Barely anyone listened to the Charms and Herbs class on Monday morning, everyone was whispering about what had happened on Saturday, and even Hermione, who had been distracted during the lesson, looked sick and unmotivated.

Until lunchtime, no one could give an accurate answer to the question of whether Professor Lockhart was allergic to alcohol or had drunk poisoned alcohol.

"In the second class this afternoon, the first and second years of the four houses will take the Defense Against the Dark Arts together, and the location is in the Great Hall--"

The male and female prefects of the various colleges who hurriedly walked down from the professor's chair conveyed the shocking news to the junior wizards who were whispering below.

"Why?"

Telling Seamus that Lockhart must have been poisoned by someone, Ron looked at Percy in surprise, "If I'm not mistaken, the second class of the afternoon should be the history of magic!" ”

"What Professor McGonagall mean, Ron, if in doubt, you can ask her yourself--"

Percy replied, and hurried around Harry to deliver the shocking news to Ginny and the others, who were closer to the foyer.

.......

In the afternoon, when Harry and the others arrived at the Great Hall exhausted after taking the Transfiguration class, they found that it had changed its appearance, and there was a circular high platform in the center of the Great Hall, and around the high platform were nearly one hundred and sixty or seventy desks.

The first- and second-year students of the other three houses had basically gathered here, all chattering excitedly about the unique way of teaching and what Professor Bryan would teach them next.

"It reminds me of bad memories--- Harry muttered, "I just hope it won't be a big stage show!" ”

As time passed, the slightly crowded desks gradually filled the students of the four houses, and when the last empty desk was also occupied by the little wizard, Amosta Bryan finally appeared in the limelight.

He walked down the marble staircase, leaped over the crowd, jumped up the platform with great skill, and finally stood in the center of the platform and looked at the crowd of people around him with a smile, and his first words caused a fierce roar in the quiet of the auditorium!

"Now, everybody stuff Professor Lockhart's book back into your bag, and you're not going to use it in my class."

"Oh roar!"

Hufflepuff's McMillan was the first to cry out with joy, and his cry was like an avalanche signal, and in an instant, there were howls of joy in all directions, and even the large chandeliers above the Great Hall were shaken by the howls of the little wizards!

"Can you believe it, I've been waiting for this for more than half a year!"

Dean threw his copy of "Breaking with a Female Ghost" into his bag, and then laughed happily, Ron seemed to want to make a similar feeling, but the grinning Harry grabbed him, and secretly pointed to Hermione, who was sitting in front of him with a stunned expression, and after the two quickly exchanged glances, they both put the book away with excitement.

The cheers continued for several minutes, until Amosta let out a heavy cough.

"Now, I may need to give an explanation to all of you!"

Amosta smiled and nodded to the audience, "I think you're probably all curious why I chose to teach you in such a way!" ”

Amosta cleared his throat and continued

"The Defence Against the Dark Arts course has not been so stable for various reasons, and because of the frequent change of professors, the quality of teaching at Hogwarts has been criticized - in my own case, I'm afraid that the teaching time of your Defence will not be too long, so in order to allow you to effectively improve your defense against danger in a limited time, I have to make a little change---"

"Professor Blaine!"

As soon as the words fell, Seamus raised his right hand, he looked at Amosta on the high platform with great interest, and said loudly, "Introduce yourself, Professor... Sure, we all know you're the investigator sent by the school board to investigate the vault, but what did you do before that? ”

"That's an interesting question, Mr. Penigan—"

Amosta scratched his head, looked at the dozens of pairs of eyes below that flashed with curiosity, and after thinking for a while, he raised his eyebrows and said,

"Hmm... Well, let me tell you that before I came to Hogwarts, I was kind of... Freelancers, who make a living by running errands for people, finding potion raw materials, delivering deliveries, etc., hehe, I'm just a little person with little fame, and I can't compare to Professor Lockhart! ”

"I don't believe that!"

Ron pouted and whispered to Harry, who nodded in agreement.

Amosta's perfunctory self-introduction certainly didn't satisfy the young wizards, and the atmosphere cooled slightly, and everyone was waiting for what Professor Bryan would say next.

"I guess you're all thinking I'm going to teach you something?"

Amosta began to speak again, and in his confident, steady voice, the young wizards gradually stopped whispering and stared at him.

"However, I hope to return this question to you." Amosta looked at the audience and smiled, "What do you hope to learn from me?" ”

"Powerful spell!"

Breth Shabini, a second-year Slytherin student, immediately raised her hand and said loudly, "I wish I could learn powerful spells, Professor Brian, for I believe that only powerful spells can resist dangerous and wonderful dark magic!" ”

Shabini's words were unanimously approved by the young wizards, and even the Gryffindor students, who sneered at Slytherin, mostly nodded hesitantly.

"You don't know much about defending against the Dark, but that's a good answer, Mr. Sabini--"

Amosta nodded approvingly, and then slowed down as he looked at the little wizards in a circle around him

"Since you're so interested in powerful spells, let's start with this... So, who can answer me what kind of spell can be called powerful? ”

Professor Bryan's question was very strange, the little wizards looked at each other, they didn't know how to answer, many people turned their eyes to Hermione, and Hermione really didn't let everyone think of her, in front of everyone, she raised her hand and stood up,

"If I'm not mistaken, what you mean--"

Hermione, who was gradually getting into the groove, took a deep breath and replied,

"If so, what kind of spell it is, it's probably ancient magic, which is mostly lost today!"

"Can you tell me why, Miss Granger?" Amosta asked, staring at Hermione with interest.

"Ancient magic --, is known for its power, and in a narrow sense, it is a spell invented by the first generation of wizards during the long period from the tribal era to 800 years ago.

Because the natural environment on which people depended at that time was very harsh, many dangerous magical animals that have become extinct were still very active in that era--- in order to resist the threat from the cruel natural environment, a series of spells developed by extremely intelligent ancient wizards were mainly based on the pursuit of power.

However, as Muggle and wizarding civilizations grew, humans tamed nature, and the role of magic gradually evolved from defending against danger to serving everyday life.

At the same time, the rapid development of wand science and the high degree of integration with modern magic made it easy to cast spells, which exacerbated the ancient magic that was extremely powerful but complex and obscure, and required a lot of magic power, and was quickly abandoned by the mainstream wizarding society until it was lost. ”

"Excellent, Miss Granger!"

Amosta couldn't stop clapping, "I don't think anyone will object to me adding ten points to Gryffindor!" ”

Hermione sat down with a red face, while Ron stared at Professor Bryan with a wistful gaze,

"Professor Blaine, do you mean that you want to rendezvous our mysterious ancient magic!"