Chapter 577: Moody's Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson
However, Ron didn't have to be happy for long, and when he turned his gaze to the morning schedule, his originally excited face suddenly became very ugly, and his expression was like eating a fly!
Because they had to spend a Snape Potions class before Moody's Defence Against the Dark Arts class.
"I wish we could skip this Potions lesson," Ron grumbled.
Harry was convinced, too.
"If you take the time to do some more pre-class preparation, Professor Snape won't be able to get hold of you." Hermione retorted.
"Save it, even if we don't make mistakes, he will find other reasons!" Ron complained and said, it is impossible to prepare, it is impossible to prepare, it is impossible in this life!
Snape also lived up to Harry and Ron's expectations, and kept a dark face in class.
As soon as the two of them made the slightest mistake in the process of brewing potions, Snape would suddenly appear behind them, and then skillfully deduct points, plus a taunt on the head and face.
It wasn't until Neville accidentally burned the cauldron in Potions class that Snape diverted his attention and saved them from the disaster.
However, it also caused Snape to rage in class, severely punishing Neville and disemboweling a large vat of horned toads before lunch, otherwise he would not want to eat lunch.
When he received this order, Neville almost burst into tears.
"Oh my God, did Snape eat gunpowder today? I hadn't seen Neville break the cauldron like him before..."After coming out of the Potions classroom, even Hermione felt that Snape had gone too far this time.
"I think he's probably been in a bad mood lately!" Ivan shrugged his shoulders and guessed.
The dream that Harry had described to Dumbledore the other day, the old professor would most likely have relayed to Snape.
Knowing that the Dark Lord had regained some strength and was planning some conspiracy, it was a hell of a shame that Snape could be happy.
In addition, as Voldemort's power gradually recovered, the Dark Mark engraved on the Death Eaters' bodies would become extremely hot from time to time, which was enough to make every two-faced and three-stabbed Death Eater who escaped the Ministry of Magic trial feel terrified.
Thinking of this, Ivan frowned again, because he suddenly remembered that Doggett also had the mark of the Dark Devil on his body.
Although according to the information learned before, Doggett has no loyalty to Voldemort, if this thing is not solved, it will be a problem after all!
This made Ivan realize that the tasks released by the system still need to be completed, such as the task of rectifying Tumbledown Alley, and the reward is knowledge about magic marks, and maybe he can find a way to crack the black mark from them.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all speculating about why Snape was so grumpy, and finally agreed that it had something to do with Moody's stealing Snape's position as a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor this school year.
After all, they all knew that Snape had coveted the position for years, but Dumbledore had never let him succeed.
Ron even thought that the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's curse had something to do with Snape, perhaps he was secretly casting a curse to unlucky the professors in order to get rid of them.
"He must have felt that he couldn't deal with Professor Moody this time, and he would be so angry when he had no choice!" Ron swore by it, almost convincing both Harry and Hermione.
Ivan lamented the heavy burden on Snape's shoulders, in addition to being a double-sided undercover agent, he was usually responsible for carrying various pots......
After lunch, in order to grab a place in the front row, Ivan and the others hurriedly took their textbooks and rushed to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.
There were obviously not a few people who thought the same way as them, and when they entered, the classroom was already half occupied, so Ivan and the others had to find a relatively front seat to sit down.
After a while, a sound of "pop" wood and feet came through the door, and Moody's figure appeared in the door of the classroom.
He arrived almost exactly at the time of class!
"Put away your textbooks, these things won't be available in my class!" Moody limped to the middle of the podium with his cane, skimmed Harry's Dark Arts: Guide to Self-Defense, and said in a gruff voice.
Hearing this, the little wizards put away their textbooks one after another, and then stared at Moody expectantly.
Judging from their experience with Defence Against the Dark Arts professors over the years, professors who can only read from the script are often not at a good level, and those like Moody who make them put down their textbooks are ready to teach some real skills!
Moody's routinely took out the roster and began to roll call them one by one, his normal right eye moving down the list, and the weird blue magic eye was uneasily turning left and right to stare at each of the answering students, remembering their appearances.
"Good, it doesn't look like a naughty ghost would dare to be late for my first class."
When the last young wizard had finished answering, Moody said with satisfaction, and then threw the roll call on the lectern, and stepped closer with his wooden legs, and Seamus, who was sitting in the first row, could even clearly see the fine lines of the hideous scars on Moody's face.
"Before coming to Hogwarts, I received a letter from Lupin who gave me the basics of the course and told me that he taught you how to deal with those pesky dark magic creatures last year.
I'm sure you've mastered a lot of the basics, and Lupin told me in the letter that you're pretty good at dealing with the Boggart, the Red Hat, and the Hinkpunk on your own...
That's why we won't be teaching that in this year's class, and we'll need to focus on protecting against spells this school year! ”
Moody's fast-talking, slightly hoarse voice wasn't very nice, but the little wizard listening in the audience didn't care about that, because what Moody said intrigued them.
Especially when Moody talks about Lupin's praise in his letter, the young wizards look proud, and they managed to defeat many monsters in Defence Against the Dark Arts class last year.
Several little witches also curiously asked about Professor Lupin's current situation.
Moody didn't mean to answer, but suddenly asked. "How much do you know about the dark arts?"
After Moody's words fell, Hermione was the only one who raised her hand in the air, but Moody's magic eye was keenly aware that Hermione pouted and kept looking at the other side, and the others also looked uninterested in answering the question.
Just as he was feeling strange, Ivan's voice came.
"I understand a little, Professor! According to different types and strengths, the Ministry of Magic divides offensive spells into three categories: Curse, Hex, and Jinx, and the evil black magic we know belongs to Curse, such as the three unforgivable spells.
Hex and Jinx are mostly restrictive and constraining spells, and some less dangerous spells are also included..."