A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 214 Cedric Diggory

On the last Saturday of September, the new recruitment assessment for the Mowen Club began.

Hermione woke up Harry and Ron early, and the three of them hurried to the Ancient Runes classroom after breakfast.

Harry looked tired, and Ron rubbed his eyes vigorously. He complained, "Hermione, we went too early. And Harry and I just need to hand in our papers, and Professor Hemp won't Scored on the spot."

Hermione looked at them seriously, "Of course I went to help, the paper you wrote..." She pouted and didn't say anything harsh, but her meaning was already obvious.

Harry blushed a little. It took him and Ron two weeks to barely get seven feet together, and it was killing them all.

The longest paper Harry ever wrote was no more than three feet long. It was a composition on the "Encyclopedia of Medieval European Wizards" assigned by Professor Binns last year. If he remembered correctly, the assignment Hermione handed in was four feet seven inches , and her handwriting is very small.

The door of the ancient magic text classroom was locked tightly, and a note was pasted on the door: the assessment location of the magic text club was changed to classroom [-] on the same floor.

Below the text is a stick figure, an abstract stickman beckoning them to move forward.

"The location has changed?" Harry looked at Hermione wonderingly, and Hermione shook her head, "I don't know, maybe it was changed temporarily."

A voice appeared from behind, it was a clean and clear voice, "How are you?"

The three turned around, and there was a tall and thin boy standing behind them. He looked extremely handsome, with black hair and a straight nose. Apart from his pale complexion, he could hardly find any flaws.

He offered his hand and introduced himself, "I'm Cedric, Cedric Diggory."

Harry held out his hand too, "I know you, the Seeker and new captain of the Hufflepuff team, Wood mentioned you, and you were brilliant in dueling lessons. Oh, yes, this is Harry. Potter."

Cedric smiled, "It's no match for you. There should be no one in school who doesn't know you, right? These two are your friends?"

"Yeah, this is Ron Weasley, and this is Hermione Granger, both third years." Harry introduced Ron and Hermione.

The two looked at Cedric curiously.

They walked towards classroom [-] together. Ron and Hermione talked less because of the strangers. Harry was actually not a talkative person, but he could chat with Cedric about Quidditch.

Harry found a topic: "Cedric, are you new to the team this year? I remember that Hufflepuff's former Seeker was a senior girl."

Cedric laughed, "I joined the team in the third grade, and this is the third year."

Harry was embarrassed; he had absolutely no memory of such a man on the Hufflepuff team.

Fortunately, Cedric explained his confusion: "I was a Chaser before, but last year I left several old students at once, and it was difficult to find a suitable candidate for the Chaser, so I stepped up as the captain and formed a new team. Team..."

Harry understood a little bit. Wood also mentioned in the previous conversation that Hufflepuff's new captain should not be underestimated, and it is impossible for him to be a newcomer.

But no matter who the opponent is, he is confident of winning and winning his second Quidditch Cup.

The two then started discussing Quidditch tactics, which seemed odd to Ron and Hermione, with the Hufflepuff captain discussing Quidditch with the Gryffindor Seeker, Knowing that they are likely to be rivals after more than a month.

Cedric said: "To be honest, I was under a lot of pressure, and I was ordered in a crisis...I read various tactical manuals throughout the summer vacation. I didn't have to think about these when I was a player in the past."

Harry also recalled the scene of Wood trying his best to explain various tactics to the players last year. When the final was approaching, the twins thought that Wood was a little hysterical and might "need to stay in the school hospital for two days".

Now he suddenly understood Wood.

Harry casually introduced a few Quidditch books that he had read as a pastime last year and which he thought would be useful.Cedric jotted down the name happily, "I haven't heard of one, thank you, Harry."

"Speaking of which," Harry asked, "can Seeker also be the captain? I've always been flying alone, so I might not be able to take into account the situation on the field."

Cedric happened to have seen this aspect: "These are two different strategies. Some teams will try their best to protect the Seeker's freedom of flight, not to participate in the team's actions, and let him play. They think this can be more effective. Spot the Snitch quickly."

"And some teams, you need the Seeker to participate in the team's offense and defense from time to time."

Harry pondered for a while, "It sounds like the latter has higher requirements." Wood never asked him to organize a defense. The only requirement he had for himself was to catch the Snitch as quickly as possible.

"You can't say the same," Cedric explained, "for a talented Seeker, that is, you, Harry, you can finish the game in half an hour. It will give you absolute freedom because it's hard to make a difference of 150 points in such a short period of time."

Hearing this, Harry almost understood the similarities and differences between these two strategies.

Ron suddenly said from the side: "Harry's fastest time, he caught the golden snitch in only 5 minutes! It broke the school record."

Harry remembered with some embarrassment that it was his record against Hufflepuff last year, and he secretly glanced at Cedric, the new captain of Hufflepuff was indeed a little unhappy.

He hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Cedric, did you also write the paper? To be honest, it's a full seven feet. Professor Haipu's requirements are too high."

Cedric followed his words and said, "I have met the first requirement, roughly mastering thirty practical runes."

Turning around a dark corridor, Harry was delighted to find that they had finally found the deeply hidden classroom No. [-], and he was relieved that he didn't have to find anything to say.

The door of the classroom was ajar, and they glanced into the room. It was pitch black and there was no light to be seen.

"Are we in the wrong place?" Harry asked.He felt very bad, and he could think of a similar scene in the first grade, when they strayed into the entrance of the trapdoor where the Sorcerer's Stone was hidden in order to avoid Filch.

At that time, they saw a big dog with three heads. When the big dog stood up, the forehead in the middle could reach the ceiling.It was only later that he found out that the three-headed dog was raised by Hagrid, and it was also named "Lu Wei".

"I don't think so." Hermione said, pointing to the note on the wall, which read "Rule Club Recruitment Assessment Site".

Several people looked at each other and walked in nervously.

Surprisingly, the interior of the room is a meadow full of singing birds and fragrant flowers. They seem to have passed through the space and came to the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

After walking a few steps, they saw the figure of Professor Haipu——

He was sitting on the grass, and there was a small table in front of him. The professor seemed to have brought all his tea sets here, and was drinking tea with gusto.In front of him are more than a dozen magic puppets, male and female, old and young.

These magic puppets are standing not far in front, rehearsing a play.

"Look, that's the east, and you are the sun."

As they approached, they happened to hear one of the dialogues.

(End of this chapter)