A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 128 Courses
Early the next morning, the young wizards at breakfast in the Great Hall were talking about Gilderoy Lockhart and the new position of Security Advisor, and what they had learned early on from the Daily Prophet, replacing Lockhart Peter Pettigrew as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Lockhart revealed this matter early, but before the start of school, most people didn't know who the new professor was or what his identity was. This sense of mystery further increased the wizards' expectations.But it is clear that they are now mostly disappointed.

"To be honest, I had high expectations for him. After all, he should not be an idiot for cutting off Lockhart's position." Draco expressed his opinion in a slow tone, "But I found that I was wrong, I shouldn't have any expectations at all, look at his timid look, I suspect he is ready to flee at any time. Maybe he is a relative of Dumbledore or something..."

Everyone followed him to look at Peter Pettigrew, who was sitting in the teacher's seat. He was holding a piece of bread with both hands and nibbling quickly. His small watery eyes were glancing around nimbly, as if he was looking for danger hidden around him at any time. And the escape route, it looks like a big mouse stealing food.

But almost all professors are willing to treat him kindly.Professor McGonagall, who was always unsmiling, rarely showed a concerned and relieved smile in front of the other party, looking pleasant.Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout also had a friendly conversation with him, and even Hagrid, who was passing by the auditorium, came over and patted him on the shoulder with tears in his eyes, causing him to slump his head in front of him On a plate with tomato sauce.

Gilderoy Lockhart is even more keen to show a close relationship. He likes to hug each other's shoulders and show a bright smile to everyone, as if he is ready to face the reporter's photo at any time.

Compared with them, Professor Snape, who looked disgusted and disdainful, became an incompatible landscape.Already dressed in black, he exudes a gloomy low air pressure. Whenever he glanced at Peter Pettigrew, he would twitch the corners of his mouth in disgust, as if he saw a cockroach that had just crawled out of a dung pile. He wanted to kick the opponent over, and stomped hard on his face a hundred and eighty times.

Peter Pettigrew didn't dare to look at him at all, shrugging his shoulders tremblingly, looking like he wanted to shrink himself into a ball and roll away.

"We haven't attended his class yet, so it's not good to make subjective guesses." Daphne has always maintained a rational mind, gently curling her temple hair with one hand, "Look, the other professors have very good attitudes towards Professor Peter. Well, that's obviously not the kind of treatment a connected household gets, is it?"

"Except for the Headmaster," Harry added, "I think Professor Snape wants to kill him. I guess there's some grudge between them."

As he spoke, he stared dazedly at Peter Pettigrew's right hand lacking the index finger from a distance, and then found that the other party also looked at him feelingly, and a trace of extremely complicated emotions seemed to flash in those small watery eyes.

"No way, you don't know him? Draco, Owen, I thought you two should know his identity..." Blaise's surprised tone woke Harry up.

"Oh, I know." Owen said casually, eating a piece of bread covered with blueberry jam slowly, "My father told me about it."

"What?" Draco raised his eyebrows, and then raised his pointed chin slightly, "My dad knows too much, I'm too lazy to listen..."

"This is a living winner of the Merlin First Class Medal, the hero who heroically captured the Death Eaters more than ten years ago..." Blaise told everyone about the not-too-distant history in a somewhat exaggerated tone.

Finally he added: "Of course, the fact that he didn't die makes his deeds less worth mentioning. So, many people are only one death away from becoming a hero..."

"So, he's pretty brave..." Harry glanced at Peter Pettigrew again, but couldn't connect him with bravery.

"Who knows what he has been through these years." Blaise shrugged, "I think he may have persecution paranoia, after all, the Dark Lord is long gone, and only he is still worried about being hunted down by his followers ..."

Hearing this sentence, Harry twisted his body uncomfortably, and only a few people know that Voldemort is not dead, and even put his black hand into Hogwarts last semester.He glanced at Owen, but it was a pity that Owen was eating bread intently and didn't look at him at all.

In this way, Harry somewhat understood Professor Peter's fear, because Voldemort had indeed been plotting to make a comeback, and he could even confuse new followers.

After breakfast, the group left the auditorium to attend the first class of this semester, Transfiguration class.

They met Lockhart who was idly wandering around the castle on the way, and Lockhart's eyes lit up when he saw Harry.He squeezed away Draco next to Harry with a cheerful face, and talked all the way to himself, completely ignoring Harry's perfunctory and repulsive expression, as well as the disgust on Draco's face.

Surprisingly, when everyone entered the Transfiguration classroom, Lockhart followed.He showed a very charming smile to Professor McGonagall who was very surprised, and he stood on the podium as a matter of course and said: "I think it is necessary for me to check for potential safety hazards everywhere. You know, my task is very difficult, and I can't relax in the slightest ..."

Professor McGonagall nodded with a stern face, and began to lecture as if he were a transparent person.Lockhart sat at the back of the classroom very consciously, and didn't interfere with the progress of the class, but just smiled brightly at the little witches who turned their heads to look at him from time to time.

In this class, Professor McGonagall has them turn a beetle into a button.While others were concentrating on practicing, Owen was already practicing the disappearing spell with the beetle, and even made the entire beetle disappear completely with ease.Then, with another wave of his wand, the beetle came back again.

Professor McGonagall saw Owen's movements when he visited here, and summoned a mouse for him to continue practicing.After seeing that Owen still succeeded in making it disappear, she nodded with satisfaction, and then gave Slytherin ten points.

The vanishing spell is a very peculiar spell. In theory, it can make anything disappear, but the more complex the object, the more difficult it is to cast.Generally speaking, it is more difficult to use the Vanishing Charm on living objects than on inanimate objects. Of course, it is also related to the mass and volume of the object.And the more complex the living body is, the difficulty and consumption of using the disappearing spell on them will rise linearly.

Therefore, the Vanishing Curse is rarely used in actual combat, because it is too difficult to use the Vanishing Curse on creatures with magical powers, and the magical requirements for wizards are also very high, even if it is just to make a certain part of the enemy's body disappear. easy.Even a transfiguration master like Professor McGonagall is hard to say if she has the ability to make a person disappear.

No one can say exactly where the things that disappeared went, whether they were transported elsewhere, or they were briefly reduced to nothingness.But there is no doubt that objects that have been cast with the Vanishing Charm can reappear, which is one of the charms of Transfiguration.

Owen was interested in the Vanishing Curse mainly because he was curious about where the disappeared things went.Likewise, he is also interested in transmutation spells that conjure objects out of thin air.As for fighting, he has plenty of spells to use.

After practicing the Vanishing Charm with the things at hand, he began to practice the Changing Charm again. On his desk, he conjured a roll of parchment, a quill pen, and a shiny silver knife out of thin air.

According to Gump's basic law of transformation, food and magical items cannot be conjured out of thin air.The more complicated and difficult it is to transform, and there is a certain time limit.

A Transfiguration class passed without any disturbance, and even the most mischievous students did not dare to make trouble in Professor McGonagall's class.It's just that when the get out of class was over, Lockhart walked briskly onto the podium, and said to the little wizards in the audience: "Of course, I knew that nothing dangerous would happen in Professor McGonagall's class!"

He winked mischievously at everyone again: "However, I found that many people have great difficulties in learning Transfiguration. In fact, when you have mastered certain tricks, you will find that it is not difficult at all... If you want to be specific If you understand, you can carefully read my "Walking with Ghouls" and "A Year with XZ Yeti", where I explore the tricks of transfiguration in depth..."

Professor McGonagall's tightly stern face became more and more stiff, and her nose fluttered slightly, looking like she wanted to kick this guy out of the classroom.After Lockhart said a long series of words without realizing it, he waved to Professor McGonagall with a happy face, and walked out of the classroom door briskly.

Harry looked at Professor McGonagall with some sympathy, and said, "What a guy who likes to talk to himself, isn't he?"

"But he's handsome..." Pansy murmured.

The second class was Owen's least favorite herbal class.While those magical plants with their own characteristics are indeed very interesting, that doesn't mean that herbal medicine class can be so interesting.At least Owen has never been keen on staying in a steaming greenhouse, nor does he find it attractive to step on the wet and soft soil with manure and roll up his sleeves to serve those uncooperative plants.

The most important thing is that students need to concentrate on their work in herbal medicine class. Professor Sprout does not allow students to use magic, because it is easy to make trouble.This prevents Owen from sinking into the wall-facing space to learn other knowledge, and can only do repetitive boring physical labor like other people.

For example, in this herbal medicine class, Professor Sprout asked them to continue what the students in the previous class had been doing, and put the remaining mandrake seedlings in pots.Those mandrakes that are very unwilling to move their nests wiggle their ugly roots and cling to the soil. They will also punch and kick the students, throwing the smelly mud everywhere, and even open their mouths to bite people's fingers. head.

The students had to wear special earmuffs to block out the deadly cries of the mandrake, sweating profusely in a battle of wits with the dishonest magic plants, and got mud all over their bodies.

However, not surprisingly, Lockhart also appeared in this herbal medicine class.He was wearing the same pair of earmuffs, holding his nose and standing far away from here, only to be wrapped around his neck by a poisonous tentacle.

Professor Sprout quickly abandoned the little wizards who were fighting with the Mandrake, and rescued Lockhart from the poisonous tentacles.Fortunately, the venomous tentacle hadn't grown its deadly fangs, otherwise Lockhart would probably have to stay in the school hospital for a while, and might even create the record for the fastest layoff of a Hogwarts professor.

Towards the end of get out of class, Draco pulled a mandrake out of the soil with all his strength and fell over.The doll-like roots of the mandrake flung itself into his face, nearly ripping off his earplugs.His flower pot was overturned, and all the dragon manure in it was poured on him.

Owen and Harry managed to pluck the Mandrake from Draco's face and stuff it into a large pot.Draco muttered with a dark face until the end of class: "I have never encountered such a shameful thing in my life... I really don't know the significance of setting up this kind of class, we are not here to do rough work Damn!"

Lockhart, who had recovered from his shock, jumped out without any accident, and said loudly, "I think it's irresponsible for the students to have so many dangerous plants all over here!" Professor Sprout said: "Of course, I didn't question your meaning, but simply put forward reasonable suggestions from the perspective of students' safety."

"Oh, the little accident just now was just a little joke I made for everyone. You must be scared, right? In fact, I have long known that the thing has no fangs at all, as I wrote in the book "Break with the Female Ghost" You have to learn to observe your surroundings carefully..." Lockhart advertised with a smile, and then turned away gracefully under the adoring eyes of a group of little witches.

Owen looked at Lockhart's back with a smile.What kind of male version of Umbridge is this...

After lunch, they had to go to History of Magic class again.On the way, Harry was secretly photographed by his little fan in Gryffindor, Colin Creevey. After the sneak shot was discovered, Creevey jumped up like a rabbit and ran away, leaving Harry stunned. land.

In the drowsy history of magic class, Owen did not discuss the history of magic with the ghost professor as usual, but studied the advanced theory of magic in the space facing the wall by himself, and started the first practice.

The initial attempt was to add power to the floating spell, so that the floating object could fly out quickly, and it might even reach the high speed of a fired bullet.Although this type of advanced spell is recorded in the advanced spell book, Owen still decided to improve it by himself first, and then compare the pros and cons to lay the foundation for creating his own spell in the future.

The time of a class passed quickly, without Owen's questions and discussions from time to time, the little wizards could hardly resist the hypnosis of Professor Binns.When the class was over, Harry couldn't help sighing: "I'm actually a bit regretful that there is no Lockhart in this class."

"Agreed." Draco yawned, with the red mark on his face from sleeping.

In the next few days, Lockhart seemed to be seen everywhere in Hogwarts.

For the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of the semester, Pettigrew disappoints the students with his teaching abilities.

When he called Harry's name, he suddenly said in a sharp voice: "Harry Potter...Harry, oh..." His small watery eyes looked at him with pity and complexity, and he muttered Yu said: "I'm really sorry, I... oh, the next one..."

He seemed hesitant to speak, as if he had many stories in his heart, which aroused Harry's strong curiosity.He whispered to Owen: "I feel like he knows me, or maybe he knows my parents."

Owen curled his lips. Although he didn't know the purpose of Peter Pettigrew's visit to Hogwarts, he still had no good intentions for Harry.This is fishing.

He didn't say anything, Harry was under the care of Dumbledore and Snape, so it was difficult to encounter any danger, and it was not Owen's turn to worry about it.Speaking of which, he was curious about how Peter Pettigrew dealt with Dumbledore's possible Legilimency. Quirrell could take Voldemort with him, so what about this guy?
While Owen was thinking wildly, Peter Pettigrew finished the roll call and stood on the podium wringing his hands, looking more nervous than the little wizard who was called up to answer questions.He taught according to the textbook step by step, without any characteristics, and even stumbled a bit when speaking, making the students seem to have returned to the class of the previous semester.Fortunately, he didn't stutter, otherwise more little wizards would start to wonder if he was Quirrell in disguise.

When Pettigrew Peter finally couldn't control the classroom discipline, Lockhart enthusiastically helped him out. He emphasized to the little wizards many times that he was the recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and an honorary member of the Dark Arts Defense League. , won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award five times, and stood on the award platform with his arms around Peter's shoulders.

In the following time, he volunteered to take out his wand and demonstrated the impediment spell for everyone several times.In 3 minutes, he accidentally shattered four panes of glass, turned the blackboard into sticky ooze, hung a little wizard from the ceiling, and turned Peter Pettigrew into an afro... …

When Peter Pettigrew finished the class with frequent accidents, sweating profusely, he looked at Lockhart with a strange look in his eyes.This guy is here to make trouble...

Lockhart just waved away smartly, with a look of deep merit and fame, but the chaos he caused continued.

In Potions class, Lockhart, who had the cheek to enter the classroom, was mercilessly thrown out by Professor Snape, and the door of the classroom was slammed heavily, almost smashing his handsome nose.

Because of this incident, Snape, who was already unpopular in other colleges, was condemned by many little witches, but Snape was too famous, and they could only feel sorry for Brother Lockhart behind his back.

In Charms, Lockhart once again shamelessly advertised his book and told the crowd that he would be happy to sign them.At the same time, he also announced that he would wait for everyone in the office, playing the role of a psychological counselor, claiming that it is also his duty to protect the mental health of students.

After he finished speaking, he turned and left with a bright smile, unaware that the hair on the back of his head had been secretly bald by Professor Flitwick, making a group of little wizards who had had enough of him laugh out loud .

But even so, there is still an endless stream of little witches who visit Lockhart's office every day for various reasons.Due to flustered, guilty conscience, depressed mood and other reasons, they did not hesitate to skip class to visit their idol, confide to him the little things of adolescence, and finally leave reluctantly with Lockhart's autograph.

It was said that both Hermione and Pansy in the study group had sneaked into his office and were coaxed into willingly buying his entire tome, which Draco laughed at for a long time.

The good news is that Lockhart, who wanders around the castle every day like a stalker, has finally succeeded in attracting Peeves' attention and has become Peeves' new target of teasing.

What a joy.

(End of this chapter)