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Everyone lined up skillfully, and under the command of Mrs. Weasley, they passed the pillars in front of them one after another and arrived at the famous Platform 9.
It's much more lively here than outside.
There was a crimson steam train parked next to the platform with a sign on it that read: Hogwarts Express.
"It seems I'm not late." A gentle voice came from behind Kyle.
Hearing the familiar voice, Kyle turned around suddenly and saw Diana looking at him with a smile.
"Mom?" Kyle asked in surprise, "Didn't you have a mission before..."
"Of course it's done." Diana squatted down and straightened Kyle's clothes. "Today is your first day at school. I don't want to miss such an important day."
"That's good." Kyle was also very happy.
It would be a pity if Chris was the only one to take him to Hogwarts.
Diana spoke to Kyle for a few more words, and only sent him on the train when it was about to depart. Finally, she said, "I think Chris should have told you the general situation of Hogwarts, so I won't repeat it. However, there is one thing I think he probably didn't say."
Diana looked at Kyle with her deep blue eyes and said seriously, "Dear, your father and I have graduated for a long time, and we don't want to recall our college life, so please don't let us receive any letters from any professors, including Dumbledore, okay?"
"Don't worry, Mom." Kyle smiled, "I won't break the school rules. They have no reason to send a letter home."
"Of course, dear." Diana kissed Kyle's cheek and watched him get on the train. "Also, don't forget to tell us the results of the sorting."
"I will." Kyle nodded and then turned and got on the train.
A few minutes later, the train slowly left the platform, and Diana finally withdrew her gaze.
Not far behind her, Chris had just finished a conversation with a middle-aged man and walked over to Diana in two or three steps.
"Is Mr. Diggory showing off his son again?" Diana laughed.
Apparently, she also knew the man who was talking to Chris.
Amos Diggory, like Chris, works in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic, and also has a child attending Hogwarts, but is one year older than Kyle and is in the same grade as the Weasley twins.
But unlike the naughty twins, that child was excellent in all aspects, almost the same as Percy was back then.
Therefore, Digory, who is crazy about showing off his baby, would praise his son almost every time he talked to people during this year.
It would be fine if it happened once or twice, and people would chime in with a few words of praise, but if he keeps saying it, who can stand it?
So Diggory gradually became one of the most unpopular people in the Ministry of Magic, especially those parents whose children attended Hogwarts but had average academic performance would never meet him unless necessary.
Even if we meet occasionally, we will just lower our heads and walk past quickly, and avoid talking if possible.
If they really can't avoid it, such as meeting him in the elevator, or if he is a colleague in the same department as him like Chris, they will immediately find an excuse to leave after exchanging a few words, never giving him a chance to change the subject.
And this time, Chris obviously couldn't escape.
"Cedric is really good."
Chris smiled bitterly and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about this. Have you really completed your mission?"
Although he didn't know the specific situation of the Department of Mysteries, he knew that the missions there would take at least a month, and it was almost impossible for a mission to be completed in two days.
"Of course not." Diana narrowed her eyes and said, "But my colleagues are all very easy to talk to. They won't say anything if I just ask for a little leave."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 10 Cedric
After Kyle got on the train, the first few carriages were basically full of people.
There's no way, since he is a car stuck at a certain point, it's not easy to find an empty space at this time.
Kyle used a levitation spell to carry his luggage until he finally found a fairly spacious carriage at the end of the train.
There was only one boy in this carriage, who was about the same age as him. As for his appearance… although he was not as good as himself, he was much better than the two twins of the Weasley family.
"Bang bang..."
Kyle knocked on the door of the carriage and asked politely, "Hello, can I sit here? All other seats are full."
"Of course, just sit down." The man said quickly.
"Thank you."
After entering the carriage, Kyle first placed his luggage on the storage rack and then extended his hand to the other party.
"Hello, I'm this year's freshman, Kyle Chopper."
The man seemed to be thinking about something and did not respond immediately. After he reacted, he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Oh... Sorry, Cedric Diggory, a second-year student at Hogwarts."
Cedric?
Kyle was a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet an "acquaintance" just after getting on the train. The future Hogwarts warrior, no wonder he was so handsome.
Kyle remembered that his family also lived near the village of St. Catchpole, but for various reasons, the two had never met.
Not once.
Kyle went to look for him several times at the beginning, but Diggory's door was always closed, so Kyle gave up over time.
Unexpectedly, the first time they met was on a train...
However, seeing that the other party seemed to be worried about something, Kyle did not say anything more. After a simple greeting, he took out the book "Common Spells and Solutions" that he bought from Flourish and Blotts Bookstore and began to read.
The other party continued to be in a daze.
I don't know when it started to drizzle outside the car window. It's always like this here, the rain always comes without any warning.
Kyle looked up and out the window, but didn't care. He was used to it, and he also liked reading in this environment.
Under Kyle's influence, Cedric stopped being in a daze and took out a book to read. Judging from the cover, it should be "Dark Power: A Guide to Self-Defense".
It is normal for Hogwarts students to review Defense Against the Dark Arts on the train before the start of term.
After all, no one knows how long the professor of this course can last this year. What if he quits after two classes? So it is always a good idea to prepare in advance.
For some time afterwards, the only sound in the carriage was the sound of the turning of parchment, which formed a sharp contrast with the noise outside the corridor.
But this situation did not last long.
Before Cedric had finished reading two pages, the door of the carriage was opened again.
"Finally found you, Kyle."
"We reserved a seat for you, but you stood us up and made us wait foolishly until now."
"I think you should apologize to us."
Fred and George leaned against the door, questioning Kyle one by one.
And both of them looked very angry, as if Kyle had done something that was hated by God and man.
"I can apologize."
Kyle calmly closed the book in his hand and said, "But the prerequisite is that you must swear to the dung egg that what you just said is true."
In an instant, the anger on Fred's face turned into confusion: "Well, can I swear in the name of the principal?"
George did the same: "Or Professor McGonagall would do."
"No!" Kyle shook his head: "It can only be a big dung egg."
……
"Oh, George, I think Kyle must be riding the Hogwarts Express for the first time. He is not familiar with this place, so he didn't find us."
"Yeah Fred, you can't blame him. We should have paid more attention outside."
The twins looked at each other, tacitly ignored what had just been said, and squeezed into the car as if nothing had happened.
Inevitably, they saw Cedric, too.
Fred smiled wickedly and said, "Look who this is. I can't remember him."
George raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course it's our good boy from Hogwarts, Mr. Cedric Diggory, the light of Hufflepuff."
As soon as the two finished talking, Cedric's face suddenly turned red. He was so embarrassed by the string of extremely embarrassing prefixes that he almost punched a hole in the train.
But he couldn't refute it.
Because the two titles of "Good Boy" and "Light of Hufflepuff" were passed down from his father, in just one summer vacation, almost everyone in the entire Ministry of Magic knew about them.
Of course, this also includes their families.
Therefore, during this summer vacation, almost half of the letters Cedric received were signed with the name of Hufflepuff.
The remaining half were classmates from Muggle families who didn't know about this.
It was precisely because of this incident that he deliberately chose the carriage in the corner, but he did not expect that he would still be discovered, and he was the two most troublesome people.
"Please, let me go!" Cedric put his hands together and begged: "I can lend you my homework."
As he spoke, a stack of parchment was placed on the table.
The twins wanted to make some more jokes, but the price offered by the other party was too high.
That’s the best homework in the grade!
George's expression straightened, and he quickly held the parchment in his arms, and said seriously: "What are you talking about, Cedric, of course we know that this is not what you meant, just now it was just a joke."
"That's right." Fred also nodded and said, "Don't worry, we won't laugh at you for this."
……
Fred and George left with smiles on their faces, looking as if they had found Galleons.
As soon as they left, Cedric breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Kyle a little embarrassedly and said, "Sorry, I..."
"I should be the one to apologize." Kyle interrupted him and said, "After all, they came to find me, otherwise you wouldn't have been found."
Cedric smiled bitterly and shook his head, "It's only a matter of time."
He could hide on the train, but not once he got to Hogwarts. He had to face it anyway, it was just a matter of time.
In addition, the sudden appearance of the Weasley brothers was not a bad thing, because they showed Cedric a way to solve the problem.
That's homework.
As the top student in the grade, his summer homework is still very popular, which can be seen from the reactions of the Weasley brothers just now. So it should be no problem to use homework to shut up the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor houses.
As long as we can control them, the problem is basically 80% solved.