The petty headmaster of Hogwarts had not forgotten the overwhelming owls that had flown over him, nor the words in the letters that teased him about wanting to be the Minister of Magic.

He had been thinking about how to let Kyle experience that feeling, because he could see that Kyle also didn't like the tedious work in the Ministry of Magic.

However, Fudge later publicly announced in the newspaper that the mysterious man had made a comeback, which was an unexpected surprise for Dumbledore.

He knew very well that all this was thanks to Kyle. After all, with Fudge's character, unless the mysterious man really appeared and gave him a wand, he would never admit it anyway.

Because of this, he had originally given up the idea of ​​revenge, but he did not expect that Fudge would give him a surprise that afternoon.

After seeing the Ministry of Magic's special employment form, Dumbledore almost subconsciously signed his name on it, agreeing that Kyle could work in the Ministry of Magic as a student.

As he told Chris, this was an opportunity of a lifetime and there was no reason to turn it down.

As for Kyle's own opinion, that's not important.

Dumbledore looked at Kyle's silent face again...I have to say, this feeling is really good. He kind of wants to eat a piece of custard tart.

However, when Dumbledore saw Kyle preparing to leave, he called out to him.

"Anything else, Professor?" Kyle asked expressionlessly, "I still have to go back and write a report."

"Are you getting started so quickly?" Dumbledore asked, "Can you tell me what it is about? Perhaps I can help."

"Oh, it's simple..." Kyle said calmly, "It's a report about cutting the salary and benefits of the Hogwarts headmaster. I have always believed that even the headmaster cannot be away from the headmaster for two months without reason."

"That's a good suggestion," Dumbledore said with a smile, as if what Kell said had nothing to do with him.

"But there is one thing I must explain. I am not leaving school for no reason. On the contrary, I am going to do something very important this time."

Dumbledore waved his wand, and immediately a golden ring inlaid with a gem appeared on the table in front of him.

Seeing the ring, Kyle's eyes widened suddenly.

"Oh, it seems you recognize what it is." Dumbledore looked into Kyle's eyes and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

"Yes, a Horcrux." Kyle said calmly, "I've seen it many times, so this one is also Voldemort's?"

Dumbledore did not answer immediately. He continued to look into Kyle's eyes. After a moment, he said softly, "I think apart from him, there is no one else in the wizarding world who would make a Horcrux for himself."

"Yeah, maybe." Kyle nodded.

"I should thank you for that." Dumbledore stretched out his arm, revealing the scabbed bloodstains on it.

"Are you hurt?" Kyle asked.

"This is the punishment for breaking the contract." Dumbledore said, "For some reason, I could not resist the temptation of this Horcrux and wanted to use it.

“Fortunately, we had made this magical contract before. If I really touched this ring, I would be in danger of my life.

"I'm so ashamed. I always thought I could resist temptation... You saved my life."

"It's nothing."

Kyle shook his head and said, "Voldemort's arrogance makes him always choose extremely precious magic props as carriers of Horcruxes. These things may be a symbol of honor in his eyes, but in the eyes of others, they may be a treasure that cannot be refused.

"In fact, even Nico almost couldn't help wearing the Ravenclaw Diadem when he saw it. It's normal for you to have such thoughts, Professor."

"Wait, you just said Ravenclaw's Diadem?" Dumbledore blinked and looked at Kyle with an incredible look, "So when did you find another Horcrux?"

“Ahem…”

Kyle also realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, and quickly made amends, "Actually, I wanted to say Slytherin's locket... The crown has been lost for nearly a thousand years, how could I possibly find it?"

But Dumbledore obviously wouldn't believe such a lame excuse...

"Sometimes what you say subconsciously is the most truthful." He said in a complicated tone: "When did it happen?"

"Well... not long ago." Kyle whispered, "About a year ago."

"A year ago?" Dumbledore felt as if he had been punched in the chest.

Ravenclaw's Diadem, this legendary magical item, is a priceless treasure that all alchemists dream of seeing, and he is no exception.

Kyle found it but didn't tell him.

And from what he said just now, Nico knew as well, but didn't tell him.

The two of them colluded with each other and kept it a secret from him for a whole year? Was his nearly hundred-year friendship with Nico so worthless? Dumbledore recalled Nico's clueless look when they met yesterday, and felt a chill in his heart. He couldn't help asking: "Where is the crown?"

"I don't know." Kyle said truthfully, "Last Christmas, after I came back from Nico's house, Ravenclaw brought it to reminisce with Ms. Grey. I don't know where they are now. Maybe they are in some corner of the castle."

"Ravenclaw?" Dumbledore's eyelids twitched, as if he had thought of a possibility. "You are not talking about..."

"Yes, it's Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the four great masters of Hogwarts." Kyle said, "Part of her consciousness is attached to the crown. Nico and I have communicated with her and gained a lot."

There was a thud as Dumbledore put his hands on the table, and for a second his blue eyes lost their brightness and became dull.

"Professor, are you okay?" Kyle asked with concern.

"It's okay." Dumbledore said a little stiffly, but he quickly recovered.

Although it was a pity to miss the face-to-face communication with Rowena Ravenclaw, since the crown was still in the school, it proved that he still had a chance.

In addition, through this incident, Dumbledore also resolved a doubt in his heart.

Perhaps Kyle really wanted to use a magic contract to bind himself out of caution. Dumbledore even felt that everyone who knew the existence of Horcruxes and tried to find them should use this method to bind themselves.

A diadem with Rowena Ravenclaw's consciousness... Dumbledore couldn't think of anyone who could resist such temptation.

But the only thing he couldn't understand was how Voldemort could have made such a precious thing into a Horcrux... unless he didn't know that there was still consciousness in the crown.

Dumbledore didn't think Kyle was lying to him, because Nico was involved, and he could find out the truth by just asking.

While Dumbledore was thinking, Kyle had already come to the table and looked at the ring carefully.

Honestly, it looks like one of those cheap Muggle artifacts you buy five for a pound.

The only attractive gem had a tiny crack on it, as if it had been thrown on the ground and broken.

"Professor..." Kyle asked in a low voice, "You didn't smash it with Gryffindor's sword in order to destroy the Horcrux, did you?"

"Of course not." Dumbledore shook his head, "Although Gryffindor's sword is sharp, it cannot destroy the Horcrux. In fact, this crack exists in the Resurrection Stone itself.

I think Cadmus Peverell smashed it in a rage when he realized that the stone couldn't really bring people back to life."

Dumbledore seemed to want to get back at the situation, and he told the origin of the ring in a very calm tone, and then waited to see Kyle scream, just like Snape did before.

"Oh, Voldemort is such a loser!"

Kyle did exclaim, but that was all.

"Surprising," Kyle said, "but I've seen another one before and studied it for a while, and this thing is just a sophisticated alchemical tool.

"Whether it's the Philosopher's Stone, the Time-Turner that can go back a thousand years, or the Ravenclaw's Diadem, none of them is worse than this."

"Have you seen it?" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and his fingers subconsciously touched the pocket of his robe.

"Harry's Invisibility Cloak."

Kyle said directly: "When I was free, I looked through the book "Born Noble: A Wizarding Genealogy" in Sirius's house. It records that the descendants of Peverell include the Gaunt family and the Potter family."

"Then why do you think that this Potter family is Harry?" Dumbledore asked with interest.

"Because I remember Harry once said that his Invisibility Cloak was the one his father used when he was in school."

Kyle said, "The stuff Mr. Potter used is at least twenty years old now, but the best invisibility cloak on the market can only be used for ten years, which is also the limit of the fur of the invisible beast.

"I think the reason Harry's invisibility cloak lasted so long must be the one that Ignotus Peverell had among the three brothers."

"That's remarkable..." Dumbledore clapped his hands. "I don't think even Harry himself realizes that."

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"If he had read the wizard family tree, he would have known it," Kyle said, "but the book had been next to him for two months, and he hadn't even turned a page. In the end, he was going to throw it away as trash."

"That is indeed Harry's greatest shortcoming," said Dumbledore.

"This Horcrux has not been destroyed yet." Kyle looked up and said, "I suggest you give it to Nico. He can perfectly solve the problem of Horcruxes and he has rich experience."

"In fact, I have just returned from Devonshire," said Dumbledore, "but there is some kind of curse magic on this Horcrux, and Nico's method will be useless if it is not resolved first.

"He suggested that I destroy the Horcrux by force, but I suddenly found myself as if I were missing a weapon... I heard that the basilisk venom you provided to St. Mungo's was one thousand Galleons per pint."

"That's right," Kyle said, and he found a small bottle filled with basilisk venom. "If you need it, I can give you a good discount. How about five hundred galleons?"

"But..." Dumbledore looked at the bottle that was not much bigger than a thumb, raised his eyebrows and said, "There doesn't seem to be a pint here..."

Kyle said calmly, "So I gave you a discount."

"Well, that makes sense." Dumbledore smiled and took out a bag and put it on the table.

Kyle also handed over the bottle and asked casually, "Professor, how are you going to solve the curse problem later? Since it was placed on the Horcrux by Voldemort, it should be very dangerous.

"More importantly, if the Horcrux is destroyed, the contract would seem to be useless."

"You are right." Dumbledore nodded, "This contract only works on Horcruxes."

"Professor, I think it's better for me to keep this thing." Kyle glanced at Dumbledore's arm, "At least I won't think of touching it."

"I understand what you mean, Kyle, but this is absolutely not possible," Dumbledore said softly, firmly.

"Okay." Seeing Dumbledore say this, Kyle didn't mention the matter of keeping the ring anymore and prepared to leave.

But when he reached the door, he turned around and said, “I think you can find a Death Eater and throw the ring on him, so the curse can be lifted.

"Or Dementors would be fine. Didn't sixty of them defect to Voldemort before? We can just make use of them."

Dumbledore, who was thinking about something, suddenly had his eyes light up... Yes, how could he have forgotten about those Dementors.

Throwing the ring at a Death Eater might be a little awkward, but a Dementor wouldn't have to worry about that.

Those creatures are the embodiment of all evil; they themselves are another form of curse.

More importantly, Dumbledore had found the location of the Dementors some time ago, on a small island in the south.

He had originally planned to deal with those Dementors after the school holidays, and this happened to be on his way.

When Dumbledore looked up again, Kyle had already left the headmaster's office, and the only one left in front of him was Fawkes, who was still sleeping on the branch.

Subconsciously, Dumbledore thought of Ravenclaw's diadem again, and inevitably felt depressed again.

His intuition told him that Kyle had let the cat out of the bag on purpose in order to retaliate against him for signing the employment form.

If that was the case, then Kyle had succeeded because he was really feeling very uncomfortable right now.

When Dumbledore thought that Ravenclaw was in this castle but he couldn't see him, he was so depressed that he didn't even want to eat the cockroach pile.

And it wasn't just him, even the portraits on the wall were talking about it.

Rowena Ravenclaw, one of the greatest wizards, possesses supreme wisdom and creativity that no one can surpass even today, thousands of years later.

Even being able to speak a word to her would be an inestimable treasure for a wizard.

So the principals stopped pretending to be asleep and disappeared from their respective picture frames in the blink of an eye.

Then a very interesting scene happened in the castle.

Some people noticed that there were suddenly more faces on the school's picture frames that they had never seen before.

The first people to discover it were the Gryffindors, because the Fat Lady in charge of their common room did not listen to their commands at all, but was talking excitedly to a curly-haired witch.

"Hey, pumpkin soda!" Seamus shouted the command for the third time, his tone already a little impatient.

But the Fat Lady still had no intention of opening the door, and what was even worse was that when he wanted to shout again, he was suddenly interrupted by a scream.

The Fat Lady seemed very excited. Her screams had never been so shrill before. Seamus subconsciously covered his ears.

Then he watched the Fat Lady swoosh out of the frame with a dexterity that was uncharacteristic of her usual style.

In the corridor, five or six Gryffindor students looked at each other. Now that the Fat Lady was gone, how were they going to get in?

"Please, don't do this..." Neville shouted desperately, "I've been waiting outside for an hour!"

Unfortunately, the Fat Lady had already disappeared into some frame and couldn't hear his voice at all.

Fortunately, at this moment, the common room was suddenly opened from the inside.

Harry seemed to be in a hurry and ran out in a hurry, followed by Ron and Hermione.

"Oh, thank God, you guys..." Neville was about to thank them when the three of them disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"They are always like this, so mysterious, and I don't know what they are doing." Seamus said indifferently. He quickly grabbed the door that was about to close. "Well, let's go in. I hope the Fat Lady can come back soon. I don't want to stay in the common room for the next few days."

After saying that, he took the lead and went into the passage at the back.

Seeing this, Neville hurriedly followed.

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(End of this chapter)