Chapter 118: A Vivid Lesson and Thoughts
Suddenly, the old wardrobe shook.
This familiar scene, Lupin thought would scare the children.
As a result, seeing that they were very calm, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Calmly explained: "Don't be afraid, there's a Boggart inside." ”
With that, he looked around and asked, "Can anyone tell me what the Boggart is?" ”
When the opportunity to earn points arrives, both hands are raised at the same time.
Lupin looked over, one was naturally Miss Hermione, the jack-of-all-trades, and the other was John.
After thinking about it, Lupin called out by name, "Miss Granger." ”
Hermione's face was beaming, and she said quickly, "Boggart likes dark and enclosed spaces, and usually hides in the closet, in the gap under the bed, in the cupboard under the sink. ”
"The Boggart is something that shapeshifts." With a confident smile, she said, "What it thinks scares us the most will become." ”
"I can't say it more clearly." Professor Lupin complimented hermione, much to Hermione's delight.
Lupin walked over to the shaking closet and continued, "So the Boggart in this dark closet doesn't have a concrete shape yet, and it doesn't know what the people outside are afraid of, and no one knows what the Boggart looks like when he's alone. ”
At this, John pouted.
He has a say in this because he knows what Boggart looks like.
Because he had studied, as long as he shielded himself with the Occlumency Technique, Boggart would not be able to peek into his heart, and after adding the Phantom Body Charm, Boggart would not be able to find out at all.
At one point he was in a closet with Bogut and looked at the black mist that looked like black smoke had gathered.
Professor Lupin over there continued, taking his wand in his hand, knocking on the wardrobe, and saying, "As soon as I release it, it will immediately become the thing that each of us fears the most." ”
"That said, we have a big advantage against Boggart."
Lupin looked around again, Hermione raised her hands high on tiptoe, and John raised his hand as well.
But Lupin glanced at the green eyes and chose Harry and said, "Harry, have you found this advantage?" ”
Harry was caught off guard like a student who had been distracted in class and was suddenly named by the math teacher, and glanced at Hermione next to him, and he said tentatively, "Uh...... Because there are so many of us, it doesn't know what shape it should become? ”
I have to say that Harry is really a natural Auror, his instincts are very accurate, and he immediately finds the point.
Lupin exclaimed, "Very correct! ”
Hermione lowered her hand with some disappointment, and John put it down as well, and he looked at Lupin.
You kid, go back and deduct your wages.
Provided, of course, that Lupin would go back to work.
Lupin was so pleased with his old friend's son that he patted the closet and said nonchalantly, "I once met a boggart who wanted to scare two people at the same time, and it turned out to be half a slug, which is not scary at all. ”
"The spell to fight off the Boggart is very simple, but it requires great mental strength."
Lupin said this, with a smile on his face, and said lightly: "You know, what really makes Boggart completely finished is laughter, and what we need is to force it into an image that you think is funny." ”
Lupin raised his wand and walked up to the crowd and began to teach.
"Grab the wand, let's practice the spell first, please follow me...... Funny funny! ”
The students noticed that this professor was much better than the previous two Defence Against the Dark Arts professors, and their interest became high, and they exclaimed, "Funny funny! ”
"Very good, very good! It's still the very easy part, this spell alone is not enough, remember, laughter is the key to defeating Boggart, Neville, now it's up to you. ”
Suddenly named, Neville's face was stunned with a pointed chin, and he stepped forward a little nervously, scared.
"Good, Neville." Lupin had thought that the boy would be afraid, but now it seems that Longbottom's son is not a bad breed.
He stood next to Neville and asked gently, "Neville, what are you most afraid of in this world?" ”
Neville's lips moved, he looked in John's direction, and whispered, "Professor Snape." ”
Professor Lupin snorted, Snape's popularity was still so bad.
In fact, Neville still wanted to talk about John, but seeing John staring at him, he was very decisive to say only one person.
If John knew that this kid was afraid of him, he would definitely double his training.
Imagine John coming out of the closet.
That social death scene was enough for John to beat Neville violently.
Hearing Neville's fear of Professor Snape, they immediately burst into laughter, after all, Professor Snape's popularity was indeed not very good.
John smiled when he caught a glimpse of the Slytherin students, and thought to himself, "You are not afraid of death."
Professor Lupin asks Neville to imagine his grandmother's dress, and he has a bit of mischief in mind.
As a former member of the Marauder Squad, Professor Lupin is not as pulsating as the other three, but he also has the courage to repeatedly jump sideways on the line of life and death of Gryffindor.
Remotely opening the wardrobe, the old wardrobe stopped shaking, and then a hand pushed open the cabinet door.
John couldn't help but see this scene, and shouted inwardly, "I'm dying, Professor Snape has come out."
Professor Snape who came out was not exactly the same, but simply himself.
He was like a bat, staring at Neville viciously.
Neville was trained to be much bolder, but inevitably a little frightened, and raised his wand and pointed.
"Funny funny."
As soon as Boggart, who had become Professor Snape, took a step, the clothes on his body changed to a red and green bewitching women's dress.
This scene caused everyone to burst into laughter, and John heard Malfoy laugh too.
Professor Lupin laughed the loudest, and when Boggart was at a loss, he waved his hand and shouted, "Parvati, up!" ”
With this scene, everyone is not afraid.
One after another, Boggart is constantly changing.
This poor tool, ridiculed in all sorts.
The classmates took turns to fight, and when it was Ron's turn, he unsurprisingly turned into a big spider.
He pronounced the incantation, and the spider's leg vanished, and it rolled on the ground before landing at Harry's feet.
Harry was about to make a move when Boggart began to change.
Just as he was about to conjure, Lupin rushed in front of him with an arrow, and Boggart immediately turned into a silver-white ball hanging in front of Lupin.
But not long after, he turned into a balloon and flew towards John.
The balloon that arrived in front of John was stunned, and Boggart changed quickly.
Just when everyone was wondering what John would be afraid of, they found that Boggart seemed to be out of control.
Everything changed before, and finally it became something that didn't look like anything.
Everyone, including Professor Lupin, was stunned.
Professor Lupin, in particular, had never seen such a boggart.
An idea popped into his head, and John thought what it would be like if he imagined the original shape of the Boggart.
Even Lupin hadn't seen the shape of the Boggart, and John didn't mind letting everyone know about it.
Immediately constructed the image of Boggart in his mind, and Boggart's changing movements stagnated.
Then he quickly went back to the old closet and locked the door.
This scene made everyone present dumbfounded, why did Boggart run away on his own?
Only John was thoughtful and muttered, "It seems that even Bogut, who can peek into other people's hearts, is unwilling to accept his original self." ”
He looked up at Lupin, what did he do now?
Professor Lupin didn't know what to do, you said it failed, and Boggart was scared away and drilled back.
But if it was a success, John didn't even move his wand.
Professor Lupin struggled at this point, but soon the lesson was over.
Professor Lupin didn't have to worry about it, and added 5 points to Gryffindor, and Hermione, Harry, and Neville also got extra points.
Assign homework, a piece of paper on Boggart.
Malfoy conspired loudly, he felt that this Professor Lupin was definitely biased towards Gryffindor, and John raised his hand to deliberately ignore it, and the limelight was out of the Gryffindors.
This provoked a burst of Slytherin approval, and it was clear that John was the best one.
They were all upset about John.
John, on the other hand, was thinking about something else.
"Boggart looks straight into the heart, and the Dementors draw soul and happiness, if I combine the two......"
His eyes were getting brighter, and he seemed to have found some way to try.