As a result, Hermione and Ron also got some attention and became the ones that everyone avoided.

And gradually, these looks turned into ridicule.

In the final days before the holidays, some people seemed to have taken up taunting Harry as a new kind of fun.

After all, Dumbledore only told them not to ask questions, but he didn't tell them not to do anything else.

For example, Malfoy and his two followers always deliberately ran to Harry's side and discussed the contents of the newspaper in a loud voice.

Harry would argue and explain at first, but after doing this for several days, he decided not to waste his time and chose to just throw a book at Malfoy's face.

Harry has been feeling quite depressed these past few days.

First, he was taken away by Death Eaters without any warning, and then he witnessed and participated in the resurrection of Voldemort, as well as the editorials in the newspapers. With so many things piled up at the same time, Harry had long wanted to find an opportunity to vent his depression.

Malfoy's recent behavior just gave him a ready opportunity.

As if they had discussed it beforehand, Ron and Hermione joined the battlefield without any hesitation and targeted Crabbe and Goyle.

Caught off guard, Malfoy and the other two were completely stunned.

But this was just the beginning. As more and more people passed by, the matter soon spread, and then there was a big melee between the two colleges.

In the narrow corridor, everyone tacitly agreed not to use magic, but chose the more direct use of fists. The school hospital was crowded with people that day. Madam Pomfrey's wand was almost smoking when she waved it around before she could barely conjure up enough beds and boiled three large pots of healing medicine overnight.

Because there were too many people, in order to make room for him, Filch, who originally needed a few more days of treatment, had to be discharged early.

The consequence of this incident was that Gryffindor and Slytherin were both deducted 500 points, which was the highest number of points deducted in recent decades.

But no one cares about this.

Although 500 points sounds exaggerated, they should have that many points. Thanks to the efforts of Snape and Sirius, the scores of their two schools had long been at the bottom.

Let alone five hundred, even a hundred would be a big problem.

But these did not affect Kyle.

Perhaps because he did not participate in the confrontation with Fudge that day, his name was not mentioned in the Daily Prophet.

Plus, Dumbledore didn't tell anyone, so apart from a few of his friends, no one else knew where he went during the time he disappeared in the maze.

"I told you what you think."

In the Hufflepuff common room, Kyle looked at Fred and George who were sitting there with their mouths wide open, and casually threw a bottle of distilled essence to them.

"Need I say more? Of course it's to fight against the mysterious man's power."

Fred took the white fresh essence, rolled up his sleeves and applied a little on his arm.

"I dare say that among You-Know-Who's Death Eaters, there must be a Slytherin." George also smeared some Dietary Essence on his face, "At least Malfoy must be included."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Kyle said, "I'm talking about why you didn't go to the school hospital when you were injured, but came to me. Before this, I only treated magical animals."

"There are too many people in the school hospital." Fred said indifferently.

"Besides, our injuries are just minor, there's no need to go there..."

"You didn't see what Madam Pomfrey looked like. It was so scary." George said with lingering fear.

"With so many people injured, it would be strange if she looked good..." Kyle muttered.

He glanced at the two men and found that their injuries were indeed not serious, mostly just bruises caused by bumps and collisions.

For this kind of injury, the white citrus essence is actually not very effective, but the problem is that he doesn't have a completely suitable healing potion, so he has to make do with it for now.

"Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle..." George continued, "These three names were on the trial list more than ten years ago."

"You must have seen it that day, too," asked Fred.

"Probably, but the Death Eaters at that time all wore masks, so I didn't see what they looked like."

Kyle shrugged, "I was a little late and missed a lot. Harry should know that."

"Ah, that's right." George shook his head, "But Headmaster Dumbledore won't let us ask him."

"And Dad wrote to us too, telling us to leave Harry alone."

"You said we should ask him how it goes on the train tomorrow." Fred suddenly thought of something and said excitedly, "By then the school will be on vacation, there will definitely be no problem."

Cedric looked at them speechlessly... We can't ask during school, so we can just wait until the holidays? But it does make sense.

On the last night before leaving school, Kyle went to the auditorium with others to attend a banquet.

As the protagonist of this fight, Harry was not allowed to leave the school hospital until just now.

But looking at him, he didn't look sad at all. Instead, he looked quite happy. This was probably because Malfoy, who was not far away, was dressed the same way.

…

This year's banquet was filled with flags representing Hufflepuff, as usual.

Kell won the Triwizard Tournament. In addition to a prize of 1,000 Galleons, Dumbledore also gave him 200 extra points.

This also made Hufflepuff the well-deserved first place and the fifth time they won the house cup, tying Slytherin's previous record.

Sirius and Professor Moody, who had disappeared for many days, were sitting in the classroom, talking to Dumbledore. Snape was also sitting next to Professor McGonagall with a gloomy face.

And Madam Maxime, she had also returned and was sitting there discussing something in a low voice with Hagrid.

It should be something about giants. After all, the Ministry of Magic would definitely not send messengers to contact them, but Dumbledore had to do it.

As for the candidates, the two half-giants, Hagrid and Ms. Maxime, are the most suitable. They should take action during this holiday.

Just as Kyle was thinking about it, Dumbledore suddenly stood up from the teacher's seat and the auditorium suddenly became silent.

"Another year." Dumbledore looked at everyone and said, "Tonight, I have something very important to say to all of you.

"The Ministry of Magic has repeatedly asked me to keep this a secret, but I think I should tell you the truth."

Everyone's eyes turned to him.

"Haven't you all been wondering why our janitor, Mr. Filch, is in the hospital wing?

"That's because he was attacked by a crazed Death Eater."

"Death Eaters?"

Everyone was talking about it.

"How is this possible..."

"Why do they dare to show up in school?"

“…”

Dumbledore held out his hand, motioning for everyone to be quiet.

"As for the contents of the Daily Prophet, I can tell you that they are all true, not Harry's imagination.

"That Death Eater disguised himself as Filch and took Harry Potter out of the school and brought him to his master, Voldemort!"

At this point, the entire hall was in an uproar. Everyone stared at Dumbledore in horror and disbelief, thinking they had heard it wrong.

It was just the Death Eaters just now, how come it's suddenly Voldemort's turn now?

Dumbledore had to use magic to raise his voice just enough to cover up the incessant buzzing below.

"And I also want to tell you that Voldemort has returned," he said loudly:

“I know many of you don’t want to believe it or are shocked by what I’m saying, but this is what I saw with my own eyes.

"I can't convince myself to hide this truth from you, because blindly avoiding it won't solve any problems. You can doubt it, and you can sneer at my words, but remember, you must always be prepared."

Everyone in the hall looked at Dumbledore, shock and fear written all over their faces.

They couldn't believe it was true.

At the Hufflepuff table, Cedric and Connor, who had known about this for a long time, remained silent, but more people had complicated expressions.

There are those who believe in Dumbledore, and there are those who do not.

For example, Mikel completely leans towards Dumbledore. As a Muggle-born wizard, he has only heard about Voldemort and is not too afraid of him, so he is more willing to believe the headmaster.

But Ryan seemed to be struggling. He had heard about Voldemort's deeds and knew how terrible the war was more than ten years ago. Subconsciously, he was very resistant to the news of Voldemort's resurrection.

But he also trusted the principal. In this situation, Ryan struggled for a moment and didn't know what to do.

He didn't say a word until the end of the banquet.

…

(End of this chapter)