A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 436 Before the Game
For the rest of January, nothing major happened, but minor problems continued.

After Professor Moody returned to the classroom, he brought new controversies as expected. In the mouths of some senior students, he seemed to have the shadow of "Lockhart"-let them search for information, read aloud in class, and vividly narrate what happened experience in oneself.

His famous quote - "Be vigilant at all times" is repeated in Defense Against the Dark Arts class again.

During this period of time, the little wizards went to the library every day to search for information about the war more than ten years ago. The originally rather deserted war records were dug out, including various newspapers from more than ten years ago.

The little wizards looked at these things every day, and they were exhausted physically and mentally. Coupled with the fifth and seventh grade wizard level exams, many students who were in class suddenly cried hysterically and were sent to the school hospital by the professors.

Even Fred and George, the optimists, were relieved when Defense Against the Dark Arts classes returned to 'normal'.One afternoon, Fred sniffled and said, "Mum and Dad used to tell us very little about the war, and if anyone did, the other would interrupt, and Mum seldom talked about the two uncles . . . but We went to the newspapers of those years to find out what kind of life they lived..."

George said with lingering fear: "I can see pictures of houses with the Dark Mark every two or three days, and I have shadows."

Harry didn't want to say more, because there has been a trend in Hogwarts recently. Since Professor Moody asked the students to read the deeds of those who died in the war one by one in class, some descendants of 'war heroes' were used to be in awe. eyes watching.

Neville stammered more than once to explain that his parents had recovered, and showed his classmates the clippings and newspapers he had collected, but the number of people who came to comfort him continued unabated.The same is true for Harry, he suddenly found that Parvati Patil's expression became gentle again...

He doesn't like this feeling, whenever someone looks at him like this, it will remind him of the fact of his parents' sacrifice. 'No one is a hero in order to make their son adored. ' thought Harry angrily.

He, Hermione, and Ron practiced spells in the abandoned classroom, and gradually learned a lot of useful spells. In a remote corner, they smashed a small piece of ice in the Black Lake, experimenting with warm-up spells that were not yet proficient. And the water-repellent charm, every time I came out of the lake trembling.

When the ice of the Black Lake melted and Krum practiced diving from the diving board of the black sailboat in a pair of shorts, they were already thinking about how to maintain their combat effectiveness in the Black Lake.

"Spells on land are much less effective in water, especially fire-type magic. At most, they shoot out a scorching stream of water. The effect against Grindylow is probably not as good as the withdrawal spell..." Hermione was nervous say.

As February rolled on, she became like this, and when Ron suggested that they could kick these dangerous creatures away with their feet, Hermione glared at him, looking as if she was about to kick him.

"We might need some Transfiguration and Summoning spells," said Hermione.

"Are you going to have us summon a stick?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Don't be silly, I mean this—" said Hermione, drawing out her wand, and shouting, "Flocks of birds!" Her wand gave a loud bang, and a flock of birds flew from the tip of the wand, He fluttered his wings and surrounded the three of them.

"What's the use of that?" asked Harry, who had seen the spell before.Mr. Ollivander was invited to inspect the warriors' wands before the first project, and he used Krum's wand to cast the spell.

"They can peck people and block vision, but I prefer Professor Flitwick's approach," said Hermione, struggling to maintain her magic, flushed as Harry and Ron had never seen her use a spell. Had a hard time.

She seemed to be fighting against some invisible resistance, the wand drew a half arc, and the birds suddenly swelled up, the size of owls, Harry's eyes widened suddenly, he had an impression of this scene, in the second In the first grade, Professor Flitwick demonstrated it in dueling class.

Having come into close contact with this magic again after two years, Harry stared in horror at the long, sharp beaks of these little birds, which were as long as three inches!
There was another "bang", and the birds disappeared.

Hermione panted lightly, and shook her head, "I still can't handle it well, in fact, I have always been good at manipulating magic, especially after practicing with Billywigs in the Rune Club..."

When they returned to the castle from the Black Lake, Ron whispered to Harry, "All she has to do is hide behind a stone and cast spells, and these little birds will help her out of all her troubles, and you can't do anything about her. "

Harry thought about the scene just now, and couldn't agree more.

"How's your Bubble Curse going?" Harry asked softly.

Ron's face fell. "It was a nightmare. I've written to my family and said I don't need their help...but Fred and George blocked the road ahead of time, you know, Mom even praised them in her reply letter..."

Harry felt sorry for him, especially when he saw Ron take a shower first thing after practicing the Head Curse, leaving a lingering smell of dung bombs behind him.

His own Iron Armor Curse wasn't going well either.If there is a choice - he would definitely prefer to master the protective Humanoid Iron Armor Curse instead of the single-purpose Bubble Head Curse, but now he has to make a choice and consider which one is more cost-effective to choose.

For the next few days, he kept running to classroom No. [-], forgetting even the matter of Occlumency.So when he was awakened by a nightmare one day, he could only blame himself for being lazy on it.

Harry told Professor Hemp about it, hoping the professor would pass it on to Headmaster Dumbledore, even though he didn't remember much.

"I just know that Voldemort is very happy, some happy event has come." Harry said scratching his stomach.

Felix nodded, "Maybe he found another temporary body for himself. There's no other way. They hid it too well." He also hoped that Voldemort would come to find Rita Skeeter Please, so he can try to capture Crouch Jr.

But Rita Skeeter, who got his promise, moved quietly, and is currently hiding in Diagon Alley to sort out the information that Sirius gave her.

Harry went back with a heavy heart, and began to wonder what was the point of participating in the Tournament—Voldemort was about to be resurrected, and he could only practice the useless Freezing Curse in the Black Lake, could he still expect it to freeze Voldemort? Killing Curse?
The person who supported him through this period of self-doubt was Sirius. If there is anyone in the world who has the closest feelings to him, it is only his godfather, including his attitude towards Voldemort.

But to Harry's surprise, Sirius found himself a temporary job.His jaw almost dropped when he saw the Smelting School badge through the two-way mirror.

"How did you end up where Dudley went to school?" Harry yelled recklessly, and a fifth grader in the common room looked up morosely, muttering, "Another crazy one." And then went on with what seemed like forever Unfinished homework.

Sirius in the mirror is quite cheerful, "It was introduced by Felix, because I can't get a diploma recognized by Muggles, I can only do odd jobs, and the money is not much... But how should I say it? I Definitely found some tricks with taking students."

Harry listened to Sirius talking about his teaching assistant job, "I will use my wand to handle those equipment when no one is around, and I will do it quickly and well..."

There is also an old teacher in his 50s who is his partner, who is out of breath every time he runs.

After Sirius learned how to whistle foul students off, he just stood aside and slacked off.So Harry was lucky enough to see how Dudley dragged his fat body around the field, especially when he stuck out his tongue and almost scrambled to the finish line, the pressure in Harry's heart disappeared all of a sudden.

Before the first Hogsmeade weekend in February, he had learned the Iron Armor Charm.His Iron Armor Charm has also undergone earth-shaking changes, the only regret is that he can't turn the Iron Armor Charm into a cool gold or blood red shield.

Ron also ended his special training.On the day he successfully learned the Bubble Curse, he walked around the lounge wearing a huge transparent cover that looked like an upside-down fish tank. He also participated in the discussion between Fred and George, expressing that he would pay for it. A big dung bomb or two.

Fred and George grinningly handed him a box of Honeydukes candy spree.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione had a great day at Hogsmeade, and then plunged into intense preparations.Harry and Hermione walked into the depths of the Black Lake step by step with the Humanoid Iron Armor Curse and Ron with the Foam Head Curse, and they saw a novel world.

Harry was surprised that he had been so new to the Black Lake before.

A few dozen feet below the surface of Black Lake, they could still see the gray, treacherous water above.At our feet was a jungle of undulating, tangles of black waterweed, and broad flat sands strewn with shiny pebbles.

In the distance, there are large expanses of shadows, without any light.They could only see a small area nearby by holding up their wands and using the luminous spell. The deeper areas were black patches of different shades. From time to time, big things passed by them. They couldn't be sure that it was a piece of wood. Or some kind of creature, maybe a giant squid!
Harry had another worry, what if the giant squid swallowed them all in one gulp?Although it would push the drowning students back into the boat when the new students entered, he couldn't guarantee that it would always be so gentle, especially when Ron said during a breath that they had already invaded its territory.

As time passed, they traveled deeper and deeper into the Black Lake, even trying to get close to the merman tribe in one adventure.

Swimming, Harry noticed that Hermione and Ron were gone, something tugging at him, which terrified Harry until a bright, opalescent light appeared in the distance, and he realized that it was the A Grindylow.

"Let it loose!" Harry chanted through the man-shaped iron armor, and the hand of the light green creature with horns loosened as if cramped, and he swam to Hermione - she held a bright light in her hand. The ball of light looked around in a panic—she was surrounded by a group of mermaids.

In the end they were kicked out in desperation.Judging from the rude gestures of the leading mermaid, if they dared to invade the mermaid's territory again, they would probably have to wait for Dumbledore or Professor Haip to lead them.

Harry touched his head and came out of the water wet all over. He didn't know how other warriors solved this trouble, but he had just been hit twice with a spear by a tall and strong mermaid, and his mind was dazed .

"Fred and George are lying. It is impossible for them to complete the task of drawing a map of the Black Lake." Ron complained.

Hermione was still blaming herself on the way back, "I shouldn't have used the lighting technique, but I was too nervous, you disappeared all of a sudden, there was something haunting me, now that I think about it, it might be water plants... really not What should we do when we know the official game..."

After returning to the dormitory, Ron took off his clothes and showed Harry the bruise on his back: "It was hit by the mermaid, I kicked him, you know, I wanted to try the effect in advance... and then there were two The three mermaids rushed up and gave me two hard blows."

Harry helped to administer the medicine to Ron, who hissed and moaned, "There's one more on the ass, I'll do it myself."

Two days before the start of the second project, a group of staff from the "Future World" company came to the school and erected a huge projection screen on the shore of the Black Lake. Lupine and Penello introduced the role of the projection screen to them, "They can show you how heroic you are in the game."

"Oh, that's what we want," muttered Ron, "to embarrass everyone."

On the last day before the game, their nerves were stretched to the extreme.Harry found that despite all their preparations, there was not enough time, and the unfinished business in Hermione's booklet grew faster than the crossed out.

But anyway, they ushered in a second project.

(End of this chapter)