Chapter 992 Shell House

When the Longbottoms left Madam Puddifoot's Tea House, Neville had not yet recovered from his doubts and followed them out with a confused and puzzled look.

Kyle sat in the shop until their figures completely disappeared from the street, and then he couldn't help laughing.

There was no way, just like planting potatoes requires digging holes first, those scars are the traces left by making Horcruxes, which is inevitable.

The reason why it is in the shape of lightning is mainly because Kyle subconsciously thought of Harry's forehead at the time.

But this is not without benefits. At least Mr. Longbottom will receive a lot of surprised eyes when he goes on vacation to the beach later.

After all, not everyone can have more than a dozen standard lightning-shaped scars on their bodies. If he is more fashionable and paints those scars gold, it will be more interesting.

Maybe Kyle can open up a new business.

But with Frank Longbottom's character, he should not do this... Fred is possible.

After returning to Hogwarts, Kyle immediately found Connor and told her what happened just now.

"Are you going?"

"Yes, I've already promised Falkland." Kyle said, "But I'm still missing a female companion. If you're willing, that would be great."

Unlike the simple dinner at Hogwarts, the Christmas dinners held by those wizard families can basically be called Christmas balls...

Except for those who are too young, other wizards who receive invitations usually attend with their dance partners, just like the dance during the Triwizard Tournament.

"Are you inviting me?" Connor asked with a smile.

"Of course." Kyle said.

"Okay." Connor raised her eyebrows, "Then I agree, but I need to buy a new dress robe. The previous one is a bit small."

"You can go to Fleur for this." Kyle said, "Although I don't want to admit it, when it comes to dress robes, the clothing stores in France are more professional."

"Then I'll find time to go to Shell Cottage." Connor nodded.

After Bill and Fleur got married, they moved out and now live in the suburbs of Cornwall, near the seaside.

Although Kyle didn't understand why they chose to settle in such a remote place.

It was really remote. Not to mention wizards, even newspaper owls might not be willing to go there.

But according to Bill, he and Fleur thought it was a lonely and beautiful place, and they liked it very much.

It can only be said that the aesthetics of wizards and wizards are different. Kyle doesn't understand, but he respects it.

Besides, as long as the floo network is connected, it doesn't matter whether it is remote or not.

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After finding a dance partner, Kyle didn't think about it anymore. He continued to go to class every day and then took care of the dragons in the garden.

I have to say that dragons grow really fast.

Now they are basically more than 20 feet when they stand up, and the largest iron belly is even 40 feet. When they fly over the forbidden forest, they look like a big dark cloud.

The centaurs have complained many times, but no one cares.

It is impossible for anyone to care.

When the Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts, all the dragons joined the battle. The most violent Hungarian Autumn Bee contributed the most. From the beginning to the end of the war, it never stopped spewing dragon flames and destroyed a team of Death Eaters by itself.

It even received the "Special Contribution to the School Award" awarded by Minerva McGonagall as the headmaster.

There is also a dragon statue trophy in the school's prize display room, which is also the only one.

Let's look at the centaurs. They have been hiding in the Forbidden Forest since the beginning of the war and have never appeared... No, to be precise, they came out and shot a round of arrows at the end of the war, which was considered a token of their affection.

It is also possible that some centaurs predicted the outcome of the war and thought they should join the war.

But one was there at the beginning, and the other appeared at the end... In this case, it is natural that Hogwarts will favor whom.

Headmaster McGonagall will definitely not drive the centaurs out of the Forbidden Forest. After all, the Forbidden Forest is strictly independent and does not belong to Hogwarts.

But she would not reject another magical animal living in the Forbidden Forest. As for the territory and airspace... the Forbidden Forest does not belong to Hogwarts, so what does it have to do with her?

So when facing the aggressive centaurs, Principal McGonagall basically used both hands and asked them to go to the Ministry of Magic.

She even helped to think of a reason, saying that someone had illegally raised a dragon.

At first, the centaurs really went there, but Kyle had a dragon-raising certificate issued by the reserve, and the Ministry of Magic had no control at all.

Then, even the Ministry of Magic didn't care, so the school naturally couldn't care either.

Now Kyle has removed most of the alchemical mist, leaving only the outermost part near the castle.

After all, students still have to go to class, and if they suddenly see a dragon rising from not far away, it will inevitably distract their attention.

Hagrid is a frequent visitor here, coming almost every day, and often brings something to Kyle.

Unicorn hair, salamander tail, or Augurey feathers, etc., are all picked up when he patrols the Forbidden Forest.

There were some before, but they were useless. At most, Hagrid would pick up some unicorn hair to weave a mat or mend the sheets.

Now that the school has alchemy classes, these things are more useful. Every time Hagrid goes to the Forbidden Forest, he will bring an empty bag with him and come out after filling it up.

And this fruitful harvest lasted for several months.

On this day, Hagrid handed Kyle his pocket as always and asked: "It will be the Quidditch match soon. Who do you think will win this time?"

"Of course it's Gryffindor." Kyle blurted out: "Every player in this class is no match for Ginny.

"Let's put it this way, as long as Gryffindor can delay the game until half an hour later, they can win even if their Seeker goes back to sleep in the middle."

Ginny's position on the team is the Chaser. She is now similar to him back then. She kills everyone with the Quaffle and no one can stop her.

But he still had opponents at that time. Harry and his Firebolt were very difficult, but Ginny was different.

No one from Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff could fight, and even the famous Slytherin boxing team started to follow the rules.

But think about it, because of the previous war, Slytherin has been ostracized a lot. If they don't act calmly at this time, they will definitely be beaten.

Due to various reasons, this year's Quidditch match will definitely turn into a pitching show for Ginny alone.

"That's right." Hagrid nodded, "Everyone in the Weasley family is really talented. Even the most naughty Fred and George have achieved great things.

"I've been to their store, it's really good... It would be better if that plate didn't bite me." Hagrid subconsciously touched his beard.

"Do you need me to occupy two seats for you?" He said, "Of course, the position may not be too far forward."

"No need." Kyle shook his head, "Kanna's new dress robe has arrived, and I'm going to go to Shell Cottage with her this weekend."

"Dress robe?"

"To attend the Longbottom family's Christmas dinner." Kyle said.

"Oh, I remembered." Hagrid clapped his arm.

"Neville also sent me an invitation letter two days ago. I'm still hesitating whether to go... As you know, many wizards don't welcome half-blood giants."

"Did Neville invite you?"

"No, it's Frank. He invited me on behalf of the Longbottom family." Hagrid said happily, "I'm so happy that he can wake up again... You are really amazing, Kyle, really."

Kyle said nothing.

He was really surprised that Frank Longbottom would actually invite Hagrid to the Christmas dinner.

Indeed, many wizards are unwilling to come into contact with anything related to giants, so usually only those with particularly good relationships will invite Hagrid to formal occasions.

Frank Longbottom and Hagrid were both members of the Order of the Phoenix, so it was no surprise that they had a good relationship. What Kyle didn't expect was that no one from the other Longbottoms objected.

"Then let's go together." Kyle said, "Do you need a dress robe? I heard that there is a shop in France that makes dress robes worn by giants. I can ask Fleur to help you ask."

"No need." Hagrid waved his hand, "The dragon skin coat you gave me before is very good. I have never worn it."

When he said this, Hagrid subconsciously glanced at the Autumn Bee in the sky.

The main reason is that after he puts on that dragon skin coat, he will be regarded as the same kind by Qiufeng.

And Autumn Bee is a little bit rude when facing the same kind...Hagrid experienced it once, and he can only say that he still remembers it.

Seeing that Hagrid had an idea, Kyle said nothing more.

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On the weekend of the next day, he and Connor went to have breakfast early, and then apparated from Hogsmeade to Cornwall while the students were discussing Quidditch.

"I still can't understand..."

Looking at the endless beach and gravel, Kyle frowned slightly, "How can such a place be so romantic?"

"I don't understand either." Connor said, "Maybe we don't understand... I mean, Bill and Fleur are both people with unique ideas."

She thought of the first time she met Bill.

At that time, his clothes were incompatible with those around him. His long hair was tied into a ponytail, he wore fan-like earrings, and his dragonskin boots looked like a cowboy in a Muggle movie.

She couldn't help but think that if Kyle was dressed like this...

Hmm...it seemed good, and she had never seen Kyle with long hair.

Kangna stared at Kyle's face, not knowing what she thought of, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"why are you laughing?"

"No, it's nothing, nothing." Kangna's face turned red and she shook her head in denial.

"It's inexplicable." Kyle didn't pay attention and continued: "Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely not choose such a place where even owls don't come."

"Then where will you choose to live?" A cold, emotionless voice came from behind.

"Dosart County is good... Devon County is also very good. Of course, it depends on what you want, or we can discuss it and choose a place that we all like..."

In the middle of speaking, Kyle suddenly realized that this sentence was not what Kangna asked.

When he turned his head again, he saw a face of... Fu Rong, who couldn't tell whether he was angry or teasing.

Her expression was very strange, like when she was angry and suddenly heard something interesting, she had two different expressions.

Oh, and with her was Bill, who was winking next to her.

"Why are you here?" Kyle asked,

"It should be said that it's lucky that I'm here." Fleur drawled, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that you actually looked down upon our Shell Cottage so much.

"Speaking of which, are you a wizard or not? Wizards should not be allowed to disapparate, floo nets and portkeys."

"Don't talk nonsense. I don't look down on everything in Shell Cottage." Kyle explained: "Besides, we just Apparated here this time, so why are we not wizards?"

"Then you just said that owls don't come here."

"It's true that the owl doesn't come...well, I mean, aren't you tired of looking at those rocks every day?"

"Are you tired of looking at Kang Na every day?" Fleur asked.

Kyle shook his head without thinking, "No."

"Me neither!" She kissed Bill provocatively.

"..."

Kyle felt as if he had been kicked, but he couldn't say anything.

He just complained about how remote this place is!

Fleur raised her eyebrows proudly, then grabbed Kangna who wanted to speak for Kyle, turned around and left.

"Ignore him and follow me. The dresses and robes in that store are really good."

Kangna was pulled away by Fleur.

Bill stepped forward and patted Kyle on the shoulder.

"Sorry, Fleur...well, she didn't mean it."

"It's okay, I know." Kyle waved his hand, "And I was the one who mentioned it here first."

"So, have you really decided to settle in Dorset?"

Bill asked curiously: "I heard that the wizards in that place are not easy to get along with, or have you and Diggory made an agreement to go there together?"

He remembered that Kyle, Fred, George and Cedric Diggory from across the village were very good friends and inseparable at school.

"No, I just have this idea." Kyle said, "I don't know what the wizards in Dorset are like, but there is a nice neighbor there. It must be interesting to live nearby... Oh, the premise is that you need to have a certain courage."

"Do you need courage?" Bill frowned, thinking about what this sentence meant?

It takes courage to be someone's neighbor...it can't be a Death Eater.

"By the way, have you received an invitation from the Longbottom family?" Kyle didn't want to think too much and took the initiative to change the subject.

"My mother received the invitation letter." Bill was not a very curious person, so when Kyle asked, he just said: "Our family has been invited, and Fleur and I will go together. "

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The two of them were talking as they walked towards the Shell Cottage.

Just like the name, from a distance, their house really looks like a huge shell, which is quite beautiful.

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