Close to Ink, One Becomes Black

"Don't worry, Filius, he didn't run out of magic this time."

At the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey breathed a sigh of relief after examining Mikel's condition, saying, "Although he's in a coma, his physical condition is quite good, there's nothing seriously wrong. He just needs a few days of rest after he wakes up."

"That's good, that's good," Professor Flitwick said, patting his chest. "And what about the other child?"

"I think it was frightened, which caused the spell to malfunction. It also needs a few days of rest."

Madam Pomfrey frowned and said, "Filius, may I ask what spells they learned in this lesson?"

"This child's magic hasn't malfunctioned for three years, so how come it suddenly stopped working today..."

In fact, Professor Flitwick also found it somewhat unbelievable, and even a little aggrieved.

He didn't understand why this would happen.

If it were any other complex spell, that would be one thing, but the Revealing Charm... it's arguably one of the simplest spells in "The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4," practically a free point in an exam.

They'd already passed the more difficult Summoning Charm, but they ran into trouble with the Revealing Charm... Professor Flitwick couldn't quite understand it.

But anyway, it's good that everyone is alright.

Professor Flitwick looked at Kyle, who had brought the people over, and said, "Kyle, could you please stay here and look after them?"

"No problem, Professor." Kyle nodded without hesitation. "Leave it to me, I'll take good care of them."

Professor Flitwick nodded, exchanged a few more words with Madam Pomfrey, and then hurried back to class.

"What did you say!"

At noon, in the corridor in front of the Great Hall, Marcus Flint looked at Cedric, whose face was grave, and said loudly, "Your Beater has been sent to the Hospital Wing?"

"Yes."

Cedric sighed, "We all agreed to change the schedule, but who knew Mikel would be so careless and get injured during Charms class, and even have to be sent to the Hospital Wing."

I just got back from there. Madam Pomfrey said he needs to rest for a few days."

"So..."

Cedric looked at Snape and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Professor, if the schedule is changed, we'll be one player short for tomorrow's game..."

Marcus Flint looked annoyed, but Cedric remained calm and said nonchalantly, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the Hospital Wing to see."

Or you could ask Professor Flitwick... He's the one who took Mikel and Cho Chang to the Hospital Wing.

Oh, by the way, Cho Chang is still Ravenclaw's Seeker. Because of Mikel's mistake, her spell malfunctioned, and she was sent for treatment.

Upon hearing this news, Marcus Flint was furious.

He even shouted, ignoring Cedric's presence, "It's all an act! Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? No way, I'm going to the Hospital Wing to expose them!"

After saying that, he stormed off to the Hospital Wing in a fit of rage.

Cedric didn't stop him and followed leisurely behind.

As he walked over, he witnessed Flint being kicked out.

Madam Pomfrey was clearly not going to let him run rampant in the Hospital Wing.

"Now you believe me?" Cedric said calmly. "Honestly, so many people in Charms class saw it, why would I lie to you?"

Enraged, Flint ignored everything he said and continued shouting into the Hospital Wing, "They must have used Zonko's's props! They're not really injured, they're faking it!"

Snape thought so too.

They wanted to change the schedule, and then Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw players got injured at the same time—it's too much of a coincidence.

If you say there's no problem, even Longbottom probably wouldn't believe it.

But he couldn't say anything.

It's perfectly normal for Mikel to have uncontrolled magic; he was the one who brewed the Magic Suppressant Potion back then.

Besides, he couldn't just barge into the Hospital Wing, drag the two of them out, and force them to change their schedules... Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout weren't just figureheads.

Everyone was faking it; if you really investigated, no one could escape the consequences. Besides, their reasons were clearly more convincing, with students from two different grades and Professor Flitwick also acting as witnesses.

Unlike Malfoy, who simply had a bandage wrapped around his arm.

Looking at Cedric beside him, Snape sneered, "How surprising, Mr. Diggory. I thought you would be willing to take care of an injured classmate."

"I would love to, Professor," Cedric said, "But as you can see, we're one man short, and there's really no way around it. Of course, if you insist..."

He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "We'll still agree. Even if it's only six people, it's fine. At worst, we'll just lose one game. As long as it helps Draco, that's all that matters."

Snape narrowed his eyes.

He was all too familiar with Cedric's innocent look; it was exactly like someone else's... they were both so irritating.

Cedric wasn't like this in first grade.

"No need," Snape said coldly. "Tomorrow's schedule remains unchanged. Let your players focus on recovering from their injuries."

Marcus Flint turned around and said anxiously, "Professor, they're faking it, as long as..."

"Shut up!" Snape snapped.

He then turned and left, seemingly not wanting to stay there a moment longer.

"Excuse me, please let me through. I need to go in and visit our Beater."

Under Marcus Flint's exasperated gaze, Cedric walked into the Hospital Wing, but soon poked his head out again, slowly revealing a smile. "By the way, good luck in the game tomorrow."

"You..." Marcus Flint was furious, wishing he could punch the other man in the face.

But Cedric went into the Hospital Wing as soon as he finished speaking, leaving him standing there helplessly even though he was clenching his fists so tightly they were cracking.

And so it went until the competition the next day.

At the Hospital Wing, Cho and Mikel suddenly recovered and stood in front of Madam Pomfrey, wanting to be discharged.

Madam Pomfrey was initially reluctant to agree, but seeing how energetic the two men were, she finally decided to give them a check-up first.

The result was fine, and she agreed to their request to be discharged from the hospital.

"Remember to be more careful next time," Madam Pomfrey said to Mikel, "I remember you already had control over magic, didn't you?"

"Maybe he got a little impatient because he couldn't complete the spell," Mikel said. "I promise, it won't happen again next time."

Seeing that Mikel was in a good mood, Madam Pomfrey didn't say anything more, nodded, and let the two leave.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you," Qiu said politely.

Mikel followed suit.