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"vomit……"

There was a deafening sound of vomiting in the hallway. Karkaroff covered his mouth with one hand and his stomach with the other, and ran out of the hallway, crawling. The students who came with him also ran out one after another.

Seeing this scene, everyone around immediately burst into laughter.

"Quiet," said Professor McGonagall, but she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

Then she looked at Fred and George, and this time she saw clearly that they were the ones who threw the dung ball.

"Two points from Gryffindor... this won't happen again."

……

"This punishment is too severe."

After arriving at the auditorium, Fred complained quietly.

"Isn't it just two points deducted?" Connor didn't understand. "And Professor McGonagall didn't give you detention, which is already very good."

"You don't understand." George sighed, "Just because of these two points, Gryffindor's house points went from third to last. This is all because of us..."

Kyle couldn't help but glance at the scoring hourglass in the corner of the auditorium...

Hufflepuff was far ahead, followed by Ravenclaw.

But Gryffindor and Slytherin were clearly far behind. Even if the scores of the two colleges were added together, it was not even half of Ravenclaw's.

And this is all thanks to Snape and Sirius. If there was a deduction competition, they would definitely take the first two places.

"How did you do it?" Cedric asked curiously, "You can even control the dung eggs."

"That's the genius of the Weasley joke products."

Fred laughed and said, "We modified the dung egg so that it can jump again after it explodes."

“Like the Chocolate Frog,” George said. “We got the idea from eating candy.”

"But the disadvantage is that it can only jump once, and it can't change direction. If you dodge it, there will be nothing you can do..."

"But this is just a minor problem... and as you can see, even the headmaster of Durmstrang was infected, which proves that our idea is very successful."

"We are going to use this dung egg and the quick-acting skipping candy as the first batch of products for the Weasley Joke Shop."

"No, it should be called a star product. Karkaroff is the best advertisement."

"He has just helped us spread the fame of our special dung balls..."

"We are also planning to see if there is a chance to let him eat some quick-acting skipping candies with different effects." George showed an evil smile, "The best ones can be eaten once for each type..."

"I advise you to take it easy." Kyle shook his head and said, "If it happens again, Professor McGonagall probably won't let you off so easily.

"No matter what, Durmstrang is still a guest of Hogwarts, and Karkaroff is the headmaster, so we still have to take care of his face."

"That doesn't matter." Fred said confidently, "We already have a plan. We won't be discovered."

Seeing that the two men looked confident, Kyle didn't say anything else.

As long as you are not caught on the spot, it’s okay. At most you will be suspected by the professors, have some points deducted, or be put in solitary confinement.

Detention was too easy for Fred and George. It was basically the same as going home. As for the points deduction... if Gryffindor still had points to deduct.

People in the auditorium were still discussing what had just happened, and everyone was very excited.

Even Harry and his friends who didn't like Karkaroff's behavior had to admit that he did a good thing this time... he drove Mrs. Norris out of the castle.

At least that's a good thing in their opinion.

Harry and Ron had lost count of how many times he had been caught by the cat over the years.

Every time they were caught, Filch would immediately come over from other places and angrily scold them for making loud noises in the castle or for dirtying the castle floor...

Both of them would lose a lot of points for this every school year.

Also, when walking at night, Harry's biggest fear was meeting Mrs. Norris, because the invisibility cloak did not work on cats.

This also made his heart beat faster every time he saw a cat in the corridor, and he couldn't help but want to escape from there.

This has almost become his instinctive reaction.

Now, the cat problem has finally been solved.

Whether it was Harry, Ron, or anyone else, they all felt like they had let out a sigh of relief.

They no longer had to worry about Mrs. Norris suddenly jumping out from the side while they were walking. Although Filch was still there, his efficiency alone would definitely not be as high as before, and he would be more likely to be thrown off.

Thinking of this, the auditorium suddenly became lively, and everyone happily celebrated with each other as if it was Christmas.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 542 The Second Project

After entering February, time seemed to pass much faster than before. It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and there was only one week left until February 27th.

Fred and George were quite disappointed though. After being smeared in the hallway that day, Karkaroff never came to the castle again, and they never had the chance to implement the "quick-acting skipping class sugar feeding plan" that they had prepared for a long time.

"The second project will start in a week. Are you sure you don't want to take some time out to study the stone?"

Once in the common room, Fleur looked at Kyle who was playing chess with Cedric and said in a somewhat annoyed tone.

She originally thought Kyle was just joking, but she didn't expect him to be serious... As for why she was so sure that Kyle didn't do research secretly behind her back.

The reason was simple, because the three stones had been lying on the cabinet in the common room for more than a month.

If the house-elves hadn't been so diligent in cleaning, a thick layer of dust would have already covered it.

She had wanted to make Kyle anxious, so she secretly took the stone away at night.

What happened? For a whole half month, Kyle didn't even notice the incident. He just went about his business every day without even once looking for it.

I really met Merlin...

"Not ready." Kyle said casually.

If he had this idea, he would have done so when Nicolas Flamel came that day. For Nicolas, the secret hidden on the stone was almost the same as if it was written directly on it, and he could see it at a glance.

Since I didn't ask at that time, there is naturally no need to waste time now.

"Whatever you want, if I care about you again I'll be a goblin!" Furong turned around and went back to the dormitory angrily, and before leaving she pulled Kanna away with her.

"I seem to have heard this somewhere before..." Kyle moved the knight's position, "I think she said the same thing two months ago."

Cedric shook his head, subconsciously glanced at the shelf in the lounge and the three shining stones on it, and then said:

"In fact, I thought you were joking at the time. Who knew you were really not in a hurry at all."

"There's really no need for that. The referees will tell you when the time comes." Kyle said with a smile, "And you should have heard about the previous three-way competition. Only the third event was the real competition. The first two events were just warm-ups, and they also gave you a little advantage.

And these advantages are fixed. As long as you are first, it doesn’t matter if you get 100 points or 80 points. It makes no difference at all.”

"Although that's true, you're probably the only one who can act so calm..." Cedric sighed, "I heard that Fleur was so anxious a few days ago that she was still reading a book in the lounge at one in the morning."

"I didn't pay attention to that."

"I guess so." Cedric said, then he changed the subject: "But have you noticed that Fleur seems to have changed a lot recently."

"Changes?" Kyle thought for a moment and said, "No, hasn't she always been like this?"

"That's true for you." Cedric shook his head. "I remember that when she first came, she was arrogant to everyone, but now...how should I put it? Yesterday I saw her helping a third-year student correct the gesture of the Happy Charm. This would not have happened three months ago, right?"

Fleur Delacour? Helping third-year students with their hand gestures?

Kyle thought he had heard it wrong, and said in disbelief, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

After the students from Beauxbatons arrived here, many of them tried to talk to Fleur under the pretext of asking for advice on spells. However, Fleur would basically ignore them regardless of gender or age.

Even Cedric once subconsciously asked her a question about Transfiguration, but also received no answer.

"I felt like she was looking at me like a sprouted potato," Cedric said at the time.

It is hard to imagine that Furong would take the initiative to teach others magic gestures.

"Of course not..." Cedric said firmly, "After all, she is the only one in the whole Hogwarts who has that kind of silver hair."

"Then she has really changed a lot." Kyle muttered.

……

In the following days, the atmosphere in the castle began to become more and more enthusiastic. The cheering badges that had been put away were taken out of the boxes one after another and worn by people.

As for those badges that have been lost or are missing, you can go to Sirius and get one for free.

He made a large box of badges himself and placed it at the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Anyone who wanted one could take one from it.

Originally he had put it in his office, but Professor Moody reacted too strongly to the sudden knock on the door. After repairing the door three times in a row, Sirius simply put the box directly at the door.

Fred and George were the most exaggerated. They hung almost half of the boxes of badges on their robes. They made a clattering sound when they walked, just like they were wearing armor.

There was only one day left until the second event, and by now, Kyle could hear all kinds of cheers wherever he went.

Some are students, some are professors.

In the second Care of Magical Creatures class in the afternoon, Hagrid ran to Kyle under the pretext of checking his homework and asked him in a low voice how he had prepared for the past few days.

After getting a positive answer, Hagrid patted him on the shoulder excitedly.

"Before you dealt with the fire dragon, I was indeed worried, but now I know that as long as you want to do something, there is nothing you can't do. I am not worried at all. I can feel that you will definitely succeed."

"Thanks, Hagrid..."

Kyle said with a grin, pulling his feet out of the soft mud.

Sirius was right, Hagrid should really realize how strong he was.

By the evening, the atmosphere in the Hufflepuff common room reached its peak because two of the three warriors were there.

Snacks and drinks covered all the tables in the lounge. When Kyle just came in, someone kept stuffing all kinds of candies and dried beef into his pocket, as if they were afraid that he would not be in the mood to eat the next day and would be hungry during the game.

Although Fleur was a warrior of Beauxbatons, she had lived here for quite a long time after all, so everyone did not show favoritism and gave her some as well.

Of course, it’s definitely not as much as Kyle’s.

In order to allow the Warriors to get a good rest, everyone spontaneously returned to the dormitory before nine o'clock in the evening.

Soon, Kyle and Fleur were the only ones left in the lounge.

Fleur was also preparing to return to Beauxbatons in her carriage, but Lady Maxime seemed concerned about her staying in the castle overnight.