Hogwarts becomes host

Before everyone could figure out how to explain it to the professor, Lockhart's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Harry.

"Ah, we meet again, Harry," Lockhart put an arm around Harry's shoulders and said cheerfully, "I understand, needless to say, come on Mr. Creevey, a double photo, it's a great deal. Yes──both of us will sign it for you.”

Colin fumbled with his camera and took the picture as the school bell rang, while Malfoy had retreated into the crowd, snickering.

An imminent fight was extinguished, but it certainly wasn't a solution Harry liked.

"Come on, get to class," Loha shouted to the crowd, still holding Harry tightly, and Harry wished he knew a clever escape spell. "Ah, Miss Shafiq, how are you lately?"

"Not bad, Professor." Elaine blinked, not sure why the fire burned her. "Always good, thank you for your attention."

"There was such a big fuss in Diagon Alley last time. Oops, as an honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts Alliance, I agree with your father's motives - but, but, his approach was too extreme." Luo Hart smiled brightly and said to Elaine. "I wanted to stop him, but unfortunately I had to protect my book fans at that time. Of course, you are also the person I should protect. After all, you are my students like Harry, so I spoke for you at that time. , after all, you are my student."

"I have many friends in the Ministry of Magic and various wizarding unions. Coupled with my unique charm, if your father is willing to come to me for help, maybe things will not be so ugly--you know, it is peaceful now. In this era, no one wants to cause any more disputes.”

"Uh, yes, Professor." Elaine was confused as to what he meant. "I will write to my father to convey your advice and thank you."

"Oh, it's just a little reminder, it's nothing." Lockhart waved his hand and said. "Children like you naturally need more care. I am just fulfilling my duties as a professor and the position of the Anti-Dark Magic Alliance. If the Ministry of Magic continues to be unclear about what is right and wrong, you can come to me for help at any time."

Then, with Elaine's blank eyes, he pulled Harry into the classroom.

"So what did he want to say?"

"I don't know, it probably means support." Hermione said uncertainly, "Isn't this great?"

"I don't think so." Daphne walked nimbly to Elaine's side. This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts, Gryffindor and Slytherin were taking classes together. "He always goes around saying that he can do better than anyone else. Professor Flitwick was very unhappy with him this morning. I think he just has a bad mouth."

"But no matter what, he is still a professor. If he had no practical ability, how could Dumbledore ask him to teach?" Hermione replied. "Since he said he was willing to help, wouldn't that be great?"

"The problem is that the matter is over. Both the Ministry of Magic and the pure-blood family have agreed to the terms of the agreement proposed by Adair, and he is just saying these words to me now." Unable to shake off Daphne who hugged her arm tightly, Elaine had to Entering the classroom with the two of them, "I don't know what else he can do to help. Can he hand out signed photos?"

The seats in the classroom are simply black and white.

Slytherin is on the left and Gryffindor is on the right. The boys sit in the back and the girls in the front. Their positions are very obvious.

Elaine thought about it and didn't sit in the last row with Harry, nor did she sit in the front like Lavender and other girls. Instead, she chose the center seat, with Daphne and Hermione sitting on her left and right respectively. both sides.

Every student piled a complete set of Lockhart's works on the table. Elaine didn't buy any of them, so she naturally took a few books from Daphne and Hermione's tables and placed them in front of her to pretend. This move caused her waist to be pinched hard by Hermione.

After the whole class found their seats, Lockhart cleared his throat and spoke loudly.

"Hello everyone, I think you all know me." He blinked, showing eight white teeth, "I, Gilderoy Lockhart, third-class Order of Merlin, honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts Alliance, I won the Wizarding Weekly Most Charming Smile Award five times, but I never talk about it. I don’t rely on my smile to get rid of Wan Lun’s female ghosts.”

But aren’t you talking now?

If she could see the barrage, Elaine could be sure that the screen would be full of complaints.

The classmates didn't seem to know how to respond, but Lockhart didn't feel embarrassed at all. He continued:

"I see that you have all bought my complete set of works. Very good. Let's take a small test first - don't be afraid, just to verify how much you have read." He handed the test paper to everyone, "Here are three of you. Ten minutes, start now"

Hermione immediately picked up her pen and immersed herself in writing. The only sound in the whole classroom was the sound of her writing. The other students seemed to be shocked by the strange question.

It’s no wonder why some people can feel so good about themselves

There was not a single question on the parchment related to Defense Against the Dark Arts. They were all crazy questions like "What is Lockhart's favorite color?"; most people looked at a loss and could only answer random questions, even if they were sitting there. The female classmate in the front row also looked very confused.

Elaine didn't want to waste her brain cells answering these questions, and didn't even bother to break them off, so she pretended to be looking for ink, secretly pulled out her wand under the desk, and cast a confusion spell on the parchment to make Lockhart ignore her questionnaire.

Confusion spells are useless against normal professors because professors are strong enough to see through the spells on exam papers.

But Lockhart has strength, which is probably the only thing he lacks, and Elaine is very sure of it.

As for the scores, well, on this issue, the grades of the whole class except Hermione should be ugly. No matter how shameless Lockhart is, there is no way he can count these into the official grades.

Seeing this, Daphne quietly tugged on Elaine's robe and asked her to take care of her share. Elaine had no choice but to cast a spell on her exam paper; and when she wanted to do the same to Hermione's exam paper, Gran was noticed. Miss Jie stepped on her hard several times, what a pity.

As time passed, Lockhart collected the test papers and read them in front of the whole class.

He complained in a hateful tone that no one in the class remembered his favorite color, and the whole class responded with blank and stupid looks. Even the female classmates sitting in the front row smiled bitterly. Shaking his head, half of the classmates already felt that Lockhart was going crazy, and the number was still increasing.

Only Hermione was praised by Lockhart for her perfect score and added ten points to Gryffindor. Her face turned red with excitement, and Elaine's head hurt more and more--so did Daphne who secretly rubbed her feet under the desk. one of the reasons.

Neither of them gave her any peace of mind.

"Now be careful. My job is to teach you to defend yourself against the most evil things known to the wizarding world. You will face the most terrifying things in this classroom. But remember, as long as I am here, no harm will come to you- ─All I ask is that you remain calm."

Just when the students regarded this class as a joke, Lockhart suddenly said this in a serious tone. Some people stopped snickering and passing notes, and poked their heads out from behind the tall books, looking at the desk expectantly. , I want to see what Lockhart said "the most evil thing in the wizarding world" is.

There were also a small number of students who shrank their bodies and looked frightened.

Daphne took this opportunity to quietly move her body closer to Elaine, and Elaine hit her thigh hard. If she did this again, she would sue her for harassment.

The class held their breath as Lockhart took out a covered cage and lifted the cloth cover off it.

"Yes," he said in a dramatic tone, "a freshly caught Cornish elf."

Seamus laughed, and of course he was not the only one laughing. Lavender also burst into laughter, and Malfoy and Ron even suppressed their laughter until their entire faces turned red.

But Seamus' laugh was the most unique and undisguised, so Lockhart looked at him.

Those elves were different from house elves and goblins. They had blue skin, were about eight inches tall, had sharp beaks and monkey cheeks, and had high-pitched voices, as if they were many parrots quarreling; as soon as Lockhart lifted the cloth, they They began to chirp, jump up and down, grab the cage and shake it violently, making all kinds of weird faces at the classmates. They didn't look scary at all, even if Lockhart emphasized their danger, most of the classmates showed their faces. A disapproving expression.

Only Daphne, who had been paying attention to Elaine, discovered that Elaine had put the wand on the table at some point. She also immediately took out her wand. Hermione saw their actions and followed suit subconsciously.

"Okay," Lockhart said loudly, probably annoyed by his classmates' reactions, "Then let me see how you deal with them."

Without any warning or preparation, he opened the cage door.

As if Pandora's box had been opened, the elf immediately screamed and roared and rushed in all directions.

The students did not have time to react. They were not clear about the situation and had not received training in this area. When they saw something rushing towards them with great momentum, their subconscious actions were to hide or close their eyes instead of pulling out. Draw your wand and prepare for battle.

Maybe some people, such as Harry and Ron, would have performed better if Lockhart had asked them to draw their wands in advance.

But he didn't mention it and just released the elves, so the students immediately fell into chaos.

Only Elaine, Hermione and Daphne responded.

After all, the three of them had done a lot of training during the summer vacation, and the wands were already ready.

Needless to say, Elaine's motivation is that Daphne has seen Voldemort with her own eyes and knows the dangers of the future, so she attaches great importance to this kind of practical training.

And Hermione, although she got the first place in grade, but with the special comparison of Elaine, being first in grade was nothing. This gave Hermione a very strong sense of crisis. She didn't want to lose to anyone, especially Elaine. lotus.

Last year, the two of them got the wand at the same time and practiced magic at the same time. Elaine was not as good as herself at that time; a year later, Elaine has done all kinds of incredible things. Even if Adair is the reason, her own power cannot be ignored. , she never won the actual combat simulation during the summer vacation, which made Hermione very uncomfortable.

She couldn't accept that she was surpassed, so she practiced even more crazily, training with Daphne, with the goal of defeating Elaine, and even put aside the magic book that Slughorn selected for her.

Before the elf that escaped from the cage could touch the student, Hermione quickly cast two immobilization spells, and quickly immobilized the five elves who happened to be gathered together; Daphne used the stun spell, and the two elves were beaten. He fainted and fell to the ground, but more elves pounced on the students, Daphne and Hermione. After all, their actions attracted too much hatred.

Elaine only cast one spell: the Barrier Charm.

The transparent round membrane wrapped the three of them, blocking out all the elves that were attacking them. They huddled together and slapped the membrane angrily, so many that Hermione and Daphne both got goosebumps.

"When facing most enemies, you have to pay attention to your own defense." Elaine sighed and said. "You two won't forget that we are still in the classroom. There are so many desks and chairs, it is difficult to dodge."

It was a mess outside. Even if most of the elves were attracted by Hermione, Elaine and Daphne, the remaining ones were enough to destroy the entire classroom. They grabbed ink bottles and splashed everywhere, tearing up textbooks and papers. , pulling students’ hair and ears, emptying garbage from trash cans

"Don't you believe that you will protect me?" Daphne looked at Elaine with shining eyes, and continued to attack the elf with magic spells. "I know you will make a move."

"I didn't expect there to be so many. How many are there?" Hermione said awkwardly. The spell she had just cast was offset by a textbook thrown by an elf. "There will be no end to this."

Don't think these elves are stupid. After realizing the danger of the three people, they began to keep a distance, carefully dodge spells and throw anything including students - Neville was screamed by five or six elves. When it was mentioned, Elaine was dropped like a bomb.

If the target was not herself, this scene would actually be quite funny. Elaine released a levitation spell to stop Neville's fall, and carefully moved him aside; this move seemed to inspire the elves, and they began to blend into the group of students. Relying on human shields or objects to block them, Hermione and Daphne were helpless.

"Cover your ears." After reminding Hermione and Daphne, Elaine coughed a few times to clear her throat, then raised her wand high - a high-decibel scream sounded in the classroom. In addition to being deafening, the sound also had a strong spirit. Attack, all the elves flying nimbly in the air were hit, and fell to the ground one by one like dumplings.

After being teased by Mandrake in the morning and leaving early, Elaine has been analyzing Mandrake's attack methods. Thanks to the Shafiq family's inheritance of music magic, and Adair's music in Diagon Alley. The combination of magic and hypnosis allowed her to quickly master the method of attaching spirit to sounds.

Because it is a rough pass, the effect is actually not strong, and the duration is also very short, only a few seconds, and it can't even form a melody.

Anyway, it's enough to deal with these little elves.

However, the flaw of the sonic attack is that it cannot distinguish between friend and foe. Even Hermione and Daphne, who covered their ears, felt a little weak in their legs. Other students were not immune. In just a few seconds, only the three of them were left standing in the entire classroom. , everyone else slumped to the ground dizzily, and this effect will probably last for a few minutes.

"Mandrake's cry, a copy." Facing Hermione's accusing look, Elaine looked calm and said at a volume that the whole class could hear. "Next time anyone mentions mandrake to me, I'm going to tell them to listen to this sound."