Admittedly, Fred and George had a knack for emptying other people's wallets, at least when Harry walked out of the Weasley joke shop, he had only a few Galleons left in his purse.

If it weren't for the expense of staying at school, he might not even want to let go of the only remaining Garon.

Mostly the joke items are so funny, and there's something related to Defence Against the Dark Arts, each of which seems to be useful.

In addition, Harry hadn't been out for more than a month, and subconsciously bought and bought, and before he knew it, his money bag had bottomed out, and the jingling Gareons had also turned into all kinds of magical magical items.

Harry was happy about that.

During the last week of the vacation, he and Ron had been fiddling with the gadgets they bought, and at one point Hermione had not noticed and mistaken the cup they had bought for a teacup, resulting in her teeth staining blue.

Hermione's front teeth were already a little protruding, but they became even more conspicuous when they turned blue, and she was so angry that she hadn't spoken to Harry for days.

It wasn't until Fred and George got the fade potion back, and Harry repeatedly swore that he had forgotten to take it and didn't mean to put it on the table, that Hermione reluctantly forgave them.

But in return, Hermione denied their request to refer to the assignment.

"You'd better hurry up and write."

At the end of August, Kyle looked at Harry and Ron, who were struggling to write, and said with a smile, "School starts tomorrow, and if you can't finish tonight, don't think about sleeping tomorrow night." ”

Harry and Ron didn't speak, in fact, they didn't have time to worry about anything other than their homework right now.

Who would have thought that they had been here for two months and their homework had not been touched at all.

"Don't talk about it, who hasn't done a few homework jobs at Hogwarts." Charlie on the side teased, thinking that back then, he was also a member of the make-up team.

"But Kyle......" he said, "I don't seem to have seen you do your homework, did you finish it before you came here?" ”

"Nope." Kyle said calmly, "I didn't write either. ”

Hearing this, Harry and Ron raised their heads almost at the same time, and then tacitly moved to the side to make a place.

"You write your own, leave me alone." Kyle waved his hand, "Because I'm busy with the Ministry of Magic, I don't need to do my homework, so the professor approved it." ”

"You don't have to do your homework?" Ron's eyes turned red with envy.

Originally, no one had told him that there was such a benefit in joining the Ministry of Magic, and he should have submitted an application in the first place.

……

The next morning, Harry and Ron sat in the car with dark circles under their eyes, and they even slept in the car.

It wasn't until the car stopped in front of King's Cross Station that Sirius woke them up.

"Hurry up, there's too many people here, we need to get through the retaining wall as soon as possible." Sirius and Mr. Weasley stood on either side of them with grim expressions.

From his expression, it was as if the Death Eaters had been ambushed in the station, ready to take out Harry's Death Eaters at any moment.

But in fact, they didn't encounter any problems along the way, and they went through the retaining wall smoothly to platform 9.

There were as many people as ever, and the steam from the red Hogwarts Express wafted over the crowd.

Seconds later, Kyle, Cedric, Fred and George also come in.

"I miss it so much." Cedric looked at the train in front of him, "It's a pity I didn't bring my luggage this time." ”

"Only a fool like you would want to go to school." Fred also glanced at the train, "It's the best now, no classes, no homework." ”

"It would be better if I could not go to the Ministry of Magic." George said quietly beside him.

It was clearly agreed that by the end of August, they would be able to quit their jobs and go back to running the joke shop.

But now that Hogwarts is in school, they still have to stay in the Ministry of Magic because they can't find anyone to take their place.

Of course, the two also have their own little calculations, and as soon as Kyle said this, they didn't insist on resigning.

At this time, Cho also arrived, and when she passed through the retaining wall, Cedric immediately left Kyle and the others behind and walked over with a smirk on his face.

"Autumn, long time no see, how was the holiday?"

"Tsk!" Fred's face was a little unsightly, and he said in a strange manner: "Look at his stupid look, others think it's a tongue cramp when they see Baozhun." ”

"Sometimes I want to stuff his mouth with sour explosive candy." George said with a look of disgust.

"Oh yes, and Ling too," he looked at Kyle again, "I guess you must be waiting for Connor, right?" ”

"Why are you asking me when you guessed?" Kyle raised an eyebrow.

This move made the two of them angry again.

"Listen." Fred put his arm around Kyle's shoulder maliciously, "This Christmas, you're going to get a box full of sour exploding candy." ”

"You think I'll eat what you sent?" Kyle glanced at him and said dismissively.

"Then we'll go to Hogwarts......"

"Stuff the sugar in your mouth."

"I'll wait." Kyle didn't eat them at all, "Just don't be afraid to come then." ”

After another ten minutes, Connor didn't show up, and Fred and George looked a little gloating.

There was a whistle behind him, almost everyone was on the train, and someone was already closing the door.

"Three minutes left, you've got to hurry." Cedric glanced at the time, "Maybe you can look in the car, and don't forget, Connor usually comes before us." ”

"That's right." Kyle nodded and quickly got on the train.

"Okay, remember to come back for Christmas." Fred said through the window.

"If something interesting happens at school, just write to us and tell us."

"Oh yes, don't break the school rules!"

Amid the jokes between the two, the train erupted in puffs of smoke and began to accelerate.

Kyle waved his hand, then turned to the prefect's car.

Here, he met Malfoy again, and as in Diagon Alley, the other party still did not dare to look at him, and fled to another carriage.

Kyle has other things to do and doesn't care.

He walked back and forth in the prefect's car, but he didn't find Connor.

Kyle then asks Cho again, but she doesn't see Connor either.

"Don't worry." "Maybe Connor didn't take the train, but went to the school with Professor Snape." ”

"Perhaps." Kyle said casually.

While Autumn's words were true, Kyle always felt that Snape shouldn't take Connor to school this year.

With this in mind, Kyle looks at the other carriages, but finds nothing either.

Kyle opens the door of the last compartment, revealing Luna, Ginny, and Neville sitting inside.

"Long time no see, Kyle." Neville holding his toad.

"Long time no see." Kyle didn't go back to the prefect's car, and walked in and sat in an empty seat next to him.

"Don't mind." He asked.

"Of course not." Neville hurriedly said, "Actually, five minutes ago, my grandmother told me to spend more time with you. ”

"What?"

"Oh, she probably wants me to learn more from you." Neville said, "She read the newspapers, and said that the Ministry of Magic couldn't have come up with that kind of reliable decision, and that they wouldn't solve the Dementor problem so quickly, and that it must have been your idea."

"She praised you for two months, and if you can be her grandson, she is willing to take anything in exchange."

"You're not bad either, Neville." Kyle said absentmindedly, "Oh yes, remember to thank Mrs. Longbottom for me." ”

"Thanks," Neville said with some embarrassment, "I will." ”

Because Kyle's mind was not on chatting, the atmosphere in the carriage was a little dull.

"Kyle, you're pestered by a harassing fly." At this point, Luna looked up from the singing and looked at Kyle through the big colored glasses.

"Harassment...... What? Neville blinked, not understanding.

"Harassing flies...... They are invisible and can mess up your brain. Luna said, "I just thought there was a buzzing one flying here." ”

She flapped the air with both hands, as if to chase away an invisible flying insect.

Neville didn't understand it anymore, he subconsciously moved to the window, and Ginny next to him, she also felt that Luna's behavior was a little strange, but for this kind of thing, she was used to it, but she didn't see it.

"Ah, I'm a little upset." Kyle said, looking out the window.

"Need my help?" Luna asked, and she reached out and waved next to Kyle.

"Thanks, it's much better now." Kyle said.

After sitting here for a while, Kyle was ready to go somewhere else, but before he could step out of the box, Harry opened the door.

"Neville, you see...... Oh Kyle, you're here. He said in surprise.

"Hmm." Kyle turned sideways, ready to let Harry come in first.

"No, you don't." Harry said, pulling out two rolls of parchment with purple ribbons on them, with his name on them.

"What is this?"

"Invitation." Harry said, "A third-year girl sent me, but she didn't find you, so I wondered if I could do me a favor."

"Neville, it's yours." Harry handed over the other two rolls of parchment.

There is only a very short sentence in the parchment scroll:

Kyle:

I'd love to see you join me for lunch in Room C.

You are faithful

. Professor F. Slughorn.

……

"Remember?" Harry said, "This is the guy Dumbledore took us to visit, and he was on the train.

"That's rare...... I mean, very few professors take the train to school, except for Lupin...... But this Professor Slughorn doesn't seem to be short of money, is he? ”

"Lupin will be sad to hear that." Kyle said.

Harry was a little embarrassed, but it was true, for so long, only Lupin, who had money in his pocket, would take the train to school.

"Are you going?" Harry asked.

To be honest, Kyle was a little reluctant to go, but Slughorn was a professor after all, and he sent all the invitations, and it was a bit inappropriate not to go.

Kyle rubbed his forehead, he knew that Connor wasn't on the train, he should have apparitioned to Hogsmeade.

"Forget it, let's just pass the time." Kyle stepped out of the carriage.

Neville followed.

"Who's Slughorn?" He asked.

"New teacher." Harry said, "He's been working at Hogwarts before, but he's retired, and this time he's back to his old job. ”

The aisles were crowded with students waiting for their meals to be delivered, and when they arrived in car C, Harry realized that Slughorn had invited more than them.

Car C is second only to the prefect's car B, reserved for teachers, and is very spacious, almost the size of three ordinary cars.

But at this time, it was full of people.

"Harry, Kyle." As they pushed the door open, Slughorn jumped to his feet.

He seemed to have been dressed up to-day, and a large silver beard glittered in the sunlight like the gold buttons on his waistcoat.

"It's a huge surprise that you're here together!

"This is Mr. Neville Longbottom, hello."

Neville nodded stiffly, he still hadn't understood what was going on, but he followed Kyle's example and sat down in the nearest vacant seat.

For some reason, the atmosphere has become a little strange since Kyle came in, or rather, some of the Slytherin students have behaved strangely.

They either kept their heads down or whispered together, but when Kyle looked over, they immediately pretended that nothing had happened.

Actually, this is a normal thing, since Kyle taught Monty a little lesson last year, most Slytherins choose to keep their distance from him.

Especially this holiday season, Kyle has caused a lot of trouble for most of their parents.

"Everyone is here." Slughorn said happily, "I'll introduce you to you, this is Breth Shabini. ”

He casually pointed to a boy next to him, "Harry, you must know each other, you're in the same grade." ”

Both Harry and Sabini acted as if they hadn't heard, and didn't react: Gryffindor and Slytherin were generally hostile to each other, and as long as they were there, they would always smell of gunpowder.

Now it's polite not to fight on the spot.

Slughorn continued to introduce the others.

"This is Cow Mike McLagan, Kyle, he's a ...... in the same grade as you"

"Kyle, it's a pleasure to meet you here." Michaela raised his hand and greeted him very formally.

Kyle nodded.

"Marcos Belby, also a 7th grade ......"

Unlike the gunpowder smell between Gryffindor and Slytherin, Hufflepuff is still quite popular...... At least when Slughorn introduced Kyle to the others, everyone was enthusiastic.

"Well, that's a pleasure......"

After a tedious introduction, Slughorn said with satisfaction, "A chance to get to know you guys more, let's take a napkin and try this." ”

He waved his wand, and there was an extra plate of pheasant meat in front of everyone.

The long-haired pheasant, a magical animal unique to the Appalachian Mountains, has no special abilities other than being fast, but its meat is delicious.

It's not surprising that Slughorn was able to get his hands on it, and Kyle...... However, this should not be cooked by the house-elf, but by himself.

What do you say about the taste...... It's like throwing a flat, round stone directly into the water, and not a single one of them has been raised.

Slughorn should have apologized to the long-haired pheasant.

And while everyone was eating, Slughorn was asking all sorts of questions.

"Marcos, have you seen your uncle Damocles lately? I had the privilege of teaching him back then. ”

"I happen to know that you have seen your uncle Tibelus a lot, and he mentioned you to me before......"

"Sabini, is your mother okay? It's been two years since we last met, but I still remember the orange pie she made. ”

Said it was chatting, but Slughorn's tone was more like an interrogation, and everyone was terrified,

Kyle also notices that Slughorn loses interest in Belby when he inadvertently reveals that he doesn't have a good relationship with his uncle.

Even when dividing the pie, he was omitted intentionally or unintentionally.

But instead of getting angry, Belby relaxed a lot, and when he noticed Kyle's gaze, he blinked with a relieved expression.

"Did you notice?" Harry leaned over to Kyle and whispered, "This Slughorn can always mention one of their relatives. ”

"That's not right." Kyle shook his head slightly, "It should be said that it is because of these relatives that they were invited. ”

"It's not ......" Harry opened his mouth, still not saying the word 'snobbery'.

"Just what you think." Kyle said.

Harry glanced at Slughorn, who was separating the outlets, and his impression dropped a little more.

Of course, I don't like it, but after all, the other party's current identity is still a professor, and Harry didn't show it, but deep down he wanted to end this lunch as soon as possible.

Rather than wasting time here, he prefers to chat with Ron or catch up on another assignment.

And Neville too, Slughorn always mentions his parents, which makes Neville feel on pins and needles.

"...... Now"

Twenty minutes later, Slughorn stood up and said solemnly, "Let me introduce you to the other two.

"Harry Potter, people now call him the 'Savior'. Yes, after that terrible night more than a dozen years ago, this title was with him...... Some say you must have supernatural powers......"

There was a cold snort in the box.

Harry felt that someone had slapped him twice, and his face must have turned red.

Fortunately, Slughorn quickly shifted his target.

"And Kyle......" Slughorn placed the largest piece of pudding in front of Kyle.

"Your father and I are good friends, and when I taught him, I expected him to do something in the future, and that's exactly what happened, he became the youngest director of the Ministry of Magic.

"But what I didn't expect was that his son was even better than him."

"Thank you for the compliment, Professor." Kyle said calmly that he wanted to Apparition to Hogsmeade even more now.

……

(End of chapter)