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Chapter 126 Showdown Demonstration
The straw seemed to be the symbol of the murderer.

As long as there is a place where this thing falls, it must have been here.

"The backyard of a bar, what is it doing here?" Sherlock frowned.

Silk didn't answer his question, but began to patrol the yard, but there were too many messy things, and it was hard to find anything at a glance.

She drew her wand, tapped the air, and cast a silent spell.

The next moment, all the dilapidated wooden barrels, tables, chairs and benches around them were floating in mid-air, and the original scene of the entire yard was presented in front of them.

There didn't seem to be any special places around, and Sherlock led Sirius around, but he didn't find anything weird.

At this time, the back door leading to the main hall of the bar was suddenly opened.

A dirty old man with a long, unkempt beard glared at them.

"What are you doing!"

This is the owner of the bar and part-time bartender. He was obviously startled by the movement of Silk's spell just now.

"Sorry, sir, we made some discoveries in your yard regarding the attack a few days ago."

Faced with this situation, Sherlock and the others had no good excuses to explain. The old man who smelled like sheep didn't listen to what they said at all, and yelled at them while pulling out his wand.

"Are you Aurors from the Ministry of Magic! If not, NOW! NOW! Get the hell out of my yard!"

"Okay, don't get excited, let's go."

Sherlock led Sirius and Silk and left the backyard of the bar together. They stood in an alley, looking at the dilapidated and dirty bar from afar.

Sherlock stroked his chin, staring at the bar, thinking of something else
Silke was also looking at the building. They seemed to want to go together, and Sherlock spoke first.

"If there's not something wrong with that backyard, there's something wrong with the bar itself."

"This town seems to have been occupied by goblins."

Silk's words reminded Sherlock of some things, and he said with a dazed expression.

"I remembered that one of Hogsmeade's most famous deeds is that during the goblin rebellion, they occupied this place and built a headquarters here. The location of that headquarters seems to be in this bar!"

The murderer came to the backyard of this pig's head pub, which happened to be the headquarters of the former goblin.

The matter was too coincidental, and people had to associate the two things together.

Sherlock thought.

"Maybe what it's looking for has something to do with the goblin's occupation of Hogsmeade."

Silk took a deep look at the building for the last time and said softly.

"I will find someone to verify these things."

The sky was completely dark, they didn't plan to stay here any longer, and were going back to Hogwarts.

Before leaving, Sherlock stared at the big black dog he was holding. He thought the dog was very smart and wanted to take it away as a pet.

"If you don't want to continue wandering, you can follow me in the future."

Sirius just thought about it for a moment in his mind, and then decisively rejected this idea in his heart.

Following Sherlock into Hogwarts seems to provide him with convenience, allowing him to act in the castle aboveboard.

But in fact, he didn't need this convenience at all.

He knows every secret passage from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts like the back of his hand.

On the contrary, if he followed Sherlock, any of his actions would be restricted, and if he was a little careless, his feet would be exposed, so Sirius showed resistance.

Seeing that he was unwilling to follow him, Sherlock didn't force it, and canceled the transformation of the dog leash, allowing Sirius to return to freedom.

Sirius, who was unshackled, ran away. He was afraid that Sherlock would suddenly change his focus and catch him back again.

But since Sherlock had let him go, naturally he wouldn't force him to do anything.

They returned to Hogwarts in the dark.

While having dinner in the auditorium, Sherlock also heard about Hagrid's accident in the first protection of Fantastic Beasts class today.

Out of a friend's concern, Sherlock went to Hagrid's hut to visit him.

Hagrid seemed to have just cried when he entered, his eyes were red, and he was blowing his nose on a tissue.

"Don't be sad, Hagrid, everyone has a first time, no one is born to teach students." Sherlock comforted.

But Hagrid wasn't relieved by that, he said gloomily.

"I prepared for a long time, thinking that everyone would like those little guys. But I didn't expect Malfoy to be scratched in the first class. His father is the school manager and has always hated me. Their family will definitely not Let me go!"

Sherlock already knew what happened.

To be honest, Malfoy is indeed partly responsible for this, but Hagrid, as a teacher, did not put any protection in the third grade class, letting these students come into contact with hippogriffs, this level of magic Living things are obviously more responsible.

But in this case, as a friend Sherlock, it is not easy to criticize it bluntly. After all, in the last semester, Hagrid helped him get a lot of black magic creatures to use as teaching cases.

He could only speak politely.

"In the following classes, you can choose some less dangerous magical animals for teaching. I think as long as the class is interesting enough, students should not care much about whether the animal is powerful or not."

Sherlock can only say so much. As for whether Hagrid listens to it later, it is up to him to decide.

A week passed quickly.

In the new week of school, Sherlock's teaching assistant Lupine's class also received a good response in the lower grades. The students found that his teaching was no worse than Sherlock's and quickly accepted him.

Such news would probably make Hagrid even more sad for a while. The two newly recruited professors this year, Lupine, were widely praised, but he injured a student in the first class.

After Silk came back from Hogsmeade that day, she nestled in the room on the fifth floor again, and she didn't know how she got information about the goblins' establishment of the headquarters in the Pig's Head Bar.

And as the new week begins, so does the second class of Year [-].

Dumbledore agreed to Sherlock's request and changed him to the largest classroom in the castle.

This should be an old Potions classroom, three times the size of a normal classroom, fully able to accommodate all the students in the seventh grade, and enough space for Sherlock to start teaching.

"I know some of you can't wait, but I hope you will remember that in the last class, I made two important points for you."

"Iron Armor Curse and Transfiguration, these two are the key points of the actual combat assessment. In my class, everyone must master the Iron Armor Curse, and the use of Transfiguration, I will correct your spell-casting operations in the actual combat exercises later, try to Get you into the habit of using Transfiguration more often."

Having said that, he cleared the front half of the classroom, and then asked the students below.

"So who wants to come up with me and give everyone a duel demonstration?"

The students all raised their hands in unison. Of course, they didn't want to give up such an opportunity.

Most of the people in the school know about Sherlock's previous employment in the Auror Command of the Ministry of Magic. In addition, he is very clear about the actual combat test process. Take a practical test.

In the end, Sherlock chose Percy, which was also a small reward for him to help him collect homework and release notices.

The other students stood against the wall to the corner, leaving enough space for them.

Sherlock and Percy each drew out their own magic spells and put them away in front of them.

"Ready, Weasley?"

Percy's hand holding the wand was slightly sweating, and he was naturally under great pressure when facing Sherlock.

"I'm ready, Professor."

"Then I will count down to three two one, and we will start when the countdown is over."

"Three, two, one!"

The second after Sherlock's countdown ended, Percy and he raised their wands at him at the same time.

"Armor protection!" ×2.

Invisible shields wrapped and protected Sherlock and Percy respectively.

In fact, if Percy used the Iron Armor Curse in a formal battle, Sherlock could have tried to knock him down directly, but this was an assessment after all, and he had to follow the rules of the actual combat assessment.

Immediately after they had both cast the Iron Armor Charm on themselves, Percy pointed his wand back at Sherlock.

"Except your weapons!"

His first attack was still a spell.

Sherlock was not in a hurry, he waved the spell, and it was still an armor spell.

"Armor protection."

But this time the Iron Armor Curse no longer wrapped his body to form a protection, but directly formed a transparent barrier with the tip of the wand as the center.

Percy's Disarming Curse was accurately blocked by the Iron Armor Curse. At the same time, the originally colorless barrier also turned blood red after coming into contact with the red disarming curse.

In the next second, the spell bounced back directly!
Fortunately, Percy had been prepared for a long time. Sherlock had taught them that advanced iron armor spells can bounce back the caster's spells in the sixth grade class (actually, it should have been taught in the fifth grade, but the fifth graders should have been taught it. The professor is Quirrell).

Before his own spell was bounced back, Percy rolled a donkey from the ground. Although it was a bit ugly, he managed to avoid the bounced disarming spell.

While tumbling, Percy caught the cover of the big movement of his body, and waved his wand very subtly and subtly.

A chair behind Sherlock suddenly changed!

Five slender poisonous snakes stretched up his ankles with their vomits, and stretched longer and longer, when they were about to become five ropes, Sherlock tapped his wand lightly.

"Stop the curse."

The poisonous snake was instantly beaten back to its original shape, turned back into a chair and fell on the spot.

The next moment after using the universal cure, his wand suddenly swung again, but no spell came out of his mouth.

Seeing this scene, Percy's heart tightened immediately, and he immediately looked around himself, trying to observe what was deformed by Sherlock.

However, there was nothing around him, nothing suitable for transformation at all!
At this time Percy realized that he had been deceived, but when he realized it was too late, because Sherlock's spell had already been used.

"Except your weapons."

The red curse streaked across the narrow space, and when Percy couldn't avoid it, it hit the Iron Armor Curse on him head-on!

Invisible ripples swayed in front of him, and then a sound like breaking glass suddenly sounded!
Percy's Iron Armor Curse successfully blocked the disarming spell, but was also successfully broken by Sherlock.

Just when Percy was about to reorganize the offensive from the panic and find a chance for himself to re-armour, the two chains entangled his legs silently at some point!

As soon as Percy realized it, before he had time to raise his wand, the two chains wrapped around his arms, and he was bound to death on the spot!
This is the end of this duel.

All the other students watching the battle gave sincere applause.

The duel was very exciting. Although Percy lost, no one thought he would win at first, and he was able to last so long under Sherlock's hands, which was beyond many people's expectations.

And Sherlock's ability to cast spells and undo spells with ease left a deep impression on the students.

Every swing of his staff is not like fighting, but more like an artist carving out the most exquisite masterpiece!
"Very good, Weasley."

Sherlock cancels the transfiguration on Percy, and it is only at this time that Percy realizes that the object used for transfiguration is actually a chair.

It's just that this chair was far away from him before, and he never paid attention to it.

Sherlock's silent swipe was not a deception, but the target of the Transfiguration was far away from Percy, so he didn't notice it at the first time, thinking it was a false move, and then he was attracted by the disarming spell that pierced his armor full attention.

It was too late when he finally found out.

"Your performance is perfect enough. Apart from lacking some experience, you are not inferior to any adult wizard. If this is a real combat assessment, I will give you the highest score."

Sherlock was not stingy about complimenting Percy.

Because his performance is indeed among the best among the students, there is no shortage of geniuses among the children of the Weasley family, and Percy is undoubtedly one of them.

It's just that his desire for utilitarianism and power is a bit too strong compared to his other brothers.

Just like he was easily seduced by Tom last semester, psychological problems will put him at risk of going the wrong way in the future.

But now it's an actual combat class, naturally Sherlock will not delve into his psychological problems.

His admiration made Percy blush, and walked back among the students with his chest held high.

Afterwards, Sherlock began to analyze the entire duel demonstration for the students.

"The most important thing in magic combat is to master the rhythm. To expand it, it is to master the rhythm of casting and unraveling spells."

(End of this chapter)