Chapter 83: Periphery (Edited)

The cat-eared commotion lasted a few days, but when everyone got used to Fish in his cat-eared state, he gradually returned to his previous state.?

There had been an increase in the frequency with which people, especially girls, fed Fish, and when he is wandering around Hogwarts, there are a bit more onlookers, and their eyes are always on Fish's head.

However, this is not a big problem for Fish. Anyway, as long as he is unwilling, those people will not pinch his ears, and with Fish's reaction speed, it is impossible for those little wizards to attack secretly successfully.

During this period, Fish followed Hagrid through the Forbidden Forest a few times and, for one reason or another, the spiders never bothered him, so he soon forgot about it and made many friends in the Forbidden Forest.

On the other hand, Professor Quirrell and Voldemort had not yet acted against Fish, not because Hagrid was with him, but because they were busy trying to figure out what the level was after the Troll and how to get past the three-headed dog, Fluffy.

The subject of Fish's revenge is in no hurry at the moment, and it would be bad if it caught Dumbledore's attention.

Judging by the popularity of that damn kid at Hogwarts, if anything happened to him, Dumbledore would never let it go.

But because of this, Voldemort had become increasingly interested in getting revenge on Fish, and the idea of killing a young wizard to get back at Dumbledore was profitable if anything.

So.

'When I find a way to take the Philosopher's Stone, I will torture the brat, then kill him and hang his body in front of the Hogwarts gates.' Voldemort, who had suffered greatly at Fish's hands, thought viciously in his mind.

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"The Weasley twins present to you - hair clips with cat ears!

Choose from a variety of cat ears!

Fish's cat ears - three Sickle.

Other styles of cat ears - one Sickle only.

Please contact the Weasley twins if you would like to purchase.

Limited quantities! First come, first served."

Just as the commotion caused by Fish's cat ears was coming to an end, an advertisement for a cat ear hairpin appeared on the notice board in the Gryffindor common room.

This was the money-making idea George had talked about the other day, and he and Fred had gotten together whenever they could to work on this product that was destined to take Hogwarts by storm.

With a lot of hard work, they finally got the cat-eared tweezers up and running before the buzz about them died down, and they've already made a batch.

The Weasley twins had a knack for pranks, but they also had an eye for business, and the cat-eared hairpins they had created became an instant hit throughout Gryffindor House, and were spreading to the other three houses.

"Don't pile on! Don't pile on! One by one! That Ravenclaw over there, get in line!"

In the hallway, in front of the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, Fred was standing on top of a wooden box, shouting at students who wanted to buy cat-ear hairpins.

While George stood by the box with a huge bag, handing out cat ears in various shapes to customers, his good brother Ron and best friend Lee Jordan were on hand to help, one to collect and the other to keep order.

"One pair of orange cat ears and one pair of white cat ears, two sickle in all."

"Three pairs of silver tabby cat tiger ears, one pair of black cat ears, one galleon for you and change for seven sickle, please take them."

It was the first time Ron had ever handled so much money, and even though he knew it wasn't his, he was still excited because his two brothers had promised to pay him ten sickle for his services when the sale was over.

Even though it was only ten sickle, it was the largest allowance Ron had received since he was born.

"Get in line, don't rush!"

Ron would skillfully collect the money and help Lee Jordan keep order.

As the most popular cat ears, although the twins were the top earners and the highest price setters, Fish's ears were the first to sell out, just as they had in the past few days.

But George, who had already experienced the experience, immediately shouted, "The Fish model is sold out! If you need them, please approach Fred to reserve them!"

So half of the queue that had been in front of George moved toward Fred.

Fred pulled out a book and began writing down the names of those who had reserved, while informing them loudly, "Please pay a deposit of fifteen knut to Redhead No 4 when you make your reservation! Thank you for your cooperation!"

As the twins' little business was in full swing, Fish stepped out of the hole in the wall behind the portrait of the Fat Lady, and slowly made his way through the crowd.

He knew about the cat-eared hairpins that redheads 2 and 3 had created, but Fish didn't care, it wasn't like he didn't know about Transfiguration or anything, and it was amusing to see everyone pretending to be a cat-man.

What really bothered him was that the cat ears looked a lot like Minerva's, they were very stiff when they moved and didn't follow the logic of cat ear movements, they didn't look like real ears.

At the time Fish didn't care much, but now that he had seen so many fake cat ears, and remembered the cat ears on Minerva's head the other day, Fish's mind was plunged into doubt.

Could it be that... Minerva hadn't become a real cat-person?

A worried Fish ignored the young wizards' greetings on the way and headed for the kitchen.

"Comey! I'm hungry, meow!" ?(●ΦωΦ●)?

"The food will be here soon! Young master Fish! Sit here for now!"

The house elves in the kitchen moved quickly to serve Fish plates of delicious food.

As he ate, Fish immediately put aside his worries, the fact that Minerva was a cat-man was not as important as the food and fun.

As the days passed, the twin cat-ear hairpins were becoming unsaleable, as most students had already bought more than one pair, and Hogwarts was now full of students walking around the castle with a pair of cat ears on their heads.

Those who didn't buy the cat ear hairpins were mostly the top students in the upper years, who were good enough to make their own props or simply use a Transfiguration spell to make a pair of cat ears, so they didn't need to spend the money.

But in the lower years, and among those who weren't as good at Transfiguration, the Weasley twins' cat-ear hairpins were basically standard issue, even for Hermione Granger, the know-it-all.

Even the more accessible teachers, such as Professor Sprout, bought one to wear, while Professor Flitwick, unable to wear a cat's ear hairpin because of his baldness, made his own.

Headmaster Dumbledore not only collected all the cat-ear hairpins, but also gave the twins ten points each for their creativity and skill.

The twins cashed in on Fish's popularity and made a fortune, and have even started talking about developing more products, treating it as a business.