It seemed that he was unwilling to ask Kyle for help a second time. After entering the Room of Requirement this time, he stayed inside for five full days without going out.
Everything else is easy to solve. After all, this is a real castle and it has everything it needs.
The only thing was eating... Kyle didn't know how he managed to survive so many days.
Maybe he asked Kanna to bring it in, or maybe he drank the potion.
For example, if you drink one bottle of vitality potion, you can go a whole day without eating, but the downside is that it tastes hard.
Kyle drank it once, and it tasted like all the bad flavors of Beebe Every Flavour Beans rolled into a ball and squeezed into juice with a handful of dirt thrown in.
If Kyle had a choice, he would rather have extra bread and baked potatoes in the morning than drink that stuff.
But Snape should be able to bear it. If he gets a bag with an invisible stretch spell cast on it, there will be no problem carrying a dozen or twenty bottles of vitality potions.
But Kyle had no idea how Snape did it specifically. Apart from a few words on the first day, the two never spoke again.
The main reason was that there was no such opportunity. After all, the only place Kyle didn't want to go was the Potions classroom.
It was on the sixth day that he saw Snape again. He looked thinner than before, but his eyes were bright.
It can be seen that Snape, like other professors, has gained a lot.
Although Kyle was very curious, he knew that Snape would never tell him, so he tactfully did not ask and returned to the Charms classroom.
"Don't try to manipulate the runes deliberately. Treat them as part of the magic." The old professor said as he took out his wand and waved it gently twice.
His movements were very light, as if he was conducting a large-scale concert, and the flashing magic runes were the dancing notes.
It was clearly the simplest lighting spell, but it emitted a light as dazzling as the sun.
Kyle imitated him and waved his wand...but nothing happened, and the tip of the wand flashed perfunctorily.
The time was too short and he had no time to use his magic power to draw the magic runes.
"What an idiot! How could there be a stupid student like you in this classroom?"
The old professor roared, "Although magic is ink, the wand is not the only quill. The spells you chanted are also another form of magic runes!"
Kyle was scolded all over, which had never happened in the past six years. But it has become the norm in the past month or so.
He was used to it a long time ago.
Anyway, the other party couldn't hit him with a magic wand, so he might as well curse at him.
Kyle listened to the professor and adjusted his casting method bit by bit.
…
This continued until the day before school started, when Kyle decided to give himself a day off.
After being scolded for such a long time, no matter how much he didn't care, he would still feel a little stressed. In addition, continuous high-intensity learning is also a very energy-consuming thing, so it is necessary to relax a little.
It had been raining since early morning that day. Kyle slept until eleven o'clock, then he walked out of the dormitory yawning.
There were a lot of people in the common room, but everyone was doing their homework and no one paid attention to anyone else, including Kanna who was also catching up on her homework.
She had spent a little too long in the Room of Requirement before, and only two days ago did she realize something very important.
Kyle didn't need to do her homework because she asked for leave in advance, but she didn't ask for leave...
Finishing two weeks' worth of homework in three days was an impossible task. Kanna was stunned when she realized this.
Kyle had wanted to help her write it, which wasn't hard, just a matter of slightly modifying the auto-answer quill.
But Kanna disagreed and insisted on writing it herself.
All Kyle could do was to stay as far away from her as possible... There was no other way. After all, he was the one who invited Kanna to the Room of Requirement, and he also overlooked the homework. He still felt a little guilty when he thought about it now.
Kyle walked out of the common room quietly without disturbing anyone and took a leisurely walk around the castle.
It seemed like he hadn't done this for a long time, not having to rush and just walking around the castle aimlessly.
Looking at the dull castle walls, faded picture frames, and patinated railings on both sides of the corridor, Kyle was a little dazed for a moment.
Maybe it was because he was used to it, but Kyle still found these pleasing to the eye. The Hogwarts in the Room of Requirement was a little too new for him.
As he was walking, Kyle suddenly ran into a group of seventh-year students who had just come down from upstairs. They should be from Gryffindor and were chattering around someone.
But because there were too many people and the angle, Kyle couldn't see who it was at first, but he soon found a familiar face.
"Hermione!" Kyle waved and greeted.
"Kyle?" Hermione, who was walking at the back, ran over with a few books in her arms. "Why are you here?"
"It's just a tour of the castle. I have nothing to do anyway." Kyle said, "By the way, who was that person who just passed by? He was so popular."
"Ah, it's Katie Bell," said Hermione. "She just got back from St. Mungo's this morning."
"She recovered?"
"Completely fine, she said so herself." Hermione nodded, but soon thought of something and added, "But Harry has already asked her, and she doesn't remember who used the Imperius Curse on her. She only remembers that it was at the Three Broomsticks."
"Well, it's okay." Kyle said nonchalantly. He hadn't planned to ask this.
In fact, the one who used the Imperius Curse on Katie Bell was none other than Madam Rosmerta, which he knew after the last love potion incident.
Madam Rosmerta herself admitted that she had used the Imperius Curse on a Hogwarts girl while she was under it.
But this was not her intention, she was manipulated.
It's just that this matter was kept strictly confidential by the professors, and few people knew about it, including Harry.
"Where are you going?" Kyle glanced at the books in her hands. The top one was "Wands and Magic".
"You haven't finished your homework either."
"No, I finished it a long time ago, it was Harry and Ron," said Hermione, "but now they have finished too, I am going to return the book."
"Is that so? Then go ahead." Kyle smiled and waved his hand, ready to continue looking upstairs.
"Wait, Kyle." At this time, Hermione suddenly called him from behind and asked, "I heard from others that you asked for leave and didn't go to class? Is this true?"
"Who said that?"
"Cormac McLaggen, a seventh-year Gryffindor," Hermione said. "He said at a dinner that he hadn't seen you in class for a long time, and then Professor Slughorn said you were absent from class."
"Ah, that's true," Kyle said.
"Can you tell me why?" Seeing Kyle admit it, Hermione was stunned at first, then asked.
In her opinion, skipping classes was a difficult behavior to understand and it should not happen to Kyle, who had excellent grades.
What's more, the seventh graders are about to take the NEWT exam, so it would be strange not to go to class at this time.
“Nothing, I just have something else to do.” Kyle said casually: “It may be a bit arrogant to say this, but I really don’t need to go to class anymore.
"Besides, my leave is only temporary. I will probably continue my classes after I'm done with my work for a while."
He didn't tell Hermione about the "make-up lessons".
Although the two had a good relationship, Hermione's personality made Kyle give up the idea.
First of all, Hermione's magic level is actually similar to Qiu's. Even if she goes, she can learn very little.
Another thing is that she is different from Qiu.
How should I put it? Hermione is a bit stubborn about some things. For example, she trusts books too much. Even if the facts are right in front of her, as long as they conflict with the so-called authority, she will doubt or even resist.
In addition, even if all the questions were answered, given Hermione's personality, she might still go back to the old ways and force herself to learn.
It would be fine if she learned it, but Ravenclaw also said that the Room of Requirement would not exist forever. If she had not learned it before her memory disappeared, then all the time spent in this period would be wasted. This experience might even affect her future learning of magic, which was somewhat not worth the loss.
Taking all this into consideration, even though they had a good relationship, Kyle chose to keep it a secret and did not tell her.
Although Hermione was a little skeptical, since Kyle didn't say anything, she had no choice but to believe it.
The two chatted for a few more words and then separated at the stairs. Hermione was going to the library downstairs, and Kyle was about to continue walking around, but before he could go far, he vaguely heard an explosion.
Strange, why is there an explosion in Hogwarts? At first Kyle thought he had heard it wrong, but the next second, a louder sound came over, and this time it was accompanied by a scream.
“Don’t be like this…”
"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"
…
"This is Myrtle's voice, upstairs!" Hermione appeared behind Kyle at some point, and obviously she had heard the noise just now.
Myrtle? Kyle paused for a moment, then immediately ran down the stairs in the direction of the sound, with Hermione following closely behind.
As the distance got closer, the sound became clearer and clearer, and Kyle could even hear the sound of chanting.
"It's Harry!" Hermione screamed. She knew the voice too well to mistake it.
Harry was attacked at Hogwarts?
Hermione instantly thought of the incident two years ago when Harry was kidnapped from school during the Triwizard Tournament... She became even more anxious and threw the heavy books directly into the corridor next to her.
"Don't panic, this is Hogwarts, nothing will happen." Kyle comforted her and quickened his pace.
Soon, they arrived on the seventh floor, near a bathroom that had been blown open.
It wasn't hard to find, because Myrtle was floating right at the door, and Kyle hurried over.
It was indeed Harry in the bathroom, holding his wand and breathing heavily.
And opposite him... was Malfoy, who was in a similar condition to Harry and also holding a wand.
I don’t know what happened just now, but the bathroom door has been blown up by the curse and is hanging crookedly on the door frame.
The water pipe inside was also broken, and water was spraying out continuously. The water columns hit the ceiling and then fell down, as if a heavy rain had fallen in the room.
Myrtle screamed desperately for them to stop fighting, but no one listened.
The two of them only had each other in their eyes, completely ignoring everything around them.
At the same time, they raised their wands again.
"To pieces!"
"Thunder explosion!"
"Stop, Harry!" Hermione screamed, trying to stop them, but it was too late.
Two dazzling spells crossed each other in mid-air and headed straight for each other.
The blasting spell and the crushing spell... It can be seen that the two have the same goal and want to kill the other.
Hermione closed her eyes subconsciously, unable to bear to watch the next scene.
But the imagined explosion and screams did not appear.
It seemed like only a second had passed, or maybe a minute. When Hermione opened her eyes again, she saw an incredible scene.
The light of the spell disappeared, but there were two different colored... ravens in the bathroom? They should be ravens, one red and one blue, which corresponded to the colors of the Shattering and Blasting spells.
They flew in the air for a while, then suddenly shook and turned into two balls of fireworks and disappeared.
Everyone was stunned, even Myrtle fell silent.
Hermione didn't see it, but she saw it clearly enough.
Just now, when Harry and Malfoy shouted the spell, Kyle raised his wand at the same time.
No one knew what he did. The two spells just stopped in the air strangely and twisted into the shape of ravens.
Perhaps the scene was too unbelievable. In just a moment, the two people who had been beaten came to their senses and looked at Kyle who was standing at the door.
"You came at the right time, I..." Harry wanted to say something, but Kyle didn't give him the chance.
He waved his wand again, and the water pipes on both sides instantly stretched out, wrapping around the two men like snakes and tying them up tightly.
The metal pipe is very useful and no matter how hard Harry and Malfoy struggled, it was useless.
"Let me go!" Malfoy yelled angrily, "Damn it, you can't do this..."
But Kyle was too lazy to even listen to Harry's words, so how could he listen to him? He waved his wand and the water pipe immediately wrapped around his mouth again.
The same goes for Harry, he is impartial and his main focus is fairness.
It's quiet now.
"Myrtle." Kyle turned around and said, "Could you please go find a professor, any professor, and ask them to come over as soon as possible."
"Ah...Okay, okay!" Myrtle reacted and looked worriedly towards the bathroom, then flew away immediately.
Hermione was shocked at Kyle's mastery of magic. How could two people who were already fighting each other be separated like this? Although they were one grade lower than Kyle, they were two people after all, and their grades were not particularly bad. It was a bit too much to be controlled so easily.
Even if the professor came, that would probably be about the same... No, even an average professor might not be able to do better than Kyle.
Hermione thought again of what Kyle had said before...it seemed that there was really no need for him to continue the class.
But now is not the time to think about these things.
Hermione shook her head and stormed into the bathroom.
"Harry, do you know what you are doing? Using the Shattering Curse on your classmates. If the professor finds out, you will be expelled!"
Kyle next to him raised his eyebrows...
"Discovered by the professor?"
So that's what Hermione cares about? But it's true.
"What happened?" Hermione looked at Harry and continued, "Weren't you in the common room just now? Why did you suddenly run to the seventh floor and fight with Malfoy! Have you ever thought that you would be expelled?
"Speak up! Don't think you can get away with it by keeping silent. Professor McGonagall will be here soon. You'd better think about how to explain to her so as not to get expelled!"
Harry hummed twice.
He wanted to speak, but didn't Hermione notice that his mouth was blocked?
Harry turned his head with difficulty and blinked wildly at Kyle, trying to get him to put him down.
Kyle pretended not to notice.
This is where Harry is wrong. If he wanted to let go, why did he tie Harry up just now? It's good like this, at least it can make them sober up.
They are really brave that they don't care about the consequences when fighting in school.
Kyle hooked his finger, and two wands on the ground immediately flew into his hands.
(End of this chapter)