Chapter 96: Suspicion
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On the first day of the exam, Lockhart's performance was too suspicious for Darren, in his impression, Lockhart was a pure liar, a scum who didn't even have five combat effectiveness, because he would be coerced by second-year students, and what was even more outrageous was that the coercion was not to steal chickens and dogs to change the exam papers, but to play with the basilisk, you said that Harry and they would not be able to Arvada, at most they would be petrified or fall asleep, what are you afraid of, is it more uncomfortable than being killed by a basilisk?
But now Lockhart can face Snape head-on, and even has the upper hand, needless to say how much Snape can fight, that is the number one cadre under Voldemort, and finally dares to hand over his claws to Voldemort, although he was knocked out by the big snake's sneak attack, but on the other hand, if Snape is very good, Voldemort doesn't have to bother that much, he needs to use a Horcrux to kill him, and he can do it directly with an Arvada.
So, Darren is highly suspicious of Tom. Riddle's diary is in Lockhart's hand, judging from Professor Flitwick's evaluation, Lockhart's book is relatively real, and Darren has also learned some valuable spells from it, such as the strong light spell against vampires, and the humanoid spell against werewolves, which have all been confirmed by Professor Flitwick, although it is very difficult, but it is theoretically effective, of course, there are some mistakes, such as the humanoid spell can only make the werewolf go through a transformation cycle, and when the next transformation is reached, the spell is no longer effective, But that's just the details.
It is undeniable that these may have been stolen from someone else, but that at least shows that he is able to subdue wizards, even a wizard of a considerable level, and it is not impossible that he can be defeated in this way, but in any case, in Darren's opinion, Lockhart is very suspicious and worthy of great attention......
However, Darren is just an ordinary student, not even a prefect, based on his own guesses, it is simply impossible to ask the school to do to a professor, I didn't see that Harry was annoyed with Lockhart to death, and he had to go to class obediently, and Darren could have more face than Harry?
Unfortunately, in the next few days, due to other subject exams, Darren did not have the opportunity to watch the Defence Against the Dark Arts exam again, but every day at dinner, Ron could be heard explaining the exam, and his brothers happened to cover every time period of the Gryffindor and Slytherin exams.
In addition to Lockhart, which Darren cared about, judging from what Ron said, in the later exams, Slytherin did not learn the lessons of the second year, and still almost stubbornly sent personnel according to the strength of the strength, but with the continuous improvement of the grades, Gryffindor's advantage through the "field horse racing" method became weaker and weaker, and by the fourth year, he could only barely make a tie in the record, and in fact, Slytherin undoubtedly had more strength, as for the sixth year, Darren reckons it will end in a crushing Slytherin victory.
George said that those Slytherins would have a lot of spells that the professor hadn't taught, and that they could be more powerful in battle, and that wasn't fair! It's not for nothing that there have been so many dark wizards in their academy. ”
Listening to Ron's complaints, Darren didn't say a word, on the whole, Slytherins have better family heirloom knowledge, a stronger sense of competition, and a more active and enterprising spirit, which is natural to be stronger than Gryffindor, otherwise, it can't be pressed Gryffindor to win the House Cup for six consecutive years, one year or two can be said to be accidental, that's six years, starting from the admission of first-year freshmen, this is about to graduate! In fact, if it weren't for the appearance of Darren and Hermione, I am afraid that in addition to letting Dumbledore hang up at the end, Slytherin would still be able to win their seventh consecutive House Cup.
To be honest, at this time, Darren really regretted coming to Gryffindor, except for being keen on making small moves in private and violating school rules, he couldn't see anything to do with the mighty lion at all, so it was better to call it Bear Yard instead, because here are a group of bear children and bear barbarians, and they are all the kind that don't listen to people's persuasion anyway.
On the other hand, Slytherin, even though they knew that Gryffindor could win the whole exam by playing with the order of appearances in the exam, they still stuck to their principles, because they really understood Lockhart's words, "Don't think about the strength of the opponent, because that's how it is in real battles", which is probably one of the main parts of Slytherin, one of the important reasons why pure-blood families can survive, they will stick to what they value.
It may seem conservative, even rigid, but in the face of complex situations, rapid response may certainly take the lead, but it may also be doomed, and there are always people shouting "what if", but they don't think about whether the change is really correct, just like Harry always complains that the Ministry of Magic is too conservative and does nothing, and then the Ministry of Magic has changed and become Voldemort's hands......
I wonder if Harry, who was chased by the Ministry's squad at that time, missed the lazy Ministry of Magic?
Of course, the reason why the pure-blood family doesn't need to react too quickly is also because after years of accumulation, their size is large enough, if there is any benefit, even if they are eaten by the forerunners, they can still rush up and take it by their own strength, just like the hyena Although it bears the notoriety of scavengers, few people know that nearly one-third of the lion's food is forcibly taken from the hyena, because compared to lions, they are good at running for a long time, with a strong jaw, and a keen sense of smell and hearing, In fact, hyenas hunt more prey than lions in Africa!
Of course, the only ones that can rob hyenas are the lion packs with male lions, and the lone lioness still counts, and it would be good if it didn't get killed when it came across the hyena pack......
In the end, when all the exams were over, as Darren expected, the battle between Slytherin and Gryffindor ended in a 2-2 win and a draw in Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
A few days later, as expected," said the Slytherin Dark Wizard, "the Hogwarts began to be in full swing, just as before......
With Professor Binns' ghost telling them to put down their quill pens and roll up the parchment for their answers, the exam was finally over, and they had a week to move around freely.