Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 182 Give it a good time
As the head of Ravenclaw House, known for his wisdom, Professor of Charms, Filius Flitwick, is very humorous.

In addition, he has a gentle personality and is not too strict with his students. He has always been a teacher that young wizards like.

However, because he is surprisingly small, only a little over 1 meter tall, he has to stand on a pile of thick books to reach the podium every time he teaches.

At this time, the pile of books was slightly deformed by his pressure, and the gold-plated words on the spines of the books flickered in the dim light of the classroom.

Professor Flitwick may be small in stature, but he carries a powerful presence.

"In the first lesson of the new semester, I originally planned to teach you the General Counter-Spell."

Having said that, Professor Flitwick paused, and his sharp eyes swept over all the students one by one.

When passing by Sherlock and Harry, his eyes instantly became much gentler, like the breeze blowing across the lake on a spring day.

He raised his voice and said in a clear but somewhat unquestionable voice:
"But now I've changed my mind!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the students began to whisper to each other, wondering what had happened that caused the professor to temporarily change the course content.

Harry subconsciously looked at Sherlock beside him: "Sherlock..."

He originally planned to ask Sherlock if he knew why Professor Flitwick suddenly changed the course content.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Sherlock's name was called, the latter said without even looking up:
"Professor Flitwick met with Professor Lockhart before entering the classroom."

Harry was startled and was about to ask again when Hermione beside him got anxious:

"What, you just met Professor Lockhart? Where is he? I wasn't paying attention!"

"Dear Hermione, I have not met Professor Lockhart."

"Then how do you know about his meeting with Professor Flitwick?"

"This is simply too simple," Sherlock finally raised his head and said at a very fast speed:
"When I first entered the classroom, Professor Flitwick smelled strongly of perfume.

Even you could tell that this scent, a mixture of rose, lavender, and a hint of lily of the valley, was exactly what Professor Lockhart often used.

Professor Flitwick's expression seemed calm, but there was a slight redness around his eyes, and a hint of worry still lingered in his eyes.

This shows that his personal emotions fluctuated greatly when he was talking to someone just now.

Also, there were more than one unnatural wrinkle on the left cuff of his robe, which was a sign of being pulled by someone.

Combined with the content of our last Defense Against the Dark Arts class, things become very clear.

Before the class, Professor Flitwick and Professor Lockhart had a frank conversation and fully exchanged views, and ultimately Professor Flitwick changed the original teaching plan."

Harry, Hermione, and Ron looked at each other.

No matter how many times similar things happened, as long as Sherlock told his reasoning process, the expressions of the three people were not much different from now.

It turns out to be like the north!

Daigo empowerment!

It dawned on me!

"I've heard about what happened in your Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

As soon as Professor Flitwick started speaking, he grabbed the attention of the entire class.

The Charms class was originally a more interesting type of course. At this time, Professor Flitwick also mentioned the recently popular Defense Against the Dark Arts, and the attention of the young wizards became extremely focused.

“This is something to be thankful for for you.

Hogwarts finally has a qualified Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."

Having said that, Professor Flitwick's eyes showed a complicated look.

He was initially puzzled by Professor Dumbledore's decision to appoint Lockhart as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

He was even more disdainful of Lockhart himself.

After all, he knew very well what Lockhart had done in Ravenclaw College.

No one expected that Lockhart would actually stage a comeback drama this time.

From the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class in his second year, his performance was remarkable.

Although there were still some flaws, the final result was satisfactory and far exceeded his expectations.

In the following classes, he performed even better.

Of course, we have to put aside the speechless questionnaire and his self-promotion.

But no matter what, even Flitwick, the master of dueling, had to admit that Dumbledore did give them, who had not originally been optimistic about Lockhart, a surprise this time.

Thinking of this, Professor Flitwick's expression became more serious:
"but!
It's a little hard to accept that you were sent running away in panic just because of a group of Cornish pixies.

Just now, Professor Lockhart came to me and questioned my teaching method."

Having said this, Professor Flitwick's face looked slightly unhappy.

He wouldn't be so angry if someone else, even a student, made suggestions about his teaching methods.

But it had to be that Lockhart!
What made him even more helpless was that he had to admit that Lockhart was right.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath:

"In that case, I will teach you the Freezing Spell today!"

When the young wizards heard Professor Flitwick say that he was going to teach them the Freezing Spell, they immediately cheered.

Everything that happened in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is still fresh in my mind.

A group of young wizards trembled under the protection of Professor Lockhart.

Professor Lockhart cast freezing spells again and again, knocking those ferocious elves down from the air.

Almost every young wizard who saw this scene had this idea, hoping that one day he could be as majestic as Professor Lockhart.

I didn't expect Professor Lockhart to take action so quickly. This is really great!
Of course, Professor Flitwick was also very good for accepting Professor Lockhart's advice. Professor Flitwick was also very satisfied with the enthusiasm of the young wizards. He cleared his throat and began to teach theoretical knowledge:
"Freezing Charm is an offensive spell.

As the name suggests, once successfully performed, it can cause a person or thing to stop moving immediately, as if it were frozen.

As for the actual effect, I think you have seen it clearly in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

First, come and learn the freezing spell from me—Immobulus!"

Compared to the Levitation Charm spell "Wingrdium Leviosa", the Freezing Charm spell "Immobulus" is much simpler.

But the former is a life spell, and the latter is an offensive spell, so it requires higher mental strength from the wizard.

Fortunately, after practicing Defense Against the Dark Arts, the young wizards have already deeply realized the importance of this spell, so concentrating their mental strength is not a problem.

After the theoretical knowledge is over, it is time for the long-awaited practice.

"Neville's LeFou Flying (Accio)!"

As Professor Flitwick waved his wand and chanted the Flying Spell, Neville, who was in a daze, had not yet reacted when his pet toad, Radford, was successfully summoned again.

Just like the class on the levitation spell before Halloween last semester, everyone looked up and watched Leif flying around the classroom.

then……

"The ground is frozen and the sky is cold!"

As Professor Flitwick waved his wand again, Riffle, who was originally flying in the air, suddenly froze and fell straight down from the air like a frozen scene in a movie.

"Everyone, pay attention to my movements, and don't forget this subtle wrist shake!
Also, let me emphasize again that your pronunciation must be clear.

After all, I don't want to see you waving your wands and then lying on the ground."

As with the previous term, once practice began, Professor Flitwick divided the class into teams of two to begin training.

Sherlock's partner is Seamus and Hermione's partner is Neville.

Harry and Ron formed the Hello Team.

After a full school year of lessons, Professor Flitwick had gained a wealth of experience.

It would be best to let Sherlock or Hermione take care of Seamus Finnigan.

They are the few students who can cover for the Demoman.

As for the other person, he will lead those little wizards who don’t have very good magical talents and whose success rate when casting spells is not very high.

For example, Neville, Longbottom, and Little Round Face.

In this way, he can save a lot of trouble and devote his time and energy to more people.

Professor Flitwick didn't know that after the last Defense Against the Dark Arts course, many young wizards had practiced Freezing Spells for a period of time by referring to the textbook.

But even so, there are still very few wizards who can cast the freezing spell in this class.

Even fewer can succeed in one go.

Except Sherlock and Hermione, of course.

The two scored ten points each for Gryffindor.

After trying a few times, Harry declared it a success, but because it was not a success at the first try, Professor Flitwick did not give him any extra points.

Seamus, who was in the same group with Sherlock, waved and shook his wand over and over again, but nothing happened.

In a fit of rage, Seamus accidentally changed his accent while chanting the spell, which unsurprisingly caused an explosion.

Sherlock, with an expressionless face, was well prepared and used the freezing spell that Professor Flitwick had just taught him to solve the trouble he had caused.

It can also be considered as an on-site teaching experience.

"I'm sorry, Holmes, I don't know what's going on. I always end up making trouble when I'm not careful."

Seeing Seamus's ashamed look, Sherlock looked at him without saying a word.

He is also thinking about this issue.

Is it really due to genetics?

Even practicing the freezing spell can cause an explosion?
Maybe we can consider letting him specialize in explosive spells in the future.

The situation with Hermione and Neville was similar.

Neville tried again and again but failed.

Hermione was there correcting his pronunciation and movements like a teacher. She seemed very strong and said bluntly:
"The correct pronunciation of Immobulus is /mbals/—the 'm' must be stressed!"

If it were Ron, he would definitely say to her, "Go ahead if you can do it!"

On the other hand, Neville was timid and nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood.

However, this is of no use.

Neville's talent in Charms is far inferior to that in Herbology.

Even though I have practiced very hard, I still cannot master a new spell in just one class.

However, thanks to Hermione's careful guidance and his own unremitting efforts, he finally made some progress before the end of the get out of class.

It worked, but not completely.

His pet, the toad named Leifu, was under the effect of his freezing spell. Its eyes and two front legs were motionless, while its two hind legs were twitching violently.

The frequency of the kicking made Hermione's eyelids twitch.

She simply fired her wand and gave it a good blow.

(End of this chapter)