"Open it quickly and take a look."

As soon as Dumbledore left, Fred and George surrounded Kyle on both sides, looking at him teasingly.

Kyle didn't hesitate and opened the box directly.

Inside was a robe, but the style was completely different from the common styles in the UK. It was relatively more gorgeous, similar to a dress robe.

The brown fabric has a peculiar light-colored pattern on it, like a floral pattern, but if you look closely, you can see that it is because the fabric itself has two colors.

The two ends are brown and the middle is light gray. When woven together in a specific way, this unique pattern is formed.

"I've seen a scarf in Hogsmeade before that was made of similar material," Fred said thoughtfully.

George thought for a moment and said, "I remember the shop owner said it was... Lake, Lake or something. Anyway, it was the neck hair of a rare magical animal."

"Lecrota," Kyle said.

"Yes, that's the name." Fred nodded repeatedly.

The Lecrota is a large, magical animal that looks like an elk, with a characteristically large mouth.

When its mouth is fully opened, it can even swallow a cow easily... Of course, it is a herbivore and has a gentle temperament.

This amazing animal itself is not uncommon, it is just rarer in the UK.

"By the way, where is Connor?" George asked. "We wrote her many letters, but we didn't receive any reply."

"Kyle, you know what?"

"I only know that Snape took her to participate in the assessment of the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association." Kyle shrugged and said, "But I don't know where exactly, after all, I haven't received a reply.

"But I guess it should be Northern Europe."

The reason for this is that Lekrota likes to stay in cold places. For example, wizards in Denmark or Norway like robes and cloaks made of Lekrota wool, which are much better at keeping warm than wool.

"I see. I really hope she succeeds," Fred said sincerely.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this. We'll know when school starts, right?" George said, "Kyle, try it on."

"It's August now..." Kyle looked at him incredulously, "You want me to wear this?"

"Try it on, you won't wear it all the time," said Fred.

“Tsk, alright.” Looking at the two people’s excited faces, Kyle sighed and could only take out his robe and put it on.

What's more, the size is neither too big nor too small, and it fits me perfectly, just like it was custom-made.

"Strange," Kyle straightened the wrinkles on his clothes, "Why don't I feel hot?"

"Of course you're not hot..." Fred shuddered all over, rubbing his arms and trembling, saying, "It's just that the surroundings suddenly became cold..."

George also tightened his thin clothes and asked, "What's going on? Is it winter already?"

Before he could finish his words, a terrified scream came from upstairs.

"Oh no!" Kyle suddenly thought of something, turned around and ran upstairs.

Really, how could he forget such an important thing!

In order to save time, Kyle Apparated directly to Harry's room on the third floor and pushed the door open.

really……

In the room, a Dementor was floating aimlessly in the air, while Harry, Ron and Hermione were hugging each other, huddled in the corner and shivering.

The Dementor turned his head and immediately floated over when he noticed Kyle.

"Be careful, don't come in!" Hermione screamed and warned, "There are Dementors... monsters here?"

The next second, her voice stopped abruptly.

Because Hermione watched Kyle open a box, and then the Dementor jumped in obediently. The whole process went extremely smoothly, as if everything was supposed to be like this.

But that's a Dementor... not a pet owl.

Hermione was a little confused.

"Sorry," Kyle said a little embarrassedly, "I used this box to temporarily lock up the Dementors, but then I forgot about it because I had so many things to do."

"No, it's okay..." Harry stood up trembling.

In fact, after Lupin's teaching, he was basically not so afraid of Dementors anymore, mainly because what happened just now was too sudden.

He opened the box happily and was about to put something in it, but as soon as he opened the lock, a Dementor came out right next to his face. He could even clearly see the skull-like face under the other's cloak.

Who wouldn't be scared? Harry was brave enough not to faint on the spot.

"But Kyle, why do you carry a Dementor with you?" he asked with lingering fear.

"I caught it," Kyle explained. "I was planning to hand it over to the Ministry of Magic, but like I said, I forgot."

"What happened!"

At this time, the adults who heard the noise also came.

"I just heard someone screaming." Sirius was the first to run in. He looked carefully at the situation in the room and asked, "Are you all okay?"

"Ah, it's okay." Harry glanced at Kyle, then pretended to be calm and said, "We accidentally opened a joke prop just now, and Ron was scared."

"Yeah, that's right," said Ron.

"A joke prop?" Sirius looked around suspiciously. "Strange, why is it so cold? It feels like it's taking away my soul..."

"I guess it must be something like a snowflake tree."

Before Sirius could finish his words, Dumbledore walked in from outside and said in a nostalgic tone, "That was the most popular thing more than a decade ago. It only took a few seconds to cover a tree with snow."

"Professor Dumbledore?" Harry stood up and glanced to the side guiltily.

But Dumbledore seemed not to notice his little action, and just said to himself: "But I must remind you, Mr. Weasley, that Professor McGonagall would definitely not agree to anyone bringing such things into the school."

"Ah, really?" Although Fred didn't know what happened, he subconsciously said, "Then we won't sell it."

"That's right," George agreed. "We definitely won't have anything like this in our store anymore."

"That's great." Dumbledore smiled, "Sirius, if it's okay, I'd like a glass of whiskey to warm myself up."

"No problem, Professor Dumbledore." Sirius nodded, "I remember there are a few bottles of aged Fire Whiskey in the underground cellar."

The adults left the room one after another.

Harry patted his chest, "Do you think Professor Dumbledore has discovered it?"

"He must have found out." Hermione said firmly, "Nothing can fool Dumbledore."

"Then why doesn't he expose us?" Ron wondered.

"I guess they don't want to cause panic. Don't forget that Sirius still has a shadow over the Dementors." Kyle said, "Anyway, thank you for covering for me."

"It doesn't matter, we are friends." Harry said indifferently. He subconsciously glanced at the box on the ground, "There won't be anything else in it."

"Don't worry, there are definitely no more." Kyle said, "Of course, if you have any concerns, I can help you get a new one."

"No, no." Harry waved his hand, "As long as there is no more, I quite like this box.

"But Kyle, I think you'd better tell everyone. I mean, can you sleep at night with a Dementor around?"

Harry felt that if he were in the same room with the Dementors, he would definitely not be able to sleep, even if there was a trunk between them.

"Okay then." Seeing that Kyle had made a decision, Harry didn't say anything else.

"Your robe is so beautiful." Hermione stared at Kyle's clothes. "Where did you buy it? Madam Malkin's robe shop? But I didn't seem to see similar styles when I went there a few days ago."

"Oh, this is a gift from Kanna from abroad." Kyle explained and took off his robe.

After the Dementors disappeared, the coldness also disappeared, and Lecrota's hair also took effect. In just a few minutes, he was sweating all over.

"No wonder." Hermione looked at the robe again.

Harry invited Kyle to stay and play wizard chess for a while, but Kyle refused.

He had more important things to do and didn't want to waste any more time.

Harry invited Fred and George again, but they also refused. Dumbledore's words just now gave them a good inspiration.

Something that even Dumbledore remembered clearly would definitely be popular, so they decided to replicate the snowflake tree overnight.

…

The room Sirius prepared for Kyle was also on the third floor. To be exact, it was right next to Harry, just two steps away.

Kyle returned to the room and closed the door carefully before sitting down at the table with confidence. He excitedly took out the pieces of parchment that he had kept in his pocket.

No matter which wizard it is, it is impossible to remain calm when it comes to things related to the famous magician Merlin. Even though Kyle had met the four giants of Hogwarts before and had face-to-face communication with Rowena Ravenclaw, he still could not remain calm.

Although the Big Four are all great wizards, no wizard would say "Gryffindor beard" when excited.

To some extent, the name Merlin has become a symbol that cannot be replaced by anyone.

Before, when it was on the dining table, Kyle just glanced at it and put it away. Now when he took it out, he found that there were five sheets of parchment in total.

However, there was nothing on the top parchment except the line of words he had seen before. It should have a protective function, protecting the real content from being seen by others.

The same goes for the parchment at the bottom.

After all, Diana had reminded him when she gave him these things that if a second person saw them, the contents would disappear instantly.

Kyle took away the blank parchment and carefully read the letter about Merlin.

Of course, what he had in his hand was definitely not the original letter. After all, even the parchment was new. It went without saying that it was the kind that was copied using magic, but that didn't matter.

Kyle only had to glance at it to confirm that it was Merlin's handwritten letter.

Because the actual content on the parchment is all ancient runes, and they are the most complicated original runes that have not been simplified in any way.

This is a bit uncomfortable. Whether it is taught by Riddle, Professor Barbling, or the content in the textbooks, they all use runes that were simplified by Rowena Ravenclaw in the Middle Ages.

Although Merlin was also a medieval wizard, judging from the founding time of Hogwarts, he was at least five hundred years earlier than the Big Four.

This most primitive rune was completely different from the ones Kyle had learned. It was much more complicated. After Kyle looked at it for a while, he felt his temples throbbing and had a headache.

Although he was not completely unable to understand it, it was still very difficult for him to read it. He did not recognize at least half of the words in a paragraph, and he could not even guess what they meant.

Originally, Kyle wanted to memorize the content and study it slowly when he had time.

But he soon discovered...that he couldn't remember.

These words seemed to have wings. As soon as he finished reading them, they flew away from his mind the next second.

Kyle took a new piece of parchment and tried to copy the contents... but it didn't work either.

When he finally finished copying, he looked back and found that he had copied everything wrong. None of the runes on the two pieces of parchment were the same.

Kyle was sure that this was definitely not his fault. He copied it according to the instructions. No matter how complicated it was, it was impossible that not a single word was wrong.

The only explanation is that there is something wrong with these parchments. There must be some kind of magic on them that prohibits all forms of copying and recording.

There was no choice but for Kyle to put his things away again and go downstairs to find Sirius.

…

"Runic translation?" Sirius looked at Kyle in confusion, "What do you need that for?"

“I got something, but I couldn’t understand it,” Kyle explained.

Although he didn't know whether there was such a thing in the Black family's private library, he could only give it a try now.

As one of the oldest pure-blood families, there should be some.

"Original runes?" Dumbledore, who was drinking beside him, looked at Kyle thoughtfully and said softly, "It seems that you have received an incredible birthday present."

The people here are trustworthy, and Kyle didn't intend to hide it. "Yes..."

He opened his mouth but found that he couldn't speak.

"Don't worry about it. Everything in the Department of Mysteries is like this. There are always some weird restrictions."

Dumbledore seemed to be used to it and said calmly, "I am the same. Sometimes I know something but just can't say it. But don't worry, this situation won't last long."

Hearing his words, Kyle nodded and didn't try to say anything else.

At this time, Sirius also reacted and said, "The Black family should have a lot of books related to ancient runes, but I don't know if they have what you want.

"How about this, I'll ask Kreacher to bring all the books over, and you can look for them yourself."

"No need to bother." Dumbledore stood up and said, "If it is the oldest translation of runes, I have one. Please wait a moment."

With that, Dumbledore disappeared.

It was not until five minutes later that he reappeared in the restaurant and handed Kyle an old book.

"I've been thinking about what gift to give you, but now I don't have to think about it."

Kyle reached out and took it.

The book is really old. It must be because it is read so often that even the pages inside have faded.

But this is exactly what Kyle needs. It contains a comparison chart of the original runes and the simplified runes.

"Thank you, Professor," Kyle said.

"You're welcome." Dumbledore said, "Go back quickly. If I'm not mistaken, the things you get should have a time limit."

Kyle nodded, then Apparated back to the third floor.

With the comparison, it is not so complicated to read the contents on the parchment.

Although you have to check the translation every other word, this is enough.

And more importantly, Kyle discovered that this was an instructional letter. Merlin was teaching someone how to use the Armor Spell... It was called Armor Defense in the letter. I don't know if it was a translation problem, but the effect should be the same.

[Merge 'firmness' into 'protection' and combine with 'wall' to form a magic circle at the top of the staff...]

['Earth' is the key...]

"No." Kyle shook his head and muttered, "This shouldn't mean 'earth', but 'continuous growth'."

The same rune has many different meanings, and this one is even more so if it has not been simplified, so even if there is a translation, it is not easy to read.

Kyle could only list all possible situations one by one, and then make changes little by little according to the meaning of the context.

It has to be said that this is a very time-consuming job, but Kyle enjoys it.

(End of this chapter)