Chapter 542 The Second Project

After entering February, time seemed to go much faster than before. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, there was only one week left until February 27th.

However, Fred and George were quite disappointed. After being covered in the hallway that day, Karkaroff never came to the castle again, and the "Quick-Effective Skipping Sugar Feeding Plan" they had prepared for a long time had never been implemented.

"There is still a week before the second project starts. Are you really not going to take some time out to study the stone?"

Once in the common room, Fleur looked at Kyle who was playing chess with Cedric, and said in a somewhat irritable tone.

She originally thought that Kyle was just joking, but she didn't expect him to be serious... As for why she was sure that Kyle didn't study secretly behind her back.

The reason is very simple, because the three stones were thrown on the cabinet in the common room, and they have been there for more than a month.

If it weren't for the diligent cleaning of the house elves, it is estimated that a thick layer of dust would have fallen on them.

She had wanted to make Kyle anxious, so she secretly took the stone away at night.

As a result... For a whole half month, Kyle didn't notice anything at all. He did what he had to do every day and never looked for it once.

He really met Merlin...

"No preparation." Kyle said casually.

If he had this idea, he would have done it when Nicolae Flamel came that day. For Nicolae, the secret hidden on the stone was almost the same as if it was written directly on it, and he could see it at a glance.

Since he didn't ask at that time, there was naturally no need to waste this time now.

"Whatever you want, if I care about you again, I'll be a dwarf!" Furong turned around and went back to the dormitory angrily, and dragged Kanna away before leaving.

"I seem to have heard this somewhere..." Kyle moved the knight's position, "It seems that she said the same thing two months ago."

Cedric shook his head, subconsciously glanced at the shelf in the lounge and the three shining stones on it, and then said:

"In fact, I thought you were joking at the time, but who knew you were really not in a hurry at all."

"There is really no need for this, the referees will naturally say it when the time comes." Kyle smiled and said, "And you should also know about the previous three-way championship. Only the third event is the real championship. The first two events are at most warm-ups, and by the way, they increase a little advantage.

And these advantages are fixed. As long as you are the first place, whether it is 100 points or 80 points, there is no difference at all."

"Although it is true to say so , but maybe only you can act so calm..." Cedric sighed, "I heard that Fleur was so anxious a few days ago that she was still flipping through books in the lounge at one o'clock in the morning."

"I didn't notice that."

"I guess so." Cedric said, and then he changed the subject: "But have you noticed that Fleur seems to have changed a lot recently."

"Changed?" Kyle thought for a while and said, "No, hasn't she always been like this?"

"It's true for you." Cedric shook his head, "I remember that when she first came, she was arrogant to everyone, but now... How should I put it, yesterday I saw her helping a third-year student correct the gesture of the Happy Spell. This situation would not have happened three months ago, right."

Fleur Delacour? Helping a third-year student correct the gesture?

Kyle thought he had misheard, and said in disbelief: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

After the students of Beauxbatons arrived here, many of them tried to talk to Fleur under the pretext of asking for advice on spells. Faced with them, regardless of gender or age, Fleur would basically choose to ignore them directly.

Even Cedric once subconsciously asked her a question about Transfiguration, but he also didn't get any answer.

"I feel like she looks at me like a sprouted potato." That's what Cedric said at the time.

It's hard to imagine that Fleur would take the initiative to teach others spell gestures.

"Of course not..." Cedric said firmly, "After all, she is the only one in the whole Hogwarts who has that kind of silver hair."

"Then she has really changed a lot." Kyle muttered.

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In the next few days, the atmosphere in the castle began to become more and more enthusiastic, and the cheering badges that were originally put away were also turned out of the box one after another by people and worn on their bodies.

As for those who lost or didn't have the badges, they could also go to Sirius and get one for free.

He made a large box of badges and put it at the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Anyone who wanted one could take one from inside.

Originally, he put it inside the office, but Professor Moody reacted too much to the sudden knock on the door. After repairing the door three times in a row, Sirius simply put the box directly at the door.

Fred and George were the most exaggerated. They hung almost half of the box of badges on their robes. When they walked, they made a clacking sound, just like wearing a suit of armor.

There was only one day left before the second project. So far, Kyle could hear different cheers wherever he went.

There were students and professors.

In the second Care of Magical Creatures class in the afternoon, Hagrid ran to Kyle under the pretext of checking homework and whispered to him about his preparations in the past few days.

After getting a positive answer, Hagrid patted his shoulder excitedly,

"Before you dealt with the dragon, I was indeed worried, but now I know that as long as you want to do something, there is nothing you can't do. I am not worried at all. I can feel that you will definitely succeed."

"Thank you, Hagrid..."

Kyle grinned and pulled his feet out of the soft mud.

Sirius was right. Hagrid should really realize how strong he is.

In the evening, the atmosphere in the Hufflepuff common room also reached its peak, because two of the three warriors were here.

The snacks and drinks in the lounge covered all the tables. When Kyle just came in, someone kept stuffing various candies and dried beef into his pocket, as if they were afraid that he would not be in the mood to eat tomorrow and would be hungry during the game.

Although Fleur was a Beauxbatons warrior, she had lived here for quite a long time after all, so everyone did not favor one over the other and gave her some as well.

Of course, it was definitely not as much as Kyle's.

And in order to allow the warriors to have a good rest, everyone spontaneously returned to the dormitory before nine o'clock in the evening.

Soon, only Kyle and Fleur were left in the common room.

Fleur was also preparing to return to the carriage of Beauxbatons. Ms. Maxime did not seem to be at ease with her staying in the castle at this time.

But when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped and turned around and said, "If you don't want to go to bed so early at night, go out for a walk."

"Remember to take those stones, go to the lake on the grounds, and put them in the water where the moonlight can shine... Well, that's it."

Hearing this, Kyle turned his head subconsciously, but at this time Fleur had already left the common room, and he only saw a closed wooden door.

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