Retirement from Hogwarts

The second lecture hall is a huge semi-circular lecture hall, but this time it seems to have been specially modified for today's practical class. The original tables and chairs have been moved to the corners.The podium on the podium at the front of the room was also replaced with a sealed cabinet.Professor Lupine walked to the closet and stood still. The closet suddenly shook and hit the wall with a bang.

"Okay, now, look here." After everyone came in, Professor Luping stood on the podium and clapped his hands to the people below, indicating that they should turn their attention from the cabinet to himself.

"Don't worry." Professor Lupine said calmly, because at this time several students jumped back in fright. "There's a lowly Boggart in this cabinet. It's not a scary thing."

But obviously the students below didn't think so. Most of them felt that they really needed to worry.Ron quietly glanced at the cabinet and retreated to the back row without warning. Seamus Finnigan secretly glanced at the now shaking cabinet door handle in fear, and unconsciously tightened his grip on the wand inside his robe.

"Low-level boggarts like dark, closed spaces, wardrobes, the space under the bed, the cupboard under the sink - once I came across an old clock hidden in my ancestors." Professor Lupine said, "This One was moved in yesterday afternoon, and I asked the principal and the staff if we could leave it untouched and give my third graders some practice. So, the first question we must ask ourselves is, Boggart What is it?"

After hearing Lupin's question, Hermione, a top student, raised her hand without hesitation.After Lupine clicks on her she replies, "It's a shape-shifting thing that can assume whatever form it thinks will scare us the most."

"Great answer, I'm afraid even Dumbledore couldn't have said it better." Lupine nodded with satisfaction after hearing Hermione's answer. "So, the Boggart sitting in the darkness inside the closet has not yet taken on any form. It doesn't know what can scare people outside the door. No one knows what the Boggart looks like when he is alone. , but when I release it, it will immediately become what each of us fears the most. This means..."

Lupine paused here and looked at the nervous little wizards in the audience. "We had a huge advantage over the Boggart until we freed him. Have you found that advantage, Harry?"

"After he came out, maybe it became weird because there were too many of us?" Harry asked tentatively after thinking for a while.

"Great, Harry, great. You are absolutely right." Professor Lupine said happily. "When you deal with low-level Boggarts, the best way is to have more people. As soon as you have more people, they will become confused. They will become a group of monsters because they want to scare everyone at the same time. Looks like that. I once saw a boggart make the mistake of trying to scare two people at the same time, so he turned himself into a half-slug. It wasn’t scary at all.”

"However, this method is limited to dealing with low-level Boggarts." He raised his voice again at this time. "High-level Boggarts generally have their own fixed transformation creatures, and they will also use most of the non-magical abilities of these creatures. So if you see those high-level Boggarts, the best choice is to turn around Just run.”

"As for the spell to repel the Boggart, it's pretty simple, but it requires concentration of your willpower. You know, what really scares away the Boggart?

Gert's laugh.All you have to do is force it into an image that you think is ridiculous and then let it make you laugh. "Lu Ping said here and waved the magic wand in his hand, and a line of large gilded characters appeared on the blackboard behind him, "Funny, specially used for bullying. .Ahem, magic to deal with Boggarts.Let’s talk about this spell without using a wand.Please tell me - hilarious!"

"Funny!" the whole class said in unison.

"Very good, it seems that you have memorized this spell. But, I'm afraid this is only the easiest part of this spell. You know, this spell alone is not enough." Professor Luping nodded to them with satisfaction. Then Neville's name suddenly came up. "Neville, before today's lesson started, I was warned not to ask you to do anything difficult unless Miss Granger whispered instructions in his ear. But I don't think so. Instead, I I also hope you will be my assistant in the first phase. I believe you can do well without Miss Granger's prompting, right? Prove it to us, Neville."

"Okay, Professor." After hearing Lupin's words, Neville walked up to the podium under the gaze of the whole class.

"I bet it was Snape who was behind it." Harry said to them in a low voice as he looked at Neville walking up to the stage.

"Snape said that? What does this mean? Did it happen that Neville performed poorly after your turn to take Potions class with Hufflepuff this year?" Hermione raised her eyebrows strangely after hearing Harry's words. .

"It's not like you don't know Neville's temper." Harry shook his head helplessly. "It was good to have your knowledge and Jack's encouragement last year when it was my turn to take Potions class with you, but whether it was with Slytherin the year before or with Hufflepuff this year, During Potions class, he was so nervous under Snape's watchful eye that he messed up a lot of potions."

"First thing: tell me, what are you most afraid of in the world?" Professor Lupine asked Neville after he walked onto the podium.

Na Cheng's lips moved, but no sound came out.Then he saw the three people in the audience encouraging him.Finally, he opened his mouth and whispered. "Professor Snape"

Almost everyone laughed after hearing his answer.Even Neville himself grinned apologetically.However, Professor Lupine seemed to be deep in thought. "Professor Snape...that's not a good answer. Neville, I presume you live with your grandmother?"

"Oh - yes," Neville said nervously, "but - I don't want a Boggart like her either."

"No, no, you didn't understand me," Professor Lupin said, and he was smiling now, but Jack thought he was smiling evilly no matter how he looked at it. "I wonder, could you tell us what kind of clothes your grandmother usually wears?"

Neville seemed shocked when he heard Professor Lupine's words. He couldn't figure out why Professor Lupine was interested in his grandmother's clothes.But he still recalled it and said it. "Well... she always wears the same hat. It's a tall one with an old sculpture on top. She also wears a long dress... Well... most of the time it's green. , and sometimes wear a fox fur scarf.”

"And handbags?" Professor Lupin encouraged him to go on.

"A big red handbag," said Neville.