After entering February, time seemed to pass much faster than before. It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and there was only one week left until February 27th.

Fred and George were quite disappointed though. After being smeared in the hallway that day, Karkaroff never came to the castle again, and they never had the chance to implement the "quick-acting skipping class sugar feeding plan" that they had prepared for a long time.

"The second project will start in a week. Are you sure you don't want 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 annoyed tone.

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

The reason was simple, because the three stones had been lying on the cabinet in the common room for more than a month.

If the house-elves hadn't been so diligent in cleaning, a thick layer of dust would have already covered it.

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

What happened? For a whole half month, Kyle didn't even notice the incident. He just went about his business every day without even once looking for it.

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"Not ready." Kyle said casually.

If he had this idea, he would have done so when Nicolas Flamel came that day. For Nicolas, 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 I didn't ask at that time, there is naturally no need to waste time now.

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

"I seem to have heard this somewhere before..." Kyle moved the knight's position, "I think 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. Who knew you were really not in a hurry at all."

"There's really no need for that. The referees will tell you when the time comes." Kyle said with a smile, "And you should have heard about the previous three-way competition. Only the third event was the real competition. The first two events were just warm-ups, and they also gave you a little advantage.

And these advantages are fixed. As long as you are first, it doesn’t matter if you get 100 points or 80 points. It makes no difference at all.”

"Although that's true, you're probably the only one who can act so calm..." Cedric sighed, "I heard that Fleur was so anxious a few days ago that she was still reading a book in the lounge at one in the morning."

"I didn't notice that."

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

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

"That'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 Charm. This would not have happened three months ago, right?"

Fleur Delacour? Helping third graders correct their gestures? Kyle thought he had misheard and said incredulously, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

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

Even Cedric once subconsciously asked her a question about Transfiguration, but also received no answer.

"I felt like she was looking at me like a sprouted potato," Cedric said at the time.

It is hard to imagine that Furong would take the initiative to teach others magic gestures.

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

…

In the following days, the atmosphere in the castle began to become more and more enthusiastic. The cheering badges that had been put away were taken out of the boxes one after another and worn by people.

As for those badges that have been lost or are missing, you can go to Sirius and get one for free.

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

Originally he had put it in his office, but Professor Moody reacted too strongly 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 boxes of badges on their robes. They made a clattering sound when they walked, just like they were wearing armor.

There was only one day left until the second event, and by now, Kyle could hear all kinds of cheers wherever he went.

Some are students, some are professors.

In the second Care of Magical Creatures class in the afternoon, Hagrid ran to Kyle under the pretext of checking his homework and asked him in a low voice how he had prepared for the past few days.

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After getting a positive answer, Hagrid patted him on the shoulder excitedly.

"Before you dealt with the fire 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."

"Thanks, Hagrid..."

Kyle said with a grin, pulling his feet out of the soft mud.

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

By the evening, the atmosphere in the Hufflepuff common room reached its peak because two of the three warriors were there.

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

Although Fleur was a warrior of Beauxbatons, she had lived here for quite a long time after all, so everyone did not show favoritism and gave her some as well.

Of course, it’s definitely not as much as Kyle’s.

In order to allow the Warriors to get a good rest, everyone spontaneously returned to the dormitory before nine o'clock in the evening.

Soon, Kyle and Fleur were the only ones left in the lounge.

Fleur was also preparing to return to Beauxbatons in her carriage, but Lady Maxime seemed concerned about her staying in the castle overnight.

But when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped, 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 with you to the lake on the site and place them in the water where the moonlight can reach them... Yeah, that's it."

Kyle turned his head subconsciously when he heard that, but by then Fleur had already left the common room, and he only saw a tightly closed wooden door.

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(End of this chapter)