Chapter 47
Looking at Hermione's childlike appearance, she might be hopeless after knowing the truth.
If it were Hermione in the past, she would definitely be able to hear the meaning behind John's words, but now she is still immersed in admiring Lockhart.
John thought it was quite interesting. If this scene was filmed, Hermione would be a landslide when she became the Minister of Magic.
Harry was in trouble over there, not only because of Malfoy's belittling and mocking remarks, but also because of Lockhart's embarrassment after arriving.
Colin Creevey is a first-year Gryffindor student and a Harry Potter fan.
Colin pressed the camera and took pictures of Harry. When Lockhart came over, he asked him to take a photo of the two of them.
This made Harry extremely uncomfortable.
At the afternoon bell, Lockhart felt good about himself and took Harry away in his arms.
Ron and Hermione were left behind, and the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor seemed to enjoy the attention.
John also finished taking care of the last potato and came to Ron's side. At this time, Ron was being mocked by Malfoy and his face turned red with anger.
"Don't worry about it Ron, okay. I heard your wand is broken?"
After hearing John's words, Ron took out his wand that was broken into two pieces in frustration.
He took the wand and looked at it. The core inside was still intact, which was good news.
After all, it was his father's fault. John felt that as his son, he still had to save his life.
John looked at it for a while and said, "I happen to be learning how to make a wand. Maybe I can help you repair it."
"Really? That's great, thank you John!"
Ron was overjoyed. If Mrs. Weasley knew that he had broken her wand, she would probably send another howling letter.
This was like a savior, and he was extremely grateful.
"It's time to go to class. I'll help you repair it after I find all the repair materials." In the afternoon, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was held by both houses.
John returned the wand to Ron, and they headed towards the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.
The new Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is full of photos, and the owner of these photos is, not surprisingly, Gilderoy Lockhart.
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Not long after entering the classroom, Lockhart came in.
He was different from other professors in that he wore a gorgeous green robe and a green top hat with a gold rim on his shiny blond hair.
The slut's appearance made Malfoy unhappy for a while. The guy still remembered Lockhart and Harry's photo together and made a sound.
On the contrary, the reaction of the girls was that their eyes were shining brightly and their faces were flushed, as if they were starstruck fans.
Most of them have mothers who are Lockhart fans, or are Lockhart fans themselves.
As a liar, in addition to being able to use the Oblivion Curse, Lockhart's appearance is also very resistant.
He showed up in a showy manner and introduced himself even more so.
"I, Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, Third Class, Honorary Member of the Defense League against the Dark Arts.
I won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award five times...but I never talk about that. I don't rely on my smile to drive away Wan Lun's female ghosts. "
There was also a cold joke at the end, but it was a pity that no one could understand it.
John was speechless. After giving such a long list of introductions, the only useful one was the honorary member of the Defense Against Dark Arts Alliance. He looked like a vase no matter how he looked at it.
And John was soon able to confirm his suspicion. Lockhart's first class test turned out to be a questionnaire.
The contents of this questionnaire directly confused John.
1.What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s favorite color?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart’s secret ambition?
3. What do you think is Gilderoy Lockhart’s greatest achievement to date?
What the hell is this? Are you sure you are here for class and not for the idol meeting?
Chapter 56 Elf and Deterrence
"Tsk tsk, almost no one remembers that lilac is my favorite color. I mentioned it in "A Year with the Tibetan Snowman"."
"Some students need to read "Wandering with Werewolves" carefully. In Chapter 12 of the book, I clearly stated that my ideal birthday gift is for all magicians and non-magics to live in harmony, but I will not refuse. A big bottle of Ogden Aged Firewhiskey!”
Lockhart reviewed the test paper, expressing his disappointment that most people could not answer his 'simple' questions.
But he still comforted the little wizards with a playful wink.
Not to mention Ron, even the other little wizards could hardly hold back.
Hermione was probably the only one in the whole classroom who was still listening carefully. Lockhart suddenly mentioned her name, which made Hermione startled.
"But Miss Hermione Granger knows that my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil and sell my own line of hair lotion."
Lockhart looked at the test paper with surprise and relief. Sure enough, outstanding people will attract special attention wherever they go.
He said happily: "One hundred percent, where is Miss Hermione Granger?"
After Hermione was recognized, she raised her hands tremblingly with excitement. Lockhart smiled and said, "Great, 10 points for Gryffindor!"
This excited Hermione even more, because it was the first time she had scored a bonus point ahead of John.
Immediately, Hermione looked at John for the first time, with hard-won victory in her eyes.
John saw the provocation in her eyes and secretly thought something was wrong.
Miss Know-It-All Hermione Granger resurfaces and sees the possibility of defeating John again.
Over there, Lockhart didn't know that one of his unintentional actions had restored the confidence of a heartbroken academic. He placed a large cage covered with a cloth on the podium, and displayed exaggerated body language.
"Now, beware! My mission is to teach you to defend yourself against the most evil things the wizarding world has ever known! You will face the most terrifying things in this classroom!"
There was a threatening tone in his words, as if he wanted to scare these little wizards.
Perhaps he felt that he had gone too far, so he changed his tone and said with infinite confidence: "But remember, as long as I am here, you will not be harmed in any way. I just ask you to stay calm."
Some young wizards were frightened by his words, and their laughter stopped. Neville in the first row felt very insecure and shrank back.
"I must ask you not to scream, that will piss them off!"
He emphasized again in a low and threatening tone, and finally made the atmosphere scary enough to make the whole class hold their breath.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, he opened the hood...
"Pfft!"
Seamus didn't usually laugh in class unless he couldn't help it.
Under the hood, Lockhart seemed to have captured a group of dementors, and underneath was a group of Cornish elves.
These little elves are iron-green, have small pointed faces, and have shrill and harsh voices. They chirp as noisily as budgies.
But even so, it doesn't change that this is just a little guy less than eight inches.
Seamus' smile made Lockhart feel a little embarrassed, and he said with a sullen tone: "They may also be little saboteurs as cunning as the devil!"
But he was greeted by more laughter, much to Lockhart's chagrin, who swore he meant no harm.
He shouted: "Well, let's see how you deal with them!"
He opened the cage and wanted to make the students suffer, but the little elves who were released were in chaos.
They were flying around the classroom like little monkeys, and some little wizards were picked up by the elves by their ears.
Others rushed out of the window and broke the classroom glass and scattered it on the ground.
Lockhart was right, these guys were like devils in their destruction.
Ink sprayed everywhere, and an elf next to John flew towards him and tried to pull his ears. He looked over to intimidate him, causing the elf to tremble in fear.
How dare the Cornish elf touch the dragon's beard, and immediately screamed in fright and flew away.
Lockhart hurriedly directed the students to gather the elves together, chanting a newly made spell to solve them.
It had no effect at all, and Neville was picked up by his ears.
John frowned, and an elf was chasing the girl with ink in his hand.
"enough!"
In the midst of the chaos, John stood up.
He shouted coldly, and the dragon's power radiated out, making all the troublemaking elves freeze on the spot.
Lockhart felt like he was seeing a fire dragon, and he screamed in fear and ran outside.
The elves even shivered and huddled together on the ground. They looked so pitiful.
John put an end to the chaos without getting angry.
He pulled out his wand and cast a spell on the elf who was still trying to escape.
The transformation spell turned the table into a cage, trapping the elves inside.
The ringing of the get out of class bell woke up the students. John walked to the door under the gaze of many students, and then said somewhat strangely: "Aren't you going to get out of class?"
"Oh yes."
The students who reacted had different attitudes. Daphne looked directly at John, and Malfoy also closed his open mouth.
The Slytherins cheered, it seemed to them that John had saved the class.
"Cool, awesome!"
Seamus in Gryffindor said excitedly: "Did you just see that John's words made the elves so scared that they dared not move."
"I felt like he was like a fire dragon just now. It was so scary."
Harry had the same feeling. He had clearly never seen an adult fire dragon, but for a moment he seemed to see an adult Norwegian Ridgeback.
Ron was still frightened. He was really frightened, not only by John, but also by Lockhart's poor teaching skills.
"I never want to take Lockhart's class again, it's a nightmare."
Hermione also wanted to defend her idol, "Maybe he just wanted to give us a chance to practice, maybe."
The more Hermione talked about it, the less confident she became. Ron laughed angrily and said, "Practice? He was scared away."
Harry added: "I think he was scared away by John."
Two of the three little ones had strong opinions on Lockhart, and Hermione began to wonder if she had fallen in love with the wrong person.
Ron even doubted whether Lockhart had ever done the things written in the book.
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"Deterrence is effective against low-level magical creatures."
John's roar immobilized the elf, and the effect was outstanding.
He felt that deterrence could be used as a mass petrification spell to clear the soldiers. This kind of deterrence was in the natural blood.
Applying pressure based on one's own strength can be called another magical skill.
The afternoon class ended in a panic.
John went to the greenhouse of Herbology and took two large buckets of dragon dung to the Whomping Willow.
Since Dumbledore asked him to take care of the Whomping Willow until he recovered, John did not violate it.
After arriving at the Whomping Willow, John did not immediately use the wand to immobilize the Whomping Willow.
He turned on the threat and shouted: "Stop!"
Before entering the range of the Whomping Willow, the Whomping Willow danced its branches crazily as if it was offended.
John couldn't get close, so he had to use the petrification spell to immobilize the Whomping Willow.
"It seems that my intimidation is not enough to stop the Whomping Willow."
Thinking about it, the Whomping Willow is an overly aggressive plant, so my deterrence may be counterproductive in front of him.
Pour dragon dung around the whomping willow. Dragon dung is very good for the plants.
After John was out of range, the Whomping Willow became flat.
