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"Really... no need..."
Looking at Snape's gloomy face, Quirrell broke out in a cold sweat, fearing that he would force the medicine on him.
Fortunately, at this time, Professor Flitwick suddenly asked, "Minerva, what should we do now?"
Quirrell felt as if he had been pardoned and immediately retreated to the back of the crowd.
Professor McGonagall gave him an unhappy look, and then said, "Notify the prefects and ask all the students to come to the auditorium. This farce should be over."
……
Soon, the students came to the auditorium under the guidance of their class leaders.
The professors were already waiting here, except Snape.
He was bitten by Lu Wei last night, and only with a little white fresh essence could he barely walk around the castle for a whole night. Now he has returned to the office.
In the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall stood at the front, telling everyone that the troll was no longer in the castle.
Crisis resolved.
The little wizards cheered immediately.
"I've already told you...there are no trolls."
At the Gryffindor table, Ron said excitedly, "Honestly, I go through scams like this at least twice a week, and you guys don't believe me!"
But everyone was busy celebrating and no one paid attention to what he said.
Only Harry patted his shoulder, smiled and said, "I have to apologize to you, friend."
Although Hermione heard it, she did not tell the two the truth. Instead, she stood on tiptoe and tried to look towards the Hufflepuff's position.
There, Kyle was clapping like everyone else, and there was nothing unusual about him.
"Is this person really the youngest winner of the Special Contribution Award for the School?" Hermione fell into self-doubt again.
Kyle naturally didn't know what Hermione was thinking, but of course, he wouldn't care even if he knew.
As long as Hermione could keep it a secret.
For a period of time afterwards, Kyle would take some time every day to go into the box and try to tame the troll.
Although the giant monster is stupid and dumb, and can't use magic, its combat power is still good. With its thick skin and strong body, plus its brute force, it is definitely no problem to put it in the front row as a meat shield.
And being stupid has its advantages, which means it doesn't have many ideas, so it's easy to command.
For Kyle, this was not a difficult task.
Every time he came, he would not hesitate to beat the troll if it showed any aggressive behavior.
Kyle was very measured when he struck, not too hard but enough to make the troll feel pain, and then he gave it some food before leaving.
With the help of a big stick and sweet dates, the troll soon became obedient. After that, when it saw Kyle, it no longer showed any aggressiveness and could only smile foolishly.
……
No one knew who spread the news, but within a few days, everyone knew that it was because Professor Quirrell was too timid and mistook the shadow of an unknown object for a troll, which caused a joke at the Halloween dinner.
This made Professor Quirrell, who was already unpopular, become the laughing stock of everyone.
It was the first time they had seen such a timid professor, and they didn't know how he dared to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Fred and George even made a bet to guess when Professor Quirrell would leave Hogwarts and what his final fate would be.
Originally they just wanted to have some fun, but they didn't expect so many people to join in. The little wizards didn't seem to mind spending a few Knuts or Sickles to have some fun.
After a few days, the total amount of money they received was almost a dozen Galleons.
This unexpected success soon made the twins forget everything else. During a meal, they excitedly said to Kyle:
"This makes money much faster than selling things!"
Fred patted his jingling money bag. "It's like picking up money."
Kyle raised his head and asked, "How many people are participating now?"
"There are currently 129 people." George blurted out, "There are people from all four colleges."
"So many..." Cedric said in disbelief.
He had previously thought that there were only twenty or thirty people at most.
"Professor Quirrell is very popular right now..." Fred said, "Any topic related to him will always attract attention."
"How about you guys? Do you want to join in?" Fred asked, shaking his purse.
Cedric and Connor shook their heads at the same time. They were not interested in such things.
But Kyle touched his chin thoughtfully.
"That sounds interesting." He asked, "What are the rules for this?"
"It's very simple..." Seeing Kyle's intention, Fred smiled even more happily.
"You have two choices: the time when Professor Quirrell left Hogwarts, and his final ending. As long as you are right, we will return double the money."
"How about it, isn't it very conscientious?"
Kyle nodded.
"Yeah, so which one do you want to guess?"
"I guess all of them." Kyle took out a handful of Galleons and slammed them directly on the table.
"Here are twenty Galleons in total. Do you dare to take them?"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 175 No comparison, no harm
Twenty Galleons...
Fred and George looked up at the same time, hesitantly looking at Kyle.
To answer or not to answer...that is the question.
If they accepted it, once Kyle guessed correctly, they would not only lose all the money they had earned before, but also lose a lot more.
But... with twenty glittering golden galleons in front of them, they couldn't say no.
George licked his dry lips and asked, "Twenty Galleons...Are you sure?"
Kyle raised an eyebrow. "Give it a try and sweep the light wheel. And I can tell you what my guess is right now."
As he spoke, he leaned close to the two people's ears and whispered a few words.
"Qirro will stay until after the final exam, and the ending..."
After hearing what Kyle said, the twins gasped.
Then the two looked at each other.
"You're not going to tell our mother about this..." Fred asked doubtfully.
Kyle's words just now sounded like he was giving them Galleons. He always felt that this kind of good thing that fell from the sky was a little unreal.
Kyle affirmed, "Of course not, I promise."
George took a deep breath and said, "Okay, we'll take it!"
"A wise choice." Kyle looked at them meaningfully, then picked up a glass of pumpkin juice and took a sip.
Cedric and Connor, who were standing by, were staring at it in amazement. It was only now that they realized what was happening.
Twenty Galleons is not a small amount of money. It is more than many people's pocket money in a school year.
Just when Cedric was about to persuade Kyle not to be so impulsive, Fred and George quickly collected the Galleons on the table and ran back to the Gryffindor table.
It seemed as if he was afraid that Kyle would go back on his word.
"Kyle, you are too impulsive..."
But before he could finish his words, a strange voice came from the side.
"It's wrong for you to do this!"
A little girl with brown hair was standing not far away watching them.
Cedric had some impression of her, thought for a moment and asked, "Are you... a freshman in Gryffindor?"
"Yes, my name is Hermione Granger."
"Hello, Cedric Diggory!"
Hermione nodded at him, then looked at Kyle and said seriously, "What you did just now was wrong. Gambling is prohibited in Hogwarts."
"I know..." Kyle said nonchalantly, "So I want to help them get rid of this bad habit."
"what?"
Hermione was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding what Kyle meant.
"But you just clearly..."
"Don't worry about the details. It's hard to explain in one or two sentences. You just need to know that I'm helping them."
Kyle interrupted her and changed the subject: "What are you doing here?"
"I thought about it for many days, and I still feel that I should come and thank you."
As expected, Hermione didn't dwell on Fred and George anymore. She looked at Kyle and said seriously, "Thank you for saving my life that day."
"It's not that serious, I just...Okay, if you insist, I accept it." Kyle said helplessly.
He had been trying his best to avoid Hermione recently, but he didn't expect that she would still remember this after so long.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes!" Hermione was not polite at all. She took out a copy of the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" and opened it...
Kyle noticed that she had so many notes in her book that the margins of every page were filled with writing.
Hermione pointed to a few places in the book with special marks and asked, "Can I ask you some questions?"
Kyle nodded and answered each of Hermione's questions in detail. During this time, Cedric also gave his own insights.