Not a Single Normal Person

After leaving the Headmaster's Office, Kyle didn't go straight to Hagrid's class. Instead, he went to the kitchen and asked the House-elf to buy him some things.

It refers to the desks, chairs, and furniture in Professor Lupin's office.

Although these items could be found in the storage room or the Room of Requirement, Kyle thought about it and decided to buy new ones instead.

Professor Lupin even helped him cover for him; although it didn't work out, at least he tried... He was too embarrassed to try and fool him with those old things.

Anyway, the new ones aren't expensive, just the price of a few badges.

The House-elf returned in the evening, and Professor Lupin's office was newly decorated. Facing the Winky new furniture, he seemed a little uneasy, doing everything carefully, afraid of bumping into anything.

Kyle used the rest of his money to buy candy and gave it to the House-elf as a thank you gift. The House-elf were overjoyed and kept stuffing all sorts of snacks into Kyle's hands.

When he returned to the common room, his pockets were bulging as if he had two Bludger stuffed inside.

Kyle initially thought the matter was over and done with.

But to everyone's surprise, just one day later, on Friday morning, news spread among the young wizards that he had blown up Professor Lupin's office because of a Boggart.

"Hogwarts really has no secrets," Kyle, sitting at the table and taking a sip of Pumpkin Juice with a sigh.

In less than half an hour, more than a dozen people have come to him to ask about the details of what happened.

Fortunately, they didn't know it was Fiendfyre; they just thought it was a more powerful Fire-Making Spell.

"Hey Kyle, is it true?"

Just as he put down his cup, Fred and George walked over, arms around each other's shoulders.

"That's so touching," Fred said dramatically as he sat down next to him.

George forced out two tears. "I heard you blew up that Boggart after you saw us die."

"I didn't expect you to value us so much..."

"There's just someone in the way..." George glanced sideways at Cedric, who was eating stew. "Honestly, why is he here too!"

"Is this some kind of good thing?" Cedric said speechlessly.

Judging from Fred and George's expressions, anyone who didn't know better would think they were fighting over Quidditch tickets... It's really strange that they're complaining about him taking up a death spot.

"But with you around, we won't know who's going to die!" Fred said matter-of-factly.

"Nearly Headless Nick only said there were two people, besides you, there was one of us..."

"We argued about this all night..."

"Wait a minute," Kyle interrupted the two, "You just said, Nearly Headless Nick?"

"Yes," Fred nodded. "He said he floated into the Defense Against the Dark Arts office while he was thinking about something and happened to see the whole thing."

Kyle suddenly realized.

He had always found it strange that there were only him and Professor Lupin in the office at the time, and everyone else had arrived after the matter was over. Logically, no one should have known about Boggart.

The way they relayed the story was incredibly detailed; aside from the part about Professor Lupin giving him the money, they covered everything else perfectly, as if they had been standing right next to him at the time.

Kyle had always thought it was some professor who had let it slip, but he never expected it to be Nearly Headless Nick.

And it really was right next to us.

"So, Kyle ..." Fred stared intently at him, "Who exactly is that person, me or George?"

"This is important!" George chimed in.

Cedric's eyes twitched as he watched the two of them. He was certain that neither of them had ever been this focused during their final exams.

"You two have enough, okay?" Kyle said casually, not bothering with them. "Nearly Headless Nick, is mistaken. There are actually three people; he just didn't see the third one."

"Really?" George was a little skeptical.

"Really." Kyle nodded. "You can ask Professor Lupin if you don't believe me; he saw it."

Fred and George stared at Kyle for a while longer, making sure he wasn't lying, before returning to the Gryffindor table, satisfied, and beginning to boast.

A chorus of envious voices immediately rose from the surrounding crowd.

"I really don't understand what they're so happy about." Not far away, Hermione slammed her book shut.

It was too noisy around her; she couldn't concentrate at all.

"You're right," Ron nodded in agreement. "Besides, is it really necessary to go to such lengths to deal with just one Boggart? A simple spell would have sufficed."

Ron looked very happy; this was the first time he felt he had surpassed Kyle, especially in academics.

But the next second, Harry poured cold water on him.

"But you have to admit, Kyle's method does work, and it's definitely much faster than ours."

Harry poured himself a glass of Pumpkin Juice. "Remember what Nearly Headless Nick, said? The Boggart was taken care of in an instant, nothing was left."

"It's just Fire-Making Spell, I can do that too, I just didn't think of it at the time," Ron muttered to himself.

Hermione frowned. The book didn't mention using Fire-Making Spell against Boggart.

Furthermore, she didn't believe that Headmaster Dumbledore would deduct 100 points from Hufflepuff just because of an ordinary spell.

On the other side, just as Fred and George left, Kanna's head suddenly popped up from the side.

"And what about me? Where am I?"

Kyle raised his hand expressionlessly and pushed her head aside.

"Without you, go away and stop getting involved in every little thing!"

He then looked at Qiu, who was eager to try, and said, "You too..."

"Snort!"

"Whispering sound!"

The two looked very unhappy, as if they felt neglected and treated unfairly.

They're all friends— Cedric, Fred, and George are all there, but those two aren't. Isn't that favoritism?

Cho snorted and dragged Kanna to the Ravenclaw dining table.

Kyle felt a slight toothache.

He was also confused; what kind of good thing was this that people were forcing their way in?

Fred and George are one thing, but they're unreliable to begin with, and their focus is usually different from others, so it's not surprising that they do some outrageous things.

But how did Qiu and Kanna end up like this too?

Is there really no normal person around him?

Oh, wait, there's one more... Kyle turned and glanced at Cedric.

Noticing his gaze, Cedric, who was eating Pumpkin Pasty, hesitated for a moment before suddenly asking in a low voice, "How exactly did I die?"

"They ate themselves to death from Pumpkin Pasty!" Kyle sneered.

Well, there wasn't a single normal person around him.

"Ha, how could that be..."

Cedric clearly didn't believe Kyle's claim, waving his hand and saying, "You must be joking."

That's what he said, but looking at the half-eaten Pumpkin Pasty in his hand, he calmly pushed it aside and picked up a roasted potato instead.

More and more people gathered around, all seemingly eager to get firsthand information from Kyle.

Fortunately, the messengers arrived at that moment.

A large flock of owls flew into the Great Hall and began dropping letters and packages to everyone.

While everyone was reading the letter, Kyle quickly finished the last piece of Pumpkin Pasty and hurriedly left the Great Hall.