"Harry, there is something wrong with that mouse, and it may be related to this matter. You should pay more attention. But don't be too drastic. After all, Ron has a lot of affection for it." While Ron was away, Ivy quickly reminded Harry.
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"I know. I also investigated after you reminded me last time. The spots on that newspaper were still fine, but it took a long time before they became like this. Ron said it was because of Crookshanks, but he also said before
However, Scabbers had symptoms of acclimatization when he was in Egypt, and the time when the symptoms appeared coincided with the time when Black escaped from prison." Unexpectedly, Harry was not blinded by hatred, but was extremely sober.
"Great - Harry. Originally, this matter involved your parents, so I couldn't get involved. Now that the facts are clear and the culprit has clues, you can handle the rest yourself."
Several people stayed in the restaurant for a whole noon, and after eating and drinking, they lay down on the bench to bask in the sun. In the end, Scabbers didn't run away, and Ron used a floating spell to fix it in the air and catch it back. After he came back, everyone
He didn't show anything strange, and Harry promised to take care of it before.
"When is it?"
On the benches on both sides of the dining table, five people were lying quietly on them. Suddenly, someone asked.
Hermione sat up, took out a pocket watch and looked at it, "You can go to the classroom."
"When did you buy the watch?" Several people stood up one after another, and Ron came over and asked doubtfully.
"It's a gift from someone else," she said simply and perfunctorily. Hermione put away her pocket watch and said, "Let's go, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is about to begin."
When they came out of the restaurant and rushed to the classroom, there were students from various colleges on the road. When they arrived at the classroom, Professor Lu Ping had not come yet.
Everyone found a seat and sat down, took out their books and started chatting.
"Ivy, do you think Professor Lupine can teach us something useful this year?" Susan turned around and asked
"Haha, I advise you not to have high hopes. We have been taking the Defense Against the Dark Arts class for two years, and I still don't know what this class is about." Mike also turned around and complained.
His view is also the attitude of most young wizards. What should have been the most anticipated subject has been ruined by Quirrell and Lockhart, and now people are not interested at all.
"It sounds like if I teach you, you will be able to do the same thing," Hannah said with disdain.
"I can't teach you how to live an eye addiction, but he can teach me!" Mike shouted
"I found out that you guys really like to quarrel." Ivey was speechless. These guys could start a quarrel on their own no matter what the situation, and he couldn't get in the middle of the conversation.
Fortunately, Lu Ping arrived in time and stopped the argument.
"Good afternoon, everyone." Professor Lu Ping walked into the classroom carrying a tattered box. He was dressed in ragged clothes and was thin, as poor as ever.
Seeing the students turning over books and picking up pens, he said softly, "Put away the books. Today is a practical class. Just bring your wands."
The students had no questions and put away their books obediently.
"Look, isn't Professor Luping going to teach us practice?" Ivy said
"I'm fed up with it. It's not like we haven't had practical classes before. If the elves in the room full of chaos last year could also be called practical classes," Mike still didn't have any hope.
"Okay, come with me, the practical classes are not in this classroom." After saying that, he walked out.
Professor Lu Ping led the students through the corridor, and some seniors and first- and second-year students looked at them curiously.
"The students at Hogwarts are really idle~" Ivy also saw a few familiar faces, such as Qiu Zhang, Angelina, Fred and Cedric.
"Please think about Hermione before you say this," Betty continued.
“There aren’t many weirdos like her in the world.”
On the way, they also encountered Peeves, who was causing trouble. Professor Lupine showed his skills and drove it away, which made the little wizards regain their confidence in the next practical class.
Soon, everyone came to the door of the staff lounge
"This is it, go in." Professor Luping opened the door and walked in first.
The students filed into the lounge. It was a long room with not much furniture. There was a round table at the end with a few chairs around it. There was an old wardrobe locked with a chain in front of the bookshelf at the entrance.
At that time, Snape was the only one in the room. He was sitting in an armchair, looking at the people entering.
"Severus, I need to borrow this venue, do you want to stay and watch?"
Snape looked at him with cold eyes and a sneer on his lips. "If it's just a farce, I won't refuse." After saying that, he looked past Harry, Ron, Neville and others.
His eyes turned from cold to disgust, "But look at some people's eyes a few more times
Face, I will be so sick that I can’t even eat dinner. Especially Mr. Longbottom. After this lesson, you will understand that Longbottom’s empty brain can only barely support him to complete the simplest meal and sleep. Apart from these,
He couldn't even understand the words."
Neville's face turned red, and the three Harrys glared at Snape angrily. It wasn't enough for him to humiliate Neville in his own class, he also had to do it in front of other professors.
Professor Lu Ping also raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"Really~ But I have chosen Neville to help me complete the first step of teaching." Lupine looked down at Neville, "I believe he will perform very well."
"Hmph~" Snape left the lounge with a mocking sound of unknown meaning.
"Okay, everyone, look here." Professor Lu Ping clapped his hands twice and walked to the old wardrobe. "We're officially starting."
"Bang bang!" Before he could finish his words, the wardrobe suddenly shook, and there was a crashing sound inside, as if some kind of wild beast had been locked up.
The students looked panicked and all stepped back. Lupine comforted him, "Don't worry, it's just a Boggart."
"Hiss—!" The little wizards were even more frightened. This seemed to be exactly what they needed to worry about.
"Boggarts like dark and closed spaces, such as closets, under beds, and storage boxes. This one was just discovered yesterday. After my request to the principal and professors, I kept it and used it as your home today.
Practical class." At this point, he faced the students and asked, "Who can tell me, what is a Boggart?"
Hermione raised her hand instantly, and Professor Lupin nodded to her.
"It's a shape-shifting thing. Whatever it thinks scares us the most, it will turn into whatever it thinks it is."
"I can't explain it more clearly myself," Lupine praised. "So, the Boggart in this cabinet doesn't have a specific shape yet, and it doesn't know what the people outside the cabinet are afraid of. But as long as it is released, it will
It will immediately become what each of us fears the most.”
"But having so many of us is a great advantage. Harry, do you know why?"
"Huh?" Harry, who was startled by the speed of Hermione raising her hand, was still a little stunned. Looking at Hermione standing on tiptoes and trying to stretch her arms, he hesitated for a moment and replied, "Because there are so many of us, it doesn't know
What should it become?"
"Exactly!" said Professor Lupine. "When dealing with a Boggart, the best way is to go in a group, so that it becomes confused."
"The spell to defeat the Boggart is very simple, but it requires imagination. You know, what can really defeat the Boggart is laughter. You need to force it to become an image that you find funny."
"Now, recite the incantation with me - funny!"
"Funny!" all the students read out together
"Very good, but this is the easiest part. Next I need a helper - Neville, can you come over here?" Professor Lupine stood in the closet with one hand on his chest and the other on his chin.
Looking at Neville four or five meters in front.
Neville swallowed and walked up cautiously. His steps were swaying, just like the gallows.
When I finally came to Lupine,
"Thank you for coming. Now -" Professor Lupin walked around behind him and held his shoulders with both hands. "Tell me, Neville, what are you most afraid of in this world?"
"Professor Snape," Neville replied in a weak voice, looking around uneasily.
"Professor Snape...um...Neville, you should be living with your grandma, right?"
"Uh - yes, but I don't want the Boggart to look like a grandma," Neville said awkwardly.
"No, no, no - you misunderstood." Professor Lupine leaned down and leaned his face against Neville's ear. "I want to ask, can you still remember the clothes your grandma usually wears?"
"Ah? - Oh, remember" he didn't seem to expect to ask this "she basically wears a long skirt, the color is usually green. Hmm... sometimes she also wears a fox scarf, - oh! She always also
Wearing a hat with a stuffed vulture on it."
"You still carry a handbag, right?" Professor Lu Ping reminded
"Yes, a big red handbag" Neville nodded.
"Then can you imagine what these clothes look like very clearly? Can you see them in your mind?"
"Yes," Neville was sure. After all, he had been watching it for more than ten years.
"Very good." Professor Lupine straightened up and stood aside. "When the Boggart comes out of the closet and finds you, it will look like Professor Snape."
"At this point you have to raise your wand and shout at it - Funny, while imagining your grandma's outfit in your mind. If all goes well, Boggart Snape will be forced to change, and then you will
I saw Grandma Neville’s version of Snape.” At the end of the sentence, Professor Lupine shouted to his classmates.
"Ha ha--"
"Really!"
"F*ck! Neville, I want it! - No, - I want to see it!"....
So, the little wizards who were not too concerned about the excitement started shouting "Neville! Neville! Neville..."
Neville's face suddenly glowed red. He puffed up his chest and shouted loudly for the first time in his life, "Come on, Professor. I'm ready!"
"Quiet - don't worry, listen to me first." Professor Lupine suppressed the excited students. "If Neville succeeds, the Boggart will turn his attention to each of us. So everyone has to think now.
, what is your biggest fear, and then think about how to make it funny."