"Is Professor Dracula really here?" Lee Jordan was a little incredulous, "I thought he was ready to abandon us."

"I knew!" George jumped up excitedly and high-fived Fred, "I knew that Professor Dracula had already made a bet with us that he could teach us until we graduated, and he must be reluctant to give up those dozens of gold gallons!"

"Sure enough, we are the biggest contributors to Professor Dracula!" Fred said equally gleefully.

Lee Jordan glanced at the Wesley twins with disdain, and took a few steps to the side, acting as if he didn't know the two shameless men......

As the first dueling club gathering since the beginning of the new semester, the auditorium was crowded with people.

Whether it is the junior wizards in the lower grades or the prospective graduates in the upper grades, they have not practiced duels in the dueling club for two months, and now they are all a little nostalgic.

They spontaneously gathered around the dueling arena in the center of the auditorium, looking up at Professor Dracula, who had not listened to him for a long time, their eyes full of eagerness.

On the Hogwarts Clock Tower, the melodious sound of the bell rings slowly.

As the bell rang for the club to open, Dracula raised his hands and pressed them down gently.

The cacophony of chatter, laughter, and talking gradually stopped, and after a few moments, the auditorium became silent.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, dear students."

Dracula's mellow voice resounded in the center of the auditorium, but it seemed to echo everywhere in the auditorium, so that no matter how far away the young wizard could hear it clearly.

[In other words, it is the best way to read aloud and listen to books at present, change the source, .huanyuan. 】

"As you should know, I was away for more than a month before the Christmas break began." He whispered, "Some people may be surprised, what the hell am I going to do?"

"I also know, some people may speculate, am I bored and ready to abandon you?"

Dracula smiled and looked at the little wizards under the dueling arena with a gentle expression.

Looking at Dracula's gentle gaze, Lee Jordan and many other little wizards lowered their heads.

They fell into deep self-reproach, feeling that they should not have doubted their professor so much, and that they should have faith in Professor Dracula.

However, Dracula's next sentence caught them off guard.

"That's right, I'm just bored, I just want to abandon you!" He said happily.

Lee Jordan and other young wizards: "???"

Does Professor Dracula really want to be so direct?

"Professor, why are you leaving?"

"Professor, what will you do with Hogwarts' Defence Against the Dark Arts when you're gone?"

"Professor's ......"

The quiet Great Hall became noisy again, and the young wizards were full of enthusiasm, asking Professor Dracula why he had left Hogwarts, and some of the young wizards who liked Dracula very much cried and begged the professor not to abandon them.

During Dracula's more than a year at Hogwarts, although he sometimes deviated from the textbook and caught the students off guard; Sometimes they are reluctant to correct homework and test papers, which makes many students feel dissatisfied; Sometimes he would take his students on devil training, which was very painful..........

But no one can deny that Dracula is indeed a professor of considerable quality, and he is also a good professor who will not favor any college because he has not been divided into colleges.

Moreover, Dracula is also the first Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts to be re-elected.

If he did leave Hogwarts out of boredom, who knows what kind of Duke Dumbledore's next Defence Against the Dark Arts professor will be? What if the next Quirrell is found?

So no matter what year the students were, except for the squeamish little wizards who hated the training of the devil, no one wanted Dracula to leave Hogwarts.

Dracula stood on the dueling table and looked down

The expressions of shock, incredulity, and resistance of the little wizards were shocked, incredulous, and resistant, and the corners of their mouths slowly outlined a soft smile.

"Let's be quiet, everybody." He chuckled, "I have more to say."

Dracula's voice rang in the ears of every student present, interrupting the noise in the auditorium.

The young wizards looked up at Dracula's smiling face and slowly fell silent, wanting to hear what Professor Dracula had to say.

"Actually, I was a little bored last semester, when I was more than a month away from the end of the semester." It wasn't until the auditorium was completely quiet that Dracula spoke slowly, "So I took a vacation and went to find an old friend, and I met some new friends in between."

"I actually gained a lot from this holiday, and I also discovered a lot of interesting things, which are really much more interesting than the boring life of lecturing at Hogwarts every day." He confessed.

When the little wizards in the audience heard this, they all showed worried expressions, for fear that Dracula would not continue to lecture after saying something.

"But those fun things don't happen every day." Dracula changed his words, "It may only take two or three days to really encounter something interesting."

"The rest of the day is still decades of boring life, and it's not even as fun as watching you fight at Hogwarts."

The little wizards in the auditorium were a little dazed at first, and then understood the subtext of Dracula's words, and they all showed expressions of surprise and joy.

"Yes, in a vibrant school like Hogwarts, at least every year there are new faces, every day there are new surprises, and there are always some little wizards who can make my eyes shine......" Dracula laughed, "Of course, it's not for nothing that makes my eyes dark."

The little wizards laughed knowingly.

Lee Jordan poked the arms of the two twin roommates next to him and whispered if it was the two of them who made Professor Dracula's eyes dark.

Fred and George righteously refuted his "ridiculous" remarks.

"On top of that, I discovered something new today." Dracula shook his head with a smirk, watched the reactions of the young wizards in the audience, and continued, "Actually, no matter how long we live, there are always things we don't understand."

"So, teaching your lessons and learning on your own at the same time is the most suitable life I can think of." ….

Dracula's speech was not long, but every sentence was what he really thought.

He rarely had a heartfelt conversation with someone like he did today, let alone to such a large group of people.

This time did give Dracula some new ideas.

First came the meeting with Andros. Andros would rather spend his whole life, even after his death, in the secret realm of Mount Olympus, just to block the opportunity of the despicable Helmo to do evil and seal it firmly.

This touched Dracula slightly.

Later, Newt tells him about what happened decades ago during the Global Wizarding Wars at Dracula's Castle, and also shows his passion for magical beasts in front of Dracula.

Newt is almost 100 years old, but he is still sincere about all magical beasts, and when he carefully records the characteristics of magical beasts in his brown book, he really looks like a child who carefully observes the movement of ants.

This also brought a slight touch to Dracula.

Eventually, Lemay analyzes the similarities between the black energy of Silent Ran and Helbo, and together the two come to the conclusion that all black magic comes from the same source.

This incident is to let Dracula know that even though he has lived for more than a thousand years, there are still some things that he has never understood.

So when you're bored, can't you find something more meaningful to do? Can't you just take advantage of your boredom to find the source of all the dark energy?

And the conclusions that Dracula and Lemay came to together also made him unsure if there was anything else in the dark magic and dark energy

Issue.

If something goes wrong with the same source of dark magic, and the students at Hogwarts don't know anything about this form of magic, then they are likely to suffer from it.

Dracula couldn't accept that his students didn't know anything about the dark arts.

"Today we don't learn how to due." With a smile in his eyes, he looked at the young wizards in the audience who always gave him a clear gaze, "I want to give you a temporary public lesson in Defence Against the Dark Arts, do you want to hear it?"

The little wizards in the audience were a little surprised at first, and then slightly relieved.

It's been a long time since I've had Professor Dracula's devil training, and I'm afraid that if I resume my training intensity directly today, I'll end up with a sore end, so it's really comfortable to change to an open class on Defence Against the Dark Arts.

So, the little wizards said in unison—

"I want to hear it!"

"Okay." A wry smile tugged at the corners of Dracula's mouth, "In that case, I'm going to tell you about it today...... What is black magic!"

"Can anyone tell me what dark magic is?"

At this time, the little wizards in the audience did not realize the seriousness of the matter, and looked at Dracula on the dueling platform one by one, and the top students raised their hands even higher.

"Miss Granger, tell me about it."

Dracula gestured to the little witch with her hands raised high and her hair tousled in the audience.

"DarkArts, also known as DarkMag, primarily refers to any type of magic that is used to harm, control, and even kill people and living things. Most of those who practice black magic are evil, and wizards who practice black magic are called dark wizards." ….

Hermione was fluent in reciting the textbook definition of dark arts.

"That's a good point." Dracula applauded, "The definition of dark magic is as simple as that, and in a broad sense, black magic refers to any magic that may be detrimental to other wizards."

"If we follow this definition to the category of black magic, then our common magic with control will be classified as black magic - such as stun spells, petrification spells, bondage spells, etc."

"But we also know that these magic spells with a certain amount of control are exactly what you have to learn during your school years, so are you called a dark wizard just because you have mastered a stun charm, or a petrification charm?"

Dracula looked at Cedric in Hufflepuff and teased, "Diggory, I know your Stun Charm is pretty good, so do you admit to being a dark wizard?"

There was a joyous laugh from the Hufflepuff crowd.

Cedric laughed and pushed away his roommate who was teasing him, and said to Dracula in a loud voice, "Professor, I firmly refuse to admit that I am a dark wizard!"

He often came to the office to ask Dracula all kinds of questions, and now he was very familiar with it, so Dracula's sudden ridicule did not make him feel the slightest embarrassment.

"In fact, it's not just you who won't admit to being a dark wizard, but the rest of the wizarding world won't either." Dracula smiled, and then said, "That's why wizards have a stricter division of dark arts—"

"I've told you in the Dueling Club that there are Jinx, Hex, and the most vicious of all."

"Spells in each of these categories can actually cause damage to wizards, so there's usually no objection to being classified as dark magic."

"As for control spells such as stun spells, disarming spells, and petrification spells, they are called defense spells by later wizards, and these spells will not cause damage to others, and at the same time can eliminate the opponent's combat power."

"As a result, most of the control magic, under normal circumstances, has been removed from the category of black magic." Dracula said.

The little wizards looked thoughtful.

In fact, this knowledge had already been subtly told by Dracula in the previous dueling club gatherings, and most of it could be enjoyed by the students present

Absorb and understand quickly.

So all this knowledge is just an appetizer, and the main event is still to come.

"The dueling club has been held so many times, and you may already have a grasp of how to conduct a duel and how to defend against your opponent's spells." Dracula chuckled.

"But under the restrictions of the professors, you can only use the defensive magic I just introduced you to in duels, and you haven't learned enough to really deal with the dark arts—not enough!" Dracula continued, "So, I'm going to give you a taste of how dark wizards use magic today."

The little wizards in the audience suddenly became interested.

"What? Professor Dracula wants to show us the dark arts?" Ron happily guessed, "Hermione, how do you guess Professor Dracula's dark magic works?" ….

"Uh...... Probably wouldn't it be better than the Dark Wizard?" Hermione said, "After all, Professor Dracula is not usually serious, but he is still a decent wizard."

"Ahem......" Harry coughed a few times.

"What's wrong with you, Harry?" Ron turned his head to look at the best friend next to him, "Don't you agree with what Hermione said?"

"No, I just choked myself by swallowing." Harry said hurriedly.

Because Harry and Riddle have always maintained a good relationship, and often ask Riddle's assistant to tutor Defence Against the Dark Arts to tutor, he also heard some things about Dracula from Riddle.

Harry remembered what Riddle had said to him—

If Dracula's level of dark magic is said to be second in the wizarding world, then even Voldemort does not dare to say that he is first......

He glanced at Hermione and Ron, who were still in the dark, and smiled helplessly.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Dracula pressed his hands to silence the messy auditorium, "Before I show you how to cast spells, I'll tell you why I did this—"

"Spells, they come in many forms, and their magic and casting methods are different. Theoretically, I'm just going to teach you how to crack all sorts of common spells, and that's it."

Dracula didn't say what really made him decide to explain the dark arts, but explained the young wizards from a different perspective.

"It stands to reason that there are a lot of students here who are under the sixth year, and you are still young adults, so I should not have told you what illegal dark magic looks like, because you are too young to deal with this dark wizard's way of casting spells."

"But it seems to me that no matter what grade you are, it's always good to know a little bit more, and the sooner you understand the dark arts you have to deal with, the better. If there's something you've never seen before, how can you protect yourself from it?"

"Remember, if a dark wizard were to cast a dark spell on you, he wouldn't tell you about his intentions in advance. Dark wizards will never be frank, fair, or polite in reciting spells to you."

"Therefore, you must be prepared to deal with the dark arts!"

Dracula's gaze swept the entire circle of the Great Hall, looking deeply at the expressions of each of the young wizards, hoping to see the importance in their eyes.

"Now, it's time for you to get to the end...... I will show you the most evil of black magic, and I hope you will watch it carefully." He said in a deep voice.

"These spells may make you feel uncomfortable, but please don't be afraid, I won't hurt you."

Dracula snapped his fingers.

A handsome young man with black hair suddenly appeared on the dueling table and stood right in front of Dracula.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Riddle, who was still in the teaching assistant's office, was alarmed by the sudden change in front of him, so he quickly drew his wand and pointed around with a pale face.

The next moment, he realized that this was the auditorium he was familiar with, and there were many young wizards around him who were laughing and admiring his funny performance.

Riddle realized that this was the scene of the Dueling Club, and Dracula was watching him with a happy smile on his face.

"Professor Dracula?" Riddle looked at Dracula in confusion and silently put away his wand, "Is there something wrong with calling me over suddenly?" Do you need me to cooperate with you in a duel demonstration?"

"I really need your cooperation." Dracula smirked, "But it's not a duel demonstration, it's a model that requires you."

Seeing Dracula's evil smile, Riddle suddenly felt bad and turned to run away.

However, the next moment, Dracula's voice sounded in his ears-

"Ierio."

……

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