To Prevent Hufflepuff Students From Being Accidentally Injured While Trying to Break Up Fights, Therefore Everyone Should Stop Fighting Again

Everyone present knew.

How much Vinson Wright valued his friends.

He had even willingly given up the chance to join Gryffindor during the Sorting Ceremony just to enter Hufflepuff, a house that had never been particularly prominent at Hogwarts.

"I'm sorry!"

The dark-skinned girl from Gryffindor stepped forward once again, looking entirely willing to take responsibility. "This was my mistake. If you think there's anything—"

"There's no need for apologies."

Vinson Wright impatiently interrupted her, his face a mask of coldness. "If apologies were useful, why are we studying magic here?"

"Then what do you want?"

The black-haired girl couldn't help but frown.

Because she had a fiery temper, she would readily admit when she was in the wrong, but what on earth was Vinson Wright's attitude supposed to mean?

"With an attitude like that..."

Vinson's gaze locked onto her, and he slowly reached for his wand. "It seems you aren't very sincere about apologizing..."

"No, I didn't mean—"

Sensing that a misunderstanding was taking shape, the girl frantically waved her hands, intending to explain.

However...

The gray-haired boy no longer had any desire to listen to her explanation.

Vinson Wright raised the wand in his hand and pointed it toward the sky!

"Incendio."

Accompanied by Vinson's low chant of the spell.

A ball of red flame instantly surged from the tip of his wand, and the fire instantly soared into the sky!

As the flame climbed into the heavens, it rapidly expanded into a massive fireball, and a suffocating wave of heat washed over everyone present, filling them with unease!

The next moment!

The fireball burst apart in midair like a firework!

Countless smaller fireballs rapidly separated, plunging downward from the sky at breakneck speed!

This guy...

He really just attacked without a second word!

He had even unleashed a large-scale magical assault right off the bat!

The clusters of fireballs, trailing red tails across the sky, traced elegant arcs before hurtling down like shooting stars straight toward the crowds of Slytherin and Gryffindor students!

"Wait..."

A doubtful voice suddenly rang out from the Gryffindor crowd. "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, does it?"

A chorus of protests similarly rose from the Slytherin group. "Hey, Vinson Wright, we didn't hurt Cedric! Are you trying to declare war on Slytherin?!"

"I don't care."

Waving his wand, Vinson Wright manipulated his spell to target all the first-years of both houses. "When my friend was injured in this conflict, I hoped that the ones who created it would personally experience a taste of his pain..."

Guided by Vinson Wright, clusters of fireballs slammed into the courtyard, knocking young wizards to the ground one after another as they frantically beat out the flames on their robes!

With just a single spell!

He had completely shattered the composure of the Gryffindor and Slytherin first-years, leaving them with no magic in sight to mount a direct defense!

"Help me! Someone help me!"

"Mom! Dad! I want to go home!"

"Don't panic, it's just a Fire Charm, you can pat it out!"

Among the group of panicking young wizards, a few clear-headed individuals stood out.

Having attended Charms class together that very morning, those who had previewed their textbooks in advance knew that the Fire Charm wasn't particularly powerful!

Even so, that failed to prevent the entire courtyard from descending into chaos.

In truth.

The spell Vinson Wright had cast was merely the most basic Fire Charm; so long as it was handled properly, it certainly wouldn't endanger anyone's life.

It was just that those fireballs raining down from the sky were far too terrifying...

Amidst a chorus of terrified wails, a few mentally resilient young wizards ran back and forth to help their classmates extinguish the flames on their robes.

"Vinson."

The Hufflepuff boy who had just helped put Cedric to sleep walked over, inquiring in a low voice, "Even though someone hurt Cedric earlier, a lot of people are innocent, and now they're hurt too. Shouldn't we go and help..."

Hufflepuff students were inherently kind-natured.

This Hufflepuff boy was named Erwin Bones, and he had another identity as the nephew of this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts.

"Don't worry, they won't die."

Vinson Wright slowly shook his head, saying softly. "Besides, we also need to think of a way to resolve this issue so that conflicts like this don't happen again in the future..."

"..."

Erwin didn't quite know what to say.

As long as they didn't die, they didn't have to worry? Was there something wrong with Vinson, or was the risk of getting into fights at Hogwarts always this high?

Looking at the boy beside him, Vinson continued, "Erwin, do you know why they were fighting today?"

"It seemed to be because of you..."

A trace of awkwardness surfaced on Erwin Bones's face.

The conflict between the Slytherin and Gryffindor freshers at this moment was essentially the lingering aftereffects of the Sorting Ceremony from two days earlier, as Vinson Wright's on-the-spot refusal to join Gryffindor had given Slytherin an extra excuse to mock them.

Gryffindor?

Not even a dog would go there!

Remarks of that sort were entirely too insulting when spoken aloud.

Erwin Bones did his best to tactfully convey the root cause of this conflict to Vinson Wright.

Yet as a Hufflepuff, one had to be honest in their speech, and unfortunately, Hufflepuff students were typically unaccustomed to eloquence...

Through Erwin Bones's painstakingly detailed description, Vinson Wright roughly gathered that his reputation in Slytherin wasn't looking too stellar either.

Who told him to beat up three Slytherin first-years on the train?

"Alright..."

Vinson Wright sighed, shaking his head. "Since all of this conflict was caused by me, let me be the one to end it..."

"How are you going to end it?"

Erwin Bones's young face was filled with curiosity.

Without answering, Vinson Wright simply walked toward the center of the courtyard, causing many of the young wizards present to flinch inwardly at his movement.

This dangerous Hufflepuff first-year...

Had just routed every single first-year from both houses with a single spell!

Judging purely by magical power, Vinson Wright was completely out of their first-year peers' league!

"Quiet down, everyone, I'd like to say a few brief words."

Spreading his arms to signal everyone to calm down, Vinson Wright spoke in a gentle voice, "No one wanted things to turn out this way today, so I've just come up with a solution to prevent conflicts like today's from happening..."

"..."

The crowd couldn't help but look at Vinson with renewed curiosity.

This guy had just beaten up the first-years of two houses, and now he was actually claiming he had a way to resolve the friction between Gryffindor and Slytherin?

That was the puzzle of the century!

Even Headmaster Dumbledore had never found a way!

None of the Hogwarts headmasters across a thousand years had ever found a suitable solution!

However...

They were simply overthinking it.

"Starting today..."

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Vinson Wright calmly proposed his own solution: "To prevent our Hufflepuff classmates from getting accidentally injured while trying to break up fights between other houses—just like Cedric was—I hope that the students of Gryffindor and Slytherin will kindly restrain themselves and refrain from fighting..."

"..."

The young wizards collectively felt as though a giant question mark had materialized above their heads.

It made a certain kind of sense.

To keep peace-makers from getting beaten up, simply eliminate the people doing the fighting.