In order to calculate Lucius, Dumbledore pretended not to have made any discoveries, which also caused panic in Hogwarts House.

Everyone began to look for ways to keep themselves safe, and there were also people who took the opportunity to make their presence more visible, such as Professor Lockhart.

He organized a dueling club, and preached that it was to improve the students' spell-casting ability, so that in case they encountered a secret room monster, they would have a chance to improve their chances of survival.

I have to say that Lockhart has forgotten the original wizard's knowledge over the years, but his ability to flicker with all kinds of propaganda is increasing day by day.

Under the various propaganda of Lockhart, this dueling club did not take long to become popular, and a large number of students signed up, especially the half-blood little wizards, because it was rumored that the monsters in the secret room attacked the half-blood wizards.

Even Hermione had friends who wanted to pull her along.

She had already learned from Locke that this Professor Lockhart was a half-wizard, and this club was a farce, so she was naturally not interested in it.

However, Locke didn't expect that he and Hermione would be involved because of Snape.

On this day, Locke and Hermione passed by the door of the club's practice room together, and happened to have a face-to-face with Snape.

Locke casually greeted her, and Hermione saluted politely.

Seeing Locke, Snape seemed to think of something, and said to Locke, "You come with me." ”

With that, Snape didn't wait for Locke's answer, and pushed open the door to the practice room.

Locke frowned when he saw this, and said in his heart, no wonder Snape is not popular, the protagonist treats him as a villain, how can there be such a blunt order, and Locke is not his student.

Seeing that Snape had already pushed open the door and walked in, Locke hesitated for a moment and walked into the classroom with Hermione.

Many of the students here know Hermione, after all, she has been the number one person in her grade since she entered the school.

On the contrary, Locke, most people are relatively unfamiliar, and only a few people know that Locke is Hermione's "teacher" who often talks about it, and discusses it in whispers with the people around him.

Using his keen hearing, Locke paid attention to the conversation of the students, and found that most of them had come here to join in the fun.

Because the whole academy is now under martial law, except for classes, there are no important things to stay in the dormitory, and many students take this opportunity to come out and relax.

Students who really study hard are actually quite good at discernment, and Hogwarts basically has to change a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year, and many senior students can detect what the teaching level really is.

Therefore, Professor Lockhart's propaganda can only fool some junior students, and most of the senior students do not think that Lockhart's narration really has any effect.

"It seems that the eyes of the masses are still bright." Locke thought to himself, and then he saw Lockhart, who had been well-dressed, dressed in a delicate shirt, waistcoat, and one-shoulder cape, come to the dueling table in the center of the room, and loudly beckoned all the students to come closer and listen to him.

At this time, Locke noticed that most of the senior students did not move their positions, and even stood in the back without a trace, giving up the front row to the junior students.

Even what Professor Lockhart said next, no one cared about these students, most of these students saw through it and didn't buy Lockhart much.

Listening to Lockhart's nonsense on it, Locke also felt quite bored, and finally couldn't help frowning and said to Snape: "What is the matter with you calling me here, if you let me come to see this, I think my time is still very valuable." ”

"Wait a minute, maybe Hermione will need to play." Snape said suddenly.

Frowning slightly, Locke glanced at Hermione, who was a little surprised, before looking at Snape again: "Where did that guy provoke you, and you plan to make him so ugly?" ”

"Don't you want to see him embarrassed?" Snape didn't answer, just asked rhetorically, and then, as if to reassure Locke, he said again: "Don't worry, I know Hermione's level, there will be no problem." ”

Of course, Hermione won't have any problems, with Locke to open her up, the current Hermione is much stronger than in the plot, and the knowledge reserve can be compared with some senior students, as for the combat ability, it is even more Locke's frequent feeding moves, and many practical spells used in battle can be said to be extremely proficient.

In this case, there is no problem in dealing with Lockhart, who has degenerated into a half-hanger.

Even so, Locke still had to ask about his wishes, he looked at Hermione and asked, "What do you think, would you like to go on stage?" ”

"When I mentioned you before, that Professor Lockhart was very disrespectful, and said that you were just a librarian, and that you were not qualified to be compared to a formal professor."

Speaking of this, Hermione's little face showed an indignant look: "In that case, then let me teach him a lesson, in fact, many people now see that he is not much better than Muggles." ”

"Good." Hearing Hermione's answer, Snape nodded in satisfaction.

At this point, Lockhart was talking about giving everyone a demonstration, and introduced Snape as his assistant, saying that Snape would help him show everyone how to use the 'Remove Your Weapon' spell to be more effective.

Noticing Lockhart's words, Locke finally understood why Snape's character couldn't help but want to give him a little color.

"Hermione Granger." Since Hermione agreed, Snape suddenly called out Hermione's name in a loud voice, and then motioned for her to come on stage.

Lockhart didn't expect Snape to be upset by him, and didn't give him face at all, and directly called Hermione on stage and had a duel demonstration with him, which caught him off guard for a while: "This ...... I thought we were ......"

"Hermione was actually there when the secret room opened, so I also wanted to practice more of my actual combat skills, so I will be in charge of being the referee." Snape said so loudly without waiting for Lockhart to react.

Hermione is actually quite famous in the grade, many people know her, and the opponent of Lockhart's demonstration suddenly became a little wizard, he has been fooling for many years, and he naturally will not panic at this time, and confidently said to the students in the audience:

"Of course, please rest assured, I guarantee that Hermione will be safe and sound, and I will be ...... in proportion"

Snape had long been fed up with Lockhart's pretense, and couldn't help but interrupt directly: "Ready to start, you all stand here." ”

Snape gestured for the two of them to get ready, and Professor Lockhart was forced to stop speaking, standing across from Hermione on the stage.

According to the procedure of the duel, the two men took out their wands and saluted in front of them, then turned around at the same time, each took five steps, turned back again, and set up a duel posture.

(End of chapter)