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But compared to Kyle, Harry was treated completely differently.
Lockhart seemed to have focused all his attention on him, and they had run into each other in the corridor several times in the past few days.
Harry had to keep an eye on his surroundings and duck away whenever he saw Lockhart coming down the corridor.
And it wasn't just Lockhart, Harry also had to avoid the new student, Colin Creevey. It was as if this young wizard had memorized his entire schedule, and he always ran into him no matter he was in class or in the auditorium.
At least six or seven times a day he heard, "How are you, Harry?"
…and then the same number of times, “Hi, Colin.”
And so it went until the weekend.
During breakfast that day, Kyle suddenly asked, "Does the Quidditch team need to recruit new players this year?"
"No, but we need to find a few substitutes to prepare for next year." Cedric said, "Including Harris, there are three people who are in the seventh grade this year.
You are also a member of the team, why don't you care at all? "
"If I didn't care, I wouldn't ask."
Kyle took a sip of milk. "But I have twelve classes to attend, plus all that homework... I don't have time to think about anything else."
"That's true." Cedric shrugged.
He had seen Kyle's packed schedule.
Although Kyle did not need to attend those conflicting courses, self-study still takes time, and his homework was obviously much higher than others.
"But now that you mention it..." Kyle frowned, "We already have three seventh graders on our team?"
"Well, the two chasers and the keeper, they are all from the same class and will graduate next year."
Cedric said, "But there is good news. Harris seems to have been invited by the Vratsa Eagles and has the opportunity to become a professional Quidditch player."
"Really?" Kyle was stunned for a moment, "Did Harris tell you? Why haven't I heard about it?"
"Not him." Cedric shook his head. "Remember the Quidditch match I went to watch during the holidays?"
"The Vratsa Eagles and the Chudli Cannons?"
"That's right." Cedric smiled and said, "My dad is a good friend of a player from the Eagles, and they mentioned this accidentally when they were chatting.
After learning that I was also a Hufflepuff, the other party asked me if I knew Harris. "
"This is really good news." Kyle exclaimed, "Harris didn't reveal anything at all."
"I think he's probably worried that he won't be able to pass the final test."
"Maybe we can win another Quidditch Cup this year."
Kyle said: "Being the captain of three consecutive championships should be a good resume."
"I thought so too, but Harris himself didn't seem to care about it at all."
Cedric smiled helplessly and said, "The Gryffindors started training early this morning, but he went to play in Hogsmeade with the others."
"Well... this is very Harris indeed."
Kyle chuckled and said, "But with his ability, it shouldn't be difficult for him to join a professional team."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 280 Hogsmeade
Perhaps influenced by Harris, Kyle decided to go to Hogsmeade with others on the first weekend of the new school year.
Although Kyle was no stranger to the place, he had always sneaked through the secret passage before.
After his third year, he was able to go openly... In the last Herbology class before the weekend, he had handed the permission form to Professor Sprout.
The caretaker Filch stood in the hallway, checking a long list, not letting anyone who shouldn't be out slip out the door.
But Kyle and his companions obviously didn't care about this and walked out with a swagger.
……
Unlike St. Catchpole's Village, Hogsmeade is a real wizarding village, and all the villagers living here are wizards without exception.
But the land price here is not cheap... Kyle has inquired and found that even if you want to build a house in the most remote corner, it will cost 20,000 Galleons... and this is the current price.
Because of the existence of the Hog's Head Inn, there are always some wizards of unknown origin appearing in Hogsmeade. These unstable factors seriously lower the grade of this place.
It also led to a sharp drop in housing prices.
If it were a few decades ago, when the Hog's Head Inn didn't exist yet, you wouldn't be able to live here even with 50,000 Galleons, let alone 20,000.
It is definitely a high-end villa area in the magical world.
Although the Hog's Head Bar is a hidden danger... Kyle and the others don't need to worry about it at all.
After all, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick came to Hogsmeade with them, so no one dared to cause trouble at this time...
It is no exaggeration to say that this time of year is also the most harmonious day in Hogsmeade... Those wizards of unknown origin even have to consider whether such behavior will have any bad influence on the young wizards before throwing away garbage.
If they don't consider it...the accompanying professors will consider it for them.
At least outside the Hog's Head.
As the most popular wizard village, this place is naturally very interesting... From the moment you enter the village, you can see shops with various signs on both sides of the road.
The first is Zonko’s Joke Shop.
This was also Fred and George's favorite shop, and they spent almost all of their pocket money here.
Behind Zonko's Joke Shop is the Owl Post Office and Honeydukes Candy House...
“Even though we can come here every day… visiting days are always the most special,” Fred said with a smile.
"Yeah." George sighed, "It would be nice if I could come every week."
After learning that today was a "visiting day", they decisively ate some quick-acting skipping candy, causing themselves to vomit uncontrollably, and successfully escaped Quidditch training.
“Professors don’t have that much time.”
Cedric was counting the Galleons in his purse. He looked up and said, "It's not bad now. Don't forget that the first visiting day last year was in late October."
"Yeah, those were tough times." Fred smiled and said, "Kyle, you guys are in luck."
"We decided to go to Zuko's...what about you guys?"
"Then let's do it together." Kyle thought for a moment and said.
Others had no objections either.
It’s a visiting day anyway... no need to rush back to school, they have plenty of time, just take your time to look around, it doesn’t matter where you go.
Several people walked into Zuko.
Fred and George greeted the clerk wearing circle glasses at the counter in a familiar manner, as if they were at home.
"Hey, Zora, anything rare?"
"Of course..." The clerk pushed the pair of circular glasses on his nose.
"That's it... the maze glasses. People who wear them will always get lost inadvertently, even in the place they are most familiar with."
"Sounds good..." Fred stroked his chin. "We could get a pair for that big idiot Marcus, so he'll probably throw the Quaffle into his own goal."
"That's a good idea." George said with a smile, "But the shape of these glasses is too eye-catching. Although Marcus's brain is closely related to that of a troll, he probably won't wear something like this."
"Don't worry, how could we not have thought of this..."
The clerk tapped lightly on the legs of the glasses, and the original circle glasses turned into a pair of ordinary square-frame glasses.
After another knock, a few more snakes appeared on the frame, and then there were lions, badgers, eagles... round frames, frameless, single pieces...
“We designed a total of 39 looks.”
The clerk pushed up his glasses and said, "There's always something suitable."
"We want it!" Fred and George said in unison.
"How much!"
"Five Galleons and ten Sickles."
“It’s really expensive.”
"It's a new product, so the price is the same." The clerk said, "But I can give you a discount."
"Ten Sickle?"
"No, it's five Galleons and nine Sickles!"
"..."
Fred and George bought the maze glasses anyway, and they also restocked their stock of fireworks in the store.
Unlike them, most of the others just focus on "watching".
Connor and Cho were whispering while pointing at a bunch of biting hairpins, and Cedric was parked in front of a broomstick.
Of course, the broom was fake, too. Once someone rode on it, it would spray glue and stick to that person's legs, followed by a series of loud "poof" noises.
It was obvious that Cedric really wanted to buy this thing, but the price of twenty Galleons made him hesitate.
Too expensive, not worth it.
When we finally left Zuko, besides Fred and George, only Kyle bought a box of Bibi Every Flavour Beans.
Zuko's Bibi's All Flavour Beans are definitely different from the ones you get in a candy store...none of them are sweet, they all taste terrible, and you can hardly tell the difference from the packaging.
Kyle plans to give it to a lucky random person as a Christmas gift.
Afterwards, they went to Honeydukes Candy House, where they could no longer keep the Galleons in their hands.
Rows of shelves were filled with all kinds of delicious and tempting candies, large pieces of creamy yellow almond candy, shiny pink coconut jelly balls, honey-colored toffee, countless chocolates, a large bucket of normal Bibi Multi-Flavor Beans...
Along the other wall are candies with "special effects".
Super Blowing Bubble Gum, (can fill the room with bubbles that won't burst for days)
Small black pepper urchins (can breathe fire after eating)
There are also toad mint ice creams that dance in your stomach, exploding bonbons that literally explode, and sour popping candies that burn a hole in your tongue.