Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 367 The Evil Bird and Illusion

 Because the professor changes every year, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is not fixed and changes to a different location every year.

Last year Lockhart chose a large, sunny classroom to display his large self-portraits hanging on the walls.

Professor Lupine didn’t have a self-portrait, or even a few photos, so he just chose an ordinary empty classroom.

By the time they rushed over, there were only a few people in the classroom talking to each other.

They sat down and waited for a while before Professor Lupine finally walked into the classroom. With a faint smile on his face, he placed a tattered old box on the podium.

I don’t know if it was because he had eaten a few good meals, but he looked much healthier than when he was on the train. Coupled with the clean new robe, he seemed to be a different person.

"Good morning." He said happily, "Please put your textbooks back. Today is a practical class. You only need your magic wand."

The classmates put away their books and exchanged a few curious glances with each other. They vaguely remembered someone saying the same thing... Oren in the first grade.

 He was like this at the beginning, asking them to put away their textbooks and focus on practice.

 Some people are starting to get excited.

Although Oren is a dark wizard, it is undeniable that Defense Against the Dark Arts in the first year is the most interesting. In addition, he really prepares every lesson carefully.

Rather than being perfunctory like a few professors.

They are obviously not good people, but their level of professionalism is very different... This is probably why only Oren was able to run away in the end.

"Okay," Professor Luping saw that everyone was ready, so he took out a large cage covered with a curtain, "I have prepared a little surprise for you."

 Seeing this scene, everyone’s eyes looked even stranger.

Oren did the same thing before in the first class. He took out a cage containing Billywig bugs and said he had prepared a surprise for them.

 If you ignore the content inside, their movements, including the opening remarks, are almost exactly the same.

 These two people are not related at all...

Father and son? The age doesn't match.

brother? But judging from their appearance, they don’t even look alike!

But Professor Lupine didn't know what they were thinking. He lifted the cloth of the cage, revealing a bird with bright feathers inside.

The feathers on its head are very fluffy, and its claws are very small, looking like an upside-down water droplet.

"A professor told me that there was almost no progress in Defense Against the Dark Arts in the past two years, so you..."

His eyes stayed on Kyle for a while, "...most people's foundation is not very good."

"We have also defeated werewolves." A Ravenclaw whispered: "In Lockhart's stage play, there are trolls and vampires..."

 Everyone around understood it, and there was a burst of laughter.

 “Okay, but that’s not your true level.”

Professor Luping did not laugh. He just twitched his lips and changed the subject: "So I asked Professor Hagrid to find it from the Forbidden Forest and use it to do a small test to determine how much you have mastered. Knowledge."

 “First question, does anyone know what kind of animal this is?”

Kyle raised his hand and said: "Evil Bird."

“Yes, it’s the evil bird, plus five points for Hufflepuff.” Professor Lupine said, “Then what special abilities does it have?”

Autumn raised his hand faster this time,

 “The song of the evil bird can make people lose their minds and make some very abnormal behaviors.”

 “Exactly, five points to Ravenclaw.”

Professor Luping said, "When you see a bad bird, it's best to cover your ears immediately... But don't worry, the bad bird you saw just drank a large glass of brandy and is still drunk. I think Its current singing can at most make people's heads dizzy for a while, that's all.

“The spell used to deal with the evil birds is also very simple, you just need to stop them from making any sound.

"Let's practice the spell without taking the wand first. Please say with me... lock the tongue and seal the throat!"

 “Lock the tongue and seal the throat!” the whole class said together.

 “Very good,” Professor Lupine raised his hand, motioning for everyone to stand up, and then moved the tables, chairs and benches to the side. "But just knowing the spell is not enough. Now we all form a good team. Kyle, how about you be the first one."

Kyle nodded and stepped forward.

 Professor Lupine opened the cage.

But the evil bird seemed to have drunk too much. It stood there with its eyes closed. Kyle could even hear its long breathing... "Are you ready?"

Professor Lupine took out an old-fashioned record player, and after receiving Kyle's affirmative reply, he moved the needle.

Happy drumbeats sounded in the classroom.

This is "A Hot Spatula" by the Weird Sisters, and it was also the most popular fast-paced song more than ten years ago.

 When the music started playing, the bird's feathers trembled in a circle, visible to the naked eye. It opened its eyes and immediately sang happily to the rhythm.

 Some students immediately covered their ears, but some others chose to believe what Professor Lu Ping said.

They unexpectedly discovered that the song of the evil bird was not that harsh noise, but rather very nice. The sound was crisp and melodious, like the sound of raindrops falling on the leaves, or like the sound of flowers blooming... Strange, why do flowers make sounds? ?

It wasn't until a burst of warm applause came from around them that they came back to their senses.

 The evil bird at the front had its mouth open, but it didn’t make any more noise.

 “How do you feel?” Professor Lupine asked with a smile.

“Awesome.” A Ravenclaw girl said excitedly: “I heard many kinds of sounds, and I seemed to see the Forbidden Forest full of flowers.”

“It seems that this evil bird has a good capacity for drinking. If I had known, I would have given it more to drink.”

 “But it’s just as good as it is now.”

Professor Lupine said to everyone: "As you can see, this is the effect of the song of the evil bird. It can make people hear or see things that are not there...just like them."

He pointed in the classroom and found that those who had not covered their ears before had basically left the group, but the distance was not far, only two or three steps away.

“If it were normal circumstances, they would have started venturing into the Forbidden Forest by now, and then you would see a series of strange and funny actions.”

Most people looked disappointed, and they kind of hoped it would be that way.

Professor Lu Ping continued: "This is also the second point I want to tell you. Although the name of the evil bird sounds unfriendly, their songs are very beautiful. Unknowingly, they can make people fall into their own hallucinations. .

 So no matter what time, you must stay vigilant,

“After that, I will break the curse on the evil bird at any time. You must hear its song before you can recite the spell. Do you remember it?”

 “Remember, Professor!” everyone said.

 “Okay, next one.”

Kyle walked to the side, and Ryan behind him immediately stepped forward and stared at the evil bird closely.

Some people covered their ears again, but a few people chose not to do so. Obviously, they also wanted to see the Forbidden Forest full of flowers.

 In comparison, the spell to deal with the evil bird becomes less important.

Professor Luping didn't stop him and just watched with interest.

Until the end of get out of class, I don’t know if the drunkenness has passed, but the song of the evil bird suddenly became much louder.

Several people who were having fun immediately became sluggish. Some people were stretching their arms and legs, as if they were performing some kind of climbing exercise.

Some people thought they were fish in the black lake, lying on the ground and shaking their legs.

 The people in the classroom were laughing crazy.

Ryan held his stomach, ran to Mikel's side and imitated his actions.

Mikel didn’t cover his ears either. He was stretching his neck hard at the moment, trying to bite his heels.

Professor Lupine couldn't help but smile, and at the same time stretched out his hand to pull back a student who was standing on the windowsill and was about to perform high diving.

“I think now they know how dangerous the song of the evil bird is,” he said.

 The students laughed louder.

However, this situation did not last long, and by the time get out of class was over, everyone had basically recovered.

As soon as the bell rang, they rushed out impatiently, as if they didn’t want to stay for a moment longer, and the classroom was in chaos.

 (End of this chapter)