Lockhart is by no means a qualified professor. He always likes to waste a lot of time and energy on being cool, trying to attract the attention of more students.
For example, just now, Lockhart was waving his wand from side to side, trying to make the wand conjure complicated patterns, and then...he accidentally dropped the wand on the ground, causing a moment of embarrassment.
Albert even saw the sneer hanging on the corner of Snape's mouth. It was obvious that the Potions Professor was also very aware of Lockhart's character and was dismissive of him.
"Harry is so unlucky." Both Fred and George were not optimistic about this duel. What else could this idiot Lockhart do besides trick people?
They haven't forgotten how Lockhart tricked Harry into the school hospital last time.
In fact, everyone could see clearly that when Snape whispered a few words into Malfoy's ear, Lockhart didn't give Harry any useful advice at all. He just patted Harry on the shoulder and said
: "Just do what I just did, Harry!"
Yes, because the surroundings were so quiet, Albert and the others who were some distance away from Harry heard Lockhart's words clearly.
Just do what I just did?
"Drop your wand?"
Albert heard Lee Jordan sneer.
"He taught Harry nothing." Fred also disdained Lockhart's perfunctory approach.
"I dare say that Lockhart himself doesn't even know what to do." George lowered his voice and mocked, "How can he have the nerve to hold a dueling club?"
"My lord, sometimes you are a very shameless creature." Albert looked at Lockhart and said softly, "I think Dumbledore invited this guy to teach at Hogwarts because he probably hopes that we will not become Lockhart in the future.
Such a person!"
"Your opinions are always so insightful."
The three of them strongly agreed with Albert's opinion. Otherwise, would it be possible that Principal Dumbledore's invitation to such a person to teach at Hogwarts was just a make-up?
Dumbledore is obviously not that casual person.
"Is there any way you can let me duel with him?" Lee Jordan really wanted to go out in person and teach Lockhart a lesson.
On the stage, in order to cover up his embarrassment, Lockhart pretended not to hear Harry's words, and just urged the two of them to get ready and start the countdown. Harry Potter had to face alone what he had learned from Snape.
Curse of Malfoy.
After another duel between the two sides, Mr. Malfoy still did not get rid of his bad habit and recited the curse first.
The tip of his wand exploded, and a long black snake suddenly jumped out from the tip of the wand and landed on the floor between the two of them.
In an instant, the crowd screamed in fear and backed away, fearing that they would suffer an unreasonable disaster.
"Malfoy definitely doesn't have the ability to learn this kind of black magic now." Albert didn't believe that Malfoy could learn such a black magic in the first place.
You must know that most black magic requires powerful magical power as support. It is not easy to conjure a snake out of thin air.
At Malfoy's level, it is simply impossible to learn it now and successfully perform it.
Albert first learned summoning magic, but it took him several months to successfully summon chrysanthemums out of thin air, and summoning living creatures out of thin air was even more difficult.
Even now, I am unable to learn that black magic in a few seconds without cheating.
No one can directly skip the familiar process and master a magic immediately.
Unless the author was cheating on Malfoy.
"you lose."
After the stunned Harry came to his senses, he shouted to Malfoy, "You despicable guy, you recited the curse before the countdown ended."
Just when Harry secretly admired his wit, things changed again. Lockhart shouted: Let me do it!
He pushed Harry away, raised his wand, and waved threateningly at the snake, trying to defeat the black snake and save the weak, poor, frightened, and helpless Harry Potter.
"stop."
Harry tried to stop Lockhart from making things worse.
However, it was already too late.
A loud "bang" sound echoed in the hall. Lockhart's magic not only failed to make the black snake disappear, but instead made it bigger, jumping up to more than a foot high.
Before people could let out even sharper screams of terror, the big black snake, enraged by Lockhart's magic, raised its head, exposed its fangs, hissed and spat out a message, and prepared to attack a certain unlucky student next to the stage.
.
As for, why not Lockhart?
Because after the guy realized that he had messed up, he secretly retreated behind Harry, intending to use poor Potter as a shield.
Things changed like a wheel of fire. Before anyone could react, they heard a blood-curdling hissing sound coming from the mouth of Harry Potter, who was facing the big black snake.
Then, the big black snake became calm and stared at Harry obediently like a pet.
The surrounding area exploded instantly, and people began to whisper, looking at Harry Potter with uneasiness and awe in their eyes.
All the changes in just a few seconds were seen by Albert.
In fact, he couldn't understand why everyone showed such awe, especially when Ron pulled Harry away, the crowd even took the initiative to make way for the two of them.
When Harry left, Snape waved his wand with a surprised look on his face and turned the big snake into a plume of black smoke.
"Do you think Harry is a descendant of Slytherin?" Lee Jordan said suddenly. In fact, not only he had this idea, but all the students in the school probably had this idea.
Perhaps, Harry Potter is Slytherin's great-great...great-grandson.
"The British wizarding community has a habit of intermarriage. It wouldn't be strange even if Harry Potter and Slytherin are somewhat related by blood!"
Albert looked at the frightened students around him, with a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth: "Maybe the famous Harry Potter is the heir of Slytherin."
The surrounding students looked at Albert in surprise.
"Perhaps, he is rushing to the secret room now to drink tea with his fanged servant and talk about the target of the next attack." Albert said without paying attention to other people's eyes.
"You don't seem very surprised," Fred muttered quietly.
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Several people have been with Albert for so long, and it is natural to see that Albert is dismissive of everyone's opinions. Whether it is that Harry Potter is the n-generation great-grandson of Slytherin, or other opinions.
"Of course I know that Parseltongue is a symbol of dark wizards." Albert raised his hand to interrupt several people, not intending to continue discussing this topic.
In fact, Albert is quite looking forward to the savior becoming the Dark Lord.
That's definitely interesting.
"You should use your own eyes to see, use your ears to listen, and use your own brain to distinguish right from wrong, instead of being frightened and confused by other people's words." Albert said softly, "Only fools will be fooled by others.
Bewitched."
This matter is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, Harry was tricked by Lockhart again.
The duel continued, but Lockhart completely lost everyone's attention. Everyone was discussing in low voices that Harry was a Parseltongue.
"Seize the opportunity carefully, there won't be another duel club."
Well, Albert just told Lee Jordan the facts and definitely did not trick him into looking for Lockhart.