"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 do we have to 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, maybe they don't dare to do anything at all.

Walking 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 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, and raised her finger to point.

The chair opposite said: "Sit down, Mr. Cedric."

Cedric secretly looked at Umbridge's office. This was his first time here. The office was filled with pink decorations that did not match Umbridge's age, and various cat trays were placed on the shelves.

It's very girly.

However, 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 party 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, and three 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 two Weasley brothers swept five stars. Thanks to Umbridge's "help", maybe Hufflepuff can win again in the next game.

Defeating the Gryffindor team, however, Cedric couldn't be happy.

"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 her 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 again?

"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 hesitation.

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, so he picked up the milk tea and took a sip, and 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. It makes me feel a little sick."

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 Self-Defense Guide?" Cedric said calmly, "I did read that book once."

"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 even 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.

, the purpose is 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 that's a rumor."

"Go on." Umbridge said expressionlessly.

"Some people also 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 too 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 matter 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 gave the power?"

"Headmaster Dumbledore." Cedric fell silent after he finished speaking.

"you can go now."

Umbridge looked Cedric up and down, and after confirming that she could no longer ask any other answers, she let him leave.

Looking at the door that had closed again, 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 added. After asking the house elf a few questions to confirm that the veritaserum was indeed effective, she let the house elf leave.

"Am I too worried?" Umbridge murmured.

If Albert were here, he would definitely complain about Umbridge's potions skills and that she didn't know that Veritaserum also had 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 elixirs.

The news that Cedric was called to Umbridge's office soon spread throughout Hogwarts Castle, and this incident immediately aroused 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, Harry's relationship with Cedric was not very good. However, after taking tranquilizers, 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 the Hufflepuff students all agree with him.

During the training period when the team is separated, in addition to Harry, Cedric and the Weasley brothers will also help guide people respectively, so as to speed up the efficiency of everyone's mastering of spells. Otherwise, if you want to learn the "Self-Defense Guide" in a short time

content, and it is difficult for everyone to get sufficient training.

"An antidote to Veritaserum?" Hermione asked with wide eyes, "Can you make an antidote to Veritaserum?"

"Of course not, it was the antidote that Albert gave me." Cedric shook his head and said, "Don't put too much hope in it, he doesn't have much of the Veritaserum antidote left."

"If Toad uses veritaserum on other members, there is still a risk of exposure.

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.

Delaying time, giving reinforcements to others, and causing trouble are the best results."

"You may have to go to Fred and George, they are better at this." Harry agreed with Hermione's suggestion, "Start the next party as soon as possible, we must make everyone more vigilant!"

"It's best to expose Umbridge's suspected use of Veritaserum on students," Hermione added.

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To be continued...