Just as Ilona was lost in her memories, Cedric took the initiative to walk out from the Hufflepuff students and said the same thing:

"That's right, the duel is not over yet."

Seeing this, Ilona no longer hesitated and announced:

"The fifth match between Hufflepuff and Slytherin, the one representing Slytherin is Cassandra!"

"The one representing Hufflepuff is Cedric!"

"Both parties please prepare yourself!"

Cassandra and Cedric bowed to each other, then turned and walked away. As Ilona announced the start of the duel, both sides turned around at the same time, but one person's wand was pointing at the other, and the other's wand was pointing at himself.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Armor protects the body!"

Then, the two sides fought back and forth, and spells continued to explode in the center of the duel arena. For a while, the two sides were evenly matched.

Perhaps because the two sides were evenly matched, this duel between the second-year Hufflepuff and the first-year Slytherin was even more exciting than the previous ones.

Amid the dazzling spells, the atmosphere on the scene became heated again. The Hufflepuffs, who had long been complacent, cheered for Cedric wildly. Although the Slytherins had failed, seeing that Cassandra, as a first-year, could not lose in the duel with the second-year Hufflepuffs, it was considered a way to save some face for the Slytherins.

Wentworth watched the duel in the field gradually become more intense. Cassandra and Cedric's disarming spells were entangled at this time! The two spells were tightly entangled in the air, and neither of them could move forward.

What Wentworth was thinking at this moment was:

What kind of amazing classmates are these?! Cedric is fine, after all, he is a true warrior who can represent Hogwarts in the next few years and fight in the Goblet of Fire. To some extent, he is the best in Hogwarts, but this little girl who has never been heard of in the original book is so powerful? Look at these spells on the field, my goodness, it feels like I can handle none of them!

And these two people were just students of the same grade as him? The magical world was more dangerous than he had imagined! If Wentworth had come to Hogwarts with a curious mindset in the past, at this moment, seeing this scene in front of him, Wentworth inexplicably felt a sense of urgency and crisis in his heart.

Just as Wentworth was lost in his own thoughts, a burst of exclamations from the scene brought Wentworth out of his thoughts.

When Wentworth turned his gaze back to the center of the duel arena, he saw that Cedric's disarming spell was getting closer and closer to Cassandra's wand. At this time, Cassandra's originally fair face had turned pale, and she was sweating profusely, which ruined her delicate makeup.

"Cassandra can't hold on any longer. Compared to Cedric, Cassandra's magic power can hardly keep up. If it was any other second-year Hufflepuff, Cassandra might have been able to defeat the strong, but unfortunately, she met Cedric."

Cork explained to Wentworth.

Although he saw that Cedric was about to win, Cork did not look too happy when he saw the scene in front of him. Instead, his tone was full of regret.

Cedric, who was in the duel arena, also said at this time: "Cassandra, give up, your magic power should be almost exhausted!"

But Cassandra, who was opposite Cedric, gritted her teeth, said nothing, and continued to desperately cast her spell.

At this time, sporadic applause broke out, and then the applause grew louder and louder, gradually sweeping across the entire Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom at Hogwarts.

At the critical moment, two figures stood in front of Cassandra almost at the same time.

Ilona, ​​the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, simply waved her fingers and broke Cedric's spell without even using a wand.

The other person was Professor Snape, the head of Slytherin.

Snape stood in front of Cassandra and stretched out his hand to hold Cassandra's shoulder, which prevented Cassandra from falling.

Seeing her own dean, Cassandra could not hide her disappointment and said: "Professor Snape, I'm sorry, I lost, I brought shame to Slytherin..."

As she spoke, Cassandra's eyes seemed to become somewhat crystal clear.

At this moment, Cedric's voice suddenly sounded not far away:

"Cassandra, I didn't win this duel, and you didn't lose either..."

It turned out that Cedric was just about to come over to see if Cassandra was injured, and he happened to hear what Cassandra said, so he quickly spoke.

But Cassandra interrupted Cedric before he could finish and responded:

"You don't need to comfort me. Losing is losing. Can't I afford to lose? I lost this time, but I will win again next time! Just wait, it won't be long before I will invite you to a duel again!"

Seeing this, Cedric, who had been anxious, suddenly smiled and said:

"Cassandra, if you insist on feeling that you have lost, then you have only lost to yourself. I will never admit that I have won anyway!"

"Also, if you want to win back, don't come to me! I'm a grade higher than you after all. There's nothing to brag about if I win, and it's even more embarrassing if I lose. Go find that kid over there. He was the one who came up with all the ideas today!"

Cedric said, pointing at Wentworth not far away.

Wentworth: ??? But this time, Wentworth suddenly didn’t want to refuse. With an adult soul, Wentworth knew very well that there were many things in this world that could not be avoided, unless he stayed in Hogwarts for the rest of his life.

So this time, Wentworth did not refuse, but took the initiative to come over. Seeing Wentworth coming towards her, Cassandra forced herself to stand up straight, and seeing this, Snape also put down his hand and stepped aside.

Wentworth came to Cassandra and whispered in her ear:

"Aren't you just upset about the last time I stood in front of you and got one step ahead of you? When you have rested well, I will accept your duel! I may not be your opponent, but I will try my best! At worst, I will let you bully me!"

Hearing Wentworth say this, Cassandra was about to smile, but in the moment when her mind relaxed, Cassandra suddenly closed her eyes and fainted.

Fortunately, Wentworth was quick to act and hugged Cassandra. However, before Wentworth could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a sinister voice: "What did you say to my student?!"

(End of this chapter)