Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Harry and Ron were walking towards their usual training spot by the Black Lake, and Draco had come with them today.

Because Harry has been learning the Bubble Charm very well these past few days, I wanted to see Harry's first attempt at going into the water.

They walked and chatted as they went, and soon they arrived at their usual training ground.

The sharp-eyed Harry was the first to spot two people sitting on the tree trunk in the training area from afar.

Harry immediately recognized Kevin's iconic cloak and knew who he was; the person he was holding next to him must be Hermione.

Because it was viewed from the side, Kevin's head was facing Hermione's direction, so only the back of his head could be seen, and Hermione's face was also blocked by his head.

So it's impossible to tell what the two of them are doing.

The two seemed to be whispering something to each other, face to face.

But if you're talking, why is your head tilting to one side?

"Kevin and Hermione are there too, let's hurry over."

Harry immediately spoke to Ron and Draco.

Ron and Draco followed Harry's gaze and spotted the two of them.

Ron didn't notice anything amiss and planned to go with Harry, but Draco was the first to realize something was wrong.

"Wait, wait, wait! Come back right now, Hermione will kill you if you go now!"

Draco quickly covered Harry and Ron, who were about to shout.

"?"

The two people, whose mouths were covered, were completely bewildered.

Why did Hermione want to kill them?

However, Draco immediately pulled them behind a boulder.

The three of them peeked out from one side of the boulder in unison.

"Do you even know what they're doing? You're risking your lives!"

Draco looked at Kevin and Hermione in the distance and said.

"Weren't you talking?"

Harry said matter-of-factly.

"Are you an idiot? Who's talking with their faces so close together?"

Draco complained with exasperation.

"Are they... biting their lips?"

Harry and Ron finally realized what was happening and looked in the direction of Kevin and Hermione.

I couldn't help but swallow.

Three boys lay behind the boulder, biting their fingers and looking enviously in Kevin's direction.

"So what do we do? Are we just going to wait for them to finish biting their lips before we go over?"

After watching for a while, Harry started to get a little itchy; he really wanted to go find Ginny, but he and Ginny weren't going to be together that soon.

At that moment, Draco gave an idea.

"Let's quietly retreat to a place where they can't see us, and then deliberately speak loudly to attract their attention."

"That will definitely make them stop."

The idea is good, but something just feels off.

Ron scratched his head, a strange and uneasy feeling welling up inside him, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

The three of them then quietly retreated to a distance.

Before long, their somewhat affected shouting immediately caught the attention of Kevin and Hermione.

Kevin and Hermione looked up and spotted Harry and his two companions walking together in the distance.

Hermione quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, turned around to tidy herself up, and calmed her breathing and flushed face.

Kevin narrowed his eyes. The three men's voices and actions sounded so fake, as if they were doing it on purpose for them.

The three people in the distance inexplicably felt a chill.

Ron then realized what that strange and unsettling feeling had been all about.

Yeah, why do we have to go there now? Can't we train somewhere else, or come back at a different time? Going up there now is just suicide missions, isn't it?

But having come this far, there was no turning back, so Ron had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep going.

The trio walked a certain distance before pretending to have just spotted Kevin and Hermione.

He waved loudly to them.

As they approached, they found Kevin looking at them with a scrutinizing expression.

Hermione sat there demurely, as if nothing had happened.

However, her act of pretending not to look at Harry and his friends revealed her inner turmoil.

"Kevin, what a coincidence, you guys are here too."

Harry greeted him casually.

"What a coincidence, are you here to practice spells?" Kevin asked with a sneer.

"Uh, right..."

"That's perfect, I'm free today, I'll practice with you guys."

Kevin stood up, patted his pants, and said with a friendly smile.

Harry looked at that familiar smile and had a bad feeling.

Ron and Draco, too, couldn't help but take two steps back.

"No, Kevin, we can practice on our own. No need to trouble you..."

They stammered and chuckled awkwardly.

"Take out your wands."

Kevin spoke in a kind tone, making his words undeniable.

The three of them exchanged a glance, and then hesitantly pulled out their wands.

In no time, the three of them lay neatly on the ground, their hair slightly charred and their clothes soaked with water.

Harry and Draco finally realized that they shouldn't have come now.

Kevin felt much better after giving them a good beating.

"Alright, stop pretending to be dead. I have something to tell you guys."

Kevin waved, and the water stains remaining on them were dried, restoring them to a dry state.

The group looked at Kevin with suspicion.

Then Kevin told Dumbledore about how he had asked for the right to use an empty room that morning, and how he had become a teaching assistant because of it.

"So in a few days, I should be able to help Professor Snape with his Potions course as his teaching assistant."

Harry and the others stared at Kevin in disbelief. No, they were all students, and you've become a teacher?

Hermione, who was standing to the side, finally realized what was happening.

Kevin's talk of a teacher-student relationship wasn't some role-playing game; he was actually going to be a teacher.

So I was the only one who was really playing a role just now?

What about all those embarrassing things I said?

Thinking of this, Hermione covered her face and went into a state of social paralysis.

Kevin looked a little embarrassed; once Harry and the others left, he figured it would be his turn to get beaten up...

"So Kevin, you're not living with us in the dorm anymore?"

Harry said dejectedly.

He felt that a sad, thick barrier had been erected between Kevin and them.

"Who said that? I'm still a student at heart."

"My role as a teaching assistant only applies to Potions class. It's really just a cover for my privileges. Why would I stay in that dark room full of all sorts of biological organisms if I have nothing better to do?"

"I might not go back to live here unless a certain potion is being refined to a critical stage."

Kevin said matter-of-factly.

Hermione can't move in with us, it would be so boring to live alone.

Hearing Kevin say this, Harry and the others felt much better.

After that, Kevin and the others watched Harry go into the water. Apart from him being frozen solid, he was fine.

At least he succeeded. Now he can continue to practice and take some time to look at the biological records and other information about Black Lake.

After Harry and the others left, Hermione finally couldn't hold back any longer and grabbed Kevin's ear.

"You stinky Kevin, why didn't you explain yourself clearly to me? You made me say so many embarrassing things."

Hermione blushed and said angrily to Kevin.

"Ouch, Hermione's innocent! I was just about to say something..."

"But those shouts you made were too much for me, so I forgot to explain..."

Kevin immediately protested his innocence, but Hermione blushed even more after hearing it.

"You still dare to talk! You still dare to talk!"

Hermione grabbed Kevin's hand and kissed it.

The two argued for a while, and Kevin, like the others before him, lay down on the ground.

Hermione sat on the tree trunk, crossing her legs.

With no one around, her strange traits resurfaced.

"You can forgive me if you want."

"Next, you will play the role of a pitiful and helpless little brother, and I will be your older sister."

Hermione looked down at Kevin, who was lying flat, like a female demon, with a wicked smile on her face.

"Kevin, aren't you going to greet me right away?"

Kevin's face twitched on the ground, but he ultimately yielded to Hermione.

"Hermione..."

The sound struck Hermione as if her heart had been struck, and her breathing quickened.

She suddenly understood why Kevin liked role-playing.

Kevin, who usually acts like a big, fierce dog, was now as obedient and pitiful as a puppy.

This feeling is absolutely wonderful.

Oh no, turns out I like this too...