Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"Hermione, this is too risky, Snape is not Lockhart, we can easily be spotted by him." Harry hesitated.

"But……"

"This is not a problem, "Hogwarts Wizardry" has a lot of money recently, we can use it to buy medicinal materials." Aiwen continued, "And I even chose a place to make compound soup, It's in the girls' bathroom on the third floor."

"Oh, no!" Ron said weakly, and Harry looked very bad.

"That's the safest place, and Filch is not guarding there now. After the two consecutive attacks, almost no one in the school wants to go near that corridor."

Apart from boiling potions, Aiwen is not going to continue taking risks.

He had to personally guard the entrance of the secret room, no matter who Tom Riddle was controlling, as long as he wanted to enter the secret room, he would definitely pass through there.

Moreover, Ivan also wanted to see if it would be the same as the original plot, picking up Tom Riddle's diary there.

Chapter 37 Duel Club

Hermione got the "Power Potion" the next morning, and Ivan mailed out the list of required materials at noon.

That night, they gathered in the girls' bathroom on the third floor.The bathroom without Crying Myrtle was quiet, and Ivan looked around, and saw a small snake on the side of a water copper faucet facing the cubicle.

"That faucet is broken and never comes out."

Hermione turned the thick "Powerful Potion" to the page of compound soup, and checked the medicinal materials she just got against the formula.

"This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen." She muttered, pointing to the list of ingredients one by one with her finger, "Lacewing insects, leeches, sap grass and two ear grass, and powdered A bicorn horn and a piece of snakeskin from an African tree snake."

"God, Ivan, how much did you spend to get these things, these materials are not cheap!"

"Three hundred Galleons, this is all the money the newspaper has made recently." Ivan shrugged, "I originally planned to use the money to buy a Christmas gift for each staff member of the newspaper. I have already thought about everything. Now they are all replaced by these medicinal materials.”

"You said these things are worth three hundred Galleons?!" Ron swallowed.

"That's right." Ivan also felt a little distressed.

"Okay, we already have all the necessary materials to make Polyjuice Potion. Besides these, we need a little something about the person who wants to change."

"I'm sorry," said Ron sharply. "What do you mean, a little bit of the man we're trying to become? I wouldn't drink it if it had Crabbe's toenails in it!"

Hermione didn't seem to hear him, and continued, "We don't have to worry about that yet, that stuff goes in last."

Ron turned to Harry speechlessly, and Harry's face was also not very good.

"The question now is, how long will it take to brew these potions?" Aiwen asked.

"Well, it will take 20 days at the fastest, which is the shortest cooking time for lacewings."

"Twenty days?!" said Ron. "It's Christmas time by then, and I bet Malfoy would hurry up and knock out half the Muggles in the school."

"So what's your idea?" Hermione snapped her book shut, squinting at Ron.

"I think the house-elf who has been making trouble for Harry has a good idea. Find a chance to join Malfoy and let him go home and lie down until the end of this semester." Seeing Hermione looking at him angrily, Ron The voice is getting smaller and smaller.

"This won't work, we can't be sure that Malfoy did it." Ivan shook his head, "Besides, the materials have been bought back, and we have no way out now."

"You're right, Alvin!"

Seeing that Hermione was going to get angry, Ron hurriedly agreed, "It's shameful to waste Galleons, but Yu Wan doesn't use his toenails, okay?"

Several people discussed it again, and after confirming that there was nothing missing, they began to prepare the materials separately according to the recipe.

As time passed, the atmosphere in the school was still dignified.

Aiwen was kept by Lockhart after a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

He had just been asked by Lockhart to play a Himalayan snowman with a nasal cold. This is a new teaching activity Lockhart has recently launched, asking students to cooperate with him to act out some dramatic episodes in his own book.

"Ewen, your performance just now was very good. That's how I scared the Himalayan snowman away. I saved a whole village."

"I'm glad I could help you, Professor."

Ivan asked uncertainly, "Do you have anything else to do? The next session is Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. I'd better not be late."

"That's right." Lockhart showed his signature smile, "Given the current tense situation in the school, I hope to open a dueling club."

"Duel Club?!"

"Yes, you know that I have more experience in dealing with evil things than other professors in the school." Lockhart boasted, "I'm not boasting, but I don't mind passing on this experience to everyone to help you improve Take a fight."

"Excellent idea, what do you need from me?"

"I will publish this news on the bulletin board, you just need to help me promote it in the newspaper, it's as simple as that."

Lockhart hoped to put this news on the front page, but not to publish his name. He said that this was to maintain a sense of mystery and give everyone a surprise when the time came.Aiwen smiled wryly, really surprised enough.

What can Lockhart teach everyone, how to make bones disappear? !

However, after thinking that there was really nothing worth promoting recently, he readily agreed to the other party's request.Perhaps this is an opportunity to use the dueling club's influence to redeem the newspaper's dwindling sales.

Not surprisingly, the news that the school will hold a duel club aroused the interest of the little wizards.

In the latest issue of the newspaper, Aiwen placed a big question mark, and listed below one by one the candidates who may be the teachers of the Dueling Club, their strength evaluation and past records.After a lot of publicity in advance, the sales of this issue of "Hogwarts Wizardry" returned to the peak level before the second attack.

Under Aiwen's intentional guidance, most people thought that the teacher of the Dueling Club would be Professor Dumbledore.

This is simply shocking, considering that Professor Dumbledore has not used magic in public for many years since the fall of Voldemort.

Not to mention the excited little wizards, many adult wizards who subscribed to the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" and the parents of the students hoped to come to the school to watch and have the opportunity to learn a few tricks from the greatest white wizard of our time , Just thinking about it is exciting enough.

After hearing the news, Gu Feixin, the editor-in-chief of "Daily Prophet", also wrote a letter immediately, expressing his willingness to send someone to interview the opening of the Dueling Club.

However, it was rejected by the school, which made all the students more curious. Most people thought that Professor Dumbledore was very likely to make a move.

Due to Aiwen's promotional guidance, the Dueling Club, which was originally planned to be held in a small area in the underground classroom, had to be held in the auditorium due to the large number of applicants.

At eight o'clock on Wednesday night, the students hurried back to the auditorium after dinner and a short break in the common room.The long dining table disappeared, and along one wall appeared a gilded stage, lit by hundreds of candles floating overhead.

Once again the ceiling was as black as velvet, and the whole school was there.

Aiwen, who is familiar with the truth of the matter, was dragged from the library by Colin and Ginny. In their words, Ivan hoped that Ivan could guide them in defending against spells. All first-year students know that Ivan's spell level Is the best among his peers.

We were crowded together, each with his own wand, excited.

"When will the principal come, and what do you think he will teach us?"

"Don't be silly, Ron!"

Because of the chatter and chatter from the surrounding crowd, Hermione had to raise her volume and said loudly, "It can't be Professor Dumbledore, he hasn't made a move for many years. Besides, if it's him, there's no need to be so mysterious, he It’s the biggest gimmick in itself.”

"Not Dumbledore, who would it be?"

"Someone told me that Flitwick was a dueling champion when he was young, maybe he came to teach us." Hermione said uncertainly.

"Ivan must know that he wrote that article?"

Harry and Ron hurriedly turned their heads to look at Ivan, and Colin, Ginny, and Neville nearby also looked at him expectantly.

"Don't look at me like that, I thought you'd already understood it when you saw this kind of propaganda!"

"Wait a minute, are you talking about..."

Harry's words turned into a groan, and Gilderoy Lockhart stepped onto the stage, radiant in a fuchsia robe.

"That's right, it's him!" Ivan covered his forehead weakly, "Also, Professor Lockhart seems to have brought a special guest tonight."

The lively atmosphere in the auditorium suddenly stagnated, the original chirping and discussion completely disappeared, and everyone saw that it was not someone else who appeared beside Lockhart.

It was the sullen Snape, still in his usual black clothes.

Chapter 38 The Unexpected Duel

The students who had expected to learn some real skills were disappointed to find that the Dueling Club had become a joke.

Lockhart had originally planned to show everyone how to duel, but he picked the wrong opponent. Snape was definitely not a little wizard to be manipulated by him in class.

After Lockhart counted down three times, Snape only waved his wand lightly, and a dazzling red light flashed in front of everyone.Lockhart was knocked off his feet and flew backwards off the stage, hitting the wall before sliding back down, curled up on the floor.

Ai Wen took a breath, and the fall was not light.

Amidst the girls' screams, Lockhart staggered to his feet, his hat off, his wavy curls standing on end.

He staggered back onto the stage, seemingly only realizing what had happened.

"I think you all see, it's a disarming spell, and as you can see, I lost my wand."

"And flew out!" There was a burst of boos from the audience.

But everyone underestimated Lockhart's thick skin, and he waved down, taking the boos as a compliment.

"Yes, Professor Snape, it's a great idea to show the students this trick, but don't mind me saying that, your intention to do this just now is obvious. If I want to stop you, It's a no-brainer. I think it would be a good idea to show them, in order to increase their knowledge..."

Noticing the murderous look on Snape's face, Lockhart said hastily, "Okay, okay, the demonstration is over. Now I'll come among you and divide you into groups of two. Professor Snape, if you'd like to help I……"

They walk through the crowd, making pairs for everyone.

Lockhart paired Neville and Justin, and Snape walked up to Harry and Ron.

"The dream team should be broken up, I think!" he sneered. "Weasley, you could pair up with Mason; as for you, Potter..."

Hearing his words, Harry subconsciously moved closer to Hermione.

"I don't think so," said Snape, with a cold smile on his face. "Malfoy, come here. Let's see what you can make of the famous Potter. Granger Miss, you can pair up with Miss Millison."

Malfoy walked over arrogantly, with a smug smile on his face.

Behind him was a tall, strong, stocky Slytherin girl with a fat chin protruding menacingly. Hermione smiled at her reluctantly, but she ignored her.

The ensuing duel was a nightmare. Just after Lockhart shouted three two one, a puff of green smoke filled the entire venue.

Harry and Malfoy were jinxed at each other until Snape went over to help them untie them; Neville and Justin were lying on the floor, panting; Hermione and Millicent were still on the move, Mirri Sen clamped Hermione's head, and Hermione cried out in pain.Both of their wands were forgotten on the floor.

Harry jumped forward hastily and pulled Millicent away.

The worst part is the group of Ivan and Ron. Before the duel started, Ivan asked Ron to use a weapon against himself. It was to let his wand fly out, not as exaggerated as Snape knocking Lockhart into the air.

In the next second, Ivan realized that he was wrong.

A dark blue light flew out of Ron's wand. Ivan had never seen a spell with such a light. It looked like evil black magic.This is definitely not the Avada Kedavra, but Ivan feels the danger of death from it.

Knowing that he couldn't take it hard, he shouted that there were many obstacles, and turned around and fell to the side.

The obstacle spell seemed to have worked, and the dark blue light slowed down and landed on the position where Ivan was standing just now.

As if contaminated by strong sulfuric acid, Aiwen saw that the marble floor was corroded rapidly and sunk deeply, and the little wizard around him let out an exclamation.

"Oh my god, Ron, what did you use?" Ivan shouted in shock.

"I don't know!" Ron seemed to have just woken up. "You know, I just used your weapon to kill you. I didn't know it would happen..."

Snape hurried over and looked at the traces on the ground with a gloomy face. After a few seconds, he raised his head and looked at Ron with a strange expression.

"Weasley, did you go to peek at the books in the restricted area?!" His tone was not so much questioning, but questioning.

"No, no!" Ron remembered the book "Powerful Potion", he stuttered and answered, looking very suspicious.

"Needless to say, there must be something wrong with your broken wand." Seeing Ron's appearance, Ivan knew that he would suffer, and he couldn't let Snape find out that they were making Polyjuice Potion, so he hurriedly changed the subject Said, "Ron, until you get a new wand, I will never practice duels with you again."

"But, what is this curse..."

"Enough!" Snape yelled sharply. "If you keep practicing with empty heads like you, I can collect your corpses tomorrow."

"That's right, Professor Snape." Lockhart continued, "I think it's best to teach them how to stop unfriendly magic. Is there a couple who volunteered to come up and demonstrate, Longbottom and Fenryry, How are you?"

"That's a bad idea, Professor Lockhart." Snape slid across the stage like a large, vicious bat. "Like Weasley with an empty head, Longbottom can't even use the simplest spell." Can cause damage. We will put the remains of Finlay in a matchbox and send them to the hospital ward."

Neville's round pink face blushed even more, and Snape said with a smirk, "How are Malfoy and Potter?"

"Fantastic!" Lockhart motioned Harry and Malfoy into the middle of the Great Hall, and the people stepped back to make room for them.

Harry and Malfoy stood on both sides of the stage, and Lockhart and Snape whispered to each other, imparting some fighting skills.Not knowing what to say to Harry, Lockhart swung his wand a few times, dropping it to the ground.

Next, it was the same as Ivan remembered.

The long black snake suddenly shot out of Malfoy's wand, landed heavily in the center of the stage, and raised its head, ready to attack.

The crowd screamed and dodged back quickly to make way for the clearing.

Snape was going to scare Harry, but Lockhart made things worse by waving his wand and sending the black snake flying high into the middle of the crowd.

It was furious, spit out the letter, and swam straight to Justin Fletcher, who was closest to it, raised its head, bared its fangs, and assumed an attacking posture.

Then everyone heard Harry start talking to the black snake with a hissing voice, as if performing an ancient and mysterious ritual, everyone held their breath and remained motionless, the auditorium was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling could be heard Be clear.

The snake stopped, and Harry looked up at Justin, grinning.