Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 259 Harry and Cedric

What does "Don't let the devil start a fight" mean?

Cedric also learned how to be a devil?!

When did this happen?!

Harry found that not only had his broom been snatched away, but his only secret skill had also been learned by other students. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He stopped saying anything along the way and was secretly unhappy.

There was no one in the castle early in the morning, and even ghosts would not suddenly come out of the wall to scare you at this time. The corridor was quiet. Al was initially curious as to why Harry suddenly stopped talking.

, but after looking back a few times, it just thought that Harry hadn't woken up, or that he was angry when he got up.

You can tell by looking at the messy hair on the back of Harry's head. Al wished he could just cut it off so as not to worry about it - well, it's just like Snape's long hair, which is always greasy. If you have to say

This can be regarded as a skill, but Al still wants to find an opportunity to cut off Snape's hair - thinking about it carefully, it seems that Toby may also need a haircut, and Principal Dumbledore's beard is also very

long.

Looking at it this way, Al found that he still had a lot of things to do.

Harry caught a glimpse of a series of new thoughts popping up above Al's head - many of them meant "try it", and a few of them were hesitant to start, insisting on waiting until they were drunk.

Do.

What is this?

Harry couldn't help but guess.

Could it be something to do with Firebolt? Getting Cedric drunk before playing Quidditch?

His mind was filled with words like "fake match". When he came to his senses, he found that he was already standing at the other end of the corridor on the eighth floor. A wooden door suddenly appeared on the blank wall in front of him.

It seems that he has arrived, and the location is the Room of Requirement.

Al sat on the small flying carpet and floated over to push the door open. He turned around and waved to Harry, asking him to follow him in.

The Room of Requirement changed drastically. Harry could tell at a glance that the room was decorated like a Quidditch pitch, with tall rings on both sides, but there were no auditoriums, which made it look a bit nondescript.

"I thought it would be bad if other people saw this."

A voice sounded from the corner of the competition venue—Professor Heimer walked over, followed by a tired-looking Cedric, his eyes red, as if he had stayed up all night without sleeping.

"Not all wizards can accept the existence of the devil. It's better not to let others see it, so as not to say that I have taught bad students." Toby smiled at Harry and said: "I hope you haven't forgotten to learn from me.

The ability to go there will come in handy soon."

Harry had many questions to ask Professor Hemmer, such as Aunt Petunia, and whether his father had really done something unforgivable. But now that Cedric, a stranger, was present, Harry had to ask

I can't even ask the question.

Moreover, the Firebolt incident was also bothering him. This made Harry's reaction to Cedric's greetings very dull. He just nodded slightly and said no more words.

"Are you angry when you wake up?" Toby asked casually: "That's fine, now is not the time to be in a good mood. Summon the devil first, Harry."

Harry frowned and glanced at Cedric, obviously reluctant to reveal his secret in front of this man.

"What, you're not happy?" Toby looked around at the two of them, and now Cedric's face looked a little embarrassed.

"Okay, I didn't make it clear in advance." He yawned and seemed a little tired: "It's time for you to strengthen your control over the devil, so I need you to fight a game with the devil's help.

Diqi, it doesn’t matter what the rules are, but you can’t use devils to hurt the opponent. How about it, can you do it? Even if you can’t, you have to give it a try, this is a good opportunity—and, here’s this for you.”

He said, conjuring something and throwing it to Harry.

After taking it, Harry realized that it was actually a brand new Firebolt, and he couldn't move his eyes away from it.

"It's time to give it to you." Toby smiled at Harry: "I have indeed kept it for too long. Use it well, and I believe you will perform even better than your father -

What's wrong?" He noticed that Harry's expression was strange: "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, Professor." Harry whispered, feeling a little curious as to how long Professor Hemmer wanted to hide the gift from Sirius.

Toby stared at Harry for a while, he was really tired, and then said: "Are you thinking about what I said before about the World Cup? Forget about it, you have become better than any other star.

You’re already famous, you don’t have to actually go on the field.”

All right.

Harry said silently in his heart, it seemed that Professor Heimer was determined to hide Sirius's matter, and the hatred between the two people was deeper than he imagined.

However, Harry still noticed the surprise in Cedric's eyes when he heard these words. It seemed that he did not have the Firebolt because of an agreement to go to the competition - this meant that Professor Hemmer was actually more optimistic.

alone?

Harry's mood was slightly relieved and he was no longer so awkward.

"Okay, kids." Toby said to them: "I know you may be tired now and can't cheer up, but time is pressing. Summon your devils first, and then play a training match. Wait until it's over.

Then you can rest, and maybe make it in time for breakfast. Now, let’s get started.”

Harry did as he was told this time. He held the wand tightly, thinking about his hatred for Grindelwald in his heart. The black smoke slowly condensed into shape, and a rune snake with three heads appeared in front of him, spitting out a letter,

He looked like someone not to be trifled with.

At the same time, he was also paying attention to the situation on Cedric's side. It could be seen that Harry's devil surprised Cedric, but he did successfully summon his own devil - a ferocious badger with eyes

Staring unkindly at the rune snake, which is the representative animal of Hufflepuff, there really is nothing more Hufflepuff than this.

"Very good." Toby said with satisfaction: "The first step was successful. Now ride on the broom and try to fly in a circle. Remember to keep the devil from falling too far behind you."

This was Harry's first time to taste the Firebolt. It was so fast and violent that he had never imagined. It flew like a whizzing bullet. Fortunately, the space in the room was expanded enough, otherwise it would have been difficult to fully experience it.

Less than.

Cedric was also energetic and flew around the room again and again. He was not so sleepy now. If Professor Hemmer hadn't stopped him, neither of them would have been willing to stop.

"It seems that you are all in good spirits." Toby said with satisfaction. He always paid attention to these two people. They did not forget to let the devil surround them. Judging from their excited expressions, in this kind of situation

Keeping negative emotions under such circumstances is certainly not an easy task.

Al brought a box over at the right time, and the things inside made a loud banging noise. Harry knew what was inside at a glance. It must be a Quaffle or a Bludger. It definitely couldn't be the Snitch. It was too small.

, can't make it so loud.

Immediately afterwards, Harry realized that he still underestimated Professor Heimer.

It was actually the flame ball they had seen in the exam last semester!

"What's wrong?"

Toby noticed the panic in their eyes and said with a smile: "Do you think I want you to fight? No, no, no, this is too boring and has no meaning at all. Your real enemy is it -

—”

Toby snapped his fingers, causing the light on the flame ball to shine brighter: "Remember not to be touched by it, otherwise you will have breakfast in the school hospital - are you all ready?" He stared at the two men closely.

people asked.

Harry seemed to finally understand why Professor Hemmer had never delved into his prejudice against Cedric. It turned out that it was not important at all and was all waiting for him in the flame ball.

Cedric seemed to want to fight for a while, and he asked cautiously: "But professor, didn't you say before that we can't let our devils hurt each other?"

"That's right." Toby said: "Don't you know there is another way to drag people down? This is also related to the training for a while - the flame ball will keep attacking you until it hits the goal of either side.

It will stop after scoring five times. In addition, there are some rules. For example, whenever a flame ball is thrown into the opponent's goal, your own times will be cleared and you must start over. But that's it."

Toby suddenly gave up and left a glimmer of hope under this extremely strict rule: "There is another way, which is to follow the method of taking turns. As long as it accumulates ten times, the flame balls will also stop attacking you -

- How about it? It is definitely more convenient for two people to cooperate than one person, but I want to remind you that if the order is slightly wrong - for example, a certain goal is thrown in twice in a row, it will also cause the number of times to be cleared.

If the money is paid, the other side will not be able to win.”

This almost clearly tells the two of them the possibility of cooperation and betrayal.

This is not impossible. Harry and Cedric didn't know each other well before this, not to mention that Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were also competing with each other on the playing field. Anything could happen.

Cedric and Harry exchanged a look inadvertently, and then immediately separated, unable to tell what the meaning was.

"Now, the game begins."

After saying this, the two figures jumped into the air like sharp arrows. Toby also threw the flame ball. It immediately stared at Harry, who was slightly behind, and hit him with a violent whistling sound.

In the past, Harry had narrowly avoided it, letting the rune snake block his side, which helped him bear a lot of pressure, but the blazing flames still woke him up immediately - Professor Heimer seemed not to be joking.

Yes, why did training suddenly become so severe?

"Harry Potter!"

Cedric, who was flying ahead, immediately turned around and flew over. He shouted at Harry: "This won't work, we have to cooperate!"

Harry bit his lip and said nothing, still thinking about how to defeat the opponent.

"Listen!" Cedric didn't give up, he was still shouting: "I can let you score first, that's totally fine! But we have to cooperate. Do you think you can win Professor Hemmer on your own?"

"

"No one has ever seen him play Quidditch!" Harry finally responded reluctantly.

"But no one is better at dealing with students than professors." Cedric's answer almost made Harry laugh. He immediately lowered his head and glanced behind him, and saw that Professor Hemmer seemed quite satisfied with this evaluation -

-Strict professor sounds much better than nicknames like black devil.

"What are you going to do?" Harry just wanted to win his first point first.

"It's very simple." Cedric answered as he gathered around him: "The flame ball will keep attacking us. Someone has to divert it away so that another person can control the devil and throw it into the goal - definitely

No physical contact is allowed, otherwise we will all get burned."

"You?" Harry asked in surprise, "You want to help me lure him away?"

"I need you to help me do this for a while." Cedric said calmly: "Look, it's coming, let me take a good look at your skills, Harry!"

As he spoke, he flew towards the flame ball, so fast that Harry couldn't react. The vicious badger blocked in front of its owner, and he didn't know what kind of magic the flames on the flame ball were, and it could actually cause damage to the devil.

The threat caused the black smoke on the badger to shrink by half a circle in just a few seconds, and it seemed that it was about to be defeated.

"Harry, hurry!"

Cedric shouted that he had now guided the flame ball to Harry's goal. The next thing must be done by Harry himself. He was now even in a state of insecurity and could not get away.

Harry hurriedly seized this opportunity. He rushed towards the flame ball and in the chaos, used Parseltongue to direct the runes to hit the flame ball - even in such a sharp whistling sound, Cedry

Katsuya also noticed the hissing sound coming from Harry's mouth. It was so sudden that it was difficult not to notice it.

The flame ball was knocked into Harry's goal, taking the lead in scoring a point.

Now it was time for Harry to make a decision.

"You actually have time to be distracted?!" Harry imitated Wood and shouted: "Hurry, it will rush towards us in a moment. You go to your own goal and wait, I will divert it away.

it!"

Toby below noticed this scene, and he exclaimed in amazement: "Never makes a mistake on the field, no matter what happens - from this point of view, Harry is indeed much better than James, at least he won't score points."

Then he showed off everywhere, allowing the other team to seize the opportunity to win a point."

"Yeah?" Al asked curiously, is there such a thing?

"Of course." Toby said with a bad smile: "Because I did this, I have to have fun - of course, I don't have to actually go to the stadium, I just need to direct a few people in the audience to show surprise

The expression on his face, coupled with the stunned look on his face, was enough to make James extremely proud - he was so manipulative."

"Now it seems that Harry is about the same."