Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts

Chapter 344 Cedric Diggory

After listening to Professor White's words, the girl blinked: This game is so childish...

In her opinion, can't this be done with a little effort? She is already fifteen years old and has left the age of playing this kind of game. However, due to Professor White's face, she still took the wooden box and started to fiddle with it.

Helga smiled but said nothing. This game is not as simple as it looks.

The four beads at the four corners of the box are not affected by gravity, but are very sensitive to magic, so even untrained little wizards can make the beads move by instinct. But moving does not mean that they can be accurately pushed into the corresponding hole. Whether or not the beads can be accurately controlled can reflect talent.

However, this device also has its problems, that is, once the wizard picks up the wand, he can easily control the beads in the box. So Helga forbids students to use the wand.

The girl, who didn't know the truth, picked up the box and subconsciously tilted one corner. As a result, the beads did not fall as she imagined, but were firmly fixed on the four corners of the wooden box as if they were stuck.

Girl: ? ? ?

Hufflepuff showed a "hehehe" smile, she loved to see this surprised little expression!

After gently tapping the wooden box to no avail, the girl realized that this game seemed not as simple as it looked. She pinched a corner of the wooden box with both hands and stared at the beads in the box seriously.

At this moment, she really wanted to make the beads move.

As if sensing her intention, the yellow bead in the corner suddenly trembled, and then "whoosh" rushed out from the corner where it was, hitting the edge of the wooden box like a golden snitch, making a crisp sound.

"It's done!" The girl was delighted: being able to make the beads move is half the success! She comforted herself in this way.

Next, she carefully repeated the "process" just now, and the beads moved again, but the result was the same as last time. The wooden beads flew to the other side of the box and did not listen to her at all.

After trying this repeatedly for more than ten times, the girl gave up - the last straw that broke her back was that the yellow ball fell into the green hole, which completely lost her chance of passing the level.

She put the wooden box on the table in front of her, and said to Professor White a little embarrassedly that she could not control the balls.

"It's okay, it's okay." Helga had expected it in her heart. She picked up the wooden box and reset all four beads with a casual flicker.

At this time, many Hufflepuff students had noticed the game played by Professor White and the girl. They gathered around the two and looked at the wooden box in the girl's hand with curious eyes.

Seeing that the students were attracted and everyone's eyes were shining with eagerness, Helga decided to add fuel to this enthusiasm.

"Children, whoever is the first to complete this game, I will give him a cup!" She took out a small golden cup from her arms. The cup was made very delicately, and a vivid little badger was carved on it.

"During the day, clear water poured into the cup will turn into honey water; at night, clear water poured into it will turn into wine; at the junction of dawn and dusk, it will turn into black tea." Helga introduced the function of the cup to the students who gathered around her.

Now, more people are willing to play the game.

They took turns trying, but few people could make these sensitive little balls run obediently to the correct hole.

Those failed little wizards did not leave, but ran to the other side to make way for students who had not tried, and passed on their own experience.

"Don't try to move the ball by tilting the box!"

"Just say 'move' in your mind."

"Don't be too impatient, go slower, be gentler..."

Helga did not stop the students from sharing their experience. She had already considered this. A few words of experience summarized can help the little wizard find the right way to start the game faster, but how to really play it still depends on talent. It's like telling someone who has never played a shooting game that the left button is used to shoot, the right button is used to aim, and the R button is used to reload. These experiences are useful, but they are of no real use.

The box was handed to a round-faced boy. Like other students, he couldn't manipulate the ball very well. The ball kept making crisp collision sounds in the box, and the boy's round face became redder and redder.

In the end, he put the wooden box aside after a few failures and ran away with a red face.

"Don't try again?" Helga glanced at the boy, but the boy just closed his mouth and shook his head.

"Let me try." A voice came from the crowd, and many students subconsciously made way, and a tall and handsome boy walked out of the crowd. He has black hair and a pair of bright gray eyes.

Seeing the boy in front of her, Helga's eyes lit up: she knew this student, his name was Cedric Diggory, a fifth-year student at Hufflepuff College, the captain of the team, the seeker, and the prefect of the college.

To sum it up in one sentence, he was so good that he didn't look like a Hufflepuff at all.

Helga handed the box to Cedric, who didn't rush to start the game, but thanked him first, and then started to play with the box.

Everyone, including the Hufflepuffs, held their breath, as if they were afraid that their breathing would affect Cedric's performance.

Bang!

There was a crisp sound in the box, which was the sound of beads hitting the wall of the box. Cedric successfully activated the beads. Then, in less than ten seconds, "dang, dang, dang, dang" came from the box one after another. Four muffled sounds.

This is the sound of beads falling into the hole.

Cedric returned the wooden box to Hufflepuff, and he had put the four beads into the corresponding holes.

There was warm applause and cheers in the lounge, mixed with a few screams from girls, and a smile appeared on Helga's face.

She has found the answer.

It's a pity that he is older but it won't have much influence. I will try hard to persuade him to stay in school for further study after graduation. Moreover, the magic power in the older wizard's body is stronger, and his strength increases faster after being taught by him.

After passing the level, Cedric was not in a hurry to claim his prize. He told Helga that he had just jumped in line on a whim, so he hoped that the professor would give other students a chance. If someone else could finish the game, he would compete with them again.

Naturally, Helga had no objection - her purpose was to identify highly gifted children, not to give out a cup and naturally hope that every student would try it.

But then no one in the lounge could pass the level like Cedric, and he became the undisputed winner.

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