Those Who Offend My Great Hogwarts Shall Be Punished, No Matter How Far

The relationships between the young wizards who experienced the midnight duel quickly heated up. Currently, Hermione and Neville had integrated into Harry and Ron's small group.

Harry and Ron recognized Hermione's power, and Hermione recognized the kindness and bravery of her two companions. As for Neville? At least he was cute, wasn't he?

And so, a story began to circulate around Hogwarts:

"In Gryffindor, there are four Heavenly Kings at the pinnacle. They commit all sorts of evil, bully the weak, and engage in arson, murder, and plunder.

Slytherin's Draco Malfoy provided strong testimony, stating that they forced him and three other Slytherin companions to eat pig's trotters while standing on their heads in the Great Hall.

They were:

'Knowledge Heavenly King' Hermione Granger: She was so active in class that students from the other three houses had no opportunity to answer questions.

'Herbology Heavenly King' Neville Longbottom: He was unrivaled in the field of Herbology. It's rumored he once single-handedly cleared out all of Hufflepuff with a single Biting Cabbage.

'Wizard's Chess Heavenly King' Ron Weasley: He was the embodiment of the devil. Not only did he constantly seek out people to challenge at Wizard's Chess, but after winning, he would verbally eviscerate the defeated opponent.

'Quidditch Heavenly King' Harry Potter: He defrauded everyone in the name of the Boy Who Lived. He was actually a demon, and during a Quidditch match, he used four strange objects hovering around him to knock all seven Ravenclaw players off their brooms.

If any brave souls from the other three houses were fortunate enough to defeat the Four Heavenly Kings, they would face the deepest despair:

The Fifth Heavenly King, 'Detention' Heavenly King Horatio Quibble: Rumor has it he was inherently brutal and took pleasure in tormenting young wizards. He was called a little devil by professors from all houses, and even the Headmaster couldn't do anything about him.

The good news is, to limit this little devil's harm to the school, the great Professor McGonagall always put him in detention. So, he was either in detention or on his way to detention.

-Exclusive report from anonymous red-haired twins."

"This is too outrageous," Hermione said, putting down her fork and knife, looking at the awestruck young wizards around them.

A vacuum had formed around the four of them; the other students didn't dare approach.

"Horatio was the one who punished Malfoy, why is it being blamed on us?" Hermione said indignantly.

Neville sighed, "I thought the protective belt Horatio gave me was the armor from last time, and I wanted to show it to Hannah.

I didn't expect a Biting Cabbage to pop out, and it was a splitting Biting Cabbage at that.

It wiped out Hufflepuff completely. Hannah still doesn't want to talk to me."

Ron also chimed in, "The Wizard's Chess Horatio gave me is fun, but those pieces constantly clamor to battle.

If I don't satisfy them, they sneak into my bed at night and poke my butt with weapons.

What's more, the winning pieces mock the losing wizards, and the losing pieces curse them too. It's got me wondering whether I should win or lose."

"Ron, if you drag me into playing your damned Wizard's Chess again, I'm cutting you off," Harry said through gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry, Harry, it's just that everyone else is avoiding me, so I had to ask for your help," Ron said to Harry apologetically. "Speaking of which, what's up with you? Why are the Ravenclaws looking at you with such murderous intent?"

Harry gave a wry smile. "It's all because of that thing Horatio gave me, the Free-Floating Cannon. As soon as I get on my broom, it automatically deploys, even if it's locked in a cabinet. They'll just destroy the cabinet and come out.

Last time, during the Quidditch match against Ravenclaw, that thing wiped out all the Ravenclaw Quidditch players, including the reserves. Now I have to walk around them whenever I see a Ravenclaw classmate."

Ron turned to Hermione. "Hermione, what about you? Didn't Horatio give you a tool too?"

Hermione said with a cold expression, "He gave me a quill with retrieval and automatic recording functions."

"Isn't that pretty good?"

"I thought the pen was quite convenient at first, until one day I discovered it had a secondary pen. When I write with it, my work syncs to the secondary pen, which is equivalent to me doing Horatio's homework."

"Maybe we should return the items to Horatio," Neville suggested.

Hermione said, "Do you think I don't want to? Look here." She took out the quill and pointed to a piece of feather at the tip, which was inscribed with:

Sold, no returns; Soul-bound, cannot be discarded; To destroy, use Fiendfyre. A Quibble Group product, guaranteed quality.

In the end, Horatio did take back the items because Hermione found Professor McGonagall.

"I really don't understand, you have such great talent, why don't you use it for studying?" Hermione.

Horatio looked speechlessly at Hermione. "Hermione, do you know what your biggest problem is? It's being a know-it-all.

Haven't you noticed that many people in Gryffindor can't stand you? Your well-intentioned help might be harmful to others. They might think you're amazing at first, but over time, they'll find you arrogant.

Actively helping others is commendable, but sometimes you need to learn to wait, to wait for others to ask for your help."

Hermione didn't wait for Horatio to finish. She huffed, pushed past him, and walked away quickly.

Horatio scratched his head and sighed.

At the banquet on the eve of Halloween, Neville asked Horatio, who was sitting next to him, "Have you seen Hermione? She's been missing all afternoon."

"Haven't seen her," Horatio said, picking up a piece of crispy roast duck, putting it into a wrap, smearing it with sweet bean sauce, and stuffing it into his mouth with a blissful expression.

"I just heard Parvati tell Lavender that Hermione was crying sadly in the girls' restroom and didn't want anyone to comfort her," Harry said, imitating Horatio's actions as he ate a piece of crispy roast duck.

Professor Quirrell suddenly burst into the Great Hall, shouting in terror, "Troll--in the dungeons!" He then fainted in the middle of the hall.

The Great Hall immediately descended into chaos. Dumbledore had to cast several purple fireworks from the tip of his wand before everyone quieted down.

"All Heads of Houses, lead your students back to your dormitories," Dumbledore said. "Teachers, follow me."

"Is there really a troll?" Horatio walked to Professor Quirrell, who was feigning unconsciousness in the middle of the Great Hall, and tried to lift his turban with his wand.

Quirrell could no longer keep up the act. He pressed his turban and stood up, saying, "Yes, it's in the dungeons. Student Horatio, hurry back to your dormitory."

"Tch, what's so scary about a mere troll."

Horatio took a silver-white glove from a cloth bag and put it on his hand, saying, "I will engage in my Gundam form."

Blue, white, and red metal covered Horatio's entire body, and a golden V-shaped antenna appeared on his head.

An RX-78 Type Gundam Baby Machine, about 3 meters tall, appeared in the center of the Great Hall.

As the mobile suit landed, the thrusters on its back emitted intense flames, and it directly smashed through the Great Hall doors, flying towards the corridor.

The young wizards present were stunned. Harry asked, "Do we still need to go back to our dormitories?"

Inside the girls' lavatory, Hermione was huddled against the opposite wall, looking as if she might faint at any moment.

A twelve-foot-tall troll with skin as gray as granite was closing in on her.

It raised the giant club in its hand and swung it at Hermione.

Just as the club was about to fall, a blue and white figure crashed through the wall of the girls' lavatory and shielded Hermione.

"Clang." The club and metal collided with a loud sound.

Hermione opened her eyes and saw a blue and white Gundam protecting her. Tears streamed down her face. "Horatio..."

The Gundam turned and delivered an uppercut to the troll's jaw. Then, before it could recover, it leaped high into the air, slammed the troll to the ground with its right hand on its head, creating a deep crater with the immense impact.

It then grabbed the troll's leg with its left hand, lifted it high, and threw it out of the girls' lavatory.

Next, it drew a beam saber from its back and, with the help of its back thrusters, rapidly approached the troll, which had just gotten up, and swung at its neck.

The troll's head snapped back and then fell heavily to the ground.

Horatio, piloting the Gundam, walked up to Hermione and extended his hand. "Miss Granger, would you do me the honor of joining me for dinner before Halloween?"

Hermione's tears turned to a smile. She placed her small hand in the Gundam's large one. "Of course, Mr. Quibble."

The young wizards in the Great Hall were still leaving in an orderly fashion when a huge roar came from deep within the corridor.

A blue and white mecha flew down the corridor, holding Hermione in its right hand and the troll's head in its left.

It flew over the heads of the young wizards, entered the Great Hall, and landed steadily.

It placed Hermione beside the Gryffindor table and then quickly walked towards the teachers' table.

As it approached, it threw the troll's head in front of the table, and then the mobile suit began to retract, transforming back into a white glove.

Horatio put away the glove, then stepped on the troll's head with his left foot and said to Dumbledore, who had not yet left, "Troll vanquished. Time taken: 5 minutes and 16 seconds. Those who offend our great Hogwarts will be punished, no matter how far away they are."