Hogwarts: I Am an Exemplary Wizard

Chapter 542: Chapter 540: The Weasley Brothers’ Star Products

The surroundings immediately fell into silence. Naturally, no one stepped forward, everyone glanced at each other pretending as if nothing had happened.

”I saw it, Professor Karkaroff.” At this moment, a Slytherin pointed in a direction and said, ”It was Fred Weasley, he’s the one who said it.”

”Hey, I’m George, could you please make sure you recognize us before speaking.” Fred pouted.

”So, was it you just now, Mr. Weasley?” Professor McGonagall asked.

”Of course not.” Fred said with an exaggerated expression.

George nodded, ”I was in the Transfiguration classroom a minute ago and didn’t even know what happened.”

”I can verify that.” Professor McGonagall said, ”They were indeed attending my Transfiguration class.”

”Slandering your own classmates...” Sirius pushed through the crowd and strode in angrily, ”Slytherin, minus ten points. Perhaps that sentence was also said by you, Millicent Bagnold.”

”I’m not, I didn’t!” Millicent shouted, ”You’re talking nonsense...”

”Ah, disrespecting a professor...” Sirius raised an eyebrow, ”Slytherin, another ten points off.”

Millicent was almost driven mad with anger, she wanted to seek help from others, but several Slytherins around her simultaneously backed away.

In this situation, still foolishly speaking for Karkaroff, how did such a person even get into Slytherin?

She should have gone to Hufflepuff!

”What a brainless fool.” Several Slytherins sneered at her before turning and leaving.

Throughout the whole process, Professor McGonagall hadn’t said a word. Only when Sirius deducted the points for the second time did she frown and say, ”You’re deducting too many points, Professor Black.”

”Really? I’ll be careful next time.” Sirius shrugged indifferently.

”And Filch,” Professor McGonagall continued, ”recently... let Mrs Norris take a few days off, I notice she’s getting thinner, a break would be good.”

Filch’s face was already turning a purplish red, glaring at Karkaroff with a near hateful gaze, only responding gruffly after a long while.

Karkaroff didn’t care at all... just a squib who could only clean the castle with detergent and a mop. If placed in Durmstrang, such a person couldn’t even get through the school gate.

But he didn’t say anything more, because not far away on the stairs, Professor Moody was limping over.

Karkaroff could ignore Professor McGonagall and disregard Sirius, but Professor Moody was someone he certainly didn’t want to meet.

However, just as he was about to lead the students out of the entrance hall, a round little ball suddenly flew out from the crowd.

Karkaroff was too familiar with this thing; because of it, he hadn’t eaten much for half a month.

Once was fine, but again... really treating him as if he’d be stupid enough to fall for it a second time?

Karkaroff immediately pulled out his wand and pointed casually.

The dungbomb exploded midair, splattering a brown-green liquid everywhere, causing everyone around to cover their noses and flee.

Even Professor McGonagall held her breath, taking out her wand to disperse the intense odor.

But in the next second, the liquid suddenly gathered together, flying toward Karkaroff like an arrow.

Karkaroff, who had been feeling proud, didn’t react in time and was directly splashed in the face. Worse yet, he was smiling with his mouth wide open just now.

And so...

”Ugh...”

The entrance hall echoed with an earth-shattering retching sound, Karkaroff covering his mouth with one hand, his stomach with the other, scrambling out of the entrance hall; the students with him also fled.

Seeing this scene, laughter erupted around.

”Quiet.” Professor McGonagall said, though her mouth couldn’t help but twitch.

Then she looked at Fred and George, this time she’d seen clearly, it was they who had thrown the dungbomb.

”Gryffindor, minus two points... don’t do it again.”

...

”This punishment is too severe.”

Arriving at the hall, Fred complained softly.

”It was only two points deducted?” Conna didn’t understand, ”And Professor McGonagall didn’t even give you detention, that’s already quite good.”

”You don’t get it.” George sighed, ”It’s because of these two points that Gryffindor’s house points went from third to last place, all because of us...”

Kael couldn’t help glancing at the house points hourglass in the corner of the hall...

Hufflepuff was far ahead, followed by Ravenclaw.

But Gryffindor and Slytherin were clearly quite a bit behind, even if their points were added together it wouldn’t exceed half of Ravenclaw’s.

And this was all thanks to Snape and Sirius. If there were a point-deduction contest, they would surely take the top two spots.

”By the way, how did you manage to do that.” Cedric curiously asked, ”You were actually able to control the dungbomb.”

”That’s the beauty of Weasley joke products.”

Fred said with a smile, ”We modified the dungbomb so it could jump once more after exploding.”

”Just like a Chocolate Frog.” George said, ”We got the inspiration while eating those candies.”

”But the downside is it can only jump once, and can’t change direction, if dodged there’s no way to... ”

”But that’s just a minor issue... and as you saw, even the headmaster of Durmstrang fell for it, which proves our creativity is successful.”

”We’re planning to launch this dungbomb along with the Skiving Snackbox as the Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes’ first batch of products.”

”No, I should say as the star products. Karkaroff is the best advertisement.”

”Just now he helped us make a name for our special dungbombs...”

”We’re also planning to see if we get a chance to let him taste a variety of Skiving Snackboxes.” George showed a naughty smile, ”The best would be to let him try each one...”

”I’d advise you to take it easy.” Kael shook his head, ”If it happens again, Professor McGonagall probably won’t let you off so easily.”

”No matter what, Durmstrang is still a guest of Hogwarts, and Karkaroff is a headmaster, you should take care of his dignity a little.”

”That doesn’t matter.” Fred said confidently, ”We already have a plan, we won’t be caught.”

Seeing them so confident, Kael didn’t say anything further.

As long as they’re not caught red-handed, it’s okay, at most the professors would suspect, deduct some points or give detention.

Detention for Fred and George was incredibly easy, it basically felt like home, as for point deductions... if Gryffindor still had any points to deduct by then.

The hall was still buzzing with discussions about the recent event, everyone appearing quite excited.

Even Harry and his friends, who didn’t like Karkaroff’s attitude, couldn’t deny he did a good deed this time... by driving Mrs. Norris out of the castle.

At least from their perspective, it was a good thing.

Harry and Ron couldn’t even remember how many times they’d been caught by that cat over the years.

Every time they were caught, Filch would rush over from elsewhere, scolding them for being too loud in the castle, or for dirtying the castle’s floors...

They would lose several points each year because of this.

During night strolls, Harry’s biggest fear was encountering Mrs. Norris, because the Invisibility Cloak had no effect on cats.

This made his heart race whenever he saw a cat in the corridors, instinctively wanting to flee.

This had almost become his natural response.

Now it’s settled, the cat issue was finally resolved.

Whether it was Harry or Ron, or anyone else, they all felt a sense of relief.

In the future they wouldn’t have to worry about Mrs. Norris suddenly jumping out at them while walking around. Although Filch was still around, he alone definitely couldn’t be as efficient as before, and would be easier to shake off.

Thinking about this, the hall became lively, with everyone happily celebrating as if it were Christmas.