly, "and most known dark magics cannot spread on the stone.

"I sent Fox to Dorset once before, but he came back and told me that the stuff that could do that wasn't there anymore."

Stone, Dorset? Kyle suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Dumbledore had asked him if he had brought the box.

"Okay, I get it," Kyle said, taking out his box and putting it on the ground, opening it and jumping right in.

Dean Sasia looked at Kyle's actions with some confusion.

Dumbledore's words were easy to understand. Turning Sturgis into stone was indeed a good idea, but she couldn't understand what he said afterwards.

Ordinary petrification spells can only work on the body. She had tried it before and it was useless. Besides, she had never heard of any spell that could petrify the soul as well.

And Kyle's answer was also very strange.

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From what he said, it seemed that he could really perform this kind of magic that even Dumbledore couldn't do. And what about that box? The traceless extension spell? The more Sassia thought about it, the more strange it felt. She looked at Dumbledore, but he just stared at the box on the ground and didn't mean to explain.

She could only suppress the doubts in her heart temporarily.

A few minutes later, the originally calm box suddenly jumped twice and became bulging, as if something was stuck inside.

Then, Sasia saw... a giant snake that was fifty feet long crawled out of the small box, and its huge body almost filled the entire room.

"when……"

Sassia's wand fell to the ground, and the originally bright ball of light went out instantly.

"It's a basilisk," she cried in a trembling voice. "Don't look into its eyes."

As if he had expected this, Dumbledore took out something that looked like a silver lighter and pressed it.

A new ball of light floated out from inside, and at the same time, the wand that fell to the ground returned to Sassia's hand.

"Don't be nervous, it has its eyes closed."

Dumbledore's voice also calmed Sassia down a little.

She recalled the scene of the basilisk crawling out of the box just now, and it seemed that it had its eyes closed... If not, she probably wouldn't be able to continue standing here.

…

After thinking about this, Sassia also opened her eyes, looked at Dumbledore with a strange look and asked: "So, the legends are all true... Is there really a basilisk in Hogwarts?"

She had heard from patients at St. Mungo's that there was a basilisk at Hogwarts and that anyone who saw it was cursed.

But Sassia didn't care at the time, because she knew very well that the basilisk's gaze was fatal, not a curse, but there was no news of any student being killed in Hogwarts at that time.

So Sasia just thought it was a rumor. After all, this kind of thing was not uncommon. Students exaggerated their descriptions, and parents believed them to be true, and then told others with exaggeration, which made the originally normal thing become more and more outrageous. She had heard rumors more exaggerated than the basilisk.

For example, a few days ago, someone said that Dumbledore had hidden an army in the school and was preparing to attack the Ministry of Magic.

So after hearing about the basilisk, she didn't care at all and just thought that a magical creature ran from the Forbidden Forest to the castle.

But now that she saw the basilisk appear before her eyes, she had to believe it.

"Not Hogwarts." Dumbledore shook his head and pointed at Kyle who had just come out of the box. "The basilisk is his now..."

Sassia's expression changed slightly again, and she felt it was ridiculous.

Students raising basilisks... When did Hogwarts become so open-minded? This kind of thing would not be allowed even in Durmstrang, which is the most tolerant of dark magic.

No wonder Dumbledore had to do this before the people from the Ministry of Magic arrived.

If those Aurors saw the basilisk... I'm afraid the entire Hogwarts would be implicated, and might even be closed down.

Thinking of this, Sassia couldn't help but raise her head and look at the huge creature in the room.

This was her first time seeing the legendary magical creature, the basilisk.

The huge body, the glowing scales, and the inadvertently exposed sharp fangs that were more than ten inches long...the visual impact brought by this is far more shocking than the records in books.

"Professor, what should we do next?"

By this time, Kyle had already relocated the basilisk and looked up and asked.

"It's very simple." Dumbledore waved his hand, and a huge mirror appeared on the wall opposite the bed, then he looked at Kyle's shoulder.

Fox immediately flew to Sturgis side, blinked, and a crystal tear fell on his lips.

"Phoenix's tears, the most magical healing medicine in the magic world..." Sassia looked at Fox with burning eyes, even more excited than when she saw the basilisk just now.

The phoenix is ​​the magical animal that all therapists dream of, without a doubt. She dreams of tricking Fawkes away from Dumbledore.

Unfortunately, even though she invested a lot of precious herbs, Fox always ignored her.

Meanwhile, on the hospital bed.

The effect of Phoenix Tears was immediate. Not long after they were dripped into his mouth, Sturgis' eyelids moved, and then he suddenly sat up in bed.

He seemed to be enduring some unbearable pain, and after waking up he let out a shrill scream.

"Right now..."

"Open your eyes!"

Dumbledore and Kyle's voices rang out almost simultaneously.

When Sturgis woke up, he inevitably saw the mirror opposite him and the pair of orange-yellow snake eyes in the mirror. In just a moment, he was petrified.

The screaming stopped abruptly.

After the sound disappeared, Kyle lowered his head and immediately ordered the basilisk to close its eyes again and stuffed it back into the box.

…

When he came out again, Sasia was checking on Sturgis.

"It's incredible. The spread of black magic has really stopped..." She said in amazement, "This must be the curse of the basilisk they mentioned... I didn't expect that the basilisk's sight can have this effect besides killing the target."

"Magic is so magical, everything is full of unknowns..." Dumbledore said softly, "I'm afraid even the despicable Herpo could not have imagined that the most evil dark creature he created, a pure killing weapon, could be used to save people one day."

"Yes, you are right." Sassia put away her wand. "This way, I have enough time to prepare the antidote."

"By the way, you should know how to restore him from petrification." She thought for a moment, "Is it a resurrection potion made with mandrake?"

"That's right." Dumbledore nodded. "Do you need me to provide you with fresh Mandrakes? I remember there is a batch in the school greenhouse."

"That's great." Sasia nodded.

Although St. Mungo's also had fresh mandrakes, Dumbledore wanted to help and she had no reason to refuse.

"I will write a letter and have Pomona deliver it," said Dumbledore.

Perhaps because the crisis was resolved, the tone of their conversation became much more relaxed.

But their eyes would always fall on Kyle intentionally or unintentionally.

Sassia's expression was fine, at most she was just curious, but Dumbledore's gaze made Kyle feel a little guilty.

"We should go back." At this moment, Sassia suddenly said, "I need to hurry up and prepare the antidote, otherwise the people from the Ministry of Magic will ask questions and waste time."

(End of this chapter)