With Kyle's help, Hagrid finally delivered all the Christmas trees to the hall before the dinner.
When they arrived, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were already waiting in the Great Hall.
"Hagrid, you're finally here. These are the last two... Oh, great levitation spell, Mr. Chopper, five points for Hufflepuff."
Professor Flitwick was originally wondering why Hagrid could carry two Christmas trees so easily, but when he approached him, he found Kyle holding a wand next to him.
"If the final exam was a levitation spell... I'd give you an 'O' right now."
Professor Flitwick winked at Kyle, then used the same levitation spell to take the two fir trees and put them in the appropriate position.
Professor McGonagall wove the mistletoe into hanging ribbons to fill the last gap on the wall.
A few minutes later, a large number of students began to pour into the auditorium and the dinner officially began.
At the dining table, Cedric looked at Kyle in surprise and asked, "What? You said you're not going back for Christmas?"
"Yeah." Kyle nodded and said, "I can't help it. There's no one at home. There's no point in going back. I might as well stay in Hogwarts."
Chris is responsible for sending the magical animals that were captured before back to their original habitats. Recently, he has been traveling around the world with Uncle Newt.
The Department of Mysteries seemed to be out on a field trip as well. Diana sent him a letter a few days ago, saying that she might not be back for Christmas, but the gifts would definitely be delivered on time.
Chris and Diana were not at home, so there was no point in Kyle going back. He might as well stay in Hogwarts, where at least he had something to do.
For example, cultivate a relationship with Lu Wei, or water the two ornamental plants he raises.
"Why don't you come to my house?" Cedric thought for a moment and said, "My father will definitely welcome you."
"Next time." Kyle shook his head and said, "I just agreed with Hagrid that I would help him take care of the animals during the holidays."
Cedric looked disappointed.
Kyle, on the other hand, didn't want to face Mr. Diggory, the baby-showing maniac, let alone stay with him for two weeks.
Even just thinking about it, Kyle felt a headache. It was enough for Chris to endure this kind of treatment alone.
In order to divert Cedric's attention and make him forget about this topic, Kyle turned to look at Connor and asked, "What about you? Are you going back for the holiday?"
Kanna didn't say anything, just shook her head slightly.
Seeing this, Kyle didn't ask any more questions.
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After the dinner, the semester came to an end.
The next day, the little wizards took the train back to King's Cross Station.
Mikel and Ryan also went home, leaving Kyle alone in the dormitory. Even the common room, which was usually bustling, became much quieter at this moment.
This feeling is not bad either.
Kyle was sitting on a sofa near the stove, roasting a jacket potato with some flatbread, mushrooms, and some thinly sliced beef.
Although the house-elves said they could bake them for him when Kyle went to the kitchen to get the ingredients, he refused.
All he wanted was the process, and eating came secondarily.
Kyle held the roasting fork and waited for the potato to darken before removing it.
After it cools down, peel off the skin and it will be sweet, soft and delicious.
The heat may not have been controlled well, so the inside is still raw.
"Kyle..." Kanna glared at him fiercely, "Don't feed Pochi those weird things!"
"It's just potatoes, what's so strange about that?" Kyle waved his hand and said indifferently: "Besides, every field mouse eats potatoes!"
As if deliberately going against him, the mouse named Bochi took one look at the half-cooked potato, turned around and went somewhere else, without any intention of tasting it.
"Good fellow, a rat is so picky about food." Kyle was a little embarrassed and said to Kanna seriously, "I think you should starve it for a few meals."
Kanna ignored him and left the common room with Pochi.
It was Christmas holiday, and the administrator's cat wouldn't be wandering around the castle corridors all the time, so she planned to take this opportunity to take her pet for a walk and let it take a look around Hogwarts.
We've been here for so long, we can't keep it locked up in the dormitory forever.
After Kanna left, Kyle was the only one left in the lounge. Feeling a little bored, he finished the food at hand and did not stay here any longer. Instead, he got up and went to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.
After three months of hard work by Kyle, in addition to the biting kale, there are also dianthus, rue, nightshade, mistletoe, hellebore... and a beautiful golden hydrangea.
There is nothing much to say about the first three types. They are all common magical plants. Their seeds can be bought in Hogsmeade. Kyle asked someone to bring back a large bag of them.
As for the last one… it was from the Hufflepuff common room.
One night, Kyle couldn't help himself and cut off a branch with a flower bud from the lush golden hydrangea...
It's a really small one, maybe only an inch long, and it won't have any effect on it.
I originally planted it here just to give it a try, but I didn't expect it to actually be successful.
Although he still looks very small now, Kyle is already very satisfied. As long as he survives, he will grow up eventually.
Kyle went straight to the center.
The biting cabbage is growing well. In three months, it has grown from a seed to the size of a Bludger. The two rows of sharp teeth in its open mouth look very powerful, and a bite of it is definitely powerful enough.
Kyle loosened the soil for them and drove away the Billywig bug that had been hovering over his head.
"I'm busy now, go play nearby."
A few days ago, he accidentally saved this Billywig worm from Mrs. Norris's mouth, which was almost eaten as lunch.
At that time, there was a very long cut on the little guy's body, probably because he was caught by Mrs. Loris... Kyle simply brought it here and used white mulberry to help treat it.
And then...it just stayed put.
Fortunately, the little guy was quite obedient. After Kyle finished speaking, it flew away obediently.
This place is very big, with many magical plants, and most importantly, there is no cat that jumps very high, it likes it very much...
After Kyle finished loosening the soil for the kale, he walked around the room again.
He still felt that this place was a bit empty. Although he still had a lot of seeds of Dictamni and Rue in his hands, he felt that it would be a waste if he only planted those ordinary magical plants in such a good place.
Kyle stroked his chin and looked thoughtfully at the large open space on the left side of the room that he had deliberately left open.
If he remembered correctly, the Herbology class should soon cover the Devil's Snare.
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(End of this chapter)