Chapter 37 Duel Club

Hermione got "Strong Potion" the next morning, and Aiwen mailed the list of required materials at noon.

That night, they gathered in the girls' bathroom on the third floor. The bathroom where Myrtle wasn't crying was quiet. Ivan looked around and saw a small snake on the side of a copper faucet facing the compartment.

"That faucet is broken and never comes out."

Hermione turned the thick "Strength Potion" to the page of the compound decoction, and checked the herbs she just got against the recipe.

"This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen." She muttered, pointing to the ingredient list with her fingers one by one, "Lacewings, leeches, sap grass and amphorae, and powdered ones. Horn of a bicorn and a skin fragment from an African tree snake."

"God, Ai Wen, how much did you spend to get these things, these materials are not cheap!"

"Three hundred gold Galleons, this is all the money the newspaper has made recently." Ivan shrugged, "I originally planned to use this money to buy a Christmas gift for each staff member of the newspaper, I have everything in mind, Now they are all replaced with these herbs."

"You said these things are worth three hundred Galleons?!" Ron swallowed.

"That's right." Ai Wen was also a little distressed.

"Okay, we already have all the necessary materials to make the compound decoction. In addition to these, we also want to change something about that person."

"I'm sorry," said Ron sharply. "What do you mean, what do you mean by a little bit of the person we're trying to change? If there's Crabbe's toenails in it, I'd never drink it!"

Hermione didn't seem to hear him, and continued, "We don't have to worry about that yet, that stuff is going in last."

Ron turned to Harry in a speechless manner, and Harry's face was equally unpleasant.

"The question now is, how long does it take to brew these potions?" Ivan asked.

"Well, it will take 20 days at the earliest. This is the shortest cooking time for lacewings."

"Twenty days?!" said Ron. "It's Christmas, and I bet Malfoy will hurry up and take down half the Muggles in the school."

"Then what's your idea?" Hermione snapped her book shut, squinting at Ron.

"I think the idea of ​​the house-elf who has been bothering Harry is a good idea. Find a chance to have a meal with Malfoy and let him go home and lie down until the end of the semester." Seeing Hermione looking at himself angrily, Ron The sound is getting smaller and smaller.

"This can't be done, we can't be sure that it was Malfoy who did it." Ai Wen shook his head, "Besides, the materials have been purchased, and we have no way out now."

"You're right, Ai Wen!"

Seeing that Hermione was about to get angry, Ron hurriedly agreed, "It's shameful to waste Jin Galleon, but Yu Wan don't use toenails, okay?"

Several people discussed it again, and after confirming that there was no omission, they started the preparatory work of materials separately according to the recipe.

As time passed, the atmosphere in the school was still solemn.

Ai Wen was left behind by Lockhart after a Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

He's just been asked by Lockhart to play a Himalayan snowman with a nasal cold. This is Lockhart's new teaching activity recently, asking students to cooperate with him to act out some dramatic excerpts from his own book.

"Ai Wen, your performance just now was very good. That's how the Himalayan snowman was scared away by me. I saved a whole village."

"Nice to help you, Professor."

Ai Wen asked uncertainly, "Do you have anything else to do? The next class is Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. I'd better not be late."

"That's it." Lockhart showed his signature smile, "In view of the current tension in the school, I hope to open a dueling club."

"Duel Club?!"

"Yes, you know that I have more experience in dealing with evil things than other professors in the school." Lockhart boasted, "I am not boasting, but I don't mind passing on this experience to everyone to help you improve. Let's fight."

"Very good idea, what do you need me for?"

"I'll put this on the bulletin board, you just need to help me spread the word in the newspaper, it's that simple."

Lockhart wanted the news to be on the front page, but not to put his name on it, saying it was to keep it mysterious and surprise everyone. Ai Wen smiled bitterly, really startled.

What can Lockhart teach you, how to turn bones into nothing? !

However, after thinking that there was really nothing worth promoting recently, he readily agreed to the other party's request. Perhaps this is an opportunity to use the influence of the dueling club to salvage the declining sales of the newspaper.

Not surprisingly, the news that the school will host a dueling club has aroused the interest of the little wizards.

In the latest issue of the newspaper, Ai Wen placed a big question mark. The following is a list of possible candidates for the duel club teacher, their strength evaluation and past records. After a lot of publicity, this issue of Hogwarts Wizards has returned to its peak sales levels before the second attack.

Under Ivan's intentional guidance, most people think that the teacher of the dueling club will be Professor Dumbledore.

It's shocking, knowing that Professor Dumbledore hasn't used magic in public for many years since Voldemort's fall.

Not to mention the excited little wizards, many adult wizards who subscribe to the Hogwarts Wizard and the parents of the students hope to come to the school to watch and have the opportunity to learn a trick and a half from the greatest white wizard of our time. , just thinking about it is exciting enough.

After learning the news, Gu Fei Xinsheng, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, also wrote a letter immediately, expressing his willingness to send someone to interview the opening of the dueling club.

However, it was rejected by the school, which made all the students more curious, and most people thought that Professor Dumbledore was very likely to make a move.

Due to Ai Wen's publicity and guidance, the Duel Club, which was originally planned to be held in a small area in the basement classroom, finally had to be located in the auditorium due to the large number of applicants.

At 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, students hurried back to the auditorium after a short break in the common room after dinner. The long dining table disappeared, and along one wall appeared a gilded stage, lit by hundreds of candles floating above.

The ceiling was velvet black again, and the whole school came.

Ai Wen, who is familiar with the truth of the matter, was dragged from the library by Colin and Ginny. In their words, I hope that Ai Wen can guide them in the defense spell. All first-year students know that Ai Wen's spell level Is the best among his peers.

Everyone was huddled together, each holding his own wand and looking excited.

"When will the principal come, what do you think he will teach us?"

"Don't be silly, Ron!"

Because of the chatter of the surrounding crowd, Hermione had to raise the volume and say loudly, "It can't be Professor Dumbledore, he hasn't shot for many years. Besides, if it's him, there's no need to be so mysterious, he It's the biggest gimmick in itself."

"Not Dumbledore, who would that be?"

"I was told that Flitwick was a duel champion when he was young. Maybe he was the one who taught us." Hermione said uncertainly.

"Ai Wen must know that he wrote that article?"

Harry and Ron hurriedly turned their heads to look at Ivan, and Colin, Ginny, and Neville nearby also looked at him expectantly.

"Don't look at me like that, I thought you already understood when you saw this kind of propaganda!"

"Wait a minute, shouldn't you be talking about..."

Harry didn't finish his words, and turned into a moan, and saw Gilderoy Lockhart come onto the stage, radiantly dressed in purple robes.

"That's right, it's him!" Ai Wen covered his forehead weakly, "Also, Professor Lockhart seems to have brought special guests tonight."

The lively atmosphere in the auditorium suddenly stagnated, the original chatter disappeared completely, and everyone saw that it was no one else who appeared beside Lockhart.

It was Snape with a gloomy face, still wearing his usual black clothes.

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