Noel was rolling his eyes at him. Hah! Kind of expected his response, really. He needed to be a little more fun? Good merlin...the seventh-year sure didn't know him well enough to assume such a thing! Why...he was the epitome of fun! If any of his fellow schoolmates and professors knew what he did outside of school during the summer, he might have to kiss his prefect badge goodbye. Henric simply smiled back at Noel ,"I can be...if I want to." Henric pulled back his bag of sweets from Noel. All the more for him, then. Wait... his band, WizRiots, was on hiatus? Weren't they quite popular as a group? "Really? I was looking forward to watch you guys perform at a gig somewhere...possibly one of your warped tours in the future. Pity... sorry to hear that."

His co-prefect had finally arrived and giving him a thumbs-up! Henric couldn't help but chuckle. "Finally you're here! I need your help handing these sweets out to our new first-years, Norah,"he grinned.

Henric smiled and hand one lollipop to the seventh year slytherin girl "Happy to meet you, Grace, my name is Henric Nicolei. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, I hope your summer went well?"he asked her with a polite greeting.

He saw Abby who too had joined them, he waved, "Hey Abby, what brings you here to our table?"he asked, concern etched across his face. His same-year friend seemed to look rather down lately, would his pumpkin sweet treats help and cheer her up?

His cheeks reddened a little at Fat Friar's gracious words left for him. Henric was about to return back a compliment to his resident house ghost too but was suddenly hit with that odd tingling sensation passing through him. Urgh....not again! Brr...so cold!

"My summer? Umm...it was alright...I spend most of it doing part-time work. I wait on tables and help out at my parents restaurant back home during the summer," he told Esme truthfully, a sheepish grin played on his lips. Hmm? Henric turned his head towards the approaching singing voice. "Nice voice Juno! You should try out for singing competitions!" Henric teased. Brilliant...finally he got their names right! He was proud of himself that he could differentiate these two identical twin sisters for once. Wow...he should clap himself on the back!

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Henric's joy was short-lived and that smile he wore for everyone at the table turned into a scowl in a matter of seconds. Brady was testing his patience and managed to struck a nerve in his chord. He truly did. "I'm sorry...what?" he cocked his head to the side, narrowing his eyes and dared him to speak. Thank goodness for Norah who has stepped in just in time to diffuse his raging time-bomb in his head. It took all of his self-perseverance not to reach for his wand and cast a jinx spell at Brady.

"Thank you Norah, I can handle it from here." His tone had turned curt and menacingly low. He straightened his back and stared down at the boy. "Do I have to remind you, that I can report you for any impudent behaviour to a professor? One more time I hear you calling your house prefect or anyone for that matter in a disrespectful manner, Brady...you'll be reported. Am I clear?" he spoke to the boy with an air of decorum. "Do not...I repeat...do not test me...young Brady." He warned under his breath. "Now,will we have a good feast or not?"he asked, raising a perfectly arched eyebrow at the boy.

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Woah, what was that?! A loud scream echoed throughout the whole great hall. His head immediately turned towards the staff table just in time to see Flamsteed toppled backward onto the floor. "Bloody hell...what happened?!"Henric exclaimed in shock.