Chapter 22: Careless In Making Friends

Kyle raised his head and looked in the direction Cedric was pointing, only to find that Kanna was sitting opposite him on his left, handling a piece of steak.

But every time she cut it, she looked up at Kyle, as if what was on the plate was not steak, but Kyle.

This scene gave him a toothache.

"Wait, why do I feel that her gaze isn't very friendly? She was clearly not like this when we were on the train." Cedric asked curiously: "I remember that all freshmen were together before the sorting. Did something happen during this period?"

"This is indeed my fault." Kyle shrugged and briefly recounted what happened in the room.

After hearing this, Cedric felt numb.

Sorted with a death curse? Was this something that a normal person could come up with?

"Did she believe it?" Cedric asked cautiously.

"Otherwise?" Kyle said bitterly: "If she didn't believe it, would she look at me like this?"

Well...

This was really a case of one daring to say, and the other daring to believe.

Cedric twitched the corner of his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to say. He could only look at Kanna and then Kyle with a speechless expression.

He silently extended a thumbs up and said: "Really Kyle, you two are a match made in heaven."

"I'm only eleven years old. Are you in such a hurry to go to Azkaban?" Kyle said angrily: "Also, I advise you not to be like this in the future. If Professor Snape hears it, you'll be doomed."

"She knows Professor Snape?" Cedric asked in surprise.

Kyle nodded and said, "Although I'm not sure, I believe they should know each other."

"..."

Cedric's expression suddenly changed. He stared at Kyle with a scum-like look and said, "You're going too far. How could you make such a bad joke with a freshman? If I were a Prefect, I would definitely deduct points from you."

Kyle looked at Cedric in disbelief, as if he had just met him.

After hearing that Kanna and Snape knew each other, he immediately switched sides. This change of attitude was too fast.

Was this really the Cedric he knew?

However, facing Kyle's gaze, Cedric's expression remained unchanged, and he even took the initiative to move his butt to the side, as if he wanted to draw a clear line with him.

Kyle could only silently raise his middle finger.

He was careless in making friends. He really didn't know who Cedric learned this from. How did he become so shameless after not seeing each other for a while?

However, in this situation, it is impossible to eat in peace.

Kyle simply put down his knife and fork and raised his head to look at Kanna.

The little witch didn't avoid his gaze and just looked at Kyle. Her round face was still puffed up, and he didn't know whether it was because she was chewing the steak in her mouth or because she was angry.

Neither of them said a word, and they just looked at each other, as if they were in a competition where whoever bowed their head first would lose.

Naturally, neither Kyle nor Kanna wanted to admit defeat. From the beginning, they were both determined to continue this game forever.

However, Kanna obviously overestimated herself.

Soon, her eyes began to wander, and her originally fair face also gained a hint of red.

After a few more seconds… she began to avert her gaze, her breathing quickened, and her whole face turned red. 

Finally, Kanna couldn't hold it any longer and quickly lowered her head, with the tip of her nose pressed against the steak, as if she was burying herself in the plate. Only two red ears were exposed.

...

Kanna's personality had not changed, she was still as shy and socially fearful as before. The way she looked just now was because she found out that she had been deceived, and she was a little angry from embarrassment.

It was like a girl who was usually peaceful and quiet, but after being tricked in her favorite game, she would hit the keyboard and curse.

It was the same logic.

In addition, Kyle had been avoiding her, so that she had nowhere to vent the anger in her heart, and this had persisted until now.

When that aura dissipated, she naturally turned back into the shy and fearful little witch she had been before.

Kyle looked at her, which was equivalent to giving her a way to vent. After all, attacking with eyes was still an attack, just that it was less efficient.

However, Kyle didn't expect her anger would dissipate so quickly and would be fine after just a few minutes. Her personality was really a bit too nice.

Ginny Weasley's character was considered good among the people Kyle knew, but if she was angry, she would have to argue face-to-face with Kyle for at least half an hour.

In comparison, Kanna was too weak, and her personality was not to her benefit in the magical world.

It was okay when she was in Hogwarts. Hufflepuff was famous for being honest and friendly, and basically no one had any bad intentions.

But if it was still like this after graduation, then she would probably not know how she died.

Grogan Stump, a famous minister of the Ministry of Magic, once said that Hogwarts is a fairy tale in the wizarding world. Once you leave the castle, there is only a devouring abyss in front of you.

In the eyes of those dark wizards who are wandering on the edge of death, there is no difference between a shy and introverted witch from a pure-blood family and a walking sum of gold galleons. They would swarm her like hyenas until there was nothing left of her, not even bones.

This wasn't Kyle being an alarmist because there were precedents, such as those pure-blood families that disappeared.

After Voldemort fell, the Death Eaters lost their backers and began to hide everywhere.

The pure-blood families in the British magical world were in a mess because of this.

The hyenas hiding in the dark saw this opportunity and attacked these pure-blood families who were in a mess.

They either kidnapped them for ransom or used the Cruciatus Curse to extract useful information. In short, any pure-blood wizard who was alone became prey in their eyes.

They also didn't care how big or powerful your family was, or whether they would seek revenge in the future.

As long as it was profitable, and there were no monsters like Dumbledore or Voldemort in the target's home, they would dare to pounce and bite off a piece of meat.

It can be said that during that period, more pure-blood wizards died in their hands than the Death Eaters captured by the Ministry of Magic. As a result, many families began to decline and eventually disappeared.

This situation lasted until most of the Death Eaters were captured and the Aurors and Hit Wizards turned their attention to them.

That was the case back then, and it is no exception now.

Kyle glanced at Kanna who was pretending to be an ostrich. After a moment of silence, he calmly took the black pepper next to him, sprinkled it on the cut potato pieces, and put it in his mouth.

Forget it, I'm only in my first year now, and it's still early to graduate. What's the point of thinking about all this? It's better to fill my stomach first.

(End of chapter)