For the rest of the holiday, Kyle didn't see Umbridge once, as if they were deliberately avoiding him.

That's what Kyle wants, after all, he doesn't want to see Umbridge dangling all the time during the holidays.

Others weren't so lucky, though, and while at the castle, Kyle could often hear people complaining that he had been reprimanded by Umbridge for trivial matters.

She also said that she was like an enhanced version of Filch, which caused the whole castle to complain.

On the last day of the holiday, in the evening, all the students who had gone home for Christmas returned to school on the Hogwarts Express, and the castle was bustling with activity.

Fred and George conjure up a table in the auditorium and stand on it to demonstrate the latest products from the Weasley Joke Shop.

It was a strangely shaped peaked hat with pink feathers, which looked silly, but when Fred put it on his head, the hat disappeared with his head.

This caused the people in the auditorium to scream immediately, and of course, there were also those who burst into laughter.

Kyle was also a little surprised, there are not many products that can be invisible.

At first, he thought the Weasley brothers were using the fur of the Invisibility, like the usual invisibility cloak, but when George called out the price of two Galleons, he dismissed the idea.

Two Galleons can't buy a piece of invisible animal fur the size of a hat, and it's about ten times more.

And their products also have certain differences from invisibility cloaks.

The cloak of invisibility can only hide the area that is covered, and if it is too small, there will be a situation where part of the body is exposed.

But just now Fred's entire head was gone, including the uncovered areas below his eyebrows, which was completely different from the principle of the Invisibility Cloak.

Kyle guesses that they're supposed to have combined the Transfiguration Charm with the Extended Spell.

"It's a great idea." Cedric applauded with the others, saying, "If they strengthen the effect a little more, they may be able to make the whole body invisible." ”

"It's not easy." Kyle said, "I don't think they're going to spend a lot of time on this." ”

"That's right." Cedric shrugged.

The Weasley Joke Store was just opening now, and what they needed most was a lot of novelty products to fill the façade, and they certainly weren't going to waste their time on something that could be done with a disillusionment charm.

As the number of people in the auditorium grew, Fred and George soon received a large number of orders.

It wasn't until Professor McGonagall entered the auditorium that they reluctantly stepped down from the high platform.

Snape then arrives, but instead of going to the faculty with Professor McGonagall, he walks straight to the Hufflepuff table and stops in front of Kyle.

"Follow me!" He said, and strode out of the auditorium.

"What's wrong?" Cedric asked, "You offended Professor Snape again?" ”

"Nope." Kyle said, and followed him to the foyer outside the auditorium.

"It's the last day of the holidays, but I don't seem to see Potter and no one in the whole school sees him......"

In the foyer, Snape said with a blank face, "I wonder now if you were teaching him Occlumency, or if you were sending him out of school."

"I hope it's not the latter, or you'll find a way to explain it to the principal."

Harry?

Kyle hesitated for a moment, then suddenly slapped his thigh, left a word, and then turned and ran upstairs.

"It's bad, why didn't you say it earlier!"

Snape looked at Kyle's back, his face growing gloomy, as if he might lash out at any moment.

But Kyle didn't care about that at this time, no wonder he had just come to Hermione and Ron to look back and forth in the auditorium, looking for something together, and they were looking for Harry!

Kyle sped all the way and soon made it to the eighth floor.

When he pushed open the door of the Room of Requirement, he happened to see a splash of water on the lake not far away.

Then, drenched, Harry staggered to the shore and expertly blew his clothes dry with magic.

I don't know how well Harry learned Occlumency, but he was quite skilled at the Wind Warming Charm, and Kyle didn't even hear the spell.

A few minutes later, Harry fell into the lake again...... It's the same as before, come to the shore and dry your clothes.

And Fawkes stood on a large tree next to him, eating the pimple vine pods one by one, glancing casually from time to time.

When it looked up again, it saw Kyle and flew over with its wings spread.

The movement here naturally also aroused Harry's idea, he turned his head, his expression did not change, just muttered, "Strange, how did I see Kyle, and this time there is a phoenix, it must be dreaming again."

"That's not right, it hurt a lot just now, could it be that I was knocked unconscious?"

It wasn't until the cat-leopard jumped next to Kyle that Harry realized that Kyle was really here this time.

Harry was so excited that he almost cried and ran over to the ground.

"Isn't it over, isn't it over...... is the end of teaching" He looked at Kyle hopefully, and said quickly, "I promise I've learned Occlumency, really!" ”

Kyle doesn't doubt his claim,

Although he only looked at it for a moment, he noticed that the cat and leopard hesitated several times, indicating that it did not fully see clearly.

Cats and leopards also confirmed this claim.

It let out a low growl.

"I can still see it, but it's a little blurry, isn't it?" Kyle asked.

The cat-leopard nodded, glancing at Harry with some disgust.

It's not just Harry these days, it's also quite tired, not only to beat people, but also to master the sense of proportion and not really hurt him, this is a technical job, a test of patience.

So strictly speaking, Cat Leopard actually wanted to end the lesson more than Harry.

"Thank you, Nadalie." Kyle opened the box, "I've got wart pork legs for you, and dragon's blood steak, go eat them,"

The cat and leopard jumped in without saying a word...... Fawkes flew into the box after it, and Kyle was sure to leave the Room of Requirement, not wanting to be in front of the other students.

"Kyle...... That's Phoenix? Harry rubbed his eyes and asked uncertainly.

"Well, Fawkes, you've probably seen it in the headmaster's office." Kyle put away the box and said, "It's your overseer, and it's also a healer at a critical moment.

"Alright, let's go out, if you want to stay here ...... okay"

Before Kyle could finish his sentence, Harry ran towards the door.

He's crazy to stay here.

Harry lost count of how many times he had been beaten, all he knew was that he was beaten every day, and that the water he splashed could fill a new lake.

Compared to the experience of these few days, the ten years he lived in the Dursley family can be described as heartwarming...... At least his aunt and uncle don't whip him with a stick every few minutes, but the leopard does, and it hurts.

Its tail was like an iron rod, drawing a mark, but it didn't hurt the bone, it was just a pain, and Harry couldn't even find an excuse to give up.

For a while, Harry even thought it would be nice to learn Occlumency from Snape.

"I've been being beaten almost all day!"

On the way back to the Great Hall, Harry couldn't help but complain to Kyle, "Even when I go to bed, my bed somehow overturns. ”

"Then you must have overslept." Kyle said, "It's only during training time that the leopard comes into that room. ”

"Even so......," Harry pouted, "but I always need a break, but you threw me in the Room of Requirement and never been there!" ”

"This is also a teaching need." Kyle explains, "Practicing Occlumency requires putting aside the unwanted emotions, and the long hours of continuous training are hard work, but they also allow you to keep your brain in a state of complete relaxation without being distracted by other things."

"In fact, I was the same as you at the beginning, eating and living with cats and leopards, and I started to be beaten almost every day when I opened my eyes."

Harry felt a little better to hear that Kyle was like this, and now that he thinks about it, he's had a really fulfilling time.

Those troubles like Voldemort, Order of the Phoenix, Umbridge and the like seem to have not appeared in his mind for a long time, and even the quality of sleep is much better, he can almost fall asleep with a pillow, and he doesn't have messy dreams anymore, and it is dawn when he opens his eyes.

"By the way, Kyle, how long did you learn Occlumency." Harry asked, curious.

"I forgot......" Kyle thought for a moment, "it should be a week or so, and the cats and leopards can't see my thoughts at all, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Harry shook his head, a little rejoicing.

It took him a week to learn Occlumency, and so did Kyle, so doesn't that mean he has the same talent for this spell as Kyle?

As a recognized good student at Hogwarts, no one would question Kyle's talent for magic.

Harry never thought he had the same talent as Kyle, it was like when he found out that his grades were on par with Hermione's after the exams...... I'm excited.

Thinking of this, Harry didn't seem so angry, and said half-jokingly: "I count the time every day, I thought that today was the last day of the holiday, and you would definitely come to pick me up, but I didn't expect you to come until now, I thought you forgot about it." ”

"Haha...... How can it be. Kyle laughed twice, "It's Umbridge who went back to school early, didn't you sign the list of students who stayed at school?" It's not good if she sees it. ”

"Umbridge is back?" When he heard the name again, Harry's good mood vanished at once.

"You're right, if she found out that I had returned to school early, she would have jumped up with excitement, but luckily you didn't come to pick me up in the morning...... Rather than being cross-examined by Umbridge, I would rather be pumped by the tail of a cat and leopard. ”

"Ah...... It's nothing, it's all I should do. Kyle said, "Let's hurry up, the party should be about to begin." ”

"Banquet?" Harry's eyes lit up.

Although the house-elves bring food on time every day these days, Harry is in no mood to taste them under the endless torture of cats and leopards, just to fill his stomach.

Now that it was finally over, and he caught up with the happy thing of the banquet, he subconsciously quickened his pace.

……

When the two of them returned to the Great Hall, it was already full, and Harry subconsciously looked in the direction of the teacher's seat, where Snape was sitting.

Inexplicably, he sensed that there was something strange in Snape's eyes, which seemed to be a little different from usual.

Harry didn't care that much, though, just one glance and then hurriedly turned around and walked towards Gryffindor's table.

Snape was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little surprised, he didn't expect Harry to actually learn Occlumency, even if it was only from a sieve to a fine gauze, but it was enough to resist the chaotic mental invasion.

And to do this in a week, the progress is not small.

But the more this happened, the more uncomfortable Snape became, he had taught Harry for so many days, and there was no progress at all.

But after being replaced by Kyle, he took off directly, doesn't that mean that he is not as good as Kyle.

As a full-fledged professor, he actually lost to a sixth-grader in teaching, and Snape couldn't accept it for a while.

Just as he was thinking about it, Snape suddenly noticed that Dumbledore next to him was glancing at him with an affirmative expression.

Obviously, he had also noticed the change in Harry and credited it to himself.

This made Snape's heart even more uncomfortable...... He didn't want to touch Kyle's light, but he couldn't explain in front of the other professors, especially Umbridge, so he could only sulk in his heart.

On the other side, Harry had just sat down as Harry had returned to the Gryffindor table when Hermione and Ron gathered around.

"Where have you been?"

"We looked for you for more than half an hour, but the people who stayed at the school said they hadn't seen you in the past few days."

"I've always lived in the Room of Need." Harry lowered his voice and said, "You know, to learn Occlumency. ”

"How's it going?" Ron asked.

"Hmm...... Not bad. Harry said, "I feel like I've learned." ”

"You've learned?" Hermione looked at Harry incredulously and subconsciously exclaimed, "So fast! ”

"Quick? Harry had wasted an entire vacation, wasn't it normal to learn a spell? Ron said inexplicably, "Listen to you, is that Occlumency difficult?" ”

"It's hard!" Hermione nodded solemnly, "Or maybe it's harder than any of the spells we've been exposed to before, including the Segmented Transfiguration and Patronus Charms." ”

In fact, after Harry returned to Hogwarts, Hermione also tried to learn Occlumency, she read a lot of related books, "Add a Door to the Brain", "Control Your Thoughts", "Memories and Thoughts", she read all three books recommended by Mr. Weasley, and consulted Bill and Tonks for several days in a row.

But anyway, until she went to the station this morning, she didn't learn this technique.

Bill said she had improved a lot from two weeks ago, but Hermione could tell that she was just comforting herself.

Hermione had thought that Harry was similar, but she didn't expect him to have learned...... This made Hermione feel a sense of frustration in her heart.

"How did you learn it?" She asked eagerly, "What method was used, can you tell me?" ”

Hearing Hermione's question, Harry shuddered at the thought of the six-legged cat-leopard and its whirring tail.

"Trust me Hermione, don't ask, you're not going to like it."

Hearing Harry say this, Hermione was not convinced. said: "As long as I can learn this technique, I can continue even if it is difficult." ”

Hermione is qualified to say that, she has always been very persistent in matters related to her studies, such as when she was in third grade, she stubbornly completed all twelve subjects...... Even at Hogwarts, there are only a handful of students who can do this.

"It's not a difficult thing to do......" Harry said.

Seeing Hermione's look of disbelief, he hesitated for a moment, then pulled back his sleeves to reveal his arms, "See for yourself." ”

Harry's arms were covered in bruises and purples, as if someone had spilled paint on him.

"Oh, Merlin's beard!"

"Oh my God!"

Seeing this, Hermione and Ron let out a burst of exclamations almost at the same time, instantly attracting the attention of the people around them.

Harry hurriedly lowered his sleeves and pretended to be nonchalant.

"Didn't Snape do it!"

But Hermione didn't care about this, and said angrily: "It's too much, how can he hit you, it's against the school rules...... No, if you break the wizarding law, I must tell the principal! ”

"Yes, that's right." Ron was also angry, "A man like him doesn't qualify to be a professor!" ”

"Hey, calm down." Harry lowered his voice and said, "Although Snape's approach is also excessive, it has nothing to do with him, it is Kyle. ”

"Kyle?" Hermione was stunned for a moment, then continued, "Even Kyle can't hit you......"

"No, no, no...... It's not Kyle who hits me, it's a cat-leopard. Before she could finish her sentence, Harry interrupted her.

At this point, Hermione was completely stunned.

It's already a bit incredible that Kyle is involved, but now why is there another cat and leopard?

If she remembered correctly, this was a rare magical beast, and there were not a few in the whole of Britain, so how could it appear at Hogwarts.

Harry hurriedly explained what had happened the other day.

Hermione and Ron were stunned as if they were listening to a story about a troll learning to dance ballet.

Even if they wanted to break their heads, they couldn't have imagined that Kyle had found a cat and leopard to teach Harry...... Even he learned Occlumency himself.

"That's it." Harry said, "These are scary to look at, but they are all skin injuries, even if you don't care about anything, you won't be there in a day or two, don't worry." ”

"So you've been with cats and leopards all these days?" Ron asked, smacking his lips.

"It's been a whole week." Harry said, his tone full of sadness that could not be concealed.

"In this case, the eyes of cats and leopards do seem to have the ability to take the mind of the gods."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, "But when its eyes turn purple, its abilities will also become hypnotic, which is also the most terrifying thing about cats and leopards, because among the known defensive magic, few can resist hypnosis." ”

"Huh? Can cats and leopards also hypnosis? Harry scratched at his hair.

"You don't know?" Hermione asked rhetorically.

"I don't know." Harry said, "The leopard I saw had blue eyes all the time. ”

"Haven't you thought about reading a book?" Hermione looked a little annoyed, "You should know that the Room of Requirement will add books to the room according to your needs, which is what we did when we met at the DA.

"And what I just said is all from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."

"Please, Hermione, I've been chased and beaten all the time, how can I have time to read!" Harry couldn't help but retort.

"Don't you have a few more hours to sleep?" Hermione frowned and said, "Isn't it okay to take twenty minutes off?" It's always good to know more about your opponents. ”

"Twenty minutes?" Harry sighed, "You know what? Several times I fell asleep directly on the floor of the doorway. ”

"But ......"

Hermione wanted to say something, but finally shook her head, "Let's take you to the hospital after dinner, Madam Pomfrey should be able to get you back soon." ”

"No, no." Harry decisively refused, "What I want most now is to be able to go back to the soft bed in the dormitory and get some sleep...... As for these, in my experience, they will disappear after two days, and you don't have to worry about them at all. ”

"But Hermione, if you're not in a hurry, I think it's better not to learn Occlumency this way, it's really painful."

This time Hermione didn't refute, because Harry's quick fix didn't seem to suit her very well.

(End of chapter)