The Witcher: The Journey to Transcendence from Marvel.

Chapter 60 Cat and Mouse
This was the first time that Harry and his classmates had conducted a two-person team battle drill. Everyone was eager to show off their magical abilities in class and feel the excitement of the battle.

However, only a few students such as Harry, Hermione, and Draco were able to successfully perform the Disarming Charm, while the performance of other students was extremely poor.

Some students accidentally read the spell incorrectly and turned their companions' hair red; some students were too nervous when casting the spell, causing the magic to lose control and almost causing a minor accident.

All in all, this class was full of surprises and joy, and the students gained a lot of valuable experience amidst laughter.

This interesting practical class ended quickly. Weiss asked the third-year students to practice the Disarming Spell well so that they could surprise Professor Lupin in the next class.

Although the students were still reluctant to leave, when the get out of class was over, Wes disappeared like a gust of wind.

In addition to the third graders, the fifth graders also had a Defense Against the Dark Arts class today. Weiss didn't want to disrupt Professor Lupin's teaching plan, so he also arranged for the fifth graders to conduct a battle drill.

Compared to the third-year students, the performance of the fifth-year students surprised Weiss quite a bit. Many students had a very good grasp of spells, and from their performance, it was clear that they must have undergone serious training.

The most outstanding of them was Cedric Diggory, the Head Boy of Badger House.

Weiss noticed that Cedric was very popular, not only with students from Badger College, but also with classmates from other colleges who showed great trust in him.

In this class, Cedric took the initiative to act as an assistant teacher, helping Wes organize students to practice sparring, and Wes was deeply impressed by him.

Cedric is tall and handsome, with distinct features, black hair and a pair of bright gray eyes, making him stand out in the crowd.

Many girls admired him. Moreover, he was fair and modest. He treated every student who came to ask for advice equally and never showed any reservations just because the student was from other colleges.

Not only does Cedric have outstanding appearance and excellent academic performance, he is also excellent in sports. He is simply like the template of the protagonist in a novel.

If Wes hadn't known that Harry was the protagonist of the story, he would have almost treated Cedric as the protagonist.

However, the ending of this handsome guy in the original book was really tragic.

"Cedric," Weiss said approvingly, "you'd be a great professor."

Cedric responded modestly, "I'm still a long way from here, Professor."

"I'm telling the truth," Wes patted Cedric's shoulder, "Think about it carefully."

After saying that, Weiss left the classroom.

Cedric stared at Weiss's receding figure and fell into deep thought.

The next day, Professor Lupin returned to normal, but his face looked a little bad. However, he still insisted on teaching his students.

Weiss breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He had originally planned to ask Professor Snape to help teach the class, but this proposal was rejected by Dumbledore.

"The students really like your combat class, and you didn't disrupt Lupin's teaching progress. You two work together very well."

"Severus not only has to take charge of Potions class, but also has to deal with the affairs of the Slytherin Headmaster. He really can't spare the time."

After hearing what Dumbledore said, Weiss felt that substitute teaching was something he could do easily, so he nodded in agreement.

As time went on, the students gradually got used to Professor Lupin being unwell one day a month. At the same time, they also enjoyed Professor Weiss's battle course.

In this way, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class became one of the most popular courses among students.

After class that day, Wes was preparing to return to his office to deal with some unfinished teaching matters.

However, at this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from the other end of the corridor. "Meow~Meow~" "Meow~" The sharp cat calls continued one after another, breaking the tranquility of the corridor.

A big ginger cat moved nimbly among the crowd. Its movements were very agile and its posture was like lightning.

The cat's eyes were fixed on the front, as if it was chasing something extremely important.

"Scabbers, run!" Ron shouted anxiously. He tried to stop the big cat, but he was always clumsy and fell head over heels in a panic.

Ron was so anxious that he almost cried: "You stupid cat, Scabbers, run!"

Weiss heard the noise and quickly walked over to help Ron, who had fallen to the ground.

"What's going on?" Weiss asked with a frown. He thought a student was attacked by a Dementor.

"Professor, please save Scabbers!" Ron eagerly pulled Wes's sleeve, his voice filled with tears.

"Who?"

"My pet mouse, Scabbers, is about to be eaten by that stupid cat." Ron said, looking worriedly in the direction the big cat was chasing.

"Crookshanks is not a stupid cat, it's very smart!" At this moment, Hermione came over panting, her cheeks slightly flushed from running, and her words were full of defense for Crookshanks.

"It's all your fault, that stupid cat of yours. Can't you keep an eye on it?" Ron glared at Hermione.

"Crookshanks is a cat, it's his nature to catch mice." Hermione retorted without hesitation.

The two of them started arguing in the corridor, and neither of them was willing to give in.

"So what's going on?" Weiss looked helplessly at the two people arguing, then turned to look at Harry who was also left aside.

"This is what happened." Harry adjusted his glasses which were tilted due to the intense running and began to narrate what happened.

It turns out that Crookshanks is Hermione's pet, but for some reason, he has a great interest in Ron's pet mouse Scabbers and thinks about how to catch Scabbers every day.

However, Crookshanks was dismissive of other mice, which caused a big conflict between Ron and Hermione.

The two pets started fighting over this, and Hermione and Ron quarreled every day over it.

Harry was caught between his two friends and felt very embarrassed.

Weiss finally understood what was happening.

He knew in his heart that Scabbers was not an ordinary mouse at all, but a human being - Peter Pettigrew, the traitor who had truly betrayed the Potters.

Crookshanks must have received Sirius's request and wanted to capture Scabbers. There was a bit more sympathy in Wes's eyes when he looked at Ron.

If Ron knew that his beloved pet was a short, thin, middle-aged man with sparse and greasy hair, and that he put him in bed to sleep every day, I wonder if he would vomit up all the food he had eaten the previous night.

[Ron, you are a true warrior. You will definitely be able to face the bleakness of life.]

Weiss sighed silently in his heart. He knew that this matter would have to be resolved sooner or later. He couldn't let Ron be kept in the dark, nor could he let Peter Pettigrew continue to pretend. But now was not the time to reveal the truth. He had to wait for the right time.

Weiss decided to appease Ron and Hermione first, so that they would stop arguing, and then find a way to deal with this difficult problem.
(End of this chapter)