Magic Journey from Hogwarts

"Let the school rules go to hell!" Ron said indifferently, "It's not like we haven't done things like making up for mistakes."

"Secondly, the recipe for Polyjuice Potion is in a book called 'Powerful Potions,' which is in the Restricted Section."

"I'll go to Lockhart for approval, and it will be done today." Harry volunteered. Lockhart didn't know that his bones had grown, and he would definitely feel a little guilty when he saw him.

In addition, he knew Lockhart quite well, as long as he praised him against his will and made up a reason, it was not easy to go to the restricted area.

"Again, it's the materials. Potions with such complex configurations require a variety of materials.

Simple we can find a way to get it done by ourselves, but what about those rare materials? "

Ron hesitated for a moment, then looked slowly at Harry, who happened to meet a pair of blue-green eyes.

"Looks like we want to go together."

Harry nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Snape's office is definitely the most abundant storage room in Hogwarts, with all kinds of materials."

"Use the invisibility cloak, as long as we can confirm that he is not there, we will act immediately." Ron said, "In short, there is no password for his office."

"That's what I said might violate the fifty school rules." Hermione rolled her eyes. "There's still time. It takes at least a month to prepare a powerful potion."

"What?" Harry suddenly lost his composure, "One month?

If Aaron was indeed the heir of Slytherin, a month would be enough for him to clean up the Muggle-born wizards. "

Hermione gave him an ugly smile when she heard this, "Finally, and the most serious question, what if Aaron is not the heir of Slytherin?

We have let him down once last year, if we wrong him again this time...

Have you ever thought about the consequences?Licking another face to apologize, he may not forgive us. "

Harry was silent for a while, "Why don't you go, Ron and I, the two of us..."

"Stop kidding, Harry.

How did you become like Draco and the others? A trace of bitterness appeared on Hermione's face, "He is very smart, even if he didn't think of it at first, he would always think of it later that I helped you make the polyjuice potion."

In other words, it's impossible for me to stay out of it. "

"That...are you two thinking too much?" Ron chuckled, "We use the identity of Malfoy and the others, even if he is wronged, he can't burn us.

And it would be a good thing if we wronged him, at least to prove that he is innocent, not the heir of Slytherin. "

"That's right." Harry breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Hermione firmly, "Let's make the Polyjuice Potion first!

If the school finds the heir of Slytherin within a month, abandon the plan, and if there are no other suspects, then..."

Harry didn't finish the sentence, but both Ron and Hermione understood him.

But this may be the only thing they can do at present, so they can't waste their time in vain!

They were very efficient, and Harry got the approval slip in the afternoon, but it took him a long time to check with Mrs. Pince before he could borrow the book.

It's just that there is not much time to borrow a batch of approval slips, and they have to get a few more batches of approval slips from Lockhart before the potion is dispensed, otherwise the book will not be able to keep.

They set the place to prepare the compound decoction in the bathroom where Myrtle lived, and the materials needed were exactly as they had expected.

Grass gnats, leeches, sap grass, and two-eared grass are simple things they can get, but the rare materials such as the horns of bicorns and the snake skin of African tree snakes can only be found in Snape's office. Only then.

But this is not a big problem, it is really too easy to sneak in when no one is in the office with an invisibility cloak.

Everything went smoothly, and the Polyjuice Potion was more than half finished by the second week of December, but the last ingredient made them feel particularly embarrassed.

Because the final materials are the things on the person you want to become, such as hair, nails, blood, fragments of skin and epidermis, and so on.

But they didn't have much contact with Draco and his two followers at ordinary times, and they even met with cynicism, and they couldn't find any opportunities for a while.

The three of them couldn't do anything about it, and Harry and Ron even wanted to find a reason to fight the three of them in order to get things from them. After all, it was normal to pull their hair when fighting.

Although it may violate the school rules and get Gryffindor deducted ten points, at least it can achieve its goal.

But luck always came in time when it was due. On Saturday, there was an extra piece of parchment on the bulletin board.

"Duel Club?" Ron looked at the notice with some doubts, "It seems to be useful, at least it doesn't just know how to run when facing monsters.

However, which professor organized this? "

"I don't know, it didn't say in the notice," said Hermione, "but I guess it's Professor Flitwick, who was a dueling champion when he was young."

"This is also our chance." Harry thought thoughtfully, "It would be great if we could get Malfoy's hair during the duel."

"It's just right, teach Malfoy a fair and honest lesson." Ron picked up his wand. Although it was still wrapped with a thick tape, he had figured out how to use this wand these days, at least not recently. problem.

"By the way, how is Aaron doing these days?" Hermione looked at the two and asked nervously, "Is there anything unusual about him?"

Harry's face became a little complicated, and Ron hesitated to speak.

"You guys are talking!"

"We were just skeptical at first." Harry said with some difficulty, "but now we are basically sure.

Aaron took Abe around every day, we both knew, and he was asking about the families of the students in the four colleges. "

"And especially with Slytherins," Ron added.

"But what does this mean?" Hermione asked puzzled.

"Merlin!

So obvious can't you see it? Ron rolled his eyes, "He's picking a target, the next target for the monster in the chamber of secrets." "

"No way!" Hermione frowned, "If it's about picking targets, then why investigate Slytherin?"

"That's called rigor." Ron said firmly, "You know him well. Since he decided to do something, he must investigate the situation in his backyard!"

"That's it, Hermione." Harry shrugged. "I know it's hard news, but it's the truth."

Hearing what the two said, Hermione was not as confident as she was at the beginning. She let out a long breath, and it took a while to react.

"Get what's on Malfoy's body, and if all goes well, the Polyjuice Potion can be prepared before Christmas."

"Great." Harry said excitedly, "I challenge Malfoy tonight, you two challenge Crabbe and Goyle, they will definitely not refuse."

At eight o'clock in the evening, the students gathered in the auditorium.

The four long tables disappeared, replaced by a long ring in the center.

There is a row of torches on each side of the wall, and the firelight and hundreds of candles hanging from the ceiling illuminate the auditorium particularly brightly.

Aaron hugged Abe, looking at the crowd around him from time to time.

To be honest, he didn't want to come, because investigating the secret room is much more important.

But he'd searched almost every part of the castle without finding the Chamber of Secrets, and his investigation of the Slytherin's heir had yielded no clues.

Since Colin was petrified, the heir seems to have become more vigilant, and has never shown himself.

It can't be said that there is no gain at all, at least a lot of places have been excluded, and a lot of people have been excluded, and the scope of the investigation has narrowed by a large circle.

But after working hard for more than a month, it would be a lie to say that I am not tired.

Just taking advantage of tonight to appreciate the duel project, it can be regarded as a disguised relaxation.

Chapter 166 Lockhart's Self-Knowledge

"Aaron, are you going to be on stage soon?" Draco asked excitedly, and Crabbe and Goyle beside him were also eager to try.

"I'm not interested in duels." Aaron fed Abe a snack and said indifferently, "But I'm still interested in learning from other wizards' fighting methods."

"No!

This opportunity does not come all the time, with your strength, as long as you take the stage, you will definitely shine. "

"Forget it! If it wasn't too boring recently, I wouldn't come here."

"Speaking of which..." Draco paused slightly, looking at Aaron meaningfully, "What are you doing these days?

Every time you come back to the common room, you lock yourself in the dormitory. "

"Well...I'm learning." Aaron said solemnly, "It's a very profound magic."

"Okay!" Draco shrugged, then looked towards the ring, "I've made up my mind, and I'll duel with Harry Potter later."

Aaron raised his brows lightly and smiled lightly, "Is this necessary?"

"I accidentally lost a Quidditch match, and I had to get it back somewhere else."

Hearing this, Aaron gave a thumbs up, "Good luck.

By the way, is the Dueling Club hosted by Professor Snape? "

"I don't think so, I heard..." Draco said halfway, with a smirk on his face, "he's here."

Aaron followed Draco's line of sight, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily.

I saw Lockhart wearing a green-gold robe stepped onto the ring, surrounded by a group of students behind him, he performed very proudly under the circumstances that everyone was watching, and even when he smiled, he could see a row of shining students. teeth.

"Don't tell me he is in charge of this dueling club."

Aaron was very speechless. He was still looking forward to it just now. Wizard duels in Hogwarts are relatively rare.

But as soon as Lockhart came on stage, his little interest evaporated in an instant.

This Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who can only be funny and has no real knowledge can't teach them anything at all.

"Surprised!" Draco felt a little amused seeing Aaron's disappointed expression, "I was also surprised when I heard Professor Snape say it.

Lockhart was able to come up with such a great idea, and it was not without merit. "

"What a waste of my precious time." Aaron said speechlessly.

"At least he built the ring." Draco said meaningfully, "If you don't like it, you can challenge him later."

Aaron was really tempted, but he gave up the idea after glancing at Lockhart who walked to the center of the ring.

He would not have any psychological burden to beat Lockhart, but it is not appropriate to beat the teacher in public.

"Everyone come here, can you see me?" Lockhart said loudly, "Can you hear me?"

The students in the auditorium gradually gathered together and surrounded the ring.

"In view of the dark events that have occurred in the past few weeks, Dumbledore allowed me to open this dueling club, so as to train everyone, so that one day you can protect yourself calmly like me.

See my book for full details. Lockhart said as he threw his coat under the ring, revealing a set of soft armor lining it, "Let me introduce my assistant, Professor Snape. "

Professor Snape was dressed in a black wizard robe, no different from his usual attire, except that his face was terribly dark.

"Good guy, really good guy!

He actually knows how to find an assistant for himself, it seems that he also knows how much he is. "Aaron teased, there is no reason why Lockhart is so good, people have self-knowledge!

"Aaron." Draco winked at him quietly, "As a reminder, it's better not to speak ill of Lockhart in public."

Hearing this, Aaron also felt a lot of hostile gazes, and quickly restrained his expression.

It's true that Lockhart is trash, but Hogwarts has a lot of his brainless fans. They are addicted to Lockhart's autobiography and can't extricate themselves, unwilling to admit the reality.

"Professor Snape generously agreed to give me a demonstration." Lockhart explained proudly, "Young people, don't worry, I will return your Potions teacher to you intact after the demonstration."

Aaron blinked in astonishment, and turned to look at Draco, but he also looked blank.

"Don't look at me, I don't know either."

"Where did he get the confidence?"

Although Aaron didn't like Lockhart, seeing Professor Snape's slightly raised mouth, he couldn't help but mourn him for a second in his heart.

"Could it be that your judgment has gone wrong?" Draco said a little unconfidently, "Is there such a possibility?

Lockhart's teaching level is very bad, so bad that it cannot be added, but his actual combat ability is still good. "

"Hehe!" Aaron said disdainfully, "I hope what you say is true, but he can't even handle a Cornish elf."

Draco thought of the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class this semester, and immediately denied all positive guesses about Lockhart.

There is only one thing he still admires, and that is that Lockhart's level of death is not generally high.

He didn't choose so many professors, but chose the one who was the most ruthless.

In the ring, Lockhart and Snape stood facing each other, bowing to each other.

Then they drew their wands and held them like swords to their chests.

"one two Three..."

Lockhart had just reached three when Snape yelled the spell: Disarm.