Chapter 19 Defence Against the Dark Arts professors are exhausted

Lockhart didn't know that the dear Headmaster and Snape were talking about him behind his back, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care, because his mind was now on lesson preparation.

As the first lesson about to begin, Lockhart didn't want to screw it up.

He looked at his class schedule and found that his class was still quite tight.

The course schedule at Hogwarts is not easy. Students have classes in the morning and afternoon, and occasionally take astronomy, history of magic, or potions in the evening. It's not easy for Hermione to take all the courses.

Fortunately, the homework is not too tight. Sometimes it is assigned on Monday, taught on Thursday and Friday, and sometimes it is handed in next week. If the course is not too intense, if there are two days on weekends, it can usually be completed.

But for professors, it's not an easy job.

Even if two colleges have classes together, even if grades 6 and 7 are taught by four colleges together, if a grade has two classes a week, the professor still has to teach at least 24 classes, an average of about 5 classes a day, and students have to be graded in the evening. 's work.

To be honest, this class is too tight.

Like Professor McGonagall, it is a rare good-heartedness for those who require "Exceeding Expectations (E in the 0.W.S exam to choose the sixth-grade course, because Transfiguration is also a compulsory course.

And Snape's requirement must be "Breakout( before he can take the elective. To be honest, Lockhart can understand it very well-because the potions class is taken together in two classes, so if Snape doesn't control it anymore As for the number of elective courses, he would even use it for classes on weekends.

Lockhart thought that there were not many sixth- and seventh-year students who chose Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Because he learned from Dumbledore that only 4 students took Defence Against the Dark Arts last year, which means that he will teach only 4 7th graders this year. Even if there are more 6th graders, it will not be much , So when Dumbledore asked Lockhart. W.S. The admission line of the score, he said as long as "A (pass on the line.

But he was wrong, and horribly wrong.

Because when he looked at the list last night, he found that there were actually 25 6th graders who took Defence Against the Dark Arts this year, which means that half of the 6th graders took his class.

He looked at the list and found that 17 of the 25 people were witches, and the number of wizards was doubled from last year. Although in a sense this was a good thing, it was convenient for him to recognize people, but he It will inevitably take a while.

This Monday, for example, Lockhart's classes are packed: there are four classes in the morning, one for sixth graders, one for seventh graders, two for fifth graders, and two afternoons for sophomores. graders.

Well, I kind of see why Hogwarts changes Defence Against the Dark Arts professors every year—they're all exhausted.

Lockhart was almost late for his first class on Monday morning.

There's no way, even if he "remembers" how to go to class, he underestimates the enthusiasm of the students. Everywhere he goes, people greet him, and some girls even greet him in the corridors, auditoriums, and classrooms. Greetings three times, just to say a few more words to him.

If it weren't for the roaring letter from Ron's mother that caught the attention of everyone in the auditorium, Lockhart probably wouldn't even have thought of having breakfast.

But no matter how annoyed he was, Lockhart was still polite and smiling. But if everyone wants to return the salute, then he won't even think about doing business. It will take a lot of time to say hello from day to night.

It seems that the study of the Disillusionment Charm needs to be put on the agenda as soon as possible, Lockhart thought.

"Good morning! Ladies and gentlemen!" he said to the sixth graders in the room

"Good morning! Professor Lockhart!" the students answered enthusiastically.

Looking at their enthusiastic attitude, Lockhart has no doubt that as long as he doesn't act like a demon, by the end of the semester, he will definitely be the most popular teacher in Hogwarts history.

Now that it's popular, let's do something more popular, such as a

"Put away your books and take out your wand, we don't need to read for this class," Lockhart said to the audience.

Sure enough, the students were even happier.

"I'm going to name one first - although most of you I already know, such as Mr Percy Weasley in Gryffindor, Miss Penello in Ravenclaw, Miss Clearwater, Mr. Marcus Flint of Laitlin..."

After calling the names, Lockhart started his lectures straightforwardly.

"The concept of Defense Against the Dark Arts, I think you should be familiar with sixth graders, that is, learning how to use magic to protect yourself from dark creatures and black magic.

If this homework was placed many years ago, it should be a basic skill for a wizard. But with the advent of modern society, not only Muggles, but our wizards' lives have become more and more convenient, and the dangers we encounter are less and less. We only need to master the common spells in life, which is enough to cope with life. 99.9% of the time.

But the reason why we have to study this course is to deal with the dangers that may be encountered in the 0.1% of the time, because the dangers either do not occur, and if they occur, they may kill us, and for some dangerous occupations Even more so, we must learn to fight black magic and black magic creatures.

For those who are interested in the medical profession, Defence Against the Dark Arts is more like a branch of Charms, because they rarely face demons directly. But for those who want to face black magic, the essence of this homework is "confrontation"

In my class, I'm going to train you guys to train your confrontation skills, from first grade to fourth grade, plus your sixth grade. "

Hearing Lockhart's emphasis on "confrontation", the smiles of the students subsided.

"Excuse me, what about the fifth and seventh graders?" A girl raised her hand timidly.

"Unfortunately, they have to deal with the exam." Loha spread his hands, "so their main homework is to recite, write the questions, and practice spells on the scarecrow." Just finished the exam a few months ago. The wizards burst into schadenfreude grins—that sounds boring enough.

"Don't worry, you all have to take the test next year," Lockhart reminded.

Then the smiles on their faces suddenly disappeared again.

It's the same for students everywhere, and it's hard not to feel mortified by the thought of devoting an entire year to their studies.

"Excuse me, what do you mean by "confrontation"? A duel?" Another boy raised his hand and asked.

"Dueling is only part of it." Lockhart admitted his thoughts without hesitation. "Considering that most black magic is performed by humans, training duels is a very effective method."

- Hearing that the duel was about to take place, the little wizards present suddenly became energized, while many girls looked at each other in dismay.

"Don't be surprised, in fact, duels will take up most of the class." Lockhart suddenly saw a good opportunity to reduce workload: "For example,

,If we face a villain who summons Flare, keeps a black dragon or throws floating bombs all over the place, our best way is never to fight Flare, Black Dragon or Floating Bomb, but to take down the Dark Wizard himself, so duel skills study is very necessary. "

He deliberately exaggerated threats, hoping that these girls could retreat.

But unfortunately, no one in the audience moved.

If the makeup fruit is Professor Lockhart, I think... it should be very safe. " Penello's speech caused a nod from the group of girls.

"I can't guarantee your safety," Lockhart said. "What I'm going to teach in this class is very practical, and by the end of the semester, I'll have to formulate for each student the most suitable magical confrontation for him or her. system, and before that, I have to see his/her full potential."

"You mean, tailored instruction?"

I have to be responsible for every student, don't I? Lockhart said helplessly: "If it is a junior, I will mainly focus on exploring potential, but you are already 16 or 17 years old, and you are about to become an adult or already an adult. Most of the spell systems have been finalized, and I can only Build it according to your current abilities, if you really don't have the confidence to fight..."

"Then we must participate." Penello said firmly.

Lockhart really did not expect that his fame would bring him so much work.

However, there is no way to do this. Since you have enjoyed the benefits of fame, you must bear the corresponding responsibilities.

So far, he can only give it up: make up, since you are unwilling to let it, let us start the first step now...Tell me first, what spells have you learned so far? Especially Apparition, who learned it? Who won't. "

Everyone looked at each other in dismay - Apparition is still quite difficult, not to mention these children who may have just turned 17 years old or even have not yet reached the age of 17, even adult wizards who have graduated for many years, and not many can learn Apparition.

"Does it matter?" the Ravenclaw student asked cautiously.

"I'm not trying to scare you, in a one-on-one duel system, Apparition will determine the way the wizard plays. Those that can Apparate as much as they want, those that can only be used when fully focused, and those that won't be used at all. Yes, the play styles of these three wizards can be said to be completely different. Although those who can’t use Apparition can’t say that they have no chance of winning, but those who can use it will definitely be passive.”

"You are very good at Apparating in the heat of battle?" the students were in disbelief. "I heard Mr. Treklaus (the Ministry of Magic officer in charge of the Apparition exams) say..."

"You mean the three Apparitions, right? Destinatin, Determinatin, and Deliberatin." Lockhart grinned, "Just, I'm very good at this kind of self-psychological suggestion."

Chapter 20 Second Grade Courses

"Have you heard, Fred 0 Defence Against the Dark Arts 0"

"The two of us have been together all the time. What you hear is what I hear."

"I'm just making sure, thanks, but we don't seem to have a defense class today."

"That means there's a whole day for us to inquire."

After the morning class was over, a gossip began to spread among the students. Everyone is curious about what class the famous Gilderoy Lockhart will teach, so when the seniors finish his class, the juniors immediately start their own inquiries.

This inquiries are incredible—Lockhart actually wants to teach duels directly!

And among these people, of course, also includes the trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione.

This year, they are in their second year. After the thrilling adventure of the magic stone at the beginning of the year, they have developed a strong interest in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the three have more or less dealt with Lockhart, so Inevitably curious.

But they didn't know many seniors, so they stopped Percy Weasley in the auditorium at lunchtime with Ron's two twin brothers and asked him about the sixth-grade defense class. Case.

Percy Weasley replied, "Personally, I don't think Lockhart's course should ever be described as 'interesting', for Miss Granger and I are so good at getting things from books. Some of the content may be a little dangerous for someone with knowledge..."

"That's awesome!" said the Wesley twins in unison.

Percy frowned dissatisfiedly: "Compared to other courses, this course is indeed more uncertain. But other than fifth and seventh grade courses are pragmatic, I don't think other grades The course arrangement is suitable for a student at school,

But out of a quest for overall consistency, I submit to what the head of students and other prefects collectively do..."

"Okay, we got it! Thank you, Percy."

George slapped Percy hard from behind, slapped him with a shot, and shoved his unfinished words back into his stomach.

"It's a class to look forward to this year," the twins assured the Harry trio. "Percy says something dangerous, then it must be very interesting."

Hearing them say this, Harry and Ron also began to get excited.

""No matter what this professor is, it will never be worse than the one last year, at least he won't bring someone on the back of his head who wants to kill you all day long. ' Ron said to Harry.

Harry was amused, but Hermione was furious.

"Ron! Professor Lockhart only saved you yesterday!" she yelled at Ron

Ron was inexplicably annoyed by Hermione's annoyance, "I'm saying good things about him

"Then how can you compare him to that monster?"

"...Isn't it enough to just mention a word?" Ron was stunned.

—After a bad lunch, the trio came to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Although Hermione was still angry, she didn't have any other friends, and if she wanted to go to class, she had to form an iron triangle together.

The afternoon sun and a full stomach were the most drowsy, but Lockhart made up his mind to let everyone in his class greet the afternoon in good spirits.

Lockhart is still the same, and he is the first to say: "Take out your wands and put away your textbooks, that is for your homework."

There was a burst of uncontrollable cheers from the students.

Apparently not every senior was like Percy, who said almost everything but didn't say anything, but they had known for a long time that there had been an interesting little chat between the sixth-grade classmates and Professor Lockhart. Practical exercises.

Although the fifth grade and seventh grade courses are still so boring, considering the reason for the upcoming exam, I believe that both the parents of the students and the students themselves can accept Lockhart's arrangement.

Lockhart promised them that if the fifth- and seventh-graders still had time to learn, they could come after the weekend for some extracurricular activities. However, considering that the fifth graders had almost seven classes a day, and the seventh graders were looking for jobs, Lockhart felt that they would just come over to take a look. What really needs to be cultivated is the two or three grades before and after Harry O Potter.

Lockhart felt that if Dumbledore knew what he was thinking, he would definitely give him a raise.

As you already know, my course emphasizes confrontation, because in actual combat, no enemy or black magic creature will stand still and let you cast a spell. All your spell casting must be completed in confrontation and pressure. If you usually neglect training 7, your spells will not be accurate in the confrontation, and maybe your mind will be empty and you will temporarily forget the spells.

But for you, I don’t think it’s appropriate to learn all kinds of techniques and means right from the start, because your spell system has not yet been finalized—or, you don’t even have a deep understanding of yourself, let alone spell system.

Therefore, in the first few courses, in addition to teaching you some practical little spells, I will also conduct a series of tests on you to confirm your talent bias and give you a basic positioning.

This positioning is very important. It not only allows you to better understand yourself, but also allows you to figure out where your position is in the next "team battle".

After you get my position, you can refer to the list of "suggested spells" I gave, focus on learning one by one, and finally complete your own set of systems - your second-year work is limited to this.

Well, whoever has questions can ask me now, if there are no questions, we will officially start our first class. "

After saying this, Lockhart looked at the sophomores.

- Hearing a question, Harry and Ron instinctively looked at the man beside them.

Although they have only been with each other for more than a year, they have become accustomed to this girl who must raise her hand to answer whenever there is a problem in the classroom.

But they were surprised to find that when Lockhart asked "who has a problem", the girl remained indifferent, just propped her chin with her hand and smirked.

Niu Livender told me that Hermione spent half an hour combing her hair at noon. Ron whispered to Harry, "I didn't know why, but now it's clear."

Although the original doubt in Harry's heart was solved, a new doubt came to him: "Well...why did Lavender tell you this?"

Ron was also puzzled: "Who knows."

Emotionally, it is clear that young boys do mature later than girls, especially at the age of 12.

Lockhart's question was asked for a while before someone raised his hand timidly:

"Professor, what did you mean by 'test'?"

Everyone looked and found that it was Neville Longbottom who asked the question.

Lockhart was very happy that someone was taking this opportunity, otherwise he would be responsible for guiding the students himself.

"It's very simple, I will set up a series of scenarios and examine all the people present here in an all-round way.

The quality of the bit--this quality includes magic power, accent of chanting spells, reaction speed, co-ordination ability, and whether you have a big heart. Only by knowing your true quality, I can help you make the most of your strengths and avoid your weaknesses... Okay, let's get down to business, no Do you know how your mastery of the Repel Spell last year was?"

After hearing this, the little wizards were obviously a little uneasy.

Last year, Professor Quirrell's professional level, or the ability to use black magic, was actually okay, but unfortunately, the severe stutter and the strong smell of garlic (to cover up Voldemort's special smell) turned his teaching into a joke.