Chapter 995: Overly Enthusiastic Friends
Chapter 995: Overly Enthusiastic Friends
"Relax, Ginny, NEWT isn't as scary as you think."
In the corridor between the stairs and the auditorium, Kyle looked at Ginny, whose face turned pale with nervousness, and said, "Just treat it as a normal test, and it should be much easier."
"But normally they don't come to the Great Hall to take the exams, and there won't be anyone from the Wizarding Examinations Authority watching over them."
Ginny rubbed her face.
She had never thought NEWTs were scary before, and she couldn't understand why Hermione was so nervous that she couldn't sleep before the exam.
But now she understands.
Ever since the people from the Wizarding Examinations Authority showed up in the Hogwarts Great Hall on time last night, she felt her heartbeat begin to quicken.
The last time she felt this way was during the Quidditch final.
She scored a crucial goal just in time before the Slytherin Seeker caught the Golden Snitch, winning the game by a very narrow margin.
Her heart was beating very fast at that time.
"They're not that scary actually." Kyle said, "Professor Marchbank just looks stern."
"I really don't understand..." Ginny took a few deep breaths. "Why wasn't Ron nervous at all this time last year? I even heard him discussing what to eat for lunch with Harry before he went to the exam room..."
"Maybe it's a talent." Kyle said with a smile, "You and Hermione may never learn their sense of relaxation."
"That's right." Ginny tried to calm herself down and looked around.
"Where's Kanna?"
"Still in the Potions classroom," Kyle said. "She hasn't been out for nearly a week."
"Aren't you worried?" Ginny asked. "I heard that the more complicated the potion, the more dangerous it is if the brewing order is wrong... If I remember correctly, if the crucible for brewing Felix Felicis explodes, the power is more terrible than the blasting spell."
"I'm not worried about anything related to potions," Kyle blurted out.
"You really trust each other," said Ginny.
Kyle raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
After all, potions are not his strong point, so he naturally has to trust someone more professional.
What's more, Professor Sashiya is here, so he doesn't need to worry about anything.
"By the way, when are you getting married?"
Ginny couldn't help but ask, the nervousness on her face turned into curiosity at some point.
Kyle looked at her and didn't answer directly, but asked: "What about you and Harry?"
Ginny's face suddenly turned red, just like her hair, and then she turned around and rushed into the hall without asking any more questions.
It's much quieter now.
Kyle also went upstairs. He needed to take another exam, not here.
……
Hogwarts became unusually quiet during exam week, and even Peeves stopped throwing balloons into the corridors.
Until the end of the exams, Hogwarts once again welcomed the long-awaited holiday for the students.
When the Hogwarts Express stopped at King's Cross Station and the students walked out of the platform one by one, Mrs. Weasley, who had been waiting for a long time, ran over impatiently.
She had an expression of unconcealable joy on her face.
"I'm so happy for you, Ginny..."
Ginny was the youngest child in the Weasley family, but now even she had graduated. For a moment, Mrs. Weasley found it hard to tell whether she should be happy or sad.
She was happy in her heart, but she cried her eyes out.
"Sorry, Kyle..." Mrs. Weasley wiped her hands across her face.
"But you came back anyway. I always thought you didn't like riding the Hogwarts Express."
"I really didn't like it," Kyle said, "so I Apparated here. I was at school a minute ago."
"All right," said Mrs. Weasley, glancing behind Kyle. "Where's Connor? Isn't the child with you?"
"She has other things to do." Kyle sighed.
In other words, Connor had been locking herself in the Potions classroom, so Kyle felt bored and came back with the train.
"It doesn't matter. We can also discuss your wedding." Mrs. Weasley said suddenly.
And when she said this, her eyes even shone a little, and she completely forgot about Ginny's sadness about graduation.
And she ignored Kyle's advice.
"I think we could rent a bigger tent for the wedding."
On the way back to the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley seemed to have drunk a large bucket of strong Buffy brain stimulant, and all kinds of different ideas popped up all the time.
"The tent Bill had when he got married was also big, but it was too old. We must ask carefully this time to see if there are any new models."
"Oh, and the invitations that have been prepared... Kyle, you don't have to worry about that. Sirius said he has taken care of it all. He has been mumbling about taking out a sum of gold recently."
Mrs. Weasley never stopped talking all the way to the Burrow. Mr. Weasley, who was driving, and another passenger, Ginny, not only did not stop them, but they also enthusiastically gave advice and tried to fill in the gaps.
Moreover, they didn't seem to be prepared to seek Kyle's opinion. Kyle tried to interrupt several times but was ruthlessly interrupted.
But seriously, what Mrs. Weasley said was really scary.
For example, Sirius, who was responsible for making the invitations.
He is just proposing to me. Isn't it too early to prepare for this now? And what does it mean to take a sum of gold?
Given Kyle's understanding of Sirius' simple values...it's possible that he wanted to add gold to the invitation.
Isn't this a pure waste?
It's not that he can't afford it, it doesn't cost him anything anyway, but think about the people Kyle knows.
Cedric, Fred, George, Lee Jordan, Justin, Harry... do they deserve to receive the golden invitation?
All the gilding is wasted.
It's just that Mrs. Weasley didn't seem to want to ask for his opinion.
Nor did Sirius.
Anyway, as soon as Kyle arrived at the Burrow, he saw a small mountain of gold glittering in the house.
"Mo Li, you're back just in time. Come and see if this gold is enough."
This is probably the first time that so much gold has appeared in the Burrow.
"That's too much, Sirius," said Mrs. Weasley in dissatisfaction. "Oh my God, it's just an invitation!"
Thankfully, Mrs. Weasley did say something fair.
Kyle's real thoughts as well.
"Well..." Sirius looked a little disappointed, but still took back half of the gold, "Then I'll keep these for when Harry gets married."
Having said that, Sirius glanced at Ginny intentionally or unintentionally.
The matter between her and Harry was no longer a secret, and with the three loudspeakers in the Burrow, everyone basically knew what they should and shouldn't know.
Not to mention that Sirius was very popular when he was in school, so he could guess Harry's little thoughts just by taking a glance at him.
What he needed to consider was how Harry could formally speak out about this matter like Kyle had done.
Kyle wasn't the only one who felt embarrassed. Ginny beside him also blushed.
Fortunately, everyone around was paying attention to the small pile of gold, and the light in the Burrow was relatively dim, so Mrs. Weasley did not notice Ginny's abnormality.
If there was anyone in the room who didn't know what was going on between Ginny and Harry, it was probably her.
Tacitly, everyone, including Fred and George, was keeping it from her.
"Why, you haven't told Mrs. Weasley yet?" Kyle walked over and asked in a low voice.
Ginny shook her head.
She had wanted to wait until after graduation to tell Mrs. Weasley, but when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to say it.
"Forget it, you guys handle it yourselves," Kyle said.
"Can you do me a favor?" Ginny asked suddenly.
"What can I do for you? Confess to Mrs. Weasley?" He turned to look at Ginny.
"I don't think you need to be so hesitant. Considering how much Mrs. Weasley likes Harry, she will definitely not object."
"No, it's Sirius!" Ginny shook her head and said, "Using gold for the invitation is really... too exaggerated."
She held it in for a long time before she stammered, "Can you persuade Sirius to give up this idea, or at least not let it appear at my... um, Harry's wedding."
"That's exactly what I want to do." Kyle said with deep agreement.
So when their fiery passion cooled down a little, Kyle took the initiative to find Sirius.
"What? Change the invitations?" Sirius first glanced at Kyle, then said loudly, "No, of course not. I've even found a goblin to do this, so it can't be changed!"
He was determined.
"Don't worry about it, I'll pay for it."
He thought Kyle was reluctant to part with so much gold, so he was willing to do so.
"These are two different things, Sirius, Sirius..."
Kyle wanted to say something else, but before he could open his mouth, the other party Disapparated and disappeared into the garden in front of the Weasley's house.
Kyle was left standing there in a daze.
"I wish we had received the invitation sooner."
At this time, Fred and George appeared from somewhere and stood on Kyle's left and right.
"That's a golden invitation..."
"It must be very valuable..."
"But speaking of which." Fred looked at Kyle in confusion, "When did this happen? Why didn't you tell us?"
"Yeah." George said sullenly, "I thought we were good friends, but you hid something as important as marriage from me."
"We actually got the news from my mother."
"In fact..." Kyle interrupted the two. "I knew about this matter no earlier than you did. Before this, I didn't even realize that we needed to prepare invitations."
"Wait." George was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"
"It's just the literal meaning." Kyle shrugged, "Kanna and I haven't discussed this yet."
"How is that possible?" Fred didn't believe it at all. "You proposed to me on Christmas, and Hogwarts is even on holiday now!"
"I know." Kyle said, "But I need to go to class, and Kanna is busy with something more important, so we didn't discuss it."
"That... okay." Fred nodded, not too surprised.
Anyway, Kyle and Kanna will definitely be together, so there is no need to rush.
"I remember now, no wonder your father hasn't been in a hurry lately." George scratched his hair.
"That's strange." Fred frowned and said, "Since you haven't discussed it, why is mom already preparing to decorate the wedding venue?"
"And Sirius has been very busy lately."
"Is there anyone else getting married?"
“Who knows,” Kyle said, “maybe it was a little too enthusiastic.”
"Never mind," said Fred. "We'll just have to wait."
"The golden invitation..." George looked longing.
Kyle didn't understand why they were so concerned about a so-called golden invitation when they already had a store in Hogsmeade.
As if he saw Kyle's confusion, Fred didn't explain. He just pretended to be deep and said, "You don't understand."
Kyle really didn't understand what they were thinking.
And Kyle didn't have any good way to deal with the overly enthusiastic Weasley family. Fortunately, after a few days, he gradually got used to it.
Some time later, Kyle received a letter.
Letter from Hogwarts.
Hagrid told him that Connor had finally left that crappy Potions classroom.
After reading the letter, Kyle immediately Apparated to Hogsmeade and returned to school.
When Kyle found Connor, she was carefully holding a bottle that was not much bigger than a thumb, which contained a drop of potion of unknown color.
Yes, just one drop.
The color is close to pink, but if you change direction, it turns blue, and if you change direction again, it turns red.
"Is this... um, the so-called love potion?"
"To be precise, its real name should be called Demon Enhancement Spirit."
"...Are you serious?"
Kyle smacked his lips. "I don't know why, but I feel like the quality has dropped."
"No way." Sasiya came out from the back room, "The wizard who invented this potion is more pragmatic, and he also has the absolute right to name it... By the way, do you want to take a closer look at it?"
"May I?"
"of course."
After getting an affirmative answer from Sashiya, Kyle took the bottle from Kanna.
He didn't notice that at this moment, Sasiya's expression suddenly became tense, and her hands behind her back tightly grasped the wand.
But nothing happened.
Kyle held the bottle and watched the drop of potion dancing happily inside.
The potion suddenly jumped up, as if it was dancing.
It's amazing.
This was the first time Kyle had seen a potion that was so active after leaving the crucible. Even the Felicis would only tumble and jump in the crucible when it was just formed.
But Kyle was not too surprised. A potion that took so long to brew must have something special about it.
He then gave the bottle back to Connor.
I don’t know when, maybe when Kyle and Kanna were talking, Professor Sashia left and no one knew where she went.
Kyle took Connor for a walk in the empty castle, listened to Connor talk about some little episodes when she was brewing the potion, and told her a lot of things that had happened recently.
Of course, Sirius and Mrs. Weasley were also among them, with their overly enthusiastic side.
As expected, Connor was also shocked by Sirius's simple and crude values, and blurted out:
"Do Fred and George really deserve to receive the golden invitation?"
"They're looking forward to it anyway," Kyle said with a smile.
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