Anthony Goldstein did not dare to stay at the rear of the team, but immediately quickened his pace and moved closer to the large team in front. He took three steps and two steps to catch up with Michael Corner. Waiting for him to stand next to his classmates
At that time, the sense of urgency in my heart naturally dissipated a lot.
"What's wrong?" Michael Corner couldn't help but be curious when he saw his classmate's expression suddenly worsening, "Does your stomach hurt?"
"No, Mike, listen to me -" Before Anthony could finish speaking, he suddenly felt someone blowing on the back of his neck.
"Ah!" he screamed and jumped up.
This scream attracted other students to look sideways. Professor Lu Ping also stopped, turned around and asked gently: "Classmate, what's the matter?"
Michael Corner grimaced and recounted what he had just experienced.
After Lupine listened, he glanced thoughtfully at the empty corridor behind Michael Corner, and cleared his throat to calm down the little wizards who were a little restless.
"There are four possibilities," Professor Lupine said to Michael Corner very gently, "One is an evil spirit."
The little wizards trembled.
"...But it's daytime now, and we're still in Hogwarts, so it can't be an evil spirit." Lupine did not continue to lie, so as not to make the students panic, "There is also a possibility that it is some magical being that can become invisible.
Animals, when faced with this situation, have a very useful spell."
He took out a wand from his tattered robe and looked at the place behind Michael Corner, "Of course, the most likely possibility is that I met an old acquaintance - Aparecium!
"
He shouted without warning, and a gust of wind emerged from the tip of his staff and swept across the corridor. A short "figure" appeared in front of everyone, with a pair of evil-gleaming black eyes and a
He has a big mouth and is small in stature. He is wearing a bright red suit, a hat with fur balls on his head, and an orange bow tie.
"Peeves!" Some students recognized this figure.
"Idiot, Lupin, madman, big fool!" Peeves saw that his disguise was exposed, and he did not panic at all. Instead, he sang happily, as if he had met an acquaintance.
The students were a little surprised: Although Peeves has always been rude and rude, he rarely provokes school teachers. For him, provoking Filch and playing tricks on the little wizard is more interesting. I don't know what kind of character he is today.
If you get it wrong, you will actually have a head-on conflict with a real professor - is it because Professor Lupine teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts? Some young wizards cursed in their hearts.
But this is very interesting for the students. They really want to watch the show. They want to know how good this new professor is and what kind of "sparks" will be created between him and Peeves.
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"Peeves is going to be in trouble." Tom whispered in Hermione's ear. Listening to Tom's words, although she didn't know where Tom's confidence came from, Hermione also felt a sense of expectation in her heart.
Contrary to what the students expected, Professor Lu Ping did not show any anger. On the contrary, he was still smiling, as if he was recalling good things.
"Still so energetic, Peeves," he turned the wand in his hand and shot a magic spell at Peeves: "Incarcerous!" [Note]
A thick rope spurted out from the tip of Lupin's staff, which tied Peeves tightly and caused him to fall to the ground from mid-air.
"It's not enough to know the magic spells. You also need to learn the appropriate combination of magic spells. For example, the Appearance Charm just now makes the enemy appear, and the Quick Confinement spell makes it incapacitated. You see, now I can do whatever I want to it.
.”
When Peeves heard this, he immediately struggled, but the more he struggled, the tighter the rope became.
"Lupin -" it opened its mouth to say something, but Lupine had already raised his wand to shoulder height, pointing it directly at Peeves, "This is a very useful little spell, please pay attention - Wadi
Vasi!”
A piece of chewing gum stuck to the ground flew up like a bullet and hit Peeves' nostrils.
Peeves' breath hitched, and then he cursed loudly.
Lu Ping still had the same smile on his face, and he said to the students: "If you are interested, you can try it. Beginners are better off shooting fixed targets. After you are familiar with this spell, you can try moving targets."
Peeves:!
It made ill-intentioned eye contact with the little wizards and realized that something bad was going on. But before it could say anything harsh, Tom raised his wand high and said in a similar pattern: "Vasi
Dixie!”
A pebble hit Peeves on the forehead, knocking his hat off.
Under his leadership, other students also tried the new magic with Peeves. I have to say that this spell is really simple. Although it was the first time for the little wizards present to cast this spell, almost everyone was able to do it.
The release was successful.
All of a sudden, all kinds of debris were thrown at Peeves. The clever little wizard also opened a bag of Bibi's multi-flavor beans and scattered them on the ground to serve as ammunition.
Under the intensive barrage attack, Peeves was beaten and screamed repeatedly. He rolled up and hid in an empty classroom. He hooked the door with his foot and hid inside without being able to come out.
Hermione's eyes also flashed with surprise. She didn't expect Professor Lupine to solve the problem in this way.
Seeing that the little wizards were casting spells smoothly, Professor Lupine applauded them without hesitation, "Well done!" He said with a smile, "Sometimes you have to do this when facing Peeves."
At this time, the little wizards looked at Professor Lupine with a little more awe. Because of Lupine's shabby clothes, they did not think much of this professor before. But the process of fighting Peeves just now made them feel deeply in their hearts.
The contempt for Lupine disappeared without a trace, replaced by a trace of awe and goodwill.
Lupine simply changed the negative impression the young wizards had on him.
Lu Ping took the students and set off again, walked through two corridors, and arrived outside the door of the staff lounge.
"Okay, today's class will officially start soon. Believe me, the guys here are much more difficult to deal with than Peeves." Lupine stood in front of the door and looked at the little wizards behind him with interest.
At this time, the door to the staff room was suddenly opened, and Snape walked out from behind the door.
Little Wizard: This is indeed much more difficult to deal with than Peeves...
Snape frowned when he saw Lupin as soon as he opened the door, showing an extremely disgusted expression, as if he saw a big cockroach lying on the ground when he opened the bedroom door.
"Why are you here?" Snape asked in a disgusted tone.
"I came to class, and here are the 'teaching aids' I need." Faced with Snape's unabashed malice, Lu Ping was extremely calm.
Faced with the verbal spat between the two professors, the young wizards present obediently remained silent to avoid being drawn in and becoming cannon fodder.
"Very well," Snape also restrained his emotions, "Remember to come to my office to pick up the medicine tonight."
When talking about medicine, Snape deliberately emphasized his tone so that the students could hear him clearly.
"I really look forward to seeing why you will pack up and leave for some reason after one year." Snape suddenly walked out of the lounge and said with his back to Lupine. It was not so much talking to Lupine, but to him.
Talking to the little wizards in Ravenclaw.
"Is it because of poor health or because the students discovered your..."
"Severus, I was invited here by Dumbledore. No matter how long I teach here or for what reason I leave, it has nothing to do with you." Professor Lupine's mood fluctuated and interrupted Snape.
's speech.
He moved Dumbledore out to remind Snape of Dumbledore's advice to him. Sure enough, this sentence had a good effect. Snape closed his mouth, showed a malicious smile and left.
.
"How long do you think you can hide it? A month, half a year, or a year?" Before leaving, he gently left a very lethal sentence in Lu Ping's ear.
Hearing these words, Lu Ping's body swayed slightly. He took a deep breath before recovering, and observed the students' reactions. He found that these children did not seem to notice anything unusual, and were still fighting for him.
From the perspective of an ordinary little wizard, it is nothing more than the evil Snape bullying the kind and gentle Professor Lupine. As for the medicine? Professor Lupine's face is indeed sickly, and he must be suffering from illness.
Seeing that the students reacted normally, Lu Ping breathed a sigh of relief and led the students into the teachers' lounge.
The staff lounge is a long room with wooden panels on the four walls and filled with old mismatched chairs. The little wizards were a little surprised that the staff lounge was so shabby.
At the end of the lounge, there was a wardrobe, where the teachers kept their replacement robes. When Lupine approached it, the wardrobe began to shake, hitting the wall, making a banging sound, and the door handle of the cabinet rattled.
There was a noise, as if something was trying to get out.
The little wizards were startled, stopped in their tracks, and stared at the cabinet without blinking.
"Boggart!" Lupine patted the door of the cabinet. The sound inside was stagnant, and then began to shake more violently.
Hearing this term, Hermione glanced at Tom beside her. She knew very well that her boyfriend had inherited many of the Boggart's abilities.
"Okay, I remember that Professor Lockhart seemed to have introduced Boggart to you before? But I asked some students and he didn't seem to have introduced you to the real Boggart, so I spent some effort and found a real Boggart in the castle.
I found this guy." Lupine looked at the quiet students, feeling very satisfied. His eyes swept across the crowd, and when he saw Hermione, he suddenly remembered something.
"You may not know that Miss Granger published a very good paper on Boggarts in Magic magazine last year. So Miss Granger, can you briefly tell us what is Boggart?"
Boggart?"
Little wizards:!
Magic Magazine?!
There were still a few young wizards who had heard of this name, and they immediately looked at Hermione in awe: This is the top journal in the wizarding world, but she published an article in it in the second grade? When they were in the second grade,
What are you doing? Why is the gap between people so big?
Hermione smiled sheepishly, "I didn't expect to be included in "Magic". Professor Lockhart gave me a lot of help at the time..."
"As a subject of research..." Tom complained in his heart. This is simply a joke - "What research are you doing in the university?" "I am being studied in it."
Hermione explained a little bit, but found that few classmates believed her - they all thought Hermione was in Versailles.
She had no choice but to give up the explanation and began to answer Professor Lupine's question: "The Boggart is a dark creature that can transform. It will become the thing that we fear most, because it will become the thing that is most feared in our hearts.
A thing of fear, so no one knows what the Boggart looks like when he is alone."
This is the best summary of Boggart.
But it wasn't over yet. Hermione continued to add: "Boggarts like dark and closed spaces, so they will hide in closets, under the bed or in cupboards. The way to deal with boggarts is very simple, that is, several people work together.
Face it and go in a group so the boggarts don't know what to turn into. Don't be afraid of anyone, there's a simple spell to repel them..."
"Great, twenty points for Ravenclaw." Hermione's answer was very complete. She not only introduced what a Boggart is, its habits, characteristics, but also its weaknesses. Even Lupine himself
He couldn't do better, which made him nod with satisfaction.
"If you keep talking, I will lose my job." Lupine made a joke, which made Hermione's face light up with joy. Even after three years of enrollment, Hermione still enjoyed getting extra points for answering questions.
"The spell to repel the Boggart is very simple. It's the same as the Vasidisi I just taught you, but it requires a very strong willpower. You have to force it to turn into an image that you find funny."
"Take out your wands and say to me... Funny!"
The whole class repeated it several times.
"Very good," said Professor Lupin, "but this spell alone is not enough. Miss Granger, please come up and demonstrate it for us."
Hermione walked nervously in front of everyone, and Professor Lupine motioned for everyone to step back to give Hermione enough space.
Hermione stood in front of the stage, feeling a little unsure. She didn't know what she was most afraid of. At this moment, she saw Tom in the audience quietly making a cheering gesture to her, which made her feel at ease:
No matter what, Tom is behind her and supports her.
She nodded to Professor Lupine, indicating to him that she was ready.
Professor Lupine held the wand and pointed at the door handle of the closet, "Three-two-one, start!"
A string of sparks shot out from the tip of his stick, hitting the spherical door handle, and the closet door suddenly opened.