Chapter 601: Changes, and new prefects

Chapter 601: Changes, and new prefects

 Chapter 601 Changes and new prefects

 For the next few days, Kyle stayed here.

In addition to the library, the food here is also an important reason. Mrs. Weasley’s cooking is far better than the bread and smoked sausages he eats at home.

 During this period, he also met many people.

For example, Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt who works in the Ministry of Magic, Dedalusian who seems to be reckless and has no brains, and Mundungus Fletcher who is very disliked by everyone.

Of course, these people were also interested in Kyle and expressed surprise that he would appear here.

However, Kyle didn't explain that much. He only occasionally said that he and Harry were friends when everyone had dinner together.

 As for the rest of the time, he stayed in the underground library. Basically no one else came here, including Hermione.

 Because Kreacher was always watching from the side, it was difficult for her to calm down and read a book, so under normal circumstances, she would ask Sirius to take the book out and read it in her room.

Ron expressed his confusion about their behavior... He didn't understand why he still read books when it was obviously a holiday.

 Harry felt that it would definitely be beneficial to read more books at this time, and tried to join the two of them.

 But his enthusiasm only lasted for one day, and then the book he found was thrown into the corner of the table.

There is no way, as long as there is a little disturbance outside, Harry will be distracted... He really can't see it.

Especially after the Hogwarts letter was delivered, he was even more in the mood.

 That day, the owl brought a new book list, and there was also a surprise.

Hermione became a prefect, and her badge was placed in an envelope with a book list.

Harry was not surprised by this. After all, among the fifth-year students, there was no one more suitable than Hermione. She would definitely become a prefect.

 But what Harry and everyone did not expect was that the male prefect was Ron.

"Ah, a room full of prefects." Fred's exaggerated exclamation almost spread throughout the whole house, "That's great, isn't it."

 “If you don’t count the two of us,” said George.

 “Don’t forget Ginny.”

“Hey, I’m only in fourth grade this year.” Ginny said dissatisfiedly, “Maybe they’ll send me a badge next year too.”

"Only a fool would think that," Fred said, but his tone was a little sour.

If she heard him say this normally, Mrs. Weasley would definitely give him a lesson, but not today.

Looking at the prefect badge in Ron's hand, she was so happy and promised Ron to buy him a new broom.

Although broomsticks are expensive, if they are not particularly good and just a new one, they can afford it if they save a little.

"We can also buy broomsticks." George muttered quietly from the side: "And we can buy them ourselves."

 “That’s right,” said Fred.

After a brief moment of surprise, Hermione also congratulated Ron, and then looked to the other side of the table.

 Everyone seems to have forgotten that there is another person in this room who is not a prefect.

"Harry?" she said hesitantly, walking out. "How are you?"

"That's great, Hermione," Harry said, with some exaggeration of enthusiasm. "Congratulations on becoming a prefect, and of course, Ron."

 After finishing speaking, he pretended to pack his things so that Hermione could not see his face.

Harry had a hard time describing how he was feeling right now.

He didn't want to admit that he was jealous of Ron and that he had become a prefect, but when he got the news, he did feel a little uncomfortable.

Harry feels that he is no worse than Ron, or that in some aspects, he may be slightly better.

For example, in Quidditch, he flies very well and is also the youngest member of the school team.

“But I didn’t lead the team to win the Quidditch Cup.” Harry thought again.

As well as the adventures they experienced and the things they did in school, most of the time the three of them did it together.

Harry didn't want to be jealous and slander Ron just because Ron surpassed him in something for the first time.

 So he tried to convince himself in his mind that maybe he was not as good as Ron, and Ron deserved to be a prefect.

Also during this year's holiday, Ron came to the Order of the Phoenix first, and then him...perhaps Dumbledore had already made his choice at that time.

This time, instead of feeling relieved, Harry became even more uncomfortable and forced a smile all day long.

But Kyle didn’t know this, he was still in the library at the moment.

 In "The Secret of Cutting-Edge Black Magic", there is a complete introduction to Horcruxes, as well as some production methods.

To be honest, this magic was not as difficult as Kyle thought. He was confident that if he wanted to, he could just find a random Death Eater and make the book in front of him his Horcrux on the spot.

 But this was not Kyle's purpose. His original intention of studying Horcruxes was an idea that came to him after seeing the Longbottoms.

The Longbottoms may be one of the reasons why he has persisted until now, but more importantly, he wants to change something.

This change is not simply about saving one or a few people... after all, he had already done this when the holiday train left Hogwarts.

 Because Cedric survived, and he was going back to Hogwarts for his seventh year.

Kyle wants to change more, even things that can affect the perception of the magical community, such as changing the number of Unforgivable Curses from three to two.

 The reason why the Cruciatus Curse is an unforgivable curse is because it will cause irreversible damage to the soul. But if his idea is successful and streamlined, can it be regarded as the counter-curse of the Cruciatus Curse?

Kyle doesn't know, but it's worth a try.

But the problem now is that according to the records of Horcruxes in "Advanced Black Magic Revealed", it is enough if you use it yourself, but if you want to change the method and use it on a comatose person, it is still far from enough.

 The biggest problem is the inability to actively pull the soul. So Kyle asked Kreacher to help find some other books about the soul, which he had been studying recently.

 …

 It was not until six o'clock in the evening that Kyle came out of the library.

As soon as he came to the kitchen, he saw a bright red banner hanging above the dining table.

It says...Congratulations to Ron and Hermione on being elected prefects.

 Oh, yes, they are in fifth grade this year, Kyle thought to himself.

Mrs. Weasley placed the plates with a smile. It was the first time during the entire holiday that Kyle was so happy to see her. Even the arrival of Mundungus did not ruin his good mood.

There are many people back today, including Mr. Weasley, Moody, Kingsley and Tonks.

There was also Bill, who was still dressed in the novelty and greeted Kyle enthusiastically.

Kyle didn't ask why he appeared here... There was no need.

Finally, there was Dumbledore, but he arrived relatively late, appearing in the hall only halfway through dinner.

"Dumbledore..." Mundungus stood up first at the dining table and put the silver knife in his sleeve back on the table.

"It seems I arrived at the right time." Dumbledore sat down at the table and took a piece of baked potato from the table.

"How's that going, Dumbledore?" Moody asked, tilting his head.

"Very well." Dumbledore nodded, and then he looked up at the banner on the dining table.

“Oh, I almost forgot that today is the day to announce the prefects.” He raised his glass and said, “Congratulations.”

 “Thank you, thank you…”

Facing Dumbledore, both Ron and Hermione seemed a little cautious.

Harry felt more complicated. Although he wanted to know why Dumbledore didn't choose him as a prefect, he didn't have the courage to ask.

 It was not until he heard from Sirius in the following chat that his father was not a prefect that his mood improved a lot.

 Fred and George also finally found like-minded people. They found that many of the people sitting here were not prefects, including Tonks, who they thought was very outstanding.

The meal ended with joy and laughter. Such an atmosphere is rare in recent times.

 After dinner, Dumbledore stopped Kyle who was about to go back to his room.

 “Remember what we said before?” he asked.

“Of course, Professor,” Kyle said, “Is the meeting about to start already?”

 He has been in the library recently, and he couldn't remember what day it was for a while.

"It's tomorrow." Dumbledore said, "I was originally thinking about going to St. Catchpole Village, but I didn't expect that you happened to be here too.

"If you don't have anything else to do, how about six o'clock tomorrow? I think we need to go there early."

 “No problem, I can go anytime.” Kyle said.

 “That’s perfect.”

 While the two were talking, they didn't notice that several heads were huddled together on the stairs outside.

 “What are they talking about?” Ron asked curiously.

“I seem to be attending some kind of meeting.” Fred held an ear-shaped object and said, “The time is tomorrow morning.”

Now, everyone is in the mood.

 Although they have been meeting almost every day recently, this is the first time that Dumbledore has participated.

But just when they wanted to hear more, the kitchen door was suddenly opened, and they were so frightened that they quickly shrank their necks and tried to hide themselves on the stairs.

Dumbledore walked out of it, paused slightly, and then walked out as if nothing had happened.

"Great, he didn't notice us." Ron said with honor.

 “I don’t think so.” came a voice.

"Definitely not." Ron said confidently, "We hid very quickly..."

 At this point, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

This voice is so familiar, they hear it every time at the opening party, it's Dumbledore's.

Ron was suddenly frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

 Subconsciously, he looked towards the direction where the sound came from, which was the ear-shaped thing in Fred's hand.

At this time, Dumbledore's voice came from inside again.

“It’s a good invention and very practical. But I think you should go back to your room to rest at this time.

"Molly just said that she doesn't want you to make trouble too late. You definitely don't want to see her angry, right?"

“You are right, Professor.” George reacted and said, “We are just testing the new invention... Let’s go back to the room now.”

"By the way, Professor, thank you for your approval." Fred added: "This is our new invention, and it only costs two Galleons in the Weasley Joke Shop."

“Of course, if you are a member of the Order of the Phoenix, you can get a good discount.”

  Fred and George had seen a lot of the world. Instead of being at a loss like Ron, they took the opportunity to advertise.

 (End of this chapter)