Just as Albert had expected, only a few days after term began, Cedric easily turned around his reputation among the students through his teaching.
Back during his time in the Defence Association, Cedric had already had experience teaching others Defence Against the Dark Arts. Combined with his recent work compiling teaching materials with Albert, he had long since developed a clear teaching approach. Naturally, it was easy for him to win Hogwarts students' approval.
The reason everyone had reacted so fiercely at the welcome feast was because of the dreadful Defense Against the Dark Arts classes throughout the years. They had all desperately hoped Albert would teach them genuinely useful knowledge, which was why they had rejected the seemingly unreliable Cedric so strongly.
However, Cedric had also proven through his actions that ability truly had little to do with age.
His astonishing performance made the Sixth and seventh year students look forward to their Defense Against the Dark Arts classes even more.
Albert's open class did not disappoint them either.
After using a prepared blackboard to list the knowledge their year needed to master, Albert said bluntly, "I don't know how many of you will be able to keep up with the pace of my classes, but if you want to achieve anything in Defence Against the Dark Arts, you'll have to put more effort into this subject. I'm not referring to your N.E.W.T. results, but your ability to protect yourselves when facing danger. Combat Training will be indispensable in the lessons ahead. At the very least, when you face someone, you won't let your spells miss because your hands are shaking from inexperience."
"Lord Voldemort was killed by you, wasn't he?" A girl raised her arm high and could not help asking, "What dangers could we possibly face now?"