Chapter 20: Failed Prank

After sitting down at the Hufflepuff table, Kyle felt inexplicably relieved.

Before the sorting, he always felt uneasy, but now that everything was settled, he was finally a true member of Hogwarts.

This feeling was great.

Kyle leaned on the dining table, supporting his chin with his left hand, leisurely watching the next sorting situation while waiting for the banquet to start.

Because of the extremely long sorting just now, many people in the great hall were looking at Kyle curiously.

Many of the witches looked at Kyle and Cedric who were sitting together talking and laughing, and then turned to look at their own classmates beside them. They almost broke their molars.

Damn it, why are all the handsome ones going to Hufflepuff? This is not fair!

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At the Gryffindor table, Fred and George also almost broke their molars.

"Why did Kyle go to Hufflepuff!" Fred hit his thigh in frustration: "In this case, our carefully prepared welcoming ceremony will be for naught!"

"Stop talking about it Fred, let's calm down first." George scratched his head on the side: "To be honest, I can accept even if Kyle goes to Slytherin, but Hufflepuff...How is this possible!"

"Yes! Fred nodded and said: "Kyle is loyal? Kind? Is the sorting hat an old fool?"

Just when Fred and George fell silent at the same time, a new student who had just been sorted into Gryffindor happened to sit down on the empty seat beside them.

The next second...

"Ouch!"

The scream echoed through the Great Hall, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

The new Gryffindor student jumped up more than a meter in the air like a frightened flying frog and then started running around holding his butt.

As he ran, he howled in pain.

Only then did everyone see clearly that there was a round object hanging behind him.

It was about the same size as a Bludger in Quidditch, and a big mouth full of sharp teeth was biting the new student's butt.

"Wait, why does that ball look so familiar?" Fred, who was watching the show, seemed to suddenly remember something and turned around and said, "George, didn't you put the biting ball away?" George was stunned for a moment: "No, I thought you did it."

The two looked at each other, then simultaneously looked at the seat on the left where the freshman was sitting just now.

Without a doubt, it was empty.

"Oh, damn." Fred scratched his hair with a pained look on his face: "That was all of our savings."

The biting ball was a new prop that Fred and George bought from Zonko's Joke Shop at a high price. It could be disguised as an ordinary cushion and placed anywhere.

However, it was somewhat expensive, requiring three galleons, which was not a small sum of money for Fred and George.

But when they thought about Kyle's sorting ceremony today, they gritted their teeth and spent all their savings to buy it. They were prepared to give their junior an unforgettable surprise.

In order not to be discovered, they had arranged everything in advance when Kyle put on the sorting hat and placed the cushion on an empty seat next to them.

This way, if Kyle was sorted to Gryffindor, they would naturally be able to lead him into a trap position.

Even if he was sorted into another house, it wouldn't matter. It was just a cushion, and they could easily take it back.

Everything was perfect.

Unfortunately, man proposed, and god disposes. They never expected that Kyle would be sorted to Hufflepuff, which they thought was most unlikely. The two of them were so shocked that they did not take the "cushion" away immediately.

As a result, this scene happened.   

"Fred, do you think we can still get that biting ball back?" George looked at the freshman's behind, his heart bleeding.

That was three galleons. If it was exchanged for dung bombs, he could get a whole box of them, so how could he not feel the heartache?

Fred looked at Professor McGonagall who was walking towards the new students, and said helplessly: "I don't think we can get it back."

Both of them sighed at the same time.

On the other side, Professor McGonagall had also arrived at the new student's side. She first took off the biting ball and then checked the little wizard's condition.

No injuries, no signs of damage on the robes. It was a standard magic prop.

Seeing the familiar methods and tools, Professor McGonagall immediately identified the culprit immediately. She turned around and glared at the twins.

However, because the sorting was not over yet, she couldn't say much. After saying "20 points deducted from Gryffindor", she turned and returned to the stage.

The new student was also scared out of his wits. After being brought back by Percy, he carefully checked his seat three times before he was sure there was nothing wrong and sat down at the dining table.

Not far away, Kyle looked at the frowning Fred and George, without concealing his ridicule, and slowly extended a middle finger to them.

Kyle dared to swear on Ron's integrity that the biting ball just now was 100% prepared for him by these two fellows.

Now that Professor McGonagall had discovered it, he could only say that it was karma.

"No, George. Kyle is too arrogant." Fred's face turned red with anger.

Others might not know what that gesture meant, but he did.

In the past eleven years, whenever Kyle mocked them, he would stick out his middle finger, so he knew exactly what Kyle meant just now.

"Don't worry Fred. As long as Kyle is still at Hogwarts, we still have a chance."

Like Fred, George was equally angry, even his ears had turned red.

But the problem was that they couldn't really do anything to Kyle right now, and they didn't dare to either under Professor McGonagall's death stare. They could only retaliate by giving Kyle the middle finger.

Out of sight, out of mind.

The two temporarily suppressed their desire for revenge, and turned away their heads at the same time, trying not to look at Kyle's infuriating face.

Kyle wasn't bothered by their actions.

It was just the last resistance of two red-haired losers, and he wouldn't take it to heart.

Besides, Kyle also knew that Fred and George definitely wouldn't let this go. They might even be discussing how to get back at him right now.

But so what?

In the past eleven years, he had almost never lost the battle between him and the Weasley twins.

The only few times he lost were because he was too young at that time, and that shameless Charlie was bullying him, which allowed them to get back at him.

Now Charlie was very busy with graduation exams and Quidditch, so he didn't have time to care about them.

Without Charlie, who else could the twins turn to for support?

Ron? If that was the case, it would be easier to deal with them.

Hence, Kyle had nothing to fear with his glorious battle record.

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(End of chapter)