#32 - Section 32

Dark magic has certain side effects, and he didn't think he could handle it in his current state. Moreover, Hogwarts was very resistant to dark magic.

If he were exposed for knowing dark magic, he estimated that he wouldn't be able to survive in the wizarding world with his Muggle-born wizard identity. Neither side would welcome him.

"I feel like Professor Quirrell has bad intentions. The upperclassmen are even speculating that his soul was replaced by dark magic. So you have to be careful. Maybe he's targeting you. You're much more handsome and younger than Quirrell."

Terry whispered the gossip he had heard.

"I'll be careful."

After Terry's reminder, Ethan also noticed this point.

Voldemort, that bastard, wouldn't really want to possess my body, would he!

First, he uses dark magic to lure me in, making me frequently look for Quirrell. Then, Voldemort appears and uses PUA, making me believe he can bring power or something, and takes the opportunity to possess me?

Good idea!

If it were an ordinary little wizard, especially from Slytherin, Voldemort might really succeed.

But Ethan can only say that Voldemort is overthinking it.

If he dares to do that, Ethan doesn't mind sending him back to the Albanian forest ahead of schedule with a fire.

At this moment, there was still some time before class.

Cassandra suddenly stood up and walked to Ethan in front of everyone's eyes:

"Ethan, come out with me for a moment!"

Ethan didn't ask why and walked out with Cassandra.

The group of little wizards left in the classroom looked at this scene with envy, especially those from Slytherin. Each of them stared at Ethan with envious, jealous, and hateful expressions. If looks could kill, Ethan would have died a thousand times over.

In Europe and America, there is no such thing as "puppy love." It's not uncommon for middle and high school students to date.

And Cassandra has considerable popularity in Slytherin. She has a delicate appearance, outstanding talent, and a good family background. There is no one more attractive than her, but she is too excellent, and no one dares to approach her.

In the past, when Cassandra occasionally came into contact with Ethan, they all wanted to beat Ethan up and tell him to stay away from their Slytherin flower, but they didn't dare to do it because of Ethan's genius reputation.

Now that Ethan has beaten five people, they are even more afraid.

So now they can only be angry but dare not speak out.

Outside the Charms classroom, around a corner, Cassandra tucked her hair behind her ear and looked at Ethan with a cold expression:

"Do you remember the request you promised me?"

"Are you talking about a wizard duel?"

Ethan only remembered agreeing to such a request, and it had been a month or two, and he thought she had forgotten!

"That's right, that's it. It's good that you remember!"

Cassandra nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that Ethan had taken this matter to heart.

"Is it really necessary?"

Ethan sighed. He had already beaten five people. Did Cassandra still want to duel?

Although her talent is very good, her age is a factor, and she is not a cheat like himself. If she faced five upperclassmen, she would definitely be instantly killed.

The gap is obvious at a glance.

"You promised me."

Cassandra looked at Ethan with a serious face.

She naturally understood the meaning in Ethan's words. In fact, she herself had the same idea.

From the moment they met in Flourish and Blotts, Cassandra had been secretly comparing. Ethan had the upper hand on the Hogwarts Express, but she still thought she had a good chance of winning, but the environment limited her performance.

After starting classes at Hogwarts, Cassandra found that Ethan's strength was indeed a bit better than hers, but it wasn't like there was no chance to catch up, so she made this request.

Originally, she didn't plan to fulfill it so quickly. In her plan, the best opportunity would be in the second year. She would ask her father to give her a crash course at home during the summer vacation so that she would have a chance to win.

But not long ago, Ethan's performance was too explosive, which made Cassandra feel that at least for the next two or three years, there was no hope. The gap was too big to catch up in the short term, so she could only rely on the later stages.

So she wanted to test how big the gap between the two was.

And she comforted herself that she could still find opportunities to compete in the future, and there was no need to care about temporary wins and losses.

"Okay, you say the time and place."

Ethan felt that if he refused now, Cassandra might cry.

"Tonight at ten o'clock, in the Trophy Room. Bring your stick. We'll meet there!"

Cassandra pointed to a small section of the wand that was exposed in Ethan's pocket. She didn't want to hear Ethan say some ghostly reason like he forgot to bring his wand.

Ethan looked down at what stick. Only then did he realize that Cassandra was talking about his wand. He thought it was some kind of stick just now!

His wand was a section longer than ordinary people's, and this pocket couldn't fit it at all.

"No problem, I'll definitely be there!"

With that, Ethan prepared to return to the classroom with Cassandra.

But just as they walked past the corner, they were startled by the scene in front of them. At least a dozen or twenty little wizards from the four houses were squatting here eavesdropping.

When they saw Cassandra and Ethan coming out, they immediately ran into the classroom in a swarm. Were they all so gossipy?

Ethan and Cassandra looked at each other and walked into the classroom, only to find that there was a lot of discussion going on inside.

"Who do you think will win the duel between Ethan and Cassandra?"

"Of course, Ethan will win!"

"How do you know? What kind of duel at night? Cassandra definitely has the advantage!"

"Bro, tell me about the duel at night in detail!"

"Come, let's go over there and talk about it."

Listening to the increasingly crooked conversation inside, Cassandra's face gradually turned red. She really just wanted a wizard duel!

Chapter 56: Wizard Duel

Ten o'clock at night, Hogwarts, fourth floor!

The crystal glass cabinet displaying the prizes gleamed in the moonlight, the trophies, shields, medals, and statues within shimmering with silver and gold light. A girl with waist-length golden hair stood waiting in the shadows nearby.

"You're finally here!"

Cassandra stepped out of the shadows.

"Come with me, this isn't a good place."

After taking a look at the girl, Ethan greeted her and led the way.

This prize display room wasn't a good place; Ethan remembered that Draco and Harry dueled here in the original story, which caused some trouble.

Now they're not coming, and it's me instead?

This week was Ethan's last week patrolling with Hagrid. To fulfill his appointment with Cassandra, he had asked Hagrid for leave, so he wouldn't be going today.

This matter was originally Hagrid's responsibility; as long as he had no objections, it was settled.

"Where are we going?"

Following behind Ethan, Cassandra asked curiously.

The reason why the Slytherin students liked to choose this prize display room as a place to duel was because it represented honor, although it was quite easy to be discovered here.

"Eighth floor!"

Cassandra's expression was a little strange upon receiving this answer, but she didn't say anything else and followed behind Ethan.

It was that familiar place. After Ethan told Cassandra how to open the Room of Requirement, he took her inside.

This was a standard dueling arena, not the magical practice area Ethan was familiar with.

Cassandra felt this was very novel. To be able to provide a venue according to needs, how exactly was this room built?

"If you want a wizard's duel, we'll do it here, no one will disturb us."

Originally, Penelope, having heard the news, wanted to come with Ethan to see how Ethan bullied a little girl, but Ethan kept her in the dormitory.

"Okay!"

With that, Cassandra and Ethan walked towards opposite sides, about ten meters apart.

They both took out their wands and bowed to each other.

"Diffindo!"

Cassandra made the first move.

Ethan waved the wand in his hand upwards, and in an instant, more than a dozen flying birds appeared above Ethan, intercepting Cassandra's Severing Charm, while revealing sharp beaks and claws as they swooped down towards Cassandra.

"Lapifors!"

Facing the incoming birds, Cassandra was not flustered at all. Countless small stones floated from the ground, some of them smashing fiercely towards the flying birds in the sky, and some of them smashing towards Ethan's side.

Ethan, who was constantly watching Cassandra's every move, easily dodged the flying stones with a simple sidestep.

"Incendio!"

Facing Ethan's dodge, Cassandra pressed her advantage, and a fiery orange-red flame swept over, and in the blink of an eye, it came to Ethan's eyes.

However, at the moment it was about to burn Ethan, cold air began to spread from under Ethan's feet, and the flame released by Cassandra was extinguished at an extremely fast speed.

"Atmospheric Charm!"

Along with Cassandra's voice, a thundercloud appeared above the two people's heads, and between the flashes of lightning, it was like silver snakes dancing wildly.

It's just that there's not much accuracy, and some lightning strikes the arena from time to time.

It even almost struck Cassandra herself.

Ethan flicked the wand in his hand, and a red light shot straight into the center of the dark cloud, and the dark cloud was instantly dispersed until it disappeared without a trace.

The Atmospheric Charm was Cassandra's trump card, but she had only just learned it and had no chance to practice it. She didn't have very good control, but the Atmospheric Charm, which consumed a lot of magic power and energy to release, was so easily erased by Ethan, which made her feel quite depressed. Was the gap really that big?

"Petrificus Totalus!"

Cassandra bit her lip and threw out another blue light.

But it was easily blocked by Ethan. Seeing Ethan getting closer and closer, Cassandra couldn't help but retreat.

Until a white light shot out from Ethan's wand and magnified in Cassandra's eyes, knowing that she couldn't dodge it, she still raised her wand to prepare to counterattack.

But then her whole body trembled, as if the world was spinning, and the magic she was about to release died in her womb.

"Levicorpus!"

Ethan blurted out.

He didn't think so much just now, the Levicorpus was a control curse, and he just threw it out casually.

Now it seems that Snape's invented curse is still a bit useful, otherwise where would Ethan see these white, reflective legs now.

Realizing her state, Cassandra struggled frantically. Seeing Ethan still staring at her legs, and even saying such a thing.

She became anxious on the spot and directly smashed the wand in her hand towards Ethan.

Shameless, really too shameless, to actually use this kind of magic.

"You're still looking, let me down quickly!"

Seeing that the wand she threw out was caught by Ethan, Cassandra shouted loudly at Ethan, who was still appreciating.

Coming out to duel, Cassandra was still in her usual attire, wearing a wizard's robe outside, and a short skirt inside. This was also the attire of most young witches. It was really too ugly for female wizards to wear trousers or long skirts inside their wizard robes.

Since Cassandra said so, Ethan naturally had to comply. When the bellflower landed, Cassandra was released.

To be honest, Ethan was just admiring that scene just now. What he really liked were long legs, and Cassandra's front armor was not thick enough. In the future, it should be able to meet Ethan's requirements.

"Pervert!"

Cassandra, after tidying up her skirt, snatched her wand back and put it away. If she couldn't beat him, she would definitely punch Ethan in the face right now.

How could anyone use this magic on a girl.

"How is this perverted? It's a natural reaction. Did you expect me to turn my head away with a look of disgust?"

Ethan defended himself, the title of pervert, he can't carry it.