Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 178 Boggart

   "The entrance to classroom No. 21 is related to Gamp's basic deformation law." Albert took Katrina to the corridor on the sixth floor of the castle.

   "What is this, a test?" Katrina raised her eyebrows and looked at the portraits on both sides of the corridor. She knew that there were secret passages hidden behind many portraits and tapestries.

   Albert smiled and said: "If you think so, I don't deny it."

   "At the beginning, did you find the entrance?" Katrina stared at Albert, seeming to be very concerned about this question.

   "I found it, but Isobel led me into classroom 21 in the end?"

   "Why?" Katrina asked puzzled.

   "Because the way to enter is a bit special." Albert asked, "How about it, want to try it? Or should I just tell you where the entrance to classroom 21 is?"

   "I'll find it." Katrina glanced at Albert and began to look for the entrance of the Transfiguration Club on the sixth floor.

  Ten minutes later, the two had already walked through the sixth floor, but they still couldn't find the entrance to classroom 21, so they returned to the original corridor.

   "Okay, you won. I actually wasted my time on this kind of thing, where is the entrance?" Katrina bit her lower lip unwillingly, and asked Albert about the location of the entrance to classroom 21.

  She knew that she shouldn't waste time on this kind of anger. She must have been **** off by the other party, but she didn't expect that she would be fooled.

   "It's right here." Albert pointed to the portrait beside him.

   "You didn't do it on purpose, did you?" Katrina looked at Albert with a strange look. This guy really misled herself on purpose from beginning to end?

   "No." Albert shook his head and denied, "Magic is impossible to conjure delicious food out of thin air."

   "I know that." Katrina said dissatisfied.

  Albert didn't care about the tone of the other party, and said to the witch in the portrait, "We need to enter classroom 21."

  The witch nodded slightly towards the two, and the painting suddenly moved aside, revealing a half-person-high hole in the wall behind the portrait.

   "To enter classroom 21, you need to tell the witch, and she will open the door for you." Albert reminded.

   "So, you must have done it on purpose, right? What a wicked guy!" Katrina gave Albert a deep look, bent down and got into the hole.

"It's almost time." Albert took out his pocket watch from his pocket, glanced at the time, looked up and said to Katrina: "Then I'll go first, and I have to take Defense Against the Dark Arts class later, at the party at night, Remember to tell Professor McGonagall for me."

   "If I still remember." Katrina muttered looking at Albert's leaving back.

  Albert rushed to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom before the bell rang, and most of the students were basically already here.

Professor Rowena stepped on the bell and appeared in the classroom. He walked to the podium under the eyes of everyone, and when he took out the roster, he said: "I received a letter from Professor Broad, and he told me about your Progress. Now, what you need to learn is to know, know, and know how to deal with dark magic creatures, such as Boggarts, Red Hoods, Hinckle Punks, Grindylows..."

Professor Rowena glanced at the roster, and then glanced across the classroom. After confirming that there were no vacancies, he continued: "Today, you just need to bring your wands and figure out how to deal with Boggarts. Come with me." Well, it’s not easy to try it out, I managed to ask someone to get you a Boggart from outside.”

Professor Rowena led everyone away from the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and went to a long-vacant classroom on the third floor. In addition to piled up dusty desks, there was also a box placed near Professor Rowena. When it was in the box, it suddenly shook, which startled everyone.

"There is no doubt that this Boggart is eager to come out and scare people." Professor Rowena sat down on the box, looked around the crowd calmly, and raised his index finger and asked, "Now, who can tell Me, what is a Boggart?"

  Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and in the end they all focused their attention on Albert, the meaning was self-evident.

   "Well, in that case, Albert," Professor Rowena noticed everyone's move, looked at Albert as well, and asked, "I think this question should not be difficult for you."

   "A boggart is a shape-shifting non-being that appears out of nowhere but never lives, capable of transforming itself into anything that anyone nearby fears."

   "I especially like to inhabit dark and narrow spaces, such as wardrobes, crevices under beds, sinks, lockers under desks and boxes, and I like to prove my existence by making some noises."

"No one knows what a Boggart looks like when he is alone, because it will immediately become what that person is most afraid of." After Albert finished speaking, he paused, and continued: "Maybe, we try to pass some special methods. It is a means to capture the appearance of Boggart when he is alone."

   "Wonderful idea. However, this requires equipment support to try." Professor Rowena was very satisfied with Albert's idea and gave Gryffindor 10 points.

   "So, can anyone tell me what's the best way to deal with a Boggart?

   "Travel together," Lee Jordan said.

"Yes, so we have an advantage in facing Boggarts now, because in this way, we can confuse them. Boggarts will become nondescript when there are many people." Professor Rowena is not at all Concerned about the shaking box under his buttocks, he continued: "The spell to repel a boggart is very simple, you just need to concentrate and force it to become what you think is ridiculous, but there is one thing you need to know, to really scare a boggart What's special is your laughter, otherwise you would just change the image of the Boggart if you cast a spell on it, and you wouldn't be able to knock it down completely."

   "Now, without using a wand, spell a spell with me: funny funny."

   "Funny, funny!" The whole class said in unison.

   "Very good. Let's test this spell with practice, who will come first?" Professor Rowena clapped his hands, looked at the whole class and asked, "Is there no one?"

   "Me first." Albert stepped forward.

   "Very good, Albert." Professor Rowena asked, "What are you most afraid of?"

   "Well, actually, I'm also curious about what I'm afraid of." Albert shrugged and replied.

  To be honest, Albert really didn't know what he was afraid of.

  My secret is known?

"Well, the Boggart will become something you are afraid of later, and you need to imagine how to force it to become something ridiculous. First imagine in your brain, and then recite the spell." Professor Rowena said This retelling was actually addressed to other students.

"Now, everyone stays back. We need to leave an open space for Boggart to avoid interference from other people." Professor Rowena motioned everyone to retreat to the wall and let Albert face him alone. To the boggart in the box.

   "Are you ready?"

   "Okay." Albert raised his wand and stared at the shaking box.

   "One, two, three, let's go!" Professor Rowena used a spell to open the box.

  Boggart rushed out of the box, and the moment he met Albert, he suddenly spun, and then turned into... a thick book?

   Not only Albert, but everyone else in the classroom was stunned and began to whisper softly.

  Many people even craned their necks to look forward, as if trying to figure out what kind of book Albert's Boggart had become.

   "I can only say that as expected of Albert, even the things he is afraid of are different from others." Lee Jordan couldn't help complaining, "Is it because I am afraid that the book is too thin and I can finish it by myself?"

   "Professor Rowena, what's going on?" George asked in astonishment.

"Perhaps, this can only mean that Albert may not have anything to be afraid of, so Boggart..." Before Professor Rowena finished speaking, he saw that Albert had stepped forward and raised his hand. He clapped his hands on the book, trying to... well, trying to open the book, is he trying to take a look at the contents of the book?

   That's right, Albert is trying to open the book that Boggart turned into!

  Actually, Albert guessed what the book was when the Boggart turned into a book—the complete works of Harry Potter.

  So, what I am afraid of is actually the fear that the plot of the Harry Potter novel will be changed?

  Maybe, yes, maybe, no, Albert himself couldn't be sure.

  However, Albert now wants to give it a try, to see if the book can be opened, and is going to flip through the contents.

  However, the items transformed by Boggarts do not seem to have such a function.

   "It can't be opened, what do you need?" Albert threw the book on the ground, raised his foot and chopped it hard.

   Everyone else in the classroom was dumbfounded.

   This is too tough.

  At this moment, they suddenly felt a little sympathetic to that Boggart.

   Let you come out to scare people, now you have encountered a hard stubble!

   "Wait, Albert, please don't treat this Boggart so roughly, and give everyone a chance to practice." Professor Rowena's mouth twitched, and he hurried forward to stop Albert's atrocities.

   After Professor Rowena appeared, Boggart finally got rid of the bad luck of being trampled under his feet and turned into a corpse.

   Albert frowned slightly, glanced at Professor Rowena next to him, and stepped aside.

   "Okay! If that's the case." Professor Rowena sighed, raised his wand, and said the spell: "Funny funny!"

   With a bang, the body disappeared and was put into a coffin.

   "Albert, I'm sorry to trouble you." Professor Rowena stepped aside, allowing Albert to face Boggart again.

  The coffin was turned into a book again, and the book was finally wrapped in iron sheets and turned into an iron brick.

   However, no one paid attention to Boggart, and everyone noticed that Professor Rowena was a little depressed.

   "It was a good friend of mine who died in a magic experiment." Professor Rowena said sadly, "Okay, everyone starts queuing up and trying to cast spells on Boggarts."

   No one would laugh at Professor Rowena, no doubt the death of a dear friend hit him hard.

   Both Fred and George's Boggart turned into a giant acromant, and they were almost eaten by them a few months ago, which still left some shadows in my heart.

  However, they put ice skating boots on all eight feet of the acromantula, causing it to lose its balance. It could only dance in place and never stand up again. This funny scene made everyone laugh.

  Lee Jordan's bogut is even more ridiculous, actually turned into a plate of Bibi's flavored beans poured out. It's just that there are some earwax, snot and other disgusting tastes in it, which made him be teased by Fred and George for a long time.

  (end of this chapter)