The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

"The environment remains the same, the students are noisy, but the professors have changed. This is the only change that Hogwarts has undergone in the past fifty years."

Riddle's voice whispered in Erwin's ear.

After being infused with magic power by Erwin and being able to condense it into a shadow, he naturally gained the ability to perceive the outside world and was no longer trapped in a diary. He now showed a strong desire to communicate.

All day long, I was chattering in the ear of Erwin, the only one listening.

The diary was chained and hung on Erwin's waist, serving as an accessory piece of equipment. It was obviously inappropriate to leave it in the secret room, and Erwin did not feel comfortable placing it in the Flamel cabin.

After thinking about it several times, he decided that it would be safest to carry it with him.

After all, Riddle's diary can also be regarded as a piece of equipment, and Erwin plans to install a metal tip or something on it so that it can perform other functions besides blocking curses.

As for the danger, Erwin already has an earl-level vampire by his side, and he doesn't care about another remnant soul.

At the end of the day, the only thing I felt was that Riddle was a little too noisy, but Erwin could hear some interesting content from his words, so he tolerated it.

I saw Melanie in the Gryffindor common room. She was reading a novel very leisurely, with a half-drunk cup of fruit tea next to her. A ray of sunlight fell through the window, making her fair-skinned

The skin reflected the light and gave her dark hair a hint of gold.

Several little boys couldn't take their eyes away when they saw this scene.

Erwin didn't have time to talk to her during this period, but it seemed that she was living a comfortable life and was very accustomed to and even enjoying college life.

"A high-level vampire?" Riddle's perception is more sensitive than Erwin imagined. He didn't see through Melanie when he possessed Ginny in the secret room. After all, the contact time was very short, but now he directly

I saw her true identity.

"Putting a vampire in school? What an excellent idea. I don't think your principal doesn't know about it, so he acquiesces to it?" Riddle said with a hint of excitement in his tone, "Vampires are very good materials.

, especially at this level, her heart can be used to complete a powerful black magic to specially strengthen your body..."

"I will consider this proposal, but we will talk about it later." Erwin responded with his mind.

Melanie, who was concentrating on reading, was completely unaware that she had been treated like a fire dragon whose blood was taken, and even more miserable.

Erwin paid attention to the cover of the novel in her hand.

""The Castle of Twilight"?" There is a line of small words next to it, "The peerless love between an innocent girl and a vampire prince?"

"Why do you, a vampire, want to read novels about vampires?" Erwin asked curiously.

"Is there any problem?" Melanie closed the novel, "Don't humans read literary works with human protagonists?"

"I vaguely remember that there is a book with the same name in Muggle society. It seems to be about a vampire love story, and it was made into a movie." Erwin touched his chin.

"Your memory is correct. It's the same content. It's just that it's much more popular among Muggles than wizards. It's outrageous. European wizards are actually more willing to read Lockhart's works."

"Is that so? Could it be that..."

"Yes, this series of novels was written by vampires. In fact, most of the literary works about vampires, starting from the earliest "Dracula", are written by vampires or writers hired by vampires... This is a story

This is a propaganda method. After all, vampires often have to deal with mortals. We hope that Muggles can eliminate their fear and have a good impression of vampires... The final result is not bad, but wizards are not as easy to fool as Muggles."

"That's it." Erwin nodded, indicating that he had learned new knowledge.

In comparison, there are far fewer novels with werewolves as the protagonists. It seems that those guys who are more inclined to beasts do not have this kind of mind.

In the afternoon, a notice was posted on the bulletin board over the auditorium, stating that a dueling club was to be opened, and the signature was, as expected, Gilderoy Lockhart.

Is this guy... still trying his best to show off?

After reaching a certain level of cooperation with Erwin, Lockhart told Erwin some things about himself. He was not a useless idiot. After all, he graduated from Hogwarts.

As for being so uneducated and incompetent that he can't even use the most basic spells...

What caused his current situation was the voodoo curse he accidentally triggered while trying to modify the memory of a witch doctor in Africa. This weird voodoo abolished his ability to cast spells, except for the medicine he was using at the time.

Forgetting Curse.

Although it is very tragic, it is difficult to sympathize with him. After all, he is essentially the one who brought the blame on himself.

There is also a line of small words at the end of the main text of the announcement, "Only students in third grade and below can participate."

Lockhart is still self-aware and knows that senior students are difficult to fool.

"Duel Club? Are you going to teach these little brats more advanced fighting skills than just poking your nostrils with a wand?" Riddle expressed his disdain.

Erwin ignored him, he could foresee that Lockhart was going to make a fool of himself again.

After thinking for a while, he decided to go to this club to have a look.

The lower grade students are quite excited about this, because they think they are finally going to learn something more interesting than chanting levitating spells on feathers and loosening the soil of magic plants. Of course, the more reason is that currently there are only

They can still be intimidated by Lockhart.

Lockhart chose the club's location in the most spacious classroom in the castle. Seats were piled on both sides, and a large gilded stage was installed in the center of the classroom, which looked quite impressive.

Almost all the students in the school below grade three have arrived, and the classroom is noisy.

Lockhart appeared with his signature smile, "Come around, come around! Can everyone see me? Okay, here's the thing, Professor Dumbledore allowed me to start this club to teach you something

Of course, I can’t teach you much about self-defense methods due to limited time. I recommend you to buy my related works..."

From this part of his speech to promote his book, we can know that Professor Dumbledore has finally returned to Hogwarts.

"Mainly considering the attack that happened some time ago, as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, I have the responsibility to improve your ability to deal with danger." Lockhart has always been good at rhetoric, "Professor Snape serves as my assistant.

,Next we will demonstrate the battle between wizards..."

Snape was wearing his unchanging black robes, and his expression was quite ugly. Erwin could directly guess what he was thinking. In Snape's eyes, this situation was like accompanying a fool with a bunch of children.

Play house.

Damn if you can be in a good mood.

Snape and Lockhart each stood on opposite sides of the stage, then turned to face each other and bowed. Lockhart's etiquette was very good, and he seemed to feel that he was already superior.

Then they each made preparations to cast the spell.

Obviously this is a fair duel process between wizards. It has a sense of the times and is very similar to Muggle duels with firearms... Well, yes, enemies who attack young wizards will also abide by such duel regulations, so

It is necessary to demonstrate it again.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Lockhart has too strong a desire to perform.

"As you can see, we are in a duel. After three seconds we will cast spells at the same time. Of course, we don't really want to hurt each other..."

Obviously Snape didn't agree with him.

Does this guy think he will really show mercy to Snape? Or is it not a shame to be hit by the other party's curse in this situation? Erwin in the audience shook his head and suddenly said: "Professor, you have

Something is lost."

"What?" Lockhart was stunned, but responded quickly, "Well, yes, it was indeed something I threw."

Erwin handed him a ring, and Lockhart quickly put it on.

"Then, let's start now..." He turned around, and as soon as he finished speaking, Snape's curse came.

"Expelliarmus!"

Because it was a demonstration, Snape shouted out, but the casting speed was nothing short of amazing.

Of course Lockhart couldn't react, and even if he did, he couldn't do much with his ability. So he just held up his wand.

However, what he didn't expect was that he was not knocked away. There was a burning sensation on the ring, and an invisible barrier instantly unfolded in front of him and disappeared, canceling out the disarming spell just now.

Luo Ha was special, but his acting skills were top-notch. Although he didn't immediately understand what was going on, he coughed twice in a pretentious manner, "In battle, you don't always have to attack. It's also good to anticipate the enemy's opportunity and defend."

Choice. Okay, Severus, it's enough for us to demonstrate a little like this, but we won't really have a fight in front of the students."

Professor Snape did not respond, looking sharply at Lockhart and then at Erwin.

There were quite a few little girls who actually screamed for Lockhart. Apparently, this skillful performance helped him regain a lot of points for the fool he had made before.

Lockhart continued to respond to his fans with a bright smile, but then he became a little distracted. When he saw Erwin was about to leave, he didn't even care about the dueling club he organized. He made an excuse and threw it to

Snape is in charge.

"Mr. Frost!" He shouted to Erwin sincerely after chasing him out of the classroom: "This ring..."

"You can keep it if you need it, but I have to remind you that it consumes your magic power." Erwin said calmly.

It was nothing more than an armor ring. Apart from Erwin, a freak who didn't have to worry about the recovery of magic power, only Lockhart, a guy with empty magic power but difficulty in using it, valued it.

"I said, as long as we maintain a cooperative relationship, I will not treat you badly." Erwin continued.

"Is there anything else I can do for you?" Lockhart asked knowingly.

"Here are the medicinal materials needed for the new batch." Erwin handed him a list.