Chapter 190 The Second Trial

"Well, I confess that I felt for a moment that Professor Grubbly-Plank had better continue to be our Care of Magical Creatures professor."

After being asked various questions by Professor Grubbly-Plank, Adam, who had just returned to the dormitory, clasped his hands together and said:

"I was wrong. Although Professor Grubbly-Plank's teaching can improve everyone's Care of Magical Creatures grades, Professor Hagrid has less to do. At least he won't give me extra things to do after class."

Although Professor Scamander was also curious about his physique, and the teaching assistant work often took up part of his time after class, how could Professor Grubbly-Plank compare with Senior Newt?

"It's easy to win back Professor Hagrid. He probably didn't come to class because of this report."

Bernard threw the Daily Prophet on the table and pointed to the title and the first line below the title:

"Dumbledore's Big Mistake"

Reported by our special correspondent Rita Skeeter...

"I thought she was a critic who controlled the mouthpiece of the British wizarding world, but I didn't expect her to be a third-rate news fabricator? No wonder Adam, you let her go so easily last time and said she was useless..."

Bernard couldn't help but complain.

"No way, everyone loves to read third-rate news."

Adam shrugged, and Eugene beside him found the highlight:

"Hmm? Last time? What interesting things did I miss?"

"Nothing, just caught this guy as an illegal Animagus, so I asked her to be more restrained when reporting on Cedric."

Omitting the "please" process completely, Adam looked at the report that denounced Dumbledore for his Alzheimer's disease and for finding a dangerous half-giant as a professor at Hogwarts, and that the safety of everyone's children in Hogwarts could not be guaranteed.

"This rhetoric... looks so familiar, did it come from the Muggle world?"

In a word: What's wrong with this school? I was so angry, I was lost in thought, and I was definitely asking about Dumbledore!

Except for the fact that there was no content praising foreign education systems, it was completely the same as the public knowledge.

That night, Adam sent a tactful letter to Rita Skeeter, hoping that she could shift her attention to other directions, and attached a claw of an eight-eyed giant spider as a gift.

So the next day, the front page of the Daily Prophet became a love story of Krum and Hermione, interspersed with several other reports about Hagrid - published by several other reporters of the Daily Prophet, and Hagrid's life stories were different in each story.

The wording is also quite classic: Today, the editor will reveal the life story of Rubeus Hagrid for everyone... So what is the life story of Rubeus Hagrid? The editor is also very curious! ...

The main theme is that you listen to your words, but you listen to them in vain.

Everyone's memory of news is short, and Hagrid's pile of stories makes it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. In addition, Hagrid also had Harry and the three people persuading him, so Professor Hagrid quickly returned to his post.

After several days of research without any progress, Professor Grubbly-Plank, who was even hit by a unicorn's hoof during the research because he was too excited, could only leave Hogwarts regretfully.

However, Adam heard what she talked about with Professor Dumbledore before leaving, and it seemed that she was interested in applying for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor next year?

Adam's mouth twitched at that time.

Not really, risking your life for a research that is doomed to fail, really not, there is hell ahead!

But think about it, it seems that Umbridge will be the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class next year.

Tsk, that doesn't seem impossible...

The second game of the Triwizard Tournament arrived as scheduled, and everyone gathered around the Black Lake.

"Don't worry, I've been soaking in the pool in the prefect's bathroom almost every night recently."

Cedric patted his thick chest, but as if he suddenly remembered something, his expression was subtle for a moment.

Adam, who accidentally used Legilimency to read the scene of Cedric taking a bath and Myrtle floating up from the pool out of curiosity: ... I hope she's okay.

"Go, Cedric."

Adam controlled his expression and patted Cedric on the shoulder:

"The only problem is that the Black Lake is still too cold now, let's eat mutton hot pot to drive away the cold later."

"Please prepare ten servings of mutton for me."

"I'll prepare twenty for you."

Adam said with a smile.

"Everyone, take your positions--"

As the last warrior came late, Bagman's voice sounded, and Cedric waved to everyone and ran to join the other warriors.

"I thought Harry Potter would not come at all."

Cologne looked at Harry, who looked like he had just woken up and stood there, out of tune with the three people next to him, and whispered.

"He will definitely come."

Adam looked at Harry, and his eyes became a little deep in an instant:

"After all, this is just the beginning."

He will protect Hogwarts, so that Voldemort and the Death Eaters cannot step into it, and his potential customers and teachers and friends will not be harmed, but he can't stop the rumors that blow into Hogwarts.

After the Triwizard Tournament is over, Harry's life will be difficult, after all, this time... he can't even produce Cedric's body as evidence.

Cedric came up quickly-he was the first to come up, holding Zhang Qiu, the skin on his face and arms was frozen white, and he was shivering when he came out of the water.

Madam Pomfrey immediately cast a drying spell on him and Zhang Qiu, and gave each of them a thick blanket.

"Let's have a cup of brown sugar ginger tea."

Adam put a paper cup in each of their hands.

"Thanks."

Cedric couldn't help but frown after taking a sip. Zhang Qiu seemed to be very familiar with the taste of ginger tea.

After waiting for another ten minutes, the warriors came back one after another, bringing with them the hostages they wanted to rescue - Furong succeeded in rescuing her sister this time.

Mr. Bagman reported the scores given by the judges to everyone. Although Karkaroff, as usual, gave low scores to others, Cedric still got the highest score.

After talking about everyone's scores, Bagman informed everyone of the time of the last trial - June 24. The warriors will know the content one month before the trial.

"The third trial is a maze. The scores in the first and second trials will affect the entry order of the third trial."

While waiting for the mutton pot to boil, Adam looked at Cedric and said.

"...Where did you find out this time?"

Cedric was numb. It was still several months before the third trial. He even suspected that Bagman himself didn't know the specific content of the third trial.

"That's not important."

Adam shook his head:

"The important thing is that you were the first to enter in the third game. After entering..."

Just as Cedric was listening intently, wanting to know the secret to passing the third game, he heard the last half of Adam's sentence:

"Find a place to hide. It's best to use the Illusion Charm to be alert to attackers around you."

"……ha?"

Cedric blinked:

"That's it? The third game is for us to fight each other in the maze until the last person standing?"

"No, the third trial asks you to find the trophy in the maze, but it is actually a trap, and the purpose is Harry Potter."

Adam looked at Cedric extremely seriously:

"Anyone other than Harry Potter who touches the trophy will die."