"Kyle, what are you looking at?"

Once, during breakfast, Cedric watched Kyle always stare at a booklet and couldn't help but ask, "You've been reading this thing for days?" ”

It's not unusual for Kyle to read a book while eating, but it's a bit strange to read just one booklet for so many days in a row.

This thing is only a few pages, does it take so long...... Even Kyle hasn't even played wizard chess these days, and he always has that booklet in his hand no matter how much he sees it.

"What did you just say?" Kyle asked, looking up.

"I said, what are you looking at?" Cedric repeated.

"Oh, Professor Dumbledore gave it to me." Kyle rubbed his forehead, didn't hide it, and just pushed the book on the table to Cedric, and said, "I thought I could learn it in a few days, but this thing is a lot harder than I thought, and it will take a week." ”

"It's just a few pieces of parchment, and it takes so long to learn, is there any complicated spell on it?"

Cedric leaned his head curiously and looked at him, and then he stopped talking.

There was only a handful of text on the parchment, and the rest was all dizzyingly complex scripts and symbols.

"You're studying Ancient Rune with Professor Dumbledore?" Connor asked.

"Let's just put it that way." Kyle hurried to stuff a few slices of fried egg and ham in his mouth, and took a big sip of pumpkin juice before continuing, "What he taught me was a bit complicated, and I had to learn this first." ”

"Is this still the easiest?" Cedric smacked his lips and looked at the parchment with a frown again, "This is the "Extension" symbol, and "Overlay", "Light", do you want to make some high-end magic items?" ”

"No, it's a spell." Kyle said, "Professor Dumbledore's invented spells are powerful, but extremely difficult to master. ”

"Oh, I see." Cedric slapped his palms suddenly, "You must be preparing for the third project, so that you can ...... in one fell swoop"

Cedric suddenly closed his mouth and glanced at Fleur not far away with some embarrassment.

"I know what you're thinking." Fleur calmly poured some fresh vegetable leaves on the plate, "Actually, you don't need to be so surprised, and you don't need to feel that you have leaked a secret, because before the start of the third project, all warriors are the same."

"In fact, Madam Maxim has been teaching me some magic spells that would never normally appear in a textbook."

"You also learned?" Cedric blurted out, "Then why did you never mention it." ”

As soon as he said this, Cedric knew he had asked a rather stupid question.

Fleur is the warrior who represents Beauxbatons, and of course it is impossible to reveal her secret weapon to them.

Not surprisingly, Fleur turned her head and looked at Cedric with a strange look, like a running sea cucumber.

Cedric's face turned red, and he quickly explained, "Sorry you misunderstood, I mean, why don't you always hold a book like Kyle." ”

"That's because we have another way to learn." Fleur said, "It's the same way outside of the textbooks, and the same goes for Krum, do you think there's anything different about his time in the castle lately than before?" ”

"Krum......" Cedric thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Doesn't seem to be." ”

He didn't pay much attention to Krum, and only occasionally met him a few times during meals in the Great Hall, and in his memory, Krum behaved no different than usual...... Still eating without saying a word, and then leaving.

"But I've seen Durmstrang the headmaster teach him a strange wand gesture on the deck of that ship, something he certainly won't let you know."

Fleur said, "Krum would prefer to let you ...... Or rather, to convince Kyle that he wasn't prepared for anything.

After all, Kyle's score advantage is too great, and only by hiding more means and hole cards can he have a chance to win the championship in the final event.

"Of course, so will I, and Madam Maxim will certainly not agree to me telling you this."

"In that case, then why do you say so much?" Kyle asked curiously.

"That's because you talked about it first."

Fleur glanced at the parchment on the table and quickly looked away, "That's the only way to be fair, isn't it?" ”

Kyle smiled and didn't speak.

Just then, the owls who delivered the letter also came.

They scrambled into the auditorium, letters and packages raining down on everyone's hands.

Kyle first looked up, glanced at the Wizarding Weekly that the others had received, and was slightly relieved to confirm that the grinning man on the cover was not him, and instead picked up the Daily Prophet in front of him.

The second event of the Triwizard Tournament, long after a long time, still dominates the front pages of the newspapers, and people seem to have endless topics about what is happening under the lake.

This time, the front page is about the horse-shaped water monster, I don't know if it's because Kyle jumped out of the water on it and scored the highest score in one fell swoop, this magical beast that wasn't so popular in the first place, quickly became popular in a short period of time.

Although this dangerous magical creature is forbidden to keep, there is always a way for people to evade the Ministry of Magic's inspection.

At the bottom of the newspaper is the advice of the Ministry of Magic.

Amos Diggory, director of the Beasts Office of the Department of Magical Beasts Management and Control, believes that people now want to raise horse-shaped monsters because of the impulse. He thinks it's stupid, the horse-shaped monster is wild and untamable, it's not suitable to raise, and if you can't stand it anymore and decide to throw it away, it will hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity to retaliate......

"We've dealt with five horse-shaped monsters this week, and I hope there won't be a sixth."

"Oh, my dad got promoted." Cedric also saw the contents of the newspaper and said with a smile: "He mentioned it to me last week, and I always thought he was joking."

But then he will have more things to do, and I wonder if he will be able to accompany me on a trip to Austria during the holidays this year...... We made an agreement at Christmas. ”

"Austria?" Kyle wondered.

"yes." Cedric said, "Wasn't the last International Confederation of Wizards held there? I was a little curious and wanted to check it out.

"My dad also agreed, saying that he would take me there this year."

"That's unlikely." Kyle spread his hands.

The Beast's Office is the busiest place in the Magical Beasts Management and Control Division, with a total of six small departments under it, and a lot of things to deal with every day.

When Chris was in this position, he could only take one day off in two weeks on average.

"That would be a shame." Cedric said, but his expression didn't change much.

A trip to Austria is great, but Mr. Diggory's promotion is just as enjoyable.

Kyle continued to flip through the newspaper, and on the second page, he suddenly saw a familiar name.

[Investigation of Barty Crouch, former director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, concluded]

(End of chapter)