Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 906 Malfoy’s situation, the mystery of the savior

 Draco Malfoy's return to school caused an uproar among the students.

 Gryffindor had the biggest reaction. He was the only Death Eater in Hogwarts whose identity was confirmed, and he just came back?

 Even if they heard what happened from the professor, they didn’t buy it.

 “He must be faking it, this is a conspiracy!”

  In recent times, this sentence has almost become Ron's mantra, and he will take the trouble to detail Malfoy's previous actions to everyone who is willing to listen to him.

It is said that he and Harry sneaked into the Slytherin common room late at night, trying to expose Malfoy's true identity.

 The basis is the Gryffindor hourglass which has been reduced by fifty points again.

 Apparently, they were discovered again.

But allowing Malfoy to return to school is, after all, the request of the Ministry of Magic, and Principal McGonagall and the school directors have also agreed. It cannot be canceled if a few of their students disagree.

 Coupled with Snape's severe deduction of points several times, some of the voices finally became quieter.

 But Harry and the others were so angry that they even went to Hagrid and Kyle, trying to get them to oppose the decision on behalf of the professor.

How should I put it, they have really grown up a lot recently, and they actually know how to find professors instead of going all out on their own.

 It’s a pity...they got the wrong person.

“I refuse!” Kyle said without hesitation in Hagrid’s wooden house. He took a piece of meat from an iron can and fed it to a napping cat next to him.

"But, you clearly know the truth." Harry was a little reluctant and subconsciously glanced at Kyle's movements.

That cat is really big, even bigger than a cat, especially the eyes, which are unnaturally big and look weird.

Furthermore, normal cats don’t seem to eat raw meat with blood.

As Harry was staring, the cat suddenly raised its head, startling him, and he quickly looked away and said:

"You were also in the tower at that time. You should know very well that he was the one who put the Death Eaters into the castle. He is a complete Death Eater!"

 “I know it, but so does Dumbledore.”

Kyle said, feeding another piece of meat to the civet, "He thinks it's okay, why should I object?"

“And most importantly, according to the time on the employment notice, I need to wait until after the Christmas vacation before I can officially become a professor.”

Kyle glanced at Harry.

“So now I’m just a graduate living in Hogwarts with nothing to do. No matter what you want to do, you should find a real professor.”

Harry subconsciously turned his attention to Hagrid.

 Speaking of professor...isn't this a ready-made one? And Hagrid was one of his targets.

 “Hagrid…”

 “I refuse too.”

Before Harry could finish speaking, Hagrid took the lead and said, "I believe in Dumbledore and unconditionally support all the decisions he makes."

The two people most likely to side with them both refused, and Harry stood up angrily, disappointed.

 He couldn't figure out what was going on, why everyone was siding with Malfoy, even those who knew the situation.

Ron and Hermione were also very angry.

"I suggest you go find Dumbledore." Kyle sighed and said: "He is quite free now, and he should have enough time to explain to you the reason for the matter...if he is willing."

 He is really not good at dealing with Harry. This kind of thing should be left to the more professional Dumbledore.

Harry turned around and left the cabin angrily, and Kyle didn't know if Harry understood what he meant.

But Hermione must have noticed something. After Harry and Ron left, she glanced at Kyle hesitantly, then turned around and followed him.

 …

“Well, I guessed it right.”

 After the three people left, Kyle glanced at Hagrid and said with a smile: "Look, they are really here to find you."

It has almost become a habit for Harry and the others to go to Hagrid when they are in trouble. Whether it is to inquire about information or for other purposes, they can always gain something.

“They made the wrong decision this time. I really don’t know anything.” Hagrid said helplessly and put a plate of rock cakes in front of Kyle.

 “I even just learned that Malfoy actually returned to Hogwarts.”

This is true.

Although Kyle had told him the correct route through the door, Hagrid simply moved the bed directly to the garden that Kyle had expanded to save trouble.

Hence, Hagrid, who was full of fire dragons, had no idea what had happened in the school recently, let alone what happened to Malfoy.

“He is probably the first person to come back after being expelled.” Hagrid asked, “Is he really okay?”

 In fact, Hagrid still agreed with Harry in his heart, and also believed that this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy by Death Eaters and Voldemort against Hogwarts.

 But he believed in Dumbledore more.

Including what he just said, unconditionally supporting all Dumbledore's decisions... and not just to deal with Harry.

Dumbledore must have a reason for thinking that Malfoy can come back, and Kyle also agreed. Hagrid felt that there was no need to intervene.

 Having this time, it is better to think about how to have a good relationship with the fire dragon.

 He ​​has been living in the garden recently, but the fire dragons still don't get close to him, which makes Hagrid feel somewhat frustrated.

But Hagrid doesn't think this is a problem with the fire dragons. It's their nature to be wary of wizards, which shows that they are all smart and good guys.

Thinking of the fire dragon, Hagrid suddenly couldn't sit still. He began to move his body frequently and looked in the direction of the garden intentionally or unintentionally.

Kyle took a sip of tea and suddenly felt that his worries were a bit unnecessary. Hagrid didn't care about Malfoy at all now. He didn't even know about it. Naturally, Harry couldn't get any news from him.

 A few minutes later, Kyle also left Hagrid's cabin and went to the castle.

The door to the principal's office was closed, and the gargoyle at the door told him that there were already three guests inside.

 It should be the three Harrys.

 It seemed that they accepted Kyle's contact and went directly to Dumbledore after returning to school.

Kyle didn't intend to get involved, nodded and left.

 But when he was passing by a corridor, he always felt that someone was staring at him, and this feeling was very obvious.

 He looked left and right, and his eyes stopped on the portrait of the Fat Lady.

 No wonder…

Kyle grinned and walked down the stairs under the fat lady's angry eyes.

 “Come back, you rude person...a guy who doesn’t understand appreciation...”

The Fat Lady was still cursing and shouting from behind, but Kyle just pretended not to hear.

 He is also a professor now. In a sense, he and the Fat Madam are colleagues, so naturally it is not easy to irritate her anymore.

 If the Fat Lady is to be treated for autism again, it will be difficult for Principal McGonagall to explain. Guarding the Gryffindor common room is a technical job, and few portraits can do it better than the Fat Lady.

Kyle decided to go to the auditorium to have lunch first.

 Another advantage of living in Hogwarts is that you don’t need to think about what to eat for every meal. You can just come to the Great Hall directly at meal time, which saves a lot of trouble.

Here, Kyle happened to meet Malfoy again.

 He was almost hated by everyone in school at the moment, and Mrs. Norris who passed by wanted to give him a pair of paws.

There is no way. Other colleges don't want to see him as a former Death Eater. They are all teenage wizards, and they are at the age of passion.

Death Eaters were already hated by people, and since Malfoy let the Death Eaters into the castle, it was considered restraint not to beat him up on the spot.

Even though the principal, professors and the Ministry of Magic all said that he had changed his ways, it was impossible for everyone to re-accept him in a short time.

Also, on the surface, he betrayed Voldemort in exchange for the opportunity to return to Hogwarts, so most Slytherins did not like to see him.

 Or maybe they hate Malfoy more than the people in the other three houses.

If Snape hadn't arranged a separate dormitory for him, he might have been beaten to death by Slytherin students the night he came back.

Even his two former followers, Crabbe and Goyle, distanced themselves far away from him.

However, there are people who are willing to sit next to Malfoy.

Astoria Greengrass, that’s what she seems to be called.

Kyle remembered that she was a Slytherin girl two years younger than Malfoy, and the only one willing to sit next to Malfoy.

 Except for the two of them, the area around the table was empty, as if there was a foul smell in the air there.

Even the food had been taken away, except for Malfoy who still had a bowl of dry boiled potatoes in front of him.

When Kyle came in, he was driving away the girl named Astoria, but the little witch... Well, she didn't insist, and Malfoy walked away as soon as he chased them away.

But she also took an empty plate, put some other food on it and put it in front of Malfoy under everyone's unkind eyes.

 “That girl is so un-Slytherin.” Someone murmured from behind.

Kyle turned his head. "It's you, long time no see."

Justin Finch-Fletchley, and his friend MacMillan, are also Hufflepuff students, but one year below Kyle.

“We’ve all heard,” Justin said excitedly, “You’re coming back to be a professor, ancient runes class, right.”

 “Yes.” Kyle nodded.

 “It’s a pity that we didn’t choose this course.” Justin sighed.

Kyle didn’t find it strange either.

There are only about ten people from the four houses combined for this course, and Hufflepuff has the smallest number of people, so it’s normal that they didn’t choose.

 “I’ve seen you several times, but you’ve always been sitting at the teacher’s desk.”

 “What, what’s the matter with you?” Kyle asked.

 “No, just wanted to say hello.”

Justin said, "It's a pity that Professor can't participate in the Quidditch game. Since your main players graduated, the Hufflepuff team has lost two games in a row. It's like a warthog riding a broomstick...seriously." , I don’t even want to watch the next game.”

"Don't say that, they have worked very hard." Kyle patted him on the shoulder, "By the way, what do you think of Malfoy?"

 “Dumbledore must be old and confused.” Justin was not polite at all.

"Whether Malfoy has really changed his ways or not, he should not be allowed to return to Hogwarts." MacMillan said next to him: "This is also not a good thing for him."

 “That’s right,” Kyle said with a smile.

Hufflepuffs are less extreme than Gryffindor and Slytherin, so they tend to have a clearer view on the matter.

Malfoy is indeed not fit to return to Hogwarts.

 After saying goodbye to the two of them, Kyle walked to the teacher's desk and said hello to Slughorn, who arrived at the same time.

"I knew you would be able to do something good." The Potions Professor looked very excited, "Oh my God, I have never heard of anyone becoming a professor at Hogwarts under the age of twenty.

"There is a dinner party today. If you can come, everyone will be very happy."

"Next time, Professor." Kyle declined his invitation. "I may have something else to do tonight. You know, I don't have much experience as a professor for the first time, so I have to prepare a lot of things in advance."

"It's okay, I believe you can do it." Slughorn said.

He wanted to extend the invitation again, but was diverted by Kyle looking for other topics.

If you want to expand your network, Slughorn's dinner is a good rule, but if you don't have this need, it's torture.

Kyle doesn’t want to hear a few people praising each other.

 Halfway through lunch, Harry came in.

His face didn't look very good. He was probably fooled by Dumbledore and didn't get the answer he wanted from him.

 A few minutes later, Dumbledore arrived.

After seeing Kyle, he was surprised for a moment, and then sat next to him.

 “Did you ask Harry to come to me?”

"Yeah." Kyle nodded, "Harry and Malfoy have never dealt with each other, and they definitely don't want him to come back. Today he came to me and wanted Hagrid and I to raise objections to you on behalf of the professor."

"Yes, he was very excited." Dumbledore cut open a piece of custard flan and put it in his mouth.

"You didn't tell him the truth?" Kyle asked: "Harry is the savior, the mysterious man's old enemy, and an indispensable force for us to deal with him."

Dumbledore’s hand holding the fork paused.

To be honest, he has doubted that prophecy more than once.

Is Harry Potter really the prophesied savior?

 But so far, Voldemort's Horcruxes have basically been solved by Kyle, and their birthdays are on the same day, which also meets the requirements of the prophecy.

But the problem is that Voldemort personally chose Harry as his old enemy. When Lily Evans' magic worked and Voldemort's death curse bounced back to him, this connection had already locked them.

 The prophecy also became complete at that moment.

So from a divination point of view, the savior is indeed Harry, and Voldemort personally chose him.

But how to put it...Dumbledore always felt that Harry was becoming less and less important. Maybe after a while, Kyle would be able to kill Voldemort himself.

 No, that’s not right, he can’t be killed.

Dumbledore seemed to have thought of something and shook his head repeatedly.

There is one thing that cannot be circumvented. If it is not solved, Voldemort will never die. This problem will still fall on Harry, and only he can do it.

But Dumbledore realized that he had not taught Harry for a long time. The previous private lessons and sharing of Voldemort's memories had not been continued for some time.

 When did it end...

Dumbledore thought about it carefully, as if he thought other things were more important than teaching Harry.

 But why did he have such an idea... It seems to be because of Kyle.

Dumbledore didn't say anything. He shook his head and sighed. Kyle was confused and couldn't help but move his chair to the side.

Perhaps the sound of dragging the chair was too loud, but Dumbledore finally came to his senses.

"I'll tell him, but not now," he said. "Can you do me a favor?"

“Let’s talk about it.” Kyle did not agree directly. “If it’s too difficult, I’ll consider the reward.”

"It doesn't matter, I still have some savings." Dumbledore said with a smile: "I hope you can help me keep an eye on Mr. Malfoy, and preferably find out the purpose of his coming to Hogwarts this time."

"Professor Snape probably won't agree." Kyle said after a moment of silence: "He always thinks that I want to do something bad to Malfoy."

 “I will talk to him about this issue.”

Kyle raised his eyebrows.

　From what Dumbledore meant, Snape didn’t know the purpose of Malfoy’s visit this time?

 After all, if he knew, he would definitely tell Dumbledore, so there was no need for him to investigate.

“Professor, your Legilimency can’t see through Malfoy’s hidden memories?” Kyle asked.

Dumbledore shook his head.

 “I will not use Legilimency on students.”

"So just leave this dirty job to me..." Kyle curled his lips.

"Didn't you already reach an agreement?" Dumbledore said with a smile, "So you don't have to worry at all."

"Okay." Kyle said, "But I have already tried it and found nothing. The mysterious man seems to have thought of the Legilimency flaw."

 “That would be troublesome.”

"Well...it's actually not troublesome." Kyle continued: "Malfoy must know it himself."

 “But he’s not going to tell us, is he?”

"Not necessarily." Kyle put down the fork in his hand, "Malfoy has decided to betray the mysterious man. The real betrayal is that he forgot his decision.

"We just need to remind him, and he should take the initiative to tell the truth...Professor, you will forget the counter-curse of the curse."

"I'm sorry, I can't." Dumbledore said calmly: "And as far as I know, there is no counter-curse for the Oblivion Curse...Why, don't you know?"

Kyle's face stiffened.

 He really doesn’t know.

The notebook Lockhart gave him was all about the Oblivion Curse, and there was no mention of counter-curses at all.

 He originally thought that it was just Lockhart who didn’t need to use the counter-spell... and he didn’t need it either.

 “Is there any other way?”

"St. Mungo's should be able to restore those memories. Lockhart was cured by them." Dumbledore thought for a while, "But it is difficult for us to send Mr. Malfoy there without alerting anyone."

"This is easy to say, leave it to me." Kyle said, agreeing to Dumbledore's request.

 …

 (End of this chapter)