Harry Potter: I started signing in from Diagon Alley

Cedric looked at Fred's injured leg and suddenly realized.

"Show me." Eric took the anti-spell hat, tried to input magic power, and attacked the hat.

Pa, a spider web-like crack appeared on the hat, which was easily broken by Eric.

Cedric and the twins looked at the hat in Eric's hand when they heard the voice.

Eric quickly stopped, thought for a long time, and returned it to George as if nothing had happened.

At this time, just keep smiling, right?

Cedric was speechless and looked up at the sky, pretending not to see it.

Fred and George were open-minded. George said: "At least you helped us verify a conclusion. Never use this hat in front of you."

Eric looked at Fred's opponent, Clement of Ravenclaw, the Ravenclaw prefect who had led Eric into the small room of the Great Hall.

What a coincidence, it was him again.

Chapter 106 Imperius Curse

Once was an accident, twice was coincidence, and now he bumped into Clement. Eric didn't think this could be explained by fate.

Opening the mental stance, Eric stared at Clement.

On the surface, Clement was no different from the others, they were all silhouettes made of gray and white, but Eric still noticed something unusual carefully.

Eric had warned Cedric and Wood that there might be something wrong with Clement back in the auditorium cubby, and it turned out that his instincts were right.

After taking a few steps closer, Eric immediately noticed that a vague black smoke was coming out of Clement's head, which was somewhat similar to the black smoke coming out of the Dementor.

Black smoke?

It doesn't look right.

Through the results obtained by using the psychic stance on the dementors, Eric knew that his psychic stance could see through the changes in the soul and emotions.

Now the same black smoke as the dementor was found on Clement.

This shows that Clement has signs of being changed by magic.

Compound Potion?

No, it shouldn't be. Eric's mental standpoint can tell a lot of information that is ignored in the subconscious. If it was such an obvious method as compound soup, Eric would have already noticed something was wrong.

Is that the Imperius Curse?Unbreakable oath?or something else?

Eric knew a lot of means of personal control, but now there were not enough clues to analyze what was wrong with Clement.

These means are all possible.

Eric asked Fred: "Did he use any strange abilities when he dueled with you?"

Fred didn't know why: "Special ability? No, what's wrong?"

"fine."

Cedric looked thoughtfully at Eric.

Eric nodded slightly, Cedric understood, remembered what Eric had said to him, and was secretly wary of Clement.

Clement came over to say hello: "Eric."

"Senior, congratulations on your promotion." Eric said calmly.

Clement cared about Fred: "It's all right, Fred."

Fred covered his legs and said, "It's okay, you played well."

Clement nodded, turned to Eric, and asked, "I heard that you had a fight with Professor Snape, Eric?"

Wow, people around looked at Eric.

Fred and George were busy dueling just now, and they were not in the same venue as Eric, so they didn't know about it yet.

Cedric was numb to what Eric had done.

Now someone told him that Eric would be Minister for Magic tomorrow and he didn't think it was strange.

George gave a thumbs up: "You're just awesome. You dared to beat up Snape before the others could hide from him. You will be my brother from now on."

Fred was dissatisfied: "Then what am I?"

George said, "I seem to be older than you?"

Fred was angry: "Mom gave birth to me first."

Cedric was speechless. Is it necessary for the twins to fight over who is older?

Eric said: "You heard wrong. Professor Snape just taught me my dueling skills."

"Then you are also very good." Clemente nodded, "I still have to make some preparations for the next round, let's take a step first."

Eric said: "Goodbye, senior."

After Clement left, Cedric asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Eric said, "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"I don't know if it's the Imperius Curse or other means." Eric explained.

Cedric was startled, and subconsciously looked at Fred who was lying on the ground and still laughing and bickering with George.

Cedric didn't ask Eric how he found out, and what evidence was there to doubt Clement, there was no need to ask, Eric would not joke about such things.

Eric stopped and said: "Don't tell them, Fred will definitely be dissatisfied if he is defeated by this method, and he will easily startle the enemy."

Cedric said seriously: "The use of the Imperius Curse has a distance limit, unless the strength is particularly high, otherwise, the person who cast the Imperius Curse on him must still be within the range of the castle, but if it is really the Imperius Curse , it is almost impossible for us to find the person who cast a spell on Clement, the characteristic of the Imperius Curse is that it is easy to hide and leaves almost no trace."

Eric said: "That's why I dare not make a conclusion. You must first find the person who may have cast a spell on him before you can file an accusation, otherwise it will be slander out of thin air."

"Difficult." Cedric pondered, "I can't think of any good solution. On the surface, Clement's performance today is normal. If you didn't mention the Imperius Curse, I wouldn't be aware of some of his little details. It's not right, it's not like the usual Clement at all."

Eric said: "What do you think is wrong with him?"

Cedric said: "I am one grade below Clement, and I am in a different college, so I don't have much contact with him, but after all, I am close in age and know him a bit. He has good academic performance, can become a prefect, and is very capable. , but he is shy and introverted, and to be honest, he doesn’t seem like the kind of person who would take the initiative to come over and say hello to you.”

Eric nodded, remembering that Clement came to talk to him when he entered the auditorium.

Before that, they hadn't met a few times at all, and even when they ran into each other in the common room, they nodded politely. Before that, Eric didn't even know each other's name.

And according to Professor Flitwick, after Clement saw Eric use the Patronus Charm on the Quidditch pitch, he rejected Professor Flitwick's invitation to nominate him as a representative of Ravenclaw College.

After Cedric said this, things were connected.

Will an introverted, shy person who is even a little afraid of contacting strangers take the initiative to talk to Eric and remind Eric to pay attention to other opponents?

It's possible, but not likely.

Coupled with the abnormality of Clement discovered by Eric through the spiritual standpoint, it can already be concluded that there is something wrong with this person.

Cedric said: "If he is indeed controlled by the Imperius Curse, then the wizard who cast the spell on him must be very powerful. Could it be Black? There have been rumors that he sneaked into the castle some time ago."

Eric couldn't deny it: "I don't rule out the possibility, but if it involves Black, it's not something we can handle."

Eric knew Sirius wouldn't do it, but he couldn't reveal that he knew.

Cedric thought about it and felt that Eric was right.

Eric said: "Send Fred to the school infirmary first, if you run into Clement next, be careful, he may not be the original Clement."

Cedric cautiously agreed, and George asked behind him: "What are you two muttering about? Come and help me, Fred, you are so heavy."

George used the Levitation Charm to lift Fred up. Fred staggered in the air with a flustered expression on his face, for fear that George would accidentally throw him off.

"Here we come." Eric also took out his wand, and first used the magic spell to stop the bleeding and immobilize Fred briefly, and then let Cedric and George use the levitation spell to send Fred to the school infirmary.

The curse cannot completely cure the pain, it can only temporarily contain it. For any serious illness or minor injury, the school infirmary is always the first choice.

Chapter 107 Finals

Eric discovers that he may have a bit of a gift for prophecy.

Just after he and Cedric communicated privately about Clement, George, who had already advanced, met Clement in the next round.

The twins bumped into Clement one after another.

This time it was really a coincidence.

Dumbledore and the deans of the four colleges presided over the draw. They used a very remote magic, not a magic item with fixed rules like the Goblet of Fire.

If anyone could bypass Dumbledore and manipulate the results of the lottery, then Eric would have nothing to say.

After Eric sent Fred to the school infirmary, he and Cedric returned to the stadium to watch the game.

George had arrived at the venue before them and was playing with some magic props. When he saw them arriving, he was full of confidence: "Look at me, wait until I win this game and see how I show off in front of Fred."

Cedric reminded: "Don't be careless, George, and don't use those magic props you made yourself."

George wanted to continue joking, but he couldn't help but be startled when he saw Cedric's serious expression: "What's wrong?"

Eric said: "Listen to us, go all out, don't think about using items such as anti-spell hats to win, they are probably useless."

The rules of the Dueling Club do not prohibit the use of potions, plants, and magical items, as long as they do not involve the dark arts.

But apart from the twins, few people are willing to invest too much in this small game.

There are prizes for the top three places in the competition, and the prices of potions and props that can be used in battle are generally very expensive.

Fred and George simply came here to have fun, plus experimenting with their products, which made them so unscrupulous.

Neither of them had any requirements for the result, they just enjoyed the process.

Hearing Eric's words, George became serious, because Eric didn't sound like he was joking.

Over there, the referee was already urging George to enter the field.

George put away the anti-spell hat, gave Eric a thumbs up again, and walked into the arena.

"The duel begins!" After George and Clement got ready, the referee shouted and announced the start of the match.

As soon as Clement made his move, Cedric said in shock: "This is definitely not Clement himself. I have sparred with him in the spell class. This is definitely not the strength he should have."