Hermione finally regained her composure, stopped throwing tantrums at Harry and Ron, and sat back in the front row of class and answered questions aggressively. On this day, led by Hermione, who didn't know if it was true or pretended to be refreshed, Lockhart walked into the site of the HA meeting for the first time, an abandoned empty classroom.

All the students watched Lockhart walk in and greeted him with a big mouthful.

"Hello, kids. Lockhart gave his trademark smile, "First of all, I have to apologize." I watched this organization come to be, but now I don't have time to see you. ”

"We know that professors have a lot of adventures and big things to do!" the children said thoughtfully.

"Haha, how do you know, what I'm doing is a confidential matter. Lockhart joked, "Well, let's get down to business—"

"I believe that those who are standing here now either have ideals, courage, or people who want to protect. Here, I'm going to teach you what you want to learn, except for the illegal spells. ”

"Harry told me that he thinks you should learn the Patronus Charm, I think it's a great note, the Patronus Charm is a very practical spell, isn't it, and I promised in class that if you can silently cast the Patronus Charm without a wand, I will give you a full score at the end of the term. ”

"Then before I learn, I still have the habit of explaining the principles and techniques of this spell to everyone, which will be very helpful in the future. ”

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused, Lockhart began to explain with satisfaction.

"Most people think that the Patronus Charm is just a spell to ward off the Dementors, but that's not the case," Lockhart said, raising his hand to release his Patronus, the fox, "This spell was originally used to ward off some of the ancient dark wizards' psychic hints, which are now largely lost, and they can make people feel sad and hopeless - which is exactly the same as the Dementor Monster, isn't it, I don't know the origin of the two, and I don't care about it for now." ”

"The basic effect of the Patronus Charm is to build a shield against the attacks of Dementors and psychic dark arts, and almost all books say that happiness makes it easier to cast this spell. ”

Lockhart paused for the students to think about it, then continued: "Of course I didn't say this was wrong, but obviously we can't be inexplicably happy in battle, in fact, you will find that all the positive emotions can be used as the basis for this spell. Among them, happiness is often used by beginners as the most obvious and easy to obtain positive feelings. ”

Someone in the crowd of students asked, "What else can I do with the Patronus Charm, Professor?" ”

"Hope, determination, or the courage to protect others! In fact, the safest way to do this is to hypnotize yourself and convince yourself that you can cast the spell. ”

"Aren't we going to have to learn self-hypnotism?" Professor. ”

Lockhart smiled and explained, "You misunderstood, the most powerful hypnotism is the truth, imagine that when you can cast the Patronus Charm 100% successfully while practicing peacetime entertainment, this is the most powerful hypnosis in itself, because the truth tells you that you can use the Patronus Charm." Remember when I told you about the essentials of the Silent Spell?"

"There are no distractions in the mind, and the spell is concentrated. Hermione spoke.

"That's right, as long as you don't have distractions in your mind about whether or not you can cast the Patronus Charm, you don't need happiness to catalyze. If you're in need of a Patronus and you think to yourself - oh my God, Dementors are so scary, can I cast a Patronus Charm in this situation? It's a shame that the Dementor across from you will be able to feast again. ”

There was a chuckle from the room.

"The first thing you have to do is to cast a shield-shaped guardian spirit, and then when you are proficient, you can try to condense your own animal guardian spirit, you can control where it attacks, and even use it to spread the word, come, look at it. ”

Lockhart's fox patronus flew into the air: "Hello everyone, I'm the cutest little fox in the world!"

The room was immediately filled with voices of admiration and envy.

"Finally, when you become a powerful wizard, you can even use your Patronus Charm to envelop a large area and protect everyone inside. - I'm proud to announce that you, Harry-san, have reached the last step!" Lohartra stopped Harry and announced to the crowd, "It takes extraordinary courage and magic!"

"You're so good, Harry, I didn't know!" Ron said he couldn't accept it.

"I saw it with my own eyes!" Hermione assured the group.

"Can the professor still lie to us, and the savior, it's normal to be able to do it. ”

When everyone had seen enough of Harry and their Patronus, Lockhart told them the spell of the Patronus Charm and let them practice it on their own, while he watched.

"Harry, bring someone who can summon a shield-shaped Patronus and teach them how to condense an Animal Patronus. Lockhart told Harry, "I'll guide the others." ”

"Yes. ”

――

"Seamus, don't you have any happy memories? I think you're a funny kid. Lockhart asked.

"Professor, I don't know which memory is better......"

"The most recent one! Another big explosion or something, like. Lockhart prompted. A puff of silver smoke emanated from the tip of Seamus's wand.

"There is progress, come on. ”

"George!Fred, don't you two have enough happy memories?"

"We just make others happy. ”

"What a great sentiment. ”

"Okay, you've won, keep trying. Lockhart was annoyed when he heard these two guys sing and harmonize.

――

"Neville, you're here, I need to give you some counseling," he saw Neville, Lockhart had seen his parents, who had been Lockhart's Auror seniors, "let's see what your problem is." ”

Lockhart walked over and touched Neville's shoulder. "Your magic is no less than that of your peers, what you need is self-confidence. ”

"I'm working on it, Professor. Neville said embarrassedly.

"What's your happiest memory?"

"My grandma, bought me my first pet ......"

"That's not enough!" Lockhart looked over to Harry, a group of people who had managed to get the animal Patronus and were trying to get them to talk, "Luna, could you come over for a moment?" ”

"Professor, what's the matter? Luna floated in with a light and breezy air.

"Neville-san needs a little happier memory, and I don't think you mind kissing her, do you? ”

"Of course. Luna didn't shy agree, tiptoe up and kissed Neville's cheek, Neville's face quickly turned red.

"Neville, are you happy, if it's not enough, I have good news here, I don't know if you already know," Lockhart was ready to help the kid again, "The murderer who tortured your parents has been killed by the Aurors." ”

"Really?" asked Neville eagerly, not blushing, "Why hasn't anyone sued me?"

"Actually, it's already published in the newspaper, but you don't look closely. Lockhart happily sold, "Remember the Azkaban escape before school started?" ”

"Remember, the Ministry of Magic killed almost half of the prison escapees, and a few of them escaped. Neville wondered.

"You must have noticed that the name of the murderer who tortured your parents is not on the wanted list! ”

Neville looked down and thought for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Without her name, it means that she didn't run away!"

"It's very fast, kid, isn't this good news? ”

"Thank you, Professor, that's great news. Neville was moved to tears, not being able to avenge his parents had always been a problem in his heart, and now he was finally relieved.

"So, keep practicing!"

"Hoo God Guard!" Neville waved his wand firmly with tears in his eyes, and he succeeded, the silver-white shield successfully converging in front of his wand.

"Well done, Neville!" Harry saw on the other side, and shouted encouragement.

"Neville, you're awesome!" Hermione and the others gathered around, genuinely happy for Neville.

Subsequently, inspired by Neville's success, almost everyone made good progress, and the worst junior students were able to condense a silver-white ball of light.

"Good day, go back and rest today, and when all of you can summon the Animal Patronus, I'll start training you in more difficult spells. ”