"Yeah, but everyone usually calls me Ron," Ron muttered.

"Okay, Ron. My name is Hermione Granger."

Hermione nodded casually and looked at the other man.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"Harry Potter," Harry said quickly.

Hermione was visibly surprised when she heard the name, and again listed several reference books to show that she knew about Harry.

This made Harry feel dizzy, because he himself didn't know any of these things, and he hadn't even read any of the books Hermione mentioned.

"Oh my god, you didn't know that. If it were me, I would definitely find all the books that mentioned me."

Hermione looked at Ron again and said, "By the way, you just said that boy named Kyle was the top student in the grade?"

"Oh...yeah." Ron nodded.

"No wonder he won the Order of Merlin." Hermione sighed, "I hope it's not too far behind. I've memorized all the textbooks. I hope that's enough."

Ron's face became even uglier. He felt like he had met a second Percy, and he also didn't like the tone of the other person's voice.

But Hermione didn't even look at him, and continued to speak rapidly: "By the way, do you know which house Kyle is from? Is he Gryffindor? I've asked around, and everyone says that's the best. But if he's that smart, he might as well be a Ravenclaw."

“Neither.”

Ron seemed to want to see the other person being humiliated, and said with some gloating: "Kyle is a Hufflepuff."

"Hufflepuff..." Hermione was stunned and murmured, "But I heard that Hufflepuffs are all... well, students who are not very bright in study."

"No, that's wrong."

Ron liked the other person's expression very much, and said with a little pride: "In fact, in addition to Kyle, Cedric Diggory, the top of the third grade, is also a Hufflepuff."

Hermione looked a little angry. She felt that she had been cheated. How could a house that could produce two top-ranked houses in a row be the "fools" and "idiots" that those people said?

If they are fools, then what are the others... brainless worms?

Harry next to him lowered his head in frustration.

When he discussed the colleges with Ron before, he had thought of Hufflepuff as a backup college.

But now it seems that it is not so easy to get into Hufflepuff.

First in the grade...

Harry would rather believe that Dudley could become as thin as him than believe that he could be top of the grade.

it's out of the question.

Even Hermione remained silent, so Ron asked sullenly, "So, do you have anything else to say? If not, we're going back to the box."

"I want to ask if any of you have seen a toad?" Hermione came back to her senses and said, "Neville lost a toad."

"toad?"

Ron said impatiently: "We've told him that we didn't see it."

The boy named Neville had just been there and had cried for a while in their box, so Ron remembered it very clearly.

"Maybe you can ask Kyle." Harry next to him suddenly said, "Maybe he can find the toad."

"You're right, I really shouldn't stay here any longer."

Hermione took one last look at them and said, "But you two better change your clothes quickly. You know, we'll probably be there soon."

After saying that, she left.

"I really hope I'm not in the same college with her."

After closing the door of the box, Ron curled his lips and said, "One Percy is enough for Gryffindor."

On the other side, Hermione left here and came to the box where Kyle was.

Through the glass in the door, she saw Kyle holding his wand, gesturing at something on a piece of parchment.

Hermione raised her hand and then retracted it immediately.

The boy named Malfoy suddenly knocked on the door and disturbed Kyle, which led to what happened just now. She didn't want to repeat the same mistake.

The main reason is that we can’t afford to pay for those maps.

Let alone two hundred Galleons, she didn't even have twenty Galleons.

After hesitating for a while, Hermione decided to look in another carriage first.

But what Hermione didn't know was that as soon as she left, Kyle in the box put down his wand.

"The Malfoy crest is a real nuisance."

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Kyle rubbed his eyes and said speechlessly: "It's both a snake and a dragon, why can't they just use an "M" instead?"

"Hey, Kyle, you should be more patient with our distinguished guest."

Fred smiled and said, "Just by changing the pattern, I can earn an extra Galleon. Is there any job easier than this?"

"That's true."

Kyle pushed the half-finished parchment to Cedric, who would then be responsible for drawing the complete map.

Since it is permanent, you naturally cannot use the copy spell anymore.

Then Kyle took out the wallet that Malfoy had given him.

"One hundred and fifty Galleons. Should we divide it now or wait until he pays the balance?"

The others looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Listen, Kyle."

George said seriously, "You got these Galleons through... uh, extraordinary wisdom. They have nothing to do with us. There is no need to share them."

"What extraordinary wisdom? I'm not a Ravenclaw." Kyle said nonchalantly: "Besides, this is the money earned from selling maps, so we must split it equally."

"This is an unexpected situation, it's different." Cedric shook his head and said, "Besides, from the time the other party broke the door to everything that happened afterwards, you did it all by yourself. We didn't help at all."

It seemed that what Cedric said was what everyone else wanted to say, and as if they had agreed beforehand, no one touched the bag.

Finally, at Kyle's insistence, they each took ten Galleons.

Only George got fifteen Galleons, and the extra five Galleons were considered as compensation for his robe.

George did not refuse at all and accepted it happily.

"That's right."

After Kyle took back his wallet, Cedric pointed to the damaged maps on the table and said, "Do you need to use a repair spell to restore them to their original state?"

"Huh? Why are you going through all that trouble?" Kyle asked confused.

Cedric blinked and said matter-of-factly, "We can't just throw them away. They're a Galleon's worth of parchment."

"Wait... you're not planning to restore them to their original condition and then sell them."

Kyle gradually frowned, looked at Cedric with disdain and said, "A profiteer like you will be imprisoned in Azkaban sooner or later."

…

(End of this chapter)