The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Of the 25 students who have already secured places, most have learned their lesson from Warrington's painful experience.

Instead of accepting challenges from others, they all tacitly chose their opponents from within.

At this point, the reason the duel on stage attracted Scott was because the two duelists were Roger and Cachini.

"Oh, it's Roger. That guy's actually going to duel with his ex-girlfriend?" Fred was overjoyed.

George laughed and said, "That's really interesting. Why would he do that?"

“It must have been Kacchini who appointed him,” Scott said fairly.

Of course, there was no shortage of schadenfreude in his tone.

On stage, Roger looked helpless.

“I don’t want to fight you, Kacchini.”

"Stop arguing!" Kachini, still sporting short hair, said impatiently. "I've already said, as long as you fight me seriously, the past is completely over."

"Ok."

Although somewhat reluctant, Roger still drew his wand.

“Remember, this is a serious match,” Kacchini smiled. “You’ll regret it if you don’t take it seriously.”

"I see."

Roger finally straightened his expression.

At this moment, Scott, who was in the audience, said, "He must be thinking that if Cachini deliberately causes trouble, it will definitely affect his pursuit of the French girl."

Fred and George nodded in agreement. "That's his idea."

You're right.

Eddie and Milton joined in.

The group watched the duel with smiles on their faces.

Kachini was once an artistic young woman who had no interest in dueling and even traded her magical talent for musical talent.

But later she changed, and with the help of the Book of Prometheus, she and Milton regained their respective talents.

This change is also reflected in her current combat effectiveness.

"Goodness, Roger isn't going to lose, is he?"

Eddie looked at the two seemingly evenly matched opponents on stage and his first words were full of feigned concern.

"It would be more interesting if he lost."

Fred and George, too, were eager to see more drama unfold.

"Don't say that, Roger is our friend."

Only Milton retained his kindness.

Scott instinctively added, "So we'll make sure he's not seriously injured and take care of getting him to the school hospital?"

Fortunately, Roger on stage didn't hear their laughter, so his performance wasn't affected.

Ultimately, Caccini's changes came a little too late.

Even though she possessed an inherited copy of the Book of Prometheus, she couldn't change anything without the credits.

Although she initially seemed to be able to hold her own against Roger, she quickly lost her rhythm and lost the duel.

Upon seeing this result, Scott and his colleagues sighed in regret.

Roger, who had been walking off the dueling stage with ease, was also puzzled by their regretful gazes.

At this point, Professor Moody spoke up, "Alright, who wants to come up and try next?"

"Let me do it."

Cedric, who hadn't been in the ring until now, stepped onto the dueling stage.

Professor Moody nodded to him. "Mr. Diggory, who is your opponent?"

Cedric turned his head and searched through the crowd.

“Scott,” he called out.

"I'm here."

Scott waved.

"Do you want me to be your opponent, Cedric?"

Cedric nodded.

"Although I know I may not be your match, I still want to give it a try. Most importantly, I want to see clearly the gap between us."

"Since you put it that way, I have no reason to refuse."

Scott walked forward.

Ahead, the other students began to move, and the crowd automatically parted to make way.

Scott strode onto the stage and stood opposite Cedric.

"Thank you." Cedric smiled gratefully.

He was always so polite.

“You’re welcome.” Scott smiled back. “Or rather, you’re being too polite. I thought we were friends.”

Cedric was initially surprised, then replied happily, "Of course, we're friends."

"Then let's just be casual about it."

Scott began to back away.

"Prepare!"

Professor Moody raised one hand.

Scott and Cedric both retreated to the edge of the stage.

"Three! Two! One! The duel begins!"

"Armor protects you!"

"Armor protects you!"

The two people on either side of the stage cast the same spell.

However, Scott's curse took shape a tiny bit too quickly.

But he did not take the opportunity to launch an offensive.

Separated by two invisible magical barriers, he looked at Cedric opposite him. "So, you still want to use Transfiguration to fight me, don't you?"

Cedric nodded. "Thank you, Scott."

"Then so be it."

Scott waved his wand and removed the magical barrier.

“How about this,” he suggested, “we agree not to attack each other, and to decide the winner using only Polymorph.”

“I agree.” Cedric then removed the barrier in front of him.

"That's what makes it interesting."

Scott laughed, reached in, pulled out a piece of ebony, and threw it at his feet.

Cedric also pulled out a piece of yellow scutellaria wood, the same material as his wand.

The two simultaneously chanted the Transfiguration Charm and waved their wands.

Chapter 458 Hogwarts is about to depart

The cube-shaped ebony beneath Scott's feet rapidly elongated under the light of the Transfiguration Charm.

Soon, a fish over two meters long appeared.

This fish has an elongated, laterally compressed body covered in fine scales, with grayish-white round spots on its bluish-brown body.

The upper jaw of the fish's mouth is like a sharp long sword, very prominent.

The first dorsal fin on the fish's back exceeds its body height, resembling a sail or a fluttering flag.

This is the fastest swimming fish in the ocean—the sailfish.

At the same time, a large, fierce-looking hunting dog appeared in front of Cedric.

"fish?"

Cedric stared in surprise at the sailfish that Scott had conjured.

There's no water here, and although the sailfish looks fierce, the way they can only thrash around on the ground doesn't seem very intimidating.

When his opponent questioned him, Scott simply smiled and said, "That's right, this is my latest design."

Soon, blue light flashed on the sailfish's blue scales, forming ancient magical runes of various shapes.

A rushing sound arose, and transparent water surged out of thin air, forming a huge spherical water ball that slowly floated up, enveloping the sailfish.

The ferocious fish began to swim freely inside the water sphere, while the enormous water sphere surrounding it moved continuously in the direction it swam.

"This……"

Cedric watched in shock, forgetting to command his hounds to attack.

Not only him, but everyone stared in disbelief at the enormous water sphere and the sailfish swimming freely within it.

At this moment, the empty classroom was unusually quiet.

“Indeed, you have far surpassed me.” Cedric said, somewhat dejected, “I don’t even know how you did it. Everyone knows that Transfiguration cannot create magical creatures, but you have broken the shackles.”

Scott gave him a hint: "Remember that paper Bill Weasley published that we discussed at the Transfiguration Club?"

Cedric quickly recalled it.

"Is it the article published two years ago in 'Today's Metamorphosis' titled 'A Conjecture: Perhaps We Can Make Metamorphosis More Complex'?"