"It's impossible," Lawrence's decisive answer made Deng Bulido stunned,

「…… I hope you understand," said Dunburidos, who was silent for a moment, as he pondered each word, "because...... For some reason, Severus can definitely trust."

"Why can't the other professors?" Lawrence asked, but he thought that Deng Bulido would definitely not give him an answer,

"Don't you ask me what I want you to help me with?" Deng Buliduo asked with a wry smile,

"To be honest, I'm not very interested," Lawrence replied, "especially since I have no reason to trust a dean who embraces a pureblood house."

"I can assure you that Severus is not that kind of person." Deng Buliduo said,

"But Decora is his favorite student, isn't he?" Lawrence asked sharply, "That family that grovelled when Voldemort came?"

"A lot of things can't just be taken at face value...... But, let me put it another way," said Dunbulido, "and I hope that if you need it, you can ask him for help."

"I'm not sure there's such an opportunity, Professor," Lawrence said, as Professor McGonagall hurriedly pushed open the door to her office.

"Potter was attacked by a mad Bludger, Headmaster." Professor McGonagall said, "Madam Pomfrey gave Miss Weasley some peace potion, and Colin ......"

Deng Buli didn't say a word, he raised Colin's old camera in his hand, and then opened it, a pungent smell of burning, and a burst of sour gas came out of the camera,

"I'll be ready for that thing to attack me," Lawrence said, standing up, ignoring the shocked Professor McGonagall on his side, "I hope he doesn't forget that I'm a Muggle offspring too."

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The next day, everyone knew that Gryffindor's student Colin had been attacked, turned into a "petrified" lying in the hospital room, all kinds of rumors were circulating in the air, everyone moved in groups, they were all afraid of being attacked if they were alone, Lawrence helplessly found that he would always be surrounded by crowds wherever he went, and asked the reason, it was actually because Professor McGg said that it was safer to follow him,

"It's to prevent you from doing stupid things." Professor McGonagall said that at the end of a Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall deliberately left Lawrence behind.

"Ugh...... At least give me room to breathe." Lawrence looked helpless, but the protest was ineffective, he shook his head and turned around, Fred and George were waiting for him,

"Maybe you should listen to Professor McGonagall." Fred said briskly,

"We all know you're great, but remember when you said you had that three-headed dog from last year?" George reminded that "even the best Quidditch players can fall off their broomsticks." (Note 1)

"Tsk." Lawrence couldn't retort, "Okay, I'll be well prepared this time."

"So you didn't think to dismiss you, did you?" Fred rolled his eyes, "That'...... Maybe you'll need our help this time?"

"Huh?" Lawrence looked at the twins in surprise, "But you're pure-bloods, so you're not in danger."

"Oh, don't be stupid," said George, "and seriously, no wizard can claim to be a pure-blood these days."

"Let's talk about it then......" Lawrence perfunctorily, and the twins changed the subject,

"Now a bunch of people are selling useless talismans." "It's a great opportunity to make money."

"As long as what we sell has an effect, it will definitely sell well." George said eagerly,

"I've got a way to solidify some simple defensive charms on my clothes." Lawrence replied, "But it doesn't make any sense, I don't think it's a stop from the so-called Slytherin heirs."

"No, we're selling something that protects against evil spells." Fred said,

"We wouldn't say it could stand up to the Slytherin heirs." "But I don't think anybody cares about that, most people just buy peace of mind."

They passed the bulletin board in the lobby with a notice that had just been posted,

"Dueling Club." George said excitedly, looking at the Slytherin who was whispering, "Does this mean that they can take advantage of their revenge?"

"I wish they were stupid enough to seek revenge." Lawrence replied that apparently his 'record' of a dozen sevens was widely publicized within Slytherin, and even if he said so, no one came out to provoke him.

"They're probably thinking you'll soon be killed by the so-called 'heirs.'" Fred said disdainfully, and the Slytherin students turned their heads away and hurried away,

"They're going to be disappointed." Lawrence replied,

"But it's a good time for us to advertise," George whispered.

"Okay, I'll get you some samples when I go back, and teach you how to do that." Lawrence said that the twins were high-fived on the side,

At eight o'clock in the evening, almost all the students of the school came to the hall, the long dining table disappeared, and in its place, a golden stage appeared along the wall, hundreds of candles floated in the air, the ceiling turned into a dark starry sky, and everyone was holding their wands with excitement on their faces,

While everyone wondered who was coming to teach them, Gildero. Lockhart walked onto the stage, dressed in a bright emerald robe, and Snape beside him in his usual black robe.

Lockhart waved for the crowd to be quiet, and he shouted, "Gather together! Will each of you be able to see me? Can you hear me? Great! Now, Professor Dunbulido has given me permission to open a dueling club to train you in case you need to defend yourself, as I have done countless times—the details can be seen in my writings."

"Let me introduce my assistant, Professor Snape," Lockhart said with a big smile, "and he told me that he knows a lot about dueling, and he generously promised me that he would help me with a little demonstration before class, but I must say that I don't want to worry you little ones—I'll give you back your Potions teacher in good condition when we're done."

"What do you think they'll do?" Fred asked in a low voice,

"I'd be surprised if Lockhart could stand." Lawrence replied, looking at Snape's tense face, and observed a three-second silence for Lockhart,

Lockhart and Snape bowed face to face, then raised their wands to their chests like swords,

"As you can see, we're holding our wands in a normal dueling stance," Lockhart told the silent crowd, "and we'll start the first spell on the count of three, and of course, we're not aiming to kill each other."

"So here, one, two, three." Lockhart raised his wand, and he waved it with fancy gestures,

"Remove your weapons." Snape shouted, and with a dazzling red light, Lockhart flew out and hit the wall, and the Slytherin students immediately cheered,

"Well, everybody sees," Lockhart staggered to his feet, "it's a disarming charm, and as you can see, I've lost my wand—ah, thank you, Miss Brown. Yes, Professor Snape, the trick you showed us was a mistake, but I must say that your intentions were so obvious that it would be easy for me to stop you, but I think it would be good for the students to see that—"

"The demonstration is over, now the two of them are in a group—" Lockhart saw Snape's expression of wanting to kill, and hurriedly said, "Professor Snape—please help me."

And Lawrence is obviously alone,

"I'm sorry, Lawrence, but we're going to be promoting our products." Fred said,

"Your spell is too strong, and it's sure to break the cloak's defenses." George said,

"Uh......" Lawrence was helpless, and then Snape had just separated Harry and Decora together, and he looked over,

"Oh, look at who this is? Let me arrange one for you." Snape said to a tall, handsome boy not far away, "You're a man, aren't you? Diggory."

"Diggory is a year older than you, I hope you don't mind." Snape said maliciously,

"Hello, I've heard of you," the boy named Diggory walked over, and he said with a smile, "Lawrence of Gryffindor. Rovander."

"Hello." Lawrence replied with some embarrassment, "Are you...... Uh......"

"Cedric, my name is Cedric. Diggory." Cedric said, "Hufflepuff 5th year."

"Face your opponent, raise your wand, and get ready." Lockhart shouted, "Count to three, disarm the other side - I don't want an accident, now, one, two, three."

When Lockhart finished counting 'three', the hall was immediately in chaos, the students didn't know what spell to cast, some simply threw away their wands and scuffled again - just like Hermione and Millicent, and Harry and Decora cast a curse on each other, Decora was made to laugh at the spell, and Harry couldn't help but dance wildly, Fred and George were even more funny, the two deliberately cast a spell on each other without dodging, so the spell bounced in all directions, but it also caused a lot of onlookers, And Lawrence's duel with Cedric quickly caught the attention of most people,

Both sides cast a variety of different spells, and the attentive people found that Cedric looked serious, and Lawrence was at ease, and found that the crowd of onlookers was more and more, Lawrence defeated Cedric with a neat disarming charm, and Cedric fell to the ground because of the impact of the spell,

"Well deserved." Cedric sat on the ground and smiled bitterly, Lawrence walked over and stretched out a hand to pull him up from the ground,

"No, you're much better than most people," Lawrence smiled, noticing the disappointed Slytherins next to him,

"Enough is enough!" After watching the duel between the two, Lockhart woke up like a dream, only to find that the scene was a little uncontrollable, some people were angry, and Snape came forward to quickly control the scene.

"Stop." Snape shouted, Harry stopped dancing, Decora stopped laughing, and everyone stopped moving,

"Well, I think we're all a little stunned, Mr. Rovander and Mr. Diggory," Lockhart said with a laugh, "I must say, the two of you are very close to me when they were students, but they are already very good, why don't we ask them to demonstrate?"

"Not good, Professor Lockhart," Snape said, "I think most of us have seen these two duels, I think we're going to be a little different, Decora and Potter, what do you think?"

"Good idea." Lockhart said that he had made room for the crowd, Harry and Decora walked to the center, Snape walked towards Decora and whispered in his ear, Lockhart demonstrated a complex gesture to Harry, but accidentally caused the wand to fall,

"My wand is getting a little excited," Lockhart shouted, ignoring a dazed Harry, "Now, the duel, one, two, three, begin."

"Oolong out of the hole." Darka shouted, and a large black snake sprang out of his wand, raising its head as if ready to attack, and the crowd screamed and retreated, revealing more space,

"Let me come, Potter," Snape said lazily, looking at Harry motionless with a happy expression, "I'll get him away."

"Let me come," Lockhart shouted, and with a wave of his wand, with a loud bang, the black snake flew into the air and landed heavily, enraged, and it faced a student, fangs bared, ready to attack,

"Justin. Fenrieli." Cedric exclaimed, he raised his wand, and at that moment, Harry suddenly took a big step forward, and he hissed - like a snake, the snake stopped, and everyone turned their eyes to Harry,

"What are you doing?" Justin shouted, he turned and rushed out of the hall, Snape waved his wand to make the black snake disappear, Ron also pulled Harry out of the hall, and the crowd began to riot,

In the chaos of the crowd, Lawrence saw Ginny, the two looked at each other, Ginny smiled silently, Lawrence clearly saw the malice of the teeth and claws, Ginny's mouth read silently, Lawrence recognized her mouth shape, she said:

"He's next."

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Note 1: The Wizarding World version of "Good Swimmer Drowning" XD