Today's first session is Defence Against the Dark Arts, Sirius' lesson.

For the first time, Hogwarts students have seen the same Defence Against the Dark Arts professor for two consecutive school years...... However, this is only true for students up to the sixth grade.

Last year's professor was Moody's, so strictly speaking, Sirius was their sixth professor, and it was still the year.

But because of this legendary experience with Sirius, the classroom was still full early.

"I asked Justin." In his seat, Mikel pulled his textbook out of his bag expectantly, "He told me that Sirius's class is interesting, but occasionally something unpleasant happens. ”

"Not very pleasant?" Connor frowned and said, "Does he assign a lot of homework?" ”

Although Sirius had given Moody a few lessons during the school year, the content he had taught at the time had been set by Moody, and there was a review of what he had learned.

So we don't know much about his teaching style.

"No, quite the opposite." Mikel shook his head, "As far as I know, he rarely leaves homework, and I envied it for a long time last year." ”

"Then why is it unpleasant."

"Because it will hurt." At this time, Ryan added.

As he spoke, the classroom door was pushed open, and Sirius walked in from the outside.

He looked very happy, not bothered by the fact that he had to take three more grades.

"Hello everyone." Sirius waved his wand and opened the curtains, and the bright sunlight illuminated the classroom.

"I don't think I need to introduce myself." He smiled and said, "Put the book away, you don't need this for the first lesson." ”

Everyone immediately put away the books, and Mikel was the fastest, and he always believed that as long as the professor asked him to collect the book in the first class, he was a good professor.

"I've heard your progress from Professor Moody."

Sirius continued, "I have to admit that he is indeed a good hand as a professor, and this is true from you. L. can be seen in the results.

"Almost everyone got a good score, and even the professor in the Marchie class, who was in charge of the invigilator, was surprised...... She probably didn't expect that the subjects with the lowest scores in previous years would have so many high scores this year. ”

Everyone subconsciously straightened their waists.

Although Professor Moody's is demanding and has a lot of intimidating homework, their progress is also real.

Some of them even jumped straight from A (pass) to O (excellent) and successfully won a certificate.

"But...... Your professor this year is me. Sirius shifted, "And I've always believed that the essence of Defence Against the Dark Arts is about actual combat, not results.

"There are many kinds of black magic, and when you really face it, you will find that the knowledge in the textbook is completely insufficient, and you can only deal with it with instinct and excellent reflexes."

Everyone was staring at Sirius, his face was serious, and there was no joke in his tone.

"Therefore, before you really encounter the dark arts, you must be clear about where your shortcomings are."

"The quickest way...... It's for you to feel for yourself. Sirius drew his wand, "Lockhart's dueling club is a good idea, but unfortunately it was canceled after only one session, and if this club can hold on until now, it will definitely bring a huge boost to your strength." ”

"But it's not too late."

Sirius circled to the other side of the classroom and cleared the clutter piled up in the corners out of the room.

"I think actual combat is far more useful than any preaching, so in the next class, duels are essential, and you better prepare in advance.

"I'm going to do my best to protect you from getting hurt, but there will be occasional times when you can't take care of it, and if any of you don't want to get involved, you can bring it up now, and I'll agree."

Everyone's eyes were on him, and no one flinched because of this, but became more excited.

Seeing that no one raised their hands to quit, Sirius nodded in satisfaction, "Very well, I knew you would make the right choice...... Now, we have to make a little adjustment to the classroom. ”

He got all the students to stand up, and then commanded the tables, chairs, benches, and the like, so that they all flew out of the window in a line, not even the lectern.

Sirius had chosen the largest classroom, and now that it was cleaned up, it looked even bigger.

Then he used his wand to create a small platform under his feet.

"In the first lesson, we don't learn new content, but check your actual combat ability.

"Everyone has five minutes, and no matter what spell you use, if you can get my feet off this platform, you'll get ten rewards."

Hearing that there was a point to take, everyone's eyes became more excited, and they all squeezed to the front, for fear that there would not be enough time to fall into the end.

"Professor, I'll come."

"Elect me to ...... professor"

"I'm the man who wants to be a dueling master in the future!"

……

The classroom was noisy, and Sirius looked around before stopping at Kyle.

"Kyle, how about you?"

"No problem." Kyle stepped forward.

He glanced at the platform at Sirius' feet, "As long as it allows you to fall out of here, right?" ”

"That's right...... But you're not. Sirius shook his head and stepped off the stage, "I feel the need to let everyone know that this isn't a game. ”

"I see." Kyle nodded, and pulled out his wand as well.

Seeing this, the others all fell silent.

I don't know who ran to the corner first, but under his leadership, a large area was quickly vacated around the two.

Kyle confronted Sirius with his wand, and without the tedious etiquette that Lockhart had ordered, the duel began suddenly.

A spell was thrown out by Sirius without warning.

But the next second, it was bounced back at a faster rate.

"Oh, pretty......"

Sirius hurriedly bent down to dodge, and to be honest, he didn't even know when Kyle had used the Iron Armor Charm on himself.

But just as Sirius bent over, a row of sharp stone cones burst out of the floor.

Fortunately, Sirius reacted quickly enough that with a slight movement of his wand, he blew the stone cones into powder.

But before they could finish it, the shards of the stone cones on the ground suddenly wriggled and turned into hounds of all sizes, running towards Kyle, trying to bite his wand.

Kyle took two steps back unhurriedly, pointing his wand at the hairpins, flavored beans, and the like that had fallen when he moved his desk.

In the next second, Sirius's hounds were blocked by a group of shrunken Norwegian spinybacks, biting each other.

Taking this opportunity, Sirius also stood up again, and couldn't help but praise it, "Excellent Transfiguration...... Hufflepuff plus twenty points. ”

As he spoke, he didn't forget to throw out the other two spells, and at the same time glared frantically at Kyle when the others couldn't see it.

The corners of Kyle's mouth twitched twice, he had just warmed up, and it turned out that this thing wanted to cheat?

Isn't that a bit excessive?

However, looking at Sirius, who was franticly squeezing his eyebrows, Kyle still sighed, well, after all, it was a class now, and the time was limited, so naturally it couldn't be delayed for too long.

Kyle then took the initiative to remove his Iron Armor Charm, stumbling back several steps after being hit by a "clean up".

"Yes, that's good." Sirius put away his wand and clapped his hands, "I have to say you're the best little wizard I've ever met, Hufflepuff plus thirty points." ”

To a round of applause, Kyle returns to the crowd.

"The Cleansing Charm works in a duel, too?" Connor asked quietly.

"You see that?" Kyle was surprised, "Sirius didn't seem to have recited a spell just now." ”

"I can see it." Connor gestured to Kyle's robes, "At breakfast, an owl knocked over the bottle of pumpkin juice, and some of it spilled on you.

"But now the pumpkin juice is gone."

"Okay." Kyle shrugged, "The Cleanup Charm was useless, but who made the situation special, we can't take a lesson." ”

"So you deliberately threw in the towel?"

"No way, he gave too much...... It's a full fifty points. ”

"Well, quite a few, indeed." Connor couldn't help but laugh.

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(End of chapter)