, wonderful and free of pop-ups! After the rumors of the handsome ghost spread for two weeks, they finally returned to the atmosphere that Harry had expected - anyway, no matter how magical the magical world is, everyone's mood should not be one of excitement and vacillation. The current fear And doubts are the public reactions that an unknown thing should have after a terrorist incident occurs.
But Harry was not relieved - because the scary thing was that the reason why the students reacted like this was because a terrorist incident happened again.
Someone was found petrified by the window on the third floor, and the glass window had been pushed halfway open. Like the slytherin student who was petrified last time, this petrified hufflepuff student still has signs of life, but has lost all body functions, and it is difficult to even move his normally flexible eyes.
Unlike the slytherins who have complicated relationships, hufflepuff is a united and kind-hearted college. Because of the second petrified classmate, all the hufflepuffs lost their usual smiles. Among the people Harry knew well, Cedric was the most Anxious - the person who was petrified happened to be his Quidditch teammate, a Chaser. Harry could see him walking past the third floor every day, walking back and forth, obviously looking for clues, and he was quite persistent. , Harry alone could see him coming from there five times a day, and the time periods were different.
Every time Harry saw this kind of scene, he wanted to advise him to come anytime, forget it in the middle of the night. Anyway, the classmate was only petrified and could recover when the mandrake matured - although he had never experienced it Similar terrorist incidents, but as far as the terrorist incidents that Harry knew, once this kind of thing 'is one, there are two', it will definitely be 'if two is three', that is to say, before it causes something bigger, There was no way it would stop here. He didn't know what would happen to Britain. Anyway, America would always be like this whenever something happened.
But he thought about it and sighed - there is no point in saying this kind of thing without saying it, and it will make people doubly sad and frightened, so he might as well swallow it.
As for the professors at the school, they seemed to have finally reacted strongly as if they had drunk a catalyst - various prohibitions against traveling at night or trespassing into the forbidden forest were posted in conspicuous places, and the prefects also I warned the students in the college, especially the freshmen who love to get lost, and Percy is particularly hard-working. The next one is a new kid. Two are worth three. The twin brothers who enjoy playing pranks and violating school rules are very energetic. "瘁" was already a very gentle description of his current situation. When he heard that their only sister would also be entering school next year, Percy even entered a period of panic. However, I heard that he has two older brothers, which means there are a total of seven brothers and sisters in their family - this makes Harry a little stunned and a little envious. After all, the Bi family has so few relatives, and strictly speaking, it is not the same as his own family. I can count my family members on one hand. Ron's mother is truly an extraordinary and great mother.
This is certainly not to say that he has any objections to his father, Charles, for not finding a wife for many years, but there are many brothers and sisters in the family who once occupied Harry's birthday wish list No. 1. He even hopes that his aunt will marry Hank soon. Get married and give yourself a few cousins. Unfortunately, Hank is as timid as a dog when he encounters this problem - his eyes are full of expectation, but he can't say anything. He can only breathe a few times. The ring is said to last forever. They all bought new models, but none of them could be given away. The school even opened a bet to see if he could take it over from Charles in three years. The current odds seemed not low.
She didn't understand his wish: "I have three cousins, Harry. Each of them is more boring than the last, and each is more annoying than the last." The girl said with a flat mouth, "They - they even laughed at my buck teeth and said I will never become beautiful in this life.”
"Obviously what they said is true - Ouch! Harry Xavier!" Halfway through his malicious words, he was attacked by Harry's 'Hit the opponent on the head with a tome', and he screamed in pain, "Merlin, you are a wizard - and you attack in this crude way?"
It was a relatively peaceful weekend. Harry made an appointment with He and Xiao to go to the library together. They actually received admiring looks from many people along the way. He even heard someone give them a nickname that was not a nickname - the top three. .
It is said that many freshmen felt that the top three in this semester must be the three of them, and there is no suspense, so they got this nickname.
Harry was warmly sympathized with - although his grades were equally excellent, it had to be said that he had the best temper and the best popularity among the three, which made many people feel that they were caught between him and him. , is suffering a different kind of torture.
Harry took out his wand and slowly pointed it at him with frightened eyes: "You mean, I need to use the wand again?"
He finally shut up, but his eyes were still full of accusations.
Harry said slowly: "I don't want to either, I don't like to use violence - but if violence can make you stop talking, I'm willing to help."
It was like watching a madman looking at him. He shuddered when he met those emerald eyes, and then stared at him. The latter didn't even shake him, and didn't care about the glare at all.
"Deserves it." He snorted coldly, flicked his hair, lowered his head and continued to flip through the book. When Harry sat down, he took a look and found that she was flipping through a book about ghosts, and the page happened to stop at a more important page. The English is twisted and twisted, and a huge title is written - What can the souls of the dead do?
This time Harry also shuddered - he suddenly remembered that his family was a group of atheists.
I wonder if Hank will go crazy if he takes this book back?
"Hey look!!!!"
Just as he was triumphantly picking out a trivial flaw in Harry's potions essay, someone ran in from outside the library, waving a notice that had just been torn off, and the librarian's voice was loud. Mrs. Si angrily waved a feather duster and shouted that no noise was allowed in the library - but it was no use, the student's words had already provoked a response.
"What on earth is going on that makes them noisy like ducks!"
She has been a lot irritable recently, and now she hates people interrupting her when she is reading. Ron has been scolded by her countless times for this, but now, after she couldn't bear it any longer, she stood up and looked over there angrily, "Here It’s a library! Is there the word ‘auditorium’ written on the door here?”
"I don't think you can force them to have the brains to see what this place is," the similarly interrupted Weibo began to agree, "I have to say, granger, maybe your literacy is indeed above the standard - If those over there are called standards.”
Harry raised his head from the paper and looked subtly to the left and right, and finally paused before tentatively asking: "Aren't any of you curious about what they are talking about?"
Turning the page impatiently: "Oh, come on, I already know - Percy said this morning that the professors have been discussing something for a long time, and now that it has been implemented, we will have some special lectures soon. Now, the main teaching may be defensive dueling classes or something... As you all know, the recent events have prevented everyone from taking classes well. I think the professors want to teach us self-protection in this way, so the people who teach It should be Professor Lupin, at least that's what Percy revealed."
"I thought it would be Professor Snape who would teach us how to duel -" he said a little irritably, "hell, I was hoping that Professor Snape would teach us something practical."
"Professor Lupin is the best Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!" He said forcefully, obviously not believing a word he said, "Malfoy, since Professor Snape - is he very good at dueling? Why didn't I know?!"
"Why do you know? I'm sure he can knock that one out in three strokes -" Harry had to change his words under Harry's gaze, "That guy, yes, it's Lupin, put him to the ground."
"No, please don't," Harry said angrily, "Remus would not want to confront Professor Snape - he would not take action against Professor Snape if it is not necessary."
Uslupin has a very serious psychological shadow in this regard - he has low self-esteem and suffers from his werewolf identity. The terrible thing is that he is not only ashamed of Snape, but also can never forget 'that incident', so he almost became a murderer. .
What exactly 'that thing' was, Harry had seen a little bit in Wormtail's head and had a vague understanding of it, but it was something that he couldn't ask about, and he had to carefully avoid it.
"Why?" He raised his head and asked.
"Well... because they are colleagues," Harry said vaguely, "I'm not sure - but as you know, Remus has always had a good temper."
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It's a pity that when the exact news came out, the professor everyone saw was not - not just Professor Lupin with a good temper, but the nightmare combination formed by him and Snape. He was the deputy and Snape took the lead. It is said that there is also one-on-one coaching practice, which makes the phrase "one-on-one" seem a lot scary.
As soon as the news came out, the entire hogwarts began to wail, but as far as Harry knew, there were many people who planned to show off their skills at that time, or relax, and there were not a few who took this as an opportunity to beat up those who didn't get along. According to the magic world, that's 'my wand is ready to go'!
For example, he really wanted to take this as an opportunity to defeat Neville and Ron with one versus two. To this, Harry could only maintain his opinion of not opposing or supporting non-suppression - after all, if he really did it, then It's also his own fault. He's not bullying his classmates for no reason, right?
Harry asked: "What does a duel between wizards look like? Do you need to throw white gloves? What are the rules?"
The answer is: "Once you start, don't worry about any rules - as long as you can win, you can do whatever you want."
This doesn't sound like a standard answer. Harry nodded, turned around and read the relevant books consciously, and finally came to the conclusion that if it wasn't an exhibition match, it was just as it said - it would be fine if he could win.
The dueling class, like all unexpected classes, was added on an afternoon when no one was in class. The freshmen's classes were on Friday afternoon, so after lunch, Harry and his companions came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom— ——After the tables and chairs were emptied, it felt a bit scary. A slightly higher rectangular stage was placed in the most conspicuous and well-lit position. When they arrived, many students had already arrived, and on the stage, lupin He and Snape were standing at opposite ends of the stage. The latter's attitude was very cold and he didn't even bother to look at the former.
Strangely, when Harry noticed that most of the students had gathered in front of the stage, many people in the crowded circle looked at him and gradually made way for them.
"What are they doing - what! Why is he here?!" He raised his voice in mid-sentence, extremely shocked, "He - why did my mother let him out! That dog!"
Harry was as shocked as he was - Sirius Bck, the man who recently made the headlines of the Daily Prophet and occupied the front pages of most magazines, the man who was newly ranked second on the British wizard rich list, the man who was his godfather, was With a cheerful smile, he walked towards them, stretched out his arms, and hugged them eagerly. Note, it was them.
"Good afternoon, Harry... and more!" he said, as if he didn't see the disgust on his face, "Thanks to Merlin, I can finally come over to see you today, I mean, you guys!"
Although he said 'you', his eyes were only focused on his godson. He even wanted to reach out and touch the messy black hair, but he put it down in fear in the middle.
Harry smiled at him and hugged him back: "Good afternoon - Sirius."
He glared at his uncle from the side and slapped Sirius' hand away: "Merlin, do you think his hair is not messy enough or what? Watch your hands!"
"This is none of your business, my dear nephew," the last man in the Bck family gritted his teeth and tried to say to his sister's son affectionately, even though his tone was equally disgusting, "Narcissa wants me to be good - good - -Take care of-you, child."
When he said the word "child", his tone was even more arrogant. He seemed to have no interest in the skill of "making the slytherin's angry orifices smoke". At least he was so angry that his face turned red and he picked up the wand and wanted to do something. .
"—sirius!"
Lupin came quickly from behind and patted his old friend on the shoulder. The latter gave him a hug and said, "I'm glad you can come!"
Okay, now Harry knew why Snape looked even worse than usual.
"Surprise, Harry," Sirius said to Harry, "Remus invited me to help him, as a special assistant with 'special experience that no one else can match,' for his sake," Sirius pointed. He was so angry that he said, "My nosy sister just let me out."
"I promise you, you will have a lot of time to chat later," Lupine looked back and had to remind them tactfully that the Potions Professor's expression was not very beautiful, "but we can start now."
Harry stretched out his hand and nodded to them: "Yes, it's time for you to start. We've been looking forward to it for a long time - let's go to the student area now, let's go."
He wanted to say that he didn't want to leave, but when Harry looked at him meaningfully, he gave in without the courage and nodded bitterly.
Harry also nodded, extremely satisfied.
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"We all know, recently," Snape said slowly. Maybe it was because he was not happy being stared at by the freshmen from the four houses. Maybe it was because the appearance of Sirius and Remus had a very bad impact on him. He said every word. The words are pronounced like a curse, "Something uncontrollable happens at Hogwarts. So, in order to prevent you from accidentally running into danger and falling unconscious in this castle, this course will teach you How to use magic spells for defense, first aid, and even attack..."
His sinister eyes swept over the students in the audience. Harry thought about it and hid himself in a seat further back - at this time, he didn't want to take away all Snape's hatred points.
"...Maybe the principal hired someone else to teach you, but for me, only cruel practice can make you remember the lesson."
After Snape finished speaking, he waved his hand: "What are you waiting for? Find the dueling partner you need. I want to see that every two people can form a team, and no one is left, lupin!" He said commandingly, "Spell."
Lupin smiled good-naturedly, waved his wand, and several lines of spells were displayed in the air. He first patiently taught them how to recite them and the correct way to wave the wand, and then after a simple demonstration with Snape, , gave some detailed instructions, and finally, he repeated Snape's request - he asked the students to divide into groups.
The students immediately dispersed in the hall and began to form groups noisily, like stray birds reuniting. Harry originally wanted to join a group directly, but unexpectedly, Snape didn't let him go at all, and directly called him: "R! Zabini! You two will do a round, ah, basic demonstration." He almost burst out of anger at Sirius With a smirk in his eyes, he said, "No blood, no violations, that's all. As long as you come up quickly, I guarantee that the consequences will not be worse than getting off the stage safely."
He looked at his godfather in surprise and opened his mouth to say something, but the latter said a word to the one who was alone - the two of them stared at each other as if they were looking at a bloody cod.
Three seconds later, they all turned and stared at Zabini, who was about to take the stage as Harry's opponent.
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Zabini was actually very depressed inside.
——He doesn’t want to face Harry Xavier at all! not at all!
There have always been mixed opinions about Xavier within Slytherin. People like Pansy think that apart from his name and achievements, he is not outstanding at all, and that he is a good old man with a poor family and living in the Muggle world. , such a person is inseparable, causing dissatisfaction among the rest of them; while the other group believes that the savior who changed his surname may not be so unbearable. Malfoy has never regarded slow vision as a family trait, and if he goes there for a little dissatisfaction It was obviously unwise to provoke Malfoy.
The people from the former group have always wanted to cause some trouble for Xavier and find out his background. This special lecture gave them the opportunity. They originally wanted to separate Malfoy and Xavier in the chaos, but they didn't expect that Professor Snape seemed to know this. The idea is the same, demolishing people by myself.
As the one who was compensated, Zabini had no choice but to fight hard and go all out - it would not look good to lose with everyone watching.
It's not a good idea to fight with Xavier on the stage - there are three professors on the stage, two of them are facing Xavier without any doubt, and one of them is his godfather. Although Professor Snape is partial, he will not be of extra help. Zabini is very aware of this.
"You haven't had this kind of experience, have you, Xavier? If you surrender now," Zabini frowned and said to Harry, who was standing obediently in front of him, "we can end this unnecessary dispute now, Xavier. "
"Oh, really?" Harry said in a relaxed tone, his voice was extremely gentle, and his emerald eyes shone beautifully under the refraction of the sun, which made Zabini, who had always admired beauty, couldn't help but feel dazed. , "Thank you, zabini, but I think it's not necessary. Everything starts from zero experience. I think I can gain some experience this time."
As he spoke, he took a few steps back and assumed a standard duel preparation posture. Zabini knew that things couldn't change any more, so he assumed the same posture.
"Again, no bloodshed, no casualties, the winner is the one who prevents the opponent from performing magic," Lupin said loudly, "Listen to my command, Harry, Zabini - one! Two!"
"Petrify them all!" Zabini didn't wait for Lupin to finish counting, and took the lead in throwing a petrification spell. Harry seemed to have been prepared for it. He ducked and avoided it, and threw it over a barrier full of obstacles. Unlike Zabini who only wanted to start quickly, this spell was also fast. It landed right in front of Zabini. The latter was about to approach, so he tripped and almost fell down.
He immediately clenched his wand alertly and cast a crushing spell that was not within the scope of first-year students. Harry dodged it again, and a similar crushing spell was thrown back at him. When Zabini wanted to easily dodge, she was inevitably It was rubbed to the side, and a pain spread from his hand.
"It's so hot, Wingardium Leviosa!" Harry pointed at Zabini's wand. The latter didn't expect to be hit directly on his hand, so he immediately let go of his hand in pain, and the wand was immediately floated to the ground. In the air - of course, a height beyond his reach.
He stared at Xavier in surprise, who smiled and took his wand in his hand, threw it into the hand of a Slytherin in the audience, and then pointed the wand at him.
And this whole process only takes two minutes
"Is there anything else you can do? If not, then you lose."
Harry said.
