The next day, Filch still did not appear in the castle.

Over dinner, Kyle approached Harry to find out what had happened in Lockhart's office yesterday.

"Don't tell anyone that Professor Dumbledore doesn't want too many people to know about this."

Harry looked left and right, and lowered his voice, "Filch became like a stone because of a deep form of black magic. ”

"Madam Pomfrey can't cure him too?" Kyle asked.

"Nope." Harry shook his head, "Madam Pomfrey got several potions on him, and even soaked him in a barrel full of potions, but that didn't work at all, but ......"

Harry hesitated for a moment before continuing, "But Lockhart says he has a way, and that he is in a place called Varga...... No, I don't remember the name.

Anyway, he encountered similar things in one place, and used various amulets to help those people solve the problem. ”

"I think he's bragging, though."

Ron next to him swore and said, "Remember? He said the same thing on the third floor, but the place names were completely different. ”

"It's just a different name, you can't say that." Hermione retorted, "What if he'd met twice." ”

"Hermione, do you still believe what he says?" Ron frowned dissatisfied, "He can't even deal with elves." ”

"By the way, Ron......" Seeing that the two seemed to be about to quarrel, Kyle quickly changed the subject.

"Did you find your pet?"

"Oh, you said Spotted, I've found it." Ron pulled the fat mouse out of his pocket.

"Guess what, it didn't run outside at all, it was under the cupboard in the common room, but it probably hadn't eaten in a long time, it was a little listless."

"It's okay, I have a rat tonic here."

Kyle pulls out a small bottle filled with a red potion and hands it to Ron.

"Thanks, Kyle."

Ron happily took it.

Kyle gave him a bottle of this rat tonic last year, which was very useful, and he was very energetic after drinking it every time...... It's just that the amount is a little small, and the bottle ran out last year, and he has never been embarrassed to ask Kyle for it again.

"You're welcome, I would like to thank you for satisfying my curiosity."

Kyle waved his hand, "It's just a bottle of rat tonic, what a big deal, just come to me when you run out." ”

Then he looked at Harry again.

"Potter ......"

"Just call me Harry."

"Alright then, Harry." Kyle asked, "Have you heard any strange noises lately?" ”

"Strange sounds? What does it mean......"

Kyle explains, "It's the kind of whispering that only you can hear, but no one else can hear." ”

Harry scratched at his hair and thought about it for a moment......

"Nope."

"I only heard the letters speak when I was helping Lockhart reply to them.

But Lockhart heard it at the time, and said that it was a special way to reply, and that there was time left to read, and many of his admirers used it. ”

"It's obviously not some special whisper...... Right. ”

Kyle nodded,

In this case, Harry probably didn't hear the basilisk.

However, even Dumbledore's petrification problem is most likely inseparable from the basilisk.

Plus the diary that was lost in vain...... These questions are piled up, and Kyle only thinks one head two is bigger.

He still hadn't figured out how the diary had been lost.

Kyle thought about Ron's Mouse Spot, which is Peter Pettigrew...... But that's unlikely.

Peter is now just a mouse disguised as a pet, and even Ron doesn't know that he has a Horcrux called a diary in his hand, and he naturally doesn't know.

Taking a step back, even if Peter really knew...... But Kyle carries the shape-shifting lizard skin bag with the box with him all the time, almost never out of sight, and even when he sleeps at night, Raton is by his side.

A rat that sneaks in and steals something without anyone noticing, and then doesn't leave a trace?

It's not that Kyle looks down on Peter, if he really has this ability, he wouldn't pretend to be a pet mouse and hide in the Weasley house for more than ten years.

One possibility also came to mind: the Time Transformer...... But the Department of Mysteries had already rejected the application twice in a row, and Dumbledore couldn't even borrow it, let alone himself.

And why did he go out of his way to go back in time and steal his own things...... And who released the basilisk that petrified Filch, himself? Or Riddle?

Kyle was almost all in doubt.

On the other side, in the eyes of Harry and the others, Kyle suddenly became silent, sitting there motionless and not knowing what he was thinking.

If it weren't for the constant change in his expression, and the occasional unconscious two cuts of the steak with his hand holding the cutlery, Harry would have thought Kyle had been petrified too.

Ron tried to reach out and nudge Kyle, but Hermione stopped him.

"Ron, Kyle is thinking about things, don't bother him." Hermione said.

"Okay."

Ron didn't care, turned his hand to the dining table, and took two more chicken legs.

It was only after about ten minutes that Kyle came to his senses, breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to rub his forehead.

He decided to give up.

"What were you thinking?" Harry asked curiously.

"Think of some dark magic that could make Filch like that." Kyle said casually.

Harry was interested, "Did you think of that?" ”

"I don't know much about the dark arts." Kyle shrugged, "The Petrification Charm is fine, but it obviously won't bother Dumbledore. ”

"That's right......" Harry looked disappointed.

"By the way, why did you go to the third floor at that time?"

Kyle took a bite of the steak he had almost cut into dumpling fillings, and suddenly asked, "Are you going straight back to Gryffindor Tower?" I thought you'd go to the auditorium first, get some food, and then go back. ”

"We got there after the crying myrtle." Harry sighed, "While in the basement classroom, we overheard something and she overheard it and wanted to catch up and explain. ”

"Then we ran into the petrified Filch, and the damn cat."

Ron touched a faint wound on his face, and said angrily: "The cat has been following since we left the underground classroom, and after we reached the third floor, it took us for the murderers of Petrified Filch, and my face was scratched by it.

If you want me to say, I should have used my wand ......"

"Ron, we can't do that." Harry said earnestly, "It's troublesome enough to bump into a petrified Filch, and if we hurt Lady Loris again, we won't be able to explain it again." ”

"I know......" Ron muttered quietly, "but why are we going to do this, that cat hurts so much!" ”

"You're right." Harry touched his arm, which also had a few faint blood marks.

He and Hermione had better luck, though, except for a scratched arm.

While in Lockhart's office, Madam Pomfrey applied some potion to them, stopping the bleeding on the spot.

When I woke up this morning, those wounds were almost healed, and I guess they will be completely healed by tomorrow.

……

(End of chapter)