The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 234 Putting Water in the Atlantic Ocean
Generally speaking, spiders are rarely seen in winter.Some spiders die after mating and laying eggs in late autumn, never surviving winter.

And some spiders choose to hibernate to survive the cold winter. They don't need to eat, so they will naturally not appear in the sight of humans.

This kind of spider will find a corner or hole, weave a very dense web with spider silk, and then go into hibernation, and will not wake up until the next spring when the flowers bloom.

But this is Hogwarts, and it cannot be based on common sense. Even in winter, you can see spiders in the warm castle.What's more, there are Hagrid's good friends in the Forbidden Forest, Aragog's acromander family is very large.

Ada doesn't know whether Lee Jordan's pet bag spider needs to hibernate, but the bag spider doesn't have any intention of spinning a web to hibernate, but wants to escape from the castle.

The world is so vast, so much to accomplish, and a small box can no longer satisfy it.The world is so big, the marsupial spider wants to go out and have a look.

Walking through the foyer one night, Ada and the twins suddenly saw a small group of people gathered around the bulletin board, reading a piece of parchment that had just been stapled on.

Fred and George squeezed past, came back after a while, and said to Ida: "They are going to start a dueling club, and tonight is the first meeting."

"It's as if the monster in the secret room is going to duel with us." George said, "But, why does this 'Duel Club' sound so familiar to me?"

If it sounds familiar, before the attack on the school, Filch had identified Dawn as a dueling club, not a study group.Lockhart was there at the time, and he thought it was a good idea.

Dawn has suspended its activities since the attack, and the twins are tasked with finding new venues.It's just that the two brothers haven't been able to find a satisfactory place. Lixiao needs a safe and secluded place as a meeting place.

It's not that I haven't considered the secret passage on the fifth floor of the castle. Whether it's space or privacy, it's the best choice there.

It's just that there is a hidden danger hidden deep in the underground of the castle.Years of disrepair, coupled with Ada's devastation in the past few years, the underground room is already crumbling, and it does not know when it will collapse.

If a landslide really happens, Ada may have a way to protect everyone, but she is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.If you accidentally hurt someone, it's not a joke, so the secret passage on the fifth floor was abandoned.

At eight o'clock that night, Ada and the twins followed the crowd into the auditorium.

The long dining table disappeared, and along one wall appeared a gilded stage, lit by hundreds of candles floating overhead.The ceiling was once again as black as velvet, and almost all the students from the school came, crowded together, each holding his own wand, and his face was full of excitement.

The students were enthusiastically discussing who would teach them how to duel. Everyone hoped that this person was Professor Flitwick. He had won the duel competition when he was young. It's no secret anymore.

Famous teachers produce outstanding apprentices, and it is obviously the best choice to teach dueling courses by the champion of the duel competition.

Ada and her friends were also mixed in the crowd. Unlike the people around them, they didn't think that Professor Flitwick would be in the limelight. There is only one person in Hogwarts who likes to be in the limelight.

Sure enough, the person who appeared on the stage was not the champion that the students had expected, but another champion.

This champion is not that champion. Everyone still prefers the champion of the duel contest rather than the champion of the bragging contest.

I saw Gilderoy Lockhart walking onto the stage like a dog, wearing a fuchsia robe, radiant.There was another person standing beside Lockhart, who was dressed like a parrot, was Snape, still wearing his usual black clothes.

"Why is he so overwhelmed, he can't choose to sleep and choose Snape?" Fred looked at Lockhart with a confused expression, he really couldn't understand Lockhart's operation.

"I swear, this is the first time in my life that I want to cheer for Snape," George said. "I hope Snape can just send Lockhart home. I don't want to see him at school again."

"If, I mean if, I stand up and challenge Lockhart again, do you think he will agree?" Ada, who wanted to crack down on fakes, asked in a low voice.

"Impossible." The twins said in unison, "Absolutely not."

Ada sighed helplessly, the dueling club led by Lockhart suddenly became dull.

On the gilded stage, Lockhart was talking nonsense and promoting a wave of his works by the way.

He said: "Don't worry about the children, I will return your Potions Master to you intact, he just assisted me with a small demonstration." Lockhart was still smiling, and didn't notice Sneaker at all. The way Pu looked at him was almost the same as looking at a dead person.

Lockhart took it for granted that he chose his assistant, but he didn't know how terrifying his colleague who didn't like to wash his hair had been in the past, let alone that he was once Voldemort's confidant.

If you don't do it, you won't die. Lockhart stayed for a semester, but his big move was to make a big death in front of all the students.It is really admirable.

On stage, Lockhart and Snape turned to face each other and bowed.At least Lockhart bowed, flailing his hands a lot, and Snape just shook his head impatiently.They then held their respective wands like arrows to their chests.

Off the stage, Ida looked at Lockhart with distaste, his gaudy and useless movements were enough to knock him down several times.

If this was a duel contest, Lockhart might not even pass the audition.

Ada was eager to know: Lockhart was so frightened, how did he survive until now without being beaten to death?When did the wizarding world become a harmonious society?

On stage, Snape and Lockhart slammed their wands over their shoulders simultaneously.

Snape yelled, "Except your weapons!"

The potion professor's speed of chanting this spell can be described as turtle speed.Ada swears that if her grandma had lived, she would have escaped the disarming spell too.

But a dazzling red light flashed, and the young Lockhart couldn't dodge it, nor could he block the spell.He was knocked off his feet, flew backwards off the stage, hit the wall, and slid down, curled up on the floor.

Lockhart looked like a prawn that had been cooked.

There were boos in the auditorium, and anyone who was not blind could tell that Snape was releasing water, and the entire Atlantic Ocean.At this moment, Snape's tortoise-like incantation speed seemed to be mocking Lockhart's incompetence.

The Disarming Charm may not do much damage, but it's extremely insulting.

The students showed no disappointment, and everyone had already expected Lockhart's end.So are the professors at Hogwarts.Many students think that I can do it if I go up to me, anyway, they are all knocked down by one move, and maybe the way they fall down can be more beautiful.

But Lockhart is Lockhart, a flower of a different color, never won with magic, never lost with pretense.He staggered to his feet, remounted the stage crookedly, and saved his face with sophistry.

An operation of sophistry and contempt succeeded in angering Snape.Just when Snape was about to take a look at him, Lockhart faltered.He had just saved his face, and he didn't want to fall to the ground again and let others trample on him.

Life is still very broad, and there are countless fans waiting for him. Lockhart didn't want to let Snape send him off today.

Lockhart and Snape walked off the stage and weaved their way through the crowd, pairing the students up and practicing two by two.

As soon as the pairing started, Ada left the auditorium with the twins. They were very disappointed with the school's decision, and even more dissatisfied with Snape's behavior.Why are you being so polite to Snape and Lockhart? It's over if you just slap your face with bricks. What kind of friendship among colleagues are you talking about!

The three people who left the auditorium because of disappointment did not know that they had missed a wonderful show.

They failed to see the turn-based magic game among the students, the spiral split landing between Harry and Malfoy, the extremely fierce women's wrestling competition, and Harry's Parseltongue.

The three of Ada were walking back to the tower, and they discussed going to the Forbidden Forest to see.There is a large group of spiders there, and they may be able to know from the mouth of the spiders why they are so abnormal this winter.

(End of this chapter)