Chapter 867 Bang! You Are Dead!

"Peeves, I'm sorry—"

Professor Lupine sighed slightly and took out his wand.

Since he and Sirius returned to Hogwarts, most of the ghosts, professors, and portraits have welcomed the two of them, but this "little guy" who used to have a good relationship with them has changed.

In fact, compared to Sirius who was part-time castle administrator, this was considered polite.

At least it won't be like meeting poor Padfoot, where a bunch of old chairs, water balloons, blackboard erasers and other debris were thrown everywhere as soon as they met.

As if they were enemies of life and death, they would never say another word of nonsense to him.

As one of the former Hogwarts Four, Lupine certainly knew the reason for Peeves' transformation.

Perhaps at this time, in Peeves' eyes, he and Sirius both became the most shameful traitors?

As time passed, Peeves' eyes gradually became ferocious.

Remus Lupine knew very well that this was a sign that Peeves was about to mobilize his magic power to attack - this was not just a simple prank, but was usually a dangerous attack.

"I didn't have a choice before, but I'm a professor now, please forgive me..."

Lupine sighed again and turned back to the class.

"Please watch, there is a very simple magic spell here -"

He raised his wand to shoulder height, ready to cast the spell.

At this moment, a small figure with long silver-white hair jumped out from behind him, blocking Professor Lupine and Peeves, interrupting the spell in Lupine's mouth.

"Don't be like this, Professor... leave it to me to handle this..."

Elena stood in front of Peeves, looking at the nostrils of this special "ghost".

Of course she knew why Peeves hated Lupine and Sirius so much.

This is like a classmate who played truant yesterday and suddenly became the dean; or a former girlfriend suddenly ran away one day and reappeared in the shape of a deadly enemy...

Considering how Peeves came to be, this anger may be even stronger.

"You can't fight them now, Peeves... Times have changed."

Elena narrowed her eyes and spoke softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Those pranks you know and are proud of are all leftovers from their play. When the brave becomes the new evil dragon, he will inevitably be more powerful than the previous generation - surrender to me for the time being, and I will teach you. How do you defeat those traitors who betrayed the student class, and then...hehehe..."

"Uncle Peeves wouldn't-"

"But please...you are really weak and childish now."

Elena looked at Peeves sincerely, opening and closing her lips, and her voice was like a sharp knife piercing its heart.

Since last year, the title of the strongest demon king in Hogwarts has changed hands.

At the beginning, Peeves could also find some reasons to comfort himself, such as - Elena can enter and exit Hogwarts Castle freely, but he can't.

But with the changes in this castle, the happiness in its heart disappeared as quickly as a popped balloon.

Compared to someone who mortgaged the castle, caused a disturbance in the principal's office, threatened the Sorting Hat, instigated a fight in the house, blew up the professor's office, ransacked the kitchen, captured the Slytherin common room, tampered with the eagle ring, beat the staff, allowed dogs to hurt people, and killed Professor Debbins is a childhood demon who has a weak soul, kidnapped preschool girls, and hurt people with balls...

It lost -

The kind that loses completely.

The most important thing is that it doesn't even have the last dignity left.

During the Chalk War leading to Hufflepuff House, it witnessed with its own eyes how the little devil demolished Hogwarts Castle with a smile, a bold act that it had never even dared to think of.

"Think carefully, Hogwarts elf... It will be your thousandth birthday soon, and it's time to welcome a new journey - if you have thought about it, just go to the kitchen to find me, I will know …”

"Birthday?"

A look of confusion appeared on Peeves' cunning and funny clown's face.

"Hogwarts Calendar, Peeves Calendar, these are the calendars that everyone in the wizarding world is gradually recognizing now——"

Elena reached out and patted its shoulder gently - unlike other incorporeal ghosts, Peeves felt bouncy and cool to the touch, like ice jelly - and said softly.

"In short, you have seen my sincerity, now it's your turn..."

As if under a petrification spell, Peeves, who was originally lively and arrogant, suddenly fell silent.

Elena flicked it gently, moved it away from the middle of the corridor, and pushed it towards another branch. That way, nothing will continue to stand in the way of students.

"That's incredible, Miss Kaslana."

Lupine said in surprise, looking at Elena thoughtfully.

"Thank you for the compliment, Professor." Elena smiled shyly and said modestly, "It's just a trivial advantage. I have always been committed to getting along well with everyone in the castle, and Peeves is no exception."

"Oh, I've discovered... quite, amazingly..."

Remus Lupin nodded meaningfully, recalling Dumbledore's request in his mind.

He glanced at the beautiful little mixed-race Veela out of the corner of his eye, and he became more vigilant.

If the foursome of them were able to gain the friendship of Peeves when they were students, one can imagine how terrifying this little witch is who can gain Peeves' respect and even obedience.

Fortunately, with the advice of Dumbledore and Scamander, he made some preparations.

Lupine led everyone to continue walking.

A few minutes later, he led them into the second corridor and stopped outside the staff lounge.

"This is it, please come in."

Lupine added, opening the door and taking a step back.

The staff lounge is a long place filled with old mismatched chairs. Two old wizards are sitting in the lounge. Dumbledore and Grindelwald were sitting side by side on a low old sofa. When Elena and the others came in, they stopped talking and turned to look over.

Professor Luping seemed to have known something for a long time. After he came in, he closed the door directly behind him.

This is a Hongmen Banquet...

Elena raised her eyebrows and looked at the two old people who were in the room as spectators.

As the two most powerful wizards in the magic world today, there is only one reason why these two old men can appear in the classroom at the same time and patiently observe the teaching - regarding the education of the third generation Dark Lord.

"Now, uh, come this way."

At this time, Professor Lupine reached the end of the lounge.

After Luping nodded hello to the two old men, he turned around and waved for the students to come over.

At the end of the staff room is an empty space that looks like it has just been cleared by magic. There is nothing except an old wardrobe where the staff usually store their robes.

Lupine walked to and stood next to the wardrobe. The wardrobe suddenly shook and banged against the wall.

"Don't worry."

Professor Lupine said calmly, because at this time several students were frightened and stopped in their tracks.

"There's a Boggart in here."

Sure enough.

Elena glanced at the old potato and the old radish beside the lounge, her eyes full of fun.

Obviously, this was probably specially prepared for her, right?

According to the normal teaching schedule of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Boggarts should only be exposed to content in the third year of Hogwarts, and now she was just a poor, weak, and harmless second-year student.

"Boggarts like dark, enclosed spaces," Professor Lupine said.

"Wardrobes, the space under the bed, the cupboard under the sink - once I even came across one living in a grandfather clock. This one was just brought in from outside the castle yesterday for practical study in Defense Against the Dark Arts. .”

"Now, the first question we have to ask ourselves is: What is a Boggart?"

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Hermione raised her hands.

Professor Lupin said, and Hermione's face lit up with joy.

The pre-class Q&A for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Elena wasn't too interested in recreating this scene that was full of a sense of déjà vu. On the one hand, Professor Lupine didn't seem to pay special attention to her, and on the other hand... she was a little... distracted.

I have to admit that Boggart is a very magical magical creature.

When it appears in front of people, it turns into a certain image that everyone fears most.

This also means that every Boggart is a natural master of Legilimency - and the kind that is immune to Occlumency, because even Dumbledore and Snape seem to be unable to fool it.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald's purpose is simple. They want to know what Elena is afraid of.

This is an honest conspiracy.

only……

"Thinking about it carefully, I don't seem to be particularly afraid of anything..."

Elena frowned slightly and quickly ran through her mind several times.

As the Fairy Queen who does not belong to this era, the third-generation Dark Lord who possesses wisdom, strength, and luck, she should have no reason to be afraid of anything that can be summarized as "can, good, and how".

If there really was one, it would have been destroyed by her order long ago, right?

At the same time, Professor Lu Ping’s teaching introduction also came to an end.

"...The spell to repel a boggart is simple, but it requires a certain amount of willpower. You know, what really scares away a boggart is laughter. All you need to do is force it to turn into a ridiculous image."

"Let's practice this spell once without a wand. Please tell me... funny!"

"Funny!" the whole class replied in unison.

"Okay," Lupine nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, but that's only the easy part. Obviously, saying this spell is not enough. Now let's try it directly."

Immediately afterwards, Professor Lu Ping began the final explanation.

Just like in the original work, this time he still chose Neville as his assistant in the first stage.

The only difference is that in today's Hogwarts, although Professor Snape is strict, he is not the person Neville fears most - the man who puts on women's clothing and eventually becomes Neville's uncle. Algie.

In fact, Elena was not much surprised by this change.

According to Neville, before he showed his magical talent, his Uncle Algy was always trying to force Neville to show off his magic skills by taking advantage of others' unpreparedness - for example, pushing him off the Black Lake Pier. , hung upside down from the window and thrown... Elena always felt that the wizard was not thinking right.

"S-funny!" screamed Neville.

There was a noise, like the cracking of a whip.

The middle-aged wizard who looked a little dangerous stumbled and put on a lace women's dress of the same style as Neville's grandma. As the whole class burst into laughter, the originally stagnant and tense atmosphere instantly relaxed.

…

Hogwarts, staff room.

Professor Lu Ping guided the students to come forward one by one and try it out.

"Funny--"

"Funny--"

The female ghost turned into a mouse spinning in circles, the shark turned into a cartoon buoy, the zombie's head turned into a pumpkin face, and the vampire turned into a rabbit with small buck teeth...

There was laughter one after another.

Soon, Elena appeared at the front of the queue.

Is it finally starting?

Not far away, Grindelwald and Dumbledore exchanged glances.

The two of them pulled out their wands in unison and looked at the Boggart who was still transforming.

Different wizards will reflect different fears, some will be more common, but some will be particularly terrifying...especially powerful and imaginative wizards, their Boggarts are likely to lose control.

This is why they are in this "temporary classroom" today.

Of course, before Elena, there was a little wizard.

"Okay, Harry. Be brave and step forward!"

Professor Lupine shouted.

It was Harry's turn, but he didn't move, he looked scared.

Following Harry's hesitation, a burst of low discussion and laughter gradually filled the lounge.

"Harry, this is just a Boggart, it can't hurt you."

Lupine frowned slightly and encouraged him kindly.

"Everyone has something to be afraid of, but in this class, they all don't exist... There's nothing shameful or embarrassing about it, just remember the spell and make it ridiculous - come on, be brave .”

"Go, Harry! With me here, there's nothing to fear-"

Elena patted the little boy in front of her on the shoulder, smiled and whispered encouragement.

Harry trembled all over and showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

Harry stepped forward, clutching his wand tightly.

"Don't...don't...don't be..."

He muttered something vaguely in a low voice, looking nervously at the funny "banana hand" in front of him.

Snapped.

The "Banana Broken Hand" that was still bouncing disappeared.

The next moment, all the discussion and laughter in the classroom disappeared.

"Elena" with silver waist-length hair and a cheerful and yandere expression appeared on the spot, throwing a red ball up and down in her right hand, and a... Quaffle that was dripping blood!

Harry subconsciously took a step back.

His wand was raised, and he was speechless.

It’s over, it’s over…

This time, he is definitely dead...

Harry Potter's heart tightened suddenly, and his breathing seemed to have stopped.

What he worried about most finally happened.

Professor Lupine is a liar! Who said those things you fear the most won’t show up in class!

Harry didn't even dare to look behind him with his peripheral vision. Compared to the Boggart in front of him, the "self" who suddenly fell silent behind him was even more frightening - and...if he recited the curse now, he would definitely, definitely die. Right? !

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