"Cedric, quickly take Link to the infirmary!"
Following Professor Sprout's shout, a tall and handsome boy squeezed into the crowd.
Without any hesitation, he supported Link and was about to walk toward the infirmary, but at this moment, the cries of the two boys on the other side grew even louder.
"We are also injured! We also want to go to the infirmary!"
Hearing this, Professor Sprout's expression became even uglier, but in the end, she still nodded toward Cedric.
The latter hurriedly began to direct, letting the others nearby carry those two boys to follow behind him.
As for Professor Sprout, she stayed behind in the Great Hall along with the other professors to maintain order at the scene and to inquire about the specific situation when the incident happened.
Meanwhile, Link was carefully observing the boy called Cedric.
Link recognized him. His full name was Cedric Diggory, currently in third year. On the surface, he and Link were separated by one grade, but actually, their ages were the same.
The reason was also simple. Back then, because of Link's defects in intelligence and magical talent, Dumbledore and the school board had argued for a long time.
Although eventually Link was allowed to enroll, he still missed the best time for enrollment.
In addition, Cedric was one of the few pure-blood wizards within Hufflepuff, and also a boy full of a sense of justice. Professors generally believed he had one of the beautiful qualities that people expected Hogwarts students to have.
In fact, it was indeed so. Cedric could fully be called a nice person.
In the original owner's diary, there were records: Cedric never refused classmates' requests for help.
When the original owner was in first year, his situation in Hufflepuff was even harder than now. Everyone's malice toward the original owner was undisguised, verbal abuse was commonplace, and beatings and bullying often happened.
At that time, Cedric stood up and kept Link by his side for a whole year, shielding Link from countless bullying, and also causing most Hufflepuffs' attitudes toward Link to change from initial malice to the current indifference.
Honestly speaking, no one could dislike such a person, and Link naturally was the same.
At this moment, Cedric also noticed Link looking at him. Only to see him glance at Link worriedly, and then, with a tone full of apology, said, "Sorry, Link. Because of course selection matters, I have been busy lately and did not take care of you. I didn't expect that just one day of negligence would lead to such a thing."
Hearing this, the corners of Link's mouth once again lifted up. Because from Cedric's words, he could already hear that Cedric never thought this matter was Link's fault. And his thoughts also represented the thoughts of most people.
As someone who had been bullied for years, no one would think Link initiated the conflict. People would only think that Link was forced with no other choice, and thus showed his fierce side.
Thinking of this, Link shook his head and said, "This matter is not your fault, Cedric. You have already taken great care of me. From now on, I should also become stronger myself."
Hearing this, the apology in Cedric's eyes did not reduce at all. He didn't speak, just silently shook his head.
The distance between the infirmary and the Great Hall was not far. Everyone quickly arrived.
Upon seeing everyone arriving, a middle-aged woman with a kind face and a white headscarf came out from the inner room.
"What happened?" As soon as she saw Link and the others, the woman's eyebrows knitted together.
Seeing this, Cedric hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Madam Pomfrey, the matter is like this..."
Cedric quickly explained what he knew, without bias toward any side, completely standing from a neutral and objective point of view.
But upon hearing it, Madam Pomfrey's gaze toward those two Hufflepuff boys still turned cold.
Using the excuse of checking injuries, she deliberately pressed hard on those two boys' bodies, causing a series of miserable screams, and then coldly said, "I understand. Those two are not seriously hurt, carry them in first."
Cedric was a little speechless but still instructed others to carry those two boys into the ward.
Link also secretly nodded. This Madam Pomfrey in front of him clearly had a better impression of him, which was a good thing.
As for what kind of punishment he would suffer for what he did today, he never worried about that.
He didn't break any school rules, and moreover, in this incident, the only injured person was himself. From the perspective of the result, the ones who should be punished were those two Hufflepuff boys.
While Link was thinking, Madam Pomfrey finally came to his side.
Unlike her cold attitude toward the two Hufflepuffs, Madam Pomfrey's expression immediately softened into one of heartache upon seeing Link's hand injury. Her movements when flipping Link's hand were extremely careful, afraid to cause him pain.
This made Link a little embarrassed. Because the wound on his hand wasn't deep, and as the Herbology professor, Professor Sprout had already given it some treatment earlier.
So the current state of his wound, in fashionable words, could be described as, fortunately, he made it to the hospital in time, otherwise the wound would have healed on its own.
"Oh. My poor little Link, you should be more careful."
Madam Pomfrey spoke with a heartbroken face, while she covered Link's hand with her right hand.
Link only felt his palm become warm. After Madam Pomfrey removed her hand, he saw that the wound and the scab on his palm had completely disappeared, leaving not even a scar.
"Oh!" Link couldn't help but exclaim. Madam Pomfrey's skill really amazed him.
Seeing this, Madam Pomfrey couldn't help but laugh. She held Link's hand and slowly led him into the inner room, while laughing and saying, "Link, it is still dinner time now, you must not have eaten enough, right? Come quickly, I still have some honey cakes from Honeydukes. You must have a taste."
"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey." Link hurriedly expressed his thanks.
At the side, Cedric showed a troubled expression upon hearing this. He hesitated for a long time before finally catching up quickly, and somewhat awkwardly said in a low voice, "Madam Pomfrey, Professor Sprout instructed me to bring Link to the office once he is healed. You see..."
Cedric didn't finish the sentence, but the meaning was already clear.
Hearing this, Madam Pomfrey immediately changed her expression, frowned and said coldly to Cedric, "How do you know Link is healed? I haven't even finished checking!"
"But..."
"No buts!" Coldly throwing out this sentence, Madam Pomfrey continued to lead Link into the inner room.
Cedric stood dumbfounded on the spot for a long while, then finally reacted and quickly followed inside.
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