Chapter 824: The Mysterious Unspeakable
"Hey, kid, what are you doing back here again!"
On the second floor of the Hog’s Head, Aberforth’s portrait glared at Kyle in annoyance. "You haven’t forgotten, have you? Taking up space here still costs money."
"Of course—fifty Galleons, ten times the rate. Professor Dumbledore will cover it," Kyle said with a weary sigh.
He’d been kicked out by Professor McGonagall.
If he hadn’t called out her true intentions, maybe he could’ve stayed at Hogwarts by playing dumb. But he had, and McGonagall had openly admitted it—she didn’t want him staying at the school.
As the person truly in charge of Hogwarts, McGonagall’s will was final. If she didn’t want him there, then no matter how many excuses he made, there was no staying.
She even went so far as to use one of the school’s secret passages to quietly send him out of Hogwarts without alerting anyone... which was why he now found himself at the Hog’s Head.
The exit to that passage was right here; the entrance, in the Room of Requirement.
It must have been Dumbledore who told her about it... so she could use it to evacuate students if Hogwarts ever faced a crisis.
McGonagall’s meaning was crystal clear: she intended to use the Time-Turner to save Dumbledore herself—not let Kyle go.
And the best way to guarantee that was to secure the most important item first... the Time-Turner.
In fact, everything she’d told Kyle earlier had been true.