Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1059 The toad has no fangs

  Since the last chat with Anderson, Harry actually had the idea of ​​stopping DA activities, oh, now it's renamed "Defense Against the Dark Arts Study Group". Harry had spoken to Hermione and Ron about it, and to Fred, George and Cedric about his concerns. However, just like Cedric said, there are too many students joining the club now, and everyone expects to learn some useful Defense Against the Dark Arts knowledge here. Stopping DA activities now may disappoint many students.

  Fred and George told Harry not to worry, and if he had any problems, he would blame them directly.

  Umbridge's unrevealed conspiracy is even more worrying.

Although the DA gatherings are still going on, Harry has subconsciously reduced the frequency of the DA gatherings. Although he also knows that if Umbridge is really eyeing the DA gatherings, reducing the frequency of the DA gatherings is actually useless, but Harry still does that And changed the recently taught content into the Patronus Charm, trying not to leave any excuses for Umbridge against himself and Dumbledore.

  Harry is now curious about when Umbridge will show his fangs, and he is also waiting for that day to come. However, that day never came, and perhaps Umbridge was planning to compete with him for more patience.

"Or not!"

  Hermione frowned intently, and the tip of her wand was emitting a puff of silver gas, but it was still unable to condense into a physical Patronus.

  This situation not only happened to Hermione, none of the DA members has successfully summoned the physical Patronus, except for Fred, George and Lee Jordan who had mastered the Patronus Charm a long time ago.

"Don't worry, the more anxious you are, the less likely you are to succeed. At the beginning, it took me a long time to summon the Patronus Charm." Harry walked through the two lines, teaching everyone about himself. The experience of practicing the Patronus Charm, "You must think of happy things, the more pleasant the memory, the easier it is to succeed when casting the spell."

"It's so difficult, I really don't know how you did it?" Angelina muttered in a low voice. Fred, George and Lee Jordan are the only three students here besides Harry who have summoned the physical patron saint. Cedric has not been able to summon the physical patron saint until now.

"We have been practicing for several years, but you have only practiced for a few months, or even less." Fred comforted, "The Patronus Charm is more difficult to master than you expected, and one of the tricks to mastering it is to Confidence, self-confidence is conducive to improving the success rate of spell casting, Albert always said that you do not believe that your spell will be successful, so why should it be successful?"

   "That guy always likes to say some profound things, but he has to admit that it makes sense." Shanna said with a smile.

   "Maybe, he can publish a book of Anderson's quotations in the future." Aliya complained.

"The Patronus Charm is widely considered to be a kind of profound magic. Whether it is me, Fred, George or Lee Jordan, I have spent a lot of time on this spell, so even if everyone is unable to summon the physical Patronus for the time being, it is absolutely impossible. It's not something to be ashamed of, because many wizards can't actually summon a physical Patronus."

   "Is it true that some people can't master the Patronus Charm in their lifetime?" A Hufflepuff girl couldn't help but raise her hand and asked.

"Of course not. Most people are unable to summon the Patronus of the physical body. In fact, it has something to do with themselves. Many people are unwilling to spend time and energy on practicing, and they have no talent, so why can they summon the Patronus of the physical body?" Harry knew. Everyone's emotions are not high, but there is no good way, so they can only comfort, "As long as you are willing to spend time practicing, don't worry about not being able to master the patron saint of the physical body, unless you are not happy in your heart."

"Now let me talk about the important things that need to be paid attention to when learning the Patronus Charm." Harry raised a finger and said, "First, the Patronus Charm needs a very strong magical power as the foundation, which makes this spell very difficult for younger children." Wizards are less friendly, but don't let that put you off, as long as you're willing to spend a little more time practicing, you'll be able to master it well when you're older. I asked Fred, George, and Lee ·Jordan, the three of them are in the same situation, so don’t be discouraged because others succeed, but you don’t succeed. A genius like Anderson who mastered the Patronus Charm in the second grade has produced that one so far. Don’t compare with him , that’s just asking for trouble.”

"Secondly, the Patronus Charm is a positive spell. It advocates happiness and hope, so before casting the spell, you need to concentrate and try to recall the happiest things in your life." Harry looked around and warned: " Don't use the Patronus Charm with malice, otherwise the spell may backfire, and terrible things will happen. Most dark wizards don't know the Patronus Charm. It's not that dark wizards can't learn it, but They don't need it, and on the other hand, it's because they don't want to risk backfire to try, it's not worth it."

"So, many people think that only people with pure hearts can summon the Patronus, which is actually wrong," Harry corrected: "It is said that the Patronus of our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is a cat, and you think her heart is very Is it pure?"

"Really?"

  The news that Umbridge had mastered the Patronus immediately caused a commotion in the room, and everyone didn't want to believe that the toad could actually summon the Patronus.

  Something like a toad can summon its own patron saint.

"I've only heard similar rumors, and I don't know the specifics." Harry raised his hand to stop everyone's whispering, "I just said this to tell you that people with pure hearts are more likely to summon Patronus, But others can still succeed with hard work, so don't give up."

"Third, self-confidence, focus, will, correct spell-casting gestures and correct incantations, focus on recalling the happiest memory you can think of, everything I just said is very important." Harry continued to guide: "Close now Close your eyes, remember your happiest memory, and then raise your wand and say "Call God to protect you."

   "Call God for protection!"

  Under Harry's guidance, all the students present waved their wands and recited the Patronus Charm.

  Silver smoke spewed out from the tip of the wand, and the whole room instantly became smoggy. What attracted everyone's attention most was the change on Cedric's wand. The silver smoke coiled in mid-air, forming a physical patron saint.

He succeeded!

   That's a silver swan-shaped Patronus flying around the Room of Requirement.

   "It's so pretty!"

  Qiu Zhang looked at the swan happily, and then looked at Cedric with gentle eyes, proud of the other party's success.

   "Look, Cedric did it!"

  Everyone's attention was attracted by Cedric's swan-shaped patron saint. His success undoubtedly gave everyone a lot of confidence.

   "Is it really a swan?"

   Cedric looked at his patron saint and murmured softly.

   Once he asked Albert what his patron saint was, and Albert said it might be a swan.

At that time, Albert joked that it had something to do with his liking for Autumn, and Autumn’s patron saint might also be a swan, because swans are in pairs. He thought it was just Albert’s joke before, but he didn’t expect it to be true. of.

  Harry looked at Qiu and Cedric, took a deep breath, and began to take the lead in clapping.

After waiting for the applause to completely disappear, Harry cleared his throat and reminded: "Although it's a bit unpleasant to say this now, I still have to remind everyone that summoning a Patronus in a brightly lit classroom is one thing, and facing Dementors are another matter. Only a Patronus who has passed the test of a Dementor can be considered a real Patronus, because many wizards still cannot successfully summon a Patronus in front of a Dementor."

When the others looked over, Harry continued, "This is what Albert reminded me, and I'll pass it on to you now. The reality is that it is very difficult for you to deal with dementors." Looking back on happy memories, this is my own experience as well.”

   "Okay, be quiet. Cedric, don't you mind sharing the secret of your success with everyone!" Harry nodded to Cedric. He knew that everyone needed a successful case to inspire confidence.

   Just as Cedric was about to stand up, the door of the Room of Requirement was suddenly opened.

  Everyone heard the noise and turned their heads to look at the entrance, only to see a person standing in front of the opened door.

  A person beyond everyone's expectations.

  Dolores Umbridge stood at the door with a smirk on her face, but no one knew how she opened the door to the Room of Requirement.

  Some were confused, some panicked, but most of them realized that something was wrong, because Harry had warned them more than once that Umbridge was not trustworthy, she was probably just faking and would trouble everyone again.

  Harry is obviously right, as long as he has a little brain, he can feel that Umbridge is not a good person.

  The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and many students couldn't help raising their wands at the uninvited guest.

   "I have something to do!"

  Harry took out the bottle from his pocket, poured a tranquilizer into his mouth, took a deep breath, and stood up to face the toad that broke into the Room of Requirement.

  This guy's "harmless" is indeed a disguise, and now he is finally about to show his fangs.

  For some reason, instead of feeling nervous, Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

   "Mr. Potter, someone reported to me that you are having an illegal party here." Umbridge looked around, the smile on his face was a little stiff, because everyone was staring at her unkindly.

   "Our party has been approved by you." Cedric frowned and reminded.

"Yeah, I am also very strange, but someone reported to the Ministry of Magic that you gather people to practice black magic. You know, this is not allowed." Umbridge still had the same hypocritical smirk on his face, which made people wish One punch flattened her toad face.

  "Black magic? Are you sure that the Patronus Charm is black magic?" Fred raised his wand threateningly, "Or is the so-called black magic defined by you, a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

   "Be careful Weasley, you..."

  Many people raised their wands and stared at Umbridge unkindly. They thought that the toad would settle down, but now it seemed that was not the case at all.

   Less than a month later, Umbridge came to trouble everyone.

   Many people regret not listening to Harry.

  Whether it is Harry, or Fred and George remind everyone to be careful of Umbridge, don't let your guard down.

  At that time, few people really took it to heart, and it turned out...

"What's the matter with you?" Harry raised his hand to signal everyone to keep quiet. After taking the sedative, he also calmed down. It's not a good idea to confront Umbridge. He just saw that there were people outside. Probably an employee of the Ministry of Magic.

"Because there are too many people in your club, both the school and the Ministry of Magic have to be vigilant, so I suggest you go to the principal's office and explain the matter clearly in front of the Minister of Magic and Dumbledore, so as to avoid any conflict between the two parties. Misunderstanding." Umbridge's hypocritical smile made people sick, and her sudden change made many students think that they were fools.

"Harry, don't listen to her, that guy is a liar." George interrupted directly: "When Umbridge appears here, she is not worthy of trust, otherwise she would not have come to deceive you Get out, but bring Dumbledore and Fudge here, and make things clear in front of everyone."

   "Mr. Weasley, I may take it that..." Umbridge was interrupted in the middle of his sentence.

"You can invite the principal and the Minister of Magic over here. I think everyone would like to admire their demeanor. After all, the principal's office can't accommodate so many people." George turned his head and looked at the students behind him and asked, "Who would like to see them?" went together."

   "Let's go together." Someone in the crowd shouted.

   "We would like to hear what the minister has to say."

   "I think he should explain the previous escape to us."

   "A lot of people know that the Death Eaters are trying to break out of prison. Why is there no one in the Ministry of Magic to stop it?"

   "The disgrace of the ministers of magic, he should step down and get out."

  The two Aurors outside looked at each other, and looked worriedly at the students in the room. They knew that if this matter was not handled properly, a large-scale conflict might really break out.

   "With Dumbledore here, I believe she can't do anything." Harry raised his hand to stop the excitement of the students, "Besides, I'm still curious who reported us?"

  Harry followed Umbridge and left, but that didn't mean the others would be so indifferent. They all raised their wands and walked out of the Room of Requirement with a murderous look.

   "Let's go, I think Headmaster Dumbledore is still waiting for us, don't make them wait too long." Harry glanced at Umbridge and walked towards the headmaster's office.

   Looking at the students blocking the door of the headmaster's office, Umbridge was not worried, because the Ministry of Magic would soon call in more Aurors to prevent the situation at Hogwarts from getting out of control completely.

   "Go to Albert and tell him what happened here." George deliberately slowed down and mixed in the crowd, and whispered to Lee Jordan, "I think he must know what to do."

  (end of this chapter)