After a long while, Kayson left the Headmaster's Office and reappeared in the Alchemy office.
After removing the Creeper head from Lockhart's head, where he had been sitting in the corner, Kayson sent him away.
Next came the four young wizards...
Hmm, they were surprisingly well-behaved. Each of the four young wizards sat on the sofa with a novel taken from beneath the coffee table in their arms.
As Kayson took his seat, the four young wizards finally powered on. Neville remained calmly seated on the sofa, while the other three all turned to look at Kayson.
"...What?"
"Professor, I want to learn alchemy!"
This time, Kayson did not waste time with any nonsense or give them extra explanations. He simply took out three Redstone blocks slightly larger than Neville's from earlier that day and placed them on the desk.
"Light it up, and I'll consider you qualified... of course, it has to be lit to a respectable degree."
The three young wizards quickly picked up their own Redstone blocks and desperately poured magic into them.
Neville watched helplessly as all three of his friends held Redstone blocks slightly larger than his, their glow even brighter than his own.
Then Professor Kayson began speaking blatant nonsense. "Hmm... not very good. If you force yourselves to study alchemy now, you'll be easily injured. But I'm still very happy to help you lay down a solid foundation."
As he spoke, he bent down and pulled several alchemy notebooks out from beneath the desk.
"Take these back and read them. If you plan to take my class next year, I think they'll come in handy." Kayson handed each of the four young wizards a copy.
Even Neville, who had started attending lessons early, received one.
"Then, Professor, does that mean we just can't