That day, Hogwarts was plunged into immense panic. The lights in the castle remained on throughout the entire night and did not go out until dawn.
All classes were suspended, and the match originally scheduled for the following day was postponed indefinitely—perhaps even canceled.
Over the next two days, many students were hurriedly taken away from Hogwarts by their parents, including members of the Quidditch teams.
Half of Ravenclaw's players left outright. Even with the remaining members and substitutes combined, they could not put together a full team.
And even if they could, they probably would not have been in the mood to play.
The number of students leaving school was still increasing. Outside the tightly shut doors of the Great Hall, Kyle saw Gryffindor's Seamus Finnigan arguing with a witch who wanted to take him away.
She was probably his mother. The two were having a fierce argument in the entrance hall.
Seamus insisted on staying until he received his graduation certificate, no matter what anyone said, but his mother stubbornly refused to agree.
They were both so loud that they attracted quite a crowd.
Perhaps she found it somewhat embarrassing, or perhaps out of respect for Dumbledore, Seamus's mother finally agreed to let him stay for the funeral.
But that was all.
Seamus agreed.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to watch, Kyle walked straight past them, left the castle, and returned to the garden behind his cabin.
Dumbledore, whom everyone was mourning, was sitting on a wooden bench, reaching out to tease the Romanian Longhorn, which had grown several times larger than before.
The usually hot-tempered and unruly Tree Bee was lying in a clearing nearby, as docile as a Mooncalf.
"Oh, Kyle, you're back..." Dumbledore turned to glance at him. "This place of yours is