A broken Hogwarts

Chapter 128 Lessons

Early the next morning, the young wizards who had breakfast in the Great Hall were all talking about Gilderoy Lockhart and the newly created position of Security Advisor, and what they had learned from the Daily Prophet early on, replacing Lockhart.

Peter Pettigrew becomes the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Lockhart revealed this matter early, but before the start of school, most people did not know who the new professor was and what his identity was. This sense of mystery only increased the wizards' expectations. But it is obvious

What's more, they are mostly disappointed now.

"To be honest, I had some expectations for him. After all, he can take over Lockhart's position, so he shouldn't be a fool." Draco expressed his opinion in a slow tone, "But I found that

I was wrong, I shouldn't have had any expectations at all. Judging from his timid look, I suspected that he was ready to run away at any time. Maybe he was a relative of Dumbledore or something..."

Everyone followed his gaze to look at Peter Pettigrew, who was sitting at the teacher's desk. He was holding a piece of bread with both hands and gnawing quickly. His small, watery eyes were scanning around smartly, as if he was looking for dangers lurking around him at any time.

And the escape route, it looks like a big rat stealing food.

But almost all the professors were willing to treat him with a friendly attitude. Professor McGonagall, who had always been unsmiling, showed a rare smile of concern and relief in front of the other party, looking friendly. Professors Flitwick and Professor Sprout were also kind.

They chatted with him for a few words, and even Hagrid, who was passing by the auditorium, came over and patted his shoulder with tears in his eyes, causing him to plunge his head into the plate filled with ketchup in front of him.

Gilderoy Lockhart was even more keen on showing a close relationship. He liked to hold each other's shoulders and show everyone a bright smile, as if he was ready to take photos from reporters at any time.

Compared with them, Professor Snape, who looked disgusted and disdainful, became an incompatible sight. Already dressed in black, he exuded a gloomy and low pressure. Whenever his eyes glanced at Peter Pettigrew, he would twitch in disgust.

He turned the corner of his mouth, as if he saw a cockroach that had just crawled out of the dung heap, and seemed to want to kick the other person over and stomp on his face.

But Peter Pettigrew didn't dare to look at him at all. He shivered and shrank his shoulders, looking like he wanted to shrink himself into a ball and roll away.

"We haven't taken his class yet, so we can't make subjective assumptions." Daphne always maintained a rational mind and gently rolled her hair on her temples with one hand. "Look, the other professors have very different attitudes towards Professor Peter."

Okay, this is obviously not the kind of treatment a related household can get, right?"

"Except for the Headmaster," Harry added, "I think Professor Snape wants to kill him. I guess there is some grudge between them."

"Oh, I know." Owen said casually, eating a piece of bread smeared with blueberry jam slowly, "My father told me about this."

Because of this incident, Snape, who was already unpopular in other houses, was criticized by many little witches. However, Snape was so famous that they could only feel sorry for Brother Lockhart behind his back.

Professor McGonagall's stern face became stiffer and stiffer, her nose twitched slightly, and she looked like she wanted to kick this guy out of the classroom. After Lockhart finished a long series of words without realizing it,

He waved to Professor McGonagall happily and walked out of the classroom door briskly.

He seemed hesitant to speak, as if he had many stories in his mind, which aroused Harry's strong curiosity. He whispered to Owen in a low voice: "I feel like he knows me, or maybe he knows my parents.

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When Peter Pettigrew finally lost control of the classroom discipline, Lockhart enthusiastically helped him out. He emphasized to the young wizards many times that he was the recipient of the Order of Merlin, Third Class, and an honorary member of the Defense Against the Dark Arts.

, won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award five times, and held Peter's shoulders as if he were standing on the awards podium.

After breakfast, the group left the auditorium and went to the first class of the semester, the Transfiguration class.

Surprisingly, when everyone entered the Transfiguration classroom, Lockhart also followed in. He showed what he thought was an extremely charming smile to the very surprised Professor McGonagall, stood on the podium as a matter of course and said: "I think

It is necessary for me to check for potential safety hazards everywhere. You know, my task is very arduous and I cannot relax at all..."

After saying that, he turned around and left with a sparkling smile, not realizing at all that the hair on the back of his head had been secretly made bald by Professor Flitwick, making a large group of little wizards who had already had enough of him burst into laughter.

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In the following time, he volunteered to take out his wand and demonstrate the obstacle spell several times for everyone. In three minutes, he accidentally broke four window panes and turned the blackboard into sticky slime.

He hung a little wizard from the ceiling and turned Peter Pettigrew into an afro...

When get out of class was about to end, Draco used all his strength to pull a mandrake out of the soil, but he fell flat on his face. The mandrake's doll-like roots pounced on him. His face almost tore off his earplugs. His flowerpot was knocked over, and all the fire dragon manure in it was poured on him.

Professor McGonagall saw Owen's movements when she was patrolling here, and summoned a mouse for him to continue practicing. After seeing that Owen still succeeded in making it disappear, she nodded with satisfaction, and then added Slytherin

Ten points.

According to Gamp's basic transformation law, food and magical items cannot be transformed out of thin air. The more complex the transformation, the more difficult it is, and there is a certain time limit.

Owen and Harry finally pulled the mandrake out of Draco's face and stuffed it into a large flowerpot. Draco kept mumbling with a dark face until the end of class.

He said: "I have never encountered such a shameful thing in my life... I really don't know the point of setting up this kind of class. We are not here to do rough work!"

The disappearing spell is a very peculiar spell. Theoretically, it can make anything disappear, but the more complex the object, the more difficult it is to cast it. Generally speaking, it is better to use the disappearing spell on living objects than on inanimate objects.

Objects are more difficult to use. Of course, this is also related to the mass and volume of the object. The more complex the life forms are, the difficulty and cost of using the disappearing spell on them will rise sharply.

The students had to wear special earmuffs to block out the deadly cry of the mandrake. They sweated profusely and battled wits with the dishonest magic plants, making their whole bodies covered in mud.

"Agreed." Draco yawned, with red marks on his face from when he slept.

In this class, Professor McGonagall asked them to turn a beetle into a button. While others were concentrating on practicing, Owen was already practicing the disappearing spell with the beetle, and even made the entire beetle completely disappear very easily.

It disappeared. Then, he waved his wand again and the beetle came back again.

A Transfiguration class passed without any incident. Even the most naughty students did not dare to cause trouble in Professor McGonagall's class. However, at the end of get out of class, Lockhart walked briskly onto the podium and faced the audience. The little wizards said: "Of course, I know that nothing dangerous will happen in Professor McGonagall's class!"

Finally, he added: "Of course, the fact that he did not die makes his deeds not worth mentioning. Therefore, many people are only one death away from becoming a hero..."

Professor Sprout hurriedly left the little wizards who were fighting with the mandrake and rescued Lockhart from the poisonous tentacles. Fortunately, the poisonous tentacles had not yet grown deadly fangs, otherwise Lockhart would

He will probably have to stay in the campus hospital for a long time, and may even set a record for the fastest professor to be laid off at Hogwarts.

When he called Harry's name, he suddenly said in a sharp voice: "Harry Potter... Harry, oh..." His watery little eyes looked at him with pity and complexity, and murmured to himself

He said: "I'm really sorry, I...oh, next time..."

"No way, you don't know him? Draco, Owen, I thought you two should know his identity..." Blaise's surprised tone woke Harry up.

Lockhart, who had recovered from the shock, jumped out again as expected and said loudly: "I think it is irresponsible to the students that there are so many dangerous plants here!" He turned to the students again!

Professor Sprout said: "Of course, I didn't question your intention, I just made reasonable suggestions from the perspective of student safety."

In this way, Harry somewhat understood Professor Peter's fear, because Voldemort had indeed been plotting to make a comeback and even be able to seduce new followers.

After practicing the Disappearance Charm with the things at hand, he began to practice the Transformation Charm again, and he conjured a roll of parchment, a quill, and a shining silver knife out of thin air on his desk.

"This is a living recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, a hero who bravely captured the Death Eaters more than ten years ago..." Blaise told everyone about that not-so-distant history in a somewhat exaggerated tone.

Harry looked at Professor McGonagall with some sympathy and said, "He really likes to talk to himself, isn't he?"

Owen curled his lips. Although he didn't know the purpose of Peter Pettigrew coming to Hogwarts, he didn't have any good intentions towards Harry. This was fishing.

However, as expected, Lockhart also appeared in this herbal medicine class. He was wearing the same pair of earmuffs, holding his nose and standing far away from here. As a result, a poisonous tentacle wrapped around his neck.

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As he said that, he looked at Peter Pettigrew's right hand that was missing his index finger from a distance, and then found that the other person was also looking at him with emotion, and a trace of extremely complicated emotions seemed to flash through his watery little eyes.

When Peter Pettigrew was sweating profusely and finished this accident-prone lesson, he looked at Lockhart with something wrong in his eyes. This guy was here to cause trouble...

"So, he's quite brave..." Harry looked at Peter Pettigrew again, but couldn't connect him with bravery.

Owen looked at Lockhart's retreating back in amusement. What kind of male version of Umbridge is this...

For example, in this herbal medicine class, Professor Sprout asked them to continue what the students in the previous class had been doing, put the remaining mandrake seedlings into pots. Those mandrakes who were very reluctant to move

The grass twists its ugly roots and clings to the soil. It also punches and kicks the students, throwing the smelly mud everywhere, and even bites people's fingers.

In the next few days, Lockhart seemed to be seen everywhere in Hogwarts.

In the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of this semester, Peter Pettigrew's teaching ability greatly disappointed the students.

In the drowsy History of Magic class, Owen did not discuss the history of magic with the ghost professor as usual. Instead, he studied the advanced theory of magic in the wall-facing space and started his first practice.

The class time passed quickly. Without Owen's questions and discussions from time to time, the little wizards could hardly resist Professor Binns' hypnosis. When the class was over, Harry couldn't help but sigh: "I feel a little regretful."

There is no Lockhart in this class."

"Who knows what he has gone through in these years." Blaise shrugged. "I think he may have delusions of being persecuted. After all, the Dark Lord is long gone, and he is the only one who is still worried about being hunted down by his followers.

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After lunch, they had to rush to the History of Magic class. During the process, Harry was secretly photographed by Colin Creevey, his little fan in Gryffindor. After the secret photograph was discovered, Creevey looked like

It jumped up like a rabbit and ran away, leaving Harry frozen in place.

Professor McGonagall nodded with a straight face and started teaching as if he were a transparent person. Lockhart also sat at the back of the classroom very consciously and did not interfere with the progress of the class, but just faced the little witches who turned to look at him from time to time.

Show a sparkling smile.

The most important thing is that students need to concentrate on their work in the herbal medicine class. Professor Sprout does not allow students to use magic, because it is easy to cause trouble. This prevents Owen from sinking into the wall-facing space to learn other knowledge, and can only interact with

Everyone else is doing the same repetitive and boring manual labor.

"What?" Draco raised his eyebrows, and then raised his slender chin slightly, "My father knows too many things, I am too lazy to listen..."

He didn't say anything. Harry had Dumbledore and Snape taking care of him, so it was difficult for him to encounter any danger. It was not Owen's turn to worry about it. Speaking of which, he was curious about how Peter Pettigrew would deal with Dumbledore's possible intrusion.

The God of Mind, Quirrell can carry Voldemort with him, but what about this guy?

While Owen was thinking wildly, Peter Pettigrew finished the roll call and stood on the podium wringing his hands, looking more nervous than the little wizard who was called up to answer questions. He followed the textbook step by step, without any characteristics, and even spoke

There were also some stumbles, which made the students seem to be back in class last semester. Fortunately, he didn't stutter, otherwise more young wizards would start to wonder if he was Quirrell pretending to be.

In Potions class, Lockhart, who shamelessly entered the classroom, was kicked out mercilessly by Professor Snape. The classroom door was slammed so hard that he almost flattened his handsome nose.

Therefore, the disappearing spell is rarely used in actual combat, because it is too difficult to use the disappearing spell on magical creatures, and the magic power of the wizard is also very high, even if it is just to make a certain part of the enemy's body disappear, it is very difficult.

Easy. Even a transfiguration master like Professor McGonagall would have a hard time saying whether she has the ability to make a person disappear.

They met Lockhart who was wandering around the castle halfway. After seeing Harry, Lockhart's eyes suddenly lit up. He squeezed away Della next to Harry with a cheerful look on his face.

Co, who was talking to himself along the way, completely ignored Harry's perfunctory and repulsive expression, and the disgust on Draco's face.

"Oh, the little accident just now was just a little joke I made for everyone. You must be scared, right? In fact, I have known for a long time that that thing has no fangs at all, just like what I wrote in the book "Breaking with the Female Ghost"

Just like everyone else, you have to learn to observe the surrounding environment carefully..." Lockhart advertised with a smile, and then turned around and left gracefully under the adoring eyes of a group of little witches.

Owen is interested in the disappearing spell, mainly because he is curious about where the disappeared things go. Similarly, he is also interested in the transmutation spell that can conjure objects out of thin air. As for fighting, he has many magic spells that he can use.

The first attempt was to add power to the levitating spell, so that the floating objects could fly out quickly, possibly even reaching the speed of a fired bullet. Although this type of advanced spell is recorded in advanced spell books, Owen

I decided to improve it myself first, and then compare the pros and cons to lay the foundation for creating my own magic spell in the future.

"But he's handsome..." Pansy muttered quietly.

No one can accurately say where the disappeared things have gone. Maybe they were moved to other places, or they were briefly turned into nothingness. But there is no doubt that objects that have been cast by the disappearing spell can reappear.

, this is also one of the charms of transfiguration.

The second class is Owen's least favorite herbal medicine class. Although the unique magical plants are indeed very interesting, that does not mean that the herbal medicine class can be very interesting. At least Owen has never been keen on staying in a steaming room.

In the greenhouse, I don't think there is anything attractive about stepping on the soft soil with manure and rolling up my sleeves to serve those uncooperative plants.

Lockhart just waved his hand and left with an air of dignity, but the chaos he caused continued.

He winked mischievously at everyone again: "However, I found that many people have great difficulty in learning the art of transformation. In fact, when you master a certain trick, you will find that it is not difficult at all... If you want to be more specific

If you know more about it, you can carefully read my "Walking with Ghouls" and "A Year with XZ Snowman". In these two books, I discuss the techniques of transformation in depth..."

Hearing this sentence, Harry twisted his body uncomfortably. Only a few people knew that Voldemort was not dead yet, and even put his black hands into Hogwarts last semester. He glanced at Owen, but unfortunately Owen

She was eating bread with concentration on her face, not looking at him at all.

During the Charms class, Lockhart once again shamelessly advertised his book and told everyone that he would be happy to sign autographs for them. At the same time, he also announced that he would be waiting for everyone in the office to play a psychological counselor.

role, claiming that it is also his responsibility to protect the mental health of students.

But even so, there is still an endless stream of little witches who visit Lockhart's office every day for various reasons. For reasons such as panic, shortness of breath, and depression, they do not hesitate to skip class to visit their idol and confide in him about their adolescent experiences.

Careful, and finally reluctantly left with Lockhart's autograph.

It was said that both Hermione and Pansy in the study group had secretly visited his office and were coaxed into buying a complete set of his books willingly, something that Draco laughed at for a long time.

Fortunately, Lockhart, who wandered around the castle every day, finally succeeded in attracting Peeves' attention and became Peeves' new target.

It's really gratifying.

(End of chapter)