Before long, Kayson knocked away the two pieces of obsidian and released all four of them.
The twins were naturally completely unharmed, while the Petil sisters... were standing in front of Professor Kayson.
"Tell me, why did you skip class?"
"Professor, we didn't skip class. We took leave."
"Where's the leave note?"
"Here."
Kayson took the note and glanced at it...
"Sick leave... and then you came out to practice magic?"
"...All right, Professor Snape really was... too scary. Compared to him, we'd honestly rather smell Professor Quirrell's garlic stench."
"But his professional competence was indeed outstanding, far better than Quirrell's. He even signed your leave note... I hope you won't deceive professors like this again."
Kayson returned the note to the Petil sisters.
"Professor, where are we going next?" The Petil sisters clearly still intended to practice magic in that empty classroom for a while. Seeing this, Kayson promptly shed his patient identity for the moment and swaggered back to his office, where he sprawled out in a recliner, utterly at ease.
"This is what living like a human being feels like. Seriously."
"Professor, want some fruit?" Cedric asked, bringing over several fruits he had washed in a basin.
"No, no. I've been eating all day. You have some. I'll just relax and read for a bit." Kayson waved him off.
The wonderful time would have continued like this until Hermione got out of class, when she and her little companions came racing over at a speed that would have given Einstein a headache.
BANG! BANG! BANG!!!
BANG! BANG! BANG!!!
A terrifying round of knocking suddenly erupted from the office door, and Kayson jolted upright in his chair.
"What's going on? You three, whoever it is, go check." he said.
"No need to check. It should be Granger and