Chapter 1037 Running wildly on the road to death
“Professor Umbridge wants to see you.”
Cedric had just finished class and was about to go to lunch when he was stopped by Filch in the foyer.
“What does Umbridge want with Cedric?”
Several friends beside Cedric glared at Filch. Now everyone knew that being targeted by Umbridge would not do anything good.
"follow me."
Filch ignored the unkind looks from others and led Cedric towards Umbridge's office.
Cedric turned to glance at his friend, shrugged his shoulders, and followed Filch out of the hall.
“Damn toad, what must we do?”
Although they said so and knew they had to do something to help Cedric get out of trouble, no one took action.
Maybe they don’t know what to do, or maybe they don’t dare to do anything at all.
When he walked to the door of Umbridge's office, the expression on Cedric's face was still calm. He had already expected this day to come. After Filch gently knocked on the door three times, he Walk in through the door opened by the other party.
Umbridge was sitting on the chair behind her desk, not knowing what she was writing. After Cedric walked in, she put down her quill, looked up at Cedric, showed her signature smile, raised her hand and pointed to the chair opposite and said, "Sit down, Mr. Cedric."
Cedric looked around Umbridge's office secretly. This was his first time here. The office is filled with pink decorations that do not match Umbridge's age at all, and trays of various cats are placed on the shelves in a very girlish style.
It's just that the owner of the office is an old witch.
Cedric suddenly understood why Umbridge liked to speak in a girl's sharp voice. It turned out that the other person had always had a girl's heart.
However, thinking about Umbridge's current age really made him feel sick.
On the wall behind the table, there is a thick, strong iron bolt nailed. Three flying broomsticks are tied to the iron bolt with iron chains and locked.
Cedric recognized at a glance that it was Potter's Firebolt, and the Weasley brothers' two swept five stars. Thanks to Umbridge's "help", maybe Hufflepuff can win again in the next game. Cedric couldn't be happier about defeating the Gryffindor team, however.
“Professor, what do you want from me?” Cedric asked directly after adjusting the expression on his face.
“I’ve heard some rumors recently and want to talk to you about something.” Umbridge stared at Cedric with the usual hypocritical smile on her face: “By the way, what do you want to drink?”
“What?” Cedric’s heart suddenly convulsed and he thought to himself: Is he really here?
"What would you like to drink, Mr. Diggory?" The smile on Umbridge's face became even brighter. "Tea, coffee, pumpkin juice?"
“Then let’s have milk tea!” Cedric said without thinking.
Hearing such an answer, Umbridge felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, but she still waved her wand and conjured a cup of steaming milk tea for Cedric.
Cedric stared at the milk tea in front of him. Knowing that he probably couldn't escape, he picked up the milk tea and took a sip. He said with a stiff expression: "The taste of this cup of milk tea is really hard to describe."
"What?"
Umbridge didn't react for a moment.
Cedric put down the tea cup he had drank and started his performance: "This cup of milk tea tastes terrible and makes me feel a little nauseous."
Umbridge raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at the partially consumed milk tea, looked at Cedric with a sinister yet friendly smile, and asked, "I heard that the Self-Defense Guide is where you are. ?”
“The Guide to Self-Defense?” Cedric said calmly, “I have indeed read that book.”
"once?"
Umbridge's face darkened.
"Yes, once. I saw that book on the table in the library and put it back after reading it." Cedric explained expressionlessly: "This is everyone's private rule, just for Don't let Umbridge know who took the book."
“Who came up with the rules?” Umbridge looked very unhappy.
“I don’t know.” Cedric shook his head.
"So, you don't know where the book is now?" Umbridge's face turned darker.
“I don’t know, only the person who took the book knows.”
After a brief silence, Umbridge asked again: "Mr. Cedric, how much do you know about Dumbledore's Army?"
"I know a little bit. There are various rumors about Dumbledore's Army circulating in Hogwarts school." Cedric looked at Umbridge and continued: "Some people say that Dumbledore's Army is an organization established by the Anti-Toad Alliance. , whose purpose was to drive Umbridge out of school."
The smile on Umbridge's face completely disappeared. Cedric's words just now were undoubtedly an insult to her, but she couldn't be angry, because Cedric, who drank Veritaserum, only told the truth.
"Some people say that Dumbledore's Army is an organization founded by Dumbledore. This organization is recruiting students from Hogwarts to join and teaching them how to use magic to fight. Its purpose is to overthrow the current Minister of Magic Fudge. Rule. Everyone says Dumbledore has his headquarters somewhere in the Forbidden Forest, but no one knows the details."
“Are there any students joining?” Umbridge hinted, “Potter, for example?”
"No." Cedric shook his head and said, "Everyone thinks it's a rumor."
“Go on,” Umbridge said expressionlessly.
"Some people say that Dumbledore's Army is actually a group formed voluntarily by students because the teachings taught by Umbridge, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, are really bad. Those students who want to achieve excellent results in the next important exams They all joined one after another, and it is said to be called the 'Defense Association'..."
“You think this has something to do with Albert Anderson,” Umbridge interrupted again.
"It doesn't matter, Albert is very busy. The last time I asked him for information on the Self-Defense Guide, he refused." Cedric shook his head.
“What is he busy with?” Umbridge asked warily.
"Graduation is about to begin, and Albert is taking the time to read some of the books in the restricted area." Cedric said calmly: "He can borrow any book in the restricted area."
“Who gives the power.”
"Headmaster Dumbledore." Cedric fell silent after he finished speaking.
Umbridge looked Cedric up and down, and after making sure that she could no longer ask any other answers, she let him leave.
Looking at the re-closed door, Umbridge frowned. Her intuition told her that Cedric might be lying, but Umbridge couldn't see where the other party was lying.
Is there something wrong with the Veritaserum?
Umbridge stared at the half cup of milk tea and frowned slightly.
Finally, she called the house elf and asked her to drink the half cup of milk tea with veritaserum. She asked the house elf a few questions to confirm that the veritaserum was indeed effective before letting the house elf leave.
“Am I overly concerned?” Umbridge murmured.
If Albert were here, he would definitely complain about Umbridge's potion skills, but he didn't know that Veritaserum also has an antidote.
Of course, it is also possible that Umbridge did not think that Cedric would prepare the antidote in advance and take it quietly under her nose.
Cedric actually took the antidote on the road, thanks to Albert's popularization of the method of preserving Felixir.
The news that Cedric was called to the office by Umbridge quickly spread in Hogwarts Castle, and this incident immediately caused dissatisfaction among the Hufflepuff students.
If Albert is the face of Gryffindor House, then Cedric is the face of Hufflepuff. What Umbridge did is undoubtedly a slap in the face of Hufflepuff House.
Hermione was startled by this news, and she breathed a sigh of relief after she was sure that Cedric had not triggered the curse she had placed on the list.
“How did you do it?” Harry asked expressionlessly.
Due to his secret love for Cho Chang, the relationship between Harry and Cedric is not very good. However, after taking a sedative, he was still able to maintain his apparent calmness.
“The antidote to Veritaserum.”
Cedric still has a lot of weight among DA members, at least Hufflepuff students all agree with him.
When the team is separated for practice, in addition to Harry, Cedric and the Weasley brothers will also help guide people respectively to speed up the efficiency of everyone's mastering of spells. Otherwise, it will be difficult to learn the contents of the "Self-Defense Guide" in a short period of time and provide everyone with sufficient training.
"An antidote to Veritaserum?" Hermione asked with her eyes widened. "Can you make an antidote to Veritaserum?"
"Of course not, it was Albert who gave me the antidote." Cedric shook his head and said, "Don't put too much hope in it, he doesn't have much of the Veritaserum antidote left."
“There is still a risk of DA exposure if the toad uses truth serum on other members.
Cedric briefly told the two of them the three proposals Albert gave him.
"The first one is more reliable. We can't distribute the antidote to Veritaserum to everyone. As for the Oblivion Curse...if you're not good at it, it's best not to use it indiscriminately." Hermione immediately said: "So just find an opportunity to delay Time, giving reinforcements and causing trouble to others is the best result."
"You may have to go to Fred and George, they are better at this." Harry agreed to Hermione's suggestion, "Start the next party as soon as possible. Everyone must be more vigilant!"
"It would be best to expose Umbridge's suspected use of Veritaserum on students," Hermione added.
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“I think the toad is seeking death, and he actually dares to use veritaserum to torture the students of Hogwarts.” During the herbal medicine class, George took the time to tell Albert the news.
“Really?” Shanna’s eyes widened.
“Not long ago, Cedric was called to drink tea in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.” George lowered his voice and said, “Now everyone is worried about being called to drink tea.”
"Dumbledore doesn't care about this kind of thing?" Zannah really couldn't understand why the toad dared to be so unscrupulous.
"No evidence."
"evidence?"
"The adult world is far more cruel than you think. It is common to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal. To be honest, if necessary, I have no doubt that she will use the Cruciatus Curse to torture students." Albert said slowly Work with the plants you have on hand.
"Attention, gentlemen and ladies, you have to speed up the progress. Albert is almost finished." Professor Sprout reminded him as he passed by.
"Can a toad still use the Cruciatus Curse?" George expressed doubts. The toad behaved so poorly.
"Cruel people can usually use the Cruciatus Curse, which is the source of power for most black magic." Albert has taken down a small brown ball from the tree. This thing is called an exploding fruit. It will produce Explodes and spreads seeds, which are very lethal to ordinary animals and plants. They must be picked before they are mature. The freezing spell must be used to freeze the explosive fruits before picking.
The exploding gummies in Honeydukes candy store have a trace amount of exploding fruit extract added to them.
“I think she should be hospitalized so that everyone can live a comfortable life.” George looked at Albert, hoping that the other party could give them some suggestions.
"Some spells cannot be mixed, otherwise the effect will not be very good." Albert thought for a moment and said, "Of course, some potions can also have similar effects."
“That’s a good idea.” George said without thinking, “It’s not surprising that something strange happens to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.”
“You are really going to do that?” Zannah found it difficult to understand what was going on in the world. Hogwarts was no longer a warm home for everyone, and she felt that people in the whole world had become extremely crazy.
The relationship between Umbridge and the students was so bad that they wanted to kill each other.
“Who makes the era of chaos coming?”
"Chaos era? It seems we are not very lucky." Shanna stopped in front of the foyer and looked at the students gathered in front of the notice wall with a disgusted expression. There was no doubt that a new education order was born.
"We are actually very lucky. At least we graduated from Hogwarts in time." Albert looked at the education order on the bulletin wall and joked with a smile: "Now if someone copies the education order, they will definitely be killed." Drive me crazy.”
"Umbridge plans to form an action team to maintain the stability of Hogwarts and avoid some conflicts. It's disgusting!" Lee Jordan appeared out of nowhere and said with disgust, "I dare Said that the so-called action team were all students from Slytherin House, and Toad even forgot that he was from Ravenclaw House."
"She has already had the students in Ravenclaw House expelled." Albert reminded kindly.
He was not surprised by the toad's actions. Adults pay more attention to pros and cons. In fact, he himself was the same.
“She should be punished!”
On the way back to the common room, George suddenly said: "If Toad is not punished, she will only take advantage of it.
"What's your plan?"
“I want to turn her into a toad,” George said in a low voice. “Of course, I can also secretly use a spell on her to cause the toad to suffer from a severe skin disease and have to stay in the hospital for the next few months.”
(End of this chapter)