After Draco finished his daily morning exercises, he was bored and wandered around the castle with his two followers, Crabbe and Goyle.
Hermione and Dudley were reading in the library, while Neville, Ron and Harry were practicing spells in the Room of Requirement.
He didn't want to go anywhere today. He didn't want to study or practice spells. He originally planned to take a whole day off and relax.
Well, for members of the discipline team, just attending class is relaxing.
In a daze, he always felt like there was something following him, as if someone was watching him.
But every time I looked back, I found nothing.
This made him very confused.
But he believed in his intuition, and there must be something really following him.
So he didn't stay any longer and immediately ran to the library to find Dudley for help.
Miraculously, the moment he stepped into the library, the feeling of being watched disappeared.
"Draco, don't you want to rest today?"
Dudley asked looking at Draco.
Draco thought for a while and told Dudley what he had just felt. Dudley asked him to pay more attention recently. He might be being targeted by someone or something. He should come to him immediately next time he feels this way again.
Who is Draco being targeted?
That was naturally Professor Moody. If that guy wanted to set up a character as a 'traitor', Draco, the son of Lucius, was naturally the best choice.
It can not only express your anger but also make your 'Moody' image more three-dimensional.
The self-study time soon ended, and the fourth-year wizards began to come to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom one after another. This was already their fourth year at Hogwarts, and here they saw Knot. Baba's garlic professor (Quirrell), the drama professor who dresses like a peacock (Lockhart), and the shape-shifting perfect professor (Lupine).
Today is the fourth professor to teach them Defense Against the Dark Arts.
I put "Dark Power: Self-Defense Guide" on the desk early and quietly waited for the arrival of the famous 'Mad Eye'.
Many young wizards have heard about Moody from their upperclassmen.
The teaching level is first-rate, there is almost no black magic that he does not know, and his achievements in combating black magic are extremely high.
To describe it in one sentence - Professor Moody's class is simply 'cool'.
Immediately after finishing the class, I gained a large wave of admiration from the little wizards.
Following Moody's distinctive thumping steps, this strange and scary old wizard appeared at the door of the classroom.
"Put these things away." The first thing Moody did when he entered the classroom was to point to the textbooks on the little wizard's desk and said in a rough voice. He walked to the podium with difficulty while leaning on his cane and sat down. down.
"You don't need textbooks or anything like that."
One sentence made the little wizards under the podium excited.
They had heard similar words from the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Although Professor Lupine also taught them knowledge of dark magic creatures in the order of the textbooks, he never used textbooks.
The two professors who used textbooks were Quirrell and Lockhart.
Whether or not a textbook is used in class has almost become a criterion for them to evaluate whether a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is qualified or not.
"Before coming, I received a letter from Professor Lupin introducing your study status in this course. You have learned many ways to deal with dark magical creatures."
The little wizards murmured their approval.
Professor Moody nodded, and then changed the topic: "Not enough, this is far from enough! In the whole three years, you have only learned how to deal with the dark magic of Boggart, Red Hat, Xinkpunk, Grindylow, Kabbah and Werewolf. biology."
"You are already in fourth grade. You only have this superficial knowledge about defense against the dark arts. I already learned how to deal with dark wizards when I was your age!"
In terms of age, Moody, Hagrid and Tom are almost in the same class.
That was Grindelwald's era. He said that learning how to deal with dark wizards at that time was not wrong in a sense.
"I really want to know what you learned in the past two years?"
The little wizards looked at each other
The first and second grade Defense Against the Dark Arts professors, Quirrell and Lockhart, also wanted to know what they had learned from them in the past two years.
If the third graders hadn't been taught by Professor Lupine and Mr. Dursley, their understanding of Defense Against the Dark Arts might still be at the level of how to deal with prank-like little curses like 'Grin and Hula La'.
The little wizards in the audience were talking a lot, and Moody tapped the ground with his cane to silence the voices in the classroom.
"The Defense Against the Dark Arts course is not only about dealing with dark magic creatures, but also learning how to deal with dark magic spells!"
"I'm going to show you how wizards cast spells. I have one year to teach you how to deal with black magic."
"Can anyone tell me what is the best and most effective way to deal with black magic?"
Moody asked, looking at the little wizards in the audience.
When Ron heard this question, he immediately raised his hand to answer.
"It's a counter-curse, sir."
"The answer is correct." Moody nodded with satisfaction: "Redhead, you are a child of the Weasley family. Your father Arthur did me a big favor."
Ron, who was a little embarrassed by Moody's praise, said: "We already learned a lot of dark magic counterspells in third grade."
Then he thought about something and his face froze.
Extra points, where are the extra points you promised?
It's rare for me to answer questions in class. What about the extra points for the discipline team?
"I see."
Moody nodded, looking a little surprised. Lupine's letter didn't mention this. What he said in his letter was that the fifth grade (last year's fourth grade) hadn't learned the counterspell yet. Why did the fourth grade (last year's third grade) learn it instead? Did Lupine write down the wrong grade?
"I also learned the Patronus Charm." Ron, who didn't get any points, mentioned it again without giving up.
Moody's face started to look a little unnatural
Learning the Patronus Charm in third grade (now fourth grade)? Are you sure you're not kidding?
Even a sixth grader might not be able to teach this stuff.
Not many Aurors know the Patronus Charm.
"That you"
Moody probed in a questioning tone.
"Basically learned everything."
The little wizards all replied that even if some of the little wizards were unable to summon a physical guardian spirit, it would be enough to be able to use flocculent white threads to deal with a single dementor.
Moody's mind was a little confused.
No. Is this really fourth grade?
Originally, he wanted to say that the content they studied was not deep enough. Now it is not a matter of not being deep enough.
But the content of the study went beyond the outline.
Who teaches the Patronus Charm to third graders?
(End of chapter)
