- That is, no homework is required.

In order to take care of the warriors at school so that he can prepare for the battle with all his strength, the professors canceled the warriors' homework. And because of the cancellation of the Quidditch match this year, Harry doesn't even have to go to the court after class, which means he has a lot of free time to practice duels.

As a digression, I don’t know if it’s because Harry didn’t do his homework well this year. In the original book, even though Harry was studying hard when he was in fifth grade, he just barely made his grades meet the Auror’s study requirements. , that is, seven "owls", and only one Defence Against the Dark Arts 9"

But considering that he was still "fighting" with Umbridge, learning Occlumency under a disgusted Snape, and worrying about the Quidditch team, Harry's five was "beyond expectations". ”, As for the A in astronomy, it was purely because of an unexpected interruption, so I failed the test.

… Come to think of it, Harry might really be a learning genius who was delayed by Voldemort.

I have to say that after experiencing a lot of things, people will naturally have growth and self-confidence. Although the current Harry may be similar to him in that time and space in terms of academic performance, his skills in fighting with magic are far beyond him. At least in the lower grades, he has no opponents, even Ron and He Min can't.

In the constant duels, he also gradually developed his own fighting style.

Because the magic power is not strong, and at the same time, his skills, reactions and knowledge are far above his peers, so Harry's duel idea is mainly based on "interception", that is, he wants to do

The law makes the duel opponent "unable to fight"

If the opponent uses a long spell, he will use a short spell to interrupt first; if the opponent uses polymorphism, he will interfere with the opponent's transformation process; if the opponent summons magical creatures, then Harry can use the targeted spell that he is better at to intercept. .

Cedric didn't hide anything from such an excellent junior. When Harry was polishing his dueling style, he gave Harry a lot of fighting experience of famous Aurors for him to refer to.

In addition, Professor Flitwick would drag Cedric and Harry into his office to set up a small stove after every spell class, pointed out their shortcomings, and taught them some interesting little spells or duels by the way. Skill.

With such resource instillation, Harry Potter's progress is naturally fast.

Harry's growth was watched by Sirius, and it was quite gratifying.

But happy to be happy, Sirius now has his own problems to solve - that is, his own dueling skills are a bit bad.

After all, after ten years in Azkaban, his spellcasting ability has not improved compared to when he first graduated, but he has become a lot rusty because of it.

And this strangeness is not only technical, but more importantly, he is not sure whether it is because of the Dementor that the magic power in him has also degenerated.

In fact, he noticed this when he got the wand again, and during the time he was "travelling abroad", he did not mean to find some solutions.

It's just that the result was not very good - although he drank the booster and went to France to find those alchemy experts, everyone agreed that he had not used his magic power for too long, so it was just the result of the degradation of magic power. It was a miracle for him.

"Magic comes from emotions." The famous French alchemist Mejri Banks

Sirius explained, "You've spent the past ten years with a dead heart, which has made you gradually cold, irritable, and no longer have any emotions other than remorse and resentment, so your magic has degraded. I personally I suggest that you don't rush to restore your spellcasting ability, it's better to enjoy life for a while and get back those feelings you lost.

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It is precisely because of this that in the past few months, Sirius has been playing with kindness, trying to regain his original passion.

Another U said Lockhart, and even Harry didn't know about it. They took it for granted that Sirius was just indulging himself, but underestimated the self-esteem of this young master of the Black family.

After Sirius returned from Southeast Asia this time, he felt that he had almost had enough, and it was time to get back his spellcasting ability.

So, when Harry couldn't wait to come to Hogsmeade over the weekend and wanted to show his godfather how he had grown, he found his godfather holding a wand and nervously looking around in the flower fields.

"Sirius, you are..."

"Don't talk to me now! This guy is so cunning!"

Sirius answered loudly, leaping to the side.

As if answering Harry's question, a flower suddenly opened its **** mouth and bit Sirius, but he avoided it.

Harry looked at the scene in front of him, feeling inexplicable.

"What are you doing, Sirius?" he couldn't help asking.

To Harry, it had just been the wind blowing the petals, and then Sirius jumped a few feet away like a frightened rabbit.

"Didn't you see it?" Sirius hit back with an obstacle spell, blocking the "piranha" in his eyes, "This thing is not a poisonous tooth sunflower, but it really wants you life."

Harry was even more confused.

Because in his opinion, Sirius is just like a madman, waving his wand around and casting spells.

Seeing Harry's strange expression, Sirius suddenly realized something.

"Damn, fooled again!"

clap clap clap...

Next to the flower field, a figure of a person gradually emerged from the air, and applauded for Sirius.

\"Beautiful, it only took you 14 minutes to find out today."

Lockhart held his wand in his hand, and his ease was in stark contrast to the foe of Sirius.

Only then did Harry understand that it was his godfather who was arguing with Professor Lockhart, but it seemed that his godfather could not fight back.

"Why did you suddenly remember to practice dueling?" he asked curiously.

\"I'm going to be an agent... You know, you have to practice your skills, or you'll be laughed at by Muggles." Sirius said.

Lockhart interjected: "Actually, there is no need. You will be laughed at by Muggles no matter what. Their methods of gathering intelligence and dealing with crises are not the same as ours."

Sirius refused to accept: \"Then I have to use my fist to wake them up."

Seeing him speak ruthlessly, Lockhart didn't try to pierce him. Anyway, it was useless to say too much. At that time, a modern military intelligence management system would teach Sirius how to behave.

"Let's not talk about that...you can't even beat Snape now, let alone me. If a war with Voldemort really breaks out, you'll be a burden." Lockhart said to Sirius boldly, "hurry up and find a way. Strengthen yourself."

Sirius unexpectedly did not refute, or it was precisely because he knew his condition that he came to Lockhart to exercise.

Although he is reluctant to admit it, the only "master" Sirius knows now is Lockhart, apart from Lupin and Dumbledore. Although he wants to be ridiculed, in order to protect the safety of his godson, he doesn't care about his own face.

People who can even eat mice, who cares?

"Come again!" he shouted resolutely.

Chapter 224 Seeds and Hooks

In fact, not only does Sirius want to use Lockhart to get back his feelings, but Lockhart himself also hopes to find several different opponents to strengthen his confrontation ability.

After all, according to Snape, the color of the Dark Mark on his arm has gradually deepened, and this time it has deepened even more than when Voldemort tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone three years ago. It can be seen that even if Voldemort has not been resurrected, He also regained a lot of strength

For the former members of the Order of the Phoenix, if they have not realized the seriousness of the situation by now, they are undoubtedly unqualified, so they did not refuse Lockhart's request for "discussion".

It's a pity that Snape and Moody's usual tasks in class are too heavy, and it is impossible to often have time to play with him. Lupin had been transferred to Africa by him, and had gotten along well as "Animagus the Wolf", and was unlikely to return to England very often. And Dumbledore was a busy man. In addition to dealing with school affairs, he was looking for Voldemort's Horcrux, and he was unlikely to accompany Lockhart to practice his skills.

Of course, if you fight against Dumbledore, you will not improve your level, and you will even lose your strength because you have been knocked down too many times.

So the emergence of Sirius is a good thing for Lockhart. It just so happens that Lockhart also has a headache for such agile wizards, so it is also good to use him to practice.

It's just that even Lockhart himself didn't expect that his record against Sirius was actually a complete victory.

And right in front of Harry, Lockhart and Sirius had another duel

Passed out! ' cried Sirius, holding up his wand.

However, after the red light of the spell hit Lockhart, the spell passed through his body.

If it were two or three days ago, Sirius might have stopped in the same place stupidly, and then looked around for Lockhart's traces, but now no matter how stupid he is, he has been trapped by Lockhart's strange pits.

He quickly jumped to the side, and then activated his own Occlumency—filling his heart with anger.

He can now see that Lockhart's magic's damage ability and attack ability are not strong, but it is the difficult type he hates the most.

Invisibility, hallucinations, induction, and even hypnosis are all just the basis of Lockhart's attacks, and their effect is nothing more than keeping the enemy from attacking him.

But what embarrassed Sirius is that this guy always has a way to find the weakest part of his heart to attack, and every time he can recall the memory he least wants to recall.

For example, when Mrs. Black hugged Regulus lovingly and said she was disappointed with Sirius; another example was when he met his "fiancee" for the first time, and the two broke down in three minutes; There was his good friend James, the first time he had an argument with him because of Lily Evans.

And then there's that bad night...

He would rather fight hundreds of rounds with a fierce man as powerful as a fire dragon, than experience such a bad "showdown" again.

But unfortunately, this is Lockhart's fighting style.

The traditional dueling style in the wizarding world has always advocated "don't be afraid of a thousand tricks, but be afraid of one trick". After a spell has been tempered thousands of times, a simple and direct spell can often solve most of the problems.

But Lockhart is different, he is too "flowery".

As far as Sirius could remember, he had never seen Lockhart

Treat him the same way twice, even though he's pretty sure that the core of Lockhart's dueling system is Confusion Charm and Legilimency.

Regarding this fighting style, Alastor Moody admits that he has never seen it before. Although there are many dark lords who are good at manipulating people's hearts in history, their fighting style has not been passed down, even if future generations get them. Notes are the same.

"It's a gift, too," Moody said. "There are things you teach him hand-to-hand, and if he's not like that, it's hard for him to learn the same way of fighting.

Lockhart is good at acting and peeping at people's hearts. In addition to magic knowledge, he also has more knowledge of practical psychology than ordinary wizards, which is destined to be his fighting style will not be the same as others.

From Harry's point of view, this way of fighting is that his godfather is either fighting around foolishly, or fighting with the air, and occasionally changing into a dog, facing a wooden stake. A frenzied output, looks like a lunatic.

And in the end, Lockhart almost strolled around to subdue Sirius and hang him out of thin air.

"How did you do it?" Sirius asked in disbelief.

Before this contest, because of repeated defeats, Sirius had secretly consulted Dumbledore on Occlumency, thinking that he should not fall into such a tragic situation again.

But he had already used Occlumency just now, but he still fell into the trap unknowingly. Although it was said that using anger to block his brain would make his actions a little reckless, it was at least Occlumency.

Harry was a little curious.

It would be great if he could learn this trick too, maybe in the future when he is in the duel arena

, he can let Malfoy go to a public performance to eat shit.

"It's not that hard," Lockhart told them. "Mind control is nothing more than two things, the \'seed\' and the 'hook\'"

"\'Seed\' and \'Hook\'?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Uh... that's a name I invented myself," Lockhart explained to them. "People always have bad memories that are hard to talk about, and everyone wants to forget them, but because of what it does to people's memory or brain In general, the impression produced is deeper than ordinary memory, and it is easy to be found, so I call it \"seed\'"

"Then, what about \"hook\'? ' asked Harry.

"That's easier to understand—" Lockhart shrugged, "after finding the \"seeds\' in the other person's brain, bury the markers here, and then\" hook them: connect a line to the shallow In the \"switch\' of the layer of consciousness, I can re-tick the \"seed\' in the other's brain through some directional stimuli from the outside world.

Although people instinctively guard against external stimuli and try to shut down their brains. But they are often defenseless against their own memories... Do you remember the "despairing stare" I used on Professor Snape?"

Harry touched his brain subconsciously—although he didn't quite understand Lockhart's words, he didn't want to try Legilimency again.

"Is there a way to deal with it?" he couldn't help asking, "If there is no solution to Occlumency?"

"Yes, you can go to Dumbledore to borrow the Pensieve and temporarily seal the memories you don't want," Lockhart suggested.

Harry was a little embarrassed after hearing this, because there were some memories he didn't plan to tell anyone, not even the headmaster.

But Sirius suddenly came to the spirit: "Wait... Snotlings also have bad memories, don't they?"

"certainly."

Sirius was overjoyed: "It's great! Noon Tavern, I'll treat you, this matter

You can tell me in detail. "

Lockhart looked strange: "If it is the worst memory, maybe it has something to do with it."

Chapter 335 I suggest you change weapons

Sirius is also generous enough. Although he was tortured by Lockhart's blood, after drinking two drinks at noon, his mood was obviously calmed down again.

While he was still in a good mood, Lockhart casually asked the question he cared about most, which was which Death Eaters were more difficult when Sirius and the others fought against the Death Eaters.

"Although there is no evidence right now, I really need all the information about the Death Eaters. It's better to get the seeds in advance, which will save me a lot of effort." Lockhart hinted.

Although the Ministry of Magic has been covering up the details of Barty Crouch Jr's escape, Sirius has heard a little about it. So as someone who lived through the Voldemort Rebellion, when Lockhart asked about the Death Eaters, he knew almost everything he could say.

Harry was also on the sidelines, and neither Lockhart nor Sirius had left him out.

Sirius clenched his fingers and began to count the people he knew: "There are so many tricky people... That guy Erwin Rozier is definitely the most difficult guy to deal with besides Voldemort, he has high magic power and has many Black magic from Grindelwald... but fortunately Moody's killed him, and so did Wilkes."

"Professor Moody?" Harry was surprised. "Is he that strong?"

Sirius smiled: "If there's another person besides Dumbledore that we members of the Order of the Phoenix would feel at ease when he's there, it's Moody

Order of the Phoenix 0 What is that? ' Harry continued curiously.

Both Lockhart and Sirius were a little surprised.

"You didn't tell him?" they asked each other in unison.

Harry didn't like the feeling, because it still made him feel like a kid.

"Okay, I'll explain in detail later... Simply put, it's an organization assembled to deal with the Death Eaters and Voldemort, and your dad and I were there.