Chapter 289 First Embrace

"Is what you said true?!"

Hearing Dracula's voice, Mrs. Digory seemed to be grasping at straws, clutching his sleeve tightly.

"Yes, I can make him wake up." Dracula said slowly, "But I need to tell you in advance that this kind of 'waking up' may not be what you think..."

"No matter what, just let Ced come back to life!" Mrs. Diggory sobbed emotionally. "Ced is only seventeen years old. He is so outstanding and makes us so proud..."

Amos Diggory also secretly wiped away tears.

Since Cedric was born, he has been proud of his son. Cedric lived up to his expectations and became "someone else's child", which gave Amos Diggory the capital to compete with other colleagues and friends. Show off in front of everyone.

Just now, he was showing off to the people near the auditorium, convinced that Cedric would definitely get the trophy of the Final Four and win this competition.

Cedric did get the trophy...

However, the way he came back was beyond imagination.

"Professor Dracula, please help Cedric..." Amos Digory begged with dark eyes.

"You guys get up first." Dracula looked at Cedric's unfocused eyes and said to the couple calmly, "Don't worry, he will be fine."

Dumbledore, who was also standing aside, seemed to realize something and looked at Dracula with a very strange look.

"His body has indeed lost its vitality, Professor Dracula." He said one word at a time. "A person who has been hit by the Death Curse cannot be recovered."

"I know." Dracula said slowly, "But...can't a dead body regain vitality?"

Dumbledore was silent for a moment.

"Professor Dracula, are you sure you want to do this?" His tone suddenly seemed a little erratic.

"I have decided." Dracula nodded gently, "Look after the others for me and don't let them disturb me."

Dumbledore sighed and said nothing more, just silently waving his wand.

An invisible barrier suddenly appeared, surrounding Dracula and Cedric, and blocking everyone else from the barrier.

Under the scorching gazes of everyone, Dracula raised one arm and stretched it forward.

Cedric's body floated lightly from the ground, and his eyelids were slightly closed to cover the eyes of the child who had lost focus.

At this time, someone suddenly exclaimed.

"Look, Dracula teaches him..."

Without his reminder, everyone's eyes were already focused on Dracula.

Dracula seemed to finally be too lazy to hide anymore and completely removed all disguises——

His skin became paler, a touch of blood appeared in his burgundy hole, and his ears became pointed, all of which reminded everyone present of his true identity!

Dracula's style as a professor gradually faded away, and his temperament gradually became colder, but his handsome face like a god and his dangerous aura were as attractive as a poppy. His perfect and lazy smile revealed a pair of sharp of lateral teeth.

"You are actually a vampire?!" Fudge was the first to scream, and he immediately looked at Dumbledore: "Dumbledore, how dare you recruit a vampire as a professor?"

Dumbledore ignored Fudge and just looked at Dracula worriedly.

If Dracula's identity is exposed, even if the students at Hogwarts are still willing to accept him, those conservative and rigid parents will definitely not agree to let a vampire serve as their children's professor.

Not only that, although the situation has improved a lot over the years, due to the contagiousness and aggressiveness of vampires, wizards in the magical world still stay away from this group, just like werewolves.

Therefore, it is impossible for Dracula to take any advantage in the public opinion of the magical world.

If this continues, according to Dracula's lazy character, I'm afraid it will be impossible for him to continue to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor...

Dumbledore looked at Dracula with some confusion in his thoughts. He saw him taking two steps closer to Cedric. He took one of Cedric's arms, lowered his head slightly, and stabbed Cedric with two sharp side teeth. Gram's wrist.

Mr. and Mrs. Diggory exclaimed, subconsciously wanting to rush to their son.

But Dumbledore stopped them.

"Amos, this is the only way." He persuaded softly, "If you still want your children to come back, then don't disturb Professor Dracula."

Mrs. Diggory's lips opened and closed, and Amos Diggory's eyes flashed.

They struggled in their hearts for a long time, and finally realized that Cedric could not come back unchanged as before, and he could only return to them in another way.

"Just do what Professor Dracula did." Amos Diggory sighed deeply. "No matter what Cedric becomes, we will still love him as before."

Mrs. Digory, with tears in her eyes, nodded likewise.

No matter what it becomes, it's better than never coming back.

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At the same time, Cedric's body gradually shriveled up, as if too much blood had been sucked away.

First embrace.

This is a ritual unique to the vampires. It is different from the literal meaning of "The Embrace". The first embrace actually represents the person who is about to become a vampire in the ceremony. The human blood in the body blends with the blood of the vampires. .

Ordinary vampires perform a first embrace ceremony for others, which will bring extremely strong feelings to those participating in the ceremony, including fear, heartache, death from excessive blood loss and other dangers. It is impossible to make a lifeless body out of thin air. Rejuvenate the body.

But as the leader of the vampires, Dracula is naturally different from them.

He can turn a human into a high-level vampire without any side effects, and he can also directly awaken an inactive body with his own blood.

Within a moment, Cedric's shrunken body returned to its original shape.

His skin color became paler, but his lips were extremely bright red, and his ears and fingers also quietly showed the characteristics of vampires.

Dracula let go of Cedric's hand and took two steps back.

Although he hadn't opened his eyes yet, Cedric's body stood firmly on the spot, showing no signs of falling.

"It's time to wake up, Cedric." Dracula took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his lips, saying softly.

The next moment, Cedric suddenly opened his eyes.

"Run, Harry!" he blurted out as soon as he opened his eyes.

Hearing his words, Harry almost couldn't control the tears in his eyes again.

"Cedric, we are back..." he choked, "I escaped from Voldemort."

"No... I remember, wasn't I cast under the Death Curse?" Cedric was stunned for a moment, then frowned, "How am I still alive?"

He looked around blankly, "Father, mother, Principal Dumbledore, Professor Dracula... why are you all here?"

Mr. and Mrs. Diggory burst into tears.

"Get used to your current body." Dracula turned his back and waved his hand, "I can let Potter and your parents explain the cause and effect to you. When you are almost used to it, you can go to Brown Castle in Romania to find me. .”

He took another look at Hogwarts Castle behind him, standing under the stars, and smiled softly.

After staying here for four years, I have almost found the fun I should be looking for. It’s time to come to an end...

Dracula chuckled and took a step forward, preparing to say goodbye to this place with four years of memories.

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly interrupted his rare emotional thoughts.

"Stay where you are, don't move!" Minister of Magic Fudge frowned and shouted viciously, "Auror, stop him!"

Dracula turned his head and looked at Fudge in surprise.

He suddenly had a premonition that there was still fun to be found here, so he temporarily put away the idea of ​​leaving.

"Harry, let me ask you...what were you talking about just now?" Fudge forced a smile and asked Harry, "I hope you can organize your language well."

"What did I just say?" Harry was a little dazed, "Didn't I just tell Cedric that we were back?"

"No, it's another sentence." Fudge said nervously.

"I said... I escaped from Voldemort." Harry also remembered what he had said before.

It suddenly occurred to him that he should tell the story of the situation so that the Ministry of Magic could be prepared to deal with Voldemort.

So Harry continued: "Minister Fudge, Voldemort has been resurrected and has summoned a large number of Death Eaters... I luckily escaped from Voldemort..."

Harry recounted what happened on Riddle's grave as quickly as possible, and then looked nervously at Fudge and Dumbledore in front of him.

"Impossible!" Fudge suddenly yelled, "Harry, if you think about it again, you must have a memory error, right?"

"No, I know I didn't say anything wrong." Harry said seriously, "Voldemort is back, and the Ministry of Magic must be prepared to respond, Minister Fudge!"

"That's enough!" Fudge said irritably, "Where is the nurse here? There is a warrior here who is not only injured, but also has something wrong with his brain and needs immediate treatment."

"There's nothing wrong with my brain!" Fudge's performance made Harry a little angry, and he retorted loudly, "I know exactly what I'm talking about!"

"Cornelly, I believe what Harry said." Dumbledore also said seriously, "You'd better be prepared in time..."

"Wait a minute, Dumbledore!" Fudge waved his hand, interrupting Dumbledore, "You... um, you are going to take everything Harry says, right?"

"Of course I believe Harry," said Dumbledore, his eyes shining brightly. "Harry's account of what happened after he touched the Cup makes perfect sense, putting into context the events that have taken place since the disappearance of Bertha Jorkins last summer. Everything that came up was explained.”

"You are so stupid, Dumbledore..." Fudge suddenly had a weird smile on his face, "How could you believe the nonsense that a kid made up casually? He must have suffered something during the game. Excited, hallucinations occurred.”

"Fudge, Cedric has been cursed!" Amos Diggory suddenly turned around and looked at Fudge angrily, "Can you deny this? My son almost died at the hands of a mysterious man. inside!"

"You are too impulsive, Amos." Fudge still had that weird smile on his face, and at the same time glanced at Dracula on the other side, "I can completely believe that your precious son was killed by that Dracula. Professor La designed and framed her just to transform this good young man into a vampire."

"We all know that most vampires are insidious and cunning people who will use any means to achieve their goals. You two, please don't be deceived by him!"

"You must be reading Rita Skeeter, Mr. Fudge." Dracula sneered, "Why haven't I noticed that the Minister of Magic is so imaginative before?"

Seeing that Dracula was heading this way, Fudge panicked and quickly waved to the several Aurors around him.

"Auror, stop this vampire, he is probably the culprit of this incident!" Fudge said loudly.

Dracula's grin became even more exaggerated.

"Interesting." He smiled coldly, "I want to see what other interesting things you can say."

"In addition, I found," Fudge really had something to say, and looked at Dumbledore, "I found that you have been hiding some of this child's situation and not reporting it? He is a snake, right? His behavior is everywhere. It’s so weird——”

"I think you are probably referring to the pain in the scar that Harry has been feeling?" Dumbledore said coldly.

"So, you admit that he has been feeling pain in his head?" Fudge quickly found a new starting point, "Headache? Nightmares? Maybe... hallucinations?"

"Listen to me, Cornelius," Dumbledore said, taking a step towards Fudge, with an indescribable strength in his eyes, "Harry is as sane and rational as you and me. The scar on his forehead is not Blow his brains out."

"I believe Harry's scar only hurts when Voldemort is lurking nearby or when he feels particularly murderous."

Fudge took half a step back from Dumbledore, but his expression remained stubborn.

"Forgive me, Dumbledore, but I've never heard of curse scars acting as alarm bells before..."

"I saw Voldemort back!" Harry shouted. "I saw the Death Eaters with my own eyes, and I can name them! Lucius Malfoy -"

Snape stirred suddenly, but when Harry looked at him, Snape's eyes returned to Fudge.

"Malfoy is acquitted!" Fudge said, obviously offended. "A very old family, a generous donation to the good work of the Ministry of Magic -"

"MacNeil!" Harry continued to name the names.

"Also acquitted! Currently working at the Ministry of Magic!"

"Avery, Nott, Crabbe, Goyle..."

"You are just repeating the list of wizards who were judged not to be Death Eaters thirteen years ago!" Fudge said angrily. "You can find those names in the past trial reports!"

Harry opened his mouth again angrily, wanting to refute, but Fudge didn't give him the chance.

"That's enough. This child needs to rest. Take him down quickly." Fudge said forcefully, "Also, all Aurors must concentrate their efforts and capture the vampire!"

Dracula crossed his arms and leaned against a street lamp.

When Dracula saw Fudge and the many Aurors turning their eyes in his direction, he raised the corners of his mouth happily.

"It's fun again."

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