Connor's Hogwarts

Two days after Halloween, it was Saturday afternoon in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

At this time, a small open space has been cleared in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and two people are facing each other in the classroom holding wands. They are Connor and Professor Nott who turned on Connor's stove.

Connor had just come out of the professor's office after watching the "movie".

The plot of Otome Miss Mandy has been pushed to the third grade. Connor saw an outgoing, enthusiastic, generous, kind, beautiful and charming Miss Mandy Miller from Professor Nott's memories.

I don't know if it was because of the beautifying effect of the perspective, but the Miss Mandy that Connor "saw" had become the popular queen among the young wizards of that generation and a popular figure in Hogwarts.

Professor Nott's memories seem to be filled with a pink atmosphere...

Of course, there are no scenes that are inappropriate for children. In fact, Professor Nott just became good friends with the girl...a pair of Gryffindor and Slytherin friends, which is really surprising.

However, in Connor's opinion, it was Miss Mandy who regarded Professor Nott as a good friend. Professor Nott's... motivation seemed a bit impure, ahem, okay, they were childhood sweethearts.

Watching the chess without saying a word, Connor just needs to faithfully act as a spectator and recorder. After watching the movie for two or three weeks, the image of Miss Mandy has become more three-dimensional in Connor's mind.

I believe that I will be able to draw good works by then. The complex emotions in Professor Nott's eyes when he recalled it were really moving. Although Connor couldn't fully understand it, he could still feel Professor Nott's deep yearning.

Connor will try his best to do his job well. After all, Professor Nott has given him a lot of help.

For example now...

"Connor, what do you think is the most important thing in a battle between wizards?" Professor Nott held the wand in his right hand, rubbed the top of the wand with his left hand, and looked at Connor.

"I think it's the casting speed." Connor said without thinking, after all, the only martial arts in the world is fast.

But Professor Nott shook his head and said: "Yes, no, the most important thing in a battle between wizards is not to hit your opponent, but not to be hit by your opponent, so... the most important thing is The reflexes of a wizard.”

"Because the physique of a wizard is no better than that of a dragon. Once you are hit by a spell, it basically means you have been defeated. If it is a powerful killing curse, being hit means death."

"So avoiding the enemy's spells is the key to winning or losing in a wizard battle."

"...If you want to become an Auror, you must be proficient in apparation. This is the most important and important spell in wizard combat." Professor Nott repeated seriously:

"Proficient use of apparation can effectively evade most magic. However, you are still young. Although your magic control is indeed very strong, I still don't recommend that you learn to apparate now."

"So I will teach you how to fight against people without using apparation..."

Connor listened carefully. Although he was not very interested in shooting lasers at each other with wands, the world was not that safe, and it was still necessary to enhance his combat strength.

When you have an Auror in front of you, of course you have to make the most of it. (cross out)

That's why Connor asked Professor Nott to give him combat training.

"When you cannot use Apparition, to protect yourself, you must skillfully use the defensive spell, which is the Iron Armor Curse."

"The Iron Armor Curse is the most practical combat defense spell. It may be a little difficult to get started, but once you become proficient, it is easy to cast silently. It can resist most magic. Unfortunately, many wizards nowadays cannot even use a decent Iron Armor Curse..."

"However, Connor, you don't seem to have this trouble. You can even imprint this magical pattern on your clothes, right?" Professor Nott looked at Connor kindly and said with a smile:

"It's a genius idea, and it might work wonders sometimes."

"Professor Nott, why do you say that the Iron Armor Curse is a bit difficult? I remember this is the earliest magic I have mastered. It's quite simple, isn't it? The magic patterns are all flat..." Connor raised his hand and asked Kang if he didn't understand. Good habit of accepting.

"The Iron Armor Curse may be relatively easy for you to learn magic painting, because you are good at painting magic patterns, but it is not that easy for ordinary wizards." Professor Nott stroked his beard and shook his head and commented:

"You know, the Iron Armor Curse is the most modified magic currently known. In order to make the Iron Armor Curse easier to release, generations of mages continue to improve this magic. The current Iron Armor Curse is considered to be the simplest and most effective. , the version with the highest revenue ratio.”

Professor Nott waved his wand, and an invisible shield appeared in front of his wand. "You see, because of its simple magic pattern, the Iron Armor Curse can cast spells quickly and silently. An air shield of this size can also withstand large objects." Partial attack.”

"In fact, the magic pattern of the previous Iron Armor Curse was very complicated. When used, it would form a wrap-shaped spherical shield. The casting time was long and the consumption was high. It was not suitable for use in combat. Now this improved Iron Armor Curse is widely used. The most perfect iron armor curse I admit.”

"But because there have been too many modifications, the accuracy required in the pronunciation of the spell is also higher. A slight error in pronunciation may cause the spell to fail, so it is not that easy to get started."

Connor suddenly realized that magic is a university subject, and it is surprisingly rigorous in some places.

It can be seen from here that magic is not static. Those wizards who can improve magic are the real magicians in Connor's mind.

Wizards who can only shoot lasers are stupid, Connor thought.

"Okay, you don't need intensive training for the Iron Armor Curse. In addition to defensive spells, you also need to pay attention to concealed spell casting during battle... Silent spell casting is the basic skill of magic duel."

"But you can't cast spells silently all the time. You also have to learn to cast spells inconsistently. Reciting one spell and releasing another spell is a more practical advanced skill in magic combat..."

Connor listened carefully to Professor Nott's explanation, and he felt that he should retract his preface. It seems... it's not that simple to shoot lasers at each other, and the water of magic battle is also very deep.

Aurors in this world don't fight like in the movies, where you shoot me and I shoot you. Magic duel is a profound knowledge.

According to Professor Nott, the magical game between two powerful Aurors must take into account all aspects, such as making full use of the environment, how to accurately judge the status of the enemy and ourselves, and analyze the psychology of the enemy and ourselves... etc., etc., the wizard's battle is It's a great test of a wizard's various abilities. Most people really can't be Aurors.

That's right, Connor thinks this is reasonable. Although the mages in this world don't know martial arts, they are not stationary output turrets. The skills of magic duel are not as unbearable as previously imagined.

Especially this inconsistent spellcasting sounds very spiritual. Connor said that this skill must be maxed out and specialization +3.

After listening to a round of lessons, Connor felt that he had benefited a lot and had a considerable understanding of the advanced mages in this world.

As a small society measured in units of thousands of people, the wizarding society can be said to be small but complete with all the internal organs.

Whether it is the government department (Ministry of Magic), the education department (Hogwarts), the medical department (St. Mungo's Hospital), or the violent agency (Auror), they all play an indispensable role in this small society.

In fact, an ordinary student does not learn much magical knowledge at Hogwarts. Many things must be learned after they choose a specific career.

Therefore, many of the knowledge that Professor Nott taught Connor could not be learned at Hogwarts. Connor cherished this opportunity very much.

Although Connor may not necessarily become an Auror in the future, well, Connor definitely doesn't want to be an Auror, but this does not prevent Connor from learning Auror knowledge.

"I will also teach you some practical offensive spells, and you still have many lessons to learn, such as: how to seize the opportunity to cast spells, how to judge the enemy's spell casting, what is feint casting, and how to effectively defend against the killing curse ..." Professor Nott explained to Connor in detail.

In this way, Connor began his pseudo-Auror preparation class training.

Being forced into a pile of knowledge by Professor Nott, Connor felt fulfilled and happy.

It’s just that the coming days are going to be busy again, and Connor has no free time on the weekends.