"Actually, I didn't come for Sirius or Harley, but because we are all gathered here, and I just happen to be a free man, so I was roped in to be security." Kayson explained.
"Alright, I hope so," Neville said resentfully.
"Then why does Professor feel like all the other adults have things to do, and only you are idle here?" Ron, on the other side, also asked.
"I originally wanted to help in the kitchen, but your mother obviously preferred Lupin and Mrs. Longbottom to help; she probably thought I was too clumsy." Kayson explained, a little embarrassed.
"Hmm… By the way, Professor, I remember there used to be a House Elf here. Why haven't I seen him this time? I've already walked a whole circle around here." At this moment, Harley also came downstairs, holding the staircase, and asked Kayson.
"You should ask your godfather that question," Kayson replied.
"Oh, because that old fellow couldn't help but say some rubbish whenever he saw me, so I sent him to Hogwarts. Anyway, it's all work, so where does it matter?" Sirius suddenly poked his head out from behind a bookshelf and explained.
"That's how it is… Luckily, Hermione and her parents left, otherwise she would definitely say something or other." Ron said, a little amused.
"Oh, speaking ill of someone behind their back is not a good habit, you know." Kayson said teasingly, with half-moon eyes.
Ron's face turned beet red, and he said awkwardly, "I was just stating a fact; it's a matter of principle."
Kayson rolled his eyes: "But correspondingly, Hermione rejected Krum, who had invited her before you, because of your invitation. Hermione did something that could be called breaking a contract for you, so it's not impossible for you to be a little insincere for Hermione, is it?"
As soon as Kayson finished speaking, Ron hadn't even reacted, when an ear, shaped like a morning glory, stretched out from the kitchen, complete with Mrs. Weasley's characteristic earrings.
Ron looked at this ear, which had floated from the kitchen and was almost pressed against Professor Kayson's mouth, and felt uncharacteristically embarrassed.
"By the way, didn't you and Hermione write to each other during the holidays?" Neville also assisted.
"Hermione and her parents temporarily moved to Canada, so owl post is slower, and The Burrow can't use a phone. If we wanted to, we'd have to go to the village post office, but that always feels silly and it's easy for Muggles to find out, which is quite awkward," Ron explained.
"I think that's not bad. The beauty of writing letters is in the waiting, at least that's how it was in our time." The distant door slowly opened, and Dumbledore arrived with a few people.
"Do we have dinner then?" he asked.
"Yes, we do." Kayson tried to walk into the kitchen for the fourth time, and then Mrs. Weasley handed him a sausage and pushed him out.
"Is Mrs. Weasley treating me like a child?" he said resentfully to the lonely ear by the dining table.
The ear quickly shook… its ear.
....
"How abstract."
The few people Dumbledore brought in also sat down, panting, seemingly exhausted. It was unclear what they had been doing.
Just then, Sirius finally emerged from behind the bookshelf: "Let's see, we're all pretty much here. I'll assign your rooms. Fortunately, this house is quite large."
With that, Sirius distributed keys to the Little Wizardss, followed by the two Wizard couples, the Weasleys and the Longbottoms.
Then came the single Wizards, such as Kayson, and Mad-Eye Moody, whom Dumbledore had brought, and other members of the Order of the Phoenix, until he saw Tonks sitting alone and Lupin, who was still in the kitchen.
"Should I assign you one room or two rooms?" Sirius said, looking troubled.
"Hmm, I'm fine with either. Perhaps you should ask Remus?" Tonks said, blinking.
Sirius understood and threw a key to Tonks: "Then you two get one. If Remus doesn't want to sleep, tell him the House of Black's sofas and carpets are forbidden for sleeping, and if he doesn't sleep, he can go to the backyard and sleep with my brother."
Tonks raised her eyebrows, realizing that her blood relative was quite good.
He understood people.
Meanwhile, the other Little Wizardss were a bit confused about the room assignments.
"Ahem, obviously, unless there are special circumstances, you won't be able to leave the Black Old House by half a step this holiday, though you can go to the Black Old House's backyard," Sirius explained.
"Why?!" As soon as he finished speaking, Harley wailed.
"Obviously, because of danger. It's truly life-threatening to let you Little Wizardss leave the sight of us adult Wizards on your own. Most of you haven't seen Lord Voldemort himself, so you have no concept, but we adults all know how… disgusting that person is. So this is a form of protection for you," Sirius said.
"I feel it's more like a confinement," Ron said with a bitter face.
"You're actually right; in some sense, protection and confinement are similar," Kayson chimed in.
Then Sirius looked at him intently.
"Oh… When you enjoy freedom, you also have to bear the dangers that freedom brings you. That's relative, Sirius is not wrong!" Kayson quickly tried to patch things up.
Sirius quickly nodded: "And I don't think your holiday life will be that boring. The Black Old House still has a lot of secrets. You can team up and explore here, or just find an adult to help you buy ingredients outside, and you can have barbecues in the backyard or something."
Kayson sat in his seat, slowly twirling his fingernails, listening to the Little Wizardss croaking like frogs.
For the trio, while the damage was considerable, it was just that.
But for the Weasley Twins, it was nothing short of the sky falling.
"Professor! You wouldn't treat us like this, would you?" The Weasley Twins knew perfectly well who was the easiest to talk to among those present, and appeared directly behind Kayson.
"Unfortunately, Professor Kayson will not support your unreasonable demands! Absolutely not!"
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