As we enter May, the weather gradually clears up, and the sky is as clear and blue as forget-me-not flowers swaying in the wind.

Not long ago, Hufflepuff played their second Quidditch match and won by a landslide over Slytherin.

Slytherin also seems to want to replicate Ravenclaw's tactic and use the numerical advantage to trap Kyle, who has a firebolt.

But the problem is that Slytherin doesn't have Qiu Zhang, Kyle easily broke through the encirclement of Monty and the others with the speed of the fire ballista arrow, and the slow light wheel 2001 couldn't even see his broom branch.

The whole game also completely turned into his solo show, and the screaming in the stands barely stopped.

Half an hour later, Cedric caught the Golden Snitch right under Malfoy's nose, and the score was fixed at 360:10.

It was fair to say that the victory was also in Hufflepuff's hands, as they were a big lead in second place, and a few goals in the third game would have been enough to take home the Quidditch Cup.

This also excites the Hufflepuffs.

Snape, however, didn't seem so happy, and he looked in the stands at Kyle, who was surrounded by the crowd, with a gloomy expression and no idea what he was thinking.

When the players were back on the ground, he snorted and turned back to the castle.

However, after this game, the exams were even closer, and the Hufflepuffs' excitement lasted only one day before they had to continue to dive into their heavy homework.

On the third day after the Quidditch match, which happened to be the first weekend of May, the Year 6 students came to the Great Hall as usual to learn about apparition.

"It's still as we said before, everyone is free to practice." Tycros said.

But most of the students were not very interested, and recently every time they learned phantom shifting, someone split up, and some even left half of their body in place.

Although Professor McGonagall put the other together in time, this terrifying scene inevitably caused some resistance in most people's hearts, causing progress to become slower and slower.

But there are still people who are not affected.

Tycros applauded with joy as Connor landed precisely in the wooden ring five feet away with a crisp pop.

"Good, five weeks without any mistakes...... he smiled and said to Connor, "No problem, I think you've learned to apparition completely, just wait for the exam in a month's time, you don't need to come back." ”

"Thank you, Professor." Connor said happily.

With a look of envy in her eyes, she ran to Kyle on the other side of the auditorium.

In fact, after the first Phantom Shifting class, Tekroth had left Kyle alone, and he kept his promise to give Kyle a heavy bag of candy.

However, Kyle divided them all, and everyone in the room got a copy, even the professor.

"I learned to ......"

"Congratulations......"

The two of them said at the same time, and then left the auditorium together.

"What happened to those dragon claws?" Kyle asked.

"It's all ground into powder, and it's enough for me to use until the end of the assessment." Connor laughed happily and took out a box and handed it to Kyle, "By the way, this is for you." ”

"What is this?"

"I don't know, Professor Snape asked me to bring it to you." Connor said.

Kyle's outstretched hand paused, "Hmm...... It's not going to be a frog brain or a rat's spleen or anything like that. ”

"How is that possible!" Connor said angrily, "How could Professor Snape give you that kind of thing." ”

"It's not out of the question...... Kyle muttered quietly.

He'd just crushed Slytherin two days before, and it's hard to tell if Snape's stingy guy would hold a grudge.

"Huh?" Connor narrowed her eyes, "What are you thinking?" ”

"No, nothing." Kyle coughed dryly twice and quickly took the box.

He always felt like Connor had just guessed what he was thinking...... It seems that we need to continue to strengthen the study of brain occlusion.

Under Connor's gaze, Kyle mustered up the courage to open the box.

Luckily, it wasn't anything strange inside, but a bunch of eggshells, and a whole horn.

Kyle immediately recognized it as a unicorn's horn, the kind of golden spiral pattern that only unicorns have.

Kyle was a little surprised, this thing wasn't cheap...... And those eggshells.

There were six of them, three of which were silver-coloured and sparkling, like a handicraft made of sterling silver, and only the eggshells of birds and snakes were of this silver.

The remaining three are orange with rings of irregular red stripes.

"The eggshell of the Grey Serpent?"

Kyle was even more surprised, it wasn't very common, and it wasn't worth much less than a unicorn's horn.

Let's put it this way, this box of things adds up, how can there be more than a hundred Galleons.

Snape gave him something for more than a hundred Galleons...... No matter how you look at it, something is wrong, is it April Fool's Day?

No, it's been a month since April Fool's Day.

Kyle scratched at his hair, "Connor, these should be for you......"

"Of course not." Connor said, "Professor Snape said let me give it to you. ”

"Huh?"

Kyle looked at the box in his hand, thought for a moment, and seemed to guess Snape's thoughts.

These things add up to more than a hundred Galleons, and the price he gave Connor to get a dragon claw on the market is just over a hundred Galleons.

That's right.

Gee......

Thinking of this, Kyle put the box away, "Thank you, Professor Snape, for me, by the way, did he say anything?" ”

"No......" Connor glanced to the side.

In fact, when Snape gave her the box, he gritted his teeth and told himself to stay away from Kyle.

She didn't say that, though, and she took a note from the box before coming here.

"It shouldn't be." Kyle shook his head and said nothing, "Forget it, I'll take these things, you remember to thank Professor Snape for me." ”

"Okay." Connor nodded.

"And this, you help me hand it over to Professor Snape." Kyle pulls out a palm-sized, crumpled object.

"What is this, snakeskin?" Connor asked.

"Almost, it's the basilisk's snake molt." Kyle laughed and said, "You said I gave it to him, Professor Snape should like it." ”

……

The next day, Kyle prepares to go fishing at the Ministry of Magic as usual, but as soon as he walks out of the common room, he sees Snape standing in the hallway outside like a ghost, and when he sees Kyle, he can't help but pull him to the side.

"The basilisk is indeed in your hands!" Snape said with a grim face.

"Don't talk nonsense, Professor Snape." Kyle's face remained unchanged, "The basilisk was handled by Professor Dumbledore, I don't know. ”

"So what do you say about this?" Snape pulled out the snake moult.

"Oh, I picked this up." Kyle said, "I'm going to have something back for what you gave me so precious...... If you don't like it, forget it. ”

With that, Kyle was going to get the snake to molt.

Subconsciously, Snape withdrew his hand, and Kyle grabbed it.

"...... you," Snape stared at Kyle, his face shifting, "Is this thing still there?" Give me! ”

"It's gone." Kyle blurted out, "But Professor Dumbledore has entrusted the basilisk to Mr. Scamander's care, you can go to him if you want." ”

Snape's face turned slightly blue.

If he knew where Newt Cramander was, would he still use it to find Kyle?

"Otherwise......" Kyle continued, "I could go and ask Mr. Scamander if he has any extra snakes, what do you think, I think he has quite a few there, and I'll have Connor send them to you when the time comes." ”

"No need to ......," said Snape with a cold face, "you'd better stay away from her!" ”

With that, he left without looking back.

Kyle looked at his whirring cloak and spread his hands helplessly.

Really, isn't it just a Quidditch match, although the score gap is a bit big, but he also gave Slytherin a goal, no clean sheet game, as for the grudge until now?

"It's stingy." Kyle muttered.

Snape, who hadn't gone far, suddenly paused, and was about to turn his head when he saw Harry and Ron running down the stairs with broomsticks and almost hitting him.

"What are you doing?" Snape asked, grimacing.

"We're going to the Quidditch pitch." Harry whispered, "Today we're going to train ......"

"You should apologize before answering my question." Snape said coldly, "Gryffindor deducts five points. ”

"Oh, I'm sorry......" Harry said.

"It's not polite." Snape dragged a long note, "Gryffindor deducts five points." ”

"Well, I'm sorry, Professor Snape." Harry said.

"Hmm." Snape replied lightly, "In addition, the school prohibits chasing and fighting on the stairs, and Gryffindor will deduct five more points." ”

Harry clenched his fists tightly, resisting the urge to punch Snape in the face, glaring at him through gritted teeth.

To Snape's disappointment, Harry held back and didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

However, after deducting Gryffindor fifteen points in a row, Snape's mood suddenly improved a lot, and he ignored Harry and Ron, who were about to breathe fire in their eyes, and strode towards the underground classroom.

"He must have deliberately found fault with the Quidditch match the other day."

After making sure that Snape was far away, Ron immediately said, "I heard that Montay and the others were severely reprimanded, and Malfoy, Cedric caught the Golden Snitch right under his nose, and Snape was furious. ”

Hearing Ron say this, Harry suddenly became less angry.

The last few days were arguably the best he'd ever seen, with Slytherin trailing by more than three hundred points, and his cheers never stopped.

In order to cheer for Hufflepuff, he also bought a flag, and his hands were sore.

In comparison, fifteen points deducted don't seem like a big deal, anyway, they are now the bottom one, even if it is fifteen points less.

'The only pity is that they scored a goal.' Ron sighed, "If only the Hufflepuff goalkeepers had fought a little harder, if they could save Montay's goal, they wouldn't have a point." ”

"yes!" Harry nodded approvingly.

Slytherin scored a zero in the game, which is a joy to think about.

"We've got to hurry." Ron glanced at the time, "It's all Snape, it's past training time." ”

"You're right, if it's too late, Angelina will kill us."

The two looked at each other and ran out of the castle at the same time.

After everyone had left, Kyle walked out and made his way up the stairs to the fourth floor.

Although Umbridge has left the school, her office remains, where the fireplace is open for an hour every weekend to allow students to travel to the Ministry of Magic.

By the time Kyle arrived at the Defence Against the Dark Arts office, Cedric was already waiting.

"Why are you so slow. We were already late. He said anxiously.

"I can't help it, I ran into Professor Snape on the way, and I was delayed for some time." Kyle said unhurriedly, "And we don't have the same working hours as regular employees, as long as we get to the Ministry of Magic before nine o'clock." ”

"That being said, it's better to go early."

They passed through the fireplace and soon came to the Ministry of Magic.

It was still the same place as usual, with wizards coming and going to fill the hall.

And because recently, the newspapers would report about the destruction of the Death Eaters every few days, which made everyone nervous, and more people came to the Ministry of Magic.

"What's new, the Death Eaters are back in the South." On the elevator, two witches are discussing the latest news in the newspaper.

"This time it's Bellatrix Lestrange's madman, she seems to be looking for something."

"yes, I heard that she just met the striker who went after her, and the whole street was destroyed by the bombing."

"If only the Aurors were leading the way...... Maybe we'll catch her. ”

Kyle doesn't care at first, but thinks it's Umbridge making the fake news again.

But when the witch descends the elevator, Kyle stumbles upon the newspaper in her hand, and what he doesn't expect is that there is actually a picture of Bellatrix on it.

When the elevator stopped on the floor of the Magical Beasts Management and Control Division, Cedric was about to speak when Kyle ran out first.

He hurriedly reminded him, "Wait Kyle, you're not there yet......"

"I know." Kyle didn't look back and ran all the way to Chris's office.

Chris was writing something, and when he saw Kyle come in, he asked in a joking tone, "What, does the minister have any new tasks for you to convey?" ”

"Dad, do you have the Daily Prophet here?" Kyle asked directly.

"Oh, there." Chris gestured to an unopened newspaper on the table, "Just delivered a minute ago." ”

Kyle hurriedly opened it and looked at it.

On the front page of the newspaper was a picture of Bellatrix, who used her wand to force back the striker who stood in her way, laughed and turned into a cloud of black mist and left.

"The Hitter found the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in Hampshire, who had escaped after a great fight.

"Deputy Minister Dolores Jane Umbridge, who is in charge of the team, is suspected of having been tortured by the Heart Curse, and has been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Illness......"

Kyle doesn't think the photo is fake, because Bellatrix's kind of madness is hard for ordinary people to imitate.

What's more, he also saw Dumbledore in the photo.

Although it was only a flash, he did appear in the corner of the photo in a piece of firelight, and it seems that he should have been brought by the phoenix.

Perhaps it was because of Dumbledore's presence that Bellatrix fled in a hurry.

"Dad, do you know what's going on?" Kyle asked, "There should be news from the Order of the Phoenix." ”

Chris glanced at the newspaper and closed the door with his wand.

"I do know something." He lowered his voice and said, "The Headmaster is looking for someone, and it just so happens that the Death Eaters are looking for each other as well. ”

"Who's that guy?"

"Bob Ogden." Chris said after a moment of silence.

"It's the name again." Kyle frowned, "Who the hell is he?" ”

This time Chris didn't explain, just shook his head and said, "It's a matter for the Order of the Phoenix, Kyle, although Dumbledore said that we don't have to hide anything from you, but you can't help with this matter." ”

Chris didn't want to say too much about that Bob Ogden, Kyle thought about it, didn't say anything more, and instead asked, "What about the strikers, why didn't they let the Aurors go?" ”

"Ahh......h

"As it happens, didn't you give Fudge an idea?"

"Hmm." Kyle nodded, he didn't hide this from Chris, including several core members of the Order of the Phoenix.

"That's it." Chris said, "Yesterday we received word that two civets had been illegally smuggled in Hampshire, so Umbridge felt there was something to do here, and it passed early this morning. ”

(End of chapter)