Chapter 14: The Unforgivable Curse (I)
By Thursday, the fourth grade Defence Against the Dark Arts class had finally arrived.
Moody's has already taught several other grades, and the feedback has been quite good. The core reason is that Moody dared to scold Snape. To say that Snape was the head of Slytherin, the other professors and deans all gave him a few points, but Moody did not.
That's really all kinds of hard work, counting the days before school starts, it's only a week, and this boss has already stabbed Snape twice. Snape, on the other hand, was almost always a second cowardice when facing Moody.
Daphany knew that Moody had never trusted Snape very much, and that the Xibei in front of her was pretending to be very similar. The details of this attitude are also well noted. couldn't help but make her sigh with dedication.
Snape is definitely one of the least popular professors in the entire college. Poisonous tongue, difficult courses, annoying people, and a lot of homework. Basically, he has all the bad tastes that a teacher can have. Even if it's a Slytherin student, not everyone likes him. And the students of other colleges can basically say that they don't like him.
Seeing him being scolded by Moody's, the students were all happy to see it.
For this long-awaited Defence Against the Dark Arts class, the students were enthusiastic. Most of them arrived in the classroom early, except for Hermione, who was almost stuck in class time. Daphany knew she had gone to the library, and this thing had been running around the library a bit a bit lately, and she didn't know what she was researching.
When Hermione arrived, most of the students were seated. I looked at it, hesitated for a moment, but did it to Daphany's side.
Daphany was surrounded by mostly Slytherin students, but it has to be said that Slytherin was more studious than Gryffindon, and almost all of the people sitting in front of her were Slytherins.
The class was full of two-seaters, and Daphany happened to be sitting by herself, with a vacant seat next to her. I was very happy to see my baby Hermione coming. A big grin on his face.
Hermione had just sat down and pulled out her Dark Forces: Guide to Self-Defense when the two of them heard footsteps in the hallway before they could speak. It was the characteristic sound of Moody's prosthetic leg stepping on the ground.
The last student to enter the classroom did not close the door, and Moody did not push the door and walked directly into the classroom. He was still the same terrifying and scary appearance as before. The claw-like prosthetic leg thumped on the ground.
"Put your textbooks away, you won't need them in today's class." Moody gasped as he walked to the podium and sat down on crutches in an unnatural manner. His movements didn't seem to be felt by the students, and it seemed to them that it was normal for them to be disabled like Moody's and walk unnaturally. Daphine gently hooked the corner of her mouth: the details are still not done! Moody's has been doing this for years, and it is said that he has long been used to it. However, Daphany also wondered, Moody could even get such a complicated magic eye, why didn't he get a magic leg?
Other students were excited, not using textbooks, but for practical lessons?
Sibe Moody pulled out the roster, shook his head, and shook his long gray hair away from his twisted, scarred face to begin the roll call. His normal eye moved down the list, and the magical eye kept spinning around, seemingly staring at each student.
When he touched Daphine, he paused slightly, and raised his head to gesture to Daphany slightly.
Yo, Daphany thinks it's more interesting. This Xibei has a good grasp of the details, and he even knows that Moody's has a relationship with him?
"Alright." When the last student finished answering, Moody's (henceforth known as Moody's) looked up: "I received a letter from Professor Lupin, who told me about the progress of your course. Looks like you've got a little bit of a grasp of how to deal with some basic dark magic creatures. Well, there's the Boggart, the Red Hat, the Hinkpunk, the Grindillo Monster, the Kaba, and the Werewolf. Is that so? ”
The students responded one after another.
"At the age of fourteen or fifteen, it's still good. I still trust Remus's level of teaching. Moody nodded: "However, this is not enough. Apparently you don't have enough on how to deal with spells! Not enough! ”
With that, Moody stood up and looked around at the class, "Albus apparently thinks so too, so he came to me. Hopefully, I can give you a taste of what a real wizard battle looks like. I've got a year to teach you how to deal with the dark arts. ”
"A year?" Ron couldn't help but blurt out.
Moody's MONOCULUS turned to stare at Ron. Ron suddenly shrank like a quail. Apparently he was intimidated by Moody. If it was Snape, he would have deducted points for speaking in class without consent.
However, although Ron was scared enough, Moody did not get angry, but laughed. But I have to say that his face is too hideous. Even though it wasn't the first time Daphany had seen it, she still felt awkward. But it can finally be seen that he is making a friendly expression: "You're Arthur's child, right?" Well, your hair is similar to your eyes, and your faces are somewhat similar. Speaking of which, I need to thank your father, who helped me out of a very difficult problem the other day. As for what you're curious about, that's right, I've only been teaching for one year, which can be regarded as a favor for Albus. Just one year and then go back to living my peaceful retirement. ”
"Alright, let's get down to business." Moody put away his unsightly, or simply terrifying smile, and put it on a serious face: "Spells, they come in many forms. This is because the level of magic and the user's understanding of magic are different. Now, in disbelief from the rules of the Ministry of Magic, I should teach you all sorts of ways to break spells and defend against them, and that's all. It stands to reason that you're not in the sixth year, and I'm not supposed to tell you what illegal dark magic spells look like. Because you're too young to deal with things that are too evil, but ...... "Bora."
Moody paused at this point, and his gaze swept over the group, focusing on Harry and Daphne's faces for a moment, "But Albus praised you for your courage. He thinks you can handle it. And I, I personally think, the sooner you learn about these things, the better. In fact, some of you are already familiar with them. ”
Now, all eyes were on Daphany.
"Looks like you all know that." Moody nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, Miss Lestranzie." She is the one who is familiar with and fully capable of resisting or using these spells. Speaking ......," he looked at Daphany, "thank you Miss Lestranzie for her help." We're going very well! ”
A smile appeared on Daphne's face, and she bowed slightly.
Her face was silent, but inside, Daphany was thundering. Mistake! A big mistake! Moody knew about the Order of the Phoenix looking for Horcruxes. Barty Crouch Jr., in order to be able to pretend him better, must have used the Imperius Curse and the Truth Potion to make him say a lot of things. And it looks like there's a Horcrux thing in it! Because before that, Daphany and Moody had also been in contact, but the only thing that really intersected was the Horcrux.
What a big deal! Daphany cried out in her heart. But I don't know what to do. At this time, Moody's is a fake, he knows it, but the other party doesn't know that he knows. In this case, I still have a little advantage. And if the other party already knows about the Horcrux, then this is already an established reality. No matter what you do at this time, you can't change what has happened.
After thinking about it for a long time, Daphany finally gave up the idea of going to Dumbledore to bring it up.
Moody didn't know what Daphany was thinking at this moment. His magic eye can see through a lot of things, but thankfully it doesn't include thoughts.
Moody turned around and continued as he wrote on the blackboard, "If there's something you've never seen before, how can you protect yourself from it? If a wizard wants to recite an illegal spell to you, he won't tell you what he is going to do. He will not give you mantras frankly, fairly, and politely. You have to be prepared and vigilant. You'd better get that thing out of the way while I'm talking, Miss Brown. ”
Lavender was startled, and his face flushed. Just now, she showed Parvati the drawn fortune-telling chart of the Heavenly Palace under the table. She thought Moody couldn't see it when she was facing the blackboard, but apparently, Moody's enchanted eye could penetrate not only the back of his own head, but also the hard wood.
"So...... Do any of you know which spells are subject to the harshest punishment of wizarding law? Moody turned, and he scribbled a few words on the blackboard – The Unforgivable Curses!
Several hands were raised tremblingly, and Hermione and Ron were among them. Rarely, Neville raised his hand.
"Well, Weasley, you can say it first." Moody nodded Ron's name.
"Well, I know one, my dad said it, and his name is ...... Imperius? Yes, Professor. Ron stood up, a little uncertain.
"That's right, you're right!" Moody nodded with satisfaction and appreciated, "Of course Arthur knows that spell, the Imperius Charm caused a lot of trouble for the Ministry of Magic back then, and it is understandable that he would recite it." ”
Moody turned, opened the drawer of the lectern, and pulled out a glass bottle from inside. There are three big black spiders in the glass bottle, crawling back and forth in the bottle, looking very energetic. Ron shuddered visibly, apparently still unovercome his fear of spiders.
"I'll show you how." Moody opened the cap and tapped it with his wand. A spider floated out of the bottle and landed on Moody's hand. Many people are worried that the spider will come up and give him a mouthful.
What the students feared did not happen, and the spider did not bite him. Moody stretched out his hand, and first came an amplification charm, and the spider, which was already not small, suddenly became several times larger, and it was even bigger than Moody's slap. Daphne glanced at Ron, and sure enough, his feet were shaking.
The spider seemed to be a little alarmed by the change in body shape as it breathed in, and was about to crawl. But Moody's next magic has arrived: "Out of the body!" (Imperio)”
The spider paused, then fell silent.
With a slight movement of Moody's wand, the spider followed suit. It jumped off Moody's palm, dangling a filament, and began to swing back and forth, as if sitting on a high swing. It stiffened its legs, then turned around and flipped over, the filaments being pulled off. It slammed on the table and began to turn its head in circles. Moody flicked his wand, and it stood up on its two hind legs and did a tap dance that didn't fit in place, yes, tap.
Everyone in the class laughed, including Ron - the only one who didn't laugh was Daphany. Of course, Moody didn't laugh either.
"You guys think it's fun, don't you?" Moody asked in a thick voice, his tone mocking, "Would you like it if I did this to you?" ”
The laughter died down almost immediately.