Hermione looked at the depressed Harry with worry on her face.
"It's not good. I feel like my patience is running out."
Harry stuffed a candy into his mouth, hoping to use the cheer potion to relieve his bad mood.
Every time he went to see Professor Slughorn, Harry would take the potion appropriately, but the effect was still not good. He even vaguely realized that Professor Slughorn knew that he was deliberately approaching his purpose, but he just didn't want to reveal it.
That's all.
This battle of wits and false communication made Harry feel physically and mentally exhausted.
Perhaps this was related to his realization that all the hard work he had put in might turn into a joke. This really made Harry feel particularly irritated, and he even doubted whether he would be completely emotional after being ruthlessly rejected by Slughorn.
out of control.
"Don't worry, you will definitely succeed." Hermione comforted softly.
"Honestly, I hate hearing that right now."
Harry chewed the candy in his mouth and threw a few tranquilizers into his mouth before suppressing the irritability in his heart, "You always think that I can succeed, but I have no confidence in myself at all. That kind of expectation
It feels very annoying.”
Hermione opened her mouth but stopped talking.
"You should go to Albert, not me. Only then can Albert realize your beautiful expectations."
Harry was suffocated by people's expectations, and he hated that feeling.
"Harry..."
Hermione looked at Harry's somewhat lonely back and hurriedly chased after him. She didn't say any more words of comfort, but just followed silently, following Harry to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.
That's right, there's no better place to vent your stress than the Room of Requirement.
However, what surprised them was that the Room of Requirement could not be opened again.
"Damn it, why can't I get in again?"
Harry pounded the stone door of the Room of Requirement angrily with his hands, took out a bottle from his pocket, threw all the tranquilizer into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, which allowed his emotions to calm down to a certain extent.
ease.
"I have butterbeer over there, it might make you feel better." Hermione suddenly suggested.
"Where did you get the butterbeer?" Harry turned to look at Hermione in surprise.
"Prepared for the Wizarding Card Club competition. However, it's not a big deal to use one bottle in advance." Hermione explained.
She helped prepare for this wizarding card competition. With Luna alone, the club will probably be completely disbanded soon.
"How's the Wizarding Card Club going?" Harry changed the topic to change his attention.
"It's not good. Luna basically lets it go. The members of the Wizard Card Club don't like to attend month-end parties very much. The original huge membership base has been reduced a lot. This year, the players who participated in the competition almost didn't raise enough money."
Hermione actually didn't quite understand why Albert chose Luna. If it were her, the situation would definitely not be so bad.
"Who knows? That guy always likes to be mysterious, so don't guess what he's thinking."
On the way back to the Gryffindor common room, the two met Ginny hurriedly walking out of an empty classroom.
After a moment, Dean chased him out of the classroom.
"What are you doing?"
"nothing."
Dean smiled awkwardly at Harry and Hermione, and quickly chased Ginny in the direction she left.
"Do you think I should clearly stipulate in the future that Quidditch players cannot fall in love?" Harry frowned and looked at the two people leaving, then turned to Hermione and said.
"Romance is generally bad today!" Hermione suddenly sighed.
"What?" Harry was a little confused.
"Ron also broke up with Lavender." Hermione explained.
"Oh, Ron finally got rid of Lavender." Harry was not too surprised.
"Just when you were going to find Professor Slughorn, Ron and Lavender broke up peacefully." Hermione glanced at Harry sideways, raised the corner of her mouth and continued, "The reason is the same as last time.
, Lavender was deeply moved by Ron's words, and expressed her willingness to wait."
"She believed it?" Harry suddenly felt a little guilty.
"We didn't deceive Lavender either." Hermione was very calm. "None of us can be sure that we will still be alive after the cruel Wizarding War ends."
After a brief silence, Harry nodded in agreement with Hermione's statement.
When the two of them stepped through the doorway and entered the Gryffindor common room, they found that it was eerily quiet inside. Most of the Gryffindor students were sitting quietly on their chairs, as if waiting for something.
Harry looked around the common room and saw Ron and Neville playing with a radio, seemingly adjusting the channel.
After a while, a familiar voice came from the radio.
"...Today's program is a bit special." Lee Jordan's voice came from the radio, "Yesterday, Albert took the time to teach us another lesson."
"...Everyone must be interested in the content..."
"However, before that, we need to introduce today's special guest, an expert who has served in the Auror position for decades: Professor Moody."
"I think many Hogwarts students should know him."
This time it was George's voice.
"Are there any secret broadcasts from them today?"
Harry and Hermione stood next to Ron, listening carefully to the content on the radio. The members of Professor Albert's "Defense Society" were very surprised because the content was different from what they imagined.
There are no complicated spells or advanced techniques taught, but only the most basic and common knowledge.
"I have to say that what Mr. Anderson said was very practical." Professor Moody commented, "He knows exactly what you need."
"Do you also think we need to learn these basic knowledge?" Lee Jordan couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, these foundations are actually more important than fancy spells." Moody continued, "Of course, some people may have overlooked one thing. Even if they want to learn, they actually need to have a certain foundation."
"Why?" Fred asked for everyone.
"Most of the wizards in the British wizarding world have not received systematic combat training. It is simply ridiculous to ask them to fight dark wizards and to send them to death." Moody cleared his throat and said, "With all due respect, many students
Even if you graduate from Hogwarts, you still don't understand what fighting is. Just because you can use the Stun Curse doesn't mean you think you can fight. It's actually no different than swinging a stick in your hand."
"Of course, this is related to the fact that the content taught in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is more knowledge-oriented. I'm not saying that is bad, but this part of the knowledge is actually helping everyone lay the foundation, and Hogwarts has never really taught everyone how to do it.
Fight the enemy."
"So, you also agree with Mr. Anderson's training methods?"
"Yes, as long as you complete the most basic training, you can at least become a qualified warrior and be able to resist when encountering danger."
"Why doesn't the Ministry of Magic do this?" George asked.
"The Ministry of Magic is also doing it, but the progress is slow." Moody explained.
"I heard that Harry held a DA party at Hogwarts to teach everyone how to fight."
"To be honest, the DA party can indeed be of some use, but the professor's Defense Against the Dark Arts..." Moody paused and continued, "It should be said that the biggest use of this party is to let students who know nothing learn to pick up a wand.
To resist, maybe they are not qualified fighters, but they have already taken the first step."
"Is it because they haven't received formal training?" George asked for everyone.
"No, because most students are still in the process of learning spells." Moody said calmly, "Just like babies learning speech, they have just started and need to lay a solid foundation first."
"...When you are dueling with others, it is so embarrassing that you can't even chant a spell on the enemy, so it is necessary to train the accuracy of spells and do basic exercises."
"Harry, should we also..." Neville turned his head and looked at Harry, seeking his opinion.
"We don't have that much time, and I think at this stage, everyone should master more useful magic." Harry shook his head and refused. Of course, he knew that what was played on the radio made sense, but sometimes it was not them.
They don't want to learn, but they haven't reached that level yet.
When most people can't even recite a spell well, it doesn't make much sense to blindly pursue accuracy. Take the apparation that Albert values for example. Just like "Mad Eye" said, most people
Wizards can't even use Apparition well, so you can't expect them to use Apparition flexibly in combat.
Even Harry couldn't imagine that level of difficulty.
"I think he taught you these things more to broaden your thinking, especially in terms of combat. Shooting magic at each other stupidly is definitely the stupidest thing."
On the radio, Professor Moody's explanation continued.
"Although a one-on-one duel is indeed like this, the experience requirements for combat are actually more stringent. From our perspective, a duel between ordinary wizards is more like two people fighting with sticks."
Listening to the news coming from the radio, Ron said depressedly, "I feel like a fool!"
"Of course, you don't have to worry, because most people in the British wizarding world are actually at this level."
"You feel very touched by what Anderson said. That's because he is a top dueling master and can explain these things clearly to you."
"Actually, I think Minister Scrimgeour should hire him as an Auror trainer."
"Why not the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?" Li Qiaodan asked curiously.
"Hogwarts students need to lay a solid foundation. They won't need this part of the knowledge, but to become a qualified Auror, there are some things that need to be mastered." Moody said calmly: "Of course, we have to admit that Ai
Bert will be a good teacher. You can always hear him teaching everyone how to protect themselves, and Defense Against the Dark Arts is obviously the most important in this regard. It is more important for us to learn it to protect our own safety, rather than to harm others.