Chapter Ninety-Five: Boggart (I)

"What's your worst fear, Draco?" Pansy was at the Slytherin table, looking at the food in front of her in a daze, she was already full, so she decided to have some fun, and soon they were about to go to their first Defence Against the Dark Arts class of the semester, according to the Gryffindor students, this teacher was very good, and the first lesson was about how to deal with the Boggart, a magical creature that can become the most feared thing in a person's heart, so she decided to ask this question. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Of course it's you. Malfoy gave her a blank look and gave Pansy a perfunctory answer, "If you want those boggarts to be blown up in front of me like you, you can go on asking such boring questions." ”

Pansy immediately shut up, she could hear Malfoy turning around and telling her to be quiet, but she was still a little unconvinced, and immediately changed to a resentful expression and looked at him silently.

"Fear changes over time, and today you may be able to temporarily overcome fear with a funny spell in Professor Lupin's class, but there will be more fears in the future. Malfoy looked at Pansy's expression and could only explain helplessly.

"IMHO, the course doesn't really make much sense. Malfoy picked up the teacup in front of him and took a sip.

"But I'm still curious. Pansy grinned again, and said, "I haven't seen you look scared yet, even the last time I met a Dementor." ”

"Maybe. Malfoy gently lowered the teacup.

"By the way, that little Gryffindor fat man is said to have turned Boggart into Professor Snape, and then went up and beat him up and swollen his face. Pansy couldn't help but laugh out loud at this, even though Snape had been favoring the students of the house, but to be honest, not too many people even the students of the house loved him very much.

Because he was indeed a little unpleasant.

"Professor, I will educate her well, please forgive her for being open-mouthed. Malfoy's expression changed, and he suddenly looked behind Pansy and said respectfully.

When Pansy heard this, she immediately changed her words: "I will definitely clean him up when I find an opportunity, who told him to disrespect our venerable dean." Then he dared to slowly turn his head away, only to find that there was no one behind him.

She blushed and found that she had been tricked, and she was ashamed and annoyed for a while, depressed that she had been deceived by such a trick with no technical content.

"Okay, no kidding, it's time for us to go to class. Malfoy said, "It's not a good habit to be late. ”

"I'm going to blow you up in a puff of smoke. Pansy said through gritted teeth as she looked at Malfoy's back, and then followed behind Malfoy for their Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson.

But the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

Privately, Pansy thought about it for a long time, but came to the conclusion that maintaining the status quo should be the most suitable way for her, and that she still had time, which was her greatest strength, and she felt that as long as she fixed her own problems, Draco would definitely like her.

It's just that someone walking in front of her now has no sense of being calculated.

They made their way to the classroom, where the students were seated in their seats, and Malfoy and Pansy had found their seats.

"Draco, what's in that closet?, Boggart?" Pansy asked in a whisper.

"Probably so. Malfoy looked at the podium, and Lupin stood on the stage looking at the noisy students, always looking very tired, his clothes patched, and it was obvious that he was not very rich.

It wasn't until the bell rang that the Slytherin students fell silent.

"I'm sure you've already seen me at the entrance ceremony, maybe even earlier, on the train. Lupin glanced at the students in the classroom, and when he said this, his eyes deliberately lingered on Malfoy's body for a moment, and he smiled, he had a very good impression of this student, whether it was formed or not, the students who could use the Patronus Charm at this age were very good.

"I'll be your Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher this semester. Lupin looked back, and said, "I hope we can work together happily this semester, you can call me Professor Lupin," he smiled.

There was some commotion in the audience, in fact, many Slytherin students looked down on this shabby-dressed, old-looking teacher, but they had been reminded that it was better to maintain a certain respect for this teacher, otherwise they would bear the consequences, etc., and the group of students still maintained a minimum of respect for him, and did not boo.

Lupin didn't care about the awkward atmosphere in front of him, and still said to himself: "You should have also learned about what you learned today, but fortunately I found some new Boggarts in other places, otherwise I might not be able to attend class today." ”

Lupin pointed to the old wardrobe beside him with his wand and said, "This is our protagonist today, Boggart." ”

"You may already know what I was in class through your Gryffindor classmates, but I'm going to have to repeat it. Lupin cleared his throat and continued, "So please stay focused. ”

"What's the Boggart?" Lupin began to ask, and then quickly answered himself: "It's a shape-shifting creature, and then I'll state again that he's almost non-attacking, so don't be afraid, yes, you don't have to be so nervous about that classmate on the right, your legs are shaking so much that the table is going to over." He made a joke, and the Slytherin students laughed, and the atmosphere in the class, which had been somewhat cold, improved considerably.

"And now, the Boggart in the closet doesn't take on any image because he doesn't see any of us. It doesn't know what scares the people outside the door. No one knows what Boggart looks like when he's alone, but when I release it, it immediately becomes the thing that each of us fears the most. ”

"So what if it faces many people at the same time. The student who had been named by Lupin just now stood up and plucked up the courage to ask.

"It's a good question, sometimes a good question is more important than a solution, add ten points to Slytherin. Lupin took the lead in clapping, and the classroom burst into applause.

They felt that the raunchy old man in front of them was starting to be friendly, and it was not as difficult to communicate as they imagined.

"Let's say something like this. Lupin suddenly opened the door to the closet, and Boggart rushed out, but the image was very funny, and even constantly changing, because there were so many people, so that his appearance was now a mess, and he seemed to change his mind whenever it was about to take shape, in short, with his intelligence, it was impossible to understand what it would be like for many people's fears to exist at the same time.

The students saw a cloud of black mud staggering on the ground, and there were expressions of disgust and disgust, but there was no fear.

Lupin then taught the students how to deal with the Boggart, such as comical spells and trying to add some hilarious imagination to the things you fear the most, and after spending some time practicing, he began to call the students one by one to come forward and put them to the test.

"What's the matter, are you still scared?" Malfoy sensed that something was wrong with Pansy beside her, one of her hands unconsciously clenched into a fist, her forehead was covered with sweat, her face was pale, she must have remembered some bad memories, and her other hand was gripping his sleeve.

"Hmm. Pansy nodded, she was actually quite brave, even if she was afraid of the dark when she was a child, it disappeared with age, just now when Lupin let everyone recall her worst fear, almost instantly, Pansy thought of the illusion brought to her by the Dementors, and couldn't help but feel chills down her spine, chills all over her body, even if she barely learned the Patronus Charm with the help of methods similar to "cheating", but that memory cannot be erased.

"Then you don't have to go up. Malfoy said lightly. "Not everyone is willing to tear their scars open in front of everyone, and the professor will definitely not force you. ”

In fact, Malfoy himself was not prepared to reveal what he was really afraid of. (To be continued.) )