"Professor McGonagall..." Cedric knocked and asked, "I'm Cedric. Mr. Malfoy and I are here."
"Mr. Diggory, Mr. Malfoy, come in!" Professor McGonagall's voice came from inside.
Draco turned the doorknob, and the two of them walked into Professor McGonagall's office together.
The moment they entered, a pressure born of "knowledge" rushed at them.
For an instant, the two of them even wondered whether this was Professor McGonagall's office or a small library.
Most of the space in the office was taken up by rows of bookcases that reached the ceiling, all of them stuffed full of book after book.
"We'll handle my part like this!" Professor McGonagall's voice came from not far away. "Filius, did you make a new discovery too?"
Cedric and Draco followed the sound of the voices and looked toward the other end of the office.
They saw Vizet, Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall gathered around the desk, discussing something in low voices, their figures almost swallowed by the bookcases surrounding them.
Only after Cedric and Draco drew closer did they see Professor McGonagall waving her wand, closing all the open books and stuffing them back into the bookcases.
Vizet looked at Cedric and Draco, waved, and greeted them. "Draco, Cedric, you're here!"
"That previous topic ran a little long." Professor McGonagall waved her wand again and briskly conjured two comfortable armchairs and a small round table.
"I'm afraid we'll have to ask you to wait a little longer... Is that all right? If you have something to do, you can go ahead and take care of it first... Mr. Diggory, don't you have Quidditch training this morning?"
"That's fine..." Cedric nodded a little shyly. "Actually, we came early... We heard movement inside, so we knocked."
"As for Quidditch training, the wind and snow are too heavy