Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

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"Mist and Misty!" shouted the children at the table together.

"Very well, this incantation is not difficult. It has three syllables, the accent is in front, and the pronunciation is crisp. Now let's see its effect. It's misty!"

With the sound of Lockhart chanting a spell, clouds of mist quickly gushed out from the tip of his wand, covering the interior of the classroom.

The little wizards were very surprised to see the cloud of mist gradually enveloping them, and their companions also disappeared into the cloud.

And Lockhart's voice also came out of the mist:

""That's it - it creates a cloud of fog around you, making it impossible for your enemies to tell where you are.

The timing of using it also needs to be grasped-it is best to use it behind a cover, or after you have just avoided an enemy attack, so that the enemy can confuse your movements to the greatest extent. "

As he spoke, he quietly walked around behind the students, and then suddenly put his hand on a student's shoulder.

The little wizard sitting in the last row was stretching out his hand curiously, wanting to see how thick the cloud and mist really were, but he was so startled by Lockhart's sudden slap that he almost fell to the ground.

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Harper of Slytherin." Lockhart sincerely apologized, "But as you have seen, this magic can also mask the sound of people's footsteps, so it is very practical."

"Professor! But, but your voice is obviously from..." Harper asked in surprise

Lockhart waved his hand and used "Cloud and Mist Dispelling" to dispel the cloud and mist he released

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"Sounds can be deceiving, Mr. Harper, this is just a small phonogram. If I attacked you just now, no matter how many of you there are, you will only fall under my sneak attack."

Only then did the students realize that the podium was already empty, and Lockhart had already stood behind them at some point.

Under the awe-inspiring gazes of the students, Lockhart slowly walked up to the podium with a sense of "I've pretended to be it".

"I know that many of you come from wizarding families, and have heard of many profound and powerful spells. You may not look down on the "garbage" of the Cloud and Mist Curse, but you have also seen that no matter how small the spell is, As long as it is used properly, it can exert no weaker effects than those powerful spells.

On the contrary, even the so-called "Avada Gnaws a Big Melon", which is known as the head of the Unforgivable Curse, as long as it misses, it is no different from a leg-locking curse.

My understanding of magic spells is like practicing swordsmanship - the truly exquisite swordsmanship is never a slashing and slashing, but after you practice Sanjiu in winter and Sanfu in summer, you will be able to do a job with ease and be beautiful and precise hit. "

Without the demonstration just now, the pure-blood wizards of Lockhart would have scoffed at what he said, but now these little wizards must admit that no matter whether his ideas are correct or not, there is always some truth to what he said.

Seeing that no one refuted his statement, Lockhart continued his lesson with satisfaction.

"If you have learned this spell, then the next time... let's play a game of hide-and-seek!

Each lady or gentleman please find a classmate from a different college to initiate a challenge, answer

After the response, everyone stood at both ends of the classroom and prepared for the competition.

Before each game, I will distribute a stink bomb to each person, but this stink bomb cannot be thrown immediately, it must be thrown after I shout "the game starts", and the person who hits the opponent will be considered the winner.

But before I call the game to start, you can freely cast the "Misty Cloud" I just taught you to hide yourself, but this game is only allowed to use stink bombs and

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If your opponent can't hide himself, or doesn't learn the spell just now, then he will be covered in stink bombs by his opponent after the game starts.

For the victor, I will add 1 point to his college, and for the loser, no points will be deducted—but it was agreed in advance that after being hit by a stink bomb, you have to maintain this state until the end of get out of class, and I will clean it up for you clean. "

After talking about his reward and punishment measures, Lockhart was very happy to see that the first-year students were all tensed up.

Although the stink bomb is not poisonous, no one wants to finish the next few 10 minutes of class with the stench all over his body.

Come down with my concubine, I will give you 10 minutes to practice the spell just now, and find your challenger... If you understand it, get ready to start! "

Watching the little wizards start to practice the Cloud and Mist Curse nervously, a tabby cat outside the classroom door slowly left there.

After walking about half a corridor, the cat suddenly transformed into an elderly woman.

"Albus, I think... we may have had some prejudice against this kid before, at least he's doing a good job."

The old woman's voice seemed a little annoyed, obviously regretting something.

And beside her, an old man with gray hair slowly appeared from the air

That person is the principal of this school.

"There are always surprises in life, Minerva. Some surprises are negative, but at the same time there are some surprises, and you can treat them as little desserts that life gives us."

Professor McGonagall's expression looked a little stern: "Maybe, but it may have something to do with our original expectations being too low."

"Minerva, you have to understand me. The information everyone gets is one-sided, especially when the time is short. Apart from him, I can't find another person who is willing to take office."

"I'm glad you never said that to him directly."

"I didn't say it, but he might be able to realize that he's a Ravenclaw after all.

Professor McGonagall frowned, and his pace slowed down: "That's strange, what is he doing for?"

Dumbledore showed a playful expression: "I don't know, but I'm waiting for him to come to me."

"Could it be last year again..."

"Probably not, Mr. Ollivander told me that his new wand is silver oak wood and unicorn hair." Dumbledore told Professor McGonagall a new news.

Professor McGonagall stopped in her tracks: "Albus, you know that I don't know much about alchemy."

Dumbledore didn't sell it: "Silver wood was very popular in the 19th century. It is suitable for subtle and scheming wizards. It is very suitable for performing Legilimency and Divination magic, but it is very bad for casting harmful magic. : Because its owners are usually refined egoists, and it is generally believed that harming others is not the best way to maximize profits.

The same is true for unicorn hair, which can more faithfully reflect magic spells cast with it.

Reflecting the nature of the spell, it also makes the wizard less susceptible to external interference when casting the spell. It is very precise, but it is difficult to have extremely powerful magical power. At the same time, it is the most unsuitable for black magic among all the cores. "

Professor McGonagall recalled Lockhart's lesson just now: "It seems...he was very comfortable with the new wand just now."

"Yes, I think so too."

Dumbledore looked into the distance through the half-moon-shaped glasses lens.

You still have to try it, otherwise you really can't feel at ease.

Chapter 28 Being a member of Eagle Academy

Lockhart's second day of teaching was still uneventful, at least he thought so.

Teaching the first grade how to escape, I believe that no one has anything to say.And to conduct a talent test for the second grade and create a magic system for it, I believe no one will refuse.In the third grade, Lockhart will learn from Lupine and let them use the system built in the second grade to deal with some low-level magical creatures.

Starting from the fourth grade, Lockhart will start to really teach students the basic concept of dueling, and after the sixth grade has learned apparation, Lockhart will start the serious "simulated death match", fifth grade and In the seventh grade, they are asked to review the questions and prepare for the exam.

It was probably because the prefects were ordered to maintain order, so Lockhart's class basically did not suffer from a breakdown in discipline, which saved him a lot of worry.

After the work is on the right track, the next step is to think of a way to start his own political club.

What name should it be in?

Six classes on Monday, six classes on Tuesday, five classes on Wednesday and five classes on Thursday...it was not until Friday that Lockhart was finally freed from the lesson preparation hell—because he only had two classes in the morning that day to go.

Lockhart resolutely decided to put the time for approving homework on the next day, and went to Hogsmeade on Friday afternoon to find something that could improve his life, and then went to see Rosmer Tower by the way, so that he could have a good rest Night.

But that afternoon, two groups of people entangled him.

The first batch was the group of Muggle-born first-year students represented by Sam Mason and Colin Creevey.

Since Lockhart's impressive visit to their family, their parents have come to trust Lockhart very much, even a little too much.

So before departure, these Muggle parents took the trouble to tell their children to "consult Professor Lockhart for everything" when they arrive at school

Not only that, they also let the children bring many small gifts from the Muggle world to Lockhart, such as pipes, black tea, sherry, etc., saying that they were Lockhart's return gifts.

To put it nicely, this is called connecting feelings.To put it bluntly, it's parents implying that Lockhart tends to take care of their children - don't think the British don't say that.

Although these children from Muggle families are still young, they are relatively simple and far less worldly than their parents, but they do not know what to do under the precepts and deeds of their parents.

At Hogwarts, they had just experienced a week of exciting magic learning, and at the same time, they also faintly felt the rejection from Slytherin, and the freshness or strangeness of the magic world gradually passed. When making further points.

But the professors at Hogwarts—except for Professor Sprout, who is quite friendly, the rest of the professors are the type that children don’t seem to want to get in touch with, so the Muggle-born children discussed After a while, they decided to come and see Lockhart as a group.

Lockhart would not refuse this approach - he had originally planned to build his own influence among the students, but now that the students offered to send them to their door, could he still refuse?

He delayed his preparations to go to Hogsmeade, and took the time to receive these young wizards in the first grade, and greeted them well, and told them

They have some common sense in the wizarding world, as well as tips to make their college life more comfortable.

"...Although charged things can't work in Hogwarts, some things, such as small objects that use clockwork or other energy storage methods, and things powered by diesel, gasoline, and chemical substances are no problem …By the way, Colin, this is what I call the magic potion, use it to develop photos, and the characters on them will move.

In the end, these little wizards left the office with Professor Lockhart's teachings and pockets full of candy, and they planned to come back often in the future.

After sending off the freshmen, Lockhart was approached by Ravenclaw's Quidditch team captain, Roger Davis.

"... Gryffindor is a bunch of training freaks, and Hufflepuff is similar. Slytherin directly uses the authority of the headmaster to occupy the field. We can't occupy the field. Professor... I heard that you also played when you were in school." Passed the ball?"

Lockhart couldn't help but laugh—he played Quidditch?The Bludgers were chasing after him. It must have been rumors that these students had heard from somewhere, and they had listened to what Lockhart used to brag about in school.

"So I should approve a note allowing you to go and seize the pitch too?" Lockhart asked.

"Actually, we don't need to fight for the court." Davis said hastily, "There is a small hill on the other side of the pier, and there is a flat open space on the back. Draw a few circles in the air."

Lockhart recalled the place he was talking about: "But there seems to be part of the edge of the Forbidden Forest?"

"So you need to approve the strip to ensure that it is safe there." Davis said quickly.

Lockhart thought for a moment, and felt that this could help.

"I thought you'd go to Professor Flitwick first," he said.

Roger Davies looked a little embarrassed, because he was really a little afraid to go to Professor Flitwick, even though Professor Flitwick was the most tempered of the Hogwarts staff.

Although Roger Davis is also considered a good athlete, Ravenclaw can still suppress Hufflepuff in terms of record when Hufflepuff has an excellent Seeker Cedric Diggory For several years, it relied on excellent tactical arrangements.

But in other words, if the Ravenclaws had trained as hard as Hufflepuffs, they shouldn't be worse than Slytherins by now.

Especially their captain Davis, he puts far more effort into winning the hearts of girls than Quidditch, so Flitwick has always been slightly critical of him.

Lockhart was unaware of the connection, as Roger Davies was not a major character in the Harry Potter series.So unless you are a veteran Kazakhstan fan, probably few people really remember this guy.

Davis' greatest achievement was at the Triwizard Tournament.

The person in charge of the face value in HP - Fleur Delacour failed to invite Cedric, so she randomly picked one of the Hogwarts male licking dogs to be her dance partner, and the one she finally chose was It was Roger Davis.

This guy was fascinated by Fleur, and he even went along with the other party's slander of Hogwarts, which shows that he doesn't have any sense of collective honor-if Lockhart still remembers this scene, he will definitely not still be so pleasant.

"Uh...Professor Flitwick is a bit busy," Davis said, "and the Dean is not good at Quidditch."

Lockhart's face darkened.

"Then you should ask him for instructions first, this is the minimum respect." Lockhart insisted

Zhi said, "I can approve the paper for you, but the team affairs must be notified to the dean. This is the rule, regardless of whether he can or is willing to handle it."

One of the things that Lockhart hated most about being a civil servant was overstretched hands from other departments.Although he is not a very conscientious person, when it comes to maintaining the operating norms of this system, Lockhart is still firmly on the side of "law and order".

Davis seemed very embarrassed, because he thought that Lockhart was the same kind of person as him, so he could be opportunistic in this regard, but he did not expect that he was still defeated by Lockhart's insistence.

Put on your makeup, Professor.I'm going to find the dean..."

Chapter 29 Dueling Rivals

In the end, Davis obediently followed Lockhart to find Flitwick and told him about the team's training.

Professor Flitwick wasn't angry, he was still that nice guy.

Although he criticized Davis for spending too much time on girls and too little on homework and Quidditch, he finally agreed to approve the note for them, and said that he wanted to find a chance to go there and give Cast some spells on that field.

While they were talking, Lockhart glanced at the clockwork on Flitwick's desk and realized that the first years and the Quidditch team were taking up a lot of his time, and there was not enough time left for him to head to Hoag Maud, if he still wanted to go and do something.

He has no choice but to choose a good person to do it to the end.

"I'm a Ravenclaw anyway." Lockhart volunteered, "I can go and have a look with them before the sun goes down."

But Flitwick waved his hand, saying that this matter is not urgent.

"You can go there anytime, anyway, they never train on Friday night... Gildero, you just came over, I have something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter, Dean?" Lockhart showed enough respect.

Especially the one the Headmaster said, about you teaching dueling in Defense Against the Dark Arts class. "

While talking, Flitwick turned his head to look at Davis.

Roger Davis was also very tactful. Seeing Professor Flitwick looking at him, he offered to leave.

During this time, Lockhart finally understood what Flitwick meant.