Chapter 564: Special Treatment
At Hogwarts, if you haven't stayed up all night to finish your homework at least once, you can't truly call yourself a Hufflepuff—or so Kyle liked to think.
To "fit in," Kyle spent the entire night frantically writing his Potions homework.
This move surprised those around him. It was the first time they'd seen Kyle join the ranks of the last-minute homework crowd. Some were so baffled that they assumed they'd misremembered the date, thought the holidays weren't actually over, and promptly abandoned their own work to return to their dormitories for sleep.
Of course, this heroic effort came with a price: three days of confinement.
"Mr. Brown, your confinement begins this Friday. Don't forget," said Snape during Potions class, his sharp gaze flicking deliberately in Kyle's direction.
Although Snape knew Kyle had only finished the assignment the previous night, the content of the homework was flawless. He had reviewed the parchment multiple times but could find no errors.
Still, it was Snape. Letting a rare opportunity pass by would have been out of character.
"Why didn't you remind him that yesterday was the last day of the holidays?" Snape's voice dripped with sarcasm as he addressed the class. "Were you pleased to see your classmate punished? Five points from Hufflepuff!"
Kyle blinked, amazed. Even for Snape, this was a stretch.
There had been so many students scrambling to finish their homework last night that the common room was like a revolving door. People were constantly coming and going—finishing their assignments, abandoning them, or joining the fray. How was Kyle supposed to know who had finished and who hadn't? Was he meant to go around questioning everyone?
The idea was absurd.