"It's a shame that I didn't get to see the dueling exam you did in June."

Blake shook his hair freely.

"Everybody knows that I was still in Azkaban."

Scott felt that he might have made a mistake in bringing up Azkaban in an indifferent tone, as he had underestimated the curiosity of the Ravenclaw students.

If Blake hadn't mentioned it, the students wouldn't have bothered to reveal his scars, but after he showed that he didn't care, more than one Ravenclaw student took the initiative to ask—

"Professor Black, is Azkaban really as terrible as rumored?"

"Professor, what kind of monster is a Dementor? Are they a magical beast or a real demon? ”

"If Dementors are as terrible as the legend suggests, how did you manage to make it through 12 years?"

As several Ravenclaw students asked, the Hufflepuff students stared at Blake with curious eyes.

But Scott found that Blake was visibly a little confused by the students' bombardment of questions.

He clearly saw Blake's embarrassed expression for a moment.

But the new professor clearly wants to make a good impression on his students.

He forced himself to speak, but suddenly seemed to fall into a terrible memory.

"Well, Azkaban...... I have to say, it was definitely not a good memory. ”

He spoke in fits and starts, a look of pain flashing across his face.

"Dementors...... Yes, they are a bunch of devils who bring nothing but coldness and darkness, but can easily take away all pleasure and leave people with endless pain......"

Judging from his performance, the short period of two months after his release from prison is really far from enough for him to get rid of the impact of 12 years in prison.

Seeing that his mood was a little wrong, and the classmates around him also showed surprised expressions, Scott hurriedly stood up.

There's no way, this kind of thing that can be watched coldly in the past, now as a prefect, he has to take care of it.

"Thank you for your answer, Professor Black."

He said to Blake with a smile.

"This makes us look forward to the next practical lessons, and I really hope to hear more about your past duels with dark wizards."

Scott's pace of speech deliberately slowed down a lot as he spoke.

"A wizard like you, who is experienced in combat, is the right professor for this class. I thought maybe Headmaster Dumbledore had finally made the right choice. ”

As soon as Scott spoke, the classmates gathered around Blake fell silent.

As Scott slowly finished a long sentence, Blake also came to his senses.

He gave Scott a grateful look and a calm smile on his face.

"I heard from Professor Flitwick that you formed your own dueling club last semester."

He took the initiative to mention the dueling club, his eyes wandering around the students, shaking the parchment with the list of students written in his hand.

"Can anyone tell me who among the students present performed the best in the activities of the dueling club?"

"Scott!"

"Cedric!"

The Ravenclaw classmates elected Scott, and the Hufflepuff students called out Cedric's name.

"Oh good! Mr. Trollope. Blake glanced at the parchment in his hand, "And, Mr. Diggory." ”

He glanced at Scott, "I'd like to ask the two gentlemen to give us an exemplary duel so that I know the level of the best students among you!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the other students of the two houses immediately took the initiative to take several large steps back, leaving only Scott and Cedric standing still.

Cedric glanced back at his classmate with some surprise.

"I'm sorry, Professor Black." He told Blake, "I'm obviously not good enough compared to Scott. ”

"Don't be modest, Mr. Diggory, your grades are pretty good, too."

With a wave of his wand, Blake pushed the other students to the edge of the room and began to command Scott and Cedric to take their positions.

Scott and Cedric could only cooperate and stand face to face at a distance.

Blake neatly announced the start of the duel.

"Except for your weapons!"

"Smoky!"

Cedric started with a disarming charm, and Scott hid himself in a thick cloud of smoke as soon as he calmly dodged his spell with his magical sense.

Cedric used the Hurricane Charm, but was unable to blow away all the smoke.

As the smoke continued to fill, it soon enveloped the entire classroom.

Scott heard a lot of complaints from his classmates.

They won't see this duel either!

After Cedric lost his vision, Scott ended the duel with a petrification charm.

After a while. Blake's voice rang out.

"Tergeo!"

Then, a swirling wind created a siphon effect in the classroom, shrinking in size until it condensed into a mass and dissipated with the wind.

All eyes returned.

"Stop!"

Blake wields his wand to free Cedric from being petrified.

"It's a pity, Mr. Diggory, that you didn't use the right spell."

He said to Cedric.

"When faced with a smoke screen spell, a whirlwind sweep to clean the room is obviously better than a hurricane spell that blows away wizards."

He looked at Scott again.

"Well done, Mr. Trollope, the use of the Smoke Screen Charm makes the most of his expertise in magical perception. Note, though, that this spell is easier to clear when used indoors. ”

Both Scott and Cedric opened their mouths to express their gratitude for his teachings.

Scott really didn't expect this tactic to be restrained by a cleaning spell when used indoors.

But that's where magic comes in.

Many spells that seem powerful can be overpowered by overlooked life spells or mischief spells.

But it takes some experience or ingenuity.

Like Scott once used the Mind Paste Charm to destroy the space magic of the house-elves, and the Happiness Charm to make Brandon? Yaxley loses control of the Flame Charm.

For the rest of the day, Blake had all the students work in pairs while they began dueling practice.

He shuttles through the huge practice classrooms, giving advice to students from time to time.

Both Scott and Cedric were abandoned by their respective classmates and had to form another group.

At Cedric's request, the two began to fight with Transfiguration.

Cedric learns Scott's good habits and takes some materials for transformation with him.

Neither of them used spells, but they each manipulated the two Transfiguration products to fight, and the battle was a bit stalemate for a while.

"Congratulations, you've made a lot of progress." Scott said.

It's been a while since I've seen Cedric who can handle two animals very flexibly, which shows that he also worked hard during the summer vacation.

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