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Chapter 209 Hermione's Duel

In order to calculate Lucius, Dumbledore pretended not to have found anything, which also caused panic in Hogwarts College.

Everyone began to look for various ways to protect their own safety, and some people took the opportunity to show off and increase their sense of presence, such as Professor Lockhart.

He organized a duel club, which he said was to improve the spellcasting ability of the students, so that if they encountered monsters in the secret room, they would also have a chance to improve their chances of survival.

It has to be said that Lockhart has forgotten his original knowledge of wizards over the years, but his ability to promote and fool people is increasing day by day.

Fudged by Lockhart's various publicity, this dueling club became popular not long after, and a large number of students signed up to participate, especially those little half-blood wizards, because it was rumored that the monsters in the chamber of secrets attacked all half-blood wizards.

Even Hermione has friends who want to drag her along.

She had already learned from Locke that this Professor Lockhart was a half-witted wizard and that this club was a farce, so she naturally didn't like it.

But Locke didn't expect that both he and Hermione were involved because of Snape.

That day, Locke and Hermione passed by the door of the club's practice room, and happened to meet Snape face to face.

Locke greeted casually, and Hermione saluted politely.

Seeing Locke, Snape seemed to think of something, and said to Locke, "Come with me."

Saying that, Snape pushed open the door of the practice room without waiting for Locke's answer.

Locke frowned upon seeing this, thinking that it was no wonder that Snape was not popular, the protagonist regarded him as a villain, how could there be such a blunt order, and Locke was not his student.

Seeing that Snape had opened the door and walked in, Locke hesitated for a moment, and walked into the classroom with Hermione.

Many students here know Hermione, after all, she has been the number one figure in her grade since she entered school.

On the contrary, Locke is relatively unfamiliar to most people, and only a few people know that Locke is the "teacher" Hermione often talks about, whispering and discussing with people around him.

Using his keen hearing, Locke paid attention to the conversations of these students, and found that most of them came here to join in the fun.

Because the entire college is now under martial law, except for class, no important things have to be kept in the dormitory. Many students take this opportunity to come out to relax.

Students who really study hard are actually quite strong in distinguishing ability. Hogwarts basically changes Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers every year. Many senior students can detect the true teaching level.

Therefore, Professor Lockhart's propaganda can only fool some lower-grade students, and most of the upper-grade students don't think that Lockhart's narration is really useful.

"It seems that the eyes of the masses are still discerning." Locke thought in his heart, and then he saw the well-dressed Lockhart, who was wearing a delicate shirt, vest, and one-shoulder cloak, came to the center of the room. On the dueling platform, he shouted to all the students to come closer and listen to him.

At this time, Locke noticed that most of the senior students did not move their positions, and even stood behind without a trace, giving up the front row to the lower grade students.

These students didn't even care about what Professor Lockhart said next. Most of these students saw through it and didn't buy much from Lockhart.

Listening to Lockhart's nonsense, Locke also felt quite bored, and finally couldn't help but frowned and said to Snape: "What's the matter with you asking me to come, if you let me see these, I think my Time is still precious."

"Hermione may need to play later," Snape said suddenly.

Frowning slightly, Locke glanced at Hermione, who was a little surprised, and then looked at Snape again: "Where did that guy offend you, you plan to make him make such a big fool of yourself?"

"Don't you want to see him in a mess?" Snape didn't answer, but just asked a rhetorical question, and then, as if to reassure Locke, he said again: "Don't worry, I know Hermione's level, no There's something wrong."

Of course, Hermione will not have any problems. With Locke cheating on her, the current Hermione is much stronger than in the plot, and her knowledge reserve can be compared with some senior students. As for the ability to fight, Locke often feeds her tricks. , many practical magics used for combat can be said to be extremely proficient.

Under such circumstances, there was no problem dealing with Lockhart, who had degenerated into a half-baked man.

Even so, Locke still wanted to ask about his wishes. He looked at Hermione and asked, "What do you think, are you willing to go on stage?"

"When I mentioned you, teacher, that Professor Lockhart was very disrespectful, and said that you are just a librarian, and you are not qualified to be compared with an official professor."

Speaking of this, Hermione showed an angry look on her little face: "Since that's the case, let me teach him a lesson. In fact, many people can see that he is not much better than Muggles."

"Fine." Hearing Hermione's answer, Snape nodded in satisfaction.

At this time, Lockhart was talking about giving everyone a sit-down demonstration, and introduced Snape as his assistant, saying that Snape would assist him in demonstrating to everyone how to use the spell 'Acute Arms'. Efficient.

Noticing what Lockhart said, Locke finally understood why, given Snape's character, he couldn't help but want to show him some color.

"Hermione Granger." Since Hermione agreed, taking advantage of this moment, Snape suddenly called out Hermione's name loudly, and motioned for her to come on stage.

Lockhart also didn't expect Snape to be upset by him, he didn't give him any face, and directly asked Hermione to go on stage to demonstrate the duel with him, which caught him off guard for a while: "This... I thought we..."

"Student Hermione was actually there when the Chamber of Secrets opened, so I want to practice more on actual combat skills, so I'll be the referee." Snape said loudly before Lockhart could react. .

Hermione is actually quite famous in the grade, many people know her, and Lockhart's opponent suddenly turned into a little wizard. The students in the audience said:
"Of course, everyone, please rest assured, I guarantee that Hermione will be safe and sound, and I will act appropriately..."

Snape had had enough of Lockhart's pretentiousness long ago, and couldn't help but interrupt directly: "Get ready to start, you all stand up."

Snape said as he motioned the two of them to get ready, and Professor Lockhart was forced to stop speaking, and stood across from Hermione on the stage.

Following the duel procedure, the two took out their wands and saluted in front of them, then turned around at the same time, took five steps each, turned back again, and put on a duel posture.

(End of this chapter)