Hogwarts Scholar System

Chapter 166 Boggart in the Closet

"Ah!" Maple had a surprised look on her face, and then, Snape kicked her out of the office.

Maple, who knew the future, knew Lupin's identity early on. He was surprised that Snape actually told him Lupin's werewolf identity and gave him Lupin's Wolfsbane potion to configure.

Actually, this is fine.

The werewolf's wolfsbane potion needs to be used once a month, and the trouble is that it cannot be prepared in advance.

Although he hated the task assigned by Dumbledore to the extreme, Snape would not refuse it outright.

Of course, you can't help but add a little revenge to the object you hate!

For example, Lupine became weak from time to time after drinking his Wolfsbane potion, causing Professor Trelawney to misunderstand him many times.

Although he recognized Maple's talent, Snape did not believe that Maple could make the difficult Wolfsbane potion within a month, even if Snape kept his research notes on the Wolfsbane potion completely. The reservation was given to Maple.

Although he said so, Snape had no real intention to just let it go.Even if Dumbledore hadn't told him, Snape wouldn't have let Lupine turn into a wolf and wander around Hogwarts.

But Snape is such a arrogant person that even if he planned to do this, he wouldn't say it out loud.

The result was naturally beyond Snape's expectations. Snape's understanding of Maple was not wrong, but Maple was wrong!

At the level of Wolfsbane Potion, even the best seventh-year students at Hogwarts cannot reach the level of configuration.

It can be said that as long as you can prepare Wolfsbane potion, even if it is a semi-finished product, you have reached the level of becoming a potion master.

On the one hand, it is because the average level of wizards in the magic world is too low, and the population of the magic world is too thin. In addition, the decay of peace has caused the level ladder of wizards to decline in all aspects.

On the other hand, it is also related to the attitude of wizards in the magical world towards Wolfsbane Potion. Although the Ministry of Magic awarded the inventor of Wolfsbane Potion the Order of Merlin, the reality is that wizards are omnipresent in their rejection and discrimination against werewolves.

Except for a few potion masters such as Snape and Slughorn, the general public in the wizarding world generally disapproved of the invention of Wolfsbane potion.

Werewolves live no different from rats and cockroaches in the Muggle world. Using sewers as a metaphor for their living environment is not an exaggeration at all. The werewolf employees hired by the Ministry of Magic are nothing more than a political show.

This also means that werewolves are basically poor people. They can't make money by configuring wolfsbane potions, so naturally no wizards are willing to study them.

However, all this has changed due to the arrival of Maple, and the number of wolfsbane potions on the market has increased several times compared to the original time and space.

The werewolves in Knockturn Alley had saved a lot of money by selling Acromantulas. After hearing about Wolfsbane Potion, they naturally couldn't help but spend money to try it.

But these werewolves are also cute and silly!

Although Maple told the werewolves that all the money from the sale was at their disposal, the werewolves kept only half of the assets without telling Maple.For the other half, they opened an account in Gringotts under Maple's name and saved all the money.

Even though the werewolves could only draw lots to decide who would take a handful of wolfsbane potions, none of them thought about touching the gold coins in Maple's vault.

With Maple's ability, he really couldn't make the Wolfsbane potion within a month. However, he did have Hermione's card in his card pool.Compared to Maple, whose talent was supported by two lifetimes of experience and systems, Hermione was the real genius.

At the age of 12, Hermione completed the Polyjuice Potion on her own without the guidance of any professor, relying only on powerful potions borrowed from the library.

Although the level of Polyjuice Potion she prepared was not comparable to Snape's master level, she prepared the finished product in just one use, and the effects of the Polyjuice Potion were successfully realized on Harry and Ron, which was enough. Proving Hermione's talent in magic potions.

Wolfsbane Potion is much more difficult than Polyjuice Potion, but with the Half-Blood Prince's potion notes and the power of the card that can perfectly replicate Hermione's talent, when Snape arrived with a cup of scalding Wolfsbane Potion In Professor Lu Ping's office, after seeing a goblet with the familiar steam on Lu Ping's desk, the expression on his face was very wonderful.

Professor Lupine was stunned for a moment and then politely thanked him, but Snape, as if he had just swallowed a fly, swept away the potion he had just prepared with his wand and left in a huff.

Back on track, Thursday was a potions lesson that was, how should I put it, a bit incredible for Gryffindor.

Because of this lesson, Snape didn't deduct a single point from Gryffindor.

I don't know what problem Snape encountered, but he was a little absent-minded throughout the lesson.This was the first Potions lesson that the little lions didn't hear Snape's sarcastic remarks. The little lions sighed secretly as the sun rose in the west, and at the same time they breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't feel the pressure from Snape, so they just sighed. Even Neville, who had the worst grades in Potions class, made a finished product.

However, without Hermione's guidance, Neville would never dare to feed his pet toad a drop of such shrinking potion.

Even though Snape seemed to be hibernating throughout the class, the little Gryffindor lions remained quiet, not daring to do anything out of the ordinary for fear of accidentally awakening the great demon Snape.

After class, the Gryffindors left the classroom with incredible expressions on their faces.Seeing that the Slytherin snakes seemed depressed about missing a good show, they all laughed happily again.

After the potions class in the morning, Maple and his friends had their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class this school year in the afternoon.

If we want to rank the courses that students are most interested in, Defense Against the Dark Arts is the absolute leader. Whether it is Half-blood Prince Snape or Half-blood Demon King Tom Riddle, the professor position they most want is for Dark Arts. Defense Against Magic class.

However, after the extremely disappointing performance of Quirrell and Lockhart, the students no longer had great hopes for this class.

When Professor Lupin entered the classroom, the Gryffindors were surrounding Maple, chattering that they wanted Maple to teach them how to cast spells like last semester, because they learned more from him than from the professor. There are more.

"Good afternoon!" After Professor Lupin's voice, the students surrounding Maple dispersed and sat down in their original positions.

Just as they were taking out their books, quills and parchment as usual, Professor Lupine said: "Please put all the books back into your bag. Today is a practical class. You only need your wand."

The movements of the students' hands stopped, and a look of surprise appeared on their faces for a moment. Perhaps, they were finally going to meet a professor with real skills.

In the excitement, almost in the blink of an eye, the students put their books back into their bags and tidied them up.

Then what surprised them was that this class was not held in the classroom.

Professor Lupine took them out of the classroom and walked along the deserted corridor. The students all had expressions of interest on their faces. This was a good start.

On the way, they met the prankster Peeves, who was floating head down in the air and stuffing gum into the keyhole nearest to him.

It wasn't until Professor Lupine was two feet away from Peeves that he looked up, then he wiggled his toes curled up and began to sing.

"Stupid, confused Lupin," sang Peeves, "Stupid, confused Lupin, stupid, confused Lupin—"

Peeves is the condensation of the mischievous thoughts in the hearts of students of Hogwarts for thousands of years. Although he has the same form as a ghost, he can touch physical objects.

It is his nature to play pranks, and as long as there are students coming to Hogwarts, and as long as students have unruly and funny thoughts either consciously or subconsciously, Peeves will exist forever.

Even the Dark Lord's death curse could not destroy Peeves.

What Peeves fears most is Bloody Balot. This may not be what Bloody Balot can do to Peeves.But because Bloody Barrow is the nightmare in the minds of generations of students. Peeves, who originated from the students' naughty thoughts, while inheriting the students' naughty thoughts, also accepted the Bloody Barrow's ideas in the students' hearts. Impressions of Nightmare Shadows.

Dumbledore is probably the headmaster who has the most appetite for Peeves in centuries, and he probably respects Dumbledore the most for this reason.

As Peeves laughed at Lupin, everyone quickly turned to the Professor to see how he was taking it; to their surprise, he was still smiling.

"If I were you, Peeves, I would take the gum out of the keyhole," said Lupin cheerfully. "Mr. Filch can't get in for the broom."

However, Peeves ignored Professor Lupin's words and simply blew out a wet raspberry loudly.

Professor Lupin sighed slightly and took out his wand.

"This is a useful little mantra," he turned to the class and said, "Please watch it."

He raised his wand to shoulder height, said, "Wadi Wasi!" and pointed at Peeves.

The bit of gum shot out of the keyhole like a bullet and went directly into Peeves' left nostril. Peeves immediately turned sharply away and rose steeply, cursing all the way.

"That's great, sir!" said Dean Thomas in amazement.

"Thank you, Dean," Professor Lupin said, putting away his wand again. "Let's keep walking."

After Professor Lupine showed off his skills, the expressions on the students' faces became even brighter after they further confirmed that Principal Dumbledore finally stopped perfunctory them.

They followed the professor into the second corridor and outside the faculty lounge.

"Please come in," said Professor Lupin, opening the door and taking a step back.

The faculty lounge was a long place filled with mismatched old chairs. After all the students had entered, Professor Lupine entered last and closed the door.

"Now, come over here," Professor Lupine said, beckoning the class to the end of the lounge.There was nothing there but an old wardrobe, where the teachers kept their surplus robes.Professor Lupine walked to the closet and stood still. The closet suddenly shook and hit the wall with a bang.

A few timid students were startled, and Professor Lupine quickly said: "Don't worry, there is a Boggart inside."

"Boggarts like dark, closed spaces," Professor Lupine said. "Closets, the space under the bed, the cupboard under the sink. Once I came across an old clock hidden in my ancestors' house. This one was yesterday afternoon. When it moved in, I asked the principal and asked the faculty if we could leave it undisturbed and give my third-year students some practice.”

"So the first question we have to ask ourselves is, what is a Boggart?" Hermione raised her hand.

"It's a shape-shifting thing," she said. "It can take on whatever image it thinks will scare us the most."

"I couldn't have said it better myself," Professor Lupin said, and Hermione was very proud, "So, the Boggart sitting in the darkness in the wardrobe has not yet taken on any form. It doesn't know it yet. What scares the people outside the door? No one knows what a boggart looks like when alone, but when I release it, it will immediately become the thing that each of us fears the most.

"This means," Professor Luhu said, deliberately ignoring the slight sound of terror from Neville, "before we start, we have a huge advantage over the Boggart. You find this Advantage, Harry?"

"Oh, because there are so many of us, it doesn't know what it should look like, is that right?"

"Exactly." After Professor Lupin said, Harry was a little confused. He didn't expect that he got the right answer.

"The best way to deal with a boggart is to have more people. It's confused. What should it look like -

A headless corpse or a carnivorous slug?

I once saw a boggart make such a mistake - it wanted to scare two people at the same time, so it turned itself into a half-slug, which was not scary at all.

The spell to repel a boggart is simple, but requires willpower.You know, what really scares away boggarts is laughter.All you have to do is force it into an image that you think is ridiculous.

Let’s talk about this spell without using a wand.

Please tell me, funny!”

"Funny!" the whole class said in unison.

"Okay," said Professor Lupin, "Very well. But, I'm afraid, that's just the easy part. You know, saying this incantation is not enough. The rest is up to you!"

First thing, please think about what you are most afraid of in the world, and imagine how you can force it to become something that looks ridiculous.

When the Boggart bursts out of the closet, you'll have to grab your wand."

"Take it like this!" Professor Luping demonstrated the action, and then continued, "Then chant the spell 'Funny' loudly. While chanting the spell, you must try to concentrate and think about it turning into a ridiculous look.

If all goes well, the boggart will be forced to become whatever you imagine it to be. "

"Give everyone time to prepare first, and then you will take turns dealing with Boggarts." After introducing the method of dealing with Boggarts, Professor Lupine said.

What am I most afraid of?

While others were thinking, Maple was confused because he couldn't think of what he was afraid of.

"Is everyone ready?" Time passed in the blink of an eye, and when Professor Lupine asked, Maple made no preparations.But it made him more interested in what happened next. Maybe the Boggart could help him confirm his worst fears.

"Neville, step forward, others step back." Professor Lupine said, instructing Neville at the front to step forward and make room for Neville.

"When Neville is done, I'll call the next person forward. Now, everyone, stand back and give Neville an open space."

Everyone stepped back, leaving Neville alone by the wardrobe.Probably because Maple threw him into a group of Acromantulas for training, Neville is now full of energy.He had rolled up the sleeves of his robes and had his wand ready.

"I'm counting to three, Neville," Professor Lupin said, pointing his wand at the wardrobe. "One, two, three, here we go!"

A burst of sparks shot from the end of the professor's wand, which struck the handle of the wardrobe door, causing it to fly open.

The students' eyes widened in curiosity, wanting to know what came out of the closet——

Professor Snape, who had a hooked nose and a threatening look on his face, came out and stared at Neville with bright eyes.

The students were all shocked. They didn't expect that the big devil Snape would leave such a deep shadow in Neville's heart.

Even Neville seemed to be frightened. Under the pressing step by step of Boggart Snape, Neville's face instantly turned pale. The hand holding the wand kept shaking, and his mouth trembled, unable to read. Come up with a spell.

Forced by Boggart Snape, Neville retreated continuously.

"Neville, don't be afraid of him, let him eat slugs!" At this moment, Ron shouted loudly.

Ron seems to have a special liking for slugs. When Malfoy cursed the mudblood to Hermione in the original time and space, the first spell he thought of to deal with Malfoy was the slug curse.

"Slippery, funny!" Ron's words seemed to inspire Neville, and with his reminder, Neville finally recited the spell.A scream was followed by a noise, like the cracking of a whip.Snape stumbled, and suddenly there was a bunch of slimy slugs in his mouth.

"Hahahaha!" The whole class burst into laughter.

We have wanted to do this for a long time, but I really can’t do it!

After years of resentment against Snape, the Gryffindors all showed sympathetic expressions towards Neville and Ron.

Brother, wish yourself well!

Ron's face instantly turned pale. After being reminded by his classmates, he also instantly thought of Snape's future revenge and couldn't help but tremble.

Professor Lupine shouted, "Parvati, step forward!"

Parvati stepped forward, her face stern.Snape walked around her.There was another crack, and where Snape had stood was now a bandaged, bloody mummy.

Its sightless eyes turned to Parvati and began to walk towards her, very slowly, shuffling its feet and raising its stiff arms -

"Funny!" Parvati yelled.

The bandages on the mummy's feet were untied, and it stumbled under the loose bandages. It fell forward on its face and its head rolled off.

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