"So there are only a few ways to break the Fear Curse. I don't know if what I wrote is enough. I only remember five."

"And the question about the Patronus Charm..."

"Hermione!" Ron interrupted her with a straight face. "The exams are over. We don't want to take them again after every exam. That's too much torture."

Harry nodded in agreement.

Mainly because it was too torturous to hear Hermione's answers. For example, he only remembered two ways to break the Fear Curse, so how did Hermione write down five...

If he continued listening, he might lose his mind.

"It's you guys. How do you feel?" Kyle arrived at the castle on time and happened to meet the three of them.

Hermione's eyes lit up and she walked over quickly.

But before she could say anything, Kyle turned around and walked straight past the three people.

"Professor McGonagall, I heard from Hagrid that you were looking for me..."

Hermione stood there, her mouth slightly open...

Harry walked over to Hermione and whispered, "I guess he just said hello to us... didn't really expect an answer."

"I... okay..." Hermione took a deep breath and had to hold back the words.

"But thanks to Kyle, he told us how to use the dreamless sleeping potion and the appropriate dosage last night."

Hermione turned her head sharply. "Kyle knew that too..."

"I know." Harry nodded. "I almost broke that bottle of potion. It was Kyle who helped me."

"No wonder he suggested that I drink a cup of hot cocoa." Remin scratched her hair, "You really shouldn't have given me the dreamless sleeping potion, otherwise I would definitely be able to read the book again..."

"And come to the exam drowsy?" Ron couldn't help but ask.

"You didn't sleep much in the past few days, and you didn't sleep during class either. You relied on sober potions to stay awake. But now is the most rigorous wizard exam in NEWT. If you do this again, you will be considered cheating...

"Or do you want to take the exam with a tired brain?"

Hermione moved her mouth, but surprisingly did not refute Ron.

Because she knew very well that these words were all true, and she had indeed been a little too nervous in recent days, and she couldn't accept that she had not reviewed before the exam.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Hermione said in a small voice.

"What did you say?" Ron was stunned for a moment, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"I mean...thank you," Hermione said. "To be honest, today is the best day I've ever been in."

"Well, you're welcome..."

As the three of them talked, they came to the auditorium to have lunch… This place was originally an examination room, but now it has magically turned back into a restaurant.

…

The exam continued in the afternoon, which was a practical exam.

Students filed into the rooms they needed to go to.

Sitting in the classroom were Professor Machiban and another professor, who were mainly responsible for the practical exams in the afternoon.

In addition, Professor Kyle is also among them.

Because of Snape's absence, Professor Sinistra and Trelawney were injured in the last war and have been receiving treatment at St. Mungo's, which resulted in a shortage of professors at Hogwarts.

Then Professor McGonagall pushed Kyle over.

Fortunately, this job is relatively easy.

The Wizarding Examinations Authority must be in charge of the examinations. His task is to deal with some emergencies, such as...

"Clear water like a spring!"

Kyle moved his wand, and a spring of water fell from the sky, pouring on Padma Patil, a seventh-year Gryffindor student, and helping her put out the fire that had just ignited on her body.

That's his job.

Some students always try to seize every opportunity before the exam to practice spells and wand movements, but because of nervousness, they always make all kinds of mistakes.

Just now, Padma Patil swung her wand too vigorously and accidentally poked her own robe.

"Put away your wands!" Kyle waved his wand again, and the water gathered into a ball and jumped away from Petil, reminding him: "If entering this door is considered a formal exam, then you can go back now."

Padmapatil's face flushed and she thanked Kyle repeatedly.

Kyle waved his hand, "Go find Professor Tofty, she's free now."

Patil hurried away.

The person behind her in the queue was Harry, who also looked nervous, but fortunately he didn't wave his wand around randomly.

Kyle pointed to where Professor Marchbank was and he immediately ran over.

I don’t know if it was affected by the war between Voldemort and Hogwarts, but almost all the seventh-year students who stayed in school were injured to varying degrees, so the content of this year’s NEWT is much simpler than last year.

The content of the spell practice class is just the Flying Spell and the Color-Changing Spell. To be honest, questions of this level are not difficult even in OWL.

There was also a practical Transfiguration test on the second day, which was also a simple bird spell.

"In fact, when they decided to stay in Hogwarts and be ready to face the Death Eaters at any time, they no longer needed the so-called certificate." Professor Marchbank answered Kyle's questions during dinner.

"So in my opinion, this exam is just a formality. Making it simpler will allow more people to get the certificate."

“But what about the students who didn’t stay?”

"These people are only a minority after all, aren't they?" Professor Marchbank smiled, then cut a piece of steak and said casually: "I have always felt that there are too many questions related to the Dark Arts in this written test, but Bones thinks it is okay."

Black magic...

Kyle blinked and understood.

Of course, there would definitely not be any questions about using dark magic in the Hogwarts exams, the only questions would be about how to break the spells against dark magic.

And in the war some time ago, the thing that was most lacking was black magic. It can be said that those who participated in the war at that time had prepared for this NEWT written test in advance.

And the memory is deep...

Kyle smiled and said nothing more.

The above are just his guesses. This exam will not target anyone...

…

After that was the Herbology exam, but this time Kyle did not go to help. Instead, he went to the Hogwarts Astronomy Tower with Professor Marchbank.

Here he saw a man.

Draco Malfoy and Professor McGonagall were also there.

After not seeing him for a while, he looked much more haggard than before, and his beautiful platinum hair was limply sticking to his head. If he could hold on a little longer, perhaps he could get the same hairstyle as Snape.

"Professor Marchbank, I think Bones should have told you about it." Professor McGonagall came over and asked,

"Yeah." Marchbank responded with a serious face. "So he is the student who can't take the exam with others?"

"What does this have to do with the exam?" Marchbank frowned. "You should go find Bones and the Wizengamot."

"That's right," said Professor McGonagall, "but his father, Lucius Malfoy, thinks he should take the NEWT exam, and Dumbledore has promised to let him return to Hogwarts.

"I have discussed this with Bones."

Professor McGonagall did consult Amelia Bones about this matter, right after the last hearing.

Bones agreed.

It is said that Lucius Malfoy donated a large sum of money, which just solved the current problem of the Ministry of Magic. In addition, his purpose was not to escape guilt, but to compensate. He just mentioned in passing that he wanted Draco to take the exam.

It was just an exam, and Bones had no reason to refuse.

"Okay, I understand." Marchbank walked up to Draco Malfoy and looked at his weak appearance.

"Are you sure you can do it?" She frowned, "Why don't you come back tomorrow?"

"No, no problem." Draco Malfoy patted his cheek and took out his wand.

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Because he couldn't take the exam with others, coupled with some other factors, Draco Malfoy had been taking written exams here these days.

The same applies when others are resting.

While others had just finished two exams, he had already finished all the written exams. Professor McGonagall was also here, acting as the examiner.

She had originally suggested that Malfoy not be so anxious and could take a good rest before continuing with the practical exam, but Malfoy insisted on doing it now.

So she called Professor Marchbank and Kyle.

"I need to go to the Ministry of Magic immediately to prepare for Severus' second hearing." Professor McGonagall said to Kyle, "Would you mind assisting Professor Marchbank here?"

"Sure, no problem." Kyle agreed without even thinking about it.

"That's great." Professor McGonagall rubbed her forehead.

With the Hogwarts exams and hearings happening at the same time, she's been under a lot of pressure lately.

Soon, Professor McGonagall left the Astronomy Tower, and after learning what happened, Professor Marchbank didn't say anything and started the exam directly.

Because there was only Malfoy, there was no need to queue, so efficiency became much higher.

In just a few hours, Malfoy finished most of the exam content and started brewing potions.

Kyle conjured himself a chair and sat on it, watching Malfoy grinding lionfish bone powder vigorously.

He wondered why Lucius had to have Draco Malfoy take this NEWT test.

Did he really need those certificates? Although the Malfoy family had been cheated of a lot of money by Voldemort, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, as can be seen from the fact that he could still donate to the Ministry of Magic.

The Malfoy family still has savings, and the amount is not small, enough for Draco to squander.

Could it be that Lucius felt that just donating money was too much of a loss, so he made a request? As soon as this thought came to his mind, Kyle shook his head.

Probably not, Malfoy wouldn't do such a boring thing.

"He should be the first one..." Professor Marchbank suddenly spoke, bringing Kyle back to his senses.

"First what?" he asked.

"A student who was expelled from Hogwarts but took the NEWT exam." Marchbank had a strange expression on his face.

“Not many students were expelled from Hogwarts, especially after Albus became the headmaster, even fewer students were expelled by him, only him.

"A serious Death Eater can return to Hogwarts as a student to take exams... Isn't it amazing?"

The student's identity...

Kyle's head snapped up.

He felt that he seemed to have guessed what Lucius was thinking.

Draco had been expelled, and even if he returned to Hogwarts to attend classes for a period of time, it could not change his status as a dropout.

But things were different after taking the NEWT test.

There was a Hogwarts emblem on the certificate. As long as Draco could get a certificate, he would be able to get rid of his status as a dropout.

This identity seems useless and there are a lot of people with it in the UK, but it can help Draco completely get rid of his identity as a Death Eater.

Whenever someone mentioned that Draco was once a Death Eater, he could take out the certificate and slap it in their face.

"Look, even Hogwarts has accepted me back and allowed me to take the graduation exam. Why are you still holding on to me?"

Thinking of this, Kyle curled the corners of his mouth.

What Snape needed to attend two hearings to accomplish, Draco Malfoy only needed to take one exam.

How should I put it? This is indeed the cunning Malfoy...

However, Dumbledore also promised to let Draco Malfoy return to school.

…

It was almost noon when Malfoy finally finished his Potions exam and handed a bottle of ecstasy to Professor Marchbanks.

…It should be a stimulant, even though the color isn’t quite right, but that’s the title.

The two then left the Astronomy Tower together.

Kyle followed behind.

Malfoy didn't stay with them for long. He seemed to have other things to do and knew that he was not welcome at the moment, so after leaving the astronomy tower, he left the school by another route.

Professor Marchbank also had to take his test papers back to pack, so Kyle was the only one going to the auditorium to eat.

Lunch should have already started by this time, and Kyle couldn't help but quicken his pace.

But just as he walked into the courtyard.

"Is this Hogwarts? An old castle with ugly decorations... It doesn't look very good."

An elderly witch stood in front of a stone statue. She was wearing a well-fitting dark blue dress, and her gray hair was neatly tied into a bun. However, there was an undisguised disdain in her tone.

Kyle paused.

"Venda Rozier!"

"It's me." Rozier turned around and laughed, "Don't look at me like that. If it wasn't for his request, I wouldn't want to do this..."

She couldn't help but glance at the cracks on the stone statue and frowned slightly. "By the way, don't you have the money to replace a decoration at Hogwarts? I always thought that this place should be similar to Beauxbatons."

"This is an antique from a thousand years ago, a real treasure, and it can't be bought with Galleons." Kyle retorted.

Although he didn't know when these statues appeared in Hogwarts, it didn't affect his words.

After all, Wenda Rozier didn't know either.

…

(End of this chapter)