Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 364. 364. Dueling Training

Hearing Professor Flitwick say that he lacks combat experience, Scott nodded in agreement.

Although Hogwarts has now added wizard duel classes to the teaching of Defense Against the Dark Arts, the training intensity of the courses is far from meeting Scott's needs.

Just as Professor Flitwick commented, he was crushing against his classmates in the same grade, and there was no effect of exercise.

Originally, he could still practice with Black or Lupine in the dueling class, but since the cause of Black's brother's death was discovered, that Professor Black has never returned to Hogwarts.

He later resigned altogether.

For this reason, the potions professor at Hogwarts maintained a good mood that was visible to the naked eye for several days.

Now, Remus Lupine, formerly a teaching assistant, has officially become the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Under the evaluation that there is only one person in charge of teaching, this Professor Lupine can't spare time to train opponents for Scott's duel.

For various reasons, Scott's combat experience has not increased much, and he has even been able to think about the tactics he can use in a hypothetical way.

Combat is like nothing else, and it's not a skill that can be improved by immersing yourself in learning.

Without enough combat experience, no matter how good Scott's spellcasting skills are, how well he plays Transfiguration, and how many powerful spells he learns, he will not be able to display his due combat effectiveness in battle.

Under such circumstances, if the opponent is a wizard who is worse than him in hard power, he can crush him with his own hard power, but if the opponent's level is comparable to his, or only a little bit worse, he is likely to be defeated because of the battle. Lack of experience and suffer.

This time, Professor Flitwick's shot also solved Scott's urgent need.

"Come again." Professor Flitwick said to Scott without letting him rest, "The so-called combat experience, you can only understand it yourself in combat."

"Yes."

Scott twisted his hand, which was a little sore from frequent waving of his wand, and nodded in response.

However, this time he lost the battle even faster.

In addition to physical exhaustion, it was also because Professor Flitwick had increased his attack frequency in this duel.

Although Professor Flitwick could not cast a large amount of each spell like Dumbledore, the spell cast from him was also much stronger than Scott.

His combat experience and skills surpassed that of Scott, a student too much. Even if he only used some elementary spells, he was enough to suppress Scott without any suspense by virtue of his experience and skills.

In a duel, he can always make the most appropriate response at the most appropriate time.

The spellcasting is precise, the connection is smooth, and the positioning is flexible. The battle process is like flowing clouds and water, which is pleasing to the eye.

As a well-known wizard duel champion, the slightly serious Professor Flitwick is beyond imagination.

This time, Professor Flitwick let Scott rest for a while.

Of course, while resting, he patiently explained some practical tips he used in battle.

In this regard, Scott is very grateful to write down.

In this way, Scott and Professor Flitwick repeated the process of dueling and resting, until the day's training was completely over before the curfew time.

Finally, Scott left Professor Flitwick's office exhausted physically and mentally.

Fortunately, Professor Flitwick has been using the primary spell, and apart from a few bumps, Scott wasn't really hurt.

But Scott is very clear that this result shows that Professor Flitwick has been in a state of ease in the battle, and it also shows that he is still far behind.

Scott wasn't discouraged by it.

Before that, he hadn't won duel training with Black and Lupine, and Professor Flitwick was obviously a higher level wizard than Black and Lupine.

Of course, when it comes to the level of magic, today's Scott is not far behind Black and Lupine, and even has some advantages that they don't have.

Compared with those two adult wizards, the biggest difference is the accumulation of magic power and combat experience.

It was a bit difficult to return to the Ravenclaw Tower, and Scott couldn't wait to collapse on the sofa by the fireplace after entering the common room.

As curfew approached, there were very few people still in the common room.

Luna was still curled up on the sofa by the fireplace with a thick book in her arms. After seeing Scott, she got up and walked in front of him.

"Good evening, Scott." She sat on the sofa opposite Scott. "Sawanna has written back."

As she spoke, she handed Scott a letter that was included in the book.

Scott was a little surprised and said, "So fast, I remember asking you last night."

Luna nodded, "I sent a letter this morning and received a reply tonight."

After Scott took the letter, she threw off her slippers and curled up on the sofa to read a book.

Scott looked down at the letter and found that the letter had not been opened, and his name was written on the envelope.

"This letter is for you." Luna seemed to know what he was thinking, "This letter is included in the letter for me."

"Thank you."

Scott opened the envelope, took out the parchment and unfolded it.

[Scott, are you okay?
When I got Luna's letter, I was very happy.

But when I learned what happened to you from her letter, I was very disturbed by it.

Luna told me the contents of that prophecy. ]
This time, the handwriting in the letter became neat and beautiful, no longer as hurried and scribbled as the previous two letters.

From this point of view, Savannah's situation in the family seems to be better.

[You want to ask me if Avalon really exists?

Avalon is the central belief of the druids, the legendary ideal land, in the legend, it is the paradise, the island of heaven, I think it is a real place.

The existence of Avalon may even have a deep connection with my family.

According to family stories, in the distant past, the ancestors of the surname Doherty were servants who served fairies.

It is Morgan Le Fay, the legendary leader of the nine fairies who ruled Avalon, half-sister of King Arthur. ]
Seeing this, Scott's eyes widened.

Absurd, this was his first reaction after seeing these contents.

But after reacting, he was unable to refute what Savanna said in the letter for a while.

What happened to him now was absurd enough, and it seemed that there was nothing more absurd to encounter.

He continued to watch.

[When I was very young, my grandfather once told me the story of Avalon.

Remember the Sea of ​​Oaks you visited?

According to my grandfather, this was once the swamp that entered Avalon.

My grandfather told me that after the passage to Avalon was completely closed, the druids who were left on this land transformed the entire swamp, turning it into a sea of ​​oak trees.

Sounds implausible, right?
To be honest, I have always been skeptical of this statement.

I don't doubt the authenticity of Avalon, but...

Because my grandfather was not calm when he said this passage, I guess he still hid some truth from me.

Wait for me, Scott, I'll find out about this.

I'm already an official druid priest, and they can't hide anything from me anymore.

As for the rest of Professor Trelawney's prophecy, sorry, I don't have a clue yet.

Sorry, I can only help you so much right now.

But I'll try to find out, and if I get any more leads, I'll write to you. ]
This letter ends here.

Scott folded the parchment and put it in the envelope.

Luna, who was reading a book, raised her head and said, "Sawanna told me that Avalon is real, and I think so too, because my dad also said so when I was a child."

"If it's true." Scott raised the letter in his hand, "Sawanna told me that the passage to Avalon has been closed."

Luna said optimistically: "Since it can be closed, it can be reopened, but we haven't found a way to open it yet."

"Maybe." Scott lowered his eyelids.

[Volume of History], [Clairvoyant Eye], [Eternal King], [The Man Who Doesn't Survive]...

The words in the prophecy kept circling in his mind, but he still didn't find any more clues. Instead, the more he knew, the more he couldn't figure it out.

"The brain is mushy."

It was too late when he heard Luna chanting the spell, and his extremely tired body did not react, and he soon fell into a daze.

"Stop the curse."

When he woke up, he saw Luna holding a book in one hand and pointing at him with a wand in the other.

Scott blinked. He never thought that Luna would attack him, and he was so powerful that he did it without saying a word.

"Are you better?" Luna looked at him and asked seriously.

Scott didn't know how to react, and was a little dumbfounded for a while.

"Oh, the harassing horseflies have all escaped, it seems that this method is really effective!" Luna said very happily.

"..."

Scott really wanted to tell her that he was stunned by her miraculous operation, and he couldn't care less about the prophecy for a while.

But Luna has clearly accepted her credit at this moment.

She nodded in satisfaction, twirled the wand twice between her fingers, and put her hand behind her ear.

Just then, Eddie walked into the common room with his small schoolbag on his back.

"Good evening, Scott, Luna."

He ran to Scott and sat down beside him with a smile on his face.

"Scott, all the [Magic Crystal Players] you made are sold out, including the part that exceeds the order." He said with some pride, "And I have received a new order, and you need to replenish it gone."

Luna smiled and said, "Eddie, you'll look more like a businessman than a wizard this way."

Eddie shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "There is nothing wrong with the businessman."

He said to Scott again: "Besides the player's new order, there is another thing."

"What?" Scott asked.

"About the college promotional video." Eddie showed a smug expression again, "The students of the other three colleges are discussing why only Ravenclaw College has a promotional video. Of course they also want their own college's promotional video .”

Scott raised his eyebrows, "Did they place an order for a promotional video?"

Eddie shook his head, "Of course not, why would they ask us who don't belong to their academy to make promotional videos?"

Without waiting for Scott to ask again, he gave the answer by himself, "Now many people in Hogwarts have mail-ordered panoramic telescopes, and they are going to make their own promotional videos, but they have encountered technical difficulties."

At this point, the smugness on his face grew stronger, "They want us to 'cut' the material for them."

"You accepted?" Scott asked. "I don't want to do it, and aren't Fred and George inventing the magic camera?"

"You don't need to do it." Eddie rubbed his hands, "Just lend me the [magic mirror], and I'll do it!"

Scott doesn't dispute that.

He just didn't expect that the product of his momentary fun would actually cause Hogwarts students to curl up with each other based on the house.

"As for Fred and George's magic camera?" Eddie said with a smile, "they're still a long way from success."

In the days that followed, Scott devoted himself to his studies.

Because he understands the importance of his own strength and the futility of thinking too much, he even deliberately doesn't want to or rarely think about prophecy.

At the end of March, Professor Flitwick told him before a duel training session that they were ready to open the golden treasure chest.

As the discoverer of the golden chest, Scott was invited to watch this special magical ceremony.

The appointed day was a Saturday.

When most of the teachers and students in the school were excitedly cheering for the teams they supported on the Quidditch pitch, Scott followed the three professors to the top platform of the Astronomy Tower.

Dumbledore let the golden chest floating beside him fall to the ground.

"Go ahead," said Professor Binns to Professor Flitwick. "Don't forget what I taught you."

Professor Flitwick nodded and walked to the golden chest.

He stretched out his hand to touch the words engraved on the box, walked around the golden treasure box again, and then coughed twice solemnly.

"Oh..." he said nervously, "wait a minute."

As he spoke, he took out a wooden box from his wide sleeve.

Scott recognized the box immediately. It was the box that held the Ravenclaw diadem in Professor Flitwick's office.

Professor Flitwick opened the box, solemnly took out Ravenclaw's diadem, and put it on his head.

"In this way, I won't forget how to read those damn ancient goblin essays!" He said happily.

Then, he also started his performance.

"..."

At the beginning of the first sentence, Scott couldn't help covering his ears.

At the same time, he cursed in his heart——

The Song of the Fairy sounds like a kind of magic casted through singing, and the name even reminds people of descriptions such as beautiful and beautiful, but no one expected that the truth is exactly the opposite.

I don't know if it's because Professor Flitwick is not proficient in this magic, or the song of the goblin is just like that...

In short, Professor Flitwick's "singing voice" made Scott's hair stand on end?
His "singing voice" has nothing to do with adjectives like beautiful.

Scott would like to ask, why is this magic called "Song of the Goblin", why not just "Scream of the Goblin".

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