Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1006 "Guidelines for Self-Defense"

  Late at night, the windows of the Gryffindor common room were still lit, and Harry Potter was sitting at the round table next to the blazing fireplace, copying his homework. He was a little sleepy, he covered his yawn, rubbed his sore eyes, raised his hands and stretched his waist, took advantage of his free time to look sideways at the pouring rain outside the window, covered his yawn again, and then he Driven by his studies, he continued to pick up the quill.

   This month, the old man was targeted by the toad, and the Quidditch team's hard training, rain or shine, resulted in Harry having little time to complete the homework assigned by the professors, so that he could only stay up late every day to do homework.

  He inadvertently glanced at the scar on the back of his hand. There was a shallow mark left on it by repeatedly copying sentences with a punishment quill.

   Fortunately, Umbridge's experience has been worse than his recently, which made Harry's gloomy mood much better.

   In order to further fight against Umbridge, Harry even joined the Anti-Toad Alliance.

   Yes, the rumored anti-toad coalition certainly exists.

  Harry knew a long time ago who was looking for trouble for Umbridge.

   Was it Albert Anderson's idea?

   Or a trick by the Weasley brothers?

  Harry didn't know this, but the truth didn't matter to him, what mattered was that Umbridge was punished.

  Yes, Harry didn't feel any guilt for violating Umbridge so badly, and he never even thought that he would hate and be hostile to a person so much.

Bringing his thoughts back again, Harry continued to bury his head in copying his homework. He didn't put away the homework on the desk until the early hours of the morning, and took out the Mottra Tentacle Pain Relief Ointment provided by the Weasley brothers from his pocket and applied it on the back of his hand. In addition, the wound left by the punishment quill sometimes hurts faintly. It is said that the white fresh extract is added to the pain relief ointment, which can avoid leaving scars as much as possible.

   "Does your arm still hurt?" Hermione asked suddenly.

   "Haven't you gone to rest yet?"

  Harry looked at Hermione who was still sitting next to her in surprise. In the past, Hermione would go back to rest before dawn. It is said that staying up late is not good for the skin.

   "Hermione said she wanted to talk to you about something." Ron also dropped the quill in his hand, wanting to hear what Hermione was going to say.

   "Hermione, just talk about it." Harry said calmly.

  Hermione guessed there was something important to say, otherwise she wouldn't pick this time, because she undoubtedly didn't want others to hear the conversation between the three of them.

   "What did Sirius say?"

Hermione's first sentence made both Harry and Ron a little confused, obviously they didn't understand the meaning of the words, and Hermione seemed to realize it, and added, "I'm talking about practicing Defense Against the Dark Arts. "

"Oh, I contacted Sirius last night, and he agreed with me to bravely stand up against Umbridge." Harry understood what Hermione meant, and said with a smile, "Sirius also recommended a practice for us." Great place for a spell."

   "Where?" Ron asked.

"Screaming Shack," Harry said. "He thinks it's a good choice if Umbridge doesn't want to notice. We go to the Screaming Shack every week to practice magic. If you have time, Sirius and Remus will also find time to teach us."

   "Harry, if it was just the three of us, the Screaming Shack would be a good place, but..." Before Hermione could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a frowning Harry.

   "Not just the three of us? Oh, you mean Fred, George, and Lee Jordan?"

  To be honest, the Weasley twins are also very good at Defense Against the Dark Arts. They had trained Albert in Defense Against the Dark Arts before, and Harry even suspected that he could not defeat one of them in a duel.

   "I heard their joke props are very popular." Ron felt that those guys were completely stealing money.

   "There may be more than the three of us." Hermione explained with a light cough, "The initial Defense Association was not small, and...I think most of the members of the Anti-Toad Alliance would be willing to join."

"Hermione, I think you're joking." Harry glared at Hermione, and said angrily, "I'm not Anderson, let alone his charm, how many people do you think would believe a weirdo like me, What's more, we don't have that much room for movement."

"Hermione, I think Harry is right." Ron echoed, "If you really want to reorganize the Defense Association, you should let Anderson preside over it, only he has the ability to reorganize the Hogwarts students stand up."

   Both of them thought that Hermione was going to set up a three-person Defense Against the Dark Arts team, but now it seems that Hermione seems to be planning to reorganize the Defense Association.

  Harry felt that if he did what Hermione did, he would probably be completely laughed at. After all, there are many students in the school who think he is a liar.

   "Besides, you think Umbridge has no reason to put me in confinement?" Harry asked with a strange expression.

   "Harry, since when are you afraid of Umbridge, if you want more people on your side..." Before Hermione could finish speaking, Harry interrupted her.

   "Hermione, I really don't know how to convince them, at least I don't think I have the ability." Harry was very dissatisfied with Hermione's plan, it was completely unrealistic.

  If it is just a Defense Against the Dark Arts group, finding some good friends to communicate with each other and improve the level of Defense Against the Dark Arts is actually a pretty good proposal, but Harry thinks that Hermione's "ambition" is a bit too big.

   "Many people are willing to believe in you, I think you should give them a chance." Hermione hesitated for a moment and said.

   "Give them a chance to see my jokes?" Harry laughed at himself, "Don't kid yourself Hermione, you know the mentality of other people very well."

   "I think Harry is right. Take our dormitory as an example. Only Neville is willing to believe Harry." Ron stood on Harry's side, and he knew the attitude of the others very well.

   "If you want to reorganize the Defense Association, you should go to Anderson, he is better at this kind of thing." Harry repeated.

   "He's not available, Harry." Hermione said helplessly, "And you don't have to belittle yourself, you are also very good at Defense Against the Dark Arts, and there is this..."

"What's this?"

   "Albert gave it to me." Hermione handed the book to Harry.

  Harry took the book and glanced at the silver imprint pattern on the book: "Guide to Self-Defense".

   ""Self-Defense Guide"?" Ron asked suspiciously: "Is this a book written by Albert?"

"Yes, it's an early Christmas present for me. I've seen it several times. It's included in the spells we practiced in the Forbidden Forest last semester." Hermione explained to Harry: "It is said that this book also refers to Auror training, as long as you master the contents, you can have some self-protection ability."

   "Books compiled by Albert?"

  Harry was a little surprised. He casually flipped through the "Self-Defense Guide", and found that there were some very basic spells on it, and he had learned many spells, such as the Iron Armor Curse, the Disarming Curse...

   "It feels normal."

  That's right, Harry's first impression of this book was that it was average.

"Harry, this is just the most basic knowledge, as long as you read the whole book, you will gain a lot." Hermione could understand Harry's thoughts, because she thought so at first, but after reading the whole book , she found that she had studied Defense Against the Dark Arts for five years and hadn't even learned the most basic things.

  After reading it, Hermione even felt that this thing was more suitable as a textbook for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class than "Dark Power: Self-Defense Guide".

"I dare say you don't even know the most basic method of casting spells, right? As long as you master the knowledge in this book, everyone's self-defense ability will be greatly improved." After reading this book, Hermione admired it very much. Albert, she continued, "sixty-six spells are recorded in it, and they teach you how to deal with various situations."

   "Is this book really so powerful?"

  Ron also leaned over, wanting to read the books that Hermione touted.

   "I feel normal."

  Harry really can't see the brilliance of this book, he has mastered most of the spells in it.

   "No, Harry, I think Hermione is right." Ron took it over and flipped through it, then nodded and said, "This book is indeed very powerful."

"real?"

   "Harry, you feel ordinary because Sirius has tutored you, and you understand a lot of things, so you naturally feel ordinary." Hermione reminded, "You have to turn to the back of the book."

   "Okay, Hermione, I agree with you, can you lend me this book for a while?" Harry randomly flipped to the back part, and found that it actually taught the skills of tracking and anti-tracking.

  He has to admit that he really doesn't understand this stuff, at least so far, no Defense Against the Dark Arts class will teach these things.

   There are also teaching others how to use the illusion spell, teaching others how to build a simple and safe temporary camp, and teaching various practical knowledge and skills.

   Well, Harry admitted that Defense Against Magic really deserved to be in the trash compared to this book.

   "I'm right, this book is very suitable as our teaching material."

   "But we have nowhere to practice spells."

  Harry flipped through the book again and saw how to cast a spell on his house to protect his family from evil guests.

   "If Umbridge finds out what we're up to, I think she'll be happy to put everyone in detention."

   "We can build up the prototype of the Defense Association first, and we can slowly find a place to practice magic." Hermione said excitedly.

   "Can we ask Fred to borrow their activity room?" Ron suggested.

   "I'm afraid not. I don't think Albert will agree." Hermione shook her head and said, "Practicing magic may destroy the place. Fred and George have agreed to help find the activity room."

   "Aren't you going to give up that unrealistic idea?" Harry closed the book, looked at Hermione with slightly raised eyebrows and said.

   "You always need some support." Hermione said without thinking: "And there are some things that we need to learn from each other and improve each other."

"Okay, Hermione, tell me honestly what you want to do, I don't believe you just want to learn some magic." Harry looked at Hermione and asked seriously, "I don't see any of your reasons It's ridiculous, but if it's just the Defense Against the Dark Arts team, I believe that as long as you want to make up a dozen or so, it will be no problem."

  Ron moved back and forth between Harry and Hermione in some confusion.

"Okay!" Hermione took a deep breath and said seriously: "The main reason is that I want to learn more about how to protect myself. But you should also be aware of the current situation at Hogwarts. Umbridge is not She is unpopular, and she has repeatedly disgusted others recently. I think it is not a good idea to give others opportunities and gather those who are willing to believe in you. You need more supporters, Harry. Let everyone be willing to believe in you, I think you don't want to be isolated either!"

"My plan is to recruit people from the Anti-Toad Alliance first." Hermione continued, "The Anti-Toad Alliance already has nearly a hundred members. I believe there must be some of them who are willing to believe in you. Everyone is very willing to participate, they are all fed up with toads."

   "Hermione, I think your thinking is really naive." Harry said suddenly.

   "What?" Hermione was a little taken aback.

   "Actually, there is a way to convince them all at once."

"any solution?"

"To put it bluntly, the whole thing is arguing about whether Voldemort is still alive." Harry pointed directly to the core issue, "For wizards who have never seen Voldemort's resurrection with their own eyes, it is really difficult to convince them of the cruel reality. so…"

"so?"

"Just let them face the cruel reality. Sirius told me that there is a stone basin in Dumbledore's office that can present the memory to everyone. As long as other people watch the memory of Voldemort's resurrection, no one will doubt it. Is Voldemort resurrected?"

  Hermione opened her mouth, stunned by Harry's approach.

"You are right, but... would Dumbledore be willing to lend us the stone basin?" Ron actually wanted to see the scene of Voldemort's resurrection, "and, if it is really possible to do that, why would Dumbledore How about keeping Fudge from viewing your memories?"

   "Because Fudge doesn't want to step down!" Harry sneered, "Whether he sees it or not, Fudge won't believe it. Once he admits that Voldemort is resurrected, he has to step down and get out."

   "So what?" said Ron.

"If you want to form a Defense Against the Dark Arts team, then follow my advice." Harry said to Hermione, "If you want to believe it, invite it, if you don't want to believe it, forget it, tell them what we are going to do, Instead of finding a reason to bring them here."

   "But Harry, everyone..."

"I never felt like I needed to be acknowledged by anyone, nor did I want to spend time convincing anyone," Harry interrupted, "I don't want to be treated like a monkey in a zoo anyway, and I don't think I can meet a group of people who want to see it." The guy I joked about?"

   "Sorry, maybe I said it a little too much." Harry apologized to Hermione, "But I think Fred and George are right, you are indeed too naive in some respects."

   "Lend me this book for a while, I want to study the contents." Harry took the book and left.

   "Hermione, are you okay?" Ron asked worriedly.

   "Do you also think my method is unreliable?" Hermione asked Ron.

   "I don't know," said Ron, shaking his head, "but I just want to learn something useful, and Harry must have thought so too."

  (end of this chapter)