Professor Flitwick, who surprised Gawain and even had to step on a chair to let everyone see him, announced next was not an arrangement related to school security as he had guessed, but an "elective course".

Yes, electives.

When Hogwarts students reach their third year, they need to choose some courses that interest them, such as divination, magical creature protection, etc., in addition to the classes they must take, such as charms, transfiguration, etc.

However, the elective courses mentioned by Professor Flitwick are not like that, but are specially offered, and there are no restrictions on participation, and there are no restrictions on grades and colleges, and you can take courses as long as you are interested. There will be no final exams for electives, but again, there will be no class work that must be completed.

As the first attempt at electives, he was in charge of teaching "Wizard Duel". Classes will be held once a week, three days in advance, and will be posted on the bulletin boards in the common rooms of each college by the prefects.

Although this "course" format gave Gawain a strong sense of immediacy, like an expanded version of their "Holly Society", after Professor Flitwick finished speaking, the entire auditorium suddenly fell silent.

No one seems to dare to believe it.

"You must be kidding!"

I don't know if it was George, or Fred, suddenly shouted loudly. After seeing Professor Flitwick shake his head in denial, it was like an introduction, and the previously suppressed voices suddenly erupted.

"Merlin! Professor Flitwick was once the champion of the Dueling Club!"

A dark-skinned fourth-year Gryffindor let out an exclamation, only to be greeted with "rare and strange" by many of the younger lion cubs. As members of the "Holly Society", they are very familiar with Professor Flitwick, one of the instructors.

Although the members of the "Holly Society" already have similar courses, that doesn't mean they aren't excited.

Contrary.

They were more excited than the others.

Not only will they be exposed to spells that they will only know in the upper grades, but also that in this class, they will likely have the opportunity to pour out the evil spells they have practiced for so long on the Slytherins.

Diagonally across from Gawain, Dean and Ron have already begun to discuss the possibility of "how to teach Malfoy a hard lesson with a curse!", Dean prefers the Bat Spirit Charm, while Ron thinks that the combination of the two spells "Grinning Hula, Incisor Stick" will have a better effect.

Even Hermione had a common ground with them on this topic for the first time.

"Research into the techniques of using the Iron Armor Charm against multiple evil spells? No, there may also be Transfiguration and Spells..."

Hermione whispered before noticing Gawain's strange gaze, but soon she raised her eyebrows and turned her face sideways, as if trying to show that she wasn't really interested in the electives.

Even though Professor Flitwick had sat down, the discussion about the dueling lesson continued, with the lions cubs sitting on the Gryffindor benches giving the Slytherins demonstrative glances and the serpents rolling their shoulders in defiance.

It wasn't until the turmoil had almost completely subsided that Dumbledore stood up and declared the dinner party over. Following the senior students through the door of the auditorium, Gawain hesitated.

He had wanted to take advantage of the evening to see if Professor Flitwick could add some mentoring time to the Holly Society. But considering that the elective course of wizarding duels will undoubtedly take up more of his time.

"Maybe we can go to Snape?"

Standing in the corner of the foyer, Gawain pondered the options at hand, but he really couldn't find many reliable options.

Professor Sprout isn't good at duels and spells, Professor McGonagall is too busy, and Professor Snape... He also didn't want his hard-earned Holly Club to face a serious crisis of withdrawal overnight.

"Mr. White?"

A man's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

Gawain followed the look, and the person who spoke was remembered as "Remus", one of the wizards who had just arrived at Hogwarts. He looked very tired, like he had just finished a marathon and had not yet recovered. The face was pale and haggard, the cloth was wrinkled, the hair was gray, and the clothes were ragged.

"Hello, Remus... Professor. ”

Gawain was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to address the other party "professor" or "sir".

"Just call me Lupin. Professor Dumbledore specifically mentioned you to me, saying that you might need some help from me here. My office isn't far from here, maybe we can have a cup of tea and talk?"

He said very sincerely, reaching out and shaking hands with Gawain.

Following Lupin, they came to the third floor. Lupin's office was the one that belonged to Quirrell, and it still had the rustic décor throughout, except for the addition of a crucible to the table next to his desk, and the dark brown potion inside was steaming hot, giving off a very pungent smell.

Although he had attended many of Professor Snape's "training classes", Gawain had never seen such a potion.

"Tsk. ”

Lupin saw the cauldron and was a little embarrassed and drew his wand and pointed at it, transforming it into vanishing along with the table below. Gawain looked at it with some eyes, Gawain had seen Professor Dumbledore use this trick many times, but he had not yet learned it himself.

"It's a little trick of the vanishing charm, and if you're skilled enough, you can transfer it to another place. While you shouldn't try to learn the Vanishing Charm until after your third year, I can teach you a few tips if you're interested, William. ”

Noticing Gawain's curiosity, Remus smiled and invited him to sit down by the fire, dragging out the chair behind his desk and sitting next to Gawain.

"Honestly, when I was at Hogwarts, I didn't think I'd one day be like a professor and invite students to the office for tea and chat, when Defense Against the Dark Arts was Professor Meleth. Some age, but nice people. ”

Lu Ping took two cups of hot tea from the table and handed one of them to Gawain.

"Lou... Professor Lupin, you were a former Hogwarts student too?"

Gawain hesitated, but still did not call Lupin by his first name, but chose a somewhat nondescript title.

"yes. Lupin smiled and said, "Like you, it's Gryffindor." But not as gifted as you. ”

Gao Wen took a shallow sip of hot tea, feeling the heat flow down his throat and reach his stomach.

"Professor Dumbledore has been very nice to me, I've always had some 'little problems' and he's helped me a lot in this regard. Lupin put his right arm on the back of his chair, looked at Gawain tenderly, and said, "He wrote to me and invited me to come to Hogwarts to help him with some things, and he specifically mentioned your name." It's the first time I've seen Professor Dumbledore think so highly of a young wizard. ”

Gawain was suddenly a little embarrassed.

He was actually a little curious about what Dumbledore said about himself in the letter, but after thinking about how he usually secretly talked about Dumbledore, and most of them didn't contain any good words, he dispelled this curiosity again.

"He told me about your founding of the Holly Society, which was an idea we never thought of. Tell me how you came up with the idea of designing it this way?"

But Lupin seemed to take Gawain's embarrassment as a feeling of shyness and encouraged him.

"It's actually a bit inspired by Miranda Goshawk, who wants the study of magic to be actively exchanged and shared, and I just borrowed her ideas, and I didn't do it alone. ”

Gawain replied seriously that from the very beginning, the Holly Club was not his credit alone, and in fact, he himself had always been the biggest beneficiary of the Holly Society.

"Professor Dumbledore said that you may be in need of a resident teacher, maybe I can help with that?"

Even in the face of a first-year student like Gawain, Lupin's attitude has always been very sincere, which makes him feel good.

"That's the best, of course!"

Gawain replied in surprise, he didn't expect that Professor Dumbledore would even think of such a thing, and he would be willing to help. He is not a fool, so naturally he will not regard Lupin's offer to help as the result of his "strong personality".

It's about the same for Harry, as for himself?

Forget it.

The last time I went to Professor Sprout's office, before Gawain could finish his needs, she was busy pouring a pot of plants and stuffed a large bag of pistachios into his hand, and sent him away.

Gawain hurriedly took out the standing activity schedule as a reference, and discussed with Lupin the activities of the Holly Club and the content of learning, and Lupin did not have any perfunctory, marking the free time he could spare on it.

Although Gawain always felt that Lupin's time was a little strange, he didn't find anything for a while.

It took a lot of time to coordinate the seemingly simple time, communicate the learning content, and give Lupin a rough idea of their mastery, and by the time they were finally over for a while, the hot tea had already cooled.

"Professor Lupin, that's the basic situation. ”

Gawain put the note back into his leather pocket, raised his teacup and drank it down, getting up to leave.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, he felt a numb scalp and subconsciously squatted downward.

A red enchanted glow narrowly brushed against his scalp and landed on the ceiling. This light Gawain was familiar with, it was Expelliarmus (except for your weapon), but he didn't expect that he would be attacked in his office.

"Professor?!"

Gawain exclaimed, and he turned his head to look at the source of the spell.

- It was Lupin, a brown cypress wand in his hand at some point, pointing at Gawain.