During this period of time, Kanna was exactly like Kyle when he first came here. Once she entered the library, she couldn't get out and wanted to stay in there from morning to night.

She would only come out for a short while at mealtime, at Perenelle's request, but never for more than an hour.

As for Kyle, it was much simpler. He just strolled around the manor and damaged the alchemical gadgets that interested him.

To be more precise, he took them apart and reassembled them. In two weeks, Kyle had taken apart at least eighty items, and the crime scenes covered every corner of the manor.

From the garden to the attic, and then to the open rooms, Kyle's busy figure can be seen everywhere.

Of course, most of these alchemical items were eventually restored to their original state by Kyle, with only a few exceptions.

For example, the room on the second floor used for watching opera had a minor malfunction on the ninth day. If anyone came to watch the opera, they would have noticed that a corner on the left side of the room would occasionally flicker, looking like a light bulb with poor contact.

Fortunately, no one other than Kyle went in there in the following days.

This continued until the last day of the holiday.

Early in the morning, Kyle and Connor came to the garden outside, preparing to take the Thestral carriage back to Hogwarts.

“It’s really rare.”

Nico walked the two men to the garden and watched with a smile as they harnessed the carriage to the Thestrals.

"Yeah, it hasn't been this lively here for a long time."

Perenelle echoed, "Both Kyle and Kanna are very good kids. I can always feel the energy and enthusiasm of young wizards from them. After being with them for a long time, I always feel that I have become much younger... at least a hundred years older."

"No, Perenelle, you misunderstood." Nicol shook his head. "What I meant was that it was rare that Kell didn't find something extra for me to do."

He didn't know when it started, but every time he saw Kyle, his leisurely and peaceful life would be disrupted.

At the beginning, Kyle brought the Ravenclaw crown. He canceled all plans and stayed in the laboratory for several months.

Before that, the last time he opened the door of the laboratory was ten years ago.

When they met again later, Kyle got him the Hufflepuff gold cup and Slytherin locket. He had to be busy for a long time again and even missed an important opera performance.

Oh, and the most time-consuming and laborious one, the time turner from a thousand years ago, is also related to Kyle.

But Nico did all this voluntarily. As he said before, no alchemist could remain calm when facing the Ravenclaw crown, and the same goes for the gold cup and the locket.

Unless he's never seen it.

Nico just wished he had never seen those things. It was contradictory, but that was what he really thought.

Fortunately, things will be different after today. This time Kyle didn't cause any trouble. After they return to Hogwarts, he can spend his time listening to the beautiful opera as before.

Nico is already a little impatient.

At this time, Kyle and Kanna had already put the carriage on Yezhin's body.

"We'd better get going, you didn't forget anything," Kyle said.

"No." Kanna shook her head, "But don't we need to say goodbye to Nico and the others?"

"We are all old acquaintances, no need," Kyle said.

"No, Kyle, even if you are someone you know, it is very rude to leave without saying goodbye." Kanna frowned and said, "Besides, I feel like you are a little strange, as if you want to leave here quickly."

"No, it must be your imagination," Kyle said. "I just... well, I want to get back to Hogwarts before the dinner."

He couldn't tell Kanna that he had demolished Nico's precious room on a whim... If he heard it, he might not be able to leave today.

So it’s best to run away as soon as possible while no one notices.

"But it's still morning, we have plenty of time." Kanna looked at Kyle suspiciously.

Her intuition told her that Kyle was definitely hiding something from her.

"Are you ready?"

Just when Kyle was thinking of making up an excuse to get away with it, Nico had already walked over with small steps.

"Yes, Nico." Kanna said quickly: "Thank you for your invitation."

"You're welcome." Nico waved his hand. "By the way, this is my Christmas present for you... Although it's a little late, it's still in time."

He took out two boxes, one red and one gold, gave the red one to Connor and the gold one to Kyle.

"Christmas gift?" Connor asked doubtfully, "But I have already received it, the book and the manuscript..."

"That's another part." Nico said with a smile, "If others knew that I exchanged a book for a bottle of precious Phoenix Potion, I would be laughed at.

"Especially that guy McPhail, he will definitely spread this matter to everyone."

"But……"

"Don't reject the child, just accept it."

Kanna wanted to say something else but was interrupted by Nico.

He shook his head and said, "You should learn from Kyle on this one."

Kanna turned her head subconsciously, only to find that Kyle had naturally put away the golden box, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all.

"Oh well."

Seeing that Kyle did this, Kanna hesitated for a moment and then nodded and accepted the box.

"That's right." Nico said with a smile, "But you have to remember that you have to open it yourself. This is very important."

"Okay, I'll remember that." Kanna nodded.

Nico then took two steps back and watched with Perenelle as the two men boarded the carriage.

"Goodbye!" Perenelle waved. "I remember you guys will graduate next year, right? You can always come visit me then."

Kyle and Connor also leaned out of the window of the carriage and waved to the two of them.

Then the Thestral spread its wings, slowly lowered its body, and then suddenly rushed upwards.

The carriage suddenly rushed into the sky at a steep angle and flew towards Hogwarts.

Looking down again at this time, there was no trace of the manor, only an open space covered with stones.

"This is the Fidelius Charm, and it is also one of the most important defenses of Nico Manor." Kyle explained: "If there is no one to lead us, we won't be able to find the entrance to the manor even if we turn back now."

"I've heard of that," Connor said.

Kyle had told her before about the special magical protection of Nico Manor, and after seeing the magic there, she didn't find it strange at all.

Apart from anything else, just that one private library is enough to attract countless wizards. If its location is exposed, there will definitely be endless troubles.

In this case, some protective magic is necessary.

But they were not in the mood to discuss this topic right now.

After returning to the carriage, their eyes fell on the two boxes that Nico had just brought.

"What do you think is in it?" Kanna couldn't help but ask as she looked at the box in her hand.

The box was very ordinary, just a common gift package, tied with the same red ribbon, but there was nothing special about it.

If it appeared among the pile of gifts, Kyle felt that he would definitely not give it a second glance.

"I don't know." He shook his head and said, "If you want to know, why don't you open it and take a look?"

"Why not?" Kyle said, "Nic didn't say you have to go back to Hogwarts to open it."

Kanna thought about it and realized that Nico really didn't say that.

It was still a long way to Hogwarts, and Connor was so curious that she thought for a moment and then untied the ribbon on the box.

For a moment, the carriage was unusually quiet. Kyle even slowed down his breathing and watched Kanna slowly open the box in her hand.

The box was opened a crack, and just as Kyle was about to get closer to take a closer look, he saw a red light burst out from inside.

The red light was like a nimble thief, jumping around in the small carriage, then it turned suddenly and landed on Kanna's wrist.

By the time Kyle reacted, the red light had disappeared. At the same time, a glittering silver bracelet appeared on Kanna's right wrist.

The bracelet was exquisitely shaped, a phoenix with its head and tail connected. It was bright silver in color except for its eyes, which were red. Kyle recognized it, a fragment of the Philosopher's Stone.

"What's this?"

"Nicol said that this thing can help me withstand the Killing Curse twice." Kanna said softly.

"Ah? When did he say that?" Kyle took the box curiously and took a look inside.

The box was empty, without any note or instructions.

"I just heard his voice." Kanna pointed to her ear, "When the box was opened."

"Okay." Kyle didn't care, but said thoughtfully: "It seems that he returned the Phoenix Potion to you, but in a different way."

Kyle paused, suddenly realizing that there was a difference between the two.

The Phoenix Potion is for resurrection, while the bracelet is for resistance. It is hard to say which of these two effects is better, but the advantage of the bracelet is obvious...it can be used twice.

"Isn't it a bit too expensive to have an alchemical item that can resist the Killing Curse?" Kanna looked at her wrist. The phoenix on it was flying and turning at a slow speed, and it looked as if it was alive.

"It doesn't matter. Nico doesn't lack this." Kyle said, "Besides, even if you want to, you can't go back now."

"How could that be?" Kanna reached out to take off the bracelet.

However, the originally calm Phoenix now swam between her fingers at a very fast speed, making Kanna miss it, and then it returned to her wrist again.

Kanna tried it several times and the result was the same every time.

"Ha!" Kyle couldn't help laughing as he watched from the side.

"What are you laughing at!" Kanna turned and looked at him.

"No, nothing." Kyle shook his head. He certainly couldn't say that Kanna looked like a lousy seeker who tried to catch the Golden Snitch several times but it slipped away every time.

"Okay, just keep it." Kyle quickly changed the subject and said, "Anyway, this was made with the things you brought, so let's just return it to its original owner."

"But that was for Nico."

"It doesn't matter. He should have kept some of it." Kyle explained: "If it's just to carve the magic runes, you won't need too much."

After Kyle's explanation, Kanna gradually accepted this special gift. She opened the window a little bit, and the sunlight came in from outside and fell on the phoenix. The original silver color turned into a light golden red, just like a real phoenix.

"So beautiful..." Kanna couldn't take her eyes away.

Putting aside its ability to resist the Killing Curse, this design is enough to capture the hearts of countless witches.

"Kyle, I remember you also learned alchemy from Nico," Kanna asked curiously, "Can you also make something this amazing?"

"Of course." Kyle nodded, but there was a hint of guilt in his voice.

Kyle was very happy that Kanna trusted him so much, but to be honest, she trusted him a little too much.

How long has Kyle been studying alchemy? Only a few years at most. Moreover, alchemy is different from the courses in school. It is more like a narrow-mouthed bottle. The deeper you go, the larger the unknown area you can see.

It would be a bit presumptuous to try to scam Nico at this time.

He even felt that even Dumbledore might not be able to create something of this shape.

But he couldn't admit it in front of Kanna. Anyway, there were only two of them here, so Kyle wasn't worried about being exposed at all.

Kanna looked at it for a while and suddenly thought of something.

"By the way, Kyle, what's your gift? Open it and take a look. Maybe it's this too."

After hearing what Kanna said, Kyle's heart suddenly became nervous.

Could this be the thing Nico gave him that could resist the Killing Curse?

Kyle wasn't sure either.

He took out his golden box, took a deep breath, and untied the straps with some excitement.

Nothing jumped out of it, and Kyle didn't hear Nico's voice. All signs indicated that this was just an ordinary box.

There was a velvet cushion inside, and on the cushion was a golden object about the size of a small mirror.

"What is this, a pocket watch?" Kanna came forward and looked at the things in the box in confusion: "Strange, why does it have five hands?"

"No, it's not a pocket watch," Kyle's expression gradually became serious, "It's a time-turner."

"Time-Turner?"

"That's right." Kyle said in a deep voice, "And it's a time converter from a thousand years ago."

He was extremely familiar with this thing. It was because of this that he was able to meet the four giants of Hogwarts in the Chamber of Secrets.

But this thing broke down later, and it broke down completely, so Dumbledore sent it to Nico for repair.

About a few years ago, in order to meet the huge amount of magic power needed to activate the Time Turner, Nico came to Hogwarts and borrowed his small bottle of Nirvana Ashes.

Kyle moved the time converter in his hand to a new position. Through the hollow gaps on both sides, he could clearly see the flashing red light inside.

The Philosopher's Stone...although it is much smaller, it is still complete. It is the Philosopher's Stone that can turn stones into gold and make elixirs of immortality.

Apparently, after almost four years, Nico finally fixed it! But Kyle couldn't figure out why he gave the time-turner to himself. Shouldn't he give it to Dumbledore? Did Dumbledore already use it? Kyle thought for a while and shook his head again.

Probably not... If Dumbledore had used this Time-Turner, he would have surely shown it afterwards.

Whether it's sadness, happiness, or something else, it's always different from usual.

But in his memory, Dumbledore had always been the same and had never changed.

And judging from the color of the Philosopher's Stone, there are no signs of having been used.

This is strange. It is obviously something that Dumbledore has always wanted, so why would Nico give it to himself? It doesn't make sense.

Kyle subconsciously took out the parchment that could contact Nico, wanting to get things clear.

But as soon as he lowered his head, he saw long paragraphs of text appearing out of thin air on the parchment... In addition, from between the lines, he could clearly feel how angry the other party was at the moment.

"What is this?" Kanna asked curiously, looking at the parchment.

"Nothing, just a homework for the spells class during the holidays. I just took the wrong one." Kyle said, calmly taking the parchment back and putting it at the bottom of the transformed lizard skin bag.

Never mind. Now is a bit inappropriate. I'll ask again at another time.

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(End of this chapter)