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Cedric saved a seat for him.
As soon as Kyle sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Did you also come here in that flying car like Potter?"
"What kind of flying car?" Kyle said absentmindedly, "If it's possible, I really hope it's like this."
"That's no joke." Kanna frowned and said, "The car crashed into the Whomping Willow outside the castle. It is said that they were almost flattened."
There are never any secrets in Hogwarts. Within just the time it took to sort into the houses, Harry and Ron's deeds became known to everyone.
“It’s all the same…” Kyle muttered quietly, “Whether it’s the Whomping Willow or being treated as a Bludger… It’s all the same.”
"What Bludger..." Cedric scratched his hair, not understanding what Kyle meant.
"Since you didn't take that car...then how did you get here? Fred and George said you weren't at home on the first day of school."
"It was Fawkes," Kyle explained. "Dumbledore's phoenix. It brought me back to Hogwarts from Dorset."
Then, Kyle briefly recounted what happened to him at Newt's place, leaving the people around him stunned.
Wow, the sudden visit of the Phoenix, the giving birth of the Nangdu Leopard, and the Phoenix Apparating back to school... Kyle's experience in the past two days was more exciting than their two years.
"Phoenix..." Cedric exclaimed, "That must be great..."
Mikel and Ryan beside them nodded in agreement. They also wanted to get close to the legendary magical creature.
"Believe me, you will never like that feeling." Kyle waved his hands and said seriously.
He was still feeling uncomfortable and had no appetite despite a table full of delicious food. He just ate some pie and ordered a double lemonade.
However, the lemonade made by the elves was sour enough, but not bitter...the effect was slightly worse.
Seeing him like this, Cedric did not mention the Phoenix again, but took out a piece of parchment and said:
"We have received the letter you sent during the holidays. This is the new map we made on the train according to the method you gave us."
There was a hint of excitement in his voice, “It’s a lot more troublesome than directly copying it last year, but it’s very popular… We’ve already had fifty freshmen make reservations.
But those more expensive custom maps will need you to make them, after all, we have no experience in this area."
"How much do you need?" Kyle asked.
"Twenty-five." Cedric said with a smile, "A lot more people bought this kind of map this year, and they all chose us."
Another batch of new Galleons came in, and Kyle's mood finally improved.
He turned to look at the guest of honor table and found that Professor McGonagall had returned and was talking to the gorgeously dressed Gilderoy Lockhart.
But her expression was very serious and her lips were tightly pursed, and she didn't seem very happy.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 270 Howling Letter
Kyle finished making more than 20 maps in just over an hour, and handed them over to the young wizards who had paid the deposit on time on the morning of the first day of school.
Another generous income of Galleons. Nothing could make me happier than this.
At breakfast time in the morning, several people sat around the Gryffindor table and began to divide the spoils... ahem, distribute the fruits of their labor.
The wallets suddenly became fatter and everyone was very happy.
As for why we have to eat at the Gryffindor table... there is no special meaning, it's just because this place is closest to the hall door.
"By the way, Kyle, this is for you."
Fred and George counted out seven Galleons, put them into a cloth bag and handed it to Kyle.
"I am willing to admit defeat..."
George said with some distress: "I swear, if I bet with you again, we will be cruppies!"
"And me too." Fred nodded in agreement.
"Ha, I almost forgot about that."
Kyle took the cloth bag, poured all the gold coins inside onto the table with an extremely distrustful attitude, and began to count them carefully.
Last year Fred and George had a little game, offering prizes for guessing when Professor Quirrell would leave the school.
Kyle couldn't resist their invitation and played a game.
Needless to say, the result...
Twenty Galleons doubled directly, not only making a small profit in pocket money, but also emptying Fred and George's wallets.
Because they didn't want to use the funds prepared for opening the store, the two relied on their good relationship with Kyle and kept delaying the repayment of the forty Galleons until now.
"Yes, exactly forty Galleons."
As Fred and George looked at him with violent eyes, Kyle calmly put away the bag.
"Are you still going to play this year... Professor Lockhart is a famous wizard in the wizarding world. If it's related to him, I'm sure many people will participate."
"Huh..." George sneered.
"Unless you don't participate," said Fred.
"Well, I won't get involved," Kyle said calmly.
Then he turned to look at Kanna beside him, "Prepare forty Galleons, count them on me, if you win we'll split it in half."
"Okay!" Kanna nodded without hesitation.
"That's enough for you two!"
Watching the two guys plotting loudly, Fred bit a piece of bread hatefully, as if it were Kyle's head.
Like I said before, if they play this game with Kyle again, they will be cruppies... and the ugliest kind!
"Wait a minute." At this time, Cedric suddenly said: "I remember that you still have something to do, right.
What did you say you would do if Kyle won the Order of Merlin in his second year?"
"Oh, I know."
Qiu suppressed his laughter and cooperated: "He will tap dance around the castle with three trophies on his head."
"And there's butter beer." Kanna also looked at Kyle with a smile, "That's great, you don't have to pay for butter beer anymore."
Fred and George's faces became even uglier.
Tap dancing with three trophies on his head... Merlin, how on earth did they come up with such a difficult move?
And contracting all of Kyle's future butterbeer...how much will that cost!
For a moment, the two of them felt a chill in their hearts.
Fred slapped himself...
"Snapped!"
"Why can't I control my mouth?"
A crisp sound immediately attracted the attention of people around.
Even among Gryffindors, who are known for their courage, there are only a handful of people who dare to slap themselves so hard...
They were all very curious.
Fortunately, at this time, the postman arrived.
Hundreds of owls swarmed in, circling the hall and dropping letters and parcels into the midst of the conversation.
Kyle reached out and took a copy of the Daily Prophet.
But before he could look, his attention was attracted by the movement next to him.
An owl knocked over the milk jug...milk and feathers splattered everywhere.
But that's not the point.
The key point is that it was holding a wet red envelope in its mouth.
"Oh, no..." Ron cried out not far away.
Many people noticed the red envelope and looked over.
"Well, it should be a roaring letter, right?" Kanna asked in a low voice.
"That's right." Kyle nodded.
"You'd better open it, Ron." Neville, who was sitting next to Kyle, whispered, "It's even worse if you don't open it. My grandma sent me one, but I ignored it and then..."
He breathed, "That's horrible."
"What will happen?" Cedric asked curiously.
He had never seen a Howler before, he just knew there was such a thing.
"It will explode." Kyle spread his hands and said, "Besides, do you know what 360-degree surround sound is?
In all directions, wherever there are fragments of envelopes, there are sounds, even across the Black Lake, you can hear them. "
Ron turned pale, and as they spoke, smoke began to come out of the corners of the envelope.
"Open it quickly," Neville urged, "only a few minutes..."
Ron reached out his shaking hands and carefully tore open the envelope.
"Run!"
Someone shouted, and the little wizards who were watching scattered instantly.
Those who were sitting there and couldn't run, such as Neville and Cedric, also covered their ears.
Although Harry and Hermione didn't understand what was going on, they followed suit and put their hands on their ears.
And they immediately knew why they were doing this...
Like an explosion, the huge sound filled the entire auditorium and shook the dust off the ceiling.
"...I wouldn't be surprised if they fired you for stealing the car. Just wait and see how I deal with you. You probably never thought about how your father and I felt when we found out the car was gone..."
Mrs. Weasley's voice was amplified a hundred times more than usual, making the cutlery on the table rattle.