Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 835 Maybe they are sleepy

Compared with daytime, Diagon Alley at night is not so pleasant, especially after the shops on both sides are closed, the cold moonlight and the flickering dim lights are intertwined, making it a bit more eerie out of thin air. Feel.

Horlicken and his group walked quickly on the street, two in front and three in the back, vaguely surrounding Kyle in the middle, as if they wanted to prevent him from escaping.

Although Kyle also saw their intention, he pretended to know nothing and even urged impatiently.

 “Why is it so far away and you haven’t arrived yet?”

 “It’s right in front.” Hollicken turned around and said.

 He turned a corner and turned into a small alley.

Kyle stopped where he was, hesitating a little, "Are you sure the area ahead is still Diagon Alley?"

"Of course, I promise." Hollican said in a low voice: "This is the backstreet of Diagon Alley, also called Knockturn Alley."

 “But why have I never heard of it?”

"Because...well, this is where the shopkeepers rest." Holliken explained: "They will be in the shop during the day and come back here to rest at night. Maybe there is nothing to visit, so no one told you. "

  Knockturn Alley is the shopkeeper’s dormitory?

Kyle sneered... Would he believe such a ridiculous excuse?

Others may also think this excuse is ridiculous, and they subconsciously move closer to Kyle.

"I see."

 The next second, Kyle nodded and walked in proactively, "Hurry up, don't waste time."

 “No problem.” Holliken showed a sneer of success and came to the front again to lead the way.

Knockturn Alley at this time was even dirtier than it would be a hundred years ago. Strange things like bones could be seen everywhere on the road, and there was a suffocating rotten smell in the air.

“Is this really where the shopkeeper rests?” Kyle couldn’t help but cast a head-soaking spell on himself and asked again.

 But this time, he did not get an answer.

By this time, they had come to a more gloomy and closed alley. Holliken stopped, and several people nearby surrounded Kyle in a tacit understanding.

“It’s not easy to trick you into coming here.” Holliken turned around and stared at Kyle coldly.

"Lie to me...what do you mean?" Kyle's voice was a little muffled, "Aren't you afraid that I would hire those shopkeepers to kill you?"

"Afraid, of course." Holliken said, but there was indeed sarcasm and ridicule in his eyes, "But they don't dare to come in here. Knockturn Alley is our territory. Although those guys like to be greedy, they also deserve it. Which is more important, gold coins or life?”

"What do you mean?" Kyle narrowed his eyes, "Forget it, take out the black dragon egg quickly, this place is really disgusting."

"Haha, hahaha..." Holliken suddenly laughed, "No problem, here you go..."

  He picked up a stone from the ground and handed it to Kyle, "However, we have decided to temporarily increase the price. You need to pay us ten thousand Galleons."

 “Are you crazy… a stone?”

 “No, this is the dragon egg.”

 “What if I refuse.”

"It doesn't matter. After we kill you later, we can slowly find it from you." Horliken and the surrounding wizards approached Kyle again.

Perhaps because they thought they had a chance to win, or perhaps because they felt that Kyle was not a threat, they did not take out their wands immediately, but just surrounded him with a proud look on their faces... as if they were playing with their prey.

 “You want to kill me?”

"Smart, otherwise why would we trick you here? Do we really want to make a deal with you?" Holicon smiled even more happily, "Why don't you scream and try to get someone to save you. "

"Ah, here comes someone..." Kyle muttered perfunctorily.

But this behavior angered Horlicken,

 “Afraid, why aren’t you afraid!”

"What I hate the most is people like you, who always act condescending." He growled and took out his wand, "It doesn't matter, I want to see if you can continue to be like this under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse..." A disgusting look."

 “What a pity.” Kyle sighed.

 “It’s a pity for you indeed.”

"No, I mean, I thought I could get one more dragon egg." Kyle shook his head, "What a waste of time, then, goodbye."

 “Ha, you think you can still leave…”

 Poof!

Before Holliken could finish speaking, a sharp stone cone suddenly penetrated his chest.

The stone cones extend from the wall next to them, and there are not one, but five, evenly matched, corresponding to all of them.

  But fortunately, the stone cone did not hit the vital point, and they are still alive.

"Transfiguration spell..." Horliken spat out a mouthful of blood, "You obviously... didn't take the wand... when."

“It’s just a simple transfiguration, why use a wand?” Kyle said casually.

"I seem to have underestimated you..." Horlicken took a step forward and broke free from the shackles of the stone cone, "But it's a pity, you should aim at our hearts."

"Do it!" he shouted sharply, pointing his wand at Kyle, "Avada..."

 But no one responded to him, and Holliken suddenly discovered that Kyle's box had been opened at some point.

It should have been when he was stabbed by the stone cone. After all, Kelti had always held the box in his hand before that.

As one of his main goals, Holicon has always been paying attention to the box, so he remembers it very clearly.

 Then he saw a pair of orange eyes.

 “Thump…thump…”

There were no screams, and several people were lying on the ground, as if they were asleep.

 The alley became quiet again.

 A few minutes later, Kyle walked out with a bag, ready to leave Knockturn Alley.

He originally thought that Horliken really had a black dragon egg, so he followed him, but he didn't expect that this was just an excuse for him to come here.

But think about it, the black dragons have been in the Heshidry Islands for centuries, and they have never been heard of in other places. Even these few people may not be able to bring the dragon eggs out.

Although he had expected this result, Kyle still felt a little disappointed.

He walked around the strange-colored mud in front of him and walked towards the entrance of the alley.

 At the same time, a figure happened to be walking towards this side in a hurry.

Although the man was wearing a black cloak, Kyle recognized his identity at a glance.

 Dumbledore…young Dumbledore, of course.

Kyle was taking final exams when he first came here. After that, he stayed in Diagon Alley for so long. Calculating the time, it seems that Hogwarts has already been on vacation.

 When Kyle looked over, the other party also noticed him.

"Oh, you are that...sixth-year Hufflepuff." Dumbledore was a little surprised, and slightly panicked. "You appeared in Knockturn Alley at this time. What trouble did you encounter?"

"No." Kyle shook his head and said, "I just wanted to go to Gringotts and came here by accident."

“At this time, Gringotts is probably closed.”

“Yeah, they closed the door as soon as I came out,” Kyle said.

"That's good, but you'd better leave quickly. This is not a good place." Dumbledore looked a little distracted and deliberately avoided Kyle's eyes.

 Inadvertently, he saw a few people lying in the alley not far behind, "What's going on with them..."

"I don't know, maybe I'm sleepy." Kyle looked back, "I noticed it just now, but I didn't dare to look closer." "You are right." Dumbledore said, he seemed to feel that he had fallen over. It was a normal thing for a wizard to sleep on the side of the road in the alley, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

 “Can I help you?” Kyle asked enthusiastically.

"No need, I just came to buy some things." Dumbledore shook his head and his tone became more urgent. "The regular stores are closed at this time, so I can only try my luck in Knockturn Alley."

Kyle noticed that his hand subconsciously moved to the edge of his pocket, where he could pull out his wand at any time.

 Is there anything you don’t want him to know?

“In that case, I wish you good luck.” Kyle didn’t ask any more questions.

Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and passed by Kyle, continuing to walk deeper into Knockturn Alley.

Kyle continued to walk towards the entrance of the alley. He did not look back out of curiosity and returned to Diagon Alley all the way.

There was an obvious light on the originally dark street, which came from a magic item shop.

Kyle has been to this store before. It sells items with special effects, such as bezoars that can detoxify, and crystals that can remove black magic curses.

But Kyle remembered that when he went to Knockturn Alley, the door was obviously closed, but now it suddenly opened again.

The boss was yawning and preparing to close the door again. When Kyle walked over, he could still hear him muttering in his mouth, "Annoying brat...knocking on the door at night...not buying anything...something like that."

But after noticing Kyle, his expression immediately changed, quickly switching from impatience to surprise.

“Oh, sir, it’s nice to see you.” He opened the door enthusiastically, “Do you need any help?”

 Because Kyle never reported his name when buying things, the shopkeepers here usually just call him "this gentleman".

“I’ll just take a look.” Kyle walked into the store and picked up a blue crystal.

“That’s a sound storage stone. It can store sounds and play them automatically with just a little magic power.”

"Yes, I bought it." Kyle put it on the counter casually and asked naturally: "That's strange. I remember when I came here just now, the door was still closed. Do you still have business hours at night? ?”

“No,” the shopkeeper said with a smile. “Actually, I was ready to take a rest, but a student came just now, probably from Hogwarts, and knocked on the door rudely, wanting to buy something.”

 “Oh, what did he buy?” Kyle asked curiously.

“He didn’t buy anything.” The shopkeeper said angrily, “He just walked around and left, saying that there was nothing he wanted here.

"It's really interesting. Who doesn't know in the whole Diagon Alley that I have the most complete products here, and I even have amulets that can resist the death curse."

 The boss glanced at a necklace placed in the most conspicuous position intentionally or unintentionally. "Would you like to bring one? This is a life-saving thing. It only costs fifty galleons. No one who has used it has anything bad to say about it... This is the only one left now."

Kyle walked over and took a look, and then lost interest.

That thing is clearly just a dispelling curse. It can at most scare weak dark creatures like Red Hat and Kabbah. If it really encounters a life-killing curse, this thing is useless.

As for whether anyone has been deceived... Well, once they find out that they have been deceived, they may not have the opportunity to argue with their boss.

However, Kyle didn't expose his intention. He walked around twice more, picked out two gadgets, checked out and left.

 The boss sent him out enthusiastically, and then closed the store door again.

Kyle was walking on the street, thinking about what his boss just said.

If you guessed correctly, the person who knocked on his store door should be Dumbledore. He seemed to want to buy something, but the store didn't have it, so he went to Knockturn Alley.

 But did Dumbledore want to buy anything? In such a hurry, I must come to buy it at night.

Kyle first thought of Ariana, Dumbledore's sister, a little girl who was a squib in everyone's eyes.

This can also explain why Dumbledore was a little panicked just now.

The famous Dumbledore had a squib in his family, and he naturally didn't want others to know about it.

In addition, he still remembered that Dumbledore actually didn't like his sister very much at the beginning, especially when he just graduated.

Dumbledore felt that his sister who needed to be taken care of at all times was like a shackle, locking him in the small Godric's Hollow who had just graduated and was in high spirits, unable to go anywhere.

Of course, Ariana is not really a Squib, but an Obscurial.

The so-called Obscurus, simply put, is a wizard who resisted the use of magic when he was a child, and the magic power in his body could not be properly guided and vented, so it gradually changed into another form.

　　That is a kind of dark magical substance with no rules and shape, called "Oscurus".

The destructive power of the Obscurus is extremely powerful, and the host's fragile body can hardly withstand its power. Arianna is one of the few Obscurials who has survived beyond the age of ten.

But this also means that she has to bear the pain caused by the Obscurus all the time. Maybe tonight, Ariana's Obscurus will break out, and Dumbledore will have to come out to find a solution.

Perhaps it’s time for him to go to Godric’s Hollow.

Although there is no news yet about his other dragon egg, Kyle doesn’t want to wait any longer.

He returned to the Leaky Cauldron and had a good night's rest. Kyle checked out of the room early the next morning.

 He first went to Diagon Alley again and found the store.

 Last night he learned the name of the owner from Hollican...Willie Tom, but he just didn't know what relationship he had with the future owner of the Leaky Cauldron.

　　Maybe it doesn’t matter, after all, the name Tom is too common in the UK, but this is the first time Kyle has seen it as a surname.

As expected, the "Closed" sign was still hanging at the door of the store, and the owner still didn't come back.

It’s just that there are some wizards wearing special robes on the streets, especially near Knockturn Alley. Judging from their movements, they should be Aurors or strikers.

 “Is the Ministry of Magic so efficient at this time?”

Kyle frowned, and he remembered that Tom's shopkeeper had said before that there seemed to be some big shot behind Holicon.

I really can’t stay here anymore.

Although Kyle was certain that he did not leave any traces last night, in any case, it was better to leave as soon as possible.

He has been too famous in Diagon Alley recently. As a wizard who spends money like water, there is no reason why he should not be targeted by Horlicken.

 After the Aurors learn this, they will definitely come to him to question him. Even if they have no evidence, Kyle does not want to be associated with the current Ministry of Magic.

He turned back to the Leaky Cauldron, casually pulled off a piece of hair from a passerby, put it in a bottle and shook it, then got into a nearby bookstore and drank the polyjuice potion under the cover of a large bookcase.

 When he came out again, he had become a middle-aged wizard with an average appearance.

Kyle just walked calmly through the Leaky Cauldron, came to a remote street, and stretched out his wand.

Suddenly there were two lights at the intersection of the street, as if a gust of wind had blown by, and a brand new double-decker bus stopped in front of him.

“Knight Bus, specially provided for wizards who are in trouble.” A very enthusiastic voice came from the bus.

 “Sir, do you need any help?”

"I want to go to Godric's Hollow." Kyle said, "How much does it cost."

“A Sickle,” the salesman said with a smile. “If you add another Sickle, you can get a butterbeer.”

"No need." Kyle said. He walked into the car, grabbed a handful of Knuts, counted them carefully twice and handed them to the other party.

However, the conductor did not show any disgust at Kyle's behavior, and still enthusiastically found an empty seat for him.

“Next stop, Godric’s Hollow!” she shouted towards the front of the car.

The double-decker bus's lights flashed and it swooped out again.

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 (End of this chapter)