Sirius was still chattering about his experiences at school, but Kyle was not interested at all, and he didn't think that Ms. Rosmerta of the Three Broomsticks would favor Sirius, who was still in the first year.

Fortunately, at this moment, Ludo Bagman's magically amplified voice suddenly sounded in their ears, interrupting Sirius' words and silencing the audience in the stands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have finally made a decision. Merkus, the mermaid leader, has told us exactly what happened under the lake. Now, let's start grading the warriors."

Everyone listened attentively.

First was Furong. Because she didn't finish the final project and dropped out halfway through, her score could only be counted after two hours, and she only got the minimum score of 25 points.

Although Krum was the last one to come out of the Forbidden Forest, he completed all the tasks without making any mistakes, so he got forty points.

And Kyle, with 49 points, was deducted one point because he brought Gabrielle out, which strictly speaking was a violation of the rules.

However, this time the scoring was based directly on the total score, so no one knew who deducted the point.

But this has no effect on Kyle, he is still in first place and far ahead.

Everyone applauded again. "The third and final event will take place on the evening of June 30th." Bagman continued, "The warriors will know the content of the event a month in advance. I can guarantee that it will be exciting."

…

After the second project, everyone returned to the castle to prepare for lunch.

After a whole morning of blowing in the wind by the Black Lake, they were already hungry.

The house-elves were ready early, and as soon as the students arrived at the hall and finished, a sumptuous lunch appeared on their empty plates.

Perhaps because she was frightened, Furong stopped complaining about the greasiness and picked up a piece of pork chop to start eating... But she still didn't talk to Kyle, and not sure if it was intentional, she even pulled Kanna to sit far away from Kyle.

However, this also left two seats empty next to Kyle, and two students who reacted quickly sat there immediately.

Everyone wanted to know what was going on at the bottom of the lake.

So while they were eating, Kyle gave a brief description of everything that happened at the bottom of the lake, including the Grindylows that emerged from the shadows and the process of discovering the Kelpie.

Although Kyle deliberately omitted some parts, everyone still screamed in surprise when they heard it.

Especially when they heard the part where the mermaids besieged the water monster, everyone was very interested and listened attentively. Mikel didn't even realize that he was trying to stuff potatoes into his nostrils.

But speaking of the Kelpie…

In order to protect it from being attacked by mermaids, when the second project had just ended and everyone was busy heading towards the castle, Kyle found an excuse to go back to the Black Lake and found a safe place for it.

Well, it's quite safe, the kind without even any neighbors.

…

After entering March, the weather became a little clearer, but the cold wind outside still made their hands and faces hurt.

The owls flew hard in the sky, delivering letters and parcels to the castle on time.

Kyle had just walked into the Charms classroom that day when he saw several Ravenclaw girls gathered together, discussing something excitedly.

When they noticed Kyle coming in, they burst into laughter.

"What's wrong?" Kyle was a little confused.

"Well... you should read it yourself." Qiu tried to hold back his smile and handed over a magazine. "Look carefully, there are surprises in it."

"Surprise?" Kyle walked to an empty seat and sat down, opening the magazine in his hand before Professor Flitwick came.

Witch Weekly.

Unlike the unpopular The Quibbler, this was the most popular wizarding magazine, second only to the Daily Prophet in terms of subscribers.

Finally, when Kyle was halfway through, he found what he was looking for in the middle of the magazine.

It's an article.

[Hogwarts Warrior, 15-year-old genius]

“He may not be as unique as Harry Potter, but he has achieved far more than the Savior.

For this he received his first Hogwarts Award for Special Services to the School (although I personally think it would have been good enough for the Order of Merlin if the Ministry's beater hadn't let the Dark wizard escape).

"Of course, he didn't lack it, because in the second year, he had already won the Order of Merlin..."

The article was two full pages long, and it listed almost all of Kyle's previous honors in an exaggerated manner.

Because even Kyle himself didn't know that he just didn't want to perform on stage, so he asked Gilderoy Lockhart a question in class. How did it become the key evidence to expose the other party's identity as a liar?

It has even extended to a strange height...maintaining fairness and justice in the wizarding world and guaranteeing the rights that wizards deserve.

Also, last year on the train, he had visited the compartment where Lupin was, which in the article was regarded as an important step towards the harmonious coexistence of wizards and werewolves.

My goodness, if it was really as written in the magazine, Kyle felt that at the very least he could get the Order of Merlin, First Class, and replace Fudge as the new Minister of Magic tomorrow.

"Oh, so you are so amazing..."

Kanna's voice came from behind, "This photo is also good. It happened to be the moment when you came out of the lake riding the horse-shaped water monster. I haven't seen it before."

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Kyle slammed the magazine shut.

"Nothing." He rubbed his arms.

It's nice to be praised, but to be praised to this extent is a bit exaggerated.

"You know, Rita Skeeter just likes to write nonsense."

"No." Kanna said with a smile, "After all, you have done these things before, and she is not wrong."

"But I don't think I've made such a great contribution to the wizarding world..." Kyle shrugged, "And I don't think Dumbledore and Fudge should give up their positions to me.

"Honestly, I find it hard to imagine how busy someone must be as both Minister of Magic and Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Isn't it good to be a student? At least you can keep your hair. "

Kanna couldn't help laughing, her eyes curved into crescent shapes.

"So you just want to keep yourself busy, and you don't mind her submitting this photo for the Witch Weekly Best Smile Award?"

"What award?" Kyle frowned and quickly opened the magazine again.

Sure enough, at the end of the article, Rita Skeeter did write this, and he was indeed smiling in the photo... As the first warrior to complete the project, this is normal.

If he had known that things would develop in this direction, he would have kept a straight face no matter what he said.

"The Most Charming Smile Award." Kanna continued, "Will it be printed on the cover? If so, I will definitely collect that issue of the magazine..."

"Me too." Qiu said with a smile, "Buy two copies, read one and keep the other."

"If that's the case... Rita Skeeter is dead. I will definitely send her photo to the Ministry of Magic." Kyle said in a deep voice.

"Whose photo is it, Rita Skeeter?" Qiu was a little confused.

"Well, that's the evidence of her violating the Wizarding Law. We took a photo of her." Kanna whispered. "So that's how it is." Qiu nodded in understanding. "No wonder she went to great lengths to praise Kyle. Before this, I've never seen her write an article that only praises others."

"I'd rather not have that kind of compliment." Kyle rubbed his forehead.

After the Lockhart incident, the Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award has become a joke at Hogwarts... at least for students who have gone through that school year, that is, students in the third year and above.

Kyle was sure that if Rita Skeeter succeeded, Fred and George would be so excited that they would set off fireworks to celebrate that they had found a new joke that would last until graduation.

No... this situation must not happen.

Kyle was a little worried, so he took out parchment and a quill and prepared to write a letter to Rita Skeeter, asking her to give up this decision as soon as possible.

…

(End of this chapter)