Hogwarts: I'm a model wizard

Compared to the daytime, Diagon Alley at night is not as pleasant, especially after the shops on both sides close. The cold moonlight and the dim lights that flicker on and off are intertwined, adding a somewhat eerie feeling out of thin air.

Holicen and his group walked quickly on the street, two in front and three behind, vaguely surrounding Kyle in the middle, as if trying to prevent him from escaping.

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

"Why is it so far away? Haven't we arrived yet?"

"It's just ahead." Huo Liken said, turning his head.

He turned a corner and entered a small alley.

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

"Of course, I promise." Hollican said in a low voice: "This is the back street of Diagon Alley, also known as Knockturn Alley."

"But I've never heard of it."

"Because... well, this is where the shop owners rest." Holicen explained, "They stay in the shops during the day and come back here to rest at night. Maybe there's nothing to see, so no one told you."

Knockturn Alley is the shopkeeper's quarters?

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

Others might have thought this excuse was ridiculous, and they subconsciously moved closer to Kyle.

"I see."

The next second, Kyle nodded and walked in on his own initiative, "Hurry up, don't waste time."

"No problem." Huoliken 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 later. Strange things that looked like bones could be seen everywhere on the road, and the air was filled with a suffocating stench.

"Is this really the place where the owner rests?" Kyle couldn't help but cast a head-bubbling spell on himself and asked again.

But this time, he got no answer.

At this time, they had come to an even more gloomy and secluded alley. Holicen stopped and several people around him tacitly surrounded Kyle in the middle.

"It wasn't easy to trick you here." Holicen 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 will hire those shop owners to kill you?"

"Of course they are afraid," said Holicon, but his eyes were filled with sarcasm and ridicule. "But they don't dare to come in here. Knockturn Alley is our territory. Although those guys are greedy, they can also tell the difference between gold coins and lives."

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

"Haha, hahaha..." Huoliken suddenly laughed out loud, "No problem, give it to you..."

He picked up a stone from the ground and handed it to Kyle. "But we have decided to temporarily increase the price. You need to pay us 10,000 Galleons."

"Are you crazy... a rock?"

"No, this is a dragon egg."

"What if I refuse."

"It doesn't matter. After we kill you, we can slowly search for it from your body." Holicen and the surrounding wizards approached Kyle again.

Perhaps they felt they had a sure win, or perhaps they thought Kyle posed no threat, so they did not take out their wands right away. Instead, they surrounded him with smug looks on their faces... They looked as if they were playing with their prey.

"You want to kill me?"

"Smart! Otherwise, why would we trick you into coming here? Do we really want to make a deal with you?" Holicen laughed even more happily. "Why don't you scream and try to get someone to rescue you?"

"Ah, someone come..." Kyle muttered perfunctorily.

But this behavior angered Horican.

"Be afraid, why aren't you afraid?"

"I hate people like you the most. You always act so superior." He roared and took out his wand. "It doesn't matter. I want to see if you can still maintain this...disgusting expression under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse."

"What a pity." Kyle sighed.

"It's a pity for you."

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

"Ha, you thought you could still walk..."

puff!

Before Horliken could finish his words, a sharp stone spike suddenly pierced his chest.

The stone cones extended from the nearby wall, and there were not just one but five, exactly corresponding to all of them.

But fortunately, the stone spike did not hit any vital points and they were still alive.

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

"It's just a simple Transfiguration, why do you need a wand?" Kyle said casually.

"I seem to have underestimated you..." Huo Liken took a step forward and broke free from the stone spike. "But it's a pity. You should have aimed at our heart."

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

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

It should be when he was stabbed by the stone spike. After all, before that, the box had always been held in Kyle's hand.

As one of his main targets, Holicen had been keeping an eye on the box, so he remembered it very clearly.

Then he saw a pair of orange eyes.

"Thump...thump..."

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

The alley became quiet again.

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

He originally thought that Holliken really had a black dragon egg, so he followed him here, but he didn't expect that this was just an excuse for the other party to trick him into coming here.

But think about it, the black dragons have been in the Hexagonal Islands for centuries, and there has never been any trace of them anywhere else. With just these few people, I'm afraid they don't have the ability to bring the dragon eggs out.

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

He walked around a patch of mud of strange color in front of him and headed towards the entrance of the alley.

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

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

Dumbledore... young Dumbledore, of course.

When Kyle first came here, he was taking his final exams. After that, he stayed in Diagon Alley for so long that, calculating the time, it seemed that Hogwarts had been on vacation for a long time.

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

"Oh, you are the sixth-year Hufflepuff." Dumbledore was a little surprised and a little panicked. "What kind of trouble did you get into when you appeared in Knockturn Alley at this time?"

"No." Kyle shook his head and said, "I just wanted to go to Gringotts and walked here accidentally."

"I'm afraid Gringotts is closed at this time."

"Yeah, they closed the gate right after I came out," Kyle said.

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

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

"I don't know, maybe I'm sleepy." Kyle looked back and said, "I noticed it just now, but I didn't dare to look closer."

"You are right," said Dumbledore. He seemed to think it was normal for wizards to sleep on the roadside in Knockturn Alley and didn't care.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Kyle asked enthusiastically.

"No, I'm just here to buy some things." Dumbledore shook his head, his tone becoming 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 side 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, passed Kyle, and continued walking deeper into Knockturn Alley.

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

There was a very obvious light on the originally dim street, coming from a magic item store.

Kyle had been to this store before. It sold items with special functions, such as fecal stones that could detoxify, and crystals that could remove black magic curses.

But Kyle remembered that when he went to Knockturn Alley, the door was clearly closed, so how come it was suddenly open again?

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

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

"Oh, sir, I'm so glad to see you." He opened the door enthusiastically. "How can I help you?"

Since Kyle never used his name when buying things, the shopkeepers here usually just called him "Mr."

"I'm just taking a look." Kyle walked into the store and picked up a piece of blue crystal.

"That's a sound storage stone. It can store sounds and play them automatically with just a little bit of magic power."

"Yes, I bought it." Kyle put it on the counter and asked naturally, "That's strange. I remember when I came here just now, this place was still closed. Do you have business hours in the evening?"

"No." The shop owner said with a smile, "In fact, I was ready to take a break, but a student just came in, 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 shop owner said angrily, "He just walked around and left, saying that there was nothing he wanted here.

"It's really interesting. Everyone in Diagon Alley knows that I have the most complete range of goods here. I even have amulets that can resist the Killing Curse."

The boss glanced at a necklace placed in the most conspicuous place. "Would you like to wear one? It's a life-saving item. It only costs fifty Galleons. No one who has used it has said anything bad about it... Now this is the only one left."

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

It is clearly a thing that can only dispel spells. At most, it can scare away weak dark creatures like Red Riding Hood and Kaba. If it really encounters a killing curse, this thing will be useless.

As for whether anyone has been cheated... well, once they find out that they have been cheated, they may not have the chance to argue with the boss.

But Kyle had no intention of exposing him. He walked around twice more, picked out two small items, paid the bill and left.

The boss enthusiastically escorted him out and then closed the shop door again.

Kyle walked down the street, thinking about what his boss had just said.

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

But does Dumbledore want to buy anything? He is in such a hurry that he must buy it at night.

The first person Kyle thought of was Ariana, Dumbledore's sister, a little girl who was considered a Squib by everyone.

This also explains why Dumbledore was a little panicked just now.

The famous Dumbledore had a Squib in his family, so naturally he didn't want others to know.

He also remembered that Dumbledore didn't like his sister very much at the beginning, especially when he had just graduated.

Dumbledore felt that his sister, who needed care at this moment, was like a shackle, locking him, a newly graduated and high-spirited man, in the small Godric's Hollow, unable to go anywhere.

Of course, Ariana isn’t really a Squib, but an Obscurial.

The so-called Silent, to put it simply, is a wizard who, as a child, resisted using magic, and the magic power in his body could not be properly guided and vented, so it gradually turned into another form.

It is a dark magical substance without rules or shape, called "Obscura".

The destructive power of the Obscurus is extremely strong, and the host's fragile body can hardly withstand its power. Ariana is one of the few Obscurus who has lived past the age of ten.

But this also means that she has to endure the pain brought by the Obscurus all the time. Perhaps tonight, Ariana's Obscurus will erupt, and Dumbledore will have to come out to find a solution.

Perhaps it was time for him to go to Godric's Hollow.

Although there was no news about his other dragon egg yet, Kyle didn't want to wait any longer.

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

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

Last night he learned the owner's name from Hollican... Willy Tom, but he didn't know what his relationship was with the later owner of the Leaky Cauldron.

Maybe it doesn't matter. After all, the name Tom is very common in the UK, but this is the first time I've seen Kyle as a surname.

As expected, the 'Closed' sign was still hanging on the store door, and the owner still hadn't returned.

It’s just that there are more wizards wearing special robes on the street, 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. He remembered that the shop owner Tom had said before that there seemed to be some big shot behind Horliken.

I really can't stay here any longer.

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

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

Once the Aurors learn about this, they will definitely come to question him. Even if they have no evidence, Kyle doesn't want to have anything to do with the current Ministry of Magic.

He turned back to the Leaky Cauldron, pulled out a hair from a passerby, put it in a bottle and shook it, then went into a nearby bookstore and drank the Polyjuice Potion under the cover of a large bookcase.

When he came out again, he had turned into a middle-aged wizard with an ordinary appearance.

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

Suddenly, two lights appeared at the intersection, and as if a gust of wind blew, a brand new double-decker bus whooshed to a stop in front of him.

"The Knight Bus, a service designed specifically for wizards in distress." An enthusiastic voice came from the bus.

"Sir, how can I help you?"

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

"One Sickle," the salesman said, beaming. "If you add another Sickle, you can get a Butterbeer."

"No thanks," Kyle said. He walked up to the car, grabbed a handful of nut, counted them carefully twice, and handed them to the other party.

However, the ticket seller 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 at the front of the train.

The double-decker bus's lights flashed, and it whizzed away again.

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