The person who stopped them was Lupine, whose face looked as sick as when they first met, as if the Christmas holiday that had just passed had done a lot of damage to his health.
Hermione recalled for a moment, remembering that when Harker visited Hogwarts, Lupine seemed not to show up.
Where did Professor Lupin go on Christmas? A flash of confusion flashed through Hermione's mind.
"Hello, Yodel, Granger, I hope you have a happy Christmas." Lupine greeted Tom and Hermione.
"This is the most fulfilling Christmas I have ever had. Professor, how did you spend this Christmas?" Tom looked at Professor Lupine's complexion and found that his mental state was really average. He couldn't help but be curious about Professor Lupine during this holiday.
How did Ping live?
"I had a very fulfilling Christmas this year," Professor Lupine said with a wry smile. "Professor Dumbledore gave me a lot of tasks, which made me run around without stopping for a moment. I just came back from Africa two days ago...
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"Africa?" Tom was a little confused.
"Well, where are we going to find some potion ingredients? The topic has gone a little sideways, Yodel, do you still remember what I wanted you to do for me before?"
"Being a sparring partner for Harry?"
"That's right, Thursday night at eight o'clock, History of Magic classroom, are you free?"
Tom recalled his class schedule and found that he had no class on Thursday night, so he readily agreed.
"Professor Lupin, can I come with you? I think I need some extra practice." Hermione on the side suddenly interjected.
"Of course," Lupine agreed without thinking. "With a smart kid like Miss Granger as his sparring partner, Harry will definitely make rapid progress."
Hermione lowered her head in embarrassment.
"It's a deal, I'm going to prepare the teaching materials for the next class first. We'll see you on Thursday." After setting a time for practice, Lu Ping also left in a hurry.
Looking at Professor Lupine's retreating back, Hermione thought thoughtfully, "Tom, this is not quite right. Why is Professor Lupine collecting potion ingredients? Isn't this kind of thing part of Professor Snape's job?"
?And what kind of materials need him to find in person? Diagon Alley provides delivery services?"
"Original from Africa, it's a very rare raw material." Tom already had the answer in his mind.
The Care of Magical Creatures class in the new semester is full of joy, but the Divination class is a bit boring. Professor Trelawney has now begun to teach everyone palm reading. Whenever she has a chance, she will tell Harry that the lifeline on his hand is short.
Ridiculous. From a certain perspective, it’s not wrong.
Other courses are almost the same as before the start of the semester, and professors are teaching as planned.
For Harry, the most surprising thing was that Professor Lupine fulfilled his promise and he could learn how to fight the Dementors. The Ministry of Magic removed all the Dementors from around Hogwarts.
, but Harry still remembered his poor performance in front of them in particular.
How can you pretend that the problem doesn't exist just because you can't see it?
Harry was very eager to solve this problem. Now Professor Lupine not only planned to solve the problem for him, but also planned to find the best student in the school who was good at the Patronus Charm to be his sparring partner. How could he not look forward to it?
And maybe I can learn something other than the Patronus Charm.
The appearance of the dementors gave Harry a sense of urgency. He hoped to learn some self-defense spells to make himself stronger.
Thursday is coming soon.
Harry left Gryffindor Tower and headed to the History of Magic classroom. When he got there, Tom was already waiting in the classroom. To Harry's surprise, Hermione Granger was also in the classroom.
"Buy one, get one free." Tom smiled at him.
After waiting for a few minutes, Professor Lupine appeared, carrying a large box in his hand. After he came in, he first put the box on Professor Binns' desk, and then told the three people in the classroom that they could start making up lessons. Already.
"Harry, before you start training, I want to ask you a question. In addition to the Patronus Charm, do you want to learn other spells? Because to be honest, if I only teach you the Patronus Charm, Yodel and Granger It would be a waste to come over." Before starting, Lu Ping suddenly asked such a question.
"Of course! I'm also very interested in other spells!" Harry nodded excitedly. He had long wanted to learn some magic that could save his life.
"Great, let's train against the Dementors first, and then I'll teach you a few spells." Lupine put his hand on the box he brought.
"What is this?" Harry had a bad premonition in his heart, and he became inexplicably nervous.
"I found another Boggart. I can't really find a Dementor -" At this point, Hermione looked at Tom with a strange look. She knew that Tom could become a Dementor. Ghost monsters, as for real dementors, he can also arrange them.
However, there is no need to let Lupine know all this, and it is not impossible for Harry to use Boggart for simulation.
"...I hope this Boggart can function as I expected. By the way, Yoder, stay away from it. If this Boggart explodes, I won't be able to find the second one for a while. Two." On the other side, Harry was already ready. Lupine didn't forget to give Tom a few words before starting.
After Tom took two steps away obediently, Lupine opened the box, and a dementor slowly emerged from inside.
"I didn't expect that Dementors had such a big psychological impact on Harry. Even the thing he was most afraid of turned into a Dementor." Hermione looked at the decent-looking Dementor and whispered in Tom's ear. Said in a low voice.
The Dementor that Lupine found during class was blown up by Tom. Later, even though Professor Lupine got another Boggart, he didn't let Harry go up to participate in the confrontation. So today it's Hermione Seeing Harry's worst fear for the first time.
But what Harry was afraid of was not the Dementors. Before seeing the Dementors, he thought that what he was most afraid of was Voldemort, but later he changed his mind and thought that he should be afraid of the Dementors... In the end, Beau Gert turned into a dementor. Therefore, what Harry was afraid of was actually fear itself. But the Boggart's behavior made outsiders think that he was particularly afraid of dementors.
"Calling the Guardians!" Harry yelled with all his strength, and a ray of white light came out from the tip of the staff. The Dementor turned into a boggart froze, and the next second the white light disappeared, and it rushed towards Harry... …
"Funny!" Lupine made the right move and shut the Boggart back into the box. At this time, Harry was already slumped on the ground, covered in cold sweat and panting.
"Very good!" Lupine said excitedly, "As I thought, the Boggart turned into a dementor, so our training can go smoothly!"
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