"Yes, exactly. Cedric wasn't like that at school."
"No, no, no. He absolutely hadn't intended to brutally slaughter the dragon. It was because of the damned homework I gave him."
"That's right. I was the one who told him to kill the dragon. It wasn't his own intention, understand?"
"If there's anything else, you can go talk to Dumbledore. Or I can introduce you to someone. Arthur! Come here for a moment!"
After a few words, Kayson sent off the reporters who had come to pick faults with Cedric and make a huge story out of it. Or, to put it more bluntly, he scared them away before finally breathing a sigh of relief and returning to the Great Hall.
As for why he had scared them... because Cedric had unfortunately said, "If there's anything, go talk to my mentor, Kayson."
Having been made to take the blame, Kayson followed Cedric's example and passed it right along, telling those reporters to ask Dumbledore whatever they wanted.
Of course, Cedric had passed more than one burden back to him. There was another one Cedric could not shake off, though strictly speaking, Cedric had not passed it back at all. Kayson had actively snatched it from Cedric's shoulders.
It was Cedric's cruel method of killing the dragon. It was no problem for a professor like him to shoulder that burden. After all, he already had his secure position at Hogwarts, and he did not lack fame.
But Cedric was different. He was still young, and so outstanding. If the Triwizard Tournament branded him as someone with a cruel temperament, it would seriously harm his future prospects.
After shaking both burdens off Cedric, Kayson ambled to the castle gates and continued toward the Great Hall.
After all, once the afternoon's competition ended, the