Chapter 399: Applying for an Auror (Part II)

At this time, they had already arrived at the door of the Auror Application Office, which was deserted and there was no one in sight of the Auror Application Office, which was deserted and dangerous to be an Auror......

Lockhart opened the door and found Albert and Scrimthour's son sitting behind a desk, one flipping through the applicants' profiles on the table, the other with his chin on his hand and looking bored.

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"Willow, why are you here, why aren't you looking at your father?" Lockhart asked, frowning.

"He woke up in the morning and had to rush me to the Ministry of Magic to help, so I came......"

"Awake?" Lockhart's eyebrows furrowed, "Alright, now give you two something to do, and give these two lads some elixir." ”

"Harry still wants to drink the Truth Elixir?" Albert was surprised, "Now that we are relying entirely on Professor Snape's support and the Ministry of Magic's inventory, we can't afford to waste it like this." ”

"That's right," Lockhart thought...... "then forget it, register them, others will still have to check it, and other provinces should not be saved." ”

"Yes. ”

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After a simple registration, the two boys have become reserve Aurors, because the veteran Aurors are all gone, and now Lockhart has to make a cameo appearance as an instructor.

"Let's go, take you to your own cubicle, which will be your future Auror office. Lockhart walked out of the application office with three young men: "Combat skills, I have taught you all the skills, in fact, now your strength has far surpassed that of ordinary wizards, if you want to improve your combat ability, you can only go to actual combat." ”

Lockhart put his arm around Hermione's shoulders and walked towards the elevator: "But the Aurors are not strikers, not the Aurors who can fight even if they are qualified, you just joined today, I want to teach you the basic principles of the Aurors first." ”

He pulled out three pamphlets. Hand it to the three men, including Hermione. As soon as Hermione received it, she couldn't wait to open it and flip through it.

"The Auror Code. Hermione read it out, "It's a vulgar name." ”

"It would be nice if it was "How the Aurors Are Made", or "Thirty Days of Rapid Aurors". Harry opened the pamphlet as well.

"Good advice, but thirty days quick?" Lockhart smiled, "Indeed. You don't need thirty days to learn everything in this booklet, but three hundred days is not enough to truly become a qualified Auror. Theoretically, you'll have to do two or three years of internship with an old Auror - sorry, we don't have that many Aurors right now, so it's likely that you'll have to work with each other to get through the novice period together. ”

"We'll take care of ourselves. Harry said.

"Now turn to the title page of the booklet, and before you can begin your studies, you must memorize the Aurors Thirteen Rules. Keep it in mind. Lockhart took out a copy of it himself and opened the cover: "The first one: always be vigilant, I won't explain this, everyone can understand it, and the crazy eye likes to put this sentence on his lips." I don't need to say more about the importance!"

"Well, always be vigilant, always be vigilant, always be vigilant......" Hermione couldn't help but say a few times. When she was a student, she relied on this trick to carry things.

"I almost forgot to mention that this Auror Code is said to have been rewritten by Moody's more than twenty years ago. Lockhart said. "There were no thirteen rules before - well, look at the second one: don't despise any enemy, and that's understandable. Why was the mystery man killed by Harry's mother with 'sacrificial protection'? Oh - of course, I'm not teaching you how Voldemort kills innocents, but you have to remember to deal with those who are threatening. Be sure to make the other party lose the ability to resist first. Disarming alone is not enough, as some spells can be cast without a wand. ”

"Understood. Harry nodded.

"Number three, keep the talisman at all times, don't ask why, just do it! Naturally, I understand its importance. Lockhart smiled. "Fourth, attack the person who is pointing the wand at you first. This is similar to the second one, and there are many ways to get people who don't seem to hurt you to use a curse on you - such as Polyjuice Potion Transformation, Imperius Charm, or even someone you trust actually rebelling. In short, if someone suddenly points their wand at you for no reason, don't be foolish and ask what's going on, get ready for battle right away. ”

"Hmm. The three young men all nodded in agreement.

"Again, there are no special circumstances - for example, healing others, or adding statuses to teammates during battle, concealment, iron armor, etc...... It's rude to use a wand at someone, and you can't make such jokes. Lockhart recalled a few Aurors he knew, and suddenly felt a little emotional. "Fifth, the more desperate the situation, the more you need to be calm and calm, and realize it yourself, you are all people who have experienced battles. Sixth, Use the Death Curse against criminals who may use the Death Curse - This is how it is written, but it cannot be understood in a narrow sense, if you fight a dark wizard who has great malice towards you, then you must use any spell you can use to hit him. Don't be like Harry did when he was a kid with a disarming charmβ€”"

Hermione and Ron both looked at the Savior, and Harry scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Seventh, don't think it's not feasible before trying everything, Ron should remember this, Harry should know it very well, remember how many difficulties we encountered on the way to escape, if we thought we couldn't win and gave up, we didn't know where we were buried together. Eighth, constantly enhancing one's own strength is the best self-protection, and one's own experience. Nine, when performing special tasks, don't care about those wizarding laws, you know, the Aurors have special exemptions, this privilege still exists in the new wizarding laws, but it can't be used as an excuse to mess around, the Aurors have a very loose and strict attitude towards this - if it is to complete the mission, killing people and setting fire to any means is acceptable, but if it is not a mission, even if you punch a Muggle with your fist, you will be criticized. ”

"Such a miserable ......," Harry was a little uneasy.

"Just kidding, if you do beat up a Muggle, as long as you don't take the initiative to say who cares about you!10, think about the orders from your superiors, because he may also have fallen under the Imperius Curse, this is a bit too demanding, but if the orders above are too outrageous, needless to say, the Aurors will also doubt it. Actually, I've always felt that these articles are not written in, you know, and Crazy Eye may just be just trying to make up thirteen. ”

"Why, Mad-Eye likes the number thirteen?" asked Hermione, tilting her head. "But Muggles and wizards alike think Thirteen is unlucky. ”

"Maybe not like, mad-eyed him...... How to say it, it always seems that he is not afraid of heaven and earth, he prefers to do what others dare not do, and he prefers to do what others think is unlucky. Lockhart said a little helplessly: "He always told us proudly, don't be superstitious......"

But he was still dead. Ron said a little lonely, "I can't help but believe in evil." ”

"Remember the eighth point, the best self-protection is to constantly strengthen yourself, and nothing else can protect the Aurors who are on a mission outside. Lockhart grimly corrected Ron's thoughts. "I heard Rufus say that before Moody's forced the code to thirteen, there were only seven. But such auspicious numbers did not prevent the Auror from being sacrificed every year...... Instead, Moody appeared, and with his boldness and skillful wizard combat skills, he captured the Dark Wizard in one fell swoop, and even expanded Azkaban - so that the Aurors had minimized the mission sacrifice rate with violence. Anyway, when I was about twenty years old, I followed the mad eye for more than two years, and I didn't hear of an Auror sacrificed. ”

"That's how it is, there is nothing auspicious about the numbers themselves, some numbers seem to be magical, but they have some special features in mathematical research and practical calculations. Hermione said, "As for the thirteen bad lucks, they come from mythological stories, but aren't most of the myths made up by our ancestors when they were idle and bored and had no entertainment." It's just that people at that time had never seen 'novels', nor had they been poisoned by rumors, and they all subconsciously took what others said seriously. And the storyteller doesn't know that he wants to tell the listener that 'the above is pure fiction', and even has the idea of deceiving others to make a profit...... So from generation to generation, what is made up becomes a custom or a myth. ”

"Makes sense, Hermione. Lockhart smiled, "Maybe that's it, well, whether these thirteen are hard or not, we'll just remember them all." Article 11: Survive at all costs, every Auror is a precious resource - run or shout when you can't beat a dark wizard, don't be angry, you are not fighting alone, behind the Auror stands the entire Ministry of Magic. And because of the principle of secrecy, unless you are as fierce as Mad Eye, and the Ministry of Magic is determined to make you a well-known Auror, even if you succeed as a hero, only your colleagues will know about it, and it will not make the headlines...... The twelfth rule, and one of the most important rules in my opinion, is that if you love your family, hide them. The reason why this criterion is so impressive, do you remember what I said a few minutes ago about loyalty testing? ”

"I remember. ”

"When I saw my 'parents' being caught in front of me, I was completely devastated...... Lockhart was not embarrassed by this, he loved his family, and there was nothing to be ashamed of: "So when Madeye told me to hide my family, I immediately kept it in my heart and will never forget it." ”

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[I forgot about the morning update on Monday, and now I have made up for the recommendation ticket!]

――(To be continued......)