When Kyle found Snape, he was in his office fiddling with an antique stone basin on the table.

There was a circle of magic runes engraved on the surface of the stone basin, and inside it, streaks of light blue flowed like fish.

Pensieve? When Kyle was wondering why this thing appeared here, he saw Snape quickly covered the pensieve with a piece of velvet and asked coldly, "What are you doing here!"

"Professor Dumbledore sent me here," Kyle said. "He asked me to be your assistant in helping Harry learn Occlumency."

"Very proud, huh?" Snape drawled, "A sixteen-year-old master of Occlumency, what an achievement, isn't it.

"So you can't wait to tell everyone about it, and use it as a bragging right? How stupid."

"You're right, Professor Snape." Kyle nodded in agreement. "I also think this is a bad decision, but Headmaster Dumbledore wants me to come anyway, and I dare not say it out loud."

"Professor, you are so straightforward and dare to speak the truth." Kyle gave a thumbs up. "Don't worry, Professor. I will convey your meaning to the principal."

"Did the headmaster ask you to come?" Snape was stunned. He thought Kyle wanted to help on his own initiative.

"yes."

"I'll ask him now." Snape stood up. "If you dare to lie, I don't mind giving you a two-week detention."

"I hope I'm lying," Kyle said indifferently.

Snape had only taken two steps when he suddenly noticed Kyle's gaze glancing towards the table. This glance made him stop immediately and point his hand towards the door.

"Get out! If Dumbledore tells me nothing of the sort, you'll be getting detention before curfew."

"Okay," Kyle said, and left Snape's office somewhat disappointed.

If he had known Snape was so wary, he should have restrained his curiosity just now.

…

Kyle naturally did not receive a detention notice that night, but he also did not receive a time to give Harry extra lessons.

But Kyle was not in a hurry at all. It was better for Snape not to say anything. This way, he would have an excuse to be lazy.

…

The next day, the vacation began.

Early in the morning, everyone took their pre-packed boxes and took a carriage to Hogsmeade Station.

Kyle was also going to London to visit Sirius, although he had signed the detention list a few days ago and could not take the train, but this was not a problem.

He went to the headmaster's office, and fortunately Dumbledore was still in the school and had not left.

A few minutes later, Kyle appeared in the living room of number 12 Grimmauld Place in London.

"Who is it...Oh Kyle, dear." Mrs. Weasley came out of a room and asked in surprise, "The train arrives so soon today?"

"No, Mrs. Weasley, I used the Portkey given to me by Headmaster Dumbledore," said Kyle, pulling out a woolen glove.

"I wanted to go straight to St. Mungo's, but the headmaster insisted that I come here first."

"He's right." Mrs. Weasley stepped forward and hugged Kyle. "You should be on the train now, not in St. Mungo's. You'll be in trouble if the Ministry of Magic sees you... Come here, have you had breakfast? I made beef pie."

"Oh, I've already eaten."

Despite this, Mrs. Weasley still brought over a large plate of steaming pies.

"Haven't you guys had breakfast yet?" Kyle asked.

"I ate it," said Mrs. Weasley.

"What about the others?"

"No one else, just me." Mrs. Weasley took Kyle to the kitchen and brought back a jug full of pumpkin juice.

"Everyone has been very busy lately. Arthur has to protect and look after Sirius at St. Mungo's, Lupin hasn't been back for a long time, and the others still have to work. Chris and Alastor came over last night, but they didn't stay the night here."

"Wait... who came yesterday?" Kyle asked, looking up.

"You heard it right, it's your father." Mrs. Weasley said with a smile, "He officially joined the Order of the Phoenix a month ago. Dumbledore invited him. He was also the first one to discover Sirius and drive away the Death Eaters who tried to break into the Ministry of Magic."

Kyle was not particularly surprised that Chris joined the Order of the Phoenix. In his opinion, it was a matter of time.

He was more concerned about the second half of Mrs. Weasley's sentence...the Death Eaters who tried to break into the Ministry of Magic.

So the Death Eaters were heading for the Ministry of Magic that day? Mrs. Weasley realized that she had let something slip and immediately changed the subject.

"Eat it now, before the pie gets cold," she said, and hurried out of the kitchen.

Kyle picked out the smallest-looking pie and ate it while thinking about what Mrs. Weasley had just said.

It seems that the Death Eaters originally wanted to go to the Ministry of Magic that night, but they discovered Sirius and the wizard named Sturgis who were following them on the way.

Then they followed Voldemort's orders and wanted to get rid of Sirius... Wait, was Voldemort there at the time?

Kyle frowned, then shook his head.

It was unlikely that Voldemort would show up at this time, and Harry also said that he had killed someone at that time, but neither Mr. Weasley nor anyone else mentioned this news.

"This proves that Voldemort was somewhere else at the time. He should have given orders to the Death Eaters through the Dark Mark."

But why did they go to the Ministry of Magic? Kyle's first thought was the Department of Mysteries.

Perhaps this is the only place in the entire Ministry of Magic that Voldemort is interested in.

Thinking of this, Kyle became inexplicably nervous because Diana was in the Department of Mysteries.

Fortunately, they didn't break in this time.

Kyle had no appetite left, so he pushed the beef pie aside, took out parchment and a quill, and wrote a letter to Diana.

By the time he had finished writing, Mrs. Weasley had returned.

"Kyle, are you going to send a letter?" She looked at the envelope in Kyle's hand and asked, "But I don't think I saw your owl."

“I didn’t bring it with me this time,” Kyle said.

"That's troublesome..." Mrs. Weasley put a basket of Christmas decorations aside, "There are no owls here, and if you don't bring any, you can only wait until the children come back from vacation.

"But if you're in a hurry, I can go to the post office in Diagon Alley and mail the letter for you."

"It's okay Mrs. Weasley, I'm not in a hurry." Kyle said.

In fact, he hadn't planned to send the letter by owl.

Ever since Voldemort's resurrection, Diana has received urgent missions. Normally, owls would not be able to deliver letters to the Department of Mysteries.

"That's good." Mrs. Weasley nodded and went on to get other Christmas decorations.

After she left, Kyle opened his trunk and jumped in, shaking Fox awake from his nap.

Although Kyle tricked Fox into... well, borrowing him to guard the basilisk, he has been sleeping most of the time since he came here, and he doesn't even bother to look at the basilisk. It can be said that he has taken slacking off to the extreme.

But this is normal. After all, every time Kyle went to the principal's office before, Fox was sleeping on the roost. It looked no different from now. It was just a change of environment.

After being shaken awake, Fox poked his head out from under his wing.

"I'm sorry, but could you please deliver this letter to the Department of Mysteries for me?" Kyle asked, holding the letter.

Then he took out a handful of straw cloak and said, "This is your reward. I'll give you an extra meal."

Fox stared at Kyle with his bright eyes, and nodded after a moment.

But it did not eat the grass cloak. Instead, it turned its head to look in the direction of the woods and chirped softly.

"You said you wanted to eat Mandrake?" Kyle nodded in agreement without hesitation. "No problem. I'll pick the biggest one for you when you come back."

Now, Fox was no longer sleepy. He flapped his wings and flew to Kyle's shoulder and took the envelope from his hand.

"It's better to give it to my mother, Diana..." Kyle continued: If you can find her, I will give you two more bites of kale. "

Fox nuzzled Kyle's neck with his head and disappeared in a flash of fire.

"How convenient." Kyle smacked his lips, feeling envious.

The role of the Phoenix is ​​really huge. Not only can its tears heal wounds, but it also has a unique ability to shift shape, which makes it very convenient for delivering messages, keeping watch, or escaping.

More importantly, it can use its immortality to help its master resist the Killing Curse at critical moments. It is simply an all-round magical animal.

Look at my own fire dragon...

Kyle glanced at Norbert who was scaring the Moon Beast not far away, and curled his lips in disgust.

So stupid, there is really no harm without comparison...

Norbert seemed to sense something. He let go of the Moon Beast in his claws, raised his head to look at Kyle, and snorted happily.

Two small flames were sprayed out, lighting the tail of a moon-crazy beast.

Norbert was startled and quickly swallowed the unfortunate moon beast into his mouth, and did not spit it out until the fire was out.

"Okay..." Kyle smacked his lips. He was a little silly, but otherwise there was nothing wrong with him. He was pretty good.

Kyle waited for a while, and about five minutes later, Fox came back and brought a brooch with him.

The dragon scale brooch was a souvenir they bought when they last visited the Fire Dragon Sanctuary in Romania, and it was also given to Diana by Chris.

"Did you really find her?" Kyle asked subconsciously.

So Kyle immediately fulfilled his promise, picked a pot of the best-growing mandrake for Fox, dug up two biting cabbages, and placed them in front of Fox together with the previously found herb.

"Eat it. If it's not enough, there's more..." Kyle touched the feathers on Fox's neck and reluctantly left the box.

Although he wanted to stay a little longer, his box was still on the kitchen stool and Mrs. Weasley might come back at any time. It would be troublesome if he was discovered.

So it’s better to go back as soon as possible.

…

Fortunately, when Kyle came out of the box, Mrs. Weasley was still busy setting up the Christmas decorations outside.

Kyle put the boxes away and left the kitchen to help her hang mistletoe and holly from the walls and ceiling.

At noon, there was still only him and Mrs. Weasley.

It wasn't until 5:30 in the afternoon that anyone came back.

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To Kyle's surprise, the visitors were Bill and Charlie.

"Mom...it's time to go to the station to pick them up. Do you know where the car keys are?" Bill shouted as he entered the door.

Then he saw Kyle standing in the hallway and was slightly stunned.

"Kyle, when did you come back?"

"It was just me. I didn't take the train." Kyle briefly explained and asked, "What about you guys? When did you come back?"

"Just a week ago," Bill said, "Dad thought the Death Eaters would take action soon, so Charlie and I took a long vacation."

At this time, Mrs. Weasley also hurried over and handed Bill a bunch of keys.

"Honey, you can drive, right?"

"Of course, Mom," Bill said after taking the key. "I almost bought one when I was a curse breaker. Sometimes it's much more convenient than a broom or a flying carpet.

"Kyle, I'm going to King's Cross Station now, do you want to come with me?"

"No." Kyle shook his head. "I'm going to St. Mungo's."

"That's great." Charlie also came over. "I have to take over Dad's shift at six o'clock. We can go together. You probably can't use Apparition openly yet."

"No." Kyle sighed, "So I'm going to take the subway. By the time I get to St. Mungo's, the train should have arrived."

"Don't bother, I can take you there." Charlie said.

Since it could save time on the subway, Kyle naturally had no reason to refuse.

…

So at six o'clock, the two of them showed up at a telephone booth near St. Mungo's on time.

"This is a place specially provided for wizards to Apparate, just like the fireplace in the Floo Network." Charlie explained.

It was the first time Kyle heard of such a place in St. Mungo's, and he couldn't help but look around.

He felt that this was just an ordinary telephone booth and the space was very small.

"This place doesn't seem very big. What if a lot of wizards come here together?"

"There's a traceless stretching spell." Charlie said, "The more people there are, the bigger this place will be, so there's no need to worry. No matter how many people stand there, it won't feel crowded."

He pushed open the door and walked out. Not far to the left in front of him was the department store with a sign saying "Closed for Renovation".

When Kyle came out, he saw a tall woman looking curiously behind him.

"Strange, when did a telephone booth appear here?" she muttered to herself and walked over to see what was going on.

But just when the woman's hand was about to touch the phone booth, she suddenly stopped. Then she seemed to have thought of something important and ran quickly forward.

"Hurry up, Kyle." Charlie stood in front of the shop window and said to the mannequin inside: "Hello, we are here to visit Sirius Black."

The dummy nodded slightly.

Charlie disappeared straight through the glass, and Kyle quickly followed.

The waiting room at St. Mungo's was as crowded as ever, with rows of witches and wizards sitting on rickety wooden chairs, some looking normal, some looking odd.

However, Kyle and Charlie did not stay here. After entering St. Mungo's, they went directly to the second floor, where Sirius was located.

"I'm fine now, can't you let me go home?"

As soon as he reached the door, Kyle heard Sirius' voice from inside, "Arthur, Harry is on holiday, and I want to spend Christmas with him at home instead of at St. Mungo's."

"I understand what you mean, but the healer said that the runespoor venom in your body has just been cleaned out, and you need to be observed for a few days."

Charlie opened the door and interrupted their conversation.

The ward was small and dark, with only a small window on the wall opposite the door.

There were three people inside, Sirius's bed was on the outside, closest to the door.

He looked up as they walked in, and when he saw who it was, he smiled with delight.

"Long time no see, Kyle. Are you guys on vacation?" Then he looked out the door nervously.

"No need to watch, it's just the two of us." Kyle said, "Harry might take a while to get here."

"Ah, no," said Sirius, "I don't really want Harry to come visit me."

"I understand."

Mr. Weasley and Charlie went outside, and Kyle took out the gift he had prepared in advance... a big bag of chocolates with various flavors.

Sirius' eyes began to light up when he saw the chocolate, and he couldn't wait to unwrap a chocolate frog and put it in his mouth.

Since being acquitted, he has developed the habit of eating chocolate every day, or every wizard who has been released from Azkaban has this habit.

"Arthur doesn't let me eat these, saying that they are not good for wound healing." He said vaguely: "In fact, I don't care at all. Compared with the Dementors, these minor injuries are nothing."

"You still have to be careful." Kyle said with a smile, "At least the sooner you recover, the sooner you can be discharged from the hospital."

"Well, you're right." Sirius smacked his lips, and finally resisted the urge to eat another piece.

"I heard that Hogwarts has a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor..." Sirius didn't care about the other two patients here at all, and said loudly: "That yes-man of Fudge, the disgusting toad, she didn't make things difficult for you, did she?"

"It's impossible not to have trouble." Kyle shrugged. "I dare say that if Harry were to write a list of the most hated professors, Snape would have to rank behind her."

He surpassed Snape in just half a semester. That's telling.

"That damned toad." Sirius pounded the bed angrily. "If she dares to hurt Harry, I will never let her go!"

"Don't get excited." Kyle glanced at the other two people in the room, "I have a way to solve this problem."

"Don't do anything rash." Sirius frowned. "Although that person is terrible, she represents the Ministry of Magic after all. It will be very troublesome if you do anything to her."

"Don't worry, I know." Kyle smiled and said, "And I should be the one saying this to you."

"Ha, you're right." Sirius couldn't help but laugh.

The two chatted for a while longer before Mr. Weasley and Charlie came in.

"Dean Sassia, why are you here?" Mr. Weasley said as he pushed open the door.

Kyle and Sirius looked over as well.

"I heard from Dumbledore that you would be coming to St. Mungo's around this time," she said. "How about coming for a cup of tea? I have something I want to discuss with you."

"Oh, of course," Kyle said. He turned to look at Sirius. "I'll come see you later."

After the two left, Sirius blinked in confusion, "Arthur, Kyle also knows the headmaster of St. Mungo's?"

"Well... Kyle defeated a werewolf here during his first year holiday and was awarded the Order of Merlin." Mr. Weasley said, "I think they must have met at that time."

"But that happened several years ago," said Sirius, "Is it worth it for Dean Sassia to go all the way and invite Kyle to have tea?

"I remember Healer Hippocrates said that the headmaster of St. Mungo's is very busy, and that woman..."

Sirius pointed to the middle bed and said, "The Flint family, she donated 500 Galleons before she was discharged from the hospital, and she only met the other party once."

"Yes, just a few words." Mr. Weasley nodded.

In fact, he was also a little surprised at Kyle's interpersonal relationships, but he didn't care too much and just thought it was because of Dumbledore.

After all, the last time they came, it was this dean who brought them here.

"By the way, Sirius," said Mr. Weasley, "I have to go back to work tomorrow. I have so much to do. Charlie will take care of you here in my place."

"No, let him go back too. Now is the busiest time." Sirius shook his head and said, "I don't need anyone to take care of me here."

"It would be wise to err on the side of caution," said Mr. Weasley.

…

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