"Inspecting the castle? Of course there is no problem with that."

When Kyle found Nick nearly headless in the third-floor hallway, he readily took the job and dove headfirst into the ceiling above.

But soon he floated back.

"But can I ask why... or what I need to pay special attention to when I'm on patrol?"

"Let's see if there are any suspicious people." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "Professor McGonagall suspects that Voldemort is still in the castle, so..."

Before Kyle could finish his words, he was interrupted by a sudden scream.

"Oh, Merlin's beard, who do you say is in the castle?"

Kyle didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the nearly headless Nick looked a little paler than before.

"Don't get excited, Sir Porpington." Kyle explained quickly: "Of course Voldemort is not in the castle. Professor McGonagall did this just in case... just like when you go out, you always look back to see if the door is locked.

"Besides, Lord Porpington, I don't understand why you are afraid. Even if Voldemort is really here, he can't do anything to you."

Nearly Headless Nick froze for a moment.

Yes, why should he be afraid of a ghost?

"Well, although I don't need to open the door to get out of the room, I think you are right."

As if trying to redeem his embarrassing image, Nick, who was almost headless, tried hard to put on a serious look.

"How about this, I'll invite my friends to help. You know, I have a lot of ghost friends. We can check every corner of the castle as quickly as possible, and we don't have to worry about safety issues."

"Of course, everyone knows that Lord Porpington of Hogwarts has a wide range of friends," Kyle said with a smile.

As a ghost, I like to hear compliments.

Almost Headless Nick instantly forgot the embarrassment just now and happily went across the ceiling to shake the ghost.

Then Kyle came to the school gate again.

"Kingsley, I never thought that the Auror staying in Hogwarts would be you."

"Very lucky, right?" Kingsley said with a smile, "My current job is much easier than my colleagues in the Ministry of Magic."

"That's not wrong."

"I heard you disappeared in the castle before." Kingsley asked, "What happened? Even Chris is here."

"Nothing, just a misunderstanding."

"Okay, I'm glad you're alright." Kingsley nodded, "What do you want to see me about this time?"

"Professor McGonagall wants the Aurors and the strikers to check the Forbidden Forest again to see if there are any fish hiding in it that have escaped the net."

Having learned from the previous lesson, Kyle simply did not mention Voldemort this time and skipped this paragraph directly.

Anyway, Voldemort would definitely not appear here, so it would save other people from being nervous for no reason.

"Okay, no problem." Kingsley agreed after just a moment's thought.

"I will leave a few people to guard here, but you have to ask Minerva to find a professor who is familiar with the Forbidden Forest to help lead the way."

"That's no problem. You can just go find Hagrid. He lives in the cabin next to the Forbidden Forest."

"Oh, it's the one with the pumpkin patch in front." Kyle suddenly remembered that he and Hagrid were neighbors, and quickly reminded him.

"I see." Kingsley nodded and walked towards Hogsmeade.

To be honest, patrolling around all the time is a very boring thing. It's rare that Professor McGonagall has such a request, and he also wants to move.

What's more, the target this time is the Forbidden Forest.

There is no wizard who has graduated from Hogwarts who is not curious about the Forbidden Forest. This time, he can enter it openly, which is a rare opportunity and allows him to experience something that he could not experience at school.

After Kingsley left, Kyle returned to the Quidditch pitch, where Professor McGonagall was.

Professor McGonagall seemed to be waiting for him too.

After seeing Kyle, she didn't say a word, just nodded and continued walking forward naturally.

The two of them did not try to hide themselves at all and were soon discovered by the people on the other side.

"Professor McGonagall..." Connor stood up nervously, "I..."

"You don't have to say anything, Miss Prince. I already know everything." Professor McGonagall shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to be nervous.

Then she looked up at the middle-aged wizard behind her.

"Severus..."

"…It's me." Snape said after a moment's silence.

Professor McGonagall moved her mouth, wanting to say something, but felt it was inappropriate. She hesitated for a long time before finally looking at Snape.

"Your Transfiguration is really not that good, full of loopholes. I don't understand why you don't use Polyjuice Potion?"

"That's what I was thinking of doing..." Snape hadn't expected that Professor McGonagall's first words would be an evaluation of his Transfiguration.

"But I couldn't get his hair when he passed by me."

Kyle subconsciously looked over Snape's head.

Hmm... his hair volume is better than Slughorn's, but it's still a cruel thing to pull out a single hair.

Kyle pursed his lips tightly to prevent himself from laughing.

Even Professor McGonagall's mouth curled up for a moment, but it quickly disappeared.

But the topic was finally opened, and the two skipped the greetings.

"I have just read the memory left by Albus." Professor McGonagall said bluntly, "So there are some things you don't need to explain to me, including the fact that you are delivering messages for Albus. I already know it."

"I must first apologize to you. Before this, I always thought you were a traitor to Hogwarts."

"You don't need to apologize, Minerva." Snape shook his head and said, "Because I am indeed a traitor."

"That's different," said Professor McGonagall, holding out her hand. "I'm glad we didn't end up as enemies. Welcome back, Severus."

"Thanks."

The two held each other's hands as if they had just met.

"But Severus, there are some things I must tell you in advance, as a reminder as a colleague."

Professor McGonagall said solemnly: "First of all, that memory can prove your innocence, but that's all... There are still some questions that the memory doesn't have answers to, and you need to tell us.

"I think you know what I'm talking about."

"Yes, I know." Snape nodded.

What else could it be? Of course it was because he rescued Voldemort.

Snape had already thought of what to say about this.

"That's good." Professor McGonagall didn't say anything else.

"Before coming here, I had asked Everett to use his portrait in the Ministry to tell Amelia about this.

As she spoke, Professor McGonagall glanced at Connor again and said, "Or we can go later, but it's best not to keep her waiting too long."

"No, no need." Snape changed back to his original appearance, which caused a series of inhalations from the surroundings.

They had already noticed Professor McGonagall and Kyle coming here, and had been looking over here.

After seeing the middle-aged wizard turn into Snape, they all showed an expression of disbelief, and some even took out their wands.

This action also shows Snape's attitude... After being exposed in front of everyone, he can no longer stay here.

"Now that you've made your decision... very good," Professor McGonagall said softly.

After seeing that memory, her attitude towards Snape underwent a very complicated change.

She really wanted to sympathize with Snape. He was really helpless in the first memory. Even after learning that Lily was killed by Snape, his distraught look was very distressing.

However, Professor McGonagall knew who was responsible for all this. If Snape had not leaked the contents of the prophecy, Voldemort would not have hunted down Lily at all.

When she thought of this, Professor McGonagall could no longer feel sympathy for him. However, the way he tried his best to make amends later made her resentment dissipate a lot.

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"Let us go," said Professor McGonagall. "I sincerely hope that we can continue to be colleagues, Severus."

"Me too."

"So, do you need help?" Kyle, who had been watching from the side, finally found the opportunity to speak.

“There should be quite a few people who have heard the news and are heading this way now… In order to avoid being blocked by others, I can ask Fox to give you a ride.

"It only takes three herbs to get to the Ministry of Magic immediately. How about that? It's a good deal, and no one else has this opportunity."

"Fawkes..." Professor McGonagall lowered her head and thought, "That's possible..."

"Need not!"

Snape almost jumped up on the spot like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"I'd rather walk from here to the Ministry of Magic than be carried by the Phoenix."

Professor McGonagall didn't expect Snape to react so strongly, and looked at him with some confusion.

"Believe me, Minerva, I don't mind walking from here to the school gate." Snape looked at her with a serious face, "And after that, unless it is absolutely necessary, you must, must not let the Phoenix Apparate with you."

"Don't ask what happened." Seeing that Professor McGonagall was about to speak, Snape spoke first: "Just treat it as a kind advice between colleagues. Stay away from the Phoenix."

Professor McGonagall didn't quite understand what this meant, but seeing that Snape looked like he had a stomachache, she didn't ask any further questions.

Kyle was a little unhappy.

How could he say that to Fox? It was so rude. If Fox hadn't taken him to that forest, he might not have been able to come back from there.

It's a pity that Snape is so resistant that we can't take new photos of him...

Kyle sighed and put the camera he was going to give to Phoenix back into his leather bag.

But he was not wrong about one thing.

Ever since Snape showed up, more and more people gathered around, and only because Professor McGonagall was there did they not gather around.

And more people are rushing here, including Aurors and strikers. It is estimated that it won’t be long before this place will be surrounded by people.

"There's no other way... I don't know if it will work, let's give it a try." Professor McGonagall took out her wand and muttered something in a low voice.

After a few seconds, something seemed to flash.

Then Professor McGonagall grabbed Snape's arm forcefully.

“Bang!”

With a crisp sound, the two of them disappeared at the same time.

"Apparition, how is this possible!" Someone shouted in surprise, "Apparition is prohibited in Hogwarts..."

As he said this, he tried it himself, but his face turned red and the position did not change at all.

That's right, Apparition is prohibited in Hogwarts, but what happened just now...

"It's the principal's privilege," Kyle said, explaining to Connor, who was also a little dazed, "The principal of Hogwarts has the right to lift restrictions on some areas.

"For example, when sixth graders learn to Apparate, they will do so in an area where restrictions have been lifted."

"Yeah." Kanna nodded.

She looked at Kyle, "My uncle told me everything, thank you..."

"Thank me?"

"You saved him, I know." Connor glanced at the direction where Snape disappeared. "Although he didn't want to say it, I know it must be you who saved him. Thank you."

Kyle shook his head and looked at Kanna's wrist.

"Actually, strictly speaking, it was you who saved him."

The Phoenix bracelet had been returned by Snape and now appeared on Connor's wrist again.

But of the original two phoenixes, only one is left now.

"I never thought you would give that to him," Kyle said, "but it's a good thing you did, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to come back so easily."

In that situation, only magic targeting the soul could drive away Voldemort who was parasitic on Snape, otherwise he might become the next Quirrell and grow a face on the back of his head.

But Kyle's magic is limited, and the only spell he knows that can target the soul seems to be the Fiery One.

Burning the soul... maybe that's the way it should be...

But this certainly doesn't apply to Snape.

If the Killing Curse didn't work, he would have to let Rosier try the Cruciatus Curse.

Voldemort's soul is fragile to begin with, so he will definitely collapse and escape first. But if this happens, Snape will definitely suffer as well, and over time his soul may also have problems.

It is better to use the Killing Curse directly. It is convenient, straightforward, and you don’t have to worry about other problems.

It's just a bit luxurious.

"I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to work." Kanna raised her wrist and took a look. "After all, I wanted to give it to you several times before, but I couldn't take it off."

"It should be related to the potion. Its main ingredient, the Phoenix Potion, was brewed by Snape."

Kyle shrugged. "It's a pity that it can only help you resist the Killing Curse once in the future."

"Well..." Connor put her hand down again. "It doesn't matter if both chances have been used up. Like you said, the Phoenix Potion was originally brewed by Uncle Snape. This can be considered as returning it to its original owner."

"and……"

Connor looked up at Kyle, paused, and then whispered, "With you here, I never have to worry about any spells, right?"

"So it's just a pretty ornament to me, that's all."

…

(End of this chapter)