A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 526 Sirius' Defense Against the Dark Arts Lesson
When Harry, Ron and Hermione walked into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom the next afternoon, Sirius had already appeared early, and he was completely different from before - wearing a set of fine-fitting dark clothes , with a lining of the same dark color, the neckline is loose, and his face has a casual expression, matching his curly black curly hair, as if he has stepped out of an oil painting.

"Harry?" He came over and asked worriedly, "I heard you deducted a lot of points? Was it Snape?"

Harry suddenly felt a sense of space-time confusion.The image of Sirius seems to overlap with when he was the best man at his parents' wedding more than ten years ago, at most, he is more mature now.

"Nothing really," Harry muttered, not wanting Sirius and Snape to clash.

"Okay then, let's talk about it later." Sirius hesitated for a moment, "You stay after class, there is something that I think you should know about Hagrid."

"He's back?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Hush." ​​Sirius stopped the three of them, "He doesn't want other people to pay attention to this, and he can't get away for the time being... Let's go visit him with Felix at night."

Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other without further questioning.They sat on their seats, and Lavender Brown in the back row was whispering to Parvati-"Don't you think the new professor is more handsome than the previous Lockhart..." The two girls chattered.

Harry hurriedly changed to the seat inside, for fear of being infected by the stupidity emanating from the two of them.

Hermione looked at Sirius, and asked equally expectantly, "You said Hay - will he come back to class next week?"

"I don't know, I hope." Harry said, judging from Sirius' tone, Hagrid should be back, but why didn't he show up?
The class bell rang, and all the students silently stared at Sirius, with deep scrutiny hidden in their eyes. This is the treatment every new professor has, but this time it is very different, because the new professor's resume is too scary— —Of course not because of his status as an aide to the Minister of Magic, but because this person once escaped from Azkaban under the title of "the number one Death Eater under the Mysterious Man", and his terrifying reputation frightened them for half a year.

At that time, everyone was very curious about how he escaped from prison and approached the school. Many students present had rumors about the new professor.

"Okay, students, as a rule, I need to introduce myself first. But I don't think anyone here doesn't know my name. After all, my wanted notice has been hanging in Hogsmeade for more than half a year. The big card on the Honeydukes window It's amazing..." Sirius said cheerfully: "Although my appearance is different from that time, my name has not changed."

"Sirius Black, you can call me Professor, Professor Black, of course, you can just call me by my first name after you get to know each other well."

The students exchanged glances with each other, and the new professor seemed easy to talk to...

"Do you have any questions? If not, we'll start the class."

"But—" Hermione held up her hand. "Um, Professor Black?" Sirius smiled at her.

"We don't have textbooks yet," she said.

The students nodded one after another, and Harry's heart ached, afraid that his godfather would say something: I forgot.But on second thought, Harry found it unlikely.

"You talk about textbooks, we don't need those things, and what I'm going to teach you can't be memorized with your brain." Sirius said.

"Now take your wands and follow me." Before the others could react, he had disappeared from the classroom.

After a few seconds, he showed half of his head suspiciously, "What are you waiting for? Did I not speak clearly enough?"

Everyone moved one after another, exchanging excited glances with each other.

Hermione was shocked.When the other students stood up from their seats and walked towards the door, she was still in place.

"A good start, isn't it?" said Ron, holding his unicorn wand in his hand. "All of a sudden I have faith in him."

They went down the stairs in a sparse procession, then passed through the hall, walked out of the castle, and stopped in a clearing by the Black Lake.

It may be because it rained only yesterday, but today's weather is exceptionally sunny, warm and comfortable.The sun is shining brightly, the breeze is gentle, and the golden waves are rippling on the lake. Many people have a thought in their hearts, if only today is the weekend.

"When will there be two more walls here? It's too ugly..." Draco Malfoy frowned and asked. On the grass not far from them, there were two stone walls, about twenty feet long, nearly one person high, spaced sixty or seventy feet apart.

Sirius pretended he didn't hear it, but he built it up in the dark, even if it's crooked, it's understandable, isn't it?

"Be quiet, students. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class has an eternal theme, that is how to protect yourself when you are in danger. My request to myself is to teach you how to protect yourself in times of war... Can anyone tell me?"

As expected, Hermione was the first to raise her hand.

"Hermione—" Sirius coughed suddenly, "Well, I mean, Miss Granger, you answer."

"According to the pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Magic, in the event of danger, the only thing for a young wizard to do is to protect himself and stay away from danger—quickly join his family and use Apparition to escape. Therefore, everyone must master and adapt to the appearance of followers. .”

"Very good, very correct, do you remember?" Sirius looked at the students.

Only a few people nodded.Sirius frowned, "I said... there is nothing difficult about it, do you need her to repeat it again?"

Almost everyone nodded now.

"Great, that's the end of this part." Sirius said with satisfaction.

Others were a little dazed, what do you mean by 'finish'?Sirius cleared his throat, "It's as simple as that if you want to protect yourself, don't run around, don't cause trouble, and then learn the skills of showing the followers. I won't talk about the showing of followers today, I forgot to apply for permission with the principal..."

Then, his tone became low and solemn, just standing there could attract everyone's attention.

"Of course it's best to be able to escape, there's no need to risk your life...but if you can't escape, or you have a reason to stay, then you have only one choice - that is to take up the wand and fight bravely , no matter who the enemy is." He said in a deep voice.

At this time, we can see the subtle influence of the characteristics admired by different colleges on students.Although it is not obvious if it is singled out, if you zoom in to a group, you can still see the difference - most of the students, Gryffindor and some Slytherin students were moved by the tenacious fighting spirit in Sirius' words, and began to think about themselves. Under what circumstances must you choose to fight, but some people still shook their heads slightly, expressing their disapproval.

In fact, there is no distinction between the two. If you are too calm, you will be indifferent, and if you cross the line bravely, you will become reckless.

……

"Okay!" Sirius clapped his hands and said to the students: "Let's divide into groups, the students of Slytherin House stand here, and the students of Gryffindor House go there." He opened his hands, It's like holding two small flags indicating the direction.

The students walked to the designated position as instructed, and Draco Malfoy strode past Harry and turned his head with a provocative look.

"Looks like a duel is going to happen soon, I learned a lot during the summer vacation." He whispered.

"You can challenge me." Harry has long been used to hearing these words, so he answered very smoothly: "But my opponent is a Death Eater, if you know one, you can introduce it to me, you know?"

Draco's smug expression froze as he thought of Aunt Bella, who had briefly lived in his house.

"Hurry up! You two!" Sirius urged from the side. The two were standing in their respective houses. Whether it was a coincidence or not, Harry found himself standing in front of one of the stone walls, as did the group opposite.

Sirius stood among them, and took out a whistle from his pocket: "What you have to do is actual combat, it can be understood as a melee, use the academy as the camp to knock down the other side. I want to see your real level, listen to me Instructions - when the whistle sounds, you can start, I will give a reminder in advance, remember: only use the Stunning Spell and the Iron Armor Spell, there should be no one here who can't do it?"

The two groups froze for a few seconds, melee? — "It's not fair," Draco exclaimed, "we have fewer people on our side!"

"Why don't I switch you to another group?" Sirius asked in a threatening tone, showing his white teeth.At least from Draco's point of view.

"I'm not going," said Draco, shrinking his neck, making him a group full of Slytherins or Gryffindors?He'd only experienced this feeling in the Rune Club, but that wasn't fighting either.

"Then be obedient," Sirius said impatiently, and then he said loudly to everyone: "You think the competition will only be held once? Do you think everything on the battlefield will be as you wish? I hope you will still have the strength for a while Complain. I have prepared a lot of tricks!"

The wand in Harry's hand was clenched tightly. He hadn't expected that the content of the practical class would be a melee, and the Slytherin students on the opposite side were also at a loss.But gradually, the expressions on the faces of some students became vivid, and the hidden thoughts in their hearts grew rapidly, and they all showed dangerous smiles at their opponents.

Harry's heart tightened, and he moved closer to Ron in small steps, and at the same time whispered to Hermione, "Come closer, let's get together."

"What, oh!" Hermione still hadn't recovered from the shock, she said with obvious confusion: "How could Sirius do this? He's sure to get a lot of complaints! He's doing more than Hagrid, Moody The professor also needs to—”

"Let's talk later," Harry interrupted her.

On the other side, most of the students were still standing there blankly, and Sirius had already started counting down, "Three-two-one-drop!" The loud whistle echoed in the field, and the red light of the Stunning Curse criss-crossed , Hermione and Ron released the Iron Armor Charm at the same time to protect them. Harry's wand poked out from the gap of the spell and shook quickly, and the two fell down immediately on the opposite side.

After a round of confrontation, Gryffindor and Slytherin each fell by nearly a third, and everyone stopped, not knowing what to do next.

"Continue! Until one side is completely down!" Sirius, who retreated into the distance, shouted at them.

Draco Malfoy was the first to react. Standing behind a crooked stone wall, he called out to the others, "Come here! We're few, use the circumstances—" A spell hit the wall near him , it was Ron, he put away his wand regretfully: "Missed."

The spell was like a whip, and the students ran behind their stone walls.From the perspective of Sirius, students from the two colleges will be found standing behind a stone wall, looking around cautiously.

There were already a dozen students lying on the ground.

Behind the stone wall, Harry licked his lips. He didn't feel the pressure. It seemed like an easy task to knock two people down with the Silent Stunning Charm, especially since he was protected by Ron and Hermione's Iron Armor Charm. My previous approach was too conservative.

"Don't worry about those people on the ground, they are already 'corpses'." Sirius shouted from a distance.

Under his urging, the two groups of students chanted spells to each other across the stone wall. After the initial fear and discomfort, everyone was immersed in this tense, exciting and unique duel game. They gradually gave up defense and just used Stunning spells were shot at each other, and a few minutes later, both sides fell down with half of their companions, and there were only single digits left on the Slytherin side, and Sirius shook his head for a while.

Now the situation on the court has completely turned into a bad battle.

The huge disadvantage in numbers made the Slytherin students wake up. They finally stopped showing their heads and hid behind the solid stone wall, only occasionally taking a quick glance from the edge or above the defensive wall. Some students in the group stood still carelessly, and would be hit by chaotic spells in the next second.No one dared to take the lead easily.

The situation is deadlocked.Sirius raised his wand from a distance, let those unlucky ones who had been hit by the stun spell escape from the 'battlefield', and awakened them with the resurrection spell. Many people looked shocked when they woke up, and they didn't remember how they were hit.

"Look carefully, I have to write a paper when I go back." Sirius said to them.

……

"They're hiding inside and they can't come out, what to do, Harry?" Neville called, leaning against the wall.He poked his head out just now, and almost got hit by a spell.

Harry glanced back at the rest of them. "Sixteen left," said Hermione.Harry gritted his teeth, "Are you willing to act together?"

"of course."

"We're all at your disposal, Harry."

"The opportunity is so rare, we are about to defeat Slytherin." Seamus said excitedly.

"Okay," Harry no longer refused, "me, Ron, Hermione," he hesitated, "and Neville, we will go ahead and defend with the Iron Armor Charm, Seamus and Dean are ready to go on top at any time." , the others stand behind us and chant the stun spell!"

It took them half a minute to adjust, barely formed a formation, and walked out from behind the stone wall.

On the other side, Draco frowned, feeling something was wrong, there was no movement outside for a long time, what was going on?He estimated that there were at least a dozen people on the opposite side, but on their side——he had a gloomy face, there were only six people.

No matter how you think about it, you lose.

Damn Sirius Black, Dad is right, he is the biggest traitor of the pure-blood family!

He glanced at the servants beside him - Goyle had fallen, only Crabbe was left, "Crabbe, you go and have a look outside." With multiple wands, he poked his head out from the wall, and then his eyes suddenly opened wide.

"what happened?"

"what happened?"

"You said it!"

The few remaining people asked questions in confusion.

"They—" Crabbe was in the middle of the sentence, and then he was hit by a stunning spell and fell to the grass with a "thud".Draco's eyes twitched violently, not because of Crabbe's curse - it was nothing more than a stun spell - but because he heard footsteps coming very close.

"Hi, Malfoy."

A teasing voice said, Draco looked up, Harry smiled brightly through a transparent magic barrier, and handed out two black wands from behind Harry, a red light flashed, spells and darkness struck at the same time Hit him.

The remaining dozen or so Gryffindors cheered deafeningly, "We won!"

Sirius came over and cast the resurrection spell on the six students.

"At the end of the first round, no other spells were used, which is good, knowing that in other years, some people used jinxes indiscriminately, and I punished them for copying sentences. The method I learned from Muggle school usually works well... So, the Slytherins are gone, and Gryffindor wins."

The Gryffindor students were beaming, and kept shouting: "We have won! We have won! We have defeated Slytherin!"

"...One more thing, half of your comrades are 'dead'." Sirius said blankly, and Harry and the others immediately stopped laughing.

"Next, there will be a second competition. This time, only the Soft Legs Curse is allowed, not even the Iron Armor Curse, and you can't defend against it...We use it to simulate the Death Curse, you should know its characteristics...It's hard to resist, the curse die."

Many Slytherin students cast hateful glances at him. They thought they were going to suffer another humiliation. Even Harry was terrified by these gazes, but Sirius didn't care at all.

"Stand over here, I'm going to regroup." Soon, Sirius cut a piece of red and green cloth into two pieces like a pair of sharp scissors. In the two colleges, you have me, and I have you.They stand together, but they are distinct.There was only blankness left on everyone's faces.

Harry saw the face of Malfoy who had just been knocked out, but Ron and Hermione were on the opposite side.

"The number of people is almost the same this time, what do you think?" Sirius asked.

Then, he retreated to the distance again, "I'll give you 2 minutes to think about tactics, and start immediately when the time is up. You all know the rules, and whoever loses this time will not make excuses. Of course, you use It’s okay to be in a daze during this time.”

Harry looked at the new group, and no one spoke for a while. Half of the Gryffindor students and half of the Slytherin students looked at each other strangely. Not long ago, they waved their sticks at each other and cheered for each other's fall. , but now they were forced to stand together. Obviously, everyone was caught off guard.

I don't know where Sirius learned this trick.He couldn't help thinking complainingly.

"Why is it so like the Rune Club?" Neville murmured.

Harry suddenly understood, he looked at Draco, and he was in the same mood as when he first saw him in Madam Malkin's robe shop, how could there be such an annoying person... Harry thought to himself, but he still endured the discomfort Said: "According to the rules of the club?"

Draco looked at Harry appreciatively, they hated each other.Just when Harry was getting impatient, Draco said with a sneer on his pale face, "Okay."

"Hey, Potter, you have to be careful of the spell coming next to you." A girl next to him whispered.

"Shut up, Pansy," Draco said coldly.

2 minutes passed quickly, and Sirius blew his whistle again.

"The battle has begun! What are you waiting for!" He urged from a distance, and everyone subconsciously waved their wands and recited the incantation of the Soft Legs Curse.

Harry suddenly realized that if it was a chaotic battle just now, the venue would be a mess now, with spells flying around, many people were reciting spells, and the next second their feet limp on the ground, and the spells hit their companions .

You can't use the Iron Armor Curse and the stone wall, you can only dodge. Many people jump up and down, and there are very few students who have the ability to fly the spell.

"Only use the Weak Legs Curse. The students who have been cursed will leave the battlefield by themselves after undoing the curse." Sirius shouted from the edge of the battlefield, picking up a spell at random.His teeth were itchy with anger, some idiot cast the spell on him, it was hard not to suspect that it was intentional.

……

"Spread! Scatter - ouch!" Harry heard Ron yell.

When there were only a dozen people left on the field, someone yelled, "Rush over!" Then the other side rushed over, and Harry took advantage of the chaos to hit three, but then the two groups got mixed together, and everyone stared. With small eyes, no one dared to act rashly.

Hermione looked at Harry hesitantly. The two of them were definitely not in the same group, but - wouldn't it be nice for them to attack each other?They didn't bother for long, and Sirius came over with a dark face, "What's your name?" he said to a Slytherin student.

"Brace Zabini," the student whispered back.

Sirius looked at him carefully for two seconds, "Effective tactics." Blaise just wanted to laugh, but Sirius added, "But it's also pretty stupid, dying the fastest on the battlefield." He turned his head and announced loudly: " The second game is over. Come here."

The students sat on the grass in twos and threes.Sirius sat between them, his chin resting on one hand, and squinted at them.

"Tsk tsk, look at your performance just now. If this is on the battlefield, the survivors can count them on one hand."

A Slytherin student muttered dissatisfiedly: "It's not our fault in the first match, the numbers are not equal..." He was still angry about the first match.

Sirius sneered shortly, "Who told you that the war is fair? What do you think the real battle is like, and everyone made an appointment to fight together? Each other abides by the rules of the game, and it's a one-on-one, fair fight?"

"What you're talking about has nothing to do with war."

He shook his head and propped his knee with the other hand. His face was weather-beaten, and the years of imprisonment still left marks on him, but the fusion of this experience and his own temperament made him even more charming. He was sitting on the ground now, but it still made people suspect that he had just escaped from the noble banquet.

Sirius said lazily: "Sometimes you are the one with fewer people, so what should you do? You can't say, if there are many people on the other side, then I will join the other side, right? If your family is killed by three or five black wizards Siege, you still have to say to them: This is not fair, so turn around and walk away?”

"The gap in numbers, the gap in strength, the state, the first move, the environment, the weather, the degree of tacit understanding with your companions...every item will affect the two sides that are evenly matched, thereby changing the situation of the battle. What I have to do this year is Let you experience these things as realistically as possible.”

"Of course, some of the test spells are also within the scope of my teaching."

"Next, analyze the previous two battles by yourself. You can talk about the shortcomings and advantages. Let's chat casually... Has anyone raised their hand? No? Then I will leave homework, an analysis paper, at least three feet... "

"Don't, Professor!"

"Did we say it's not enough!"

In a 'friendly and harmonious' atmosphere, the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of the fifth grade ended.

Sirius scratched his chin, "Okay, then homework... er, no, let me reveal the content of the next class in advance: I will randomly select two teams to conduct simulated battles, each team has between two and five people , Think about how to deal with five people when you only have one companion, at least you have to persist long enough to last until the reinforcements arrive...Okay, see you in the next class."

(End of this chapter)