Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 841 Goodbye Dumbledore

Godric's Hollow is a small place, and if anything happens, it will spread throughout the valley very quickly.

For example, some time ago, Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald left without saying goodbye, and it became known to everyone in just a few days.

This time it was faster. Aberforth came out of the woods in the evening. An hour later, the news that he had been beaten by the catnives became a 'drinking dish' in the valley bar.

Many people laughed so hard that they couldn't help but drink one more drink, including Cord.

"Hahaha... This boy is so brave. Even we don't dare to provoke those cats and dogs, but he actually dares to go alone."

“What, the cats here are very vicious?” Kyle asked curiously.

He has been to that forest too, but he didn't feel anything special at the time.

"It's better to say it's smart than fierce." Cord explained: "The cats and cats in Godric's Hollow are the smartest magical animals I have ever seen. They can even set traps to trick wizards who enter the woods. "

 “Trap?” Kyle raised his eyebrows.

　　It is a bit exaggerated to say that the cat is clever, but making traps is not an exaggeration.

"Don't believe it." Cord said seriously: "I don't know how they learned it. Maybe they saw wizards doing similar things, but I'm definitely not exaggerating.

“I remember when we first moved here, I wanted to go to the forest to pick some wild flowers to decorate the garden, but I fell into a pit not long after walking..."

At this point, Cord couldn't help frowning and took a big gulp of brandy. "As for the process, I won't tell you. You won't want to hear it, but I can be sure that the trap was definitely dug by a cat. Yes, they even put a layer of dry leaves on top for camouflage.”

Kyle raised his eyebrows.

 Mao Lizi…pit…

Judging from the bitter and resentful look on Cord's face, it is estimated that the experience at that time left a deep impression on him.

He wisely did not ask any more questions, but changed the subject: "You said when you first moved here...didn't you live here before?"

"Of course not." Cord shook his head, "Our family used to live in Girton Heights... just south of the valley, not too far away."

 “Then why did you move here?”

"Because that place is too close to Muggles." Cord sighed, "I was almost discovered by neighbors when I used magic several times, and our family is in the potion business, and many potions will It emits a special smell, making it easier to move to Godric's Hollow."

Kyle rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

The highlands...and still south of Godric's Hollow...could that be where Grindelwald and Dumbledore went.

Kyle remembered that Grindelwald said at the time that he had received news from Bathilda that one of the Three Holy Vessels might exist in the highlands south of Godric's Hollow.

 Cord happens to be named Potter. In the story of the three brothers, the third one got the invisibility cloak and is a descendant of Ignotus.

In other words, what Grindelwald is looking for is the Invisibility Cloak, one of the Three Sacred Artifacts. However, since the Potter family moved from the highlands to the valley, his trip this time is destined to be in vain.

 This way, everything makes sense.

Kyle shook his head in amusement. I'm afraid Grindelwald would never have thought that what he was looking for was actually so close to him.

"But luckily we moved here." Cord raised the cup and drank the brandy in it. "It's more comfortable to be with the wizard. When nothing happens, we can all get together for a drink. Patty and I Na loves this kind of life.”

“Yes.” Kyle nodded and finished the wine in the glass.

 …

The time soon came to early morning.

Although Aberforth returned home with a failure from Catnives, he rarely got a good sleep that night, and he didn't hear anything all night long.

As for the reason, it was naturally because Kyle had other things to do today and did not go to chat with Ariana as agreed.

Dumbledore is here, not the young Dumbledore, but the gray-haired Headmaster of Hogwarts who has returned from a hundred years later.

That night, after Kyle and Cord left the bar, they originally wanted to go find Arianna, but when they were halfway there, they suddenly heard a dull crashing sound in their ears.

 He had hidden half of the telescopic ears in the corner of the barn to observe the situation inside.

But at that time, only the young Dumbledore and Grindelwald would occasionally go to the barn. They seemed to regard it as a secret base where they would not be disturbed by others, where they could talk about life and ideals.

 But now, they have gone to another place, not in Godric's Hollow, and they have also come out... So what's going on with the crash?

Kyle's heart jumped twice, and he immediately turned around and ran towards the barn.

He opened the door and saw Dumbledore sitting weakly on the ground.

His face was so pale that there was no trace of blood. He was wearing a robe that looked like he had found it. His originally neatly groomed beard had now become messy.

Kyle has never seen Dumbledore in such a miserable state.

"Professor..." He quickly ran over and helped Dumbledore up from the ground.

 “How are you?”

"Thank you." Dumbledore said weakly. He looked at Kyle and asked doubtfully: "But I'm sorry, kid, you just called me professor. Did you admit the wrong person? I don't remember that I taught you." "

“Don’t you remember me?” Kyle was also stunned.

Soon he realized that Dumbledore looked at him with a strange look, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Dumbledore's eyes flickered, "Maybe I remembered it wrong."

 “Then do you remember who you are?” he asked.

"Of course, kid, I am Albus Dumbledore, Professor of Transfiguration at Hogwarts." He looked at Kyle up and down and said with a smile: "Although it may seem that I am a little arrogant, but if you If you are a student at Hogwarts, you must have heard my name.”

"Yes, I have heard of it," Kyle said, "but our Transfiguration professor is Minerva McGonagall."

"Minerva... that first-year Gryffindor?" Dumbledore sat on a chair conjured by Kyle and said with a smile: "You are really good at joking, but she is really talented in transfiguration. , it is really possible to become a famous transfiguration master in the future."

 “Then why are you here.” Kyle continued to ask.

 “I came here by accident.” Dumbledore said calmly.

"No." Kyle shook his head firmly, "You came back with a time turner to save your sister."

 In an instant, the atmosphere in the barn became tense.

Kyle clearly saw that Dumbledore had already held the wand in his hand, and he looked at Kyle with burning eyes.

"This strong smell of alcohol...child, you may have drank a little too much tonight. It's best to take a rest. How can one go back to the past."

"Really?" Kyle moved his right hand slightly. He was sure that Dumbledore really didn't recognize him.

 Judging from the conversation just now, his memory seems to have stopped at the time when Professor McGonagall first entered school, and he cannot remember anything after that.

 Is this the effect of being excluded from time?

Kyle was a little irritable. Although he had already guessed that things would not go well, he did not expect it to be so troublesome, and Dumbledore was now very wary of him.

 The explanation will most likely be of no use and he won’t believe it.

 “Then I’ll go back first.”

 After saying that, Kyle turned and walked towards the door.

 One step, two steps, three steps…

 He put his hand on the door and pushed it gently.

 …

 The next second, Kyle turned around sharply.

 “Armor for protection!”

 A silver-white shield appeared in front of him out of thin air, deflecting a spell coming from behind.

 “Sneak attack from behind...Professor, this is not your style.”

"I can only say I'm sorry, kid." Dumbledore also stood up. Although his body was still weak, his eyes were extremely firm. "I don't know how you know me, but you know something that might affect my plans, and I have to make you forget it.

 “But please don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.”

"Professor, we can actually talk." Kyle said, "I really don't mean any harm..."

 Before Kyle could finish speaking, another curse came towards him.

Obviously, Dumbledore didn't want to hear his explanation at all.

 In desperation, Kyle could only raise his arm.

The Forgetting Curse was blocked by the silver shield again. Kyle waved his wand, and an orange curse went straight to Dumbledore.

 “Imprison quickly!”

The curse automatically turned into three thick ropes in the air, flying towards Dumbledore's neck, chest and legs respectively.

But Dumbledore just waved his hand, and Kyle's spell disappeared.

 Then, Dumbledore disappeared out of thin air and appeared behind Kyle, pointing his wand at his head.

He originally thought he would be able to control the strange wizard in front of him this time, but he never expected that Kyle would also disappear.

 Disapparate in battle?

Dumbledore was startled, but at this moment, a strong wind came from the left, so he had to temporarily suppress his surprise and immediately raised his wand in front of him.

 A silver-white barrier blocked the roaring wind blade.

 The wind blade was bounced to the roof of the barn, neatly cutting a thick log.

 “Dark magic!” Dumbledore’s face turned even darker.

 “No, no, no, this is what Dean Slytherin taught me, and it’s not some kind of black magic.”

"Horace doesn't know this kind of magic." Dumbledore said solemnly, raising the wand in his hand again.

"It's the other headmaster, the person you trust the most." Kyle said, deflecting Dumbledore's curse.

But Kyle soon discovered that this curse was simply to attract his attention, and Dumbledore's real purpose was behind him.

Several arms made of wood were drilled out of the barn wall, and one of them had unknowingly wrapped itself around his shoulder, as if it was covered with glue and stuck tightly to his body.

 “The divine front is shadowless!”

Kyle cut the wood decisively and ran forward, trying to get away from the area, but before he could take action, the ground beneath his feet shook violently, and a stone wall rose out of thin air, reaching up to the ceiling, completely sealing it. All the way to Kyle.

Soon, wooden arms swarmed in, stacked on top of each other, and together with the stone wall, Kyle was tightly wrapped in it.

Dumbledore panted and took two steps forward with faltering steps. He still needed to cast a disapparation spell to prevent Kyle from escaping.

 Otherwise, it is basically impossible to trap a wizard who can use Apparition in combat.

 But just when he raised his wand, a hot red flame burned through the wood wrapping Kyle and spurted out.

　　Then the second one, the third one... In just a short moment, the cage he prepared turned into fly ash, and Kyle walked out of it intact, surrounded by a bright silver-white shield.

The flames did not dissipate, but condensed into a huge three-headed rune snake in mid-air, roaring and charging towards Dumbledore.

 Large flames spurted out from the snake's mouth, and the wooden barn was immediately ignited.

 “Fierce fire!”

 “You are indeed a dark wizard!”

Dumbledore looked stern, but his first reaction was not to protect himself or deal with Kyle. Instead, he quickly extinguished the flames around the barn and protected it with magic. After doing all this, he The wand was pointed at the flaming snake.

However, Dumbledore did not notice that at this time Kyle had apparated again and came behind him.

Dumbledore's attention was focused on the fierce fire in front of him. When he reacted, the wand in his hand flew out instantly, spinning and falling into the opponent's hand.

“Expelliarmus.” Kyle stood behind him and said with a smile, “Professor, I think we really should have a chat.”

Even though he lost his wand, Dumbledore did not panic. He raised his right hand high to hold Li Huo in place, and then turned to look at Kyle.

“If you had just used the Death Curse on me, you might have killed me.”

"It's unlikely." Kyle shook his head and said, "You want to protect this barn, so you haven't used all your strength, but if I use the Death Curse, you may not worry so much anymore."

Dumbledore said nothing, acquiescing.

“If I’m not wrong, you probably don’t want others to notice what’s going on here, or you don’t want Ariana to hear what’s going on here.”

Kyle stretched out his hand and handed the wand back to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore did not expect Kyle to do this. After being stunned for a moment, Dumbledore took the wand doubtfully.

 “What do you mean?”

"I told you, I don't mean any harm." Kyle waved his hand, the fire disappeared, and the cut logs on the roof were put back together again.

Kyle calmly repaired the damaged things in the barn while saying: "I know your purpose because, like you, I also used a time turner to come back. In fact, the time turner you used is still I gave it to you."

"impossible."

"Nothing is impossible." Kyle stopped what he was doing and said, "Maybe Professor, you can think carefully about where the time turner you used came from."

 “Do you have any impression? I guess not.”

 Dumbledore was silent.

Kyle was right, he really couldn't remember it. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find any memory of the Time-Turner.

At this time, Dumbledore also noticed something was wrong...

Yes, how did his time turner come about? It couldn't have appeared out of thin air, and even if it had appeared out of thin air, he should have this part of his memory.

Also, why did he not realize this at all before this.

And if you think about it carefully, there are still many things that are unreasonable, such as his inner attitude towards Kyle when they met for the first time just now.

　　When he first met this person, he subconsciously believed him. When the other person came to help him, he was not prepared at all. He naturally accepted the other person's kindness and showed his most vulnerable side.

This kind of unconditional trust is as if they have known each other for many years.

 That sense of trust disappeared until Kyle revealed his biggest secret.

"Is everything you said true?" Dumbledore said solemnly: "I need evidence, evidence that you know me."

 “It’s very simple.”

Kyle took out his wand and tapped it on his arm.

As the wand passed by, a thin golden thread appeared on his wrist... Then, a similar golden thread also appeared on Dumbledore's wrist, and the two golden threads finally connected perfectly in the air.

 “Contract magic?!” Dumbledore said in surprise.

"Yes, we have used contract magic before." Kyle said, "As for the reason, it doesn't matter, and it has little to do with the current situation, but now you should believe me, we really know each other."

Dumbledore lowered his wand.

He could feel that the contract magic on his wrist was exerted by him actively, and when the golden thread appeared, many non-existent images flashed through his mind.

"I'm sorry," said Dumbledore, "but I really don't remember you."

 (End of this chapter)