Harry Potter’s Book of Sin Chapter 61: Reluctant duel

　　 Early the next morning, the bones on Harry's arm had grown out. Madam Pomfrey came to check once and found that she was pretty good, so she told Harry directly that she could leave.

　　 Harry, of course, couldn't wait.

　　 He put on his clothes as quickly as he could and hurried to Gryffindor Tower, wishing to talk to Ron and Hermione about Colin and Dobby, but they were not there.

　　 Harry went out again, wondering, where could they go? He felt a little wronged, and they didn't even care whether his bones grew better.

　　 But when he searched and came to Myrtle’s bathroom, he found that only Hermione was making medicine here.

　　 "Harry!" she said, "You startled me. Come in quickly—how is your arm?"

　　 "Very good." Harry said, squeezing into the small single room.

　　 I saw a cauldron on the toilet. Harry heard crackling noises from under the toilet and knew they had made a fire underneath. Using magic to conjure a portable and waterproof fire, this is Hermione's skill.

　　 "Where is Ron? Isn't he here?" Harry asked curiously.

　　 "Yes," Hermione said, "Well, I mean, I haven't seen him since early today."

　　 They were talking, but saw Ron push the door directly in, his face was very ugly.

　　 "What's wrong, Ron? Where have you been?" Harry said in surprise.

　　 Ron was silent for a while, and said: "I'm looking for Maca."

　　 "Go find Maca?" Hermione stood up suddenly.

　　 "Well, I didn't find..."

　　 Ron said in a low voice, and left again, leaving only Harry and Hermione staring at each other.

　　 "Should we ask what happened?" Harry glanced at Hermione.

　　 "I think it's better not to." Hermione shook her head, not knowing how to answer, just evasively said.

　　 For a moment, Harry fell into doubt, but forgot what he wanted to say. But they did not expect that at the most unexpected moment, Maca suddenly appeared in front of them.

　　……

　　 On Monday morning, the news that Colin Crevey was attacked and now lying in the ward like a dead person spread throughout the school.

　　 In an instant, rumors were flying in the school, and everyone was suspicious.

　　 First-year students are now always crowded together in groups, as if they were afraid that they would be attacked if they act alone.

　　 Ginny is at the same table with Colin Crevey in the curse class, and she is very upset right now.

　　 In order to make her happy, Fred and George took turns wearing feathers or getting scabies, jumping out from behind the stone statue to tease her. Harry felt that this was obviously a disservice.

　　 Later, Percy was so angry that he told them that he was going to write to their mother, Mrs. Weasley, telling her that Ginny had nightmares at night, and they stopped playing around.

　　 One day after that, Harry was walking through the hall.

　　 They suddenly saw a small group of people gathered around the bulletin board, reading the text on a piece of parchment that had just been nailed on.

　　Simo Finigan and Dean Thomas looked very excited and greeted them to pass.

　　 "They want to start a duel club!" Seamus said. "The first meeting tonight. I am not opposed to learning some dueling courses, which might come in handy one day..."

　　 And at 8 o'clock that evening, the appearance of Hogwarts Hall changed.

　　 The long dining table disappeared, and a long gilded stage appeared along a wall, illuminated by hundreds of candles floating in the sky, and the ceiling became as dark as velvet again.

　　 Almost all the students from the school came. Fortunately, the lobby was wide enough. Although it still looked crowded, it was at least a little room for walking.

　　 Each of them held their own magic wand with an excited expression on their faces.

　　 It didn't take long for everyone to look disappointed, and Guidro Lockhart made his debut.

　　 He is wearing a fuchsia robe, his hair is well combed, and he looks good. At first glance, he is indeed very radiant-as long as he doesn't move.

　　 But it is obviously impossible for a new professor to remain silent.

　　 Lockhart waved everyone to be quiet, and then shouted: "Come around, come around! Can everyone see me? Can they hear me... Great!"

　　"That’s right, Professor Dumbledore allowed me to start this little duel club, to fully train everyone in case you need to defend yourself one day, and to protect yourself in the way I have used countless times-if you want to know this For details, please see my published works."

　　 He said, then waved his hand again and made a "please" gesture.

　　 "Let me introduce my assistant-Professor Snape!" He said towards Snape below the stage, "He told me that he himself knew something about duels, and he was generous. He promised to help me make a small demonstration before class."

　　"I said, I don’t want to worry you little guys—when I finish the demonstration with him, I will return your potion teacher to you intact, don’t be afraid--"

　　 "I said," Snape suddenly interrupted, "I do know a thing or two about duels, but it's not me who will accompany you as a demonstration today—"

　　 He took a step to the side, showing the person behind him, and said with a sneer.

　　"...It's him."

　　 This time everyone was taken aback, because it was no one else standing behind Snape, it was Maca—Maca McLean!

　　"Oh-haha," Lockhart was taken aback, then smiled, "I think you must be joking, as a teacher, how can I fight a student? How dangerous it is— —"

　　 "No, I think this is right." Snape smiled faintly, "In this case, it will be more clear for everyone to see the danger of the curse..."

　　He paused, and simply ran Lockhart clearly: "I think, under the disparity, controlling the danger shouldn't be a big deal to you as a'duel expert', right?"

　　 As expected, Lockhart immediately jumped into this pit.

　　 "Oh, of course! I think your idea is also good... yes." Lockhart gave a gracious smile, "Come on, Maca."

　　 I want to say that Maca didn't want to come here to mix it up, but I don't know why, so Snape threw it to himself. He thought about it, and finally agreed.

　　 "Don't worry, kid-don't be afraid, you won't get hurt because of this. I am very experienced as a duel guide." Lockhart maintained a charming smile, "Maybe I can write a book on duels. , That would be fun."

　　 "Maybe..." Maca said casually while pulling out his wand.

　　Below the stage, many students looked at Maca curiously.

　　Although many people have heard of something at the end of last semester, the specific situation has been obscured by Dumbledore. In fact, most students are looking forward to this unexpected duel.

　　 At this moment, the eyes of Harry, Ron, and Hermione are all focused on Maca, but their minds are obviously completely different. The one with the least psychological burden is probably Harry.

　　 "Come on, Maca!" Harry shouted cheerfully.

　　 What he meant, of course, was that he hoped that Maca could teach Lockhart a lesson so that he would stop being so annoying.

　　 Lockhart and Maca faced each other at a distance, and bowed to each other.

　　 Lockhart is obviously much more fancy than Maca’s mediocre movements. He flipped a lot of tricks with both hands, skillfully made a very gentleman appearance, and took the time to make a graceful gesture towards Maccabi.

　　 Then, they held their wands to their chests like arrows.

　　 "As you can see, we hold the wand in a normal dueling posture. Maca has done a good job in this regard. Obviously he has pre-duel knowledge," Lockhart said to the silent crowd. "When we count to three, we will do the first magic. Of course, I won't let Maca get hurt."

　　 Suddenly, the attention of all the students in the audience gathered.

　　"One, two...three!"

　　 Maca raised his hand and shook it lightly. The tip of the stick quickly outlined the trajectory of the spell in the shaking, and the speed was so fast that it was shocking.

　　 "Except your weapon!"

　　 A slender red glow suddenly appeared from the front of the wand~IndoMTL.com~ and went straight to Lockhart on the opposite side. Although the lightning-fast red light didn't seem so dazzling, the solidity of the beam of light made Snape's face flashed with surprise.

　　 Lockhart didn't even have time to react, so he was hit by a red light, and suddenly flew back out of the stage, hit the wall hard, then slid down and curled up on the floor.

　　 "If Snape were to do it, it should be almost like this..."

　　 Although I don't know why Snape wanted to throw this thing to him, once Snape raised it, Maca was really hard to shirk.

　　 To put it bluntly, Maca's research on potions still needs Snape's help from time to time. Rarely, when the other party makes a request, it is obviously not in the interest to refuse lightly. In desperation, Maca can only do this.

　　 Even if he knew in his heart, this minimal ridiculous imitation was probably just self-deception.

　　 "Anyway, I need time...more time." Maca secretly said, "I can't make reasonable judgments at all. It would be very bad."

　　, let’s not mention Maca, who is expressionless, and Lockhart, who is getting up embarrassedly. Just looking at the students watching in the hall, almost everyone was so surprised that they couldn't speak.

　　 After a while of silence, there was a boil.

　　Maca looked at the situation under the stands, and had already anticipated this. But in any case, this does not meet his immediate needs, even if it is definitely beneficial to his popularity at Hogwarts.

　　 "Professor Lockhart, it's impolite." Maca said softly, and without waiting for Lockhart to say anything, he jumped off the stage.

　　 Off the stage, Snape looked at Lockhart's slightly embarrassed expression, his face was full of sneers.