Cedric: …

After listening to the riddle, he looked confused, what is this all about?

The Sphinx seemed to have expected this situation long ago. She sat on her hind legs and looked at Cedric with interest.

She is very aware of the difficulty of her puzzles. The little wizard in front of her should be able to answer one correctly, and if she is lucky, she may even get one. If he answers one correctly and one wrong, will she eat him?

The Sphinx was lost in thought.

Cedric thought for a long time, and he felt that the situation in front of him was really not his field of expertise.

"Can you read it again, please?" He decided to write down the puzzle first.

"Of course." The Sphinx blinked at Cedric, smiled, and read the three riddles again. Cedric hurriedly wrote them on the ground.

"Please let me think about it for a while." Cedric looked at the puzzle and frowned.

"Of course, you can consider the end of time." The Sphinx showed a mysterious smile, and then lay still in place, just like the statue next to the Egyptian pyramid.

Cedric's expression moved, and he vaguely grasped some thoughts, but the thoughts were as cunning as a loach, and slipped away from his mind as soon as he turned around.

He stared at the puzzle on the ground, his brain was running fast - he planned to start solving the first puzzle.

"Thing that devours everything? What kind of monster?" Cedric's mind appeared the figure of the giant monster he just defeated. If it was dozens of times bigger, it might really become that kind of devouring monster. Monsters of everything, right? Too bad it didn't even have twenty feet.

Cedric's thoughts gradually went astray. He began to recall the names of those powerful magical animals in the wizarding world: Kolamai, Thunderbird, Fire Dragon...

When he thought of fire dragons, Cedric's expression changed: dragons are very picky eaters, but the flames they spit out are not! Could the result be flames? Flames can devour birds and beasts, flowers and trees, and can also burn stones into ashes, and steel into molten iron.

But fire doesn't seem to be able to knock down mountains.

"Kill the kings, destroy the walls, bring down the mountains..." Cedric repeated, frowning.

Why the emphasis on kings? In front of the flames, there seems to be no difference between a king and a wild boar.

Cedric felt that he was one window away from the correct answer.

He looked at the Sphinx sitting gracefully in front of him, and a sentence crossed his mind:

"You can consider the end of time."

Yes, it's time! In the face of time, even the sea will turn into mulberry field, this is the answer! Cedric verified it again and found that the answer to the time puzzle perfectly fit the description of the problem.

"The answer to the first puzzle is time." Cedric replied confidently, while the palm under the robe unconsciously pinched the shell of the port key. Once the answer is wrong, he will run away.

Sphinx smiled kindly and nodded at Cedric.

Cedric's puzzle has attracted a lot of attention. However, more students chose to watch Furong's screen instead of guessing. She's running from a Norwegian Ridgeback, after all. Most of the people who pay attention to Cedric are Hufflepuff's little wizards and students who like to solve puzzles. They focus on Cedric's puzzles and try to solve them together with Cedric.

"Is the answer actually time? I thought it was Voldebat, after all, that thing can swallow everything..."

"How does Voldebat knock down a mountain?"

"Isn't it big enough..."

"Then I want to say that flames can burn down mountains!"

The little wizards were bickering and guessing the answer to the second question.

"Resurrecting the dead, making people laugh and cry—it must be the Philosopher's Stone!" Seamus of Gryffindor vowed: "The Philosopher's Stone can make people live forever!"

Ron, who had been staring at the Hibiscus screen, heard the word Philosopher's Stone, and immediately regained his spirits. He turned sideways to look at his classmate, and said in a firm tone: "The Sorcerer's Stone does have the effect of prolonging life, but it does not meet the introduction in the puzzle. First of all, we must make it clear that the Sorcerer's Stone cannot bring people back to life—it The role of the magic stone is to extend life, not resurrection. Second, the effect of the Philosopher's Stone cannot last a lifetime. In order to prolong life, wizards need to continue to take the Philosopher's Stone."

Seamus looked at Ron as if he had seen a ghost. Such a professional analysis was really not something Ron could say.

Ron's face turned red when Seamus looked at him. He lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I have studied the effects of the Philosopher's Stone very seriously, because it can turn stones into gold! Turn stones into gold!"

Ron, who was born in poverty, desperately hopes to make a fortune. So he carefully understood the functions and characteristics of the Philosopher's Stone, and even secretly tried to find a way to refine the Philosopher's Stone-in the end, these attempts all ended in failure.

"It's memories." Cedric replied calmly, "Memories contain joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. They can make people cry or laugh. The dead can be revived in memories, and they can also return to their youthful appearance. .Memories can accompany a person for a lifetime if they are not forgotten."

The Sphinx nodded again, and she pulled out a fragment of the magic ring and a small roll of parchment from somewhere.

"You can choose the reward, wise warrior." Sphinx pushed the two treasures towards Cedric with her tail, and she explained the functions of the two treasures at the same time.

Cedric seems to be in a tangle.

He didn't understand the third question at all, and he even felt that there was something wrong with his language! He felt that with his own wisdom, there was a high probability that he would not be able to solve it.

This means he has to choose between maps and shards.

Either of these two items makes sense. The map can help Cedric quickly enhance his strength, and the fragments are the fundamental purpose of his strength enhancement. Both options have pros and cons.

"It's so hard to make a choice..." Cedric looked at the two treasures eagerly.

"Think slowly, don't rush, you and I have plenty of time." Sphinx is a very patient magical animal, she sat on the side, watching Cedric in distress with great interest.

"You can try to solve the third puzzle, because you have the first two questions as a foundation, even if you get it wrong, I won't make things difficult for you." Sphinx gave a small suggestion.

Cedric: Huh.

He has no idea!

But when he looked at the two treasures in front of him, a very Gryffindor-style approach came to mind

He pretended to hold the two treasures for comparison, and put one hand into the inner pocket of the robe.

"Would you please repeat the third question again?"

"Of course—" Sphinx just wanted to repeat the puzzle, but Cedric quickly crushed the cover outside the portkey, and his fingers touched the body of the portkey.

Cedric disappeared in an instant, along with fragments of the magic ring and the map.

"Bastard!" Sphinx stood up all of a sudden, roaring angrily. This is the first time since she was born that someone dared to play with it like this! Her claws made deep scratches one after another on the ground

But no matter how angry the Sphinx was, it couldn't change the fact that Cedric took the two treasures and ran away with the Portkey.

"Interesting little guy," Sphinx said through gritted teeth after venting his inner anger, "Don't, don't let me meet you again, you are good at using little smart guys."

The little wizards watching the game were boiling, literally boiling.

Cedric's behavior, on the plus side, is wild and unconstrained, but on the minus side, it's proper and unethical, taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules.

The little wizards of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons stood up one after another, shouting loudly: "Cheating! Shameless cheating!"

And the little wizards of Hogwarts recovered from the shock. After hearing what the little wizards of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons were shouting, they also responded unceremoniously:

"This is the fair use rule!"

"The game doesn't forbid it."

"Fleur Delacour's five-pack is more like cheating!"

…

"Perhaps only the referees can give a fair conclusion." Lee Jordan shouted loudly, the scene was too noisy, and only in this way could he let his voice overshadow other people's movements.

He looked at the referee's seat behind him, eagerly waiting for the referee's conclusion.

The referees on the jury also got into a dispute.

"Principal Dumbledore, has Cedric's behavior violated the rules? Isn't the port key we have equipped to protect the personal safety of the warriors? How can it be used to exploit such a loophole?" Mrs. Maxim took the lead in launching the attack, and she was condescending Looking down at Dumbledore, his tone was aggressive.

In her opinion, Cedric was just taking advantage of loopholes and should be disqualified immediately.

Karkaroff next to her was much calmer than her, as if he didn't care at all. The look was astutely captured by Durmstrang's top graduate, Issa May. A hint of confusion flashed in her eyes: This doesn't seem like Professor Karkaroff's reaction!

As the former president of the student council, Isa Meko knew Karkaroff, the principal, very well. He is a narrow-minded, short-sighted man. Forgiveness and forgiveness simply do not exist in that person's dictionary.

Such a person, can suffer such a loss? Obviously impossible.

Professor Karkaroff's reaction was too abnormal! Issa May has come to a conclusion. A conjecture that had been lurking in her heart for a long time came to her mind: Professor Karkaroff should be controlled by someone!

As for the method of control, there is a high probability that it is the Imperius Curse, one of the three Unforgivable Curses.

Issa May's conjecture is not groundless. She knows some secrets that outsiders don't know. For example, Professor Karkaroff disappeared for a few days during the summer vacation. After he reappeared, he explained that the pressure of managing the school was too great, so he gave himself a vacation.

Many people don't believe this statement at all. Most people think that this person may have been replaced or controlled by the Imperius Curse. Coincidentally, Karkaroff's personality changed a bit afterwards, which also caused some gossip among Durmstrang's student groups.

Issa May felt compelled to find the truth. She thought at first that someone used Polyjuice Potion to disguise himself as Professor Karkaroff, but later this speculation was overturned - she followed Karkaroff closely and found that he did not take the opportunity to steal Polyjuice agent. This potion needs to be drunk every once in a while, so you can still find clues if you observe carefully.

But after dozens of days of observation, Isa May was sure that Professor Karkaroff had no flaws in the compound decoction. Of course, there were more flaws in her behavior, and she became more and more sure that her principal must be controlled by the Imperius Curse.

But she doesn't know who did it. Her eyes scanned the people around her, everyone looked suspicious. Ludo Bagman, who pretends to be naughty, has something to hide from everyone; Mrs. Maxim, the headmaster of Beauxbatons, isn't it normal for an evil half-blood giant to do such a thing? As for the legendary Dumbledore, what kind of person is he? Can he be as good as he looks? A kind, gentle man is no match for Grindelwald...

Karkaroff and the others didn't realize it, they didn't know that there was such a rich psychological activity in the heart of a young referee at this time.

All eyes were on Dumbledore.

As the organizer and headmaster of Cedric, Dumbledore had to give an explanation.

He stroked his beard and said something completely irrelevant.

"If I remember correctly, the Apparition exam is scheduled for the students in their fifth year?" Dumbledore glanced at Percy.

"That's right, sir, the fifth graders were taking—"

"Thank you, Mr. Weasley," Dumbledore interrupted Percy without giving Percy more room to play, "Mr. Cedric can apparate, right?"

Percy suddenly came to his senses, "It's like this, Cedric has successfully obtained the qualification to apparate before."

"So even without a Portkey, Mr. Cedric who met the Sphinx in the wild can use Apparition to escape, can't he?" Dumbledore's words are very convincing.

Mrs. Maxim also accepted his explanation~lightnovelpub.net~We still need to revise the rules as soon as possible, lest someone continue to exploit loopholes. "Although she accepted the explanation, Mrs. Maxim obviously still had some ideas.

"Next time." Dumbledore said with a smile.

After the biggest thorn was subdued, the referees also quickly unified their opinions.

"After discussion by the referee team, Mr. Cedric's operation complied with the norms." The host Ludo Bagman shouted enthusiastically, and there was a loud cheer from the audience—this is the little wizard of Hogwarts celebrating . They cheered, ecstatic for Cedric's big breakthrough.

As for the little wizards of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, there was no sound at all. The jury has already ruled like this, what else can they do?

——

Four thousand words in one

Ask for monthly tickets and recommended tickets!

At the same time, I hope that everyone can fish out Manyo! Today's Solstice Winter PV is so cool! What kind of side job did Baishu and Yura specify~