Hermione, who is now in her third year, has become accustomed to this. After all, Ravenclaw's house cup has been snatched away by Gryffindor's weird extra points for two consecutive years. So what if she is not used to it?

"When dealing with a Boggart, it's best to go with a companion. That way it gets confused: is it going to be a headless skeleton or a flesh-eating slug?"

"I saw a boggart make that mistake once – it tried to scare two people at once, and ended up turning itself into a half-slug, which wasn't scary at all."

Lupin continued teaching: "The spell to repel the Boggart is very simple, but it requires a strong willpower. You know, what really kills the Boggart is laughter. What you need to do is force it to become an image that you find funny."

"Let's practice a spell without wands. Please repeat after me... zany zany!"

"Funny!"

The whole class said it together.

"very good,"

Professor Lupin said, "Excellent. But that's the easy part. You see, this spell alone isn't enough. Now it's up to you, Neville."

Neville walked forward tremblingly, as if he were walking towards the gallows.

"Very good, Neville,"

Professor Lupin said, "Let's talk about the most important thing first: What are you most afraid of in this world?"

Neville's lips moved, but no sound came out.

"I'm sorry, Neville, I didn't catch that."

Professor Lupin said pleasantly.

Neville looked around in panic, as if asking for help. Then, in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible, he said, "Professor Snape."

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Almost everyone laughed, even Neville grinned sheepishly.

Professor Lupin looked thoughtful.

He waved to Neville and whispered some strategies in Neville's ear.

"Is this...is this disrespectful to Professor Snape?"

Neville was obviously hesitant, but Lupin blinked and said, "Don't worry, there are no Slytherins here, and I won't tell on you."

Lupin's words piqued everyone's interest, and even Neville became braver.

After all, this Neville is already the Neville among the three little ones. He is afraid of Snape because he has been making things difficult for him for a long time, but he will stand up when his friends need him.

So he nodded, took a deep breath, and pointed his wand at the wardrobe.

"Yes, that's right. When the Boggart bursts out of the wardrobe and sees you, it will transform into Professor Snape."

"And all you have to do is yell 'Funny, funny,' and then think about what you're supposed to think about."

"Are you ready, Neville?"

Seeing Neville nod again, Professor Lupin pointed his wand at the wardrobe door handle and said, "Begin!"

A stream of sparks shot from the tip of Lupin's wand and hit the knob. The wardrobe door suddenly flew open and Professor Snape, with his hooked nose, came out menacingly, staring at Neville with a fierce look in his eyes.

Neville stepped back repeatedly, holding his wand in his hand, and shouted at Snape who was rushing towards him: "Funny!"

The next second, as if a whip had been cracked, Snape began to stagger. He was wearing a long lace dress, a tall hat with a worm-eaten vulture on it, and a large red handbag in his hand.

This was exactly how Neville's grandmother dressed, what he was most familiar with, and it was also the idea given to him by Lupin.

Apparently, Neville succeeded.

The students burst into laughter, and the Boggart stopped, seemingly confused, which meant that Lupin's class officially began.

"Parvati, come on!"

Parvati walked forward with a decisive look. With a crisp sound, Snape disappeared. There stood a bloodstained, bandaged mummy. Its eyeless face turned to Parvati, and it dragged its feet and walked slowly towards her step by step.

"Funny!"

Parvati also successfully cast a spell, causing the mummy to trip over its own bandages, and its head was separated from its body and rolled to the side.

After all, even the admittedly timid Neville succeeded. If they don't succeed, how can they be considered qualified Gryffindors?

Then Lupin began to read out the names of individuals one by one.

"Hermione Granger!"

Hermione quickly picked up her wand and rushed out, but the Boggart turned into Professor McGonagall this time and announced that Hermione had failed the exam.

Hermione's pupils contracted and she quickly cast a spell. The next second, the Boggart turned into Professor McGonagall in a hospital gown. It turned out that she had retired and was recuperating in St. Mungo's.

Dolly couldn't help laughing and said to Hermione, who was still breathing hard when she came back, "That's not very polite of you to Professor McGonagall."

"No, I was already very kind, and she actually declared me a failure!"

Hermione was obviously frightened, but to Dolly's regret, the thing that Hermione feared most had nothing to do with her.

"Dolly Dursley."

Lupin gave an order and it was Dolly's turn.

Dolly leisurely came to the Boggart with her wand, curious about what the Boggart would become.

Then, in everyone's shocked eyes, the Boggart turned into a stone door. Dolly was sitting inside the door, imprisoned with iron chains and unable to move.

When this scene appeared, everyone was stunned.

Even Lupin looked at the Boggart in astonishment. Was Dolly afraid of going to jail?

This is a... rather novel fear. After all, ordinary little wizards would never think about whether they would go to jail.

Sure enough, Dolly is a restless child.

Only Dolly knew that the door behind the Boggart was not an ordinary door, and it was most likely Miss Door.

There is Miss Door in Dolly's mind, but a mere Boggart certainly cannot know of Miss Door's existence, so all it can read is a door and Dolly's uneasiness about Miss Door's long-standing silence.

Dolly didn't want to be seen like this.

She directly raised her willpower to five points, and the image of the Boggart became blurred in an instant. It was obvious that it could not read Dolly's mind smoothly.

The next second, Dolly also used the funny spell, and the door behind the Boggart completely collapsed. Dolly, who was transformed by it, also broke free and smashed the door to pieces by waving the chain in her hand.

"Wow……"

Lupin couldn't help but straighten up and watch all this, with awe for Dolly.

Although a Boggart can be made to look anything with enough imagination, Dolly's imagination is a bit too detailed.

However, if he knew that Dolly was a master of transfiguration, he would not be so surprised. This kind of imagination is just an entry requirement for a master of transfiguration.

"Very good, five points to Ravenclaw."

Lupin gave Dolly some credit, saying, "Miss Dursley showed us the limits of what this spell can do."

"So Harry Potter!"

Harry heard this and stood up hesitantly.

He actually knew what he was afraid of, but he didn't have the confidence to cast the funny spell in front of the other person because he fainted just by seeing the other person on the train.

"Okay, relax Harry."

Dolly knew exactly what Harry was afraid of and said, "It's just a Boggart. Even if it takes on the appearance of those monsters, it doesn't have their abilities. You can just get used to them."

"If that doesn't work, I'm still here. I can do any kind of spell."

Dolly just whispered beside Harry so that only Harry could hear.

He smiled, and it was obvious that Dolly's comfort was effective.

Soon, Harry came to the Boggart.

Just as Harry had feared, the Boggart transformed into a Dementor.

A rotting hand, gleaming with a cold, eerie light, quickly retracted beneath the darkness. A long, gurgling breath emanated from its unseen mouth, followed by a chill that seeped deep into the bone marrow, like the sensation of being submerged in water...

Harry suddenly felt his body turned cold, but a warm power suddenly appeared in him.

He immediately realized that it was his sister who was secretly helping him.

In fact, Dolly used a healing spell on Harry.

Although the healing spell could theoretically only heal physical injuries, the gentle magic was enough to pull Harry out of his own shock.

Sure enough, the next second Harry realized that although the Boggart in front of him turned into a Dementor, which was scary, it was just a Boggart after all. Harry was immersed in his previous memories and scared himself.

Lupin on the side had already planned to drive the Boggart back because the children in the class were frightened.

But the next second, Harry raised his wand and shouted "Funny Funny".

The Boggart was struck hard, and because of the fury of Harry's magic, it instantly transformed from a Dementor into Peeves, and was tied up and fell over, writhing like a worm.

The panic in the classroom disappeared and everyone burst into laughter.

Lupin also looked at Harry in surprise, and then looked at Dolly who was slowly retracting her wand, and then a hint of worry appeared in his eyes.

He always believed that his good brother Sirius was not the one who killed Harry's parents, nor was he a traitor, so after he was cleared of the charges, how should Sirius win back Harry's trust?

It seems that this is not an easy task.

Never mind, it’s too early to think about this now.

Lupin continued to let the students try, and soon the class was over and everyone had the chance to cast a spell.

Although Boggarts are not dangerous, they can indeed cause considerable trouble to wizards. Learning this spell is obviously a good start.

Everyone started talking about their own performance and what others were afraid of, including Hermione and Dolly. However, as soon as the bell rang, Hermione said, "Oh, sorry, I have to leave, you know."

The next second, Hermione was the first to run out of the classroom.

Dolly looked at the other person's back, and unusually unhappy, she also left.

This meant that Harry, who wanted to come and thank anyone, couldn't find anyone, but he didn't care much, because they would see each other again at dinner time anyway.

Two days passed like this, and everyone began to get used to the rhythm of the new semester.

Although Dolly still took various basic classes with Hermione, she rarely saw Hermione outside of class. Even at night, she only had the chance to say good night to Hermione.

As for Hermione, she was completely focused on her studies and didn't notice that Dolly, Qiu Zhang and Luna were getting closer and closer.

On the other hand, while the three of them were constantly strengthening themselves, Dolly and Luna also continued to take drugs to become stronger. Even if Miss Men did not respond, Dolly had to become stronger.

Otherwise, if something happened to Miss Men, Dolly would be even more uneasy.

After this round of sacrifice, Dolly is ready to increase her magic power to five points.

But before that, Dolly also had Hagrid's first chapter class today.

Up to now, because of Harry and the others, Dolly and Hagrid can be considered acquaintances, but unfortunately that's all.

Dolly certainly couldn't get used to Hagrid's rough style of doing things, let alone his preferences, so except for a few occasions, Dolly and Hagrid didn't have much contact.

But this time, because I have to take his class, it is obvious that the two of us will have a communication.

Dolly even prepared a spell for this, perhaps to sober Hagrid up a little.

It was time for class and everyone came to the door of Hagrid's hut.

Hagrid was still wearing his moleskin coat, and Fang, the great hound, stood at his feet, seeming eager to set off.

"Come on, come on, hold on tight!"

As his classmates approached, he called out, "I have something nice to show you today!"

Dolly and Hermione chatted about what Hagrid was going to do. Hermione instinctively sensed that something was wrong and thought that Hagrid would get some dangerous magical creatures.

Dolly agreed with this. They had classes with Hufflepuff today, and Gryffindor and Slytherin's classes were at the back.

Dolly wondered if she could have done something to prevent Malfoy from getting hurt in this class.

She didn't care about Malfoy's life or death, she just thought it was a pity to let a Pegasus die.

After all, now that Harry and his three companions don't have Hermione's help, they may not be able to successfully rescue the Hippogriff.

Soon, Hagrid led everyone to the fence and said, "First you need to open your textbooks--"

Everyone took out the "Monster Book of Monsters" tied with a rope. This is a book that can bite people. If the wizard does not open it in the correct way and uses it, he may be injured.

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