After leaving the basement classroom, Kyle didn't stop and made his way to the foyer.

Quite a few people had already returned from Hogsmeade, and everyone was exchanging candy and jokes with each other here, which was much more lively than when they came.

Kyle also sees two people standing next to the stairs.

Professor Lupin held a map in his hand and looked at it in front of him.

"Very creative design ......," he says with a smile, "I had it when I was in school...... I've seen an interesting map that, like it, shows the secret passages in the castle. ”

"Professor, you had this kind of map when you were in school?" Harry asked, surprised.

"Better than it......" Professor Lupin whispered, a look of remembrance on his face.

But soon, this reminiscence turns serious......

He looked at Harry and asked seriously, "A map like this...... Are there many in the castle? ”

"There should be only this one." Harry thought for a moment before saying.

He remembered that Fred and George had said that the map had been made out of their interest, and that it was not intended to be sold as a commodity, and that it was the only one.

Hearing Harry say this, Professor Lupin's expression softened a little.

"Professor, this is my ...... "Harry didn't want to betray Fred and George, so he had to scrape his stomach and find a plausible-sounding excuse to explain where the map came from.......

"I don't want to figure out how you got this stuff, but I'm shocked you didn't hand it over, especially after the last time a student threw castle information around."

"I ......," Harry tried to explain, but didn't know how to speak.

Fred and George had told him that they would destroy the map as soon as they wrote down the location of the secret passage, but he forgot about it.

So far, all he had remembered was the secret passage of the day of the humpback witch statue.

"I can't give it back to you, Harry." Professor Lupin put the map away, "I have to ......"

"Huh?"

Suddenly, he moved his nose and seemed to smell a familiar smell.

Professor Lupin searched and happened to see Kyle who had just walked into the foyer.

"Nice to meet you, Professor Lupin." Kyle smiled and waved.

"Hello...... Kyle. Professor Lupin asked, confused, "Why are you here, not going to Hogsmeade?" ”

"I'm in confinement, Professor." Kyle shrugged, "Don't have time to go to Hogsmeade?" ”

"Confinement?!"

Professor Lupin was stunned for a moment, he never thought that Kyle, who had been the first in his grade four times in a row, would be locked up.

Harry, however, was very calm, having known about it when he met Kyle and Snape on the fourth floor in the morning.

Snape, there's nothing strange about it.

"He must have locked you up because it was Hogsmeade Day." Harry said categorically.

"What did he tell you to do, what to do with those caterpillar slime?"

"It's not." Kyle shook his head, "It's not that bad, it's just a potion that helped him stay up for hours." ”

"Oh, that's fine." Harry said with trepidation, "I haven't eaten for days since I was locked up by Snape last time...... By the way, what are you boiling, it takes so long? ”

"A rare potion ......," Kyle said, "a wolf poison potion." ”

A hint of panic flashed in Professor Lupin's eyes, but it quickly disappeared, and although he tried to look like he normally would, his hands were clenched, for fear that Kyle would call his name in the next second.

This semester, he would take a leave of absence every full moon and add wolf poison potion...... It's hard for him to guarantee that Kyle hasn't found anything.

Fortunately, at this time, a group of people walked into the foyer from the outside.

It was the people who had visited Hogsmeade, and they were all back.

Fred and George walked over and surrounded Kyle, one left and one right.

"You must not know what you're missing......"

"The Screaming Shack isn't as bad as we thought...... "George laughed," said George, "and Malfoy didn't know what he saw in it, and was so frightened that he ran all the way back to the castle." ”

"We all heard him screaming in Jokowi......" Fred said regretfully, "but why didn't we see anything the last time we went......"

Harry kept his head down and didn't speak.

In fact, Malfoy was scared away by him, wearing an invisibility cloak and smashing a mess of mud into the face.

However, due to the exertion, part of the invisibility cloak accidentally slipped off, exposing its head to the outside, looking as if it was floating in mid-air, which scared Malfoy away.

It was for this reason that he was called to the office by Snape.

After that, Connor, Cho, and Cedric also returned.

Kyle ended the topic of confinement and followed them to the outside venue.

He figured that if he stayed any longer, Professor Lupin would probably crush the map.

To be honest, his nervous look almost wrote the words "I am a werewolf" on his face.

Thankfully, Harry and Ron were on the side, and if it were Hermione, they would definitely find out that something was wrong.

Speaking of Hermione, though, it seems like I've seen her very little lately, especially after the Christmas break, when the trio has become a duo.

It was only during the meal that Hermione could be seen carrying a bulging bag and hurriedly picking up a few bites of food in the auditorium.

With that in mind, Kyle followed Connor to the outside venue.

Cho next to him handed over a bottle of butterbeer, and Kyle took it without thinking about it.

As a result, the next second, Butterbeer turned into a grumpy haddock and bit his arm.

The haddock is rubbery, it doesn't hurt, but it's strong, and no matter how much Kyle shakes it, he can't shake it off, and pulling hard only makes it longer.

Fred and George clutched their bellies and laughed, knowing that it was their idea.

……

Watching a few people laugh and walk out of the castle gate, Professor Lupin let go of the hand he had been holding tightly, and his face returned to a little blood.

Kyle doesn't seem to notice anything, maybe he's too nervous.

He thought to himself......

yes, who would have thought that the great Professor Dumbledore would have hired a werewolf to be his professor, as if he would have agreed to come here to study himself.

This kind of thing is impossible to put anywhere...... Only Dumbledore......

Professor Lupin took a deep breath and gave Harry a few words before hurrying away.

Now is not the time to think about that, there is a more important thing to do.

He needed to go to Filch and find something.

……

(End of chapter)