The relaxed feeling was gone, replaced by nervousness, and even when Fred and George pulled him onto the stage, he just hurriedly found an excuse and slipped back.

The main reason was that the situation changed suddenly. Before, he was not worried about what to do if Voldemort came here, because they had Dumbledore. Even if he was not on the scene, Kyle believed that he could arrive in time.

But now it was different. Ever since he had disappeared into the dappled sunlight at Bathilda's house, Kyle's nervousness had reached an unprecedented, new height.

The sun gradually sets and night falls...

Fred and George were the first to light a bonfire. The invited band played vigorously, the crackling flames shone on everyone's face, and the atmosphere reached a new height.

Kyle sat in an open space not far away, looking a little tired. For the first time, he felt that what Fred and George did was inappropriate.

It would be nice if the party ended like this, and everyone could go home and be much safer. Why did they have to light a bonfire and continue? Wouldn't that just increase the risk out of thin air? He sighed quietly.

At this moment, his left shoulder suddenly sank, followed by a warm touch. Kyle turned his head and found that Phoenix was pecking his ear gently.

"Fox?" Kyle was stunned for a moment, "Why are you still here?"

But he soon realized that Fawkes was unwilling to enter Bathilda's house, which was dirty, messy, and filled with all kinds of strange smells, so Dumbledore left him outside to be on guard.

As soon as he got the time converter, he couldn't wait to turn the pointer on it, and even couldn't wait to move to a safer place.

That is to say, when he went back to the past, Fox was still outside and not with him.

In just a moment, all the negative emotions brought about by Dumbledore's departure disappeared from Kyle's heart.

With the Phoenix, who cares about Dumbledore?

He reached out his hand, touched the warm and soft feathers on the Phoenix's neck, and said in a calm and gentle voice:

"Dumbledore...he doesn't want you anymore."

"Ouch!" Fox pecked Kyle's finger, causing him to gasp in pain.

"I'm not lying to you, this is real." Kyle rubbed his fingers and said, "If you don't believe it, you can feel it and see if you can find Dumbledore's location."

Fox continued to peck, but this time Kyle was prepared and easily dodged.

But this was also because Fox was not serious. It barked softly and lay on Kyle's shoulder with some boredom.

"You know..." Kyle curled his lips. He didn't expect that Fawkes knew Dumbledore's arrangement in advance. He guessed that they should have communicated in advance.

But this also caused his newly-conceived plan to fail in half in an instant. He had even planned to kidnap Fawkes while Dumbledore was away.

"I'd say what he did this time was really shabby." Kyle continued to stroke Fox's feathers. "It shouldn't take long for you to get over there, right?"

This time Fox didn't peck him again. Instead, he jumped from his shoulder to his legs, buried his head under his wings, and looked like he was ready to sleep.

Kyle did not give up. He just sat there, chattering and throwing dirty water on Dumbledore behind his back.

Anyway, he couldn't hear anything now, let alone refute. Kyle could say whatever he wanted. As long as he could trick Phoenix... well, if he could persuade her, then he would make a fortune.

As for what to do when Dumbledore comes back, compared with the Phoenix, these are trivial matters that are not worth mentioning. Who cares?

"Kyle, why are you here again? Hermione has been looking for you."

At this time, Cedric, Hermione, and Harry ran over from a distance.

"Strange, how did your owl find this place..." Hermione looked at Fawkes lying on Kyle's legs and suddenly stopped where she was. "Wait, this is not an owl, this is a phoenix!"

"This must be Dumbledore's phoenix," Harry said. He had seen Fawkes many times and knew that this phoenix had a good relationship with Kyle. It could even be said that apart from Dumbledore, the only person that the phoenix could actively get close to was Kyle.

However, Hermione and Ron didn't know that although they had seen Fawkes before, they had only seen him from a distance. This was the first time they had seen him so close.

"How impressive..." Ron said with envy.

He could imagine that if he carried a phoenix on his shoulders, he would definitely be the most eye-catching person in the crowd.

Hermione was equally excited. She looked at the sleeping Fawkes and carefully reached out her hand, wanting to touch the beautiful golden and red feathers on the phoenix.

As if he had noticed something, the next second, Fox suddenly opened his eyes, flapped his wings, jumped onto Kyle's shoulder, and then continued to sleep.

This silent rejection made Hermione a little disappointed.

"Fox doesn't like to be disturbed when he's taking a nap, just like you don't like someone suddenly pulling off the covers when you're sleeping," Kyle explained.

"By the way, just now Cedric said you were looking for me?"

"That's right." Hermione quickly adjusted her mood, "Cedric told me that you will go to work at the Ministry of Magic tomorrow. I have some suggestions."

"What suggestions?"

"Regarding the reconstruction of the Ministry of Magic." Hermione said seriously, "I think the destruction of the Ministry of Magic is a good opportunity. We... no, I should say that you can make some changes to get rid of the cumbersome and lengthy procedures of the past."

"Tell me about it." Kyle looked at her with interest.

He did have to go to the Ministry of Magic tomorrow, so it would be nice to find something for himself to do. After all, everyone was busy, and it wouldn't be good for him to be too idle.

"The first is the method of communication." Hermione cleared her throat. "Harry told me that all communications between the Ministry of Magic must be transmitted via a paper airplane, and they must also take the elevator."

"That's right." Kyle nodded. "At first they used owls, but later they changed to this cleaner method."

"But it takes at least a minute to wait for the paper plane to fly out and then take the elevator to the destination. If the floor is high, it will take even longer. This is a waste of time." Hermione said, "If we use a Muggle phone, we can solve this problem very well."

"Oh, here she is again." Ron turned his head away and whispered, "I clearly told her that it is impossible to install Muggle telephones in the Ministry of Magic."

No one responded to him.

Kyle nodded, "Anything else?"

"There is also the House-Elf Resettlement Office and the Muggle Mediation Committee." Hermione continued: "In my opinion, these two departments are just for show and have not played their due role at all. The people in the Ministry of Magic should pay more attention to them."

"In addition, there are many unreasonable aspects in the education order...Hogwarts' education method is already very backward, and some changes should be made."

Hermione kept talking about her views, and Harry and Ron stood behind her and couldn't get a word in. Except for a little noise when they heard about the teaching methods of Hogwarts, they mostly kept silent, looking like two mascots.

It was not until half an hour later that Hermione finally stopped, took out a bottle of pumpkin soda that she had prepared in advance and took a big sip.

Kyle thought back to what had just happened...Hermione had said a lot, but not much that was useful.

For example, regarding the situation of the House-Elves and Muggle Mediation Committee, her reasons were indeed very convincing, but they were all imagined by her.

In fact, Hermione had never really been to these two departments, and she didn't know that the staff in these two places were almost crazy busy... especially the Muggle Mediation Committee.

Nowadays, wizards inevitably have to deal with Muggles in their daily lives. Even St. Catchpole is a village where Muggles and wizards live together.

In this situation, over time, there will be some overlap or even conflicts between the two sides.

Although these problems can be solved with magic, such as the Forgetfulness Spell or the Confusion Spell, not everyone will choose this method.

Of course, under normal circumstances, they would not be imprisoned in Azkaban, but punishment would definitely be inevitable. According to Kyle's understanding, it would usually be a fine of around thirty to one hundred Galleons, depending on the circumstances.

The Oblivion Charm and the Confusion Charm are advanced spells, so usually wizards who do not perform well in school or are not confident in themselves will choose to report to the Ministry of Magic and let professionals handle these conflicts.

This is the task of the Muggle Issues Mediation Committee, and the people in this department are absolutely professional. There are two staff members in total, one has thirty years of experience, and the other has fifty years, both of them are veteran employees.

The main reason is that no one is willing to work in this department. Even if they have lowered the conditions to the lowest, no one will consider it.

In addition to the low salary, the more important thing is that there is too much work to do. The two employees spend most of their time running around between villages and towns, resolving trivial matters between wizards and Muggles.

If you had to choose the most tiring department in the Ministry of Magic, even if they were not first, they would definitely be in the top three.

So what Hermione said about... things like it was useless and didn't work, was just because she didn't see it.

And given the current situation, even if there are really some unreasonable things in these departments, the Ministry of Magic will not waste time to solve them.

The most important thing for them now is to solve the problem of Death Eaters. Everything else will have to wait until the situation calms down.

But Hermione also had some very good suggestions, such as the communications within the Ministry of Magic...the traditional paper airplane method is indeed a bit outdated and inefficient.

Kyle thought about it and decided that installing a telephone might not be realistic, but it might be possible to use magic items like the transmission coin. Or he could modify the phone and use alchemy to replace the telephone line with magic words.

Then we can talk to Fred and George to see if they can do it.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was suddenly a loud noise mixed with screams from the distance, and the music stopped abruptly.

"Why, is the dance over?" Harry turned his head subconsciously.

However, when he saw the situation on the dance floor clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

Mr. and Mrs. Tonks, who had just left not long ago, were lying on the ground dying, and behind them were a group of figures wearing cloaks and masks.

Death Eater! Harry would never forget this outfit.

"Damn it, how did they find this place!" Ron shouted in horror.

"The Fidelius Charm has a limited range. It's possible that we have exceeded it but have not discovered it."

Cedric still retained a trace of calm, "And there are the Tonks. If the Death Eaters have been following them, they can also find their approximate location."

"Then what should we do?" Ron turned to look at Harry, "They must be coming for you, let's run!"

He grabbed Harry's arm and wanted to take him away, but unexpectedly, Harry stood there without moving, as if he was under a binding spell.

At this moment, a flash of light whizzed past their heads. It was a Death Eater's spell.

"What are you waiting for, Harry!" Ron shouted anxiously, "Hurry up, or it will be too late."

"Don't panic," Cedric said. "They haven't found us yet."

"No, it will be soon." Kyle said as he stood up and Fox on his shoulder opened his eyes.

"Can they break through the protection of the Fidelius Charm?"

"It has nothing to do with this." Kyle frowned.

"My dear niece, we are here to attend your wedding, why don't you come out to greet us." A sharp voice came from the Death Eaters. "Come out quickly, don't keep the guests waiting for too long."

She took off the mask on her face, revealing a familiar, crazy face, which looked somewhat similar to Mrs. Tonks on the ground, but completely different.

Seeing no movement around her, she suddenly smiled, turned her wrist slightly, and pointed her wand at the Tonks couple on the ground.

"Since you are unwilling to come to greet us, then, Cruciatus..."

"stop!"

With a sharp shout, Tonks took the initiative to walk out of the range of the Fidelius Charm and came in front of the Death Eaters, with Lupin following closely beside her.

"Hehe, Nymphadora Tonks, my dear niece." Bellatrix glanced at them coldly, "I thought my sister marrying a mudblood was shameful enough for us, but I didn't expect her daughter to be even more shameless and actually chose a werewolf..."

"This has nothing to do with you, Bellatrix." Tonks said with a straight face, "You are not welcome here, leave now!"

"You're driving me away? Hahaha..." Bellatrix suddenly laughed neurotically, "...did you hear that...she asked me to leave...hahaha...it's heartbreaking!"

A beam of light shot out from the wand and landed on Mr. Tonks, who immediately curled up into a ball, shaking constantly.

"stop!"

"Fainted!"

"Everyone is petrified!"

Tonks and Lupin immediately fought back, forcing Bellatrix to remove her wand, but this also angered the Death Eaters who followed her, and they also drew their wands, and the battle began in an instant.

The invited bands had never expected something like this to happen. They dropped everything in their hands and fled in all directions, then Disapparated once they were out of the range of the protective magic.

Except for them, everyone else rushed towards the Death Eaters.

Sirius was the first to rush out, using the Shield Charm to help Lupin and Tonks block the first wave of curse attacks.

Mrs. Weasley also joined the fight after she hurriedly pushed Ginny into the house.

"Let's go help too," said Harry, and ran over without looking back.

"Wait!" Hermione stopped him. "They must be looking for you. We have to leave here first."

"I can't do it!" Harry's eyes turned red. "I can't convince myself to just leave, especially here."

Hermione subconsciously glanced at the house not far away. She understood what Harry meant, but her reason told her that she could not let Harry do whatever he wanted.

"No, you have to leave with me." She grabbed Harry's arm and dragged him in the other direction.

You cannot use Apparition within the protection range of the Fidelius Charm, you must get out first.

Ron, who was standing by, hesitated for a moment and then decisively stood on Hermione's side.

"Let me go!" Harry struggled. "Dumbledore is here too. Why should we run? Let me go."

I have to say that Harry's shout was very timely. As soon as he finished speaking, the force on his arm instantly became much weaker.

"Yeah, Dumbledore is here too," Ron blurted out. He looked around, "but where is he? Why hasn't he come out yet? I saw him just now."

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(End of this chapter)