Hogwarts: This holy light is righteously evil

Just then, the sound of flapping wings in the hall became more and more frequent, and one owl after another flew in, each carrying a package or newspaper in its beak. Some landed in front of the students, while others perched on the beams of the hall, waiting for their owners to come and collect them. The whole hall instantly became lively.

Puni looked up and soon saw a gray owl flying towards him, carrying two newspapers in its beak, and gently landing on the dining table in front of him.

Puni reached out and took the newspaper, a copy of the Daily Prophet, which he subscribed to every day without fail.

The other one was a tabloid he had only recently discovered.

"Singing a Different Tune".

Puni was already very familiar with the Daily Prophet. This newspaper always took a "positive" approach. No matter what it reported, it always used the most official and orthodox tone. Although it would occasionally publish some special and attention-grabbing reports, overall it always felt a bit dull, lifeless, and lacking in interest.

The "Dissenting Voices" was completely different from the Daily Prophet, with a particularly unique style.

No matter what happens, this tabloid will not report in the conventional way. Instead, it will use the darkest and most extreme ideas to speculate and doubt, and even fabricate some seemingly outrageous plots to attract readers' attention.

Having grown accustomed to serious publications like the Daily Prophet, the sudden appearance of such an unconventional, outspoken, and radical tabloid struck him as novel and interesting. Even knowing it was fake, he was willing to sit down and read it.

Come to think of it, this magazine was actually run by Luna's father, right?

Just as Puni was engrossed in reading "The Quibbler" with his head down, occasionally letting a smile play on his lips, a sudden, loud, synchronized exclamation erupted from the Gryffindor students' dining area on the other side of the hall, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the hall.

Penny looked up and saw the Weasley twins standing excitedly by the dining table, each holding a brand-new broom with smooth handles and neat, shiny bristles.

Although Puni had heard that the Nimbus Company was preparing to launch an updated model of the Nimbus series brooms, the twins were clearly impatient for the new model to be released; the current model was already enough to make them ecstatic.

The twins gripped their brooms tightly, their faces filled with excitement and elation, their eyes sparkling as if they owned the whole world. They cheered and showed off their brooms to each other, their joy undisguised, which infected many Gryffindor students around them.

Not far away, Oliver Wood also saw the two brooms. As the captain who was about to take over the Gryffindor Quidditch team, he had been worried about the team's equipment. When he saw the two brand-new brooms, his eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at them with envy. He walked quickly toward the twins, obviously wanting to see the two brooms up close.

Beside Oliver Wood, Percy Weasley looked at the brooms in his two younger brothers' hands with a puzzled expression and his brows furrowed.

He knew his family situation all too well; the Weasleys weren't wealthy and couldn't possibly have extra money to buy such expensive flying brooms for his two younger brothers.

He really couldn't understand how his younger brothers had gotten those two brooms.

Even during the holidays, he had heard from his mother that the family was facing even greater financial difficulties. His mother specifically instructed him to take good care of his two younger brothers at school and to prevent them from spending money recklessly or causing trouble.

For this reason, Percy has been paying extra attention to George and Fred's every move this semester, fearing that they might do something out of line or incur debt.

Upon seeing the two brand-new brooms, Percy was stunned, a surge of anger and a hint of worry rising within him.

Such an expensive broom, the two younger brothers must have obtained it through improper means!

Just like that cloak whose origins they could never explain!

He took a deep breath, strode forward, and said sternly, "George, Fred, you two stop right there! These two brooms are of unknown origin. Hand them over immediately. I'll confiscate them for now, and we'll deal with them after we find out their source!"

Upon hearing Percy's words, the twins' smiles vanished instantly. They exchanged a glance, their faces filled with resentment.

Fred spoke first: "Confiscate our things? Percy, don't go too far! At home, Mom keeps an eye on us, but this is Hogwarts! What right do you have to confiscate our stuff? This is completely unreasonable!"

George quickly chimed in, gripping the broom tightly: "That's right! We earned this broom ourselves, we didn't steal it, it's none of your business, you have no right to confiscate it!"

In their view, Percy was being too controlling and restricting them in every way.

They won't listen to reason!

Percy wanted to say something more, trying to use his status as prefect to suppress them, but the twins didn't give him any time to react.

The two exchanged a glance, grabbed their brooms, and turned to run out of the hall. They ran quickly, glancing back at Percy as they went, making faces at him and shouting, "Percy, come and get us if you dare! You think you can confiscate our brooms? No way!"

Percy was so angry that his face turned pale. He wanted to chase after them, but after taking two steps, he realized that chasing and playing around in the hall would affect the other students and damage his own image. So he had to stop and stand there, watching the twins' backs, gritting his teeth in anger, his brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly.

Puni, who was not far away, watched the whole scene unfold, and a faint smile crept onto his lips as he secretly found it amusing.

He shook his head at Percy's exasperated look.

The noise in the hall gradually subsided, and the students finished their breakfast and headed to their respective classrooms.

Puni also stopped smiling, stood up, and set off with Cho Chang, Marcos, Eddie, and Roger towards the Transformation Classroom.

As they walked, they chatted about the farce that had happened at breakfast, creating a very relaxed atmosphere.

But as he walked, Puni's smile gradually disappeared, his complexion worsened, and he stopped walking.

He frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the wall on one side of the corridor.

Qiu Zhang, who was beside him, was the first to notice that something was wrong. She stopped and gently tugged at his sleeve, asking softly, "Puni, what's wrong? You look so pale. Are you feeling unwell?"