Especially after you sit there for a few hours and the novelty and the Hogwarts buff gradually wear off, its shortcomings will be infinitely magnified.

First of all, it's slow. Really too slow. Kyle feels that this thing can only run at 80 at best, and it's not even as good as some cars with better performance.

The ride was also very uncomfortable and shaky. Kyle almost doubted his life and nearly vomited his breakfast.

In this situation, it is basically impossible to kill time by reading.

Fortunately, Cedric, who was in the same compartment with him, was very talkative, so the journey was not too bad.

After talking about the professor, Kyle asked some other questions. Cedric answered all his questions and took the initiative to share some interesting places in Hogwarts or interesting portraits.

There were many things that Kyle didn't know, which made him very interested. In return, Kyle waved his hand and contracted Cedric's snacks along the way.

There's plenty of Bibi Every Flavour Beans, Chocolate Frogs, Cauldron Cakes and more.

There was only one thing that made Kyle speechless, and that was that in the sorting, Cedric, as expected, continued the wizards' bad taste and did not tell the truth.

"We have to catch the golden snitch in the auditorium within ten minutes to be sorted into the house?"

Kyle curled his lips politely and didn't respond.

Come on, Quidditch is at least more reliable than dragons, and it's very Cedric.

"By the way, Kyle, have you ever thought about which house you will be sorted into?" Cedric threw a multi-flavored bean into his mouth and said, "It would be great if you could be sorted into Hufflepuff, but a smart little wizard like you would probably want to go to Ravenclaw."

Before he could finish his words, the corner of Cedric's mouth twitched suddenly, and his whole face wrinkled unconsciously, looking extremely funny.

"Oh shit, that's the beef liver smell I hate the most."

Despite saying so, Cedric still swallowed it down.

"I have thought about it, but I don't necessarily have to go to a certain college." Kyle also picked up a multi-flavored bean. "Besides, my ball-finding ability is average. I may not be able to catch the Golden Snitch within ten minutes. It would be great if there was a college willing to take me in."

Hmm...it's the new black pepper steak flavor, not bad.

"Don't worry, you can do it." Cedric laughed and said, "It's not that difficult."

As he was speaking, the carriage door was suddenly opened from the outside.

Kyle and Cedric turned their heads at the same time.

Familiar red hair, but not a twin, but another Weasley.

Percy walked into the carriage and said, "Kyle, Fred told me you were here...oh, you must be Cedric Diggory, I'm Percy Weasley, nice to meet you."

Cedric, who was still curious, suddenly heard his name and nodded in response: "Me too, nice to meet you, Percy Weasley."

The other party's serious look made Cedric think for a moment that he was in some formal occasion instead of the Hogwarts Express.

In short, he looked confused, but very polite.

Kyle held back his laughter and waited until the two had finished their greetings before he said, "Percy, what do you want from me?"

He was familiar with all seven Weasley children, including Percy, but they just didn't communicate much in daily life.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I do have something to say." Percy reached into his pocket and pulled out a large rat.

"Banban has been in low spirits recently, so I wanted to ask if you still have the rat tonic that you fed him before.

"Rat tonic?"

Kyle looked at the gray mouse with one front paw missing in Percy's hand, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Of course I have it. Wait a moment."

After saying that, Kyle found a bottle filled with red liquid from his box, turned around and stuffed it into Percy's hand.

"You know, once a week, three drops each time, the amount here should last a long time."

"Thank you." Percy quickly took the bottle of red rat tonic, then hesitantly took out three silver Sickles and said with a red face: "I know this may not be enough, but this is all I have now. I will return the rest to you as soon as possible."

"You don't need so many." Kyle only took one Sickle and pushed the other two back. "It's just rat tonic, not a good thing. How can it be so expensive? One Sickle is enough."

Percy looked at Xi Ke in his hand, his face turned red and white, and after a long time, he sighed softly and said, "Thank you, Kyle."

Kyle said, "No, I'm here to collect the money. It's a normal transaction."

"No, I know everything."

Percy also smiled, but it was a bitter smile. "If it was an ordinary rat tonic, how could it have allowed Scabbers to live for eleven years? This must have been made by Mr. Scamander. After all, only a legendary figure could allow an ordinary field mouse to live for so long.

If this tonic were sold on the market, it would probably cost at least ten Galleons."

Forehead……

Kyle rubbed his teeth. He really wanted to tell Percy.

The fact that Banban was able to live this long had nothing to do with the rat tonic, and besides, this was indeed his own work and was not worth ten galleons.

But the matter of Peter Pettigrew was too troublesome. He was only eleven years old and did not want to attract Dumbledore's attention for the time being.

But he didn't do nothing.

In addition to rat tonic, he had told Percy a long time ago that mice were different from other pets. If they were contaminated with too much of the smell of wizards, they would be rejected by their own kind.

Percy was skeptical at first, but after Kyle gave this sentence the banner of Scamander, he believed it, and regarded it as a classic.

Percy really cared about his only pet.

Not only did he make a special little nest for Banban in the room, but he also had less physical contact with him in normal times. Except for special circumstances like now when he had to be carried with him, he was basically left to roam free at other times.

On the other side, seeing that Kyle had not responded, Percy did not plan to stay any longer.

"Anyway, thank you, Kyle. If you have any academic questions in the future, you can always ask me. And after graduation, I will give you these Galleons as compensation."

After saying that, Percy hurriedly left the carriage, leaving Kyle and Cedric staring at each other.

Finally, it was Cedric who broke the deadlock first: "Um... can you still get rat tonic from Mr. Scamander?"

"I should say I know how to make it, and not just for rats, I know how to make basically all kinds of pet tonics." Kyle was too lazy to explain so much, and shrugged and said, "It's not that difficult, it's just a little troublesome, so few people will go out of their way to learn it."

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(End of this chapter)