Chapter 167: A Thousand Parchments
Since joining the Quidditch team, Kyle has been busy.
He now has to go to class during the day, go to the library to read books, and at night to go to the forbidden area to copy books, and finally squeeze out some time to spend all of it on homework.
There were already a lot more homework in the second year than there was last year, and the professors seemed to have agreed that since last week, the length of their homework has been changed from inches to feet.
This, combined with three nights a week of Quidditch training, also takes up a lot of his time.
Harris is very strict in this regard, training for at least three hours at a time, and will not be able to return until before curfew.
However, after a few training sessions, the cooperation between Kyle and the team members has become more and more tacit.
Just today, he and Harris were already proficient in playing two-way offensive tactics.
This is a classic Quidditch tactic invented by the Wimbourne Hornets, and is a modified version of the eagle-headed attacking formation.
The two chasers fly to the middle post at the same time, pass the ball frequently, and wait until they reach the scoring area and then quickly separate to the two sides, so as to disrupt the goalkeeper's judgment.
By the time the training match was over, Kyle and Harris had scored a total of sixty goals, and the Hufflepuff goalkeeper was on the verge of doubt, and his eyes were glazed back to the dorm.
"Cheer up, Fellowo, you're already one of the best goalkeepers in the school, think about it, you can't catch the ball, and no one else can catch it!"
Harris lifted Fellowo's right leg and said with a flushed face, "This year's Quidditch Cup will have our names engraved again, I promise!"
"Haha...... Why hasn't November arrived yet, I can't wait to start racing. ”
The group made their way back to the castle, and Kyle followed them with his broomstick.
As they passed by the entrance to the auditorium, they happened to meet Fred and George, who had come down from the upper floor.
The pockets on the two of them were bulging and seemed to be full of things.
After Harris and the others were far away, Cedric raised an eyebrow and asked in a low voice, "It's curfew coming soon, are you going out for a night trip?" ”
"No, we've just returned from Hogsmeade, and we're going to the kitchen to get some supper." George patted his bulging pockets and said with a smile: "Jokowi's latest product, I bought it before they closed." ”
"You know, for the sake of our lovely brother." Fred blinked, handing Kyle a leather bag in passing.
"Here's what you want."
"Thank you." Kyle reached out and took it.
Fred glanced at him and asked excitedly, "So, do you have any new ideas to make money lately?" Tell us about it. ”
"What?" Kyle doesn't understand what Fred means.
He has been so busy these days that he hasn't even gone to the flower garden, how can he have time to study any new ideas to make money.
"Don't pretend, we have something to keep secret." George said dissatisfiedly, "If you don't have a new idea, why would you buy so much parchment?" ”
"Not to mention that it is for the purpose of making maps, it has been almost a month since the time to sell maps."
Fred put his arm around Kyle's shoulders and said with a look of "I'm smart, don't you want to fool me," said, "How could you possibly buy a thousand parchments if you didn't have a new idea?" ”
"A thousand, the inventory of the literati residence is almost not enough."
"Not enough stock?"
Kyle opens his shape-shifting lizardskin pouch and quickly sees stacks of parchment inside, but it's unclear how many there are.
"Forget it, I'm not in a hurry to use it, and it doesn't matter if there is less."
"It's almost not enough." Fred smiled and said, "Here are one thousand and sixty-three, and the extra ones are extra gifts." ”
"That's all, we helped Wenrenju advance today's closing time by twenty minutes."
"Alright, with all that said, you should tell us what the plan is."
Fred touched his chin and guessed to himself, "If it's parchment, it shouldn't be a map of secret passages...... Or are you ready to provide assignment answers for a fee? ”
"Neither!"
Kyle shook his head and said, "I really just bought it myself." ”
"No kidding, it's a thousand pieces of parchment, just for homework, where do you use so much.
Cedric, do you need a thousand pieces of parchment for a semester? ”
Cedric immediately shook his head.
Truth be told, a thousand pieces of parchment were almost enough for him for seven years.
"I know it's hard for you guys to believe, but that's what it is."
Kyle thought for a moment and said, "I've been transcribing something lately, I need a lot of parchment, and that's it. ”
Seeing Kyle's serious look, Fred and George are no longer as persistent as they were at the beginning.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course." Kyle shrugged his shoulders and said, "And I can guarantee that if I lie to you, I'll let Cedric lose his hair from this year." ”
"Hey, what does this have to do with me!"
Cedric glared at Kyle disapprovingly.
"Don't be so stingy." Kyle didn't care, "Don't you believe me?" ”
"It's not the same thing, okay!" Cedric said helplessly.
His father, Mr. Diggory, had hair problems, and he didn't want to be like that now.
Kyle said so, and Fred and George dispelled the last doubt in their hearts.
yes, Kyle had no reason to lie to them.
Both looked a little disappointed, and turned around in frustration and walked towards the Gryffindor Tower.
Along the way, they're all excitedly guessing Kyle's new plans, and they're even ready to make a big move.
In the end, it turns out that there is no such thing as a plan at all, and it is all their own passion.
This sense of disparity made the two a little unacceptable.
"You're in the wrong place." Cedric reminded: "To go to the kitchen, you should go down. ”
"Thanks, but we're suddenly feeling less hungry now."
"And I don't want to eat anything."
……
After the twins left, Cedric scratched at his hair and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with them?" ”
Kyle shook his head, "Who knows, maybe puberty has arrived." ”
"What period?"
"It's nothing, it's going to be curfew soon, let's go back quickly."
"Okay."
Late at night, after waiting for his roommate to fall asleep, Kyle gets up and leaves the dorm room and goes to the library as usual.
Kyle walked straight to the third bookshelf in the forbidden section, opened his leather bag, and easily pulled out a shorthand quill and a stack of parchment, and placed them on the nearest table.
"Fluorescent flicker!"
Kyle then lit his wand, took a carefully selected book, and sat down next to him to look through it.
(End of chapter)