"Wingardium Leviosa."
Accompanied by the incantation of the Levitation Charm.
A spark of magic from Vinson Wright's wand landed on the robes of the three Slytherin senior Prefects. The robes seemed to come alive!
They actually began floating, carrying their owners' bodies up with them!
This was the effect of Vinson Wright's Levitation Charm. Given his magical power and mastery of the spell, it was enough to keep the clothes of the three Slytherin Prefects floating for five days.
In the blink of an eye!
The three Slytherin Prefects were directly hung on the walls of Hogwarts Castle by their robes, which had been enchanted with the Levitation Charm, leaving everyone in the square dumbfounded!
Many young wizards were terrified.
Even the Gryffindor Prefects were somewhat astonished.
Could someone tell them why, in less than a few minutes, a first-year had already beaten all three male Prefects from Slytherin and hung them on the wall?
But...
Slytherin really had lost face!
The three Gryffindor Prefects were secretly delighted. They slowly turned to look at the gray-haired Hufflepuff boy and could not help wanting to applaud his actions.
Once again, they realized that the Sorting Hat had been right to strongly recommend Vinson Wright join Gryffindor...
Vinson really was far too suited to Gryffindor!
What a pity...
The gray-haired boy had chosen Hufflepuff.
Clearly, Hufflepuff had never had a young wizard like Vinson Wright before. Even the other young wizards had been frightened by their own companion.
"Vinson, you just hit a Prefect..."
Erwin Bones, a young wizard from Hufflepuff, was somewhat terrified. He nervously looked up at the Slytherin Prefects hanging on the castle wall.
"Only three..."
Vinson Wright looked completely calm as he patted Erwin Bones on the shoulder. "Don't worry. Each House has six Prefects..."
"..."
Erwin Bones widened his eyes.
Why did he feel a hint of regret in Vinson's words? Could this person be planning to hang all the Slytherin Prefects on the castle walls?
"All right, we still have more important business."
Vinson Wright turned around and glanced toward the Gryffindor Prefects before looking at the young wizards in the square and continuing to explain his proposal.
"Now, I'll say it again. To prevent our kind Hufflepuff students from being accidentally injured again, fighting within the House has been prohibited starting today. Does anyone have any objections to this proposal?"
"..."
The young wizards all fell silent.
Wasn't this simply Hufflepuff sticking its nose into other people's business for no reason?
But with that lesson right in front of them...
Who would dare raise any objections?
The Slytherin Prefects were still hanging up there!
Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw naturally had no objections. The proposal did not really affect them. The young wizards of Gryffindor all turned to look at their Prefects.
Obviously.
The Gryffindor students hoped their Prefects would stand up and say something.
However, the young wizards were destined to be disappointed today, because the three Gryffindor Prefects did not seem to have any objections. They regarded this as nothing more than Vinson Wright's naïveté and wishful thinking.
In fact, the fighting between Gryffindor and Slytherin was common knowledge throughout the Wizarding World, something that could only be understood without being openly discussed.
In the past, it was not as though Hufflepuff students in the upper years had never kindly tried to meddle in this sort of business. But they would soon come to understand...
The conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin was not something outsiders could resolve. The students of Hufflepuff had long since grown accustomed to it.
Vinson Wright might have wanted to interfere because his friend had been accidentally injured. It was likely that in another year or two, he would become like the Hufflepuff Prefects and grow accustomed to the conflicts that occasionally broke out between Gryffindor and Slytherin...
Of course.
It probably would not take that long.
After all, Vinson Wright had beaten three Slytherin Prefects in broad daylight today. This was equivalent to slapping Slytherin Head of House Snape in the face. He might well receive disciplinary punishment that afternoon...
This was an assault on Prefects!
He had even assaulted three of them at once!
Nothing like this had ever happened at Hogwarts!
At noon, Severus Snape learned what had happened.
The Slytherin Head of House immediately went to rescue those disgraceful useless Prefects from the wall and took them to his office.
"One fifth-year, one sixth-year, and one seventh-year..."
Severus Snape looked at his students with utter coldness and disdain. "You couldn't even beat an eleven-year-old brat... You are the worst Slytherin Prefects I have ever encountered!"
They had truly disgraced all of Slytherin!
They had truly made every wizard from Slytherin feel ashamed!
Now Snape did not even know how he was supposed to suggest punishing that brat Vinson Wright to Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall! The brat had only just started school and had already beaten three Slytherin Prefects?
To say something so humiliating...
Snape did not want to do it at all!
"Starting today, you are no longer Slytherin Prefects."
Severus Snape cast a cold glance at the students, who did not dare even breathe loudly, and directly stripped them of their positions as Prefects.
Slytherin lacked many things, but it certainly did not lack ambitious students. There were plenty of students in the House who wanted to become Prefects, and any one of them could fill the role decently.
"Go back."
Snape slowly tightened his cloak and continued to look at them with disgust. "I will write to your parents. From now on, you had better keep your tails between your legs and stop doing things that make me feel ashamed!"
"...Yes."
The students left Snape's office in fear.
Even though they had once been imposing Prefects at school, in the strictly hierarchical Slytherin House, they did not dare contradict Snape's decision.
News of the Slytherin Prefects' disgrace spread quickly.
The entire Hogwarts soon learned what had happened at noon.
Apart from the students of Slytherin, quite a few students from the other Houses admired Vinson. This was especially true of Gryffindor. Although their little lions had also been beaten, many still regretted what had happened at the Sorting Ceremony.
The Hufflepuff students were somewhat worried. They feared that their little badger would receive severe punishment.
Some of them even worried that Vinson Wright would be expelled. Tonks simply went to find their Head of House, Professor Sprout.
The professors had a more comprehensive understanding of the matter.
Judging from the whole sequence of events, Vinson Wright did not seem to have made any particularly serious mistake in the fight. Apparently, he and Cedric had both tried to break it up out of kindness, and he had only lost control and fought fiercely after his friend was injured.
The only problem was...
He had injured three Slytherin Prefects.
He had even hung them on the castle wall for everyone to see.
That was actually more troublesome than his assault on the first-years from the two Houses.
To prevent Vinson from receiving severe punishment from the school, Professor Sprout, the Head of Hufflepuff, had rushed to the Headmaster's Office without even eating lunch. This showed just how anxious she was!
"Albus!"
After seeing Dumbledore, Professor Sprout bluntly voiced her request. "Vinson is still a child. Don't expel him. We should give him more opportunities..."
"Don't worry, Sprout. Come and have something to eat first!"
Dumbledore's attitude was much gentler than Professor Sprout had expected.
He even kindly offered Professor Sprout some of his own snacks for lunch.
Only after the two of them had eaten lunch in the Headmaster's Office did Dumbledore express his position to Professor Sprout.
"The school will not expel a kind student."
Dumbledore seriously stated his opinion, then even took the initiative to praise Vinson. "The little fellow was absolutely right. Kindness always needs everyone's protection. I'll explain this matter to Severus."
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