Kayson and Sirius looked at each other for about two seconds, and neither of them strangely brought up the matter. Instead, they naturally ignored Nios, and after walking a distance, they decisively used Ender Teleportation to return to England.
After finding several Little Wizardss having a blast in Diagon Alley, they all returned to Hogwarts.
"Why are we suddenly back here? And why is Lupin asleep?" Ron asked, looking at Lupin sleeping soundly on Kayson's shoulder.
"Because he's safe enough. It's almost dark, and Sirius and I need to discuss some things with Dumbledore. You can go play with Hagrid. We'll pick you up at Hagrid's after we're done."
After dropping off the Little Wizardss at Hagrid's Hut, Kayson directly used Ender Teleportation to arrive at Dumbledore's office.
"Oh... Do you know why I don't approve of your rechargeable ender pearl?" Dumbledore said faintly.
"Why?" Kayson, who had appeared directly in Dumbledore's office using Ender Teleportation, had no self-awareness whatsoever and asked brazenly.
"... Never mind. You must have something to discuss, visiting an old man like me." Dumbledore sighed helplessly.
"That's right, it's very important." Kayson placed Lupin on a chair, then Sirius used a counter-curse to wake him up, though he wasn't fully conscious.
"It's us, Kayson and Sirius. Dumbledore is here too," Kayson explained.
It was then that Lupin opened his eyes in a daze, as if he had truly just been asleep. He looked at the furnishings of the Headmaster's office, and then at Kayson and Sirius's mischievous expressions.
"I was going to ask for leave! What are you doing?!" Lupin roared and pounced on Sirius.
Sirius was instantly tackled to the ground by Lupin, and the two immediately began wrestling.
"Stop! Stop, Remus, we have important business now!" Sirius said, baring his teeth.
After a while longer, Lupin calmed down and sat back in his chair.
"We found the manager of the Dragon Reserve in Romania, Nios. He's a bit strange...." Kayson began to vividly describe Nios's peculiarities.
Dumbledore leaned back in his office chair and listened for a long time. When Kayson stopped to clear his throat, he slowly sat up straighter.
"Perhaps he's just naturally unemotional."
"Do you believe that?"
"... We need you again, Lupin." Dumbledore pondered for a moment and looked at Lupin.
"What do you mean?" Lupin instinctively asked, but he quickly realized that some highly skilled Imperio masters or memory masters could modify people's subconscious or even directly alter memories.
For example, making a person appear normal on the surface, but their underlying memories have been completely emptied, and their subconscious has already recognized an enemy as a father... Although this is only a theoretical situation, it still has basic credibility.
At least it's not too far-fetched.
"You mean I just need to wait a few days or longer after the Quidditch World Cup ends, and I'll pretend nothing happened and return to the Dragon Reserve, but I've accidentally lost my memories from the period I was gone, or I'll just tell the truth and say I watched the Quidditch World Cup, because this could also be a false memory implanted by a fictional person."
"This way, even if that Nios really has a problem, I can monitor him up close?"
Dumbledore nodded: "That's right...."
At this moment, Kayson seemed to suddenly remember something. He suddenly raised his hand, revealing the Death Eater mark on his wrist.
"Did you draw that on?" Dumbledore asked.
"Yes, Sirius and I both drew it. We originally wanted to scare Lupin, but Lupin didn't see it. However, when I raised my wrist to talk to Sirius, Nios saw it," Kayson explained.
"So Nios saw the Death Eater mark but didn't stop you. On the contrary, he was so strange... But if this Nios is also a Death Eater, then it makes sense," Dumbledore said faintly.
Lupin and Sirius thought about it for a moment, and indeed it was.
"Then if that's really the case, won't I be exposed? He just needs to ask Lord Voldemort or his Death Eater companions if they kidnapped me, and he'll know what happened," Lupin said, frowning.
"Don't worry, Tom doesn't trust anyone. Similarly, his Death Eaters won't ask him about everything; that would be dangerous for them. The fact that Nios saw two fellow Death Eaters but didn't foolishly go up to greet them indicates he's an old-timer Death Eater. Of course, all of this is based on the premise that our suspicions are true."
"But as I said, an old-timer Death Eater wouldn't be so reckless."
"I see..." Lupin exhaled: "I accept this mission. Close-range surveillance, it's still quite simple."
"In fact, it's not simple at all," Kayson said, pulling Lupin's hand. A mechanical arm suddenly extended from his back and took a drop of Lupin's blood.
Lupin, meanwhile, was utterly bewildered: "I thought I was hallucinating earlier. So where did you get this mechanical arm?"
"He's only been back from Romania for less than a day," Dumbledore said sarcastically.
"Please don't mind those details." Kayson said, taking out an ender pearl, then smearing Lupin's blood on the pearl. Then he took out an unactivated teleportation device, which Dumbledore recognized....
The day Kayson created this teleportation device was the first time he realized what kind of overpowered existence the half-baked Alchemist he had brought back from the Muggle world truly was.
"You need something... that can break at any time, preferably only when you're harmed," Kayson stroked his chin.
"Cough cough." Sirius took off the ring on his finger: "The House of Black's vault is quite substantial. This is a magic ring that can be activated with magic power, capable of instantly transforming a large area around oneself into virtual life with life, used to guard against Killing Curse, but it will shatter after the defense ends."
"Isn't this perfect!" Kayson exclaimed, slapping his thigh.
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