Skipping Galleons

As soon as Kyle finished speaking, everyone in the private room looked at Cedric with a very strange expression.

Fred, sitting next to him, immediately distanced himself and said sarcastically, "I never expected that a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes like you would be this kind of person."

Although Fred shared the same thoughts as Cedric, that didn't stop him from taking advantage of Cedric's misfortune.

You always need to find some fun during a long journey so it doesn't get too boring.

Of course, this is all predicated on the fact that the amusement comes from someone else.

"No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Cedric felt a chill run down his spine from the stares and immediately explained, "I'm just stating the facts; that's what you all think."

"Oh~~" Kyle drawled, "Fred, George, is that what you think too?"

"Of course not!" Fred said first.

George said with a serious expression, "I'm an honest businessman; I wouldn't do something like selling inferior goods."

"Kanna, what about you?" Kyle asked again.

"I don't have any either." Kanna shook her head repeatedly, even causing her hair ornament to fall off her head.

"Autumn?"

"No..."

"Look, nobody else has one," Kyle said, raising an eyebrow. "Only you, Cedric the swindler."

Cedric's face flushed red instantly, and he stared at everyone in disbelief.

That's not right, that's clearly not the case.

In an instant, Cedric felt betrayed and was completely devastated.

"Give up, you unscrupulous merchant, we would never do such a thing."

Kyle handed the stack of maps to Fred and continued, "Once the train arrives, dispose of them in front of everyone."

"Leave it to me." Fred solemnly took the map, his expression very serious, as if he were receiving an appointment letter from the Minister for Magic.

"Oh, right," Kyle reminded him, "You have to make your move before Hagrid arrives, so that the first-year students can see it too."

Fred responded instinctively, but a sudden feeling of unease crept into his heart.

Judging from Kyle's serious expression just now, he didn't seem to be joking.

Merlin, he wouldn't really want to...

Fred felt a little dizzy. He licked his lips and asked a question instinctively.

"Kyle, we were just joking with Cedric. Look, his face is all red."

Kyle shook his head and said, "No, I'm not kidding. These things must be destroyed. Not a single one can be left."

Seeing Kyle's serious expression, Fred and the others immediately stopped laughing.

George murmured, "But... these are all Galleon."

"I know, but there's no way around it." Kyle shrugged. "The words have already been spoken, and if I don't want to cause trouble for someone, I have to do it."

"But it's nothing. I have plenty of Unicorn hair, and those gems were knocked off by Fire Crab during their fight. They're not worth much either. Including the parchment itself, the cost is less than two Galleon."

For some reason, judging from Kyle's tone, Fred and George really wanted to punch him.

Less than two Galleon, and that's all?

Is this something a human would say?

"Can't we think of another way?"

Qiu also felt a pang of sympathy. After thinking for a moment, she said, "For example, using Transfiguration Spell to transform ordinary parchment..."

But before she could finish speaking, Kyle vetoed her.

"No, we need to leave enough traces."

Seeing the conflicted looks on everyone else's faces, Kyle laughed and said, "You don't think you can convince everyone with just a few words, do you?"

Only by doing this will more people be willing to sell those 20 Galleon maps, and we won't lose out."

"I understand the logic..." Fred looked at the map in his hand with a conflicted expression, "But destroying something worth over ten Galleon seems like such a waste."

Fred felt like he'd been told to skip Galleon across the water.

Having endured more than a decade of hardship, he simply could not accept such an extravagant and inhumane decision.

At this moment, Cedric, who had been silent until now, suddenly leaned over, staring intently at the map in his hand, and said, "It's alright, if you can't bring yourself to do it, you can leave it to me."

Fred immediately hugged the map tighter. "No need, I'll do it."

Although he couldn't accept it, he didn't want to give up this rare opportunity to someone else if he had to use Galleon to skip across the water.

In just a few minutes, the atmosphere in the carriage completely changed.

The others sat there listlessly, sighing and lamenting the wasted Galleon.

Only Cedric seemed to be on Cheering Potion, chuckling as he watched them.

As darkness fell, the villages and wheat fields outside the window transformed into vast stretches of mountains and forests.

The train is about to arrive at the station.

After the group changed into robes, Fred became increasingly nervous. He opened his trunk and searched for something inside.

Just then, two freshmen suddenly knocked on the door of their private room.

It was Hermione, whom I had met at the platform earlier, with a very nervous Neville following behind her.

After hearing their purpose, Kyle asked, "So, you want me to help you find the toad?"

"Yes," Hermione said, "We've searched every corner of the train, but we haven't found it. Do you have any ideas?"

"That's not difficult," Kyle thought for a moment and said, "If you didn't leave it on the platform, a simple spell will suffice."

As he spoke, he took out his wand.

"Trevor Accio!"

A frog croaked suddenly from the luggage rack in one of the private rooms, and a toad flew straight over.

"Trevor!" Neville shouted excitedly, reaching out to catch the toad hovering in mid-air.

"Neville, I think you could try learning the Summoning Charm," Kyle said with a smile. "Once you learn it, you'll never have to worry about losing your keys, textbooks, or pets again."

"Yes, you're right." Neville sniffed. "But I don't know if I can learn it. I'm stupid, and I always mess everything up."

"Have some confidence in yourself, Neville," Kyle said with a smile. "Whether you can learn it or not, you'll only know by trying, and I can teach you."

"Me too," Hermione said. "Learning spells isn't that hard; I learned several over the summer."

"Thank you, thank you." Neville said, his head bowed, his face pale.

At this moment, the train gradually came to a stop.

Fred took a deep breath, walked past Hermione and Neville standing in the doorway, and said with a heavy expression, "Then I'll go."

"Stop dawdling," Kyle reminded him. "We have to get there before Hagrid takes the new students away."