Chapter 365: Give Us One Reason Not to Kill You
In the afternoon, they had Ancient Runes. This year, Professor Babbling still hadn't managed to convince Dumbledore to let her combine multiple grades into one class. This frustrated her, and she made sure the students felt it, too.
"How do different arrangements of the runes affect the completed symbol?" she asked, starting off the lesson.
Cho looked at the board and felt her head begin to spin. "But Professor..." she said, raising her hand, "isn't this usually the last topic we cover? Today's only the first day of school!"
"That's right. You all did very well last year," Professor Babbling replied, her gray eyes twinkling as she smiled. "So I've decided to skip over the basics and focus on some real knowledge."
"Everyone, look here. The pictograph has several components. Let's start with the most complex one..."
Cho's head swam again as she watched Professor Babbling draw the intricate pictograph. She couldn't make heads or tails of it but tried to concentrate, frantically scribbling everything down.
Poor Kanna, sitting beside her, was in the same predicament. Her hand never stopped moving, her quill nearly sparking across the parchment as she struggled to keep up.
When class finally ended, Cho and Kanna let out sighs of relief, rubbing their wrists as though they'd barely survived an ordeal. They'd been taking notes non-stop, and their hands were numb and aching.
It was then that Kanna noticed the parchment on Kyle's desk—completely blank.
"Kyle, did you understand everything?" she asked, astonished.
Hearing this, Cho turned as well, looking at Kyle with an expression as though he were some sort of supernatural being.