Chapter 249: Reopening the Dueling Club
Due to the success of the store and the good news that Sirius was going to teach at Hogwarts, the dinner was a very pleasant atmosphere.
With the help of Hermione and Ginny, Mrs. Weasley cooked a large table full of dishes.
In the courtyard of the Burrow, everyone sat happily around the table, eating delicious dishes and watching Fred and George's fireworks display.
Professor Lupin and Mr. Weasley had just told a few jokes that made everyone laugh.
"I can't believe you're going to be a professor at school!" Harry said with a grin to Sirius beside him.
He laughed the whole night.
Harry was still reeling in Sirius' huge surprise of teaching at Hogwarts, and he felt like he was in a dream: Ron had recovered from the damage of the Imperius Curse, his godfather was going to become a professor at Hogwarts, Aven's shop was a huge success, and he had received the coveted Fire Crossbow Bolt as a Christmas present
Something that had happened recently made Harry feel happier than ever.
"It didn't occur to me that a few months ago, I was just thinking about getting revenge on Peter Pettigrew, even if it was death. Sirius said, "But it's good now, Evan is right, it's probably the best outcome for me." ”
Sirius had a cheerful smile on his face, which made him look younger, more and more like the high-spirited image he had had been at Hogwarts more than a decade earlier.
"Since you mentioned this!" Hermione asked curiously, "Sirius, I've always wanted to ask, what are you going to do about the Defence Against the Dark Arts course next semester?"
"I've just spoken to Remus, and I'm going to continue at his pace so that you can meet other dark creatures. Plus, I'm going to teach you some real combat techniques. Sirius smiled and said, "I've seen several of you fight, and you all have little combat experience. In the case of Aven, he is very powerful and has a lot of spells, not even worse than me, but he can't fully exert them. What you need now is more skill and experience, something that can only be grasped through real combat. ”
"Combat experience and skills, what do you mean" An idea popped into Aven's mind, "You're not planning to reopen the Dueling Club, are you?!"
The club, which aims to teach young wizards dueling skills and improve their combat experience and strength, was formed last year at the suggestion of Lockhart.
At that time, the response was very strong, and everyone was looking forward to it, and almost all the young wizards in the school participated.
However, the club became a joke, and Lockhart was no match for Snape at all, and he couldn't resist even a single move.
In the end, everyone discovers that the fact that Harry is a parseltongue is terrible.
"I have this idea, but I need Dumbledore's permission. Sirius slowly turned his wand and continued, "I've heard about the past year, and if Snape wants to, I'd like to be able to invite him to be my opponent and give you a few demonstrations of what a real duel is. ”
He accentuated the duel, and it seemed that he couldn't wait to fight Snape, and the old and new feuds between the two men were not clear at all.
They were even more bored with each other than Harry and Malfoy.
"Oh my God, I can't wait!" Ron looked up from his plate and swallowed the contents of his mouth hard, "Teach that old bat a hard lesson, he's been bothering Harry, we've been confining, he's giving Gryffindor points, I'm patient with him"
"Ron!" Mrs. Weasley said sternly, grabbing Ron's ear, "How dare you say that about your own professor!"
"Oh, Mom, you don't know"
Seeing Ron's embarrassed appearance, everyone laughed.
The topic didn't go on, but looking at the expressions of several people, they all couldn't wait to see Sirius and Snape dueling, even Percy and Hermione, who had always been well-behaved.
After a brief lull, there was another burst of laughter at the table.
Fred and George trick Percy into eating a piece of their newly developed shapeshifting cookie, and Percy transforms into a frog and is full of transformation again.
To the laughter of everyone, Percy ran around the yard chasing Fred and George, and Mrs. Weasley hurried over to stop him.
Just then, a small gray figure flew out of the room and landed in front of Ron's plate.
It chirped and screamed, fighting Ron over the food on his plate.
"Shut up, piggy. Ron said, waving his hand and pushing the little owl in front of him aside, "Don't touch the contents of my plate." ”
"Why do you call him Piggy?" asked Hermione curiously, she had been busy with Evan lately and didn't have time to care about Ron's name for the owl.
"Because it's a bit of a goofy. Ginny, who was sitting next to her, pursed her lips and smiled, "Ron gave it the name Zhu Weiqiong before. ”
"yes, that's not a silly name at all. Ron said sarcastically, "It took Harry and I a long time to come up with the name Vervian for it, which goes well with Hedwig." But by the time we were about to call it, we realized that Ginny had already given it a name. ”
"Don't you think it's a cute name?" asked Ginny rhetorically.
"I don't see anything cute, I want to change the name, but it's too late, this owl only recognizes this name, calls it anything else, and it ignores it, so now it's a piglet. Ron said, wrinkling.
Zhu Weiqiong jumped happily beside him, letting out a shrill chirping.
"Piggy is a pretty good name, it's really cute. Hermione lured the owl with breadcrumbs.
It flew all at Hermione, making her giggle.
Dinner lasted until ten o'clock and ended with laughter.
The next day, because Sirius was also going to Hogwarts, the Great Rush did not go to the Nine and Three-quarters station to take the Hogwarts Express back to school, but took the knight's bus back to Hogwarts.
They hurriedly ate breakfast, put on their coats, put on their scarves, and prepared to hit the road.
It's a gray and chilly January morning.
At seven o'clock in the morning, a bright purple three-story bus fell from the sky and appeared at the Burrow's door, where the Weasleys stood and waved them off.
The last stop on the knight's bus was Diagon Alley, and Sirius was already waiting for them on the bus.
Evan climbed into the car, and just like last time, he saw all kinds of chairs on the car, and they didn't care about matching, and they gathered around the window randomly. (To be continued.) )