Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

A week later, the announcement of the opening of the Duel Club was posted. This may be one of the few things that can make everyone excited in this period of time. Nitya kept hearing people talking about this all day long.

"I wonder if they will be willing to come to the second party after seeing Lockhart's performance tonight." Nidia was worried about the enthusiasm of the students. Since the school started for such a long time, Lockhart has been His performance in class has made many people privately question his personal ability.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Nitya and Michelle came to the restaurant. The place had been re-decorated. The original dining tables had disappeared. Curtains were hung on the surrounding walls. A stage appeared along one wall. The edge of the stage Also gold plated. It really fits Lockhart's dramatic style, Nydia thought to herself.

Almost all the students from the school came, and the stage was crowded with people. Everyone was holding their wands tightly, their faces full of excitement, and they were whispering among themselves about what they could learn tonight and who would teach them.

Amid everyone's expectations, Lockhart, who was dressed resplendently, and Snape, who was always dressed in black, walked onto the stage. As soon as Lockhart stood on the stage, he felt like he was on his own home court. He began to brag about his dueling experience and never forget to promote his book. When he introduced Snape, his words were much shorter. He introduced Snape as someone who volunteered to be his assistant, and arrogantly assured his classmates that he would not hurt him.

If he looked back at Snape's face at this time, he might not dare to say that. When Nydia met Snape's eyes, she felt his anger, both towards Lockhart and towards herself. He must be complaining in his heart for encouraging him to take this job. Nydia had to immediately feel guilty. Avert his eyes.

Lockhart decided that he and Snape would be the first to set an example for everyone. The noisy crowd quieted down. No one wanted to miss any details. Nydia admired Lockhart's courage from the bottom of her heart. Maybe many people would. I thought this would be a wonderful showdown, but the end result was that Lockhart only counted one, two, and three before being knocked away by Snape's disarming spell.

He hit the wall and slid down, curling up on the floor. The Slytherin students burst into cheers, and Nydia saw Draco in the crowd.

Lockhart staggered to his feet, his hat falling off and his wavy curls standing on end. But he didn't look embarrassed, and he didn't even show a trace of embarrassment caused by being knocked away.

"Okay, everyone saw it." He staggered back onto the stage again and said, "This is a disarming spell. As you can see, I lost my wand. Yes, Professor Snape, It's a great idea to show you this move, but don't mind what I say. Your intention to do this just now was too obvious. If I wanted to stop you, I wouldn't have to try hard. I think, In order to increase their knowledge, you might as well let them take a look.”

Lockhart seemed to finally notice the murderous look on Snape's face. He immediately changed his original topic, "This is the end of the demonstration. Now I will come among you and divide you into groups of two. Professor Snape, if Are you willing to help me?”

Snape didn't reply to his words, but he still walked into the crowd with him and began to match everyone up.

"He's really thick-skinned. Snape shouldn't be so merciful as just using the disarming spell." Michelle never thought that one day she would use the word merciful to Snape.

"There is a reason why he is as famous as he is today." Sometimes you have to admit that even if some people are not very capable, they can still gain more than most people by relying on certain traits.

Nitya naturally thought that she should be paired with Michelle, but what she didn't expect was that Michelle didn't think so.

"I don't want to fight you. There's no suspense about it." Michelle did not hesitate to choose a Ravenclaw girl next to her as the target of her duel. Nidia could only go to the crowd to find her duel partner.

Pansy seemed to have noticed that Nitya was alone. She walked up to Nitya, but before she could speak, Daphne came over and pulled Pansy away.

"Oh Pansy, how could you leave me?" Daphne looked at Pansy with a sad look on her face. She grabbed Pansy's arm and squeezed it hard, hinting Pansy not to say anything, "I'm sorry Nidia." , Pansy has always been my target for duels, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter."

Nydia actually didn't want to duel with Pansy. She continued to look at the crowd, and it seemed that Daphne didn't intend to end it here.

"Why don't you let my sister Astoria be your duel partner? I believe you will treat her very gently." Daphne pulled Astoria away without waiting for Nydia's reply. Arriving in front of Nitya.

"Hi, Nidia." Astoria didn't seem to be too reluctant, and she nervously greeted Nidia.

"Astoria is a freshman, this seems inappropriate." Nydia wanted to refuse. She didn't want to face Astoria even more than Pansy.

"Relax, we're just practicing, and it's not a real life-or-death duel. No one will think you're bullying the juniors." Daphne pushed Astoria in front of Nydia with a flattering look on her face.

"Okay." Nidia couldn't put it off anymore. If she continued to refuse, Astoria would be in an embarrassing situation.

Nidia and Astoria bowed to each other, then raised their wands in front of their chests. They both cast spells at the same time, but Nidia was obviously faster, and Astoria had not finished reciting the spell. , Nidia's wand had already emitted a red light. She didn't want to hurt Astoria, so she just cast a disarming spell. As long as Astoria lost her wand, the duel would be over.

But what Nitya didn't expect was that she actually knocked Astoria away with a spell without much effort, just like what happened to Lockhart just now.

"Oh Merlin, Astoria, my dear sister, are you okay?" Daphne said loudly as she rushed to Astoria and helped her up. "Nitya, what are you doing? She is just a freshman. It's just a practice. Why are you so serious?"

"I, I didn't." Nydia also panicked. She didn't understand why it was like this. Snape knocked Lockhart away entirely because Snape deliberately hit with all his strength to produce the effect, and she clearly knew that It has already withdrawn its strength.

"I originally thought you would treat her more gently, but I was really wrong about you. I didn't expect you would be so cruel to a newcomer who doesn't know much about spells." Daphne looked at Nitya with resentment. , "My sister, please don't let anything happen to you."

Astoria stood up with difficulty, coughed a few times, and tried to calm her breathing. Nydia wanted to go up to see if she was okay, but as soon as she took a few steps, Daphne screamed again.

"Don't come over. What else do you want? Do you still think you haven't hurt my sister enough?"

Daphne's continuous shouting attracted the attention of the surrounding crowd. After listening to Daphne's words, they began to point fingers at Nidia. Nidia felt that she was unable to speak at this time.

"Daphne, that's enough." Draco, who noticed something unusual here, came over, "This is a duel, some bumps and bruises are inevitable."

"Draco," Daphne wanted to continue saying something, but Astoria, who had regained her breath, interrupted her.

"I don't care about Nydia, I am too weak." Astoria said weakly. "What she used was just a disarming spell."

"My sister, you are so kind." Daphne looked at Astoria with a look of love and hugged her tighter.

"What happened?" Snape came over, looked at the weak Astoria, and then at Nydia, who was in a bit of a dilemma, "Miss Field is really good at picking her opponents."

"Teach me" Nydia wanted to explain, but Snape didn't give her this chance at all.

"Miss Iverson, I think you would be happy to compete with Miss Field." Snape called a fourth-year Slytherin student from the crowd. "Miss Gringasla, I think you can take your sister back to rest first."

Daphne helped Astoria leave with satisfaction, and Astoria whispered sorry to her when passing by Nydia.

"Professor, that doesn't seem appropriate" Draco tried to argue for Nydia.

"Malfoy, if you feel that fighting against Zabini is too boring, I can find a more interesting opponent for you." Snape turned to look at Harry, "Potter, I want you to fight Weasley. The dream team should be broken up.”

After saying that, Snape carried Draco to Harry. "Let's see what kind of man you can make the famous Potter into."

Nydia was silent. She knew that Snape didn't really fail to see the truth of the matter, but that he deliberately wanted to take revenge on herself. She could only bite the bullet and start dueling with Iverson.