In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

As for Cedric, Dumbledore didn't say last night exactly how he would take advantage of his presence in Hogwarts Castle.

But one thing Jon is sure of.

That is, he would rather Cedric didn't play any role than let anything happen to this boy who turned from darkness to light.

This is of course not only due to Dumbledore's kindness, but also because Cedric's own existence is a role model.

This means that even with Voldemort's high-pressure rule, there are still awakened wizards like Cedric in Britain today.

Although this number is very small, even if it is only a single digit, it is still a very encouraging phenomenon.

Because instead of just using him as a sleeping place in the castle, letting him keep his life safe, and then waiting for the right deeds to openly rebel and expose Voldemort's crimes, would be the biggest blow to the British Ministry of Magic.

Of course, before preparing to do these things, Dumbledore will definitely also think of ways to protect Cedric's family who are still working in the Ministry of Magic.

After meeting up with Jon in the secret passage, Cedric told him about some of the sounds circulating in the castle.

"The students all hate you to the core, and the professors are all claiming that you led the fire dragons to attack Hogwarts Castle, and wanted to burn the castle and its people to rubble. Most of them believe this, and they In private, they call you the little devil and say you are a killer who kills without blinking an eye."

Hearing the name "Little Devil", Jon couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't know if it was taken out spontaneously among the students, or if Voldemort was behind it.

But Voldemort himself should know who the real devil is better than anyone else. Isn't it too much of a loss for such a little devil to be called a little devil to his enemy?

Logically speaking, this title should belong to Draco himself, who currently represents Hogwarts Castle in the competition.

"Have you noticed any professors are missing from the school today?"

Jon was very interested in how many results had been achieved after yesterday's attack.

Cedric had obviously observed this question specifically, and he answered without thinking.

"Nearly all of the professors I met today were injured. I heard that some professors are still lying in the school hospital and have not come out. The situation is more serious. Then there is Professor Pierre from the mixed-race college. He should be dead. , but it seems that he did not die at the hands of the dragons. There are rumors among the students that he was killed by Barty Crouch because of his cowardice."

"There is also an Auror. I heard it from a seventh-grade student. He was lying by the window last night and saw an Auror being bitten to death by a fire dragon with two long teeth. It was bleeding. On most of the outer walls of the castle, when they woke up in the morning, some people saw broken intestines on the grass that had not been cleaned up.”

Two people died, which was beyond Jon's psychological expectations.

It wasn't that he had no confidence in the dragons, but that Voldemort came back too quickly.

If he had come back three minutes later, the casualties among the professors on the astronomy tower would never have been so slight, at least more than half of them would have died.

But obviously Voldemort himself knew very well that Hogwarts Castle could not withstand such a serious loss of personnel. How much impact it would have on his power after the death of these people in the castle was secondary. The thing about it was that it would create a sense of loss for the outside world. Voldemort and the forces he leads show signs of collapse.

It would be fatal if something like this happened. It would cause the Ministry of Magic, which had mostly supported Voldemort at the previous Warrior Selection Dinner, to begin to re-examine the situation, seriously shaking Voldemort's goal of dominating the entire Europe.

After learning about the situation at Hogwarts Castle from Cedric, Jon got down to business.

"I need to borrow the arrowhead you used to avoid the magic around the Forbidden Forest. We are working on a plan to rescue the centaurs from the Forbidden Forest. We want to use that arrow to develop a way to safely enter the Forbidden Forest."

Upon hearing Jon's request, Cedric didn't hesitate at all. He took off the stone arrowhead that had been hanging around his neck on the spot and handed it to Jon.

"This was originally given to me by the centaurs. Now if this can help them, that would be great."

Jon nodded solemnly. He had no intention of delaying Cedric for too long to prevent him from disappearing for too long and arousing suspicion among others.

But before he was about to leave, Cedric still looked at Jon with hope.

"Is there anything you need my help with in the castle?"

Jon turned back seriously, looked at him and said.

"First of all, you must ensure your own safety, Cedric. This is your most important task now. During this period of time, you'd better not behave strangely or enter the secret passage privately, Black Devil The head will definitely allow his men to tighten their control over the castle, and he has developed some uneasiness."

Even if Cedric is not that reckless person, there are some things that Jon still needs to make clear to him.

He knew the boy's tragic experience in the original novel, so he hoped that such an upright Hufflepuff would have a good ending.

After ending this conversation, Jon left Hogwarts Castle. He did not return to the carriage, but entered Hogsmeade directly along this secret passage, and then found the temporary residence of Jin in the Pig's Head Bar. Sly et al.

After Kingsley got the arrowhead, he found two wizards in the team who were well versed in alchemy. After just a few glances, they concluded that it was not difficult to recreate the magic on it.

What broke the warning curse was not some superb magic skills, but a disguise that was almost completely consistent with nature. The centaurs were uniquely endowed with this talent. It was difficult for wizards to complete this kind of natural magic, but there were If you want to imitate the ready-made ones, there won’t be any big problem.

It only takes one night at most to imitate and produce enough, which means that tomorrow they can enter the Forbidden Forest to find Firenze's group of centaurs.

Jon did not leave the Hog's Head Bar tonight and asked Aberforth to help him arrange a guest room here.

To be honest, the environment of the Pig's Head Bar was really dirty and messy. With a look of disgust on his face, Jon used his wand to use a lot of cleaning spells on the oil spots and stains before he felt that it was barely habitable.

A night of silence.

Early the next morning, Kingsley and others who stayed in the Pig's Head Bar left Hogsmeade early under the cover of the dawning sky and sneaked into the Forbidden Forest.

I wish everyone a happy New Year, good luck in the Year of the Rabbit, and everything goes well!