The Sudden Knocking on the Door

Watching Fred and George goofing around, Mrs. Weasley gave them a light pinch on the ear.

"If you two can get the Special Award for Services to the School, you can go to Diagon Alley with the trophy on your head without any problem."

Then she looked at Percy and said, "Alright, darling, have a good semester. Have an owl bring me a letter when you get to school."

She kissed Percy on the cheek, and Percy walked away.

"Now it's your turn," Mrs. Weasley said, looking at the twins. "You two need to behave yourselves this year, and don't lead Kyle astray."

"You're corrupting Kyle?" Fred's voice suddenly rose considerably.

"Mom, are you kidding me?!"

"Of course not," Mrs. Weasley said.

A whistle sounded, and the train began to slowly move forward.

"Get in the car quickly, and remember to take good care of Ron."

"Don't worry, Mom, Ron will be fine with us," Fred said, and then he and George Ron hurriedly climbed onto the train.

Kyle leaned out the window and waved to Mrs. Weasley.

Goodbye, Mrs. Weasley!

"Goodbye, dear," Mrs. Weasley called out. "Write to me if they cause any more trouble."

Dirty, dirty, dirty~~

The train started moving, and Ginny ran alongside it until it accelerated and she was left behind, still waving to them.

Houses flashed past the train window, and as the train rounded the bend, she disappeared from sight.

Kyle withdrew his gaze and began playing Wizard's Chess with Cedric beside him.

Kanna and Qiu huddled together, engrossed in reading a magazine.

After the game of chess ended, Cedric curiously peered over, but was shoved away by Qiu.

Left with no other option, he could only continue to focus his attention on the chessboard.

After playing two more games, the twins returned.

They opened the sliding door and said excitedly, "Hey guys, guess who I just ran into on the train?"

"Who could we possibly run into on the train?" Cedric said casually. "It can't be Harry Potter, can it?"

"How did you know!" Fred exclaimed, his eyes wide. "Yes, it's Harry Potter."

Cedric paused slightly, holding the chess piece, and asked in surprise, "Are you sure?"

"I asked him, and I saw the scar; it really is right there, like a lightning bolt."

"Now that you mention it... I remember." Cedric patted his forehead and said, "Judging from his age, he will indeed be enrolling this year."

Remember? The You-Know-Who fell from power ten years ago; the timing just matches up.

"Let's not worry about that for now," George asked with some curiosity. "Do you think he'll remember what the You-Know-Who looks like?"

"He probably won't remember," Cedric said. "He was just born then, how could he possibly remember?"

"That's true."

Kyle chuckled, "What, are you all curious about what the You-Know-Who looks like?"

"Some," Fred said, leaning against the carriage. "That's the You-Know-Who, aren't you curious about what he looks like?"

"No!" Kyle shook his head and said, "He's just a powerful wizard, what's there to be curious about? Maybe he doesn't even have a nose."

"Ha, how is that possible?" Fred let out a strange laugh.

As expected of Kyle... The You-Know-Who has no nose; that's the funniest joke he's heard all year.

The others reacted similarly; none of them believed such an absurd thing.

After a burst of laughter and playful banter, Cedric rubbed his eyes and asked, "We'll be at Hogwarts soon, will we still be selling maps this year?"

"Certainly."

Fred immediately nodded and said, "This is a huge deal worth over ten Galleon, and it only happens once a year. Of course, we can't miss it."

"That's right." George glanced at Kyle and said with a grin, "As upperclassmen, how could we bear to see those lovely freshmen get lost?"

Kyle raised an eyebrow.

That was clearly his line, but George intercepted it.

"Are you busy for a bit?" Cedric suggested. "If not, let's just finish making the map here."

The train has only just departed; it will be several hours before they arrive at Hogwarts, giving them plenty of time to make a batch of maps.

Qiu and Kanna agreed immediately. They really didn't have anything else to do, and they didn't like playing Wizard's Chess anyway, so it would be good to have something productive to do.

Fred and George thought about it and agreed.

Although they had just agreed with Lee Jordan to go to the Slytherin box to walk the spiders together, these little things were completely negligible compared to earning Galleon.

So, the group turned their attention to Kyle.

"Of course I have no objection."

Kyle shrugged and said, "Now that you've made up your minds, hurry up and tidy up the table. There's no room for the parchment with so many snacks out there."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone hurriedly cleaned up all the snacks on the table.

Seeing this, Kyle turned around and took out two stacks of parchment from the box.

The thick stack is the most common parchment in Scribbulus Writing Implements, ten sheets per Sickle, with discounts for buying more.

Kyle took out about seventy or eighty of them.

The other stack had far fewer, only a dozen or so.

However, the parchment here is all of the finest quality, with a soft and clean surface, and special patterns drawn with gold thread at the top and bottom.

It's real gold, not the gold paint they used last year.

Of course, this kind of parchment was very expensive, costing one Galleon per sheet.

Kyle placed the two stacks of parchment, along with the original map, on the table.

"What are you waiting for? Let's begin."

Without prior arrangement, everyone reached for the ordinary parchment, each taking a dozen or so sheets.

Watching their actions, Kyle said irritably, "You guys certainly know how to make things easy for yourselves."

While the process of Gemino Curse is the same, the one Kyle has requires some special embellishments and decorations.

These things are quite complicated to make.

He was just being polite, but he didn't expect this person to be so impolite. He should have chosen first.

Kyle sighed.

Surprisingly, under the influence of the Weasley brothers, even Cedric and Kanna have learned to be cunning and sly.

These two brothers have really caused a lot of harm.

Kyle sighed again and silently took out his wand and tapped it on the parchment.

"Geminio Charm."

The texture of the map began to appear little by little on the blank parchment.

This time, Kyle estimates that the duration of the Gemino Curse could be extended to a whole semester.

Soon, the private room was bustling with activity.

Blank parchment is becoming increasingly scarce, while the number of completed maps is increasing.

"Bang!"

But just as everyone was focused on using the Gemino Curse, a sudden banging on the door came from outside.

And they even smashed the door to their private room.