Harry Potter and the Burnt Badger

"Don't ask me how I know. I can only say that I understand everything."

Many little wizards below burst into laughter. Fred and George even whistled, attracting many looks.

"Then why do we still have these restrictions? First of all, as Professor Flitwick said, this is a restriction on you, allowing you to choose spells within the scope allowed by the rules, which can better train you in duels. calm mind;"

"Secondly, this is also to protect your safety. After all, here, your duel opponents will only be your classmates, not real enemies, not dark wizards, and not huge monsters. If you cast it by mistake, Some powerful spells may cause serious harm to your classmates."

"Finally, and most importantly. I hope you understand one thing - if you want to be able to truly set foot on the battlefield in the future, resist the dangers that may come, better protect yourself, and also protect those who are important to you. Important people, then you have to understand that the biggest significance of this duel club is not to teach you any spells, that is the purpose of the magic class; the real goal of founding this duel club is to teach you how to fight."

"If you can learn this, then even the spells allowed here will be enough for you to deal with some enemies that are not too powerful."

As soon as Moon finished speaking, two Slytherin pure-blood diehards seized on the loophole and said disdainfully: "Do you mean to say that you only used these magics when dealing with those enemies? "

"Of course not." Moon spread his hands. "In the battle between life and death, of course I will use whatever spells I have. It seems that I need to be more straightforward -"

"Here, what I hope to teach you is the experience, mentality, and adaptability of the enemy, as well as how to use different combat spells better and more flexibly in battle. Learning new spells is a magic spell Study the things in class. What’s more, what really determines your outcome in a bloody battle, just like the dueling experience taught by Professor Flitwick, is precisely these abilities. With these abilities as the main theme, then in the future In the battle, no matter how you want to use your spells to deal with the enemy, you will be more comfortable."

"What we want to teach you is how to duel and how to fight. This is the core of everything. Without these, no matter how many spells you master and how many mysterious magics you master, you may die from a simple Under the petrification spell. And with these, even just three or four simple spells can make you invincible in some battles."

"Do you understand?"

The little wizards looked at each other, and most of them couldn't react for a while. Only a few smart ones clapped.

Then, someone couldn't help but ask, "What is...'possible danger'?"

Chapter 46 Sirius and Remus' Secret Plan

"What are the possible dangers..." Moon pondered for a moment, then he bent his knuckles and lightly tapped the vertical blackboard behind him. "Probably, it's those dark wizards and wizards who haunt the world outside the blackboard and classroom." Monster."

"Of course these things exist, and they can never disappear. Even if today's world suddenly becomes quiet and harmonious, there are still undercurrents surging in those dark corners that we don't often see. Professor Flitwick is also It is out of such foresight that he asked me to accompany him to found this duel club to teach you the knowledge related to duels and battles, the real core knowledge that can truly determine the outcome of a battle."

Professor Flitwick, who was standing aside, was stunned for a moment, then blushed under the admiring gaze of the young wizards, and puffed up his chest in embarrassment and happiness.

There was no way, Munn had already taken the initiative to say so. He couldn't stand up and tear down Munn. He had to say that he had never thought about these things, he just wanted to watch and teach the little wizards to duel.

Impossible.

"Of course, I'm not teaching you these things so that you can go to the battlefield tomorrow, and it's not so that you can run out to find some monsters to fight against each other because of this. Well, if anyone can defeat me before I graduate, then that's it. It's not impossible." Moon smiled, "Because you still have room to grow. Instead of enforcing justice now when you are not strong enough, it is better to wait until you are an adult, graduate, and have enough ability before you go to the real big world. Show off your skills.”

"The reason why I want to teach you these things now is because there are always things in life that are elusive and unpredictable for us. There are always dangers that will come quietly unknowingly and suddenly cause us harm that is likely to be unacceptable. If you master these, then at least when danger comes, you will be better able to protect yourself, instead of having an empty stomach of spells that cannot be used."

Moon bowed to everyone, "So, I hope you can all come into contact with more things here, and be able to really learn something and apply what you have learned in the future."

The little wizards applauded, and Lee Jordan shouted loudly from behind: "So Moon! Although what you said makes sense, is it possible that we can increase the number of spells that can be used in duels in the future?"

"Hmm..." Moon gave in, and then said with a smile in the anxious eyes of the little wizards: "It's not completely impossible. If you really keep the rules very well, you will never cause any trouble. If so, I can go to Professor McGonagall to beg for mercy and ask her to allow everyone to use more spells in the duel. However, this will have to be after the Easter holiday at the earliest."

"Oh!!!!" A large number of little wizards cheered immediately, and the chaotic voices almost lifted the roof of the classroom. Only a few people did not follow them into the carnival, but pondered thoughtfully. Those things that Moon said before - such as Harry, Cedric, Violet, Doreen, Percy... and some young wizards in sixth and seventh grade who are about to graduate, etc.

Whether it's the news that the Duel Club assessment will officially begin next week, or the promise that Moon just made that he will go to Professor McGonagall to request more spells within the allowed range, these little wizards who participated in the Duel Club are very motivated. .Even practicing spells is more exciting than before.

Taking advantage of this moment, Professor Flitwick pulled Moon aside again and asked him in a low voice: "Moon, why are you talking about 'dangers outside the school' with your classmates so early..." …I don’t feel bad about it, but is it a little too early? After all, a lot of them are just sophomores.”

"I think it's late, Professor. As I just said, I want to teach them how to face and resist the enemy correctly, but this is not to let them go to the battlefield, but to allow them to be ready when danger comes. You have the power to protect yourself when you are in trouble." Moon explained: "After all, when danger comes, you won't be able to tell which grade you are in this year. Violet was only in the first grade when she was abducted by the dark wizard, and Bert I was not an adult when I was bitten, and even I am just a fourth-year wizard now, right?"

"Okay, okay." Professor Flitwick played with the wand in his hand and fell into a brief thought - what if a young wizard said these words to him? No, what if a young wizard said these words to him just now? Those words he said would be snatched away immediately to prevent his classmates from being unduly affected.

But Munn is different after all. This is a "little monster" whose honor and strength are completely inconsistent with his age, and he has been proven to be trusted by many people many times.Although Professor Flitwick could still forcibly stop Moon as a professor if he wanted to, but unless it was a particularly serious situation, he would usually give it more thought.

Just like it is now.

"Forget it, you probably have your own ideas." After a few seconds, Professor Flitwick stopped what he was doing and smiled encouragingly at Moon. "Maybe your idea is right, after all. We old bones have stayed in the ivory tower of Hogwarts for too long, and we will always be somewhat detached from the outside world."

"Don't say that, Professor." Moon quickly waved his hand and said, "I am just a young man with a simple opinion. Thank you for your willingness to accommodate me, and you don't blame me for using your name to emphasize what I said."

"Ha!" Professor Flitwick's face immediately turned red again. He turned away in a hurry and coughed lightly as a cover-up, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this for now. You have to go back in the afternoon." School newspaper office, please use this moment to give some advice to other people, many of them are looking forward to you, a celebrity of your age, to help them learn how to cast spells correctly."

"No problem, this is what I should do." Moon bowed again, and then walked into the crowd with the professor, and began to correct everyone's spell pronunciation and spell casting movements.

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"Pay attention to your stance, Brandon. That's a wand, not a sword. You want to defeat the enemy with a spell, not throw the wand and kill the enemy."

"Protego (armor protection)! Milton! The running Gorgon! You should petrify that dummy, not the classmate next to it!"

"You should straighten your arms a little more, Gal, and pay attention to the emphasis on the spell—"

Moon patted Gal's arm, looked at Gal suspiciously, and secretly asked in a low voice: "You just demonstrated the Flying Spell...couldn't it be because that is the only relatively perfect spell you can cast, right? "

Gal glanced to the side and saw that no one except Yaerlin was paying attention, so he nodded slightly and said a little embarrassedly: "Ahem... indeed."

"..." Munn pulled out his wand speechlessly. "I just said that you can cast a spell everywhere and everything is wrong. You must be proficient in at least two spells to pass the test. I will recite the spell slowly and read it with me." , Incarcerous!"

"Incarcerous!"

"Don't pause in places that shouldn't be long. You're not reading poetry, so you have to make every word so rhythmic."

"Incarcerou-s!"

Moon took a breath of cold air, "It's just such a spell. Your grades in Charms weren't so bad before, right? Why are you accentuating it randomly?"

Garr got angry and punched Munn, and then the two of them laughed together. Garr said helplessly: "I don't understand either, but my talent in pure combat spells seems to be a bit lacking. I don’t know why, but when I recite the incantation, I just can’t recite it cleanly and easily.”

Moon suddenly realized that it was no wonder that when Garr learned the Soul Ventilation spell from Professor Ben Camp in the first grade, his progress seemed to be frighteningly slow.

It seems likely that this is the reason.

He looked at the distressed Gal, thought for a moment, and then thought of a way, "Then try this...Flouentus (Strong Wind Disturbing the Enemy)!" [Note 1]

Galzai listened carefully to the spell recited by Munn, then imitated Munn's actions just now and pointed his wand to the dummy not far ahead: "Flouentus!"

A strong gust of wind blew out from nowhere and pushed the heavy dummy a short distance to the side.

"Wow!" Gal's eyes lit up. "Why is this okay, but I can't cast spells like confinement spells quickly?"

"I'm not sure yet. I have to study it." Moon spread his hands. "But let's practice it first. Once you practice this spell and the summoning spell, it can also be used in duels."

"No problem, I will definitely practice hard." Gal smiled happily, and after a while, his voice of casting spells over and over gradually became the most conspicuous one in his area.

Around 11:30, the door of the Duel Club was suddenly pushed open again, and the handsome Sirius walked in briskly from the door, greeting one after another little wizards - as another member of the Duel Club An honorary guidance "professor" (actually a teaching assistant), he has been here second only to Professor Flitwick, and more than twice as many times as Moon.

After all, even from a personal preference, he quite liked wizard duels.

"Sirius!" Harry also noticed Sirius' arrival, and he happily waved to Sirius.After seeing Harry's figure, the smile on Sirius' face became obviously even bigger.

However, his footsteps still did not stay at Harry's for too long. Instead, after saying a few words to Harry, he ran to Munn's side, pulled Munn to a corner and whispered.

Moon didn't know what happened to him and Professor Flitwick today. In just over an hour, he had already been pulled aside three times.

"Ha, I've heard all about it. Basilisk, right? It's said to live for a full 1000 years!" Sirius looked at Moon with dissatisfaction. "With such an exciting thing, you even brought Harry and Ron with you." , you didn’t want to come over and call me?”

Moon blinked, "Just because Harry, Ron, I, and I didn't show up at the banquet won't attract much attention. But if Remus went to the banquet and you disappeared, guess what Professor Snape would Not curious? Will Professor McGonagall suspect your whereabouts? The lively and fun masquerade party, but Sirius Black is missing?"

"Hey -" Sirius curled his lips, "You always have a reason, forget it, anyway, I'm not here to ask questions today, I still have business to talk about. Hey, do me a favor? No, I should say, help me. Do Remus a favor?”

"What's the favor? Tell me, I'll definitely help you if you can." Moon agreed - mainly because Sirius mentioned Remus, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed so readily.

Still have to be wary of the possibility that Sirius wants to take him with him to assassinate Professor Snape.

"Hmm..." Sirius scratched his head, seeming a little embarrassed to speak.

This is really rare. Sirius is a straightforward person and likes to say whatever he wants. There are very few things that can make him stumble like this.

But after Sirius said his request, Moon understood it immediately.

"Well...Actually, isn't Christmas coming soon? Remus and I have discussed it, hoping to give Harry a different Christmas gift." Sirius pointed secretly and was still practicing the summons hard. Cursed Harry "In the end, we unanimously decided that we wanted Harry to know more about his parents. I think there is nothing more precious to Harry than this. Although he usually I asked, but, oh, James and Lily, they have so many stories that I can’t finish them.”

Speaking of this, Sirius's eyes suddenly filled with a hint of reminiscence, and he fell into a brief silence as if he suddenly saw the figure of his friend from more than ten years ago.

After a while, he came back to his senses, smiled apologetically at Moon, and continued: "Harry and I have seen some photos, but actually I have very few of them, so When Harry was in first grade, Hagrid specially gave him a large photo album so that I could tell Harry more about those photos."

"But this time, Remus suggested that maybe we could let Harry see more bits and pieces about his parents, rather than just the heroic deeds that have been told over and over again. So we're going to be like Hagrid. That way, contact some good friends, collect some things between them and James and Lily, put them together and give them to Harry."

He looked at Mu En steadily, making Mu En look even more strange. "Well, I understand everything you said, but... I haven't realized that there is anything that requires my help. "

Sirius slapped his forehead and laughed awkwardly, "Ahem, sorry, I'm a little excited. Well, Remus and I were thinking... could you publish this combined article in your school newspaper? I took a look and found that Christmas this year is on a Friday, and we probably started the holiday on the previous Sunday. In this case, maybe you can publish this newspaper a week before the holiday? Although it's a bit early... but it's okay Accept, the title will be 'A Christmas Gift for Harry Potter'. Huh? How about it?"

"This..." Although Sirius's request seemed very simple, Moon did not agree directly. Instead, he pondered for a while, and then said softly: "I think... maybe I have a better one. Here’s the idea, Sirius, give me two days to see if this idea works. If it works, I’ll go find you and Remus then.”

"Okay." Sirius's answer was straightforward. If that didn't work out, he and Remus could just give the compiled article to Harry. Although it was a bit of a pity, it would still be a great Christmas gift after all. .

"Okay, then it's settled." Moon nodded immediately and formally confirmed the matter with Sirius.

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It was another Monday, and Moon still had not received a notification from Professor Dumbledore. Some rumors about Hermione and Lockhart gradually began to spread in the school - some said that they were taken by some kind of soul-stealing monster. In terms of their minds, some people think that they are both under a very profound curse, and even the professors and the principal are completely powerless to do anything about it.

Some people even made up an exaggerated and terrifying infectious disease because Lockhart just tried to break the curse and fainted and could not get up again. Although not many people accepted this theory, a few people did change because of it. Be in danger.

However, more people still have confidence in the school and Professor Dumbledore, believing that the problems encountered by Hermione and Lockhart are just a bit difficult, and maybe they have begun to recover now.

The rumors among the young wizards were naturally not to be taken seriously. Although some people did touch part of the truth, the professors unanimously chose not to deal with it until it caused widespread panic.Moon also held the same attitude - but mainly because he couldn't handle it. The matter of the Dreamweaver Curse was not suitable to be announced in the school newspaper because it involved too many things, and Professor Dumbledore had not yet When he returned, he was still not sure whether he would really have a chance to wake up Hermione and Lockhart, which left him even less able to do anything to clarify.

He could only hope that Professor Dumbledore would come back soon, otherwise, if this trend continued, even if the rumor had not completely blown up now, it would gradually spread to the panic of the young wizards.

"Eye - the word itself has extremely powerful magic power." On the podium, Professor Bathsheda Bablin was explaining to them the new ancient rune vocabulary "Whether it is those real magical creatures, Some mysterious spells, all kinds of strange magic outside the UK, and even in the myths and legends of Muggles, 'eyes' have a very noble status. Not to mention those ancient ritual circles, Magic is sacrificed, and in it, 'eyes' can be seen almost everywhere."

"Therefore, this word also plays a vital role in the study of ancient runes, whether you want to continue to delve into academic content, or you want to learn more based on ancient runes. Ancient magic, this word will be something you can never get around."

Chapter 47 Gryffindor VS Slytherin

"And another word with a similar status that we are going to learn today is 'star'. As for how to interpret this word specifically, ancient rune researchers currently have two different opinions -"

Professor Bablin tapped the vocabulary on the blackboard with his wand. Then, under 'stars', there were two thin lines extending downward. One line pointed to 'celestial body', and the other line pointed to ' Stars'.

"Is there any classmate who can tell me the difference between these two interpretations? Very good, Miss Selwyn, please tell me."

The Slytherin girl who raised her hand stood up and gave the answer in a steady voice, "'Celestial bodies' often refers to all the stars in the sky, including the sun, the moon, and sometimes even the earth under our feet; and 'Stars' generally does not include these three, and only refers to those stars other than these three."

"Good answer, Miss Selwyn, five points for Slytherin."

Professor Bablin smiled and motioned for Gloria Selwyn to sit down, and said at the same time: "That is true, but no matter which interpretation should be used, there is actually not much difference in essence. Because there is no doubt that this word represents , is a kind of worship and exploration of the connection between astronomy and magic in ancient runes. Just like 'eye', this word can be seen everywhere, and even has uses that are not limited to magic, and it has been used to this day. Even though ancient runes are no longer widely used in daily life, this habit has been retained."

"For example, some ancient families will use the stars in the sky as their family logo and draw a specific star on the family emblem; or some families will simply use celestial bodies to name their descendants. For example Example -" The professor's eyes fell on Moon, "Moon is the moon."

Moon nodded and agreed with Professor Bablin's statement - although his name has nothing to do with the celestial worship of ancient runes, "Yue is Hometown Bright" originally means "reunion" to the moon. In the final analysis, beautiful sustenance can barely be regarded as a kind of celestial worship.

"In addition, there is your Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching assistant, Sirius Black. His name is also like this, Sirius, the star of hope. If some of you have taken Professor Trelawney's divination class, you will be familiar with divination and divination. If you are more interested in the knowledge of destiny, you may also learn that in some legends, the 'Star' card in the Tarot, the brightest star drawn on the card, is exactly Sirius."

"It can be seen that, in fact, in ancient runes, 'star' and 'eye' are not only words with strong magical qualities and wide range of magical applications. They also have great influence on the world and daily use. In terms of continuity, the importance of 'stars' is even greater than that of 'eyes'."

At this point, Professor Bablin became happy again, "Ha, if I remember correctly... the entire Black family seems to use the names of the stars as the names of their descendants. Regarding this, wait until you become Black's assistant teacher." class, maybe you can go find him and find out more by yourself."

The little wizards were obviously not interested in such silly behavior, but they couldn't bear to disgrace the professor in class, so they had no choice but to laugh out loud - just think they were cooperating with the professor in playing games.

In fact, no one asked Sirius about this, at least until a few days later, which was almost the weekend, and Moon had not heard of anyone opening this question in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

But he soon stopped caring about it.

On Thursday night, Moon made an impromptu trip to the school newspaper office. Today, the school newspaper received several manuscripts from graduated senior students. He happened to have no homework, so he went directly to the school newspaper office to start. Manuscript adjustments were made.

Because of this, by the time he returned to the common room, it was already approaching curfew.

If Moon remembered correctly, before he left for the school newspaper office today, the common room should have been peaceful and peaceful, just like in the past; but what puzzled him was that after he came back, the common room was quiet and peaceful. Many people in the lounge showed a hint of worry - especially those members of the Quidditch Academy team, including Cedric.

In a daze, Moon even began to wonder if he had remembered today's day incorrectly, or if he had accidentally caught a time jump when passing a certain step.Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why this weekend's game is clearly Gryffindor vs. Slytherin, but the little wizards on the Hufflepuff team are all frowning, as if they have encountered a huge difficulty.

Arlin saw his doubts and said helplessly: "Cedric just got some news from two friends in Gryffindor - the third-year students in Gryffindor have an astronomy class tonight. Class, Professor Sinistra told them that there is likely to be two days of non-stop heavy rain this weekend."

Moon couldn't figure out the problem for a while, so he asked again, "...so?"

This time, the person who answered him was Cedric. "It's like this. The quality of a broomstick is determined by many indicators, but several of them are particularly important, such as stability, maximum speed, acceleration, and comfort." Performance. In other words, the more advanced and high-quality a broomstick is, the more stable it is."

"The worse the weather, the greater the impact on the broomstick, and the greater the stability of the broom itself. At this time, a good broomstick can save a lot of energy for the players riding it. Focus all your energy on the game itself; and those players who ride broomsticks of poor quality can only put more energy into controlling their brooms to avoid losing control of their brooms under the ravages of the storm.”

As Cedric explained, Moon immediately realized what he meant.

"In other words, in Saturday's game..."

Cedric nodded helplessly, while several players simply knocked on the table angrily.

"Yes, Moon. In Saturday's game, facing Slytherin House with all Nimbus 2001 members, Oliver and Harry will probably lose, because like us, they are the best in the team. A broom is also a Nimbus 2000 - and it's the only one. If there hadn't been a heavy rain, I think Harry's ability might have been able to turn the tide. But due to the heavy rain, their other players would be greatly affected. It’s a drag.”

"Okay." Moon understood, but several lower grade boys and girls who didn't care much about Quidditch next to him asked another question:

"So you are so worried because Slytherin is about to win the game? Didn't they win often before?"

Cedric quickly shook his head, "We are not worried because Slytherin is going to win, but because Malfoy's money is going to win, that's why we are worried."

Seeing that several junior wizards seemed a little confused, Keira simply chose to speak directly, "If that bastard boy from the Malfoy family really used money to let Slytherin win the game, what will happen to the other colleges in the future?" Come on, does everyone have to be equipped with the latest model broom to participate in the competition? Well, not everyone comes from a wealthy family, so there is no fairness in such a competition."

Most people fell silent. Moon patted Cedric on the shoulder and did not continue to interfere in the matter, so he went to the sofa and read a book.

In fact, he doesn't quite agree with this view - even in regular sports events, except for those props that are expressly prohibited, such as illegal drugs, other competition equipment should be allowed to be used.Although it is a pity, it has to be said that money is a legitimate advantage in sports events. Whether it is a more favorable training environment, a more scientific and reasonable training plan, etc., these are the conveniences that money can bring. The same goes for things like appliances.