Chapter 11: My Surname Is Not Weasley, How Could I Violate The School Rules?

After getting rid of his troubles, Cedric suddenly became a lot more cheerful, stopped reading, and took the initiative to talk to Kyle: "Hello, can I call you Kyle?"

"Of course." Kyle nodded: "In fact, my father also works in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and is a colleague of your father."

"Your father? " Cedric was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Is it Mr. Chris Chopper?"

"Yes." Kyle said.

Cedric suddenly said: "Your surname is Chopper, and you know the Weasley brothers... Oh, I should have guessed earlier, we are also neighbors!"

After this interaction between the two, they soon became familiar with each other and got along much more naturally. It felt like we were old friends who had been with each other for a long time.

Although the two have never met before today.

"By the way Kyle." Cedric seemed to have remembered something and asked curiously: "I remember I went to look for you before, but you were not at home. At that time, my father also told me that you have been studying with Mr. Scamander since you were very young, and will definitely have a bright future. Is this true? Have you really been studying with Mr. Scamander?"

Cedric was curious, after all, it was Mr. Scamander.

Although there are many celebrities in the British magic world, most of them are somewhat famous in their respective country.

For example, some textbook authors, novelists who have won the third-level Order of Merlin, etc., may have a certain reputation in Hogwarts, but once they go to other places... such as Ilvermorny or Beauxbaton, people don't even know who they are.

There are only a few wizards who are truly famous throughout the magical world and have their portraits printed on chocolate frog cards while they are still alive, and Mr. Scamander is one of these few people.

It was the first time he was so close to a legend, so Cedric was naturally very curious.

...

On the other side, Kyle was looking at Cedric in disbelief.

'Cedric also looked for himself, but he was also not at home? This is too much of a coincidence, and Mr. Diggory, isn't he in the same office as dad? Where did he hear such gossip? How could he be at Grandpa Newt's place all the time?'

Kyle rubbed his forehead speechlessly, thought for a while, and said: "First of all, it is true to say that there will be a bright future, but my father is Newt Scamander's student, and I just go to him for fun."

Newt is no better than Dumbledore. He has a very serious social phobia. It was better when he was young. Although he doesn't like to talk, he can still make a few friends, fight the Dark Lord, win over a few students, guide them with some knowledge about magical animals, and so on.

But since Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard Tower, Newt rarely participated in those social activities anymore, focusing entirely on magical animals.

Especially in the past thirty years, he has hardly spoken to strangers, and his social fear has naturally become more and more serious.

Do you expect Newt to be like a professor at Hogwarts, giving lectures to a little wizard every day, and then checking for mistakes and correcting homework? That's impossible.

Newt is also very clear that his personality is not suitable for being a teacher. In his opinion, whether someone is a professor or a teacher, they should be like Dumbledore.

So Chris is his last nominal student.

In the following decades, although many people had the idea to have Newt as a teacher, and some even invited Dumbledore as a lobbyist, Newt rejected them all without exception.

Newt didn't want to mislead others. Even if the other person didn't mind, he couldn't get past the test in his heart.   

Kyle went there at first, just because Chris and Diana were too busy at work and had no time to take care of him. It happened that Newt's wife Tina also knew the news at that time, so she took the initiative to pick Kyle up.

While helping Chris, Tina can also find something to do for herself.

Thinking about it, it's hard enough to stay with a husband who doesn't like to talk and whose eyes are full of magical animals. If Tina doesn't find something to do for herself, she will probably go crazy.

Moreover, Kyle had just turned six at that time, and according to Tina's experience, it is the time when children are annoying, and maybe Newt's social fear could be cured.

When their grandson was this old, he annoyed Newt so much that he talked more in a day than he had in a month.

And at this point, Kyle did not disappoint Tina.

Although he was not a naughty child, he was very curious, and it was the first time he saw so many magical animals, so it was inevitable that he couldn't help but ask questions.

Perhaps it was because these questions were related to magical animals. So, although Newt rarely takes the initiative to speak, whenever Kyle asks, he will give serious answers.

As a result, he naturally spoke more, and he did so willingly.

All in all, all three of them were very satisfied.

It is precisely because of this that even when Chris and Diana were not so busy later, Kyle still went there for a while every year.

...

Of course, Kyle didn't plan to tell Cedric these things. After all, Newt still had to maintain his image.

A reclusive legendary master of magical animals sounds much better than a socially fearful man.

So after a brief explanation, Kyle didn't plan to continue this topic. If he talked too much, the secret would be revealed. This was good for now.

"By the way, Cedric, what do you think of the professors at Hogwarts? Are they all easy to get along with?" Kyle naturally looked at the "Dark Powers: Self-Defense Guide" in Cedric's hand and said: "You also know that this is my first time going to school and I don't know much about these things. What if I accidentally make a professor angry? Will I be expelled?"

"You don't have to worry about this at all." Cedric without suspecting him, said with a smile: "The professors are all very good...well, at least most of the professors are very good, and even if it's... Well, even the most strict professors will not expel students easily, unless you did something that seriously violated school rules and disciplines."

When he said the last sentence, Cedric's expression was very serious, and the corners of his mouth opened and closed slightly, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.

Seeing this, Kyle also guessed what he wanted to say, and quickly waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, my surname is not Weasley, I will definitely not violate the school rules."

When he heard what Kyle said, Cedric then breathed a sigh of relief: "Sorry... I didn't mean that."

Kyle shook his head: "It's okay, I know."

Now that Hogwarts was mentioned, Cedric also became interested and told Kyle some more details in the following time.

For example, don't worry about the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who is thrown away every year. The Transfiguration professor who is obsessed with turning into cats is the most authoritative... and most importantly, the Potions professor who doesn't wash his hair will deduct points, etc.

It's basically the same as what Kyle knows, nothing new.

(End of chapter)