Understanding the good intentions of Sirius and the others, Kayson no longer bothered with Hagrid and Madame Maxime.
He still had a little bit of selfishness; when it came to things like honor, money, or power, he wasn't very interested and could easily give them away.
But if it was about friends.....
Emm...the selfish Professor Kayson, even if he wouldn't deliberately break them up, couldn't bring himself to send Hagrid to Beauxbatons.
Well, a bit of a dark psychological twist.
Time flew by quickly, for instance, now, Cedric and Harley stood nervously in front of Kayson.
The latter didn't say much, only took out two ender pearls and handed them to the two.
"If you encounter danger, smash this thing, and I will appear where it shattered."
"The Triwizard Tournament is tomorrow, and you all know there's a spy within Hogwarts. This year, the only major event at Hogwarts is this Triwizard Tournament, and I don't believe that guy can wait until the end of the term. If nothing goes wrong, he'll make his move tomorrow."
Cedric and Harley took the pearls and carefully placed them in their pockets.
Seeing this, Kayson waved his hand, telling them to go their separate ways. Cedric nodded and left, while Harley, clearly still somewhat confused, remained.
"Professor, logically, my Potion should only last for a month, so why am I still a girl?"
Kayson also silently stroked his chin: "Indeed, logically, you should have recovered by now. Could it be that the dosage I got from Severus back then was incorrect?"
"Then Professor... should we go ask Snape?" Harley suggested.
"Wait until your Triwizard Tournament is over tomorrow. What if the antidote has some side effects that affect your Triwizard Tournament?" Kayson explained.
"Alright."
......
Early the next morning, Kayson sat in the stands. He had gone to bed early yesterday so that he could continuously monitor every corner of the arena for twenty-four hours today.
Harley and Cedric were now in front of the maze. To be honest, their scores were quite different. After Cedric entered the maze first, Harley still had to wait for a considerable amount of time before she could enter.
However, once inside, the two kids' progress was incredibly fast.
Why was that....
Because this maze was designed by the England Ministry of Magic, and Kayson built it block by block using leaf blocks.
To make their maze traversal seem natural, Kayson even designed a directional sequence for them, basically right, left, left, and so on, after entering. To avoid suspicion of cheating, he even deliberately designed a few branching paths for them to turn back when they reached them.
It was like spoon-feeding them directly into their stomachs.
And the two did not disappoint, both arriving at the trophy almost simultaneously.
"Harley, who's going to take it?" Cedric took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
"You do it. Dumbledore said that if I win the championship, the trophy and the champion title will be seamlessly handed over to the person immediately after me." Harley shrugged helplessly, saying.
"He dug a big pit for us, didn't he?" Cedric sighed.
"Uh-huh, maybe he never thought I could win the championship, even though my championship isn't particularly glorious. I practically cheated in all three events." Harley made a truthful joke.
"Just relax." Cedric nodded, offering an irrelevant comfort, and slowly walked towards the trophy.
As he was about to lift the trophy, a pale blue spell shot towards him from within the leaves. Upon discovering it, he quickly used his mechanical arm to deflect it.
"Who!" He looked at the leaf wall from which the spell had been fired.
The next moment, another golden stream of light flew rapidly towards Harley. Cedric appeared in front of her once again, but this time, the mechanical arm didn't have time to defend before the stream of light struck Cedric's chest.
Harley watched helplessly as Cedric blocked an attack for her and then disappeared. Enraged, she unleashed all the destructive spells she could muster towards the leaf wall.
On the other side, she quickly pulled out the ender pearl from her pocket and threw it directly onto the ground.
Crack!
"Harley, I can only say that Cedric needs my help more than you do." Kayson, with the first drop of blood just adhering to his mechanical arm, was summoned over.
Just a second before, he had been in a desolate graveyard. Cedric had smashed the ender pearl a step before Harley.
The person hidden in the dark, seeing this, instantly changed their strategy. After all, in the current situation, it was impossible for Harley to be taken away.
So, their primary task still needed to be completed.
The next moment, Harry's body suddenly split open with many strange wounds, and a large amount of blood floated out of them, moving towards Harry's back.
Seeing this, Kayson sent a surge of magic in the direction the blood was floating. After an explosion, a human figure holding a bottle in mid-air poured some of Harley's blood into it, then quickly walked towards the trophy and slapped it.
Buzz!
"Wait here, I'm going to find Cedric." With Harry's situation resolved, Kayson quickly returned to the dilapidated graveyard.
Cedric, who had been struggling to maneuver between the tombstones, relying on not-so-powerful spells and a highly mobile mechanical arm, suddenly heard a familiar hum. Another Death Eater appeared in the graveyard, holding the trophy, and even waved the small red bottle in his hand at the figure in the swaddling clothes.
Then came another person. Cedric's eyes widened. He saw Kayson suddenly appear in front of him, his two mechanical arms quickly extending, piercing the chests of two Death Eaters.
"That's enough, go!" The person in the swaddling clothes, seeing Kayson return once more, quickly yelled.
These Death Eaters might not be strong fighters, but they were certainly good at running away. In almost two seconds, only Cedric and Kayson were left in the entire graveyard.
Oh, and an open coffin, with a missing leg from the corpse inside.
"Professor!" Cedric was about to explain when Kayson stopped him.
"Wait until everyone is here, then you can explain everything together." Kayson patted Cedric's shoulder, saying reassuringly.
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