"Why does he want to kill me?" Harry suddenly looked up and asked.
"A Death Eater, a Dark Wizard. Does he need a reason to kill you?" Kayson shook his head and said.
Remus, who was beside him, hesitated, then spoke: "By the way, Kayson, can I go to your office later?"
"Of course, if you want, I can put you in there right now."
Remus shook his head: "Later. Anyway, Harry, this holiday, although your aunt and uncle subjectively don't want you to leave the house, you might find it very boring, but objectively speaking, you're quite safe this way."
"Today's new newspapers are here! Who wants to buy!" As they were talking, a Little Wizard outside the ice cream shop suddenly appeared with a stack of newspapers floating behind him, shouting loudly with a spell.
This should be a Little Wizard from a shop in Diagon Alley who hadn't started Hogwarts yet, using his parents' old wand and buying a large pile of newspapers to earn some pocket money.
"Little Wizards, four copies, please." Remus waved to the Little Wizard and said.
Soon, two copies of The Daily Prophet, fresh off the press this morning, were placed in front of them, even in front of Dobby.
Remus idly read the newspaper, then he noticed today's headline.
"Oh, Arthur and his family are so lucky, they won so many Galleons. Their lives should be much more comfortable now... They went on vacation?" Remus said, somewhat bewildered.
"...Apparently, yes." Kayson also saw the photo in the newspaper and nodded.
"But this..." Remus suddenly noticed a small rat in Ron's arms in the photo. He always felt this rat looked very much like a close friend of his who had died more than ten years ago... One of his close friends, Peter Pettigrew's Animagus, was a small rat... But perhaps he was mistaken, Peter Pettigrew had been dead for over ten years... To be honest, instead of researching whether the small rat in the photo could be Peter Pettigrew, it would be better to research whether the big black dog he and Kayson picked up after drinking that day was Sirius.
After all, Sirius's Animagus and the big black dog named Bruce, who spent all day playing ships in the office or running wild in the Castle, really looked alike.
"By the way, Kayson, that big black dog... Bruce, have you looked at him with your monocle?" Remus asked.
"Yes, the entry is 'Beast'."
Remus nodded, smiling somewhat bitterly: "I see. I thought he might have some magic bloodline since he could find the Leaky Cauldron."
"You never know, it might just be very faint." Kayson said, casually folding the newspaper and putting it in his pocket, then looked at Dobby, who was sitting obediently.
"Dobby, what are your... aspirations for the future?"
Dobby, who was taking small sips of ice cream, perked up and looked up: "I want to protect Harry Potter!"
"Uh... Actually, I don't need your protection, really. If you protect me, I'm very likely to die young." Harry sharply commented without ceremony.
"Then... then Dobby doesn't know what to do now... Perhaps Dobby needs another job." Dobby said, lowering his eyes.
"Then didn't I free you for nothing?" Harry awkwardly rubbed his nose.
"No, no, no, Dobby wants to find a job where he can get paid, so Dobby can save all the money and give it to Harry Potter! Just like Harry Potter gave money to Professor Kayson!" Dobby shrieked.
"Actually, Harry's action is called repayment. Of course, if you give the money to Harry, in a sense, it could also be considered repayment." Kayson suddenly remembered halfway through his sentence that Harry had put all his effort into freeing Dobby, so in a sense, Dobby giving the money he earned back to Harry was subjectively reasonable.
However, objectively, it was different, because freeing Dobby was something Harry did on a whim. Dobby and Harry did not have an employment relationship or an exchange of benefits. From this perspective, Dobby giving the money he earned to Harry was unreasonable.
However, Kayson did not dwell on this conundrum for too long. After extricating himself from the maze, he said: "Do you think Dumbledore would take in Dobby?"
Remus, sitting next to him, seemed to suddenly realize: "That's right, Dumbledore will definitely accept Dobby!"
"That's it then. Later, Dobby, you can come back to Hogwarts with me. We can ask Dumbledore." Kayson said.
Soon after the four finished their ice cream, they walked around Diagon Alley for a few circles. It wasn't until the afternoon that they sent a grim-faced Harry back to Privet Drive, to his aunt's house.
"At least this holiday is almost over, relax." Kayson rubbed Harry's big head and said.
"Yes, Professor." Harry walked towards his aunt's house with a bitter expression.
"By the way, Harry." Kayson suddenly said.
Harry quickly turned his head.
Kayson added: "If you want to live better at your aunt's house, perhaps you can give them some gold as alimony. Of course, if you can't get over that hurdle in your heart, you can also consider it as rent and food money."
Harry nodded: "I will, Professor."
"Uh huh, go back."
After they watched Harry return to his aunt's house, Kayson sighed: "That's how it is when you live under someone else's roof. The adoptive parents don't receive love, and the adopted child doesn't feel love. Ultimately, it's because the parents aren't around... That's why Lord Voldemort deserves to die..."
Meanwhile, Remus only felt Kayson's words pierce his heart like a sharp sword.
"...What's wrong?" Kayson noticed Remus's strange expression and asked with some concern.
"..Nothing, let's go back to Hogwarts. I want to see Bruce first... I miss him a bit." Remus casually made up a lie.
"Uh huh, Remus Lupin." Kayson said.
"Hmm?"
In the blink of an eye, Remus was sucked into the ring in Kayson's hand.
"What kind of magic is this?" Dobby said in surprise.
"It's Alchemy magic, Dobby."
"Yes!"
Only Kayson was left on the twilight street. With the activation of Ender Teleportation, even he disappeared, leaving only slowly dissipating purple light particles.
[Happy New Year's Day, everyone!]
[Originally, I wanted to take a leave today for New Year's Day to celebrate properly, but after thinking about it, I decided not to. I'll just update diligently. This should be considered good news.]
[But it's not entirely good news. With final exams approaching, and my sleep problems, although authors have no human rights, I also want to do well on my exams and have a healthy body to enjoy the New Year peacefully. So, starting today, this book will have two updates per day.]
[After all, authors also need rest. I ask for the understanding of my readers, my benefactors. I'll also take this opportunity to recuperate. I've been suffering from severe insomnia recently, waking up at the slightest sound at night, so I need to adjust my schedule properly.]
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