Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 183 Another Boggart
"I never expected that Mrs. Lorice would actually meet her nemesis," Lupin said with a sigh, continuing to lead the students toward the practical classroom.

"So, Professor Lupin, you've met Mrs. Lorris before?" someone asked.

Professor Lupin looks to be in his fifties. He must have started school thirty or forty years ago... Could it be that Mrs. Lorice has lived that long?

“Yes, it was there when I was in school,” Professor Lupin said, unaware of what the man was thinking. “And it was just as unpleasant… We’ve arrived.”

Professor Lu Ping stopped at the entrance of the faculty lounge.

"Come in." He opened the door and took a step back.

The faculty lounge is a long room with a lot of space, but professors rarely come here to rest, so the furniture looks very old.

This time was an exception, however; Snape was actually sitting in a chair inside.

It's amazing that Snape would go to the trouble of running down from the underground classroom to the third floor to rest. Is this some new way of exercising?
Or is there something special about the third floor?

Xiren looked around; all he saw were various old pieces of furniture, not even a cup of tea. If there was anything truly special... it was probably Professor Lupin.

However, this time Snape did not imply that Lupin was a werewolf again, and left after saying a few sarcastic words.

Lupin didn't pay any attention and led everyone to a cabinet.

The cabinet suddenly started shaking and slammed against the wall with a loud thud.

“Don’t worry,” Professor Lupin explained calmly. “There’s a Boggart inside.”

Siron's eyes lit up; this was his main reason for attending the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The boggart he found himself was no longer suitable for making into a staff core because he had accidentally used too much force.

He didn't want to look for another one, so he naturally thought of the Boggart that was being used for teaching.

"The spell to defeat the Boggarts is simple, but it requires great willpower."

"Let's practice the spells without using wands first. Repeat after me... hilarious!"

"Hilarious! Hilarious!" the whole class exclaimed in unison, including Xilun.

The Basilisk's Gaze is definitely unusable; Siron doesn't want to waste another Boggart. In that case, it's necessary to learn some proper spells.

Just as Professor Lupin said, the spell is very simple and doesn't require any wrist movements; you just need to point the wand forward.

The real difficulty with this spell lies in imagination; you need to imagine the most terrifying thing in your heart as something ridiculous.

For example, Ron was afraid of spiders, so when he faced Boggart, he racked his brains and, after reciting the spell, put roller skates on the spider.

Or like Neville, who was afraid of Professor Snape and also of his grandmother. Combining these two things that frighten him can also create a different effect... Snape dressed as Mrs. Longbottom.

The students' bursts of laughter almost shook the ceiling to its limit.

More and more people realized what was interesting about it and began to line up in long queues.

Boggart was incredibly busy, sometimes turning into a mummy and tripping over his own bandages, sometimes becoming a severed hand and accidentally stepping on a mousetrap while crawling sideways.

As more and more people stepped forward, Boggart gradually lost its way until it rolled to the feet of Xiren.

To be honest, Siren was quite curious about what Boggart feared. He raised his wand, ready to fight...

Then, Boggart became a special "cloud," floating there quietly.

Everyone was stunned, staring at the scene in bewilderment.

Everyone else is afraid of things like spiders, snakes, mummies, or Professor Snape, which they can understand, but why is Celen afraid of a cloud?

Is there anything scary about clouds?
A group of people gathered around, wanting to take a closer look to see if there was anything else hidden inside.

Siren's lips twitched, his hand holding the wand he hesitated, unsure whether to swing it down. Others might not know what it was, but how could he not? It was a dead Boggart.

Is his opinion that strong?
Moreover, in order to frighten him, Boggart transformed into a dead Boggart?
This... Xiren felt a little confused.

Professor Lu Ping also couldn't understand it.

"Boggart is dead?" he blurted out, drawing the attention of many onlookers.

“That’s what Boggart looked like after he was killed by the curse,” Lupin explained, looking at Siron.

"What did you just do?"

“I did nothing, Professor,” Siron said. “It changed on its own.”

Lupin actually believed Siren's explanation, but only the first half.

Killing a Boggart outright is no easy task; there are few spells that can do it, and none of them are ones that a third-year student can master.

“Could it be…” Professor Lupin walked over, “No, no, no, the Boggart who was killed by laughter should have exploded and then turned into smoke and disappeared, how could it be… um…”

His words stopped abruptly.

By this time, he had already stood next to Xiren, directly in front of Boggart. Then the cloud-like object changed again, transforming into a silvery-white sphere suspended in mid-air.

"It really did change on its own!" Professor Lupin looked at Xilen, at a loss for words, trying to figure out why anyone would be afraid of a dead Boggart.

It took him quite a while to wave his wand.

"Funny!"

Bogut deflated like a punctured balloon, spun once in the air, and then fell to the ground with a thud.

The students burst into laughter again.

To Boggart, this laughter was almost like the basilisk hearing a rooster crow. Once or twice was fine, but after it happened repeatedly, the area around Boggart began to blur.

At this time, the get out of class bell rang.

"Professor, can I have this?" Siren stepped forward and picked up the ball. "I want to practice this spell again when I get back."

“That’s possible…” Professor Lupin said. “But there’s one thing: don’t let it get away, because Boggart has caused quite a bit of trouble.”

“Of course, it can’t escape.” Xiren smiled.

Fortunately, Boggart was already very weak and could explode at any moment. Even though it was in Siren's hands, it didn't immediately change again.

Professor Lupin thought about it and figured that even if the Boggart really escaped, he should be able to catch it again, so he agreed to Xiren's request and gave him the Boggart.

"Homework," he said loudly. "Read the chapter about Boggart and summarize it in simple terms... due Monday, that's all."

After class, while everyone was still packing up, Xilun rushed out of the faculty lounge as fast as he could and went through the nearest secret passage to the eighth floor.

The portrait of the fat lady had been opened, and Fred and George were standing in the doorway, chatting with Lee Jordan inside.

Celen ran over quickly. Fred and George greeted him as usual, but Celen acted as if he didn't see them and walked through the passage without looking back.

"What happened to him?" Fred's arm was still in mid-air when Celen had already run past the common room and disappeared at the end of the stairs.

"I don't know, maybe he forgot to do his homework," George said after thinking for a moment.

Xilun doesn't usually act like this, so something important must have happened.

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(End of this chapter)