Chapter 24 Even swallow-tailed dogs won’t eat this thing

Hufflepuff's common room is located in the underground building of Hogwarts Castle. The entrance is among the pile of large barrels in the right corner of the kitchen corridor.

The way to enter is also very simple. You only need to follow the rhythm of Helga Hufflepuff and tap the bottom of the second barrel in the second row of the large wooden barrels. The lid of the barrel will rotate open and reveal a door that can be climbed into. Enter the passage and enter the common room.

It is different from the frequently changing passwords and the riddles that are updated every time.

Hufflepuff is also the only house in Hogwarts that uses a fixed door password. Remember it once and it will last for seven years, which can be said to be quite worry-free.

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"Remember, it's Helga Hufflepuff, the order must be correct."

Hufflepuff's prefect, Karen Harris, stood in front of a group of new students and demonstrated the correct tapping sequence at three times the speed.

"Well... what if I knock the wrong key." A little boy in the crowd said solemnly: "I... my memory is never very good. If I knock the wrong key, I won't be able to enter the dormitory."

"Worse than that!"

Harris walked to the barrel, knocked on it twice, and then quickly retreated.

Almost at the same time, a stream of vinegar with a strong sour smell poured down, right where he was.

"As you can see," Harris said after waving his wand to clean up the vinegar on the ground, "if the taps are in the wrong order, another bucket lid will pop open and the intruder will be covered with vinegar."

If you don't want to have a sour smell all day long, you have to remember the correct order. It's not that difficult. "

Next, Harris demonstrated the correct sequence twice more before leading them into the passage.

At the end of the passage is a large, plain, round room, which is the Hufflepuff common room.

Compared with the auditorium, the ceiling here is very low, probably less than three meters. It is surrounded by soft sofas in black and yellow colors, and there are many interesting plant decorations on the walls next to it. .

Kyle looked around with interest.

In addition to the common ornamental plants, there are actually many rare and valuable plants here. The ones he knows include rue, white thorn, golden hydrangea, as well as wind whispering grass and campanula sunflower.

Especially the pot of wind chime sunflowers placed in the center of the lounge. If Kyle remembers correctly, the market price of this thing should be about three hundred galleons, and there is no market for it.

The golden hydrangea next to it is slightly cheaper, and is sold in Diagon Alley, costing only 279 galleons.

With rare plants worth two to three hundred galleons as decorations, Professor Sprout is truly a famous master of herbalism in the magic world. This is truly low-key and luxurious.

Kyle resisted the urge to move them all away and relied on his iron will to turn his head and look to the side.

There was a large, honey-yellow wooden mantel built against the wall, carved with a badger, and some jars and the like were placed on it.

According to prefect Harris, the jar contains some candies and other snacks, which the little wizards can take at will.

A portrait of Helga Hufflepuff also hangs above the fireplace.

It was a witch holding a golden cup and smiling cheerfully.

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At this time, Hufflepuff students from other grades also came in one after another. They greeted the new students enthusiastically and brought out various snacks as greeting gifts.

Kyle also received a lot, and the pockets of his robe were filled with colorful candies and preserves, enough for him to eat for more than a month.

"How about it? The Hufflepuff common room is nice."

Cedric came to Kyle, patted his shoulder and said, "Other colleges don't have such a comfortable environment."

"It turns out to be Mr. Diggory." Kyle slapped the hand on his shoulder with a look of disgust, and said in a nonchalant manner: "What, are you not afraid of being misunderstood by Professor Snape at this time?"

"Don't be like this Kyle, it's all for outsiders to see." Cedric said with a sneer: "Our friendship is unbreakable, I swear."

After hearing this explanation, Kyle became even more disgusted and quickly moved further away from Cedric.

But he also knew that Cedric was joking before, so he wasn't really angry.

Although what I said just now really deserves a beating.

He also said that it was for outsiders to see. Cedric didn't really think that he was Harry Potter and could always get Snape's attention.

What are you thinking about...

Kyle curled his lips in disdain, but he didn't know if it was an illusion. He always felt that Cedric's behavior just now seemed a bit familiar, especially the shameless style of adapting to the situation and frantically blaming others. He seemed to have seen it in someone before.

Who on earth is it?

Kyle thought hard, but still had no clue, and finally gave up.

Probably, maybe, maybe... the Weasley brothers.

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As there were more and more people in the common room, Harris invited the freshmen to sit on the sofa, saying that at the request of the professor, he would tell them about the rules of Hogwarts in advance, so that everyone could get to know them.

Afterwards, he and another female prefect went to the kitchen next door and brought some biscuits and several large glasses of fresh juice.

This means that Hufflepuff's common room is close to the kitchen, which is not the case in the other three houses.

Soon, the table in the lounge was piled with various snacks.

Harris said enthusiastically: "Welcome to Hufflepuff, there are not many school rules at Hogwarts, as long as you can remember the following ones.

first……"

While Harris was talking, Kyle looked around and quickly found Kangna at the outermost edge of the crowd, and then moved over quietly.

"I went too far before." Kyle whispered: "I apologize to you."

Kangna was obviously startled. When she raised her head and saw that it was Kyle, she whispered: "No, no, it's also my reason. I'm too stupid. I should have guessed that you were joking.

How could Hogwarts use...use...that curse to sort? "

Kyle shook his head and said with a serious face: "That's different. Joking has to be fun for both of us. It's definitely my fault for scaring you, so I must apologize."

Seeing the serious look on Kyle's face, Kangna bit her lip, raised her head and said seriously: "Then I accept your apology."

After saying that, he reached out and slapped Kyle on the body.

"Now we're even."

What can I say about the strength of this punch...it's hard to use it to deflect the ash.

"Not even close, wait a moment."

Kyle smiled, then picked out all the most beautifully packaged brown candies in his pocket and handed them over: "This is an apology. Only if you accept it can we be even."

"okay……"

Kangna took the candy and stuffed one into her mouth in front of Kyle. Then she extended her little hand holding the candy to Kyle and said with a smile: "I'll treat you to some candy."

"No, no, no." Kyle shook his head repeatedly and muttered in a low voice: "No serious person would eat licorice candy, even a swallow-tailed dog wouldn't eat it."

"Crack!"