The Daily Prophet described him as an extremely evil, crazy dark wizard and published a wanted poster for him on an entire page.

The rest of the pages were all praising the Ministry of Magic for its heroic performance in successfully rescuing two students.

Although basically few people will watch these contents.

Many parents wrote to the school, requesting an early holiday.

What if Oren is still hiding in the forbidden forest? They are not comfortable letting the child stay there.

Dumbledore also agreed that the students could go home early on the Hogwarts Express that day, and their report cards would be sent by owl in the next few days.

In just one day, one-third of the population of Hogwarts was gone, and the castle seemed empty.

But Kyle did not leave, and neither did Cedric and the others.

Chris came back. He arrived at Hogwarts exhausted. He pulled Kyle up and down and checked him several times before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he took Kyle to an empty classroom and said sternly, "Didn't I tell you not to bother with this?"

"It was an accident." Kyle said honestly, "I will pay attention next time."

Chris was obviously not satisfied with Kyle's answer and scolded him for a long time.

During the whole process, Kyle did not defend himself, he just nodded, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes was very good.

When the two left the classroom, Newt just came out of Dumbledore's office. When they left, Chris asked him if he wanted to go back with them.

However, Kyle refused, saying that he wanted to take the train back with his friends. Chris thought about it and didn't insist.

However, what Kyle didn't expect was that Diana also came the next day.

But unlike Chris, she first went to the Forbidden Forest and then went straight to the principal's office on the eighth floor.

No one knows what happened afterwards, but during this period, many students noticed that there were some unfamiliar faces in the portraits in the castle corridors, and they claimed to be the former headmasters of Hogwarts.

In addition, the gargoyle on the eighth floor is also missing.

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Kyle didn't know when Diana left.

That night, he and Cedric went to the end-of-year banquet together. The hall was divided into two parts, the left side was decorated with green and silver representing Slytherin, and the right side was decorated with yellow and black representing Hufflepuff.

It’s worth mentioning that the extra points Oren got in the Forbidden Forest were actually effective.

Add in the Quidditch champion... Hufflepuff's house points are exactly the same as Slytherin, tied for first place.

The two walked to the Hufflepuff table and sat down. Kyle noticed that Connor was still not there today.

After a while, Dumbledore also came. Kyle didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that his nose was more crooked than before.

The noise in the auditorium gradually died down.

"Another year has passed!" said Dumbledore cheerfully. "Before you enjoy these delicious dishes, I must trouble you to listen to an old man's clichés.

Although there were some minor incidents at the end, it is undeniable that this is still a wonderful year, and your little brains must be richer than in the past... You have a whole summer vacation to digest these things and clear your minds before the next semester starts..."

The expected cheers did not appear. Hufflepuff and Slytherin stared at each other, somewhat dissatisfied with the result.

There was only one academy cup, it was impossible to give it to two academies at the same time! The people from the remaining two academies just sat there quietly, eating melons and watching the show.

"Yes, both colleges performed well." Dumbledore cleared his throat and said, "But a recent incident must also be taken into account, Mr. Kyle Chopper..."

Everyone's eyes turned to Kyle.

"He not only saved a new student in the Forbidden Forest, but also found the dark wizard hiding in the school, showing great courage and bravery.

For this reason, I decided to present him with a special contribution award for the school and reward Hufflepuff with 200 points!"

Although the number of people attending the banquet was much smaller than before, the cheers were still deafening. If someone was standing outside the auditorium at this moment, they might think that an explosion had occurred here.

There was no need to calculate any scores anymore, Hufflepuff successfully stopped Slytherin from winning the sixth consecutive championship and won the House Cup! And the most important thing was the Special Contribution Award to the School.

Fred and George stood on the stools excitedly and shouted to Kyle, "Don't worry, Kyle, we will make sure to clean your trophy carefully when you are put in detention next time!"

"And it's cleaner than others..."

Professor McGonagall glanced at them coldly and suddenly felt tired.

"That means..." Dumbledore shouted, "that we need to make some minor changes to the decor here."

He clapped his hands, and the green hanging ribbons turned yellow, the silver turned black, and a huge banner with a Hufflepuff badger painted on it appeared on the wall behind the guest of honor seats.

Snape was shaking hands with Professor Sprout. His face was calm and he showed his signature smile naturally. He didn't seem to be angry at all.

Before leaving school, the test results came out.

Kyle got a very high score and became the top student in the grade.

Cedric looked at Kyle's report card and said in surprise, "Merlin, your score is much higher than mine last year, and you only missed it by one point. You would have got full marks, but what a pity..."

Kyle also felt a little regretful.

He wrote smoothly during the exam and didn't notice the twelve uses of Fire Dragon Blood. He wrote thirteen instead, which resulted in a one-point deduction.

It seems that the professors do not think that dragon blood can be used as an ingredient in cooking.

Apart from this minor blemish, he got full marks in all other subjects, including potion brewing.

Snape gave his boil potion a full score, which was a treatment that even Slytherin students rarely had.

Connor came in second in the grade, and together with Cedric who came in first in the second grade... this year's Hufflepuff can be said to have made a big splash.

Professor Sprout didn't even go to the greenhouse, and just hung around other professors when he had nothing to do.

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(End of this chapter)