Chapter 19: Liars
Once everyone was seated, Professor Lockhart came up and began to brag about his accomplishments—introducing a whole host of honorary titles. Then an impromptu quiz was done.
1. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favourite colour?
2. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?
3. What do you think is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement so far?......
What the hell, Phoenix can't answer any of these questions. Even if the teacher of this course is difficult to find, you can't find such a person.
Half an hour later, Lockhart put the test papers away and read them in front of the class. Lockhart suddenly mentioned Hermione's name.
"Miss Hermione Granger knows that my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil, as well as to sell my own line of hair lotions. Actually," he flipped the paper over, "a hundred! Where's Miss Hermione Granger?"
Hermione held up a trembling hand.
"Yay, very good. Add ten points to Gryffindor. Now—"
The Slytherins glared at each other, which would also give them extra points. That paper didn't even have a single question about magic.
He stooped down and took out a large cage covered with a cloth from behind the podium and placed it on the table.
"Beware now, I'm on a mission to teach you to defend against the most evil the wizarding world has ever known. You will face the most terrifying things in this classroom. But remember, as long as I'm here, you won't be harmed. All I ask is that you remain calm. ”
The class held their breath as Lockhart lifted the hood.
"Cornwall elves. ”
"They're not—they're not very dangerous, are they?" said Seamus, laughing breathlessly.
"Don't be so sure," Lockhart wagged at him in annoyance, "they could also be as cunning saboteurs as the devil." ”
"Look what you do with them. After that, he opened the cage.
It's a mess now. The elves flew around like rockets. Two of them grabbed Neville by the ears and picked him up. A few others rushed out of the window and scattered broken glass at the back of the classroom. The rest wreak havoc in the classrooms. They threw inkwells at the class, tore books and paper to shreds, tore pictures off the walls, turned waste bins upside down, and threw bags and textbooks out of broken windows.
"Come on, bring them together, get them together, they're just pixies. Lockhart shouted, trying to regain control of the situation.
"Piszipi Kesi Peste Nomi!"
To no avail, an elf grabbed Lockhart's wand and threw it out the window. Lockhart gasped and burrowed under the lectern table.
"It seems that he does have no real name. Phoenix sat calmly in his chair, and Eden quickly bit down on an elf and swallowed it, much to Phoenix's surprise. "Don't you only eat fish?"
Eden shook his head and vanished into a flash of fire.
"There were so many surprises today. If I had known, I wouldn't have bought so many cuttlefish bones. ”
Phoenix stood up and raised his wand. An invisible force pulls all the elves back into their cages, and then turns into an ice sculpture along with the cage when the bell rings for the end of class.
The classmates all stared blankly at Phoenix.
Before Lockhart could say the end of class, Phoenix threw his books in the classroom and left with Slytherin.
"I can't believe that our teachers would be such parallel goods. Draco grumbled as soon as he left the classroom. It was a rare endorsement from Noether and Bress.
"Indeed, this year's Defence Against the Dark Arts is over. "Phoenix is a rare critic of a Hogwarts professor. The surrounding classmates began to discuss, some said that they would write a letter to their parents to change teachers, and some said that he would finish the year at most.
Phoenix was planning to start a study group next year, and it would be interesting to see if the situation was ahead of schedule. Noether looked at Phoenix and seemed to have something to say, but he didn't want to be in front of everyone, and Noether was one of the few people in Slytherin to be invited.
Phoenix shook his head and said nothing, and headed downstairs.
Finally, on Saturday, Phoenix, who was going to get some sleep, was pulled up by Draco to watch his first training session. In order to take care of his friend's emotions, he had to yawn and follow the Slytherin team to the Quidditch pitch.
Upon arriving at the pitch, Gryffindor's captain, Wood, rushed to the ground, and Harry and the Weasley twins followed.
"Flint!" Wood yelled at the captain of Team Slater, "it's training time! ”
Flint was bigger than Wood, and replied with a sly look on his face, "It's a big place, Wood." ”
The other Gryffindors also came to their attention.
"But I chartered the court. Wood snapped, "I've got it." ”
"We have a note signed by Professor Snape. I, Professor West Snape, have allowed the Slytherin team to train at Quidditch today to train their new Seekers. ”
"You've got a new Seeker?" Wood was distracted, "Where?"
From behind the six tall Quidditch players flashed a smaller boy with a smug smile on his face.
"Aren't you Lucius Malfoy's son?" asked Weasley, disgusted.
"It's funny that you mentioned Draco's father," the entire Slytherin team laughed even more smugly. "Then look at his generous gift to the Slytherins. ”
Seven people lifted the broom forward in unison, and seven brand new light wheels 2001.
"The latest model, which just came out last month," Flint said nonchalantly, "I believe he's a lot faster than the old Halo 2000." As for sweeping 7 stars," he smiled wickedly at the Weasley twins, "sweep the floor with them." ”
But that was the end of Phoenix's attention, he was too sleepy. I put "Hidden Events and Magic in the Wizarding World" in my face and fell asleep.
That is, until he was awakened by Draco, "You're missing a good show, that idiot Ron Weasley is busy spitting slugs right now." After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Well done, I'll sleep five more minutes. Phoenix hated being woken up while sleeping, so he suppressed his anger and rolled over to sleep.
It didn't take a few seconds - at least that's what Phoenix thought, and someone woke him up again.
"Why- oh, hello, Hermione. Phoenix immediately changed his mind.
"Malfoy, just insulted Ron's father. Now he's—"
"Busy spitting slugs, I know. How?" Phoenix asked with a grin.
"Don't laugh. His wand broke when school started—the night they drove to school. He barely managed to fix it with magic tape, but always shot backwards when casting spells. Can you think of a way?" asked Hermione, with a serious look on her face.
"No way, if that's the case, it's better not to do anything. Or find Madame Pomferre, maybe she has a way. ”
"Hey, okay then. We'll send him to Hagrid's hut, and I'll go back and see. Hermione didn't want to stay here long, she saw that Slytherin's training was almost over.
Since the pokemon catastrophe, Professor Lockhart has never brought live animals into class again. Now, he reads his books to his students in large sections, sometimes acting out dramatic episodes. He usually chose Harry to help him recreate the scene.
And for the first time, Phoenix asked someone to help him with his homework, because Lockhart's homework was all for him, which made Phoenix very unappetizing.