Chapter 191: Half a Bug Is Even Scarier!

After expelling Peeves, Professor Lupine took the lion cubs to the professor's common room.

The professor's common room is long and spacious, and the walls are well decorated, but the corners of the room are full of broken chairs, tables with one leg missing, and other waste items.

After all, this place is not very popular with professors.

Professors other than deans don't actually have that much work.

So when they stayed at Hogwarts, they were always on the two-point line between the classroom and the office, and the three meals a day were delivered directly to the office by the house-elf.

A professor like Professor Trelawney who doesn't leave the door, but who doesn't step forward, is the most typical example.

Of course, other professors are not like Professor Trelawney, they all have their own research projects.

As for the deans, they don't like it even more.

Since Professor Snape became the head of Slytherin, only two years later, Slytherin began to win the House Cup and started their journey to win consecutive championships.

And every time Professor Snape always likes to show off when the dean meets privately, lamenting how upbeat the students in his college are.

At this time, even the best-tempered Professor Sprout secretly regretted why he didn't lock Snape up a few more times.

As if we don't know how Slytherin won the championship! It's just that we want to save face and not blatantly score points!

After listening to the show off twice, the other deans excused that they had research and rarely came here.

And last year and the year before last, after Gryffindor won two consecutive championships, Professor McGonagall's research on transfiguration suddenly ended, and Professor Snape suddenly had a burst of inspiration and thought of a new potion topic.

However, it was rare for Professor Snape to appear in the professor's common room instead of researching his own potion at this time.

When the classmates filed in, he was lazily flipping through an issue of "Master of Potions", and satisfactorily read the thesis on invisibility potions.

After seeing Professor Lupine bringing the Gryffindors in, Professor Snape closed the journal and stood up from the armchair:

"Don't close the door, Lupine, I think I'd better go away."

"After all these years, we all know what you have experienced. Being a teacher is still too difficult for someone like you!"

"Our relationship is so 'good', it can be said that we are friends of life and death, I won't witness you make a fool of yourself!"

Professor Snape's tone was heavy, revealing strange emotions.

However, Professor Lupine didn't seem to notice it at all, and he was still so polite.

"Thank you for your concern, Snape." Professor Lupine responded calmly,

"However, I would like to thank Professor Dumbledore for trusting me and giving me this position. And I will try my best to do every Defense Against the Dark Arts well."

Professor Snape snorted coldly, and strode out of the professor's common room.

After watching Professor Snape leave, Professor Lupine flicked his wand and closed the door of the lounge.

At the same time, a dilapidated wardrobe floated up, flew from the other end of the room to the center of the classroom, and fell heavily.

The wardrobe suddenly trembled, bouncing up and down.

Something inside seemed to be struggling desperately, trying to break through the door.

The Gryffindors recalled the scene a year ago and the elves all over the sky, and suddenly took a few steps back in fear.

"Don't worry." Professor Lupine pointed to the cabinet to make it quiet, "There is only a Boggart in it."

"Now the first question we have to ask is, what is a Boggart?"

Although a little tired, Hermione was the first to raise her hand, and easily recited the standard explanation in the book:

"A boggart is a magical spirit creature that can change shape."

"Boggarts live in narrow and dark places, and become the most feared thing for those who meet them, which is why no one can observe the true form of Boggarts."

"Very good." Professor Lupine nodded, and continued to ask other basic questions about Boggarts.

After finishing all the theoretical explanations, Professor Lu Ping asked, "Do you have any questions?"

"Professor!" Harry raised his hand, "I have a question, is it true that the true form of a Boggart cannot be observed?"

Professor Lupine smiled: "This question is very good. I can tell you with certainty that the true form of a Boggart can actually be observed."

"Of course, I remember that someone proposed to use perspective magic to observe it through the wooden board, but it failed in the end."

"It is impossible to observe the true form of the Boggart simply by using perspective magic through the wooden board, because when using this magic, the Boggart will also know that he is being observed."

"However, there is a very advanced but remote magic that can be used here. It's a pity that that kind of magic is too advanced, and we won't talk about it until graduation."

"But professor," said Harry, raising her hand again, "why don't we use inanimate objects for observation?"

"For example, use a camera to face the Boggart and cast a small spell on it, so that the camera function can be realized without human operation."

"Inanimate cameras have nothing to fear, so Boggarts theoretically cannot transform."

Professor Lupine was taken aback for a moment, then nodded approvingly: "That's a very good idea, Harry."

"I'm sorry to say that, when people reach middle age, their thinking has become rigid, and they didn't think of such a simple method."

With that said, Professor Lupine looked at Harry:

"Harry, if you don't mind, you can choose a free time to communicate with me about this experimental design."

"Okay, Professor." Harry responded obediently.

After confirming that the other students had no problems, Professor Lu Ping clapped his hands:

"Then, we are about to enter the most important practical stage."

"I think you've remembered earlier that we have an advantage against Boggarts."

"After all, there are a lot of people here, and Bogut doesn't know what to turn into."

"But if we encounter a Boggart alone in the wild, we still have to overcome our fear."

"So please remember that the number one priority when dealing with Boggarts is always to maintain a strong will, overcome your deepest fears, and maintain a happy mood."

"The spell is funny and funny, and there are no gestures or other requirements, but you have to imagine an image in the back of your mind that you find funny."

"I will roll the roll right away, and the students whose names are called will face the Boggart."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here, you'll be fine."

"As for the other students, I hope you can disperse before this poor boggart gets confused and turns into a half-meat-eating slug."

I don't know who shouted: "Professor, it's even more terrifying to meet half a slug when eating!"

The students immediately burst into laughter and dispersed around the classroom.

Amidst the laughter of the little wizards and the restless struggle of the poor Boggart, Professor Lupine named the first name:

"Neville Longbottom!"

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(Thanks to Nine-Tailed Yanhu and Cui Maimai for their rewards!)

(ps. Legilimency and Occlumency are not black magic, but like the Unforgivable Curse, it is impossible to spread on a large scale.)

(ps. The camera was invented in 1839. It is reasonable to infer that it will not be too long before the wizarding world uses it in life.)