Everyone Sit Down and Eat First

Too difficult.

Studying at Hogwarts is too difficult.

For Vinson Wright, attending classes seriously was simply too arduous. Perhaps the easiest thing would be to impersonate Peter Pettigrew and cause trouble at Hogwarts.

What is wrong with this world?

For an entire Charms class, Professor Flitwick taught the students how to cast a spell called the [Softening Charm], with the incantation "soften and ease."

The magical effect of this spell was to make an ordinary object, even a stone, become soft. In theory, this could prevent injuries from falling from high places.

Listening to Professor Flitwick's explanation of this spell made one suspect if the professor was worried about students getting injured by falling off walls in the future...

This way...

A problem immediately arose.

This spell was precisely outside Vinson's learning scope.

"Softening and ease."

Cedric slowly waved his wand, softly chanting the incantation, and a bit of shimmering magic lit up from the tip of his wand.

This bit of magic landed on the teaching wooden block on the table. The wooden block on the table visibly wilted. Cedric's spell had been cast successfully.

Professor Flitwick waved his own wand, praising and encouraging loudly, "Look, Mr. Diggory did it! Ten points to Hufflepuff!"

"Thank you, Professor."

Cedric's joy was visible. His face flushed slightly, and he still politely thanked Professor Flitwick for his praise.

Cedric's joy was evident. The young man turned to look at his friend beside him, who had made no move, and his expression became somewhat surprised.

"Vinson?"

Based on Cedric's understanding of his friend, Vinson Wright should have mastered a simple [Softening Charm] even earlier than him.

Vinson Wright thought for a few seconds, then attempted to channel magic into his wand, raised his wand, and pointed it at the wooden block on the table, softly chanting the incantation.

"Softening and ease."

The magic was like a stone sinking into the sea.

The wooden block on the table remained motionless.

Vinson Wright's face instantly turned cold.

Cedric looked at Vinson's expression and quietly reminded him from the side, "Could it be that the swing of your wand was a bit too large, or the tone of your chant was a bit too low..."

"Heh heh..."

Vinson Wright looked at the wooden block on the table and chuckled, mocking himself, "No rush, I'll learn it my own way slowly..."

By the end of the Charms class, Vinson Wright still couldn't cast the [Softening Charm]. Fortunately, his Hufflepuff classmates didn't care about that.

Only Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, felt that Vinson lacked talent in learning magic. Every wand movement or incantation had errors. Perhaps this little fellow could only rely on diligence to make up for lack of skill in the future...

Vinson Wright had no way to explain.

Because it was still early.

There was still a Defense Against the Dark Arts class this afternoon.

Professor Amelia Bones, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, finally began her formal instruction. This professor taught them an extremely simple and practical [Repelling Charm].

Unfortunately...

This spell was also precisely outside Vinson's learning scope.

As a result...

Everything was as expected.

By dinnertime throughout Hogwarts, everyone knew that Vinson Wright, a Hufflepuff freshman who had been arrogant just yesterday, couldn't even learn two of the simplest spells.

The Great Hall of Hogwarts.

A group of Hufflepuff students were still comforting their little badger.

Among them, the fifth-year leader, Nymphadora Tonks, sat opposite Vinson and suppressed her laughter as she comforted Vinson Wright, "Don't worry, they're just two simple spells. There are no simpler spells than those two. You'll learn them quickly with more practice. You even won House points for Hufflepuff with the Transfiguration Spell!"

"...Mm."

Vinson Wright continued to chew his food slowly.

"Vinson, look at this!"

The leader seemed to notice that Vinson wasn't very happy. Her mouth suddenly turned into a duck's bill, and she lowered her head, quacking at Vinson a few times, "We're not good at other things, but we're all good at the Transfiguration Spell!"

"...Yes."

Vinson looked up at Tonks's face, which suddenly had a duck's bill. His expression was slightly confused, but he eventually nodded seriously.

"So cheer up!"

Tonks giggled and returned to her original appearance, suddenly suggesting, "Do you want to go to the Forbidden Forest tonight? I'll take you to see Hagrid. His hut has a lot of fun things!"

"...We have to follow school rules."

Vinson's expression immediately turned serious, and he looked at Tonks earnestly. "Yesterday, two first-years from Gryffindor violated curfew and were deducted one hundred points. We all worked so hard to accumulate some House points, we can't let personal preferences..."

"Hahahaha!"

A burst of laughter suddenly erupted throughout the Great Hall.

In the Slytherin section, a senior student looked towards Hufflepuff and called out loudly, "Hey, Hufflepuffs, keeping your House points is useless anyway. This year's House Cup is definitely going to be ours!"

The words were incredibly arrogant.

However, Slytherin House did have the confidence to back them up.

They had won the House Cup for four consecutive years so far. It had only been a few days since the start of term, and Slytherin and Ravenclaw were already far ahead...

Furthermore, the House Cup's important component, the Quidditch match, offered significant bonus points... Slytherin's Quidditch team was much stronger than Ravenclaw's.

"Hahahaha..."

"Hufflepuff wants the House Cup?"

"A little guy who can't even learn two of the simplest spells dares to think about winning the House Cup? Hahahaha..."

The entire Slytherin House erupted in laughter.

Both senior students and first-year newcomers were drawn into the uproar by these words. This young wizard, who had only beaten their former Prefect yesterday, was causing such a joke today!

Clang!

Hearing someone insult Vinson Wright, Cedric couldn't help but put down his cutlery, his expression darkening as he stood up and looked towards the Slytherin dining area.

This was not something Cedric could tolerate!

To be precise, insulting a Hufflepuff friend was something no Hufflepuff student could tolerate!

As Cedric stood up, students from all years in Hufflepuff reacted almost simultaneously, with students slowly rising to their feet and looking towards Slytherin.

The one Slytherin had insulted...

Was their most beloved and respected little badger!

Even the Hufflepuff Prefects no longer tried to mediate. Instead, the Gryffindor Prefects grew very nervous, as their House's table was situated between the Hufflepuff and Slytherin dining areas.

If a fight broke out...

Innocent bystanders would likely be caught in the crossfire!

Tonks had already drawn her wand.

If the Slytherin students continued their mockery, their Hufflepuff House wouldn't mind breaking the rules and starting a collective brawl!

The entire Hufflepuff...

Only Vinson remained calmly seated in his spot!

The silver-haired youth seemed completely unfazed by Slytherin's insults. With a serene expression, he held his fork, speared a piece of apple, and calmly spoke to soothe his classmates.

"Sit down and eat first."

"Don't ruin everyone's mood for dinner."

It seemed many people knew what was going to happen in the next chapter