#206 - Chapter 206: Post-War Review
“Professor Swann, what are you doing here?”
Cedric looked at Sebastian with a mournful expression, his eyes almost dripping with grievance.
Goodness knows how desperate he felt when he was first tied up.
He never imagined that in the blink of an eye, the enemy would turn out to be his professor.
Who could bear this!
Unlike Cedric, Harry felt somewhat numb the moment he saw Sebastian.
No wonder he had felt that something was off about the hooded figure all along.
Not only did he hold back, but he also repeatedly pointed out the shortcomings of their spells.
Sure enough, it was the same old recipe, the same familiar taste.
That feeling instantly transported him back to the holidays when he was practicing spells with Sebastian, except the hooded figure's words were a little more venomous.
So, he was just letting his true self loose.
Sebastian gently waved his wand, and the ropes binding them loosened, turning back into small blades of grass on the ground.
“This is an additional assessment for unexpected situations.”
“It mainly examines whether you can come up with effective methods to deal with unexpected crises.”
“Your observations were very keen, and your reasoning was brilliant. The two people from the previous scenario were indeed in cahoots with me.”
Hearing this, Harry and Cedric's faces turned red.
What reasoning!
All that reasoning was just stuff from your script, Professor.
We were just actors cooperating with your performance.
“Professor Swann,” Cedric asked boldly, “How was our performance just now? Did we meet your requirements?”
Sebastian smiled: “Your performance did have some commendable points, but overall, I can only say it was barely passing.”
Barely passing?
Professor, you must be joking.
We parried with you for so long, and you say we barely passed.
Harry and Cedric exchanged glances, both seeing a hint of dissatisfaction in each other's eyes.
“Don't be dissatisfied. Let's do a post-battle summary, and you'll see where you can improve.”
Sebastian waved his wand, and two high-definition magical cameras quickly flew out from the treetops in the forest, hovering in the air.
Then, he extracted the magical images from the cameras and played them on a magical television he took out from his Undetectable Extension Charm bag.
The images displayed on the television were precisely all the details of Harry and Cedric arriving in this forest, captured by the high-definition magical cameras.
“Professor Swann,” Harry looked around at the environment, “Are we doing the post-battle debriefing here?”
“The environment here is very beautiful and private enough. Did you want to go back to the Auror training classroom to review your performance?”
Sebastian chuckled lightly: “I have no problem with that, but are you willing to share this magical footage with others?”
“No, no,” Harry waved his hand quickly, “What I mean is, what if we run into Muggles?”
“Don't worry, I've already cast Muggle-Repelling Charms around here. No one will discover us.”
“Professor, your preparations are quite thorough…” Cedric said with a forced smile.
Watching himself on the magical television, Cedric had the feeling of being publicly executed.
Fortunately, there were relatively few viewers. All three people present were the protagonists in the television.
If they had chosen to go back to Hogwarts and play it in front of all the Auror training students, that would have been too embarrassing.
“Look,” Sebastian said, pointing at the images on the magical television, “When you were first transported here by the Portkey, both of you were very calm and didn't panic and shout. That was a good performance.”
“Cedric reacted quickly, knowing to try to use the Portkey to fly back. That was also great.”
“However, there are some potential risks in this. Analyze what they are.”
“Professor,” Cedric pondered for a moment and said, “We couldn't distinguish whether the two people from the previous scenario were friends or foes.”
“After all, if they were enemies, we would face an attack from two adult wizards after we went back.”
“I wasn't vigilant when I touched the Portkey just now,” Harry also reflected, “You used to say that when using a Portkey in a crisis environment, you must pay extra attention.”
“At that time, it's easy to be attacked by the enemy. Once the Portkey is hit, at best, the Portkey will be damaged, and at worst, it will cause unpredictable consequences.”
“Good,” Sebastian said with approval, very satisfied with the performance of the two little guys.
“In today's situation, rashly using the Portkey to go back is not the optimal solution.”
“For Aurors, the best way is to Disapparate directly from here.”
“If an Anti-Disapparition Jinx has been set up here, the best response is for one person to be on guard, using detection magic to check if there are any enemies hiding nearby with a Disillusionment Charm.”
“The other person should try to contact support or try to make a Portkey.”
“These are all life-saving methods. There are still many things you need to learn.”
“Let's continue watching.”
The images on the magical television continued to flash, soon arriving at the scene where Harry and Cedric were pointing their wands at the hooded figure.
“Cedric, you made a big mistake here.”
“Many dark wizards start with the Killing Curse. At this time, any nonsense is disrespecting your own life safety.”
“In this situation, as long as you see a figure, don't talk nonsense, just hit him with a spell.”
Seeing his performance on the magical television, Cedric's face turned redder than a well-cooked shrimp.
And taking off the mask…
Revealing his true face…
From the perspective of an outsider, his performance at the time was too stupid.
“Professor,” Cedric said hesitantly, “What if the person who comes is an innocent person?”
“Then apologize afterwards, compensate with Galleons. Anyway, it's better than losing your life no matter what.”
Sebastian's expression was somewhat serious: “Never gamble on that one in ten thousand possibility. We only have one life, and we can't afford to gamble.”
In the following battle process, the performance of the two people was quite commendable.
The only thing was that the cooperation between the two people was not so systematic, a bit like each fighting their own battles.
Sebastian helped them analyze a lot. When he got excited, he directly pulled the two students to demonstrate on the spot.
Until they returned to school, Harry and Cedric's heads were still a little dizzy.
There was no way around it. They had received a lot of information at once, and they still needed to think carefully before they could truly digest it.
Before parting, Cedric asked Harry: “Harry, have you made up your mind to become an Auror in the future?”
“Yeah!” Harry nodded firmly, “I'm not very good at, nor do I like to do academic research.”
“Now it seems, I quite like the feeling of fighting criminals.”
“Cedric, what about you?”
“I don't know,” a hint of confusion appeared on Cedric's face, “I just want to take advantage of the time I have now to experience different careers.”
“Next year, I might choose to participate in the St. Mungo's training program to try it out.”
“My idea is to experience several occupations and then choose the one I like the most.”
“Don't think so much,” Cedric took a deep breath and said with a smile, “The Auror training course is over.”
“Next, I have to put all my energy into the final exam.”
“I want to get the top grade in the year again.”
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