radicalducati Chapter 583 The Informer
Chapter 583 The Informer
Chapter 583 The Informer
Hermione's original plan was for them to conduct the first S.D.A. enrollment at the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade.
Since Hogwarts students and professors rarely go to the Hog's Head, it's the perfect place to discuss things that violate school rules.
But she had clearly overlooked the fact that Hogwarts was already on Easter break. This meant that exams were just around the corner, and at such a crucial time, there was virtually no possibility of Hogsmeade Week.
Realizing this, she quickly chose the Quidditch pitch on Saturday as the meeting place.
Students who want to join S.D.A. will use the excuse of watching Quidditch training to meet up with them there.
And they actually held a Quidditch training session—a friendly training match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Cedric took the initiative to apply to Mrs. Hodge, and it was completely open to the public, so anyone could come and watch.
Most students would use the secret passage provided by Fred to get to the Ravenclaw team's locker room under the guise of being spectators.
This area has already been opened up in advance. Lifting the Ravenclaw house flag hanging on the wall will lead directly to the Gryffindor dressing room next door, and Gryffindor will also have access to Hufflepuff on the other side.
Harry and Cedric, who are both important figures in the S.D.A. and Quidditch players, will play a few rounds first, and then go to the locker room to rest during their substitute training session.
This was a plan that Cedric had spent several days devising, which minimized the risk of exposure.
Therefore, even though Umbridge sensed something was wrong and personally led a special investigation team to the Quidditch stadium, they found nothing unusual.
The first meeting went fairly well, and according to Fred and George, they would go to the Room of Requirement for classes the following day, Sunday.
Time is a bit tight, mainly because the final exams are just around the corner, and many people—especially fifth graders—are eager to learn something truly useful to prepare for the upcoming 0WL exams.
Everyone knows that the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam at 0WL consists of two parts: a written exam and a spell demonstration. After wasting half a year of school, most people struggle to get high scores in the spell demonstration, so this is undoubtedly a great opportunity to catch up.
"I must say, Cedric is really vigilant." After returning to the castle, George even looked back.
"He had everyone sign a form on one of the venues, saying it would make it easier to count the number of people."
"But we can tell that it's a magical contract."
"No one who signed the document can tell anyone else what happened in the locker room."
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"If they try to do that, the magic of the contract will strangle them—"
"—Grab their wrists."
"Or break their quills."
"A cunning fellow, isn't he?"
The two men spoke amongst themselves, making no attempt to hide their admiration for Cedric.
In their view, this was the kind of cunning and adaptability a male student council president should have, not a bookworm like Percy.
"So you signed it too?" Xilun frowned.
In his plan, Fred and George were supposed to be the ones to "tell on him," so what would happen if they couldn't say anything?
"Don't worry, we made an excuse and left when he took out that piece of paper," Fred said.
"And we've already made it clear that we won't be attending the first class tomorrow," George said.
"In addition, we provided the secret passage, so Cedric always believed that we could be trusted and did not force us to sign as well."
"Sirius, you're such a bad boy," Fred said, suddenly becoming sad and rubbing his eyes until they were red.
"Yes." George also started wiping away tears.
"They trusted us so much—"
"But we were planning how to betray them—"
"I feel my conscience whipping my soul."
"Hey, can you be normal for once?" Xilen gave him a disdainful look. "You just mentioned two things you don't even know."
"Don't say that, I still have the whip," Fred said, dissatisfied.
"I stole it from Filch's office when I was in second grade."
"We've kept it all this time."
The three chatted as they made their way back to the eighth-floor common lounge.
Inside, Hermione was still discussing some details about tomorrow's class with Harry and the others in a corner.
The Weasley brothers both shut their mouths and walked past calmly as if nothing had happened.
As they got closer, they discovered that Hermione and the others were discussing who should teach the first class.
Xilun was originally the best choice; his status as a warrior in the Triwizard Tournament was the best calling card.
Next up are Cedric and Harry, one the president of the boys' council and the other the famous Savior, both equally renowned.
Ron is definitely going to choose Harry, but Hermione thinks Cedric is more suitable, and the two are arguing fiercely.
Harry was inclined to side with Hermione, since he himself had no experience as a professor and wanted to observe first, but Ron, who had already caused a ruckus, simply ignored him.
When the three men from Xilun came over, they provided him with the perfect excuse.
"Sirlen!" he shouted in surprise, then immediately stood up, finally managing to interrupt Hermione and Ron's argument.
"Hello," Celen greeted cheerfully, making Fred and George roll their eyes.
Who would have thought that before this, the first step of the plan that Xiren told them was to find an opportunity to reveal the S.D.A. matter to Umbridge.
This behavior is really—too exciting.
Fred and George quickly composed themselves and smiled and nodded at Harry as well.
"You've come at the right time; I was just about to look for you," Harry said.
"What's the matter?" Xilun asked.
"I just wanted to ask you, what are we going to do tomorrow—"
Harry's mouth kept moving, but strangely, Siron didn't hear anything.
Harry paused for a moment, seemingly noticing this as well.
"This thing is really amazing," he muttered to himself, then thought for a moment and said, "I mean, are you going to practice Apparition at the usual place tomorrow?"
"Normally, I would definitely go," Xiren nodded.
Apparition was the most effective life-saving spell he could think of, and he certainly wouldn't give up practicing it until he found a better method.
"Of course." Xilun changed the subject and continued, "If you need, I can go an hour later."
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Harry didn't speak, he just shook his head.
"Okay, then I'll go this afternoon?"
This time, Harry nodded immediately.
Got it, the first S·D·A session is tomorrow morning.