The letter wasn't particularly long, and aside from greetings and the like, there were less than two pieces of parchment on the actual part of the enchantment, but the contents were obscure, and even if there was a comparison chart given by Dumbledore, Kyle would have to go over and over again.

At the same time, he also took out his wand and tried different combinations of magic words.

Streaks of magic came out of the wand, converging to form new symbols, and faintly, there seemed to be an additional layer of transparent web around Kyle, but it quickly shattered and vanished.

"No, it's not the ......," Kyle frowned, flipping through the translation chart quickly.

Kyle wasn't even aware that the sky was already getting brighter outside because he was so focused.

Before he knew it, Kyle had been sitting at the table all night.

Until noon the next day......

Fred, who had returned from Diagon Alley for lunch, looked at an empty chair in front of him and couldn't help but ask, "By the way, how long has Kyle been in the room?" ”

"It's been almost a whole day." Harry said, "The light in his room was on last night and he didn't come out for breakfast this morning. ”

"What the hell is he doing?" George asked.

"I don't know." Ron said, "We wanted to call him in the morning, but Mom and Sirius wouldn't let us. ”

"That's what Dumbledore told before he left." At this point, Mrs. Weasley placed a plate of toast on the table, "If there's nothing important, don't bother Kyle." ”

"I know, and you've said it many times." Ron muttered.

"Then you have to remember." Mrs. Weasley glared at Ron, then glanced apprehensively in the direction of the stairs outside the door.

Apparently she's also a little worried about Kyle, who hasn't eaten for a day.

"But it's only been less than a day now, so it should be fine." Mrs. Weasley thought to herself, because of Dumbledore's advice, she would have to wait for Kyle to come out.

It was another afternoon.

It wasn't until half-past seven, when everyone was ready for dinner, that Kyle staggered down the stairs.

Diana said yesterday that what is on parchment can only exist for a day.

I have to say, it was really punctual.

Just now, the contents of the parchment disappeared in an instant. Along with it, there were memories of those ancient runes in his head.

But there is good news.

Although the process is gone, the result remains.

It's like an exam, he doesn't remember the content of the paper, he forgets what was written, but the final grade is real...... And it's a very good result.

It's just that after suddenly relaxing, Kyle, who hasn't eaten for a day, only feels dizzy. What I saw was even more flickering.

By the time Kyle finally descended downstairs to the dining room, Mrs. Weasley had just placed a plate of baked pies on the table.

Kyle doesn't care about being hot and polite, so he picks up a pie and stuffs it in his mouth.

"You've finally come out." Mrs. Weasley breathed a sigh of relief and served Kyle another bowl of soup, "Don't worry, I've made quite a bit." ”

……

Kyle felt better after eating three pies and drinking two bowls of soup, but only felt less hungry.

I have to say that studying ancient runiwen is really a very physically demanding job, and he feels that he doesn't feel like he hasn't eaten for a day, but for three days.

"Kyle, what the hell are you doing in the room?" Ron couldn't help but ask.

"Study Merlin's letter." Kyle said casually.

With the contents of the parchment gone, so did the strange constraints that he had had before, such as now he could say what he was doing naturally, instead of being blocked and unable to say it like he had last night.

"Merlin's letter?" Hermione's voice became high-pitched and high, "That's fifteen hundred years ago." ”

"Not the original letter." Kyle explained, "It's magically rubbed. ”

"Could it be that ...... your mom gave you last night" Hermione suddenly thought of the birthday present that Diana gave Kyle last night.

She had thought of many possibilities, advanced spells, ancient texts...... I didn't expect it to be related to Merlin.

"Can you show me?" Hermione stared at Kyle wistfully, "Just one glance." ”

"I'm sorry, but the letter is magically protected and has just disappeared." Kyle shrugged his shoulders and picked up another piece of pie, "And I forgot what it was, I just remember it was written in the unsimplified ancient runi script." ”

"Ancient Runiwen, simplify?" Hermione was a little dazed.

She really couldn't associate those words that were so complicated that she felt dizzy at first glance with simplification.

"That's the ......," Kyle casually handed Hermione the book Dumbledore had given him.

Hermione's brow furrowed from the first page.

Harry and Ron also glanced curiously, but the next second, they both looked away.

They didn't even recognize a single symbol on that page, and it was hard to imagine how Kyle had read it all day.

"Wait......" Fred suddenly thought of something, "didn't you just say that you forgot the content, and that you wasted all day?" ”

"Of course not." Kyle swallowed the last bite of the pie and took another piece of baked potato, "That's a teaching letter, presumably written by Merlin to his apprentice, and I've learned the magic mentioned above." ”

There was a sudden sound of inhalation in the restaurant, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know what to say for a while.

In the end, it was Fred and George who broke the silence.

"What kind of spell?"

"Is it powerful?"

Both asked at the same time.

"It's kind of a kind of Iron Armor Curse." Kyle said, "It's not powerful, it's mostly to protect yourself." ”

Fred and George looked disappointed, Merlin's magic was supposed to be powerful and devastating, and it was best to get rid of Voldemort and his Death Eaters directly.

"If you want me to say that the Iron Armor Charm is the best." Mrs. Weasley glanced at them, then said to Kyle, "Diana must have wanted you to keep yourself safe to get this for you." ”

"That's right." Mr. Weasley chimed in, "That's Merlin's letter, I've never heard of anyone getting their hands on anything like this, it must be precious." ”

"Maybe Professor Dumbledore has seen it too." Ginny said next to her, "Remember what he said last night? He seemed to know Kyle's situation well and what he needed, and he must have experienced it. ”

"But how many Dumbledores are there in the wizarding world?" Mr. Weasley said.

"Can we see the effect?" At this time, Sirius, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly spoke: "Of course, if it's inconvenient, forget it. ”

"It's just a spell, nothing inconvenient." Kyle said nonchalantly, "But can you wait a while?" I haven't eaten yet. ”

"Absolutely." Sirius said.

Now everyone was interested, looking forward to seeing the magic of fifteen hundred years ago, and under this anticipation, they couldn't even eat, and only hoped that time would pass faster.

But the most critical Kyle was not in a hurry at all, and continued to eat dinner unhurriedly.

When everyone puts down the dishes, the remaining three pies are all swept away by Kyle.

There were also two potatoes, five bowls of soup, and a plate of sausages and bread that Mrs. Weasley improvised for fear of not having enough food.

Ginny's eyes kept widening, and she felt that Kyle's meal was enough for her to eat for three days.

"Kyle eats like this, is it really not a problem?" She asked subconsciously.

"It's normal." Lupin explained, "Kyle is supposed to learn magic magic, and when using this magic, it's a test of energy and stamina.

"If you choose the Ancient Runi course, you will find that after each class, the amount of food will be much more than usual."

"That's true...... Ginny muttered quietly, "but Kyle eats too much." ”

"It's okay, a young wizard of his age eats an amazing amount of food in his own right." Charlie reminisced: "I was like this at the beginning, I could eat five pies at a time, and my mother was always worried that there was not enough food at home. ”

As if to test his words, or maybe to see Kyle eating and looking hungry, Charlie said that he was going to get the toast in front of him and prepare to eat another round.

But no sooner had he reached out than Mrs. Weasley had struck him.

"Mom, you're too partial." Charlie couldn't help but complain.

"Kyle hasn't eaten in a day." Mrs. Weasley said without looking back.

……

Five minutes later, Kyle drinks another bowl of soup and finally puts down the dishes.

There was a flash of anticipation in the eyes of the others.

"Need a break?" Sirius asked.

"No, you don't." Kyle shook his head, "Seven points full, just enough to move." ”

"Bang dang!" Ginny, who had just stood up, knocked the stool down.

Anyway, she felt that Kyle's amount of food was even more incredible than that of ancient magic.

Sirius then stood up and walked towards the door.

"Come with me, I'll take you to the basement, where there's a room for making potions, just in time."

"Okay." Kyle naturally had no opinion, and stood up and was about to walk out.

However, at this moment, a red light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes.

"Except for your weapons!"

Sirius, who was standing in the doorway, took out his wand at some point and pointed it at Kyle impartially.

This sudden scene frightened Mrs. Weasley into screaming, and Ron subconsciously stepped back and stomped on Hermione, who was reading a book, and Hermione knocked Harry down in pain.

The whole restaurant was in chaos in an instant.

However, Kyle, who was pointed at by his wand, had no effect at all, and was still standing there.

Sirius' disarming spell had barely an inch in front of him when it was blocked by a silver shield.

The spell bounced back at a faster rate, and Sirius's wand spun off guard.

By the time he reacted, the wand was already in Kyle's hand.

"You didn't say you were going to sneak attack." Kyle returns his wand to Sirius.

"Death Eaters won't have a fair duel with you." Sirius said.

He looked at the wand that Kyle handed over, and his eyes were still in a trance, as if it was difficult to accept that he had been defeated.

For a wizard, losing his wand is the same as losing the ability to resist, and if Kyle were his enemy, he would have died.

He was considered a Hogwarts man of the year at the beginning, but he actually lost to a seventh-year student twenty years later.

Inexplicably, Sirius felt a sense of loss.

Lupin, an old friend for many years, was the first to notice his strangeness and comforted, "You don't think you can beat Kyle.

"It would have been five years ago, but now ...... Aren't you thinking a little too highly of yourself?

"And didn't you already lose to Kyle once when you first escaped from prison three years ago? After all this time, haven't you accepted this fact? ”

Or a friend, Lupin poked every word precisely into Sirius's heart, and repeatedly poked it, and sprinkled with a handful of salt by the way.

"Shut up, Remus." Sirius's face turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's just a simple test, it doesn't say anything. ”

He wanted to regain a little dignity for himself, but instead of stopping Lupin, this action made the other party laugh even more.

Sirius, whom he knew, had always been very carefree, and to put it mildly, heartless, a typical Gryffindor.

At least until Voldemort fell.

So Lupin rarely saw Sirius show the dazed look he had just now.

However, it is understandable that although this is just a simple test and does not explain anything, it is inevitable that it is a little unacceptable to lose his wand so easily when facing a student who has just turned seventeen.

He's not going to fight Kyle anyway.

Sirius's face grew redder, and even the other people in the room couldn't help but tug at the corners of their mouths.

To change the subject, Sirius once again sets his sights on Kyle.

Only then did he realize that the shield that had blocked his disarming spell had not disappeared, but was still there.

It is common sense that the Iron Charm will disappear after it reflects the opponent's spell, and if you want to continue using it, you must cast a second spell, which is also a characteristic of the Iron Charm itself, even Dumbledore.

But the scene in front of me shattered this characteristic.

Looking at the looming silver shield, Sirius always felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

That's right, in the Ministry of Magic!

Sirius suddenly remembered that he had used such a shield in the Ministry of Magic, when Voldemort and Dumbledore were fighting, and it seemed that Kyle still wanted to learn it at that time.

"You've learned?" Sirius couldn't help but say, "The Iron Armor Spell of the Mysterious Man." ”

"It's different." Kyle glanced at the shield in front of him, shook his head, and said, "The magic spell used by the mysterious man is a real shield, but this is just a manifestation of a magic spell, and the shape is not fixed. ”

As he spoke, Kyle waved his wand, and the shield in front of him immediately turned into a hexagonal magic array, with complex magic words flashing on it, which looked very high-end.

Then the magic circle turned into a hive-like web again, Kyle's own appearance, Sirius's appearance...... After that, it changed back to a shield.

"This is supposed to be the effect of a combination of magic texts, I can't remember what it is." Kyle continued, "It gives the Iron Charm more protection, and it also gives the spell a manifestation. ”

"And what about the effect?" Lupin asked, "Does what it looks like have anything to do with its defense?" ”

"It doesn't matter at all." "It's like a set of clothes, and no matter how much it changes, it doesn't affect the warmth." ”

"If you don't believe me, you can give it a try." Kyle turns the shield in front of him into a ring.

Sirius didn't seem to see it, and didn't mean to do anything at all, and Lupin and Mr. Weasley twisted their heads to the side.

"Forget it, I'll do it." Charlie couldn't help but smile and took out his wand.

"Except for your weapons!"

The red light of the disarming spell slammed into the empty space in the middle of the ring, but it was still blocked back.

But because of the preparation in advance, Charlie dodged one sideways in advance, and looking at the iron armor spell in front of Kyle, it was still intact.

Lupin frowned, pondering.

This persistent Iron Armor Spell reminded him of another spell...... Take care of it all.

This is not a single spell, but an enhanced version of the Iron Charm cast by multiple wizards, and the effect is to create a protective net that will remain until the magic is gone.

Normally, this spell is only used in war.

For example, more than a decade ago, the Aurors used this large spell to make the Death Eaters who tried to attack the Ministry of Magic return in vain.

The one Kyle is using now is a very much simplified version of this spell, which has been changed from a spell that has to be used by multiple people to a spell that can be used by one person.

It's a pity he doesn't remember the process...... If only others could learn the spell, it would be much easier to deal with the Death Eaters.

But soon, Lupin shook his head again.

This is the most difficult magic text, and even if there is a process, it is estimated that few people will be able to learn it...... And there is a risk of exposure if there are too many people, and if the Death Eaters learn it, that will be the real trouble.

After everyone saw the effect of the spell, Kyle waved his wand, and the shield in front of him vanished.

"Harry......" he said, turning around, "you're probably going to have to work hard for the rest of the year." ”

"What?" Harry blinked, a little unsure of what Kyle meant.

"That's right." Kyle explains, "This is my killer weapon to surprise the Death Eaters.

"It may make you a little uncomfortable to say that, but if the mysterious person invades your consciousness again, it is likely to be the same as what happened today."

Harry's eyes quickly darkened, and all this time, he had been trying to forget about it, but he didn't expect it to be told by Kyle.

"Me, I've been learning Occlumency." Harry whispered.

"I know." Kyle said, "I saw a book about Occlumency in your room last night.

"I mean, you're making too slow progress, and if you don't have anything important to do in the future, how about a special training."

Special training?

Harry subconsciously thought of the unbearable past when he was in the Room of Request.

"No, no." His legs began to weaken, and there was a dull ache in his body, "Sirius can teach me, and Professor Lupin, right?" ”

He looked at the two of them as if asking for help.

Sirius didn't know what Harry was doing, so he said helplessly, "I'm sorry Harry, but I don't know much about Occlumency, so I can't help you." ”

"Me too." Lupin said.

"In that case, then it's decided." Kyle said, "Sirius, didn't you just say there's a nice room in the basement?" Let's clean up later, and then Harry will be there for special training. ”

"Okay, no problem." Sirius said dryly.

……

(End of chapter)