After entering May, the weather gradually became clearer, and the sky was as clear and blue as the forget-me-nots swaying in the wind.

Not long ago, Hufflepuff played their second Quidditch match and won with an absolute advantage over Slytherin.

Slytherin also seemed to want to replicate Ravenclaw's tactics and use the advantage in numbers to trap Kyle who had the Firebolt.

But the problem is that Slytherin doesn't have Qiu Zhang. Relying on the speed of the Firebolt, Kyle easily broke through the encirclement of Montague and others. The slow-moving Nimbus 2001 couldn't even see his broomstick.

The entire game turned into his personal show, and the screams from the stands almost never stopped.

Half an hour later, Cedric caught the Golden Snitch right under Malfoy's nose, and the score was fixed at 360:10.

It can be said that this game also brought victory to Hufflepuff. Their points were far ahead of the second place. As long as they could score a few goals in the third game, they would win the Quidditch Cup.

This also made the Hufflepuffs extremely excited.

But Snape didn't seem so happy. He was in the stands looking at Kyle, who was surrounded by the crowd, with a gloomy expression, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After the players landed on the ground, he snorted coldly and turned back to the castle.

However, after this game, the exams were getting closer, and the Hufflepuffs' excitement only lasted for one day before they had to continue to dive into their heavy homework.

The third day after the Quidditch game ended, which happened to be the first weekend of May, the sixth grade students came to the auditorium as usual to learn Apparition.

"Let's do as we said before and let everyone practice freely," said Tekros.

But most students were not very interested. Recently, every time they learned Apparition, some of them split into two parts, and some even left half of their body behind.

Although Professor McGonagall put the two pieces together in time, this horrifying scene inevitably caused some resistance in most people's hearts, causing the progress to become slower and slower.

However, some people are not affected.

When Connor landed precisely in the wooden circle five feet away with a crisp bang, Tekros clapped his hands happily.

"Very good, no mistakes for five consecutive weeks..." He smiled and said to Kanna: "No problem, I think you have completely learned how to Apparate. Just wait for the exam in a month, you don't need to come again."

"Thank you, Professor." Connor said happily.

Amidst envious looks, she ran to Kyle on the other side of the auditorium.

In fact, after the first Apparition course, Tycross no longer cared about Kyle, and he also fulfilled his promise and gave Kyle a large bag of heavy candies.

But Kyle distributed them all, and everyone present got one, even the professor.

"I learned……"

"congratulations……"

The two said at the same time, and then left the auditorium together.

"What about those dragon claws?" Kyle asked.

"It's all been ground into powder, and it's enough for me to use until the end of the assessment." Kanna laughed happily and took out a box and handed it to Kyle, "By the way, this is for you."

"What's this?"

"I don't know. Professor Snape asked me to bring it to you." Connor said.

Kyle paused as he stretched out his hand. "Hmm... there won't be frog brains or mouse spleens in here."

"How is that possible!" Connor said unhappily, "How could Professor Snape give you that kind of thing?"

"It's not impossible..." Kyle muttered softly.

He had just defeated Slytherin in a crushing manner two days ago. It was hard to say whether that stingy guy Snape would hold a grudge against him.

"Hmm?" Kanna narrowed her eyes, "What are you thinking about?"

"No, nothing." Kyle coughed twice and quickly took the box.

He always felt that Kanna had just guessed his thoughts... It seemed that he had to continue to study the art of brain occlumency.

Under Connor's gaze, Kyle mustered up the courage to open the box.

Fortunately, there was nothing strange inside, but a pile of eggshells and a complete horn.

Kyle recognized it as a unicorn's horn at first glance. The golden spiral patterns were only found on unicorns.

Kyle was a little surprised. This thing was not cheap...and those egg shells.

There are six in total, three of which are silver and sparkling, as if they were handicrafts made of pure silver. Only the eggshells of bird snakes have this silver color.

The remaining three are orange with irregular red stripes on them.

"The eggshell of the fire ash snake?"

Kyle was even more surprised, because this thing was not common and its value was not much lower than that of a unicorn's horn.

Let me put it this way, the total value of this box of stuff is at least over a hundred Galleons.

Snape gave him something worth more than a hundred Galleons... something seemed a little strange. Was it April Fools' Day today? No, it was already a month ago.

Kyle scratched his hair and said, "Kanna, these should be for you..."

"Of course not." Connor said, "Professor Snape told me to give it to you."

"ah?"

Kyle looked at the box in his hand, thought for a moment and seemed to guess what Snape was thinking.

These things add up to about a hundred Galleons, and the fire dragon claw he gave Kanna also costs just over a hundred Galleons on the market.

Now it makes sense.

Tsk tsk…

After thinking about this, Kyle put the box away directly. "Thank Professor Snape for me. By the way, did he say anything?"

"No..." Kanna glanced to the side.

In fact, when Snape gave her the box, he gritted his teeth and told her to stay away from Kyle.

But she didn't say this, and before coming here, she took away a note that came with the box.

"That shouldn't be the case." Kyle shook his head and said nothing more. "Forget it, I'll take these things. Remember to thank Professor Snape for me."

"Okay." Kanna nodded.

"And this, please give it to Professor Snape for me." Kyle took out a palm-sized, wrinkled thing.

"What is this, snake skin?" Kanna asked after taking it.

"Almost. This is the slough of a basilisk." Kyle said with a smile, "Just say I gave it to him. Professor Snape will probably like it."

…

The next day, Kyle was preparing to go to the Ministry of Magic to slack off as usual, but as soon as he walked out of the common room, he saw Snape standing in the corridor outside like a ghost. As soon as he saw Kyle, he pulled him aside without saying a word.

"The basilisk is in your hands indeed!" Snape said gloomily.

"Don't say anything careless, Professor Snape." Kyle's expression remained unchanged. "Professor Dumbledore dealt with the basilisk. I didn't know that."

"What do you say about this?" Snape took out the snake skin.

"Oh, I picked this up." Kyle said, "You gave me such a precious thing, I have to give something back... If you don't like it, forget it."

As he said this, Kyle was about to get the snake skin.

Subconsciously, Snape pulled his hand back and Kyle missed it.

"You..." Snape stared at Kyle, his expression changing constantly, "Do you still have this thing? Give it to me!"

"No more." Kyle blurted out, "But Professor Dumbledore entrusted the basilisk to Mr. Scamander's care. You can go to him if you want."

Snape's face turned slightly blue.

"How about this..." Kyle continued, "I can go ask Mr. Scamander for you to see if he has any extra snake skins. What do you think? I think he should have quite a few. I'll ask Kanna to deliver them to you then."

"No need..." Snape said coldly, "You'd better stay away from her!"

After saying that, he left without looking back.

Kyle looked at his rustling cloak and spread his hands helplessly.

Really, it was just a Quidditch game. Even though the score gap was a bit big, he also conceded a goal to Slytherin and didn't shut out the game. Is it necessary to hold a grudge until now?

"How stingy." Kyle muttered.

Snape, who had not walked far, suddenly paused. Just as he was about to turn around, he saw Harry and Ron running down the stairs with brooms, almost bumping into him.

"What are you doing!" Snape asked with a dark face.

"We're going to the Quidditch field," Harry whispered, "We have training today..."

"You should apologize before answering my question." Snape said coldly, "Five points from Gryffindor."

"Oh, sorry..." said Harry.

"Not polite." Snape drawled, "Five points from Gryffindor."

"Well, I'm sorry, Professor Snape," said Harry.

"Yeah." Snape responded calmly, "Also, the school prohibits chasing and fighting on the stairs. Gryffindor will be deducted another five points."

Harry clenched his fists tightly, resisting the urge to punch Snape in the face, and glared at him with gritted teeth.

But to Snape's disappointment, Harry finally held back and didn't do anything out of line.

However, after Gryffindor was deducted 15 points in a row, Snape's mood suddenly improved a lot. He ignored Harry and Ron, whose eyes were about to spit fire, and strode towards the dungeon classroom.

"He must be picking on me on purpose because of the Quidditch match a few days ago."

After making sure Snape had gone far away, Ron immediately said, "I heard that Montague and the others were severely reprimanded, and Malfoy and Cedric caught the Golden Snitch right under his nose, and Snape was furious."

After hearing what Ron said, Harry was no longer so angry.

The match a few days ago was arguably the most exciting one he had ever seen. Slytherin was trailing by more than 300 points, but he never stopped cheering the entire time.

In order to cheer for Hufflepuff, he even bought a flag and waved it until his hands were sore.

In comparison, being deducted fifteen points didn't seem like a big deal. They were already last in the class anyway, so it didn't matter if they lost another fifteen points.

"The only pity is that they scored a goal." Ron sighed, "If only the Hufflepuff goalkeeper had done a better job. If he had saved Montague's goal, they wouldn't have gotten a single point."

"Yeah!" Harry nodded in agreement.

Slytherin got zero points in the game, which is really gratifying to think about.

"We have to hurry." Ron glanced at the time. "It's all Snape's fault. The training time is over."

"You're right. If it had been any later, Angelina would have killed us."

The two looked at each other and ran out of the castle at the same time.

After everyone left, Kyle came out and went up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Although Umbridge has left the school, her office remains, and the fireplace is opened for an hour every weekend to allow students to visit the Ministry of Magic.

When Kyle arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, Cedric was already waiting.

"Why are you so slow? We are already late." He said anxiously.

"I can't help it. I ran into Professor Snape on the way, which delayed me a bit." Kyle said slowly, "Besides, our working hours are different from those of regular employees. We just need to get to the Ministry of Magic before nine o'clock."

"That being said, it's better to go early."

They passed the fireplace and soon arrived at the Ministry of Magic.

It was the same as usual here, with wizards coming and going filling the hall.

And because in recent times, the newspapers have reported news about Death Eaters causing trouble every few days, making everyone nervous, more people came to the Ministry of Magic.

"The latest news is that the Death Eaters have appeared in the south again." In the elevator, two witches were discussing the latest news in the newspaper.

"This time it's that madwoman Bellatrix Lestrange. She seems to be looking for something."

"Yeah, I heard that she just happened to run into the hitters who were chasing her, and the whole street was blown up."

"It would be great if an Auror was leading the team... maybe we could catch her."

Kyle didn't take it seriously at first, thinking it was just another piece of fake news from Umbridge.

But when the witch got off the elevator, Kyle accidentally saw the newspaper in her hand. What he didn't expect was that there was actually a photo of Bellatrix on it.

When the elevator stopped at the floor of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Cedric was about to speak when he saw Kyle running out first.

He quickly reminded, "Wait a minute, Kyle, you're not here yet..."

"I know." Kyle ran all the way to Chris's office without even looking back.

Chris was writing something. When he saw Kyle coming in, he asked in a joking tone, "Why, does the minister have any new tasks for you to convey?"

"Dad, do you have the Daily Prophet here?" Kyle asked directly.

"Oh, there it is." Chris pointed to an unopened newspaper on the table. "It was just delivered a minute ago."

Kyle quickly opened it and started reading.

Sure enough, there was a photo of Bellatrix on the front page of the newspaper. She used her wand to drive away the strikers who blocked her way, and then turned into a ball of black mist and left with a laugh.

“The Striker found the previously escaped Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in Hampshire, and after a fierce battle, she escaped.

"Deputy Minister Dolores Jane Umbridge, who led the team, is suspected to have been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse and has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries..."

Kyle didn't think the photo was fake, because Bellatrix's madness was difficult for ordinary people to imitate.

More importantly, he also saw Dumbledore in the photo.

Although it was only a fleeting moment, he did appear in a corner of the photo in a burst of fire, and it seemed that he was taken there by Phoenix.

Perhaps it was because of Dumbledore's presence that Bellatrix fled in a hurry.

"Dad, do you know what happened?" Kyle asked, "The Order of the Phoenix should have some news."

Chris glanced at the newspaper and then closed the door with his wand.

"I do know something." He lowered his voice and said, "The headmaster is looking for someone, and coincidentally, the Death Eaters are also looking for him."

"Who is that person?"

"Bob Ogden," Chris said after a moment's silence.

"That name again." Kyle frowned, "Who is he?"

This time Chris didn't explain, he just shook his head and said, "This is a matter of the Order of the Phoenix, Kyle. Although Dumbledore told us not to hide anything from you, you can't help with this matter."

Chris didn't want to say too much about Bob Ogden. Kyle thought about it and said nothing more. He asked, "What about the striker? Why don't they let the Aurors go?"

"Well..." Chris suddenly laughed, but seemed to feel it was inappropriate and held it back.

"What a coincidence! Didn't you give Fudge an idea?"

"Yeah." Kyle nodded. He did not hide this from Chris. Several core members of the Order of the Phoenix knew about it.

"That's it," Chris said. "We received news yesterday that someone had illegally smuggled two civet cats into Hampshire, so Umbridge thought there was something to be done here, so she went there early this morning."

(End of this chapter)