Chapter 653: Kyle was taken away
Chapter 653 Kyle was taken away
When Kyle walked around the eighth floor and returned to the previous corridor, there was no trace of the Room of Requirement on the wall, and it was as if nothing had happened.
At the same time, others also finished inspecting their own floors. Needless to say, no one gained anything.
Some people seemed very unwilling, such as Montaigne and Filch.
"I know they must be doing something tonight." Filch couldn't wait to say as soon as he reached the eighth floor: "Peeves is wreaking havoc on the first floor. I heard his cry."
“Then did you catch anyone?” Kyle asked.
"No," Filch said angrily. "When I rushed over, the people were gone, but I found a large number of footprints. There should be more than a dozen people."
"But we can't catch people by their footprints, Mr. Filch." Kyle glanced at him, "Unless you can take everyone's shoes and compare them one by one."
Filch's face became a little ugly, he snorted coldly, said nothing, turned around and walked downstairs.
He still couldn't figure out why Umbridge asked him to obey the command of a student, when he could do these things himself.
“It’s really rude.” Kyle shook his head and said.
On the other side, Meng Tai was much more honest. Although he was also annoyed that he had not caught anyone, he did not show it. He just stood quietly at the back and tried to reduce his sense of presence.
"Okay, don't be discouraged, everyone." Kyle looked at everyone, "It's just the first day. It's normal to have no results. As long as those people haven't given up on violating school rules, we will catch them one day."
Kyle encouraged everyone a few words, clapped his hands and said: "Now, everyone go back and rest, so as not to be late for class tomorrow."
The Slytherins went downstairs without saying a word, and Kyle also returned to the Hufflepuff common room.
It was already very late, and when he pushed open the barrel door, only Cedric and Connor were sitting there in the common room, passing the time with exploding cards.
"You're finally back." Cedric looked at the time and said with a smile, "But then again, you guys are really working hard to be so busy."
“Who told you to run away early?” Kyle smiled, walked over and sat on the armchair between the two of them.
“How do you feel?” Kangna put down the cards in her hand and asked with interest.
"Hmm... not bad." Kyle said, "If you are interested, I can convince Umbridge to let you be my assistant."
"Let's forget it." Kangna shook her head hastily, "I can't guarantee that I won't expose the secret. It's better if you do it."
"It doesn't matter. The assistant's job is to follow me. There will be no problem." Kyle said.
Kanna was a little excited, mainly because everyone had something to do, and she wanted to help.
"And this is also a rare opportunity." Kyle continued: "You can experience the feeling of fighting wits and courage with the enemy in advance, just like the members of the Order of the Phoenix have always done."
“It should be the head of the Auror office.” Cedric teased: “Don’t forget that you also command a group of Slytherins.”
"If Montague and the others were Aurors, the Ministry of Magic would be finished." Kyle shrugged, "Of course, the same goes for people like me."
Kyle's self-deprecating words made Kangna couldn't help laughing.
Then the three of them chatted in the common room for a while, and it was not until early in the morning that they returned to their dormitories.
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The next day, in order to make the scene look more real, Cedric did not sit next to Kyle as usual during the meal, but deliberately came further away.
Although Kyle felt that there was no need to do this, everyone, including Umbridge, was staring at Gryffindor, and no one knew that he was also a member of the DA, but Cedric was happy with it, and even From time to time he raised his head and glared at Kyle with a vicious look.
It’s just that his acting skills are really not that good. Kyle has to purse his lips to barely stop laughing.
But correspondingly, the attitude of the Slytherin students towards him became much more friendly.
As soon as the Charms class ended, several Slytherins came around to chat with Kyle and invited him to play at home during the Christmas holidays.
"Our family holds a dance every Christmas holiday. You must not miss it. It is much more lively than the school dance last year..." said a sixth-grade Slytherin. "And there will be many big shots coming, including Minister Fudge occasionally. Will come too."
"Really? That's really good. If I have time then, I will definitely go." Kyle said while quietly speeding up his pace.
But just as they left the classroom corridor, they were stopped by two people on their way to the auditorium.
"Weasley..." Before Kyle could speak, a Slytherin stood up and said, "What do you want to do!"
“It has nothing to do with you, we are not here to find you.” Fred glanced at him, then looked at Kyle fiercely and said, “Do you dare to come with us?”
“Of course, why not.” Kyle said with a smile. Then he motioned for the others to go first, and he took Connor and Fred to another empty corridor.
As soon as he walked out of everyone's sight, the expression on Fred's face changed.
"How did you do it?" He tried to control his excitement and said in a low voice: "Our suspension has been revoked... I, George, and Harry can all continue playing."
“Oh, that’s good.” Kyle said with a smile, “Congratulations.”
“But how on earth did you manage to make that old toad Umbridge change her decision?” Fred asked again.
He was so curious.
Umbridge has been here for so long, and she has never heard of anyone making her take back the punishment, not even once.
Including Professor McGonagall's visit to her a few days ago, it did not change Professor Trelawney's situation of being retained for inspection.
"I just wrote a letter to the Malfoy family." Kyle said.
"It's that simple?"
"certainly."
Fred was a little unconvinced, but before he could ask any more questions, George from the other side of the corridor waved and interrupted him.
The next second, they heard a mess of footsteps.
Someone is coming.
There was no other way. Fred could only put on a fierce posture again and said loudly: "Let's wait and see, don't let us see you again!"
With that said, he and George walked quickly to the other side of the corridor, and left the corridor before Umbridge came over.
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The next week it was like this.
Cedric was fine, but Fred and George had to chat with Kyle on the sly, or go to the Room of Requirement after curfew.
At first they found it interesting, but as time went by it became a bit boring.
"Let's wait a little longer...Maybe those Slytherins will go home during the Christmas holidays." Fred said after another DA gathering.
As usual, they went to see off other students, and Kyle walked in front of them in case anyone suddenly appeared.
Everything went well until midnight.
Kyle was already preparing to go back, but Professor McGonagall suddenly came over and came to Kyle in front of everyone.
"Dumbledore is looking for you, come with me." Then, she took Kyle away without any explanation, leaving only a group of Slytherins standing there in panic.
"Damn it, why did the principal intervene?" A fifth-year student couldn't help but said: "What should we do, go to Professor Umbridge?"
"No, don't move." Montague looked at the direction where Kyle was taken away, rolled his eyes, and said in a gloating tone: "Isn't it the principal? We should believe in Kyle, he will definitely be able to solve this problem. Troublesome."
“But…” The man wanted to say something else.
“So, didn’t you hear what I said just now?” Montague took two steps forward and looked at him coldly.
Looking at the tall Montague, the man immediately shook his head, "No, I didn't."
"That's good." Mrs. Montagnard nodded with satisfaction, "And it's so late, so we'd better not disturb Professor Umbridge's rest. Now, let's all go back to the common room. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."
Mengtai's words were immediately agreed by some people, and they unanimously chose to hide it, as if nothing had happened, and went downstairs talking and laughing.
Malfoy stayed at the back of the team. He glanced in the direction of the principal's office, a trace of confusion flashed across his expression.
But under the constant urging of Pansy and Crabbe, he finally took a deep breath and followed the others.
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(End of this chapter)