Chapter 353: The unconvinced kitten

Harry covered his mouth tightly, for fear of accidentally laughing.

Professor McGonagall was so angry at the little cat's words that she couldn't speak for quite a while, and could only glare at him fiercely.

The kitten knew he had just said something a bit offensive, so he deftly opened his eyes wide, lowered his ears and put both hands to his cheeks in a pathetic way....

(??ω??)

Immediately, Professor McGonagall laughed angrily.

No matter how strong Fish's affinity was, or how adorable this expression was, after experiencing this situation countless times, Professor McGonagall developed a certain kind of resistance to this kind of situation for a long time and would never be confused by the kitten's appearance.

However, Professor McGonagall had no intention of punishing Fish for such a trivial matter, so she simply shook her head helplessly, lightly symbolically smacked the little cat on the head and angrily reprimanded, "Okay! Come on, stop pretending. I'm not angry."

"Hehehehehehe..."

(??ω??)

Seeing that Professor McGonagall had covered the topic, Fish playfully scratched his cat head.

After the banter, Professor McGonagall returned to the topic.

"Although you've had the best results so far with those two memories, they obviously can't make your Patronus go any further, and if you want to summon the full Patronus, you'll have to keep trying all sorts of happy memories, just like Harry."

"Well... but Fish has too many happy memories nya... How long would it take to try..."

(〃｀3′〃)

The little cat pouted impatiently, muttering and whining.

"There's not much anyone can do to help with Patronus Charm practice." Professor McGonagall spread her hands helplessly and did her best to help Fish, "You could conjure up some special happy memories, not always thinking of food and drink, like..."

She tugged at the corners of her lips, showing a toothache look, "Like the two memories that worked best for you, they'd be special compared to the others... though they'd still be related to fun."

"Oh..."

Fish nodded thoughtfully, clasped his hands together, plunged into deep thought, and wagged his tail behind him unconsciously.

"Professor, I want to try again."

Just then, Harry suddenly said, wanting to tap into the joy he had just felt by summoning the Patronus once more.

"Hmm? Do you have another idea?"

"Yes," smiled Harry, covering his chest in glee, "I just felt very proud and happy when I discovered that my father's Patronus is also a deer.... "

"Let's try it."

Professor McGonagall was also happy for Harry.

Harry raised his wand and let himself be carried away by that wave of positive emotions again.... He didn't find it difficult, as it had only been a few minutes since the event.

"Expecto Patronum!"

Harry shouted the spell in his loudest and happiest voice yet.

A silvery white light burst from the tip of his wand and, whether or not it was an illusion, Harry felt that the light was brighter than it had ever been.

In this dazzling silver light, a tall figure quickly took shape.

Huge forked horns, a long but athletic body and limbs, and a small, delicate tail...there was no doubt that this was a stag.

"You did it, Potter!"

Professor McGonagall exclaimed in surprise.

Harry smiled brightly.

Only a certain kitten was holding its breath even more....

"Nyanyanyanyanyanyanyanyanya!"

?(? `Д′?)?

The cat threw a small tantrum of indignation.

"Fish is not convinced! Harry is so weak, why did he succeed before Fish?!"

When Harry heard this, he scratched his head in embarrassment, even if he summoned the full Patronus first, Harry wouldn't feel that he was stronger than Fish.

It's just that kittens have a special way of thinking, so he didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, there was someone else to deal with this headache.

Professor McGonagall walked over to the grumpy kitten, grabbed one of its ears and gave it a little squeeze to distract Fish before saying, without any urgency, "Everyone has something they're good at, and Hermione can't beat you, but she gets better marks than you on every exam."

"That's because Fish doesn't like writing or reading nya!"

?(? `ω′?)?

This kind of low-level stealth concept can't fool Fish anymore, and he angrily retorted, "If Fish was serious about learning, he wouldn't lose to Hermione!"

"Is that so?" Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow and said, "Aren't you showing off? Why don't you take first place this term and show it to Mum?"

"Of course... no nya!"

∑(? `Д′?)

Much to Professor McGonagall's chagrin, Fish responded just in time.

"Minerva, you're wicked! How dare you try to trick Fish again!"

Of course, Professor McGonagall would admit no such thing, "Didn't you say so yourself?".

"Anyway...anyway...anyway...it's different nya!"

(〃｀3′〃)

Knowing that he couldn't beat Professor McGonagall, the kitten could only puff out his cheeks angrily.

Although the cat used to look a bit heartless, in reality, the judgment of the Sorting Hat at the selection ceremony was not wrong, Fish was actually a very proud person, or cat, at heart.

It's just that Fish has a different view of many things than normal people, so he rarely thinks about them.

But when it comes to fighting, the cat cares a lot about it, otherwise he wouldn't want to always challenge Professor McGonagall.

So when he lost to Harry, the weakling in Fish's eyes, in the learning to "fight" thing, the cat's pride really shook.

"But Potter mastered the Patronus Charm before you did."

Professor McGonagall didn't quite understand why Fish was so angry, but she still calmly stroked the kitten's head and gently scratched her chin.

"There's no point in getting angry, but in the meantime, why don't you work on your Patronus Charm? Where's the tenacity you had when you challenged me? The Fish I know isn't a negative child who starts complaining at the slightest setback..."

Seeing that Fish still looked angry, but his expression gradually became firmer, Professor McGonagall lifted the corners of her mouth slightly.

"...Are you that childish?"

"Of course not!"

?(?ΦДΦ?)?

With a renewed sense of motivation, the kitten raised both fists and replied loudly:

"Fish is awesome nya!"