Hermione's Doubt

Because of what Dumbledore announced at the banquet, people inevitably thought of the Dragon Badge that had appeared on the train, and Kyle once again welcomed a large group of guests.

Early the next morning.

"It's really useful."

In the corridor, a young Gryffindor wizard confidently told his companion, "If the headmaster hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known there Dementor at the school gate..."

"I don't feel anything, just a little cold, completely different from when I was on the train... and Harry Potter was wearing it too, I saw it in the common room earlier."

The two drove all the way to the Great Hall, and their companion was persuaded after some conversation.

Two Galleon are expensive, but if they're really that magical, it's not impossible.

But when they arrived at the Great Hall, they found that the Hufflepuff table was already surrounded by people, with a long queue stretching all the way to the door.

These people are here to buy things.

"I should have bought it on the train."

At the back of the line, a little witch was complaining to her friend, "I was there, but I didn't think Dementor would come to the school."

"Who could have imagined..." her friend sighed.

On the other side, Kyle handed a badge to a young Ravenclaw wizard, while Cedric, standing nearby, skillfully took two Galleon and put them into the bag next to him.

Kyle yawned, tapped the table, and ordered himself a glass of lemonade.

Although I was woken up early in the morning, seeing so many Galleon lining up and jumping into my pocket made the little thing seem less important.

"How amazing..." the young wizard exclaimed in surprise as he received the badge. "It's still warm! The Dragon is truly incredible!"

Kyle shook his head without saying a word.

This has nothing to do with Dragon. Last night, he stayed up all night adding a small warming spell to all these badges.

In order to save time, he didn't use any complicated alchemical methods, but simply "stuck" the spell on it... just like the pepper shell on the Pepper Imps.

As for those sold on the train, Kyle didn't ignore them either. Instead, he had someone pass on a message saying that as long as they were brought over, they could get a "free upgrade"... His main selling point was providing excellent after-sales service.

Although the "sticking" spell doesn't last long, it's enough.

Even so, he didn't finish until 5 a. m... and then at 6 a. m., people started knocking on their dorm room door.

But they were there to deliver Galleon, so Kyle couldn't say anything. It was just tough on Mikel and Ryan, who had to get up early as well.

By eight o'clock, all 150 badges he had brought back from Romania had been sold out.

There really aren't any left.

After Kyle gave away the last badge, he picked up the empty box and showed it to everyone.

The little witch who had just reached the front of the line looked extremely disappointed.

"Let's wait a few more days," Kyle comforted her. "More will come."

How long will it take?

"Not sure." Kyle thought for a moment and gave a safe answer, "About a month."

Last night, Ladon had already feasted on dragon liver and tonics before setting off with his letter.

But it's not exactly close to Romania from here, and it also depends on when Charlie is available; a month is the minimum.

After finishing breakfast, Kyle was in a good mood and was about to go to his first Charms class, but as soon as he stepped out of the Great Hall, someone called out to him from behind.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" Kyle glanced behind her. "Where are Harry and Ron?"

The three of them are almost always together, but strangely, Hermione is the only one today.

"They went to the West Tower," Hermione said. "I had some questions for you, so I didn't go with them."

"You have something to ask me? Is it because of the badge?" Kyle held out his hand. "No problem, give it to me, I'll cast a warm-up spell on you."

"No, it has nothing to do with that."

Hermione shook her head, fumbled inside the collar of her robe, and pulled out a long, thin gold chain with a Winky hourglass hanging from it.

"That's why!"

"Time-Turner?" Kyle frowned. "You chose all the courses too?"

"Yes, so Professor McGonagall helped me apply for this," Hermione nodded. "But she told me that using the Time-Turner might have some negative consequences and asked me to think about it more carefully."

So, I wanted to ask for your opinion... You used the Time-Turner last year too, right?"

"Why do you say that?" Kyle asked.

"I found out that you also chose all the courses last year."

Hermione said confidently, "And that time on the Seventh Floor, when you said you came up through a secret passage, that was also a lie, wasn't it?"

There must have been two of you back then, one in the Great Hall and one on the Seventh Floor.

That's not wrong.

Kyle smiled. "What do you want to ask?"

"I don't know if I should still use it." Hermione looked at the Time-Turner in her hand, her face full of hesitation. "Being out of the protection of time... will the consequences really be as serious as Professor McGonagall said?"

"Serious, but not serious," Kyle thought for a moment and said, "In fact, if it's only used at school and for no more than a day, the impact is negligible... unless, a very powerful wizard wants to target you specifically."

Kyle's tone was particularly strong when he said the last sentence.

He paused for a moment, then continued, "However, such a thing is unlikely to happen. After all, we are just ordinary students, and those who exist in the past are unlikely to know about us."

"So that means there's no problem?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"It's just that the probability is very small, not that it's impossible. 100 and 99.9 are two completely different concepts."

Kyle said, "So my opinion is the same as Professor McGonagall's: don't use it, that's the safest way."

"But..." Hermione said hesitantly, "Can't we really attend all the classes?"

"Sure, but not necessary." Kyle shook his head. "Some courses aren't actually that important, so I gave up Arithmancy and Muggle Studies."

"But they are very interesting."

"That's just your current perspective. Taking more courses means your energy will be scattered, so you'll end up knowing a little bit about everything, but only scratching the surface of each."

"How about this..."

Kyle checked the time. "There's still some time before class. You can go find Professor McGonagall and see if you can use the method I used last year."

If there's a conflict in elective courses, just take one of them. After you've listened to all the courses once, then decide whether or not to use the Time-Turner.