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Regulus was snuck all the way back to Slytherin by Burt, and he didn't have time to say anything.

When he saw Sirius being defeated so easily, Regulus' first reaction was disbelief.But those three Gryffindors, the expressions of pain were so real, and Sirius' concern for him was definitely not fake.

He wanted to go up to help his brother, but Bert's spell held him immobile.

This is, strength?

"How does it feel?" Bert asked, sitting on the sofa back in the Slytherin lounge.

Regulus said in a daze: "Enough strength can give you the confidence to be tough."

"You can't help your brother, even if your brother has no power to resist, how bad do you think you are?" Burt sat upright, and took out their three wands from Regulus' pocket.

Regulus thought about it carefully, and he and his brother were indeed not much different in this regard, and they also ended up being instantly killed when they met Bert.So he shook his head.

Burt was satisfied, and said: "Regulus, your spellcasting skills are good, but you don't pay enough attention to fighting swordsmanship?"

Regulus blushed a little when Bert told him that he was careless, and said, "That's because..."

"There's no need to make excuses," Bert said, not wanting to hear his excuses. "Starting tomorrow, every lunch break, wait for me in the Response Room. I will help you improve your strength."

Regulus looked at Bert in surprise: Senior Anthony, he had seen him at the banquet before, and he was completely different from him now.To be precise, it should have started to change when Bert was around... So, is Senior Bert going to teach you everything?

"Don't think too much, I haven't recognized you yet," Bert said straightly, seeing Regulus' complicated expression, "You don't really want to go with us. When, I think you can do it, maybe I'll let you know."

Knowing that he was thinking too much, Regulus blushed, and could only nod to dispel his embarrassment.

"It's almost lunch time, you can go back and rest," Burt thought for a while, and then said, "Maybe I will look at your homework when I have time, I hope you don't let me down."

"Okay, senior!" Regulus made a serious promise, and before leaving, he looked at the three magic wands in Burt's hand, gritted his teeth, and said, "Senior, these three magic wands, I think..."

"Don't worry," Burt raised his eyebrows, and weighed the three wands in his hands, "I won't break them. If you behave well, maybe I'll give it to you."

"How do you behave?" Regulus asked, looking at Sirius' wand in Bert's hand.

Burt put the three magic wands in his pocket, and said, "It's just a simple assessment of strength. I will do it myself during lunch break today in the Response Room."

"I see." Regulus turned pale when he thought of the way Burt beat up the Gryffindor trio cleanly not long ago.Thinking of Sirius' wand being in Bert's hand, he secretly made up his mind to behave well and get Sirius' wand back.

……

Severus was in a good mood to have his suspicions confirmed with Slughorn's help.

Burt also saw that there was another precious potion in Severus' potion cabinet.It was a treat to watch Severus concentrate on making the potion.However, Severus paid too much attention to potions, and Burt would feel jealous.

"You and little Blake had a good conversation." Severus said casually seeing Burt's relaxed look.

"It's okay," Burt put down the milk in his hand, "Let him feel his own weakness today."

"I thought you would tell him what strength is first." Severus said a little surprised.I forgot to turn the pages of the book in my hand.

Burt smiled slightly, and said, "Sev really knows me very well. I let him know what being strong is. However, it is only superficially powerful."

"What did you do to him?" Severus asked, frowning.Little Blake is not the kind of Sirius who can withstand torture. The blow is too much, what should little Blake do if he is devastated.

Bert slid his fingers over the cup, looked at his own milk, and said, "Just stop him and let him watch me beat Sirius Black."

Severus breathed a sigh of relief: he knew Bert would not make a foolish decision, but he still couldn't let go of that worry.

"Sev cares about me so much, I'm very happy," Burt rolled his eyes, and took a gulp of milk, "Then, give Sev a chance to know about Halloween costumes. Sev, do you want to know? ?”

Severus refused directly, "No."

"Alright then." Bert said regretfully.That outfit, which Stephanie had been concentrating on preparing for a long time, would definitely surprise Severus.Now, putting this surprise on Halloween is actually the same.

Seeing Burt's weird gaze gave goosebumps, but Severus could still calmly choose to ignore Burt.

"By the way, Severus, did you go out while I was away?" Bert asked, looking at the school uniform on Severus.If they are in the dormitory all the time, they will wear relatively more comfortable home clothes.

"Yeah." Severus nodded in response.

Seeing that Severus had no desire to talk, Bert took the book out of Severus's hand directly, attracting Severus' sharp death light.Stuffing another glass of cold milk into Severus' hand, he said with a smile, "For nutritional balance, drink it."

Severus hated the taste of milk, but he almost drank milk as a drink a few glasses of milk a day, and he got used to it.However, sometimes he still wants to selectively ignore milk, and it is a little bit less to drink.

Holding out his hand, Severus motioned for the book back, and he drank it.Burt put the book into Severus's outstretched palm, and quickly pressed both hands on Severus's hand, so that he couldn't go back.

Seeing that his purpose was "uncovered", Severus decisively drank his own milk in exchange for the personal safety of his book.Burt's strange power, if he chooses to fight recklessly, Severus can only admit defeat.

The two who had achieved their goals glanced at each other, Bert naturally took the empty milk glass from Severus's hand, and Severus naturally began to read his book again.

But he was also a little absent-minded: Slughorn's conversation with Lucius today was very simple, but it also fully exposed that Lucius' father, Abraxas Malfoy, was indeed suffering from dragon plague syphilis.

"I saw Lucius at Professor Slughorn." Severus went through today's events in his mind.

Burt held the cup in one hand, frowned slightly, and said, "Did he see you? Did Malfoy see how you communicated with Slughorn?"

"Yes." Severus replied in the affirmative.

There was no change on Burt's face, and he said, "He will be curious about your life experience. Sif, if he asks you for something, you know what to do."

"I know," Severus said, seeing what Bert was worried about, "I won't let him have a chance."

"Well, well, I'll go out first," Bert said, "Regulus is probably already waiting."

"It doesn't matter to little Black, don't play too much." Regulus is now a flower in a greenhouse, and even if he wants to destroy it, he must do it step by step.

Bert agreed seriously and left the dormitory.

……

Sure enough, upon entering, Regulus was already waiting inside.

Seeing that Regulus was a little nervous, Bert comforted him, "Don't be nervous, just check your level. When I say you want to fight, it's never too late for you to get nervous."

"Okay, senior!" Regulus was not as nervous as he scared himself.When Bazel heard that he could accept Burt's guidance, he was envious.However, in the face of Bert's pressure, which increased exponentially, it was not easy for Regulus to control himself not to be weak.

Bert took off his coat, put on a white shirt and black trousers, and posed for Regulus to attack him.

Regulus rushed forward decisively, punching Burt in the face.Bert stretched out his hand to catch it easily, Regulus backed away and kicked Bert's waist, Bert continued his attack easily.

Next, it was Regulus who kept making moves, but was intercepted lightly by Bert, and Bert didn't even move his feet.

It wasn't until Regulus was tired that he could no longer punch and kick, that Burt put away his stance, and stood upright looking at Regulus, who was hunchbacked and panting heavily, in front of him.

His performance was quite different from Regulus's. He didn't sweat at all, let alone breathe, and he didn't even take a deep breath; but Regulus was so tired that he couldn't breathe, sweating profusely .

When Regulus recovered, Burt said leisurely, "Regulus, your fighting skills are all showy, and your figure is relatively dexterous, but dexterity alone is not enough. Your strength makes you unable to do it at all." effective attack."

"I understand, senior." Regulus took a deep breath and said.

"I haven't said anything yet, you understand?" Burt raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Regulus tried his best to stand up straight, and said, "I will start my own strength training."

"That's right, don't let your skills fall behind," Burt reminded, "Also, please practice fighting together with casting spells. Your response should be in combat."

Regulus nodded, and seriously wrote down Bert's words: Senior is really good, his strength and skills are almost at the top, no wonder senior can guard the goal alone, and he can't score a single goal!

"Regulus, it's not a good habit to be picky eaters. I don't want to see you throwing out the meat on your plate again. You know, our seats are very close." Burt stepped aside, picked up his coat, put on good clothes.

"I see, senior." Regulus nodded with a bitter face.

Bert nodded in satisfaction, and said, "You've consumed a lot today. Try to maintain your dining etiquette. It doesn't matter if you eat more. At the table, don't make eye contact with me more than three times, keep it as it is."

"Okay, senior." Regulus agreed.Bert gave Regulus the three useless wands in his hand.How to put it, Regulus's performance today is still remarkable, and this needs to be given to him as encouragement to boost his self-confidence.

Regulus felt very happy holding the three wands, and something swelled in his heart.

"I'll be leaving first, and you can rest for a while." Turning a blind eye to Regulus' agitation, Bert said, and he left from the Room of Response.

Regulus followed his advice and did not go with Bert.Avoid premature exposure of their relationship.

Bert is not idle, he also sneaked in today, in order to help Anthony train little Black, Bert compressed his rest time to almost nothing.After returning home, he will start his "President Training Program" again, and Lance has clearly asked him to complete his "Noble Adult Education" in the letter.

It seems that Bert's behavior of suppressing this thing to learn has already annoyed Lance.After all, this thing must be known to noble children.

Burt himself wasn't interested in that, but that didn't mean it wasn't important.

Burt can only read books first-Lance asked to be self-taught, and then handed in an excellent long paper.