Chapter 22 The Curse Of Defense Against The Dark Arts

When it comes to classroom knowledge, most of the little wizards are drowsy.

But when it comes to gossip, everyone is no longer sleepy.

Ronald also added excitedly: "George and Freddy told me that the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is unlucky!"

Ravenclaw took this class with Gryffindor, so he got together with Levin and others.

This kind of mysterious things are the easiest to attract people's appetite. Steve immediately asked,

Even the naive Neville came over to listen.

Seeing that his news was so popular, Ronald became proud:

"I've also heard that this position is very evil. In the past thirty years, every Defense Against the Dark Arts professor has had an accident within a year, and no one can teach for more than a year! Some people even died in office, and people were confused. Said that this position was cursed by a mysterious person!"

When Ronald was talking, the surrounding area immediately became quiet, and the little wizards who were chatting nearby all shut their mouths.

Levin looked around,

Good guy, everyone is listening with their ears stretched out.

As soon as I heard the keywords "mysterious man", "death" and "curse", a big discussion immediately arose.

Some people have already started betting on whether Quirrell can teach until next year.

Hermione obviously had different opinions: "This matter was not mentioned in "Hogwarts: A School History"!"

Levin smiled: "Books can only be used as reference. The contents in the books may not be true. Even Newton's three laws of physics were later overturned."

He paused and analyzed:

"But I think this is true, because in the past thirty years, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts has indeed changed every year."

"You only need to ask any senior to know this kind of thing."

Levin was so confident that Hermione believed it, and asked curiously: "Can't even Dumbledore lift this curse?"

"I'm afraid that's the case, otherwise Dumbledore would have solved this problem long ago. New professors are recruited every year. For those who don't know, Hogwarts would have to hire a professor every year!"

In fact, as far as Levin knows, this curse is more terrifying than imagined,

Those former Defense Against the Dark Arts professors didn't end well.

Those who resigned due to unexpected events are fine.

Some unlucky ones are unable to teach due to various accidents, and there are also many who are directly admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital.

This directly caused the reputation of this position to become bad, making it difficult to recruit people.

But this is not the most terrifying thing.

After Harry Potter entered school, the horror of this curse reached its peak:

Looking at the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who taught Harry Potter,

In addition to Quirrell and Lockhart who died and went crazy during their tenure as teachers, Lupine, Moody and Snape, the three teachers who "safely" survived their teaching tenure, also died in the seventh part...

Even Voldemort himself died!

Voldemort: I curse people to the point of being afraid!

The only one who was slightly better was the pink toad Umbridge. She didn't die, but went to Azkaban.

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After class, Professor Quirrell really disappointed the little wizards.

As the Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Quirinus Quirrell lacks the majesty of a professor at all. He is described as wretched, with a ridiculous purple turban on his head, and his whole body is filled with the smell of garlic.

Even when he spoke, he stuttered:

"H-Hello everyone, I-I am the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Q-Quirrell..."

From what Levin knew about him, Quirrell wasn't actually teaching on his first day at Hogwarts.

He was also a good Ravenclaw graduate and taught Muggle Studies at Hogwarts.

But his dream is to become a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

His theoretical knowledge is very solid, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts course pays more attention to practical combat, so he applied to go out to gain experience in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

To put it bluntly, just find some evil creatures and practice with dark wizards.

Unexpectedly, this training would lead him to the dark forest of Albania, where he met the leader of the dark wizards, Voldemort. ,

Speaking of which, Voldemort failed to apply to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, so he placed a curse on this position.

Now he possesses Quirrell and sneaks into Hogwarts to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, which can be regarded as a dream come true.

In the first class, Professor Quirrell will teach how to deal with ghouls.

Speaking of which, compared to their counterparts in the world of Harry Potter, the ghouls in the Harry Potter world simply stretch their hips to the extreme.

They neither paralyze the enemy through their attacks,

Nor can he cut down trees or eat corpses to restore blood.

Not to mention how much 1000-7 equals.

These poor creatures, who look vicious, actually live in the wizard's attic or barn, feeding on spiders and moths.

Because of this, many wizards even keep ghouls as pets.

Ronald's family has one. Whenever it feels that the house is too quiet, it will start tapping on the pipes.

Levin also didn't understand why this extremely low-risk creature appeared in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. ,

In other words, Levin fundamentally questioned the concept of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

The so-called defense against dark magic is actually about how to resist dark creatures.

There was no mention of the truly dangerous dark wizards and black magic.

What kind of dark magic can this protect against?

In fact, Levin even has doubts about the definition of "black magic".

The definition of black magic in the Harry Potter world is very vague. It seems that all spells that can cause harm to others are black magic.

But that’s not right either.

As long as it is used properly, [Flying Curse] can kill people, [Lighting Curse] can also blind people,

The famous "Anal Digging Curse" in black magic was actually invented to facilitate anorectal surgery.

A portrait of its inventor still hangs on the wall of St. Mungo's Hospital.

Some people say that using black magic requires evil intentions.

But human character itself contains good and evil. Asking a person to only use white magic and not black magic is equivalent to asking a person to have only good and no evil in his heart. This is completely unrealistic.

In Levin's view, black magic is just a type of power, and its existence is reasonable. As long as it is suitable, it is worth studying.

Like Dumbledore, hoping to turn everyone in the wizarding world into saints by banning dark magic is simply wishful thinking by a moral freak.

If this development continues, it will only lead to stagnation and backwardness in the magic world.

In fact, the wizarding world in the Harry Potter world has been stagnant for a long time.

Their so-called "International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy" protects not Muggles, but wizards themselves.

Levin, who has memories of past lives, knows exactly how far Muggle technology will develop in the next few decades.

As a wizard who can cast spells, his butt naturally sits on the wizard's side.

After taking this class, he understood that Hogwarts was so evasive even in teaching a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, not even daring to teach any real black magic. If the wizarding world continued to develop like this, sooner or later something would happen. Big problem.

Soon Levin also understood why Hufflepuff said Professor Quirrell was worse than Cuthbert Binns.

In terms of teaching methods, Professor Quirrell is exactly the same as Cuthbert Binns:

Read the text according to the text.

Although Binns, an old ghost, spoke in a dull tone, he could read it very fluently, almost to the point of memorizing it backwards and forwards.

Occasionally when he is in a good mood, he will tell the little wizards some interesting expansion topics, such as some unofficial history.

And what about Professor Quirrell?

He couldn't even read the text fluently.

Coupled with the problem of stuttering,

Listening to him lecture was a disaster.

Levin seriously suspected that Dumbledore was willing to invite Professor Quirrell simply because no one else signed up except him.

Because of this, Professor Quirrell was laughed at by the little wizards.

Everyone said that the garlic smell on Quirrell's body was to drive away a vampire he met in Romania - even when he arrived at Hogwarts, he was afraid that the vampire would come back to catch him.

Quirrell tried to explain that his scarf was a gift from an African prince as a thank you for helping him escape from the zombies, but no one believed his story.

Seamus. When Finnigan impatiently asked Professor Quirrell how he defeated the resurrected zombies, the professor's face turned red and he was vague.

Even Hermione, who respects teachers the most, couldn't help but start complaining: "Professor Quirrell doesn't seem to be very good at teaching? Is it because I am nervous about being a professor for the first time?"

She didn't believe this herself, but she just didn't want to speak ill of the professor.

Levin broke his fantasy: "This is not the first time Quirrell has been a professor. He taught Muggle Studies in school before."

Hermione's face fell, becoming increasingly disappointed with the future of this course.

Her eyes darkened when she thought that the next seven years of Defense Against the Dark Arts would be like this.

Levin is quite optimistic. His level is at least higher than Gilderoy Lockhart.

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