Chapter 86 Swamp in the Classroom

A new week has begun again. After two weeks of study and life, the students finally returned to normal. The knowledge that they had eaten during the holidays was picked up again. The faces of professors in various subjects were finally no longer ugly. .

Professor McGonagall was patrolling the classroom. Although most of the students did not successfully turn the caterpillars into chess pieces, the consumption rate of the caterpillars was significantly reduced, and the students would no longer kill these poor little ones in anger. Bugs.

There are a few students whose caterpillars can already see the shadows of some chess pieces. With some more practice, they should be able to complete a complete transformation.

So Professor McGonagall is in a good mood today, and she is very satisfied with the students' performance.

The first person in the classroom to completely transform a chess piece was Ada. She turned a bug into a knight, and then transformed other chess pieces. The image of each chess piece is very vivid, the knight with the prancing horse and the whip, the king who is not angry and proud, Ada is about to become a queen now.

In wizard chess, the queen's movement is not limited to the number of squares. She can advance or retreat horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. In chess, the queen is almost the most powerful chess piece.

This was also influenced by various royal families in Europe. The royal family borrowed powerful reinforcements from the queen's natal family to defeat the enemy or consolidate the royal family's rule. The queen is a chess piece that embodies this situation.

With a wave of the wand, the caterpillar transformed into a queen under the influence of the transformation spell. This queen chess piece is wearing armor, standing with a sword, and a murderous look on her eyebrows. She doesn't look like a queen, but more like a king leading soldiers to fight in front of the two armies.

Professor McGonagall, who was standing behind Ada, watched her cast spells quietly. The reason why Ada learned so well in transfiguration was due to Professor McGonagall's careful teaching.

Today's Ada gave Professor McGonagall a different feeling. This feeling was very strong, but it was impossible to tell where she had changed. However, Ada was developing in a good direction, which made Professor McGonagall feel at ease. .

There was Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon. What Professor Grover Cecil said to Ada at the Black Lake on Saturday, I don’t know if he was helping her or trying to trick her.

Logically speaking, if a person tells his tragic past, no matter how well he tells it, he can only earn some sympathy and tears and make people feel sad.

But Cecil's story had a huge impact on Ada, almost turning Ada into a person who only knew memories and was obsessed with the past, and almost destroyed her.

But when Ada broke away from those memories, Ada figured out a lot of things and understood how to live her life in the future. From this point of view, Cecil seemed to be helping her.

Every time she comes into contact with these old guys in the wizarding world, Ada feels that she is shallow. She cannot see through any of them, and even what their actions represent, Ada has to think about it for a long time.

The desks in the classroom were put away and arranged neatly at both ends of the room. The large open space in front of the podium was covered with black cloth, and it was unknown what was hidden inside.

In front of the window, Cecil was still sitting there smoking. The light blue smoke shrouded him. You couldn't see a trace of sadness from his body. It seemed that the person standing by the black lake crying silently was not him. Cecil is back to what he was in the first class, wise and knowledgeable, with a hint of humor.

Ada was looking at Cecil, and Cecil was looking at her through the thick glasses. Seeing Ada joking with her friends, Cecil showed a satisfied expression. He originally thought that it might take some time for Ada to come out, or that she might never come out in her lifetime. Cecil was also surprised that Ada could come out so quickly.

When the class bell rang, Cecil put away his pipe and stood in front of the podium. He said: "There are many kinds of black magic. They are varied and endless. Fighting them is like fighting against a magic weapon." When fighting a monster, if you chop off one of its heads, it may look at you from other places, and it will become more ferocious and cunning.”

The students in the classroom were a little frightened by Cecil's words, and their hands held the books harder.

"You said that if you don't have a brain, how should you look at people?" Fred whispered, "I'm really curious."

"I'm also curious, do you think it could be..." Li Jordan's smile was a little obscene, and he didn't know what bad things he thought of.

Ada does know one, but he should be a god, not some dark magic or dark creature. Ada said: "I don't know, maybe it's true, maybe he just made it up to scare us, why don't you go and ask?"

Lee Jordan shook his head vigorously. He did not want to have any contact with a dark wizard like Grover Cecil.

Professor Cecil has been such a weird presence since the beginning of the school for two weeks. Students like to listen to his lectures, but few dare to ask him questions after class. No one wants to be involved with the notorious dark wizard.

As soon as get out of class is over, the students in the classroom will disperse in a rush, everyone running very fast, as if the person teaching them is not a wizard, but a giant monster wielding a huge club.

"Today, we are going to come into contact with a cunning and vicious dark creature." Cecil pointed at the black cloth with his wand, and the black cloth immediately disappeared, revealing a small swamp. "They often live in swamps and attack travelers passing by. , does anyone know what it is?"

The swamp in front of him looked very real, like a smaller version of a large swamp. There was a winding path in the swamp that led from the students to Cecil's location.

The students shook their heads. They couldn't think of any monsters hidden in this swamp, but they were instinctively afraid of this swamp.

Ada raised her hand and Cecil indicated she could answer the question. Ada said: "Is it Xincopunk?" There are many dark creatures in the swamp, but Xincopunk should be the only one suitable for them to learn now.

"Be more detailed." Professor Cecil said encouragingly.

"Xincopunk, a one-legged creature that seems to be made of smoke, looks quite fragile and harmless." Ada continued, recalling the information about Xincopunk, "but it can lure travelers into The mire, when the traveler drowns, it eats the traveler.”

"Yes, the answer is correct, five points for Gryffindor." Cecil applauded and said, "This kind of creature sounds scary, but they are actually easy to deal with. As long as you stick to your heart and don't be confused by it. alright."

"Your mission today is to resist the temptation of Xincopunk and successfully cross this swamp." Cecil walked down from the building platform and continued, "Don't worry, you are safe, I will protect you. "

All the students took a step back neatly, and everyone reacted very quickly. No one was unlucky because they didn't take a step back.

"No? Don't you want to be the first to try?" Cecil said with a smile, "The class still has to continue, so there is no other way. I can only pick someone at random."