Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 824 The mysterious silent man

 “Hey, boy, why are you back again!”

On the second floor of the Pig Head Bar, Aberforth's portrait looked at Kyle standing in front of him and said dissatisfiedly: "You must have remembered that you also need to pay for occupying a seat."

“Of course, fifty galleons, ten times, and Professor Dumbledore will pay for it afterwards.” Kyle sighed quietly.

 He was kicked out by Professor McGonagall.

If he hadn't pointed out Professor McGonagall's purpose, he might have been able to stay in the school by pretending to be stupid, but the problem was that he had pointed it out, and Professor McGonagall had personally admitted that she didn't want Kyle to stay in the school.

As the real talker in the school, Professor McGonagall really didn’t want Kyle to stay, even though he made many excuses to no avail.

Professor McGonagall even used a secret passage in the school to allow him to leave Hogwarts without alerting anyone... which is why he appeared in the Hog's Head Bar.

 Because the exit of the secret passage is right here, and the entrance is in the Room of Requirement.

Dumbledore should have told her...so that she could use this secret passage to send away students when Hogwarts was in crisis.

Professor McGonagall’s meaning is also very obvious. She wants to use the time turner to save Dumbledore herself, instead of letting Kyle go.

 In order to ensure that this matter is foolproof, the best way is to get the most critical thing first...the time turner.

 In fact, what Professor McGonagall said to Kyle before was also true.

 She did go to Nicoléme's estate once when she was young.

At that time, Dumbledore had just become the headmaster of Hogwarts. He was probably happy, so he took advantage of Mrs. Perenelle's 600th birthday to take some of the professors he was more optimistic about to Devon County. See the world.

At that time, in addition to Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout was also there.

It turns out that Dumbledore had a good vision, and the two of them later became the dean.

Professor Flitwick originally had a spot for him...but because he had to compete in a duel competition and had time conflicts, he had to give up going.

As for Slytherin’s Head of House, Slughorn...he missed the departure time because he drank too much at the dinner party the day before.

Until now, Slughorn beat his legs in annoyance every time he thought about this matter. Of course, this did not prevent him from continuing to hold dinner parties and getting drunk at the dinner parties.

Of course, Kyle didn’t know this.

The portrait of Aberforth on the second floor was still chattering. Kyle glanced at him and asked, "Why didn't you tell me before that there is a secret passage leading to Hogwarts hidden here? Knowing it’s that simple, I won’t go to great lengths to turn myself into an owl.”

"It's no use, even if I tell you, it's no use." There were footsteps behind him, and Aberforth's own voice.

 At some point, he had arrived on the second floor and was staring at Kyle.

"The secret passage you just used is one-way. In other words, it can only be opened from Hogwarts. I am only an exit and cannot enter."

"Is that so? I misunderstood." Kyle scratched his hair and prepared to walk outside.

 “Wait a minute.” Behind him, Aberforth suddenly stopped him.

 “What’s wrong?” Kyle turned around and asked.

"Your Principal Dumbledore, he..." Aberforth opened his mouth hesitantly, then shook his head, "Forget it, it's nothing, get out of here."

 Aberforth turned and walked down the stairs.

 “It’s really baffling,” Kyle said.

He came to the window and glanced in the direction of the Shrieking Shack.

There was a new shop there, an ice cream shop. A somewhat bald middle-aged man was sitting next to it, with no intention of soliciting customers. Even if someone came to the door, he would not care at all and just scooped a big spoonful of it. , and then randomly buckle it on the ice cream cone.

Except for the large serving size, everything else is completely inferior to the ice cream shop in Diagon Alley, especially in terms of appearance. The ice cream is neither round nor square, as if it was chewed by a dog.

 This person should be Sirius.

I have to say that his hiding job was terrible. Even if Kyle didn't know anything, he could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with him.

 Let’s not talk about doing what you do and loving what you do, at least it should be normal. Who would be so perfunctory about making money? It’s not difficult to make an ice cream...

Moreover, Kyle looked at the silver coin handed over by the customer, and the corner of his mouth twitched again.

 One sickle, a lump of ice cream bigger than a fist. No wonder the service attitude is so bad but there is still business.

 But can his store really make money?

Kyle only watched it for a while before he couldn't stand it any longer. He left the window and used Apparition to leave the Pig's Head Bar.

 …

Now he definitely couldn't stay in Hogwarts anymore. He had to find something to do on his own. Kyle first went back to St. Catchpole Village.

Chris has gone to work at the Ministry of Magic and is not at home.

 Kyle sat on the sofa, poured himself a cup of black tea, and began to think about what had happened recently.

For some unknown reason, he was not worried that Professor McGonagall would get the time turner first, even though she was fully prepared.

Kyle always felt that the whole thing was a bit too coincidental, and Nico, he seemed to know something, and what was the use of the 'juice' he drank...

Kyle thought so, but because he stayed up all night yesterday and now suddenly returned home, after relaxing his mind, his consciousness gradually became blurred, and finally he fell asleep directly on the sofa.

This night Kyle slept very deeply and didn't wake up until noon.

Although it was only a few hours, he felt as if he had slept all day. All the fatigue was swept away, except that his arms were a little numb, as if he had been pressed down by a car.

Kyle turned his head, struggled to pick up the chubby cat nives lying on his arm, threw it aside, then stood up and moved his numb arms.

Chris hasn’t come back yet, so Kyle found a few slices of bread and made a sandwich with a few slices of baked ham. It was considered lunch.

 He really missed his days at Beauxbatons now. No matter what else he said, at least the food there was really good.

Kyle finished his sandwich and walked outside.

 He decided to go to the Ministry of Magic.

 Because he had a feeling in his heart that the task of going back in time to save Dumbledore would definitely fall on him, no matter how well arranged it was by Professor McGonagall.

 But he still remembered, whether it was Godric Gryffindor or Salazar Slytherin. I told him never to touch the time turner.

 But now because of Dumbledore's incident, he may have to use a time turner.

 In this case, Kyle wanted to find a professional to ask.

 The first thing he thought of was Diana, who worked in the Department of Mysteries.

 The existing time turners are all kept in the Department of Mysteries. No one knows them better than the Silent Man. Maybe she can give him some advice.

　　　Go as you say.

After Kyle got dressed, he went directly to the Weasley house next door.

After rejecting Mrs. Weasley's offer to stay for lunch for the third time, Kyle finally managed to enter the fireplace and use the Floo network to reach the Ministry of Magic.

By the time he arrived at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Chris was just about to go out, and the two of them bumped into each other in the corridor.

"Kyle..." Chris looked a little surprised, "What are you doing at the Ministry of Magic?"

"Dad." Kyle asked bluntly: "I have something to ask my mother. Can I go to the Department of Mysteries?" "The Department of Mysteries... I'm afraid I can't do this." Chris frowned, "It's very important. Something?"

"This is related to something I might do in the future." Kyle said, "It's relatively important."

"Then you'd better think of other ways in advance." Chris shook his head, "Since a long time ago, the door leading to the Department of Mysteries has been locked, and no one except the Silent Man can open it. not open."

 “You can’t do it either?”

"Not even the Minister of Magic." Chris shook his head and said, "The Department of Mysteries is independent of the Ministry of Magic. It can even be said to be unrelated to each other. It just happens to work in the same place.

“So, when the door is locked, only the silent person can open it.”

 “Is that so?” Kyle was a little disappointed.

"But... it's not completely impossible." Chris thought for a moment and said: "I remember that in order to better understand what's going on outside, they also left a silent man outside. If you can find that person, you can Ask the other person to help you pass the message.

"Your mother gets along well with other silent people. If you identify yourself, they should be willing to help."

 “Is that person...at the Ministry of Magic?” Kyle asked.

"I don't know." Chris shook his head. "No one knows where the silent man is, not even whether he is a man or a woman. The other person's existence is completely confidential."

“However, you should have met that person before.”

 “The night of Lupine’s wedding!” Kyle blurted out.

 That night, after Kyle picked up the others from the Hog's Head Bar, he met Chris, who came to check on the situation, and the silent man wearing a black hood next to him.

According to Chris, the man came to check on the situation for Diana. After seeing that he was intact and uninjured, he disappeared again.

This is also the only time Kyle has encountered a silent person other than Diana in recent years, so he remembers it clearly.

"Yes, that's that person." Chris nodded, "I met him in the hall of the Ministry of Magic at that time. If he...let's call him that for now, if he didn't come to the Ministry of Magic deliberately to find me, it would explain He is already here.

“After all, if the silent man in the Department of Mysteries wants to know more information, the Ministry of Magic is the best choice.

"You can try your luck. Go to the lobby first, and then take the elevator to the ninth floor where the Department of Mysteries is located. If you repeat this a few times, you may be able to attract the other party's attention."

 After saying that, Chris glanced at the elevator that had just come down, and hurried over, and Kyle followed him up.

“I’m sorry, I might not be able to accompany you there,” Chris said.

"It doesn't matter, I can do it myself." Kyle said, he glanced at Chris, "What, someone else's magical animal escaped?"

"It's more troublesome than this." Chris sighed, "I don't know who did what. The black dragons in the Heshidry Islands have become more and more violent recently. Several black dragons even broke into other dragons' territories and fought with each other. "

 “A mysterious person?” Kyle asked subconsciously.

When such an unusual thing happened, the first thing he thought of was the mysterious person and his Death Eaters. Even if it wasn't them, he wouldn't feel guilty if he took the blame.

"Probably not..." Chris thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "If it is the mysterious man, he should be wooing or threatening the dragon farmers in the Heshidry Islands and letting them bring fire dragons to join the Death Eaters. Grow his own power, just as he did to the giants.

“In fact, Newt has already found out part of the reason before. According to him, the black dragon felt the sudden surge of magic power nearby, and then it started to become violent..."

"Strange..." Kyle muttered to himself: "Why does the Heshidry Islands have a magic reaction?"

Black dragons are different from other fire dragons in that they are very sensitive to magic. As long as the wizard uses a magic, even the simplest lighting spell will be regarded as a provocation by them.

So this kind of fire dragon can only be taken care of by specialized dragon farmers for generations in the Heshidry Islands. For the safety of wizards, the use of magic is generally prohibited there.

Kyle couldn't figure out who would be so impatient that he would go to that place to seek death. After all, the magic reaction was too violent. For example, if a large-scale magic was released, it would be possible for dozens of people to be killed. Chased with the black dragon.

There were dozens of fire dragons, and they were also the black dragons with the highest magic resistance. Even if Dumbledore encountered them, he would have no choice but to run away.

"Is it okay?" Kyle asked worriedly, "Do you want me to go with you?"

"No need." Chris waved his hand, "Newt has already gone ahead, and Mr. Lima, do you remember him? You two met before at the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary."

 “The Monster Book of Monsters?”

"Yes, that's his work." Chris said, "So you can't help much."

 The elevator came to the main hall and the two people walked out.

Chris glanced around and said, "No...I can't recognize who that person was at that time. Maybe you can try a few more times to attract the other person's attention."

 “Okay.” Kyle nodded.

 Chris left in a hurry after that.

Kyle followed what he said and took the elevator again to the ninth floor.

This place is still the same as before, the walls are empty, there are no doors or windowsills.

Kyle came to the end of the corridor. There was supposed to be a black door here, but it was gone now, leaving only a bare wall.

 No wonder Chris said no one could get in, there wasn’t even a door, so of course they couldn’t get in.

Kyle groped around for a while, but still found nothing, and no one came to contact him.

 There was no other way, so Kyle had no choice but to take the elevator back to the main hall, walk around in a circle and then return here.

I repeated this process back and forth five times, and finally when I arrived at the ninth floor for the sixth time, there was one more person here.

A man wearing a black hood who blended in perfectly with the surrounding environment. Kyle was even startled when he first saw him and didn't even notice how he appeared here.

 “Are you, the Silent Man?” Kyle asked in a low voice, looking at the other person carefully.

He had an idea that maybe this person was Dumbledore pretending to be Dumbledore. After all, his identity as a silent man allowed him to hide perfectly without being discovered by anyone.

But soon Kyle was a little disappointed to find that judging from the figure, this person should be a witch, not Dumbledore...

Facing Kyle's inquiry, the other party did not speak and just nodded.

"That's great." Kyle said happily, "You should know me, we met before, at Grimmauld Place."

The other party nodded again, but this time she finally spoke, "You've been here five times, what's the matter?"

Just as Kyle thought, what came from the hood was the voice of a witch. It was very hoarse, and he didn’t know whether it was like that or was deliberately disguised.

But Kyle didn’t pay much attention to this. He looked at the other party in confusion, “Did you know I came five times?”

“I know everyone who comes to the ninth floor.” The other person took a step to the left, and the black robe on his body was like water, perfectly blending into the wall.

“Then why didn’t you come out at that time?” Kyle couldn’t help but said, “You made me run back and forth six times.”

“If you could just ask if anyone is there, you wouldn’t have to make so many trips.” The man said, “I thought you were exercising.”

 “Who would take the lift to exercise…” Kyle muttered quietly.

 He is now more certain that this person is not Dumbledore...Dumbledore is not so playful.

 …

 (End of this chapter)