"What did you say?"
In the Longbottoms' yard, Fred and Cedric were both stunned, staring at Kyle and Kanna in disbelief.
And not just them—the nearby Headmistress McGonagall and Professor Sacia wore much the same expressions.
No matter how hard they racked their brains, they never could have imagined that merely attending a Christmas dinner would bring them such shocking news.
Kyle had proposed to Kanna...
Well, it was not actually that surprising.
At Hogwarts, aside from a certain emotionless ghost professor, practically everyone knew about their relationship. Even Hagrid knew that they would definitely get married someday.
It was just that no one had expected Kyle to be so... well, brave?
Or decisive.
When the professors chatted, they often talked about the outstanding students at the school.
Kyle and Harry were mentioned most often.
And whenever Kyle came up, it was impossible not to mention the six-person group he belonged to, just as Hermione and Ron were inseparable from any mention of Harry.
Within that little group, Kyle and Kanna, as well as Cedric and Qiu, were the two acknowledged couples.
So the professors had often discussed which pair would get married first.
Most people, McGonagall included, thought it would be Cedric.
Besides Cedric being older than Kyle, there was also Kyle's status as a genius wizard.
Magic was endlessly changeable. The more one understood it, the more deeply one became immersed in it. Once more energy was devoted to runes and magic, personal feelings would naturally, consciously or unconsciously, be neglected.
They had seen far too many young wizards like that. Some of the professors themselves had been the same.
Of course, that was not absolute.
For instance, James Potter and Lily Evans had married not long after graduating.
But strictly speaking, they could not be considered the