Although they had no idea what was going on, Harry and Ron still brought Lavender along and left the Common Room.
Neville led the three of them toward the Quidditch pitch, of all places.
"Neville, where are we going?" Harry asked in confusion.
"The Black Lake. Honestly, I can hardly believe it myself. Who knew something like this could happen?" Neville seemed to have said something, yet also nothing at all.
At least, Harry still had no idea what had happened.
But seeing that they were almost at the Black Lake, Harry stopped asking.
A short while later, the four of them reached the shore of the Black Lake.
Harry was somewhat surprised to find Cedric, Yi Qianqian, Rolf, and Luna all there. And every one of them had a rather strange expression.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Harry asked, puzzled by their expressions.
Harry could sense that, apart from Luna, the other three were experiencing intense emotional fluctuations, as though they had just been through something that had stirred them up considerably.
"Well..." Yi Qianqian glanced at Harry and Ron, hesitated, then said, "Potter, that Hufflepuff inheritance you mentioned before-Cedric has successfully obtained it."
"Huh?" Harry froze, looking at Cedric in surprise.
Cedric nodded, but instead of the joy Harry thought he ought to show, he looked rather bewildered and conflicted.
"That's a good thing!" Ron immediately asked excitedly upon hearing this,
"But why don't you look very happy? Hey, Cedric, did you get it by yourself? But didn't you try before and fail?"
"Well, not by myself..." Cedric's expression was extremely strange. Then his gaze shifted toward Luna-or rather, Rolf beside her.
"Hm?" Harry and the other two noticed Cedric's and Rolf's expressions.
"What? What happened?" A possibility flashed through Harry's mind, but he found it a little hard