Chapter 373: Substitute Teaching
The process of obtaining the Diadem had gone smoothly, but Kyle was left uncertain about what to do next.
For a long time, every time he prepared to study the Diadem, he ended up simply staring at it. Now that this object had become one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, any secrets Rowena Ravenclaw might have hidden within it seemed utterly inaccessible.
Why not try wearing it?
Kyle held the Diadem above his head, waving it around for a moment before giving up on the rather reckless notion. Once again, there was no result.
...
As Kyle returned the box to its hiding place and made his way back to the common room, he ran into Kanna, who seemed to be looking for him.
"Class is about to start. I thought you'd already left."
"No, I just had something else to take care of," Kyle replied, shaking his head and pulling out a stack of textbooks. "What's our next class?"
"Defense Against the Dark Arts," Kanna answered with a hint of excitement. Since the new professor had taken over, the class no longer involved just reading textbooks and acting out scenes, making Defense Against the Dark Arts suddenly engaging and everyone's favorite—everyone except a few Slytherins, like Malfoy.
His reasoning was straightforward: if Harry enjoyed the class, he despised it. That was all. Though his only criticism of Professor Lupin was that he wore shabby clothes and owned just one decent robe, he never claimed the lessons themselves were dull.
"I wonder what we'll learn today," Kanna mused as they walked. "We've already covered Fwoopers and Leprechauns, so I bet it'll be a new magical creature."