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As for why parchment is used... This is actually a little trick of the copying spell.
For things like notes and maps, removing the most complicated part of the parchment and only copying the contents will make the spell much easier and the copy will last much longer."
After listening to this, Kyle understood why there were 12 more Sikkos. The quality of the map has improved, so the price will naturally increase as well.
But the parchment was a bit redundant. In Kyle's opinion, those maps would be useless in a month at most, so Cedric's actions were really unnecessary.
Fortunately, the parchment was not that expensive, and the total cost was less than two cents, which was nothing compared to the final profit.
Not to mention Cedric's own expense, that's the most important thing.
Kyle put away his Nashiko and asked casually, "By the way, what is your impression of Qiu?"
"Qiu?" Cedric thought for a moment and said, "I think she is a very smart little witch. She is very honest and has a good personality. She should be a good friend."
"No more?" Kyle frowned.
"Hmm... big, generous?" Cedric asked tentatively.
"Forget it, don't say anything."
Kyle rubbed his forehead. Although it was a bit early, he never expected that Cedric's first impression of Qiu was that he was a very upright person...
Who the hell describes a girl as honest?
That's it, I'm tired.
Kyle closed the book, stood up and walked towards the common room corridor.
"Are you going out?" Cedric asked.
Kyle responded, "I'm going to feed the cat."
"it is good."
Cedric responded and then stopped caring. He lowered his head and began to count his Sickles. While counting, he muttered quietly, "Haha, I didn't expect that I could actually earn some pocket money. This feeling is great. I must write a letter to tell my dad about this news."
Kyle, who had just walked into the wooden passage, heard this and silently sympathized with the Ministry of Magic staff for a second.
It looks like Mr. Diggory has something new to show off. I just hope they can get used to it soon.
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Leaving the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle deliberately made a lot of noise in the corridor.
He was a man of his words. Since he had said that he would bring dried fish for Mrs. Norris, he naturally could not go back on his word.
Another point is the failure of "Professor Meowg's Feeding Plan".
Although Kyle had tried hard to convince himself, and was well aware that this was impossible to accomplish, he still felt that the idea was not making sense after all he had been looking forward to it for so long.
No matter what, he had to feed the cat today, even if Dumbledore came.
Although Mrs. Norris is not a tabby, at least they are both cats, and they look similar, so they can barely be considered a substitute.
In less than three minutes of Kyle's continued noise, Mrs. Norris came over, and with her was Filch.
"Ahaha, I caught you, the little wizard making noise in the corridor." Filch tilted his head and looked at Kyle with ill intent: "I'm going to put you in detention!"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Filch. I think you may have remembered it wrong." Kyle said calmly, "Rule 22 of the school rules clearly states that if you make loud noises in the corridor outside of curfew hours, you will be punished with a verbal warning. You will be put in detention only if you make three such violations."
"I know, you don't need to remind me!"
Filch looked furious. He said gloomily, "Are you good at memorizing school rules? No matter how good you are at memorizing them, you will still break them knowingly!"
I'll be watching you, and you better never make a mistake, or I'll catch you."
"That day won't come." Kyle said with a smile, "Also, Mr. Filch, the reason I did this is just to find Mrs. Norris.
You know, Hogwarts is so big, it's not easy to find a cat, this is the fastest way."
"What do you want to do!" Filch's eyes instantly became alert. "I warn you, you'd better not do anything bad to my cat, otherwise I will make you pay the price at the risk of my life!"
"You're overthinking it. I just wanted to thank it." Kyle explained, "My roommate had an accident this morning, and it was it that took me to the school hospital. This is my thank you gift."
As he spoke, Kyle took out the bag of dried fish and took out a fish from it and tried to feed it to Mrs. Loris.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Norris didn't even look at it.
Filch sneered, "Don't waste your energy. It only eats the food I feed it."
"Then you can feed it." Kyle handed the bag to Filch and said, "Don't worry, it's just dried fish. You can ask the professor to help check it."
"No, we don't need this!" Filch said coldly.
"Don't be so quick to refuse. This is a thank-you gift from a little wizard." Kyle said casually, "Besides, dried longbearded barracuda is a high-end product. One bag costs ten Galleons, and it's in short supply. It's the top cat food in the wizarding world. I got it with great difficulty."
Filch hesitated.
If it was ordinary dried fish, he would definitely not dare to risk giving it to Mrs. Norris, but if it was long-bearded pike...
Kyle was right. This dried fish was indeed the best cat food. Filch had once thought of giving Mrs. Norris a gift like this at Christmas.
But he couldn't buy it.
It's not that he has no money. Although the salary of a janitor is not high, Filch lives in Hogwarts, with free food and accommodation, and he doesn't have any daily expenses, so he has some savings over the years.
But the problem is that this kind of dried fish is always out of stock in Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade, and you can't buy it even if you have money.
Filch smelled the dried fish in his hand carefully, and after making sure there was no strange smell, he looked up at Kyle and said, "You'd better not lie to me."
"Poisoning the janitor's cat is no small matter." Kyle said frankly, "I'm only a first-year student. I don't want to be expelled so early."
Filch thought about it and it seemed to be true. If something happened to Mrs. Norris, Kyle would definitely not be able to escape.
"Go away, and I'll pretend I didn't see you this time."
"Thank you."
Kyle walked straight forward, and when he passed Mrs. Norris, he threw the dried fish in his hand to her.
"By the way, I'll leave this to you as well."
This time, Mrs. Norris did not refuse. After seeing Filch nod slightly, she stood up and took the dried fish, and ate it all in just a few bites.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 40: The Sorting Hat drank fake wine (Please collect and recommend)
The next day, Kyle had to go to the second floor of the castle to study History of Magic with the freshmen of Gryffindor College.
There's not much to say about this class. As the most boring class in Hogwarts, Kyle dozed off the whole time.
He never thought that a class could be so boring.
As a ghost, Professor Cuthbert Binns did not give his usual lectures to intimidate his students, nor did he have any classroom interaction.
When his milky white body passed through the wall and entered the classroom, he began to read from a book, and always in the same tone.
After only ten minutes, Kyle couldn't take it anymore.
He felt as if there were countless bees flying around his head, buzzing non-stop, and he could not hear what Professor Binns was saying at all.
Look around again.
The little lions of Gryffindor had given up completely. They lay on the table in a twisted state, drooling, grinding their teeth, talking in their sleep... and they were sleeping soundly.
Hufflepuffs were better, especially the badgers who were responsible for recording notes on the History of Magic. Because of Mikel, their strong sense of mission allowed their perseverance and endurance to reach an unprecedented level.
Even when faced with a Professor Binns hypnotist, they managed to stay awake and insist on writing down every name and date.
Although this is of no use.
Because Professor Binns was simply reading from the textbook, and not a single word was wrong from beginning to end.
After discovering this, the little badgers could no longer hold on and put away the parchment and went to sleep!
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If there is any course in Hogwarts that is more boring for young wizards than the boring History of Magic, it is probably the afternoon Potions class.
Although the History of Magic is a bit boring, at least I can catch up on some sleep and as long as I don't snore too loudly, Professor Binns won't say anything.
But Potions class is different, it is pure torture.
And because of a professor's undisguised favoritism, no one in any other house except Slytherin likes Potions class.
Among them, Gryffindor was the most injured.
Other colleges simply don’t get any extra points, but they are the only ones who are deducted points every time for various reasons.
These reasons include but are not limited to slow note-taking, not reading the book during class, only reading the book and not the professor...
It has to be said that Snape played a crucial role in Gryffindor's perennial rank last in the school standings.
That's why Fred and George wanted to send him to the school hospital so much.
They really hate it!
In the afternoon, Hufflepuff finally had their first Potions class, together with Slytherin.
Following the repeated instructions from the class leaders, the young wizards left the common room early and arrived at the underground classroom more than ten minutes in advance.
Except for Kyle... he was called to the school hospital by Dumbledore.
"Kyle, you're finally here!"
When Mikel saw Kyle, he seemed to have seen the light, and said anxiously: "You are here to pick me up from the hospital, right? You must be here to pick me up from the hospital!
Oh my God, you have absolutely no idea what I've been through. This is simply not a place for human beings to stay.
The nurse tied me to the bed and wouldn't let me move or even eat snacks.
Then a man with greasy hair came in and asked me to drink a bottle of strange potion. I didn't want to drink the potion, so he used his magic wand to force me to drink it. Ugh... the taste was even more disgusting than shit!"
amount……
Kyle looked at Madam Pomfrey, whose chest was heaving violently, and then at Snape, who was standing at the door and was on the verge of exploding.
He found that he had underestimated Mikel. He said in front of Madam Pomfrey that the school hospital was not a place for people to stay, and that Snape was a greasy guy... The Sorting Hat must have drunk fake wine. Shouldn't such a talent go to Gryffindor?
Without any hesitation, Kyle acted completely instinctively. He shut up, lowered his head, and quickly came to Dumbledore's side, trying to reduce his presence.
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He didn't know who Kyle was. He was just an ordinary passerby.