The Hufflepuff students were all very happy.
Everyone believed they had gained Vinson's friendship.
If any wizard who had once followed the Dark Lord had been present, seeing Vinson Wright shaking hands and embracing the Hufflepuff students, he might have thought in a daze that he was looking at the next generation of the Dark Lord.
Unfortunately.
The scene looked perfectly normal to everyone else.
After Vinson Wright had warmly shaken hands and embraced every Hufflepuff student, each student wore a happy, satisfied smile. Quite a few even lingered beside Vinson and Cedric, reluctant to leave just like that.
It was only when it grew late that the Hufflepuff students finally ended this meet-and-greet-like social gathering and returned to their dormitory in groups.
Inside Hogwarts's Great Hall.
Only a group of Slytherin students hanging from the walls remained.
It was probably because Slytherin usually acted too superior, resulting in none of the other Houses being willing to notify a professor. And so they simply hung there...
Late at night.
The Hufflepuff dormitory.
Cedric had long since fallen asleep.
Vinson Wright leaned against his pillow, holding a quill in his hand as he seriously copied out the incantations for the [Softening Charm] and the [Repelling Charm].
The scene looked exactly like that of a good student.
Of course, Vinson was also taking stock of his gains.
The brawl in Hogwarts's Great Hall had allowed Vinson Wright to complete every battle mission involving students.
The students from all seven years and four Houses of Hogwarts had actually been taken out in one sweep by a single Petrifying Charm, allowing him to claim all the rewards at once!
Adding in yesterday's victories over the first-year Gryffindor student, the first-year Slytherin student, and the fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-year Prefects, all these rewards combined into