Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

"This is human nature. If I had encountered this when I was studying, I probably wouldn't have been as calm as you. You did a great job."

Lynn said gently, "Tell me how you feel and what your plans are now? Maybe I can help you."

"To be honest, I don't know either." Ceridek shook his head. "My mind is very confused right now."

"I understand how you feel. From common sense, you should blame Harry, but you just can't do that, and you don't want to do that, right?"

"Yes." Cedric nodded, "Especially after knowing that this matter has nothing to do with him, he may face many difficulties, not just the competition."

"You are still so considerate, Ced." Lynn said with a smile, "You are right. Even if we make the whole situation public tomorrow morning, most people will still choose to support you and secretly oppose Harry. This is human nature."

"That doesn't make me happy."

"This is what I admire most about you, more important than your talent and hard work."

Looking at the serious Cedric, the softest part of Lynn's heart was gently touched.

He pulled up a chair and sat next to Cedric, observing his favorite student up close.

As many people have said, Cedric, who has grown up to this day, can meet all people's imaginations and expectations of an excellent Hogwarts graduate.

In this peaceful era, it is difficult to find a young man better than him.

"Sometimes I think," Lynn said slowly, "If you didn't accept my guidance like the past two years, but grew up step by step, you could actually become a warrior, and it might be much easier for you."

"...?"

Cedric gave him a quizzical look.

"I'm serious. Even without me, you can still become a champion of Hogwarts with your level. At most you will have to compete with Boyce and the others."

Lynn said, "If that were the case, what I would say to you today would be completely different. You would compete without pressure and win. Unfortunately, there is no if."

"Is there some deeper hidden secret?" Cedric asked.

"It does exist, but as a student you shouldn't know about it because you are still a student." Lin En looked at him seriously, "But you are not only my student, but also a member of the Stargazers, so you should know it - not only you, but everyone will know it soon."

"...I understand. Please go ahead."

"Behind this five-school tournament, there is a conspiracy planned by some unknown existence, and a mysterious person is involved. Their target is Harry."

Lynn crossed her fingers on her thighs and spoke softly, but the words that came out of her mouth made Cedric feel suffocated.

"Gudu..."

He swallowed hard.

A tight and secretive net was slowly unfolding in front of him.

It also looks like a rapidly spinning whirlpool.

He is right at the center of it all.

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When Harry returned to the common room, he was not surprised by what he had experienced - at least half of the Gryffindors did not go to bed obediently, but were partying together.

Each of them was eager to know how Harry had managed to not take part in McGonagall's test - of course his age did not allow him to do so - but also pass the age line drawn by Dumbledore himself and put his name into the Goblet of Fire.

They were so cheerful that even the facts Harry repeatedly emphasized fell on deaf ears, and the atmosphere was decorated with countless magical tricks and steaming dessert drinks.

But Harry only felt noisy.

He tried hard to find his two good friends in the gaps of the crowd, but found nothing.

It was more than half an hour later that he finally got rid of the entanglement by saying "I have to go back to sleep anyway", climbed the stairs back to the dormitory with difficulty, and saw Ron.

Ron was sitting cross-legged on the four-poster bed, with an expression that seemed a little unfamiliar to him.

"You should have told me, Harry," he said.

"Tell you...what?"

"Tell me how you managed to slip your name in without Dumbledore knowing?"

"I've said this many times today. I didn't do this." Harry, with his head buzzing, felt an uncontrollable irritation.

"Ah... yes..." Ron seemed indifferent and perfunctory, "Of course you didn't, you just told me casually that I could secretly try it in the early morning, the invisibility cloak, right?"

"I said, I didn't do it!" Harry took a deep breath and showed anger for the first time today, "Do you think this is something glorious?!"

"Isn't that glorious enough?" Ron asked, "To represent Hogwarts and get a prize of 1,000 Galleons."

"I don't think it's glorious at all, but someone wants to kill me, and you don't understand anything at all. But you will understand tomorrow morning, and this."

Harry walked forward coldly and stuffed the note that he had been holding in his hand without opening it.

"what is this?"

"Professor Eric asked me to give it to you. Take a look for yourself. I'm going to rest now. Good night!"

Before he finished speaking, Harry disappeared from Ron's sight like a black shadow, and the bed curtains fell, covering him completely.

Ron's mind went blank for a moment after being yelled at, and the crumpled piece of paper in his hand seemed to be a little damp with sweat.

After a long while, until he heard the laughter of the little lions who had finally dispersed in the corridor, he woke up as if from his dream. He walked to the desk and opened the paper ball in the dim light.

"this……!"

Those few short lines of writing felt like a solid blow to the back of his head.

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At the same time, Lynn and Cedric walked into the Hufflepuff common room, where the atmosphere was even more intense than that of Gryffindor.

With their close proximity and the best relationship with the house-elves, they held another Halloween dinner here and even secretly brought back a few pumpkin lanterns from the auditorium.

Although there was an unexpected incident, it did not affect their good mood at all.

Professor Sprout sat upright in the middle, surrounded by students and two professors.

They were both young professors newly hired this year, one in Herbology and the other in Muggle Studies.

Being able to create such a scene in the middle of the night must have been possible without the support of several of them.

This made Cedric, whose brain was overloaded and under great pressure, feel the warmth of home.

"Professor, I——"

Before he had a chance to speak to Lynn, he was overwhelmed by the surging crowd.

Tomorrow is Sunday, and judging by the situation, tonight will probably be a sleepless night.

Walking around the revelers, Lynn came to Sprout, leaned over and whispered a few words.

The kind-looking professor's eyes gradually became sharper.

Chapter 475

The next morning, Harry, who had hardly slept, opened the curtains, got out of bed, and saw Ron sitting on his bed facing him.

"Um... Harry, Uncle Eric has told me--" Ron looked embarrassed and tried to force a smile.

But he was interrupted by Harry before he could finish his words.

"I know what you're going to say, but I want to be alone for a while now. I'm going to have breakfast first."

Harry got dressed and walked down the spiral staircase to the common room. There were not many people there at the moment. Those who had played the longest last night were still sleeping, but the rest of the people cheered and congratulated him - of course, there were also many people who expressed envy and confusion.

This made him feel inexplicably irritated, so he could only quicken his pace to squeeze out of the crowd and crawl out from the hole behind the portrait, just in time to meet Hermione again.

"You're up very early, Harry," said Hermione, hiding the bread wrapped in a napkin in her backhand. "I've just come back from the Great Hall, where Professor Dumbledore himself put up a notice early this morning, and now everyone there knows - about you, and -"

"And there's this matter of Cedric getting dragged down by me, isn't there?" said Harry dejectedly.

"...So I thought you might not want to go there, so I brought you breakfast." Hermione nodded, "Do you need me to go for a walk outside with you? Ron..."

"He must have looked for you, right, and there's that note from Professor Eric." Harry took the bread, tore off a piece and said while chewing, "Let's go outside first, it's too depressing here - and thank you." He looked at Hermione gratefully.

The two of them went downstairs together and quickly passed through the auditorium entrance, deliberately not taking a look and ignoring the noisy discussions inside. They walked out of the foyer and came to the lawn by the lake that had begun to dry up. It was a morning when the wind brought gusts of coldness.

At this time, no one would come here except the students from Durmstrang who were on the ship. Harry recounted everything that had happened last night in detail, and even he felt that he was a little long-winded, but he was happy that Hermione listened very carefully and had full trust in his statement.

"We all know it's not your fault. Just like Professor Eric said on the Hogwarts Express, if someone wants to harm you, they will probably use all sorts of means." After listening to his explanation of the whole story, Hermione said, "We all know that other people will know about this soon. You did nothing wrong."

"But this is the result." Harry's mood did not improve as he talked about it. He was very disappointed. "People will not feel sorry and regretful for Cedric because of this. He should be the real warrior of Hogwarts."

"You are wrong, Harry. Now you are all warriors of Hogwarts - you need to cheer up, as you have always done." Hermione said firmly, "The professors will help you, and you have something more important to do now."

"Go find Ron? I won't--" Harry wanted to refuse stubbornly.

"Go find Professor Eric." Hermione interrupted him. "He has been helping Cedric with special training before. He has long believed that Cedric would be a champion of Hogwarts and taught him a lot of magic. He won't refuse to help you."

"But I just saw it last night... He obviously likes Cedric more, right?"

Harry seemed a little unconfident. Although he had received a book from the professor when they first met, he knew that everyone had one.

For more than two years, he was the most distant from Lynn, compared to Hermione, who was her assistant, and Ron, who was more like a relative than a teacher or a student.

This made him a little hesitant, just like when he first accepted Professor Lupin's guidance and help.

Hermione looked at a loss for words and grabbed Harry's arm and shook it hard for a long time.

"Are you going to let the professor find you himself?" She looked at her good friend sternly, "Or have you ever seen Professor Eric reject anyone who took the initiative to ask him for help? Even if it was Malfoy, he would help."

"In fact, he hopes that I will consult Professor Shacklebolt more."

"Professor Shacklebolt..." Hermione thought for a moment, "That's fine. He's an excellent Auror and will definitely help you deal with the competition. I will also help you investigate these things more, but the more important thing now is to find out who is behind this. I think the professor and the others will be able to find a way."

"I suppose so... but I have to go see him, or Dumbledore, and..."

"And with Ron, right?" Hermione's tone was flat, and there was certainty in her questioning, making Harry think he saw a smaller version of Professor Eric.

He nodded subconsciously, his eyes avoiding.

This made Hermione's already tense face look even more serious, but also revealed complete helplessness.

"He wants to apologize to you, but he cares too much about his reputation to admit that he envies you." She tried to speak in the gentlest tone, "There's no need for you to be so awkward. Give each other a way out and at least talk it over openly."

"I--well, I'll go find him, but not right now. I want to take a walk and get some fresh air first."

Harry was relieved. He wasn't the type to hold grudges, at least not against his good friends.

However, sometimes he is more like his father's good friend Lupin, gentle and considerate to others, but always showing his thorny side to his most trusted close friends - this is also a lack of security.

Hermione felt relieved a little, her brows relaxed, and she took out parchment and a quill from her backpack and handed them over.

"You forgot one thing."

"what's up?"

"Write a letter to Sirius. He has always been concerned about your situation. But you should ask Professor Dumbledore to pass it on. I remember you said that he was working for Dumbledore."

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On the other side, London, British Ministry of Magic.

Lynn arrived here early in the morning and went straight to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement on the second underground floor. He met Amelia who came to work early, and Percy, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

After learning the results of the Warriors selection, the two had completely different reactions.

Percy seemed very happy, but Amelia's face was covered with a faint haze.

"Percy, please prepare a cup of tea for Lynn. I want to talk to him alone." She sent her assistant away and cast a spell on the doors and windows of the room. "You never make mistakes. You must have other plans, and you need my help. Tell me."

"I'm not asking you for help, but I want to tell you something about you." Lin En walked up to her and looked at his good friend who was not much older than him. She looked haggard and tired due to overwork. He said with a sigh, "There are two things."

"About me?" Amelia was a little surprised.

"First of all, your personal safety. You are a thorn in the eyes of many people now. In addition to Brian, I will arrange for someone to secretly protect you. I hope you don't refuse." Lin En said seriously, "Your brother's incident cannot happen again."

"Thank you." Amelia slowly took off her monocle. "You are always so thoughtful and irresistible. I accept. What's the second one?"

"Are you willing to be the Minister of Magic? Take on the most important responsibilities at some emergency moment in the future."

Without any preparation or beating around the bush, Lynn directly asked about a topic that might be a taboo in the Ministry of Magic.

Chapter 476 Mouthpiece

Lynn didn't stay in Amelia's office for long. When the considerate Percy deliberately waited for a while before knocking on the door and entering, he had already left here without anyone noticing and appeared on the streets of London.