"I say, if you want to fish, why not go to Black Lake instead of hanging around here with the Sniff?"

In the common room, Connor looked at Kyle who was teasing the Niffler with a branch and a red stone, and said unhappily, "Can't you just give it that broken stone?"

"This is not some broken stone, it's the Philosopher's Stone!" Kyle corrected her wording.

"Yeah, the stone that was made by magic..." Kanna pouted, "I saw you smash it last night. It's just an ordinary pebble. Is this how you usually trick the Nifflers?"

"Don't say such harsh words." Kyle retorted: "This is just a form of entertainment. Look how happy it is."

Kanna raised her eyebrows. She glanced at the Niffler, who was jumping up and down on his short legs. She didn't understand how Kyle could tell that he was so happy.

It was so anxious that it almost spoke human language!

Kanna sighed, took out a gold Galleon and waved it in front of the little guy, trying to attract its attention.

Sniff, who usually couldn't walk when he saw gold galleons, didn't even look at her at this moment, still staring at the red stone in Kyle's hand.

Unwilling to give up, Kanna took out the second one, but it still didn't work.

"Forget about it. My stone is much brighter than Garlon."

Kyle grabbed the Niffler by the back of his neck, threw him back into the box and said, "Besides, you've already given him fifteen Galleons in the past few days... I have to remind you that the Niffler can't be used as a wallet."

"What do you care!" Kanna blushed and said angrily, "Also, I gave those Galleons to Sniff, you can't take them away secretly!"

"Ahem... I'm not that kind of person." Kyle's face froze, and then he said, "But then again, shouldn't you be going to Professor Snape for tutoring? Why are you still staying in the lounge?"

"I passed Professor Snape's test yesterday and successfully brewed the water of life and death... so the tutoring is over."

"So you're okay now?" Kyle took out a chessboard and put it on the table, saying, "Want to play a game of wizard chess?"

"Okay..." Kanna nodded.

She didn't have many friends at Hogwarts, and both Cho and her roommate had gone home.

I'm free anyway, so playing chess is a good way to kill time.

"But let me make it clear first, I am just an average chess player, you can't blame me... Wait, this is wizard chess?"

Kanna, who was about to place the chess pieces, lowered her head and suddenly froze.

Because what she saw were not the chess pieces in her memory, but different magical animals.

In the front was a row of Nifflers, and behind them were trolls, hippogriffs, winged demons, three-headed dogs, and dragons.

"It's like this. I had nothing to do after finishing my homework, so I made a small modification to them." Kyle explained: "It's just a slight change in appearance. It's not difficult."

Kanna raised her head and looked at Kyle dimly.

She had nothing to do after finishing her homework... Listen, is this human language? She had made up for ten days of classes, and she even had homework! Wouldn't Kyle feel guilty for saying this in front of her?

"Why are you looking at me...you are the black chess piece and should move first." Kyle urged.

Kanna glared at him angrily before looking back at the chessboard.

At this time, those "magical creatures" had already come to their positions on their own initiative, and Connor quickly guessed what they represented.

…

The two played three games in the common room, after which Kyle wanted to run away.

What Kanna said before was so untrue. Her chess playing skills were not just average... they were too average.

It would be fine if it was just a dish, after all, it's fun to bully the weak ones occasionally.

In the end, Kyle was in no mood to play chess and felt that just sitting there was a torture.

He wanted to run away. As long as he didn't play chess with Kanna, he could do anything else, even rewriting his homework.

But Kanna disagreed and dragged him downstairs until noon.

In order to avoid her, Kyle decisively left the castle after lunch and went to Hagrid's hut to stay for the whole afternoon.

There he also met Harry and Ron.

Ron said that Harry had been having nightmares recently, and they came here to see if Hagrid had any way to solve the problem.

"So, why don't you go to the hospital wing to see Madam Pomfrey?" Kell asked puzzledly.

Kyle found it difficult to understand Harry and Ron's train of thought. In his opinion, the only way Hagrid could solve the nightmare was to knock Harry unconscious with one punch.

Or are all the new students' paths so wild nowadays?

"I, I don't want to go to the school hospital..." Harry said in a low voice.

Of course he knew that Madam Pomfrey at the school hospital was more professional than Hagrid, but he was worried that if he went to the school hospital, she would ask him about his nightmares.

For some reason, Harry didn't want too many people to know this.

"I'm sorry, Harry, I can't help you." Hagrid helped them add some tea and rock cakes, and said, "Kyle is right, you should go directly to the hospital ward. I went there when I couldn't sleep before, and Madam Pomfrey solved it in just a minute.

It’s just that the taste of those potions is really not very good, you have to be mentally prepared.”

"...Okay." Harry felt a little disappointed.

Even though Hagrid said so, he still didn't plan to go to the school hospital.

Maybe once school starts and I get busy, I won’t have nightmares anymore.

Harry thought so, then picked up a piece of rock cake and started eating it in small bites.

"If you really don't want to go to the school hospital, I have a way. Would you like to try it?"

Kyle pulled out a bottle of potion and placed it on the table.

"What's this?" Ron asked.

"The water of life and death is what Hagrid drank at that time." Kyle said, "Just a small sip can make people fall into a deep sleep. Even a dragon dancing next to them can't wake them up."

Harry picked up the bottle and wondered, "Will this stop me from having nightmares?"

"That should be possible." Kyle nodded.

"Or you can try it first. If you just drink a small sip, you can probably sleep for about an hour, which is not too long and will not affect your rest at night.

But one thing is that it's very potent, you'd better wait until you get back to the dormitory... um."

Before Kyle could finish his words, he saw Harry open the bottle cap and pour some potion into his mouth.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, it doesn't matter." Kyle looked at Ron and said, "Get ready. Potter probably won't be able to walk back to the dormitory by himself."

As if to confirm Kyle's words, the next second, Harry slowly lowered his head and lay motionless on the chair.

(End of this chapter)