Chapter 401: Lupin: It's over, I may not survive today!
"Are you all ready?" Lupin asked loudly, and after seeing that both Harry and Malfoy nodded, Lupin released a red hat from the cage.
At the same time, Ivan also lifted the petrification spell he had cast, restoring the other red hat's mobility.
These red hats, who had been cast with the Confusion Spell, had completely lost their minds, and they didn't notice the wizards around them, and only instinctively attacked the closest person.
Harry and Malfoy had seen Ivan cast spells with ease, but it wasn't until they faced them in person that they realized that this creature wasn't that easy to deal with.
Although the red hat was not tall enough to jump up to hit them on the shoulder, the crazy momentum on his face, as if he was not afraid of death, made the two of them a little afraid.
"Faint!" Harry nervously followed Ivan's example and cast the spell.
A beam of magic flew out quickly, only to deviate and hit the wall behind the red hat.
For Harry, who lacks combat experience, it is not easy to hit targets in fast movement, not to mention the fact that the red hat is relatively small and far apart, which makes it even more difficult to hit.
"Harry! Don't panic, calculate the distance... Wait until the Red Hat gets closer before using magic! Yes, that's right... Now, calm down... Cast! Ivan was pointing out how Harry should find the right moment.
Harry kept it in mind, holding back the tension in his heart, and calmly waited for the red hat to approach before releasing the stun spell again.
A brilliant red light erupted from the tip of the wand, and this time it hit the target, and the running red hat stumbled to the ground, struggling twice and fainting.
Malfoy, on the other side, was in a hurry.
Although Lupin instructed him to use the spell to expel the red hat, Malfoy, who already had an opinion about Lupin, was obviously not prepared to deal with it according to the method given by Lupin.
He directly cast a kind of black magic that he learned out of nowhere, and with a good deal of luck, he hit the red hat in the chest.
However, Malfoy obviously overestimated his magic level, and the red hat who was cursed was not immediately knocked down, but rushed towards him with ferocity.
Malfoy panicked and cast two spells, one missed, and the other blew off Red Hat's right arm.
But by this time, the red hat with a broken arm had rushed to him, his face was hideous, and his mouth was shouting, and Malfoy was so panicked that he didn't know what to do, so he could only cry out in horror.
"Help me... Help me..."
"It's all petrified!" With Lupin's gentle voice, a burst of light hit the red hat, who maintained an offensive stance, was fixed in front of Malfoy.
Red Hat's right arm was still dripping with blood, and the claws on his left arm were just a dozen centimeters away from grabbing Malfoy's arm.
The frightened Malfoy's face turned red and white, and he glanced at Lupin angrily, thinking that Lupin must have the intention to see him make a fool of himself, so he deliberately waited until the last moment to rescue him.
Lupin didn't care much about Malfoy's attitude, pointing out Malfoy's mistakes during the fight and encouraging him to try again.
Malfoy was impatient to get back to his original position, this time he didn't dare to mess around, and honestly followed Lupin's command to cast the spell. A magic used to expel the Red Hat, confusing the guy.
Seeing that the previous "strong enemy" Red Hat lost his target and was spinning around in a panic, and finally hit his head against the wall, Malfoy also let out a vicious breath, and he couldn't help but feel a little sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Just thinking that he did it under Lupin's teaching, Malfoy was a little awkward.
After Harry and Malfoy defeated the Red Hat, more and more young wizards volunteered to try.
Unlike dealing with creatures like Boggart, who can only be scary, Red Hat's fierce appearance is a magical creature that can actually cause harm to people!
This kind of excitement is still very new to these little wizards who have never experienced life and death battles, and some little wizards even mistakenly think that this is the real battle, and after winning, they proudly boast that what they are fighting is very calm, not afraid at all!
However, about a third of the young wizards had various situations when they first faced the red hats.
When it was Simo's turn, he was even more anxious and a spell hit Neville not far from his side, if it hadn't been for Ivan's timely reaction to bless poor Neville with an iron armor spell, he would have been hit...
Fortunately, by the time the class was about to end, every little wizard had successfully mastered the skills of dealing with red hats, and there was no panic at the beginning when fighting.
This made most of the young wizards feel that they have become much stronger all of a sudden after this Defence Against the Dark Arts class, and they are full of praise for Lupin, and the two interesting and exciting lessons in a row have completely conquered them.
"Professor Lupin's class was fantastic! Last time it was Boggart, this time it's a red hat, I don't know what it will be next time? ”
"He's the best Defence Against the Dark Arts professor I've ever seen!"
......
The little wizards were talking about it, and these words were naturally heard by Lupin, and he smiled faintly, but also with some emotion.
These few months at Hogwarts were arguably the most relaxing and happiest of his years.
There is no discrimination, you can enjoy delicious meals to your heart's content, and there is a decent salary.
Even teaching was not a task for him, as it was a joy for him to communicate with such playful and funny students, and Lupin hoped that his identity would never be discovered.
After returning from the classroom to his office, Lupin took the wolf poison potion he had with him from the pocket of his wizard's robe and prepared to drink it.
Calculating the time, the night of the full moon should be in these days, and it would be better to drink it in advance if it was safe...
However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door.
Lupin suddenly stopped what he was doing, put the wolf poison potion into the drawer in a panic, and then adjusted his mood before speaking.
"Come in!"
"Hello, Professor Lupin!" Ivan pushed the door open and walked in, nodding his head before shutting the door with his backhand.
After thinking about it, Ivan didn't feel very safe, so he simply locked the door directly, so that no one would come in and eavesdrop during the conversation.
Lupin saw Ivan's action of locking the door, and a chill suddenly welled up in his heart, and he felt... I may not survive today...