Alchemy professor at Hogwarts

Chapter 83 Neville's Confinement

Seeing a large number of spiders coming in like a tide, Hardy first lifted Neville up, "The black snake comes out of its hole!"

As Hardy turned his wand, a small black snake appeared out of nowhere and landed in front of the two of them.

"Professor," Neville's lips turned white, "this little snake may not be able to deal with so many spiders."

Hardy raised the "English Flash" high, and shot the two larger spiders headshot first. The loud noise temporarily stopped the entire Kuroshio.

"You're right, Mr. Longbottom." Hardy said calmly, keeping Neville tightly behind him, "So, we have to do something."

Staring blankly at the "English Flash" in Hardy's hand, Neville opened his mouth in disbelief.

Is that a gun in the Muggle world?However, it seemed that the power was even more powerful, killing two big guys with just one shot.

Is it a new alchemy product?Neville's mind immediately perked up.

He expected that Professor Ollivander in front of him would be able to pull out something like a rocket launcher. If so, why would he be afraid of spiders.

However, let him down.

In the next second, Hardy waved his crystal wand, and a dark green light group immediately hit the little snake in front of him.

In an instant, the originally pitch-black little snake began to grow hard scales quickly, and its torso swelled rapidly, and the whole body of the snake was glowing with dark green light.

Hardy took out a basilisk scale from the wizard robe and threw it out, and was held in his mouth by the "giant snake" in front of him.

In the next second, its snake body changed again, and it was even comparable to the basilisk left by Slytherin. Its pair of huge yellow snake eyes made people's heart throb.

"My God, what is this... a basilisk?" Neville exclaimed, gripping Hardy's robe tightly.

As if sensing the basilisk-like aura, Aragog, who was about to return to the lair, immediately shouted, "Stand back, my children."

Click, click, it waved its huge black pincers, causing the Kuroshio-like spider to back away.

The spider's fear of the basilisk is deeply rooted in his blood.

"Who are you? A strange intruder." Although Aragog had lost his eyesight due to advanced age, it was still able to recognize Hadi's location.

"Hardy Ollivander, I am the alchemy professor at Hogwarts." Hardy said loudly, "You have kidnapped my students."

"What's the matter?" Aragog asked slowly.

Not far away, a spider the size of a hyena waved its black claws and clicked, "Humans, wandering not far away, got it back, food."

After roughly understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Aragog hesitated, "You shouldn't have broken in here, except for Hagrid."

"Hagrid?" Hardy frowned slightly, guessing in his heart, could it be that the aging acromantula in front of him knew him?
But soon, he felt relieved.

This is nothing to be surprised at. As the gamekeeper of Hogwarts, Hagrid's preference for all kinds of magical animals is no secret.

Maybe this huge acromantula in front of him was once raised by Hagrid, not necessarily.

"I'm sorry to break in, but we are Hagrid's friends." Hardy said, holding the "English Flash" tightly.

If the other party doesn't know how to flatter, he doesn't mind taking a few clean shots to that huge head.

After a brief silence, Aragog hesitantly "looked" in the direction of the giant snake.

"We hate it, let it go, and you too—"

With Aragog's order, the tiny black tide-like spiders immediately gave way to a passage.

"Mr. Longbottom, get out first and wait for me at the edge of the basin." Hardy looked around vigilantly.

Swallowing his saliva nervously, Neville couldn't help but ask, "Then...then what do you do?"

"Don't worry, I'm familiar with dealing with this kind of situation."

At Hardy's urging, Neville Longbottom nervously retreated along a passage surrounded by spiders.

After confirming that Neville had successfully reached the edge of the basin, Hardy followed closely behind.

Click, click, seeing that Hardy was about to exit the range of the Kuroshio, another spider the size of a hyena jumped down from an ash tree.

The thick black claws bit directly towards Hardy's neck.

"It seems that there are still some guys who are not very honest."

Hardy seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago. He seemed to use the "British Wall" to resist the spider's bite, and then raised the muzzle of the gun sharply, aiming at the opponent's head.

With a sound of "bang", blood splashed, and a blood hole the size of a bowl suddenly appeared. The huge spider immediately curled up its legs and fell to the ground.

Click, click, the silent Kuroshio became agitated again, but was quickly stopped by Aragog, "Let them go!"

This time, all the spiders finally calmed down.

When Hardy joined Neville again at the edge of the basin, he waved his wand, causing the giant snake in the distance to turn into a cloud of green smoke and disappear in place.

"Come on, we have to get out of here as soon as possible."

Hardy glanced at the large number of spiders that were rushing into the nest, and immediately brought Neville back to Hogwarts Castle.

……

In Professor Alchemy's office, Hardy handed Neville a bottle of calming potion, "Tell me, Mr. Longbottom, why did you appear in the Forbidden Forest?"

Frowning, Neville poured the snot-scented tranquilizing potion down his stomach, and Neville lowered his head listlessly, "I was wrong, Professor."

According to Neville, the reason why he appeared in the Forbidden Forest was to practice the disarm spell without hesitation.

"Hogwarts doesn't allow you to use spells casually. Apart from the Dueling Club, I can only find another place." Neville said shamefully.

Since the first dueling club taught young wizards the Disarming Charm, a dozen young wizards have mastered the trick.

Among them were Harry, Hermione and Ron.

"I also want to be like Harry and the others. I don't want to fall behind." Neville said aggrievedly, "But I'm too stupid, and I always forget things."

Neville added: "Originally, I just thought about it and practiced on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, but—"

He paused, as if he had seen some terrible scene, "A huge spider saw me, I wanted to run away, but I tripped over the spider silk it spewed out..."

After listening to Neville's "confession", Hardy sighed helplessly.

Since the starting point of the other party's trip to the Forbidden Forest was to practice the Disarming Curse, there was no need for him to be too harsh.

However, not being too harsh does not mean that there is no punishment.

"Mr. Longbottom, since you violated the school rules, Gryffindor needs to deduct thirty points. In addition, you will be locked up for a week."

Hardy said, "The confinement will start tomorrow, and I will notify the professors of your courses. Remember, come to me at eight in the morning."

After obediently accepting Hardy's punishment, Longbottom left the alchemy professor's office listlessly.

He also had to go to Madam Pomfrey for some sanitation of the scrapes.

"About the Duel Club, we have to wait for Dumbledore to talk about it when he comes back." Hardy murmured in the office.

After the Chamber of Secrets incident, the Dueling Club, which only held classes for the first time, was temporarily put on hold.

Originally, the school's designated professor was Gilderoy Lockhart, but with the ability of the other party, it is really not flattering.

In addition, the other party's recent focus has never been on teaching.

As long as he hastily dealt with his Defense Against the Dark Arts class, he would lock himself in the lounge and concentrate on his novel creation.

Professor Snape criticized his approach, saying that it was a serious waste of teaching resources for Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Neville Longbottom was obediently waiting outside the alchemy office.

(End of this chapter)