Return Journey and Different Gifts

When Kyle returned to the Ottery St. Catchpole, it was already evening.

When he finished his journey with the Portkey and jumped down from mid-air, he was met by a large group of people standing there.

Chris seemed to have known in advance that he was coming back, and was waiting at the door early on.

"Dumbledore wrote to say you were coming back today," Chris said with a smile, "But I didn't expect it to be this late."

"It was originally planned for the afternoon, but something came up and we were delayed."

"It's alright, we can still make it in time for dinner."

Chris opened the door.

Kyle had barely stepped inside, and before he'd even had a sip of water, he eagerly asked, "Tell me quickly, what kind of person is Mr. Nicolas Flamel? I think... he must be a rigorous and disciplined scholar."

"Uh... more or less." Kyle's expression turned somewhat strange.

It's hard to say precisely...

However, during this period, every time he saw Nicolas, the other man was always wearing sunglasses, a floral shirt, and shorts, lying on a chair listening to opera.

In a way, this can be considered a form of self-discipline.

"Dad, haven't you seen Nicolas before?" Kyle asked.

"No." Chris shook his head and joked, "After all, I'm not like you, receiving the Order of Merlin at the age of twelve."

He then asked some other questions.

To maintain Nicolas's image, Kyle mumbled a few words, then quickly ended the conversation by saying he was putting down his luggage, and dashed upstairs.

His room was already piled high with beautifully wrapped gifts, all of which were given to him a few days ago for his birthday.

However, Kyle was still with Nicolas Flamel at that time, and the owl couldn't find him, so they had to send him here first.

But now is not the time to unwrap the gift...

As Ladon flapped its wings and flew in through the open window, Fred and George's voices could be heard outside.

"Kyle, are you back?"

"Come out here! Let's see who we've brought!"

Kyle leaned out of the window and immediately spotted the small, thin figure behind them.

"Harry Potter?"

"That's right?" Fred laughed. "We rescued him from that cage."

"Driving Dad's flying car."

"That feeling was amazing, it's a shame you weren't back then."

Behind them, Harry waved happily to Kyle.

Ron was right; his family did live very close to Kyle.

However, compared to the Burrow, the Kyle family home seemed much more normal, at least from the outside.

At Kyle's invitation, Harry followed Fred and George into the house.

The room was a large living room, even larger than the Dursley family ', but before Harry could take a good look around, he saw Fred and George hurry upstairs.

He had no choice but to follow.

As soon as they arrived upstairs, the twins stormed into Kyle's room and began to interrogate him.

"Kyle, you said you were only going for a few days..."

"But a month has already passed..."

Do you know how we've been getting through this past month?!

"Playing Quidditch in the open, causing trouble for Percy, teasing Ron ..." Kyle said calmly, "Or perhaps researching Skiving Snackboxes in your rooms?"

"I suppose Mrs. Weasley doesn't know that you've hidden everything under the bed."

Fred and George exchanged a glance and immediately put on smiles.

"Haha, Kyle, you guessed wrong..."

"Actually, we put the things under Ron's bed."

Ron, who had come with Harry, initially looked at them with a blank expression, then blushed and said:

"You never told me this!"

No wonder Fred and George have been going to his room a lot lately and even lending him a broom to play with.

Ron thought they had gotten better.

It turns out they were all fake!

"Don't be angry, Ron, I'm just borrowing your bed for a bit," Fred said with a smile.

Ron, with a stern face, said angrily, "No way! What if Mom finds out? Take it away right now!"

"Since you put it that way... then alright."

George sighed. "You're our little brother, and you won't even help with this little thing. It's really heartbreaking."

Fred shook his head. "We were thinking of giving you a present when school starts, but it seems we should forget about it."

"Don't worry, we'll go get them right away, and Mom definitely won't find out."

Ron's face turned even redder.

He murmured, as if he wanted to take back what he had said, but Fred and George didn't give him the chance.

After they finished speaking, the two ran out of the room to go back and pack their things.

While the others were talking, Harry was curiously looking at the huge pile of gifts in the room.

He also noticed that many of the gifts had "Happy Birthday" written on them.

Harry paused, turned around, and asked in a low voice, "Ron, you should have told me sooner that it's Kyle's birthday today. I didn't even have time to prepare a gift."

"What... oh, no."

Ron finally snapped out of his daze, shook his head, and said, "Actually, Kyle's birthday is July 31st, which was many days ago."

"July 31st, isn't that...?"

"That's right, Harry, Kyle shares the same birthday as you." Ron frowned, puzzled. "Didn't I mention that before?"

"Never..." Harry murmured.

Even so, Harry felt like he'd heard this news before.

"Oh, I remember now, it's Hagrid..."

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed, "He said last year when he first took me to Diagon Alley that Kyle and I share the same birthday!"

"What are you talking about?" Kyle noticed the two whispering at that moment.

"It's nothing..." Harry quickly shook his head and said, "But Kyle, you weren't home before, so why is the gift for you here? Did the House-elf steal it too?"

"House-elf? Of course not." Kyle shook his head and said, "It's just that the place I went to before was a bit special, and I couldn't find owls there."

"But speaking of gifts... these are for you, I made them all myself."

Kyle took two small boxes out of his pocket and tossed them to them.

The two quickly caught it.

Harry's box contained a badge.

"That's a Impervius badge," Kyle explained. "Wearing it means you can play Quidditch in the rain without any problems."

This was originally intended for Fred and George, but it's fine to give it to Harry too. It's not much trouble; we can just make another one later.

"Thank you, that's great!" Harry immediately put the badge on, secretly deciding that he would give Kyle a birthday present next time he went to Diagon Alley.

Ron's gift, on the other hand, was a quill pen that Kyle had made specifically for him... that could dispense ink automatically.

It can greatly improve homework efficiency and save more leisure time.

For some reason, Ron didn't seem that happy.