Is That Even Something a Human Would Say?

Gemini did have ways to kill the Three-Headed Dog. It was just that spending tens of thousands of Pounds Sterling on an anti-materiel rifle just to kill a dog felt like a terrible bargain.

After all, even if he could not hurt the Three-Headed Dog, its inhuman physique would not be enough to do anything to him.

However, after he smashed through the wall, Gemini suddenly realized just how horribly wrong he had been.

Their strength might have been about equal, but their defenses were clearly on entirely different levels.

Like the saying went: I could make countless mistakes, but you could only make one.

Gemini would not be finished after making just one mistake, but taking a claw strike with that kind of force still left him dazed.

He had not been injured, but it hurt like hell.

Clambering out of the rubble in a somewhat bedraggled state, Gemini's eyes gleamed with excitement.

It might sound a little twisted to put it that way, but he truly felt exhilarated while fighting the Three-Headed Dog.

His heart pounded violently, his blood raced faster, and Gemini loved that hot-blooded feeling that came with battle.

He raised a hand and tore off his already tattered robe and shirt. Grinning, Gemini bared his gleaming white teeth.

"Come at me!"

The massive black dog rushed toward him, opening its enormous maw. A foul stench hit him in the face with its breath.

"Soru!"

As if he had teleported, Gemini vanished from where he stood, dodging the attack from all three dog heads. Then he drove a vicious punch into the rightmost head.

The Three-Headed Dog reacted quickly. After taking the punch, it turned and snapped at Gemini.

"Thunderclap Explosion!"

Boom!

A violent explosion rang out, and Gemini blew out both eyes on its rightmost head.

A mournful howl rang out. Gemini did not stop moving. He stowed his wand in his storage space, leaped onto the Three-Headed Dog's back, and produced two longswords in his hands. Before the left head could bite him, he drove the swords into the middle head's eyes.

He used Soru again to dodge the left head, plastered that head with a web, and amid its furious roar, thrust two more longswords into its remaining two eyes.

At that point, all six eyes of the Three-Headed Dog had been completely blinded.

The Three-Headed Dog wailed. It seemed to have foreseen its fate, but it still had strength left and could track Gemini by scent. Before it died, it wanted to drag Gemini down to hell with it.

Three gaping maws bit down at Gemini at once. He bent backward and flipped away in one smooth motion, tossing three high-explosive grenades into the three mouths.

The instant the distance between them widened, explosions erupted. The Three-Headed Dog struggled forward two steps, then quickly collapsed to the ground, its three enormous heads hanging limply.

The three grenades exploded inside its three throats, completely extinguishing its life.

The corridor was already a complete mess. The corpses of two trolls and one Three-Headed Dog blocked the rubble-strewn hallway, creating a particularly spectacular sight.

Gemini panted heavily and dropped onto the floor. That brief battle had drained a great deal of his stamina, especially after taking a claw strike from the Three-Headed Dog.

Less than a minute later, footsteps finally echoed from the far end of the corridor. Professor McGonagall came running over, her face pale, followed by a large group of professors. Aside from Snape and Dumbledore, nearly every teacher had arrived.

"Oh—"

The moment she saw the Three-Headed Dog's corpse, Professor McGonagall stopped short and covered her mouth.

"Gemini!" Little Hermione darted out from behind Professor McGonagall, rushed over, and threw her arms around Gemini. She could not help choking up. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?"

"Why are you apologizing? Did you do something to wrong me?" Gemini smiled gently, then suddenly frowned. "Did Crabbe and Goyle touch my baked potatoes?"

"No, that's not... um..." Hermione's emotions were so disrupted by his question that she stammered, "I... I mean, you only went through this because of me."

"Then it's fine. There's nothing to apologize for." Gemini waved a hand dismissively.

"What exactly happened here?" Professor McGonagall stared pale-faced at the devastation behind Gemini, then turned a severe gaze on Mr. Fox. "Mr. Fox, was this all your doing?"

Judging by her tone...

She wasn't going to make me pay for this, was she?

Gemini hesitated for a moment. "They attacked first, Professor."

"I wasn't asking about that! Oh, heavens... It's a good thing you weren't hurt. How could you dare do something like this?"

Professor McGonagall spoke in a trembling voice as she stepped forward, grabbed Gemini, and checked him over. Once she confirmed that he truly was uninjured, she gave him a light hug.

"Miss Granger has already told us everything. You saved her and held back these monsters." Professor McGonagall looked at Gemini's handsome little face with satisfaction. "Great strength, extraordinary courage—killing one Three-Headed Dog and two trolls as a first-year student. You have earned fifty points for Slytherin. I will inform Professor Dumbledore of this matter."

"Uh... what about Quirrell..."

"Professor Dumbledore has already gone after him. That bastard won't get away." Professor McGonagall sounded as though she wanted to eat someone alive...

A while later, in the Slytherin common room.

Under the reverent gazes filling the room, Gemini stuffed food into his mouth by the handful. His small mouth was crammed full of baked potatoes and steak.

He had already missed dinner, and then fought a life-or-death battle with the Three-Headed Dog. He was absolutely starving now.

Because of tonight's sudden incident, the students had been temporarily evacuated back to their dormitories, and dinner had been delivered directly to the common rooms. So Gemini, who practically never came back here, had no choice but to eat here today.

"So you really held off one Three-Headed Dog and two trolls?" Draco looked at Gemini with a face full of admiration.

"I suppose... you could say that." Gemini tore at a piece of beef jerky. Draco's mother had mailed it to him, and in Britain, this stuff was expensive as hell.

"How did you even do it?" Draco's gaze grew even more reverent. "How did you hold them off?"

As soon as he said that, the little snakes around them all pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Gemini's answer.

"I killed them all. Naturally, that stopped them."

Draco: "..."

That made so much sense he had absolutely nothing to say!

How did you score ninety-nine points? Just get one multiple-choice question wrong.

Listen to that! Was that even something a human would say?

A figure squeezed out of the crowd. Marcus stood before Gemini with a pale face, followed by the older students who had previously joined in ganging up on Gemini.

"Gemini, I'm truly sorry about what happened before." Marcus lowered his head. "If I can earn your forgiveness, I'm willing to pay any price."

Gemini: "..."

He looked around and only then realized that most of the little snakes in Slytherin were looking at him with reverence, gathered around the sofa where he sat as if he were the center of the stars.

So... what was with this scene that made him look like the kingpin of the school?