Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

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Anthony woke up like a dream, facing the Billywig worm: "Flying sand and rolling stones!

This spell is really not difficult, so even if it was the first time to use it, Anthony used it.

But this little bug from Australia was far more alert than everyone imagined. It sensed something was wrong when the air expanded, and flew back immediately

The Flying Sand and Stone Walking Technique released by Anthony naturally fell through the air, and the aftermath of the air explosion hit the protective cover.And the golden protective shield just flashed for a moment, without any unnecessary reaction.

"Oh oh oh, that's not going to work!" cried Lockhart, "Remember I just

If so, what you have to do is not hit it, but drive it to where you want it to go! "

Chapter 23 Classroom Exercises

Hearing Lockhart's reminder, Anthony remembered his original responsibilities.

"But, professor, what to do?" he asked foolishly.

It's no wonder he was confused, because that little blue bug was so flexible.Even though he used area-of-effect magic, it was still very difficult to hit the little bug.

"Observe! Try! Think! Inquiry is the last thing to do." Lockhart opened his mouth and said three times: "Observe the trajectory of that "enemy", try all the weapons in your hand to deal with it, and then think about how to target him Behavior pattern to achieve your goal... If it doesn't work, ask me again, I will give you a basic method

Hearing what he said, Anthony and Harry could only stare at the blue bug flying around in the classroom, and began to think about how to deal with it.

The students who were watching outside the protective shield also heard Lockhart's words, so they got together in twos and threes, trying to discuss a solution.

Seeing them like this, Lockhart decided to put a little more pressure on them.

He yelled to Harry and Anthony: "Don't blame me for not warning in advance. If I don't catch it within 3 minutes, I will cast a madness spell on the Billywig-by then it will no longer be afraid of people, but Attack indiscriminately.

While being stung won't make you unconscious, the feeling of being up in the air all afternoon and being led around like a balloon is definitely not going to be your wonderful return I'B for years to come. "

Hearing what he said, both Harry and Anthony felt tense.

"I probably understand a little bit." Harry said to Anthony in a hurry, "Flying sand and rocks are not used to attack, but to drive them away. We have to find a way to force them back."

it comes down. "

"How?" Anthony didn't want to be the laughing stock of the whole school.

"Since we want to force it down, the two of us will continue to cast spells over its head to prevent it from flying upwards, so that it will fly lower and lower, while the other person is pressing it horizontally, pushing it down. The space for activities is getting tighter and smaller..." Harry explained his thoughts.

As expected of Ravenclaw, Anthony understood Harry's meaning in a blink of an eye: "You mean, it's like Quidditch's eagle head tactic, encircling the Quaffle from several directions."

"Yeah, that's what I mean," said Harry. "I'll catch him when he's within six feet of me."

"Can you catch it?" Anthony expressed doubts.

"I'm Seeker...you know what I mean." Harry wasn't good at boasting like that.

"I see... It seems that Zhang is in trouble this year." Anthony sighed. "Zhang? Who is that?"

"Our Seeker Choo Chang of the year...well, go ahead, I don't want to be the slowest," Anthony said.

Due to the tight schedule, the two of them started the division of labor immediately after the discussion was made—Anthony was in charge of flying sand and rocks over the Billywig worm, while Harry was in charge of casting a curse at the far corner, and they worked together to force the worm down.

And Harry is worthy of being the youngest Seeker Hogwarts has ever seen. When the bugs were flying around, he was almost motionless, until the Billywig worm flew from his ear to avoid Anthony, who was waving his wand. After a while, he made a sudden move and grabbed the bug.

Because of being too excited, Harry accidentally crushed the bug to death

"Sorry, Professor Lockhart." Harry was a little embarrassed.

Lockhart said that he didn't care at all: "It's okay, I still have a lot of these, and Honeydukes will buy a lot of pincers from this thing."

Then, he took off the protective cover and began to lecture the other students.

"As you can see, Mr. Porter and Mr. Goldstein made reasonable use of their own advantages—that is, one of them was agile enough, and at the same time relied on limited space and spells to force this poor bug into a corner. Tired, the last hit. They set a very good example for everyone, and also added 5 points each to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.

Now, please start grouping, just like before, you must find your partner among the students from another college, and complete the next courses together. "

With the demonstration just now, the second graders suddenly gained confidence in their hearts, and the relationship between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw was not too bad, so they quickly found their own combination, And the competition started.

Lockhart himself walked aside, took out a quill and a student roster, and while observing the students in class, recorded their own characteristics and spellcasting characteristics.

For example, Seamus Finnigan is good at all spells related to explosions. After using Flying Sand and Rocks a few times, the bug was hit by the aftermath of the shock wave because it couldn't dodge, and fell to the ground.

Neville Longbottom was a little clumsy in his movements, and he was very slow in learning spells, but he trusted his teammates very much, was diligent, never slacked off, and was careful enough.Under the command of Terry Bout, who is also from a pure-blood family, he formed a crossfire force, pushing the bugs into corners little by little, and Terry's sense of space is also the second grade that Lockhart has seen best ever.

As for the two Patil sisters, they cooperated the most tacitly - they were obviously sisters, but they were assigned to different colleges. This kind of situation was indeed very rare.

What Lockhart admired the most was of course Hermione, who used it in one breath when catching bugs.

She cast several spells——she asked her teammates to use Flying Sand to move rocks, and then she summoned a small whirlwind to drive the bugs into corners; finally, she used clear water like a spring to shoot down the bugs directly with streams of water, And the whole process is crisp and neat, very ornamental.

And Lockhart also added a lot of notes for her without hesitation—smart, quick, and knowledgeable, her academic ability and the number of spells she knows are far beyond her peers, even among the third graders. By.

"You will definitely become the most outstanding witch in the past ten years." Lockhart commented on her decisively, "and most likely the most outstanding wizard."

Hermione, who was praised by Lockhart, became beaming. She looked happier than when she stood in front of her parents with "excellent" grades in all courses.

But even Hermione wasn't the fastest of the group in today's class.

The person who caught the bug the fastest was not the so-called "excellent student" at all, but Ron Weasley, whom Lockhart hadn't thought of before.

Just after Ron's partner Lisa Du Ping uttered the first sentence, Ron frowned, raised his hand towards a certain place in the middle of the classroom, and a repelling spell hit him.

There was a flash of blue light in the air, and the Billywig seemed to meet it on its own initiative. It was knocked down from the air by Ron's repelling spell, and the whole process took less than 10 seconds.

Lockhart was so shocked that his slightly opened mouth didn't close for half a minute.If it weren't for the fact that most of his classmates had the same expression, he would definitely be found out of his composure.

After regaining his senses, Lockhart immediately turned his head to look at Ron's position: "What are you doing... oh?"

It turned out that Ron had already been lying on the ground at some point. When Lockhart turned his head, he

Grinning his teeth, he tried to sit up from the ground.

Lockhart hurried to pull him up.

Ron accepted his kindness, stood up and patted the ashes on his body

"My wand...was broken by the Whomping Willow." He said sheepishly to Lockhart. "When I used the Knockback Charm just now, half of the spell bounced back."

"This is even more powerful." Lockhart wondered, "How can you accurately hit targets flying around in the air with a half-broken wand?"

"How did you do it?" Ron was a little confused, "Just...seeing where it flies, I felt that it would fly there, so I chanted a spell there."

After hearing this answer, the students were even more dumbfounded.

Lockhart was not much better: "In other words, you guessed where the little bug will fly to next moment just by predicting?"

Ron nodded as a matter of course: "Because it can only fly forward, and it won't turn more than two turns in a row, just look at it."

This special talent left Lockhart speechless for a while.

Just as Harry Potter inherited the "agility" talent of the Potter family and Seamus was born sensitive to explosions; the Weasley family is also unique in vision and prediction.

Whether it's Charlie, the twin brothers, Ron, or Ginny, the whole family is almost an excellent Quidditch player, and using this talent in spell confrontation means that the accuracy of casting spells and the ability to predict are astonishingly high.

In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Ron's talent has been demonstrated many times, and unlike Harry who needs a big move to avoid the spell, he only needs a slight dodge to dodge every time. A spell cast at him.

"It's wonderful." Lockhart praised without hesitation, "You should

Going to the Quidditch team to compete for the position of goalkeeper or seeker, if not immediately replace the existing players, at least it is an important substitute. "

"I will." Ron was overjoyed, this was the first time he got affirmation from the professor.

Lockhart fulfilled his promise, not only gave Ron 10 points, but also stuffed a large handful of sizzling bee candies ordered from Honeydukes into his hands.

As for the sad bug honey candy, Lockhart didn't forget either, and he also delivered the candy to Neville and the others as promised.

"You don't need to eat it in class, that's a joke." Lockhart smiled and comforted, "You can eat it after you go back to the dormitory, except for the fact that it will make you cry for 3 minutes, its taste is actually not bad good."

"I'm so stupid," Neville said despondently, "I'd better just eat here, I deserve it."

"Nonsense." Lockhart retorted, "You just don't have the talent for this. There will always be a thing in this world that only you can do is the most suitable thing."

To prove that he really thought so, Lockhart raised his hand, motioning for everyone to approach.

"If someone feels that their performance today is not satisfactory, it is a very normal thing. Because people's talents are inherently diverse, and each has its own emphasis

Even Dumbledore, the greatest wizard, still has something he can't fight.As for the seemingly powerful Voldemort (students from wizarding families stared wide-eyed), he is only good at coercion and coercion, and he is lackluster in other aspects. I bet he doesn't even understand the essence of power.

So instead of saying that the world is mediocre, it is better to say that there are as many kinds of "strong" people as there are in the world.

And I, Gilderoy Lockhart, my task this year is to make your "strong

J——Find it out, don't doubt it, if you don't discover your strengths in the end, then the responsibility must be on me, not on you.

get out of class is over now!The homework is an explanation of several methods of using AE magic to block the enemy's movement, as well as your personal understanding of dueling methods. The standard font size is five inches, and it is due in class on Friday. "

Chapter 24 Transcribe a spell

After Defense Against the Dark Arts get out of class was over, Harry, Ron and Hermione were going to go to the Quidditch pitch to reflect on the experience of the class just now.

"I thought I would teach how to duel directly like the sixth grade." Ron kept chewing candy, so that he was a little ambiguous when talking to Harry, "It turned out that I just taught a little trick, but I like it."

"Maybe it's just because we're only in second year?" Harry speculated, "but it's kind of interesting, isn't it, Hermione?"

But then he found that Hermione was staring at Ron with an almost hostile look, and Ron himself was still unaware.

Seeing Hermione staring at him, Ron took out two more candies from his pocket:

"Hermione, do you want candy? I still have a lot here."

"No!" Hermione replied angrily.

If it wasn't for Ron's sudden emergence, Hermione was the fastest in the class in catching the Billywig worm, and the chance to get the candy from Lockhart would be hers.

She doesn't want to eat other people's "spoils".

Harry quickly smoothed things over: "Didn't Professor Lockhart say that there will be other tests in the future? I think there will always be one that is most suitable for Hermione."

But Hermione was still sullen: "But I originally planned to win all the firsts."

Ron laughed loudly: "No way, I already won a first place! Oh, I suddenly remembered, and this is the first first place in my life... Hermione, you are right, this He's an excellent professor, and I think I'm starting to like him.

Hermione responded sharply: "It doesn't depend on whether Professor Lockhart is good or not.

For your comment, I bet you don't even know how powerful the protective shield he used in class. "

"I don't really know that, but I know I'm No. 1 right now, not even the 'Best Witch of the Decade' is as good as me. "

Ron's series of speeches without emotional intelligence immediately met with hostility from Hermione - she didn't want to accompany Ron to the Quidditch pitch for "trial training".

Brother Zhi, you have a nice afternoon. ’ she said, ‘I’m going to the library.

After that, she walked towards the main building of the castle without looking back.

"You too." Ron waved at her back, "It would be even better if you could finish your homework."

Looking back, Ron started to greet Harry again: "Let's go too, they have three chasers, but only one goalkeeper, Wood, there must be a lack of people during training...Listen, you have to help me , buddies, even for the sake of me playing with you during the summer vacation..."

Harry was a little uneasy.

Years of observing words and demeanor at the Dursleys' house had taught him that it's not a good thing to provoke people for no reason, especially when you have something to ask for.

"I don't think she'll be borrowing our homework by the end of this month," Harry lamented.

Hermione came to the library angrily with her homework, and swore to herself that no matter how much Harry and Ron begged herself, she would never lend them any more homework and notes to copy this semester.

Then she found someone there, someone she hadn't expected.

"Professor Lolo Lockhart!" She stammered, "Why are you here

inside? "

Seeing Lockhart looking at her in surprise, she realized that something was wrong with her words

"I don't mean that, I mean, you should have..."

"The Hogwarts collection cannot be read in seven years." Lockhart answered her question.

Hermione was right when she thought about it—even if she could finish reading one book in a day, it would only take two thousand days after seven years of summer vacation, and the Hogwarts collection was more than two thousand.

"You're right, but I thought—"

"Don't forget, there are some books that I couldn't borrow when I was a student." Lockhart winked at her again.

He was referring to the Restricted Section.