Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 413 Nervous Professor Luping

 After leaving the underground classroom, Kyle did not stop and went all the way to the foyer.

Many people have returned from Hogsmeade. Everyone gathers here to exchange candies and joke props with each other. It is much more lively than when they came here.

Kyle also saw two people standing next to the stairs.

Professor Lupine held a map in his hand and looked at it carefully.

"It's a very creative design..." he said with a smile: "When I was in school, I also... saw an interesting map. Like it, it can show the secret passages in the castle."

“Professor, did you have such a map when you were in school?” Harry asked in surprise.

"Better than that..." Professor Lupine whispered, with a look of reminiscence on his face.

 But soon, this reminiscence turned serious...

He looked at Harry and asked seriously: "Are there many maps like this...in the castle?"

"This should be the only one." Harry said after thinking for a moment.

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

 Hearing what Harry said, Professor Lupine's expression softened a little.

"Professor, I...picked this up..." Harry didn't want to betray Fred and George, so he could only search for a reasonable-sounding excuse to explain the origin of the map.

“I don’t want to figure out how you got this thing, but I’m shocked you didn’t hand it over, especially after a student left the castle information around last time.”

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

 Fred and George had clearly told him before that after writing down the location of the secret passage, they should destroy the map as soon as possible, but he forgot about it.

 So far, he has only remembered the secret passage of the statue of the hunchbacked witch.

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

"Um?"

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

Professor Lupine was searching 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 Lupine asked in confusion: "Why are you here instead of going to Hogsmeade?"

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

 “Confinement?!”

Professor Lupine was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Kyle, who ranked first in grade four times in a row, would also be placed in solitary confinement.

However, Harry acted very calmly. He already knew about this when he met Kyle and Snape on the fourth floor in the morning.

 Snape, there's nothing surprising about that.

"He must have locked you up specifically because today is Hogsmeade visit day." Harry said decisively.

“What did he ask you to do, deal with the caterpillar slime?”

"No." Kyle shook his head, "It's not that bad, it just helped him survive the potion for a few hours."

"Oh, that's okay." Harry said with lingering fear, "Last time I was detained by Snape, I didn't eat for several days... By the way, what did you guys do to make it take so long? ?”

"A rare potion..." Kyle said, "Wolfsbane Potion."

Professor Lupine's eyes flashed with panic, but it quickly disappeared. Although he tried to look the same as usual, his hands were clenched, for fear that Kyle would call his name the next second.

 This semester, he would take leave every full moon, and with the Wolfsbane potion... it was difficult for him to ensure that Kyle didn't discover anything. Fortunately, at this time, a group of people walked into the foyer from outside.

Those were the people who went to Hogsmeade to visit, and they are all back now.

Fred and George came over and surrounded Kyle on the left and right.

 “You must not know what you are missing...”

"The Shrieking Shack wasn't as bad as we thought..." George said with a smile, "Malfoy didn't know what he saw inside and was so frightened that he ran all the way back to the castle."

"We all heard his screams in Zuko..." Fred said regretfully: "But why didn't we see anything when we went last time..."

 Harry lowered his head and said nothing.

In fact, Malfoy was scared away by him. He was wearing an invisibility cloak and smashed a ball of mud into the opponent's face.

 But due to excessive force, part of the invisibility cloak accidentally slipped off, exposing his head. It looked like he was floating in the air, and this scared Malfoy away.

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

 Afterwards, Connor, Cho and Cedric also came back.

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

He estimated that if he stayed any longer, Professor Luping would crush the map.

To be honest, he looked so nervous that he almost had the words "I am a werewolf" written on his face.

 Fortunately, Harry and Ron were next to them. If it were Hermione, she would definitely find something wrong.

But speaking of Hermione, it seems that I have rarely seen her recently, especially after the Christmas vacation, when the trio became a duo.

Only during mealtime can you see Hermione carrying a bulging bag and grabbing a few bites of food in the auditorium.

Thinking this way, Kyle also followed Kangna to the outside venue.

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

 The next second, Butterbeer turned into a violent haddock and bit his arm.

The haddock was rubbery, not painful, but very firm. No matter how hard Kyle shook it, he couldn't shake it off. Pulling harder only made it longer.

Fred and George held their stomachs and laughed. You didn't need to guess that it was their idea.

 …

　　Seeing a few people walking out of the castle gate laughing and joking, Professor Luping let go of the hand he had been holding tightly, and a little color returned to his face.

Kyle didn't seem to notice anything, maybe he was too nervous.

He was thinking...

　　Yeah, who would have thought that the great Professor Dumbledore would actually find a werewolf as a professor, as if he would have agreed to come to school here before.

This kind of thing is impossible anywhere...only Dumbledore...

Professor Lupin took a deep breath, gave Harry a few brief instructions, and then left in a hurry.

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

 He needs to go to Filch's place to find something.

 …

 (End of this chapter)