Chapter 65: Unforgivable Things
The training by Leo was conducted every week.
Of course, Umbridge was on guard and tried to find out what was going on, but everyone insisted it was just a study group. She tried to break into Leo's study room and tried to break down the door by force, but all attempts ended in failure.
The abilities of the participating students are definitely improving.
The lower grades up to the third year have understood the basic theory of magic, and they can now reliably activate simple magic. At the same time, they are also taught how to escape from dark wizards, which they are teaching. With this, they should be able to interfere with a simple curse and escape.
The upper grades above the fourth year were unexpectedly struggling.
Expelliarmus disarmament, Stupefy fainting, Protego shield, the number of students who can use all three of these is small, but it takes time to master them.
Especially the spell of the Protego shield is not something that simply throws a curse, so perhaps the image does not solidify, and the students who have mastered it are very few.
By the way, the condition of mastering according to Leo is as follows.
Expelliarmus... At the same time as flicking the wand to the target location, blow the opponent away to the level of at least a fracture.
Stupefy... Accuracy to hit from any posture and speed that cannot be avoided without physical enhancement, and the person hit is unconscious for an hour.
Protego... Maintain the shield for five minutes. Defend more than five average disarmaments. Deployment to other than the front.
If you clear all of these, you can proceed to the next step.
Currently, only about half of the seventh graders have progressed to this stage.
However, those who have advanced there are taught magic that suits them by Leo and are working hard to be able to use advanced magic.
"Fred and George have the talent to add magical elements to things. It's the same as developing prank goods. If you develop it in a direction to attack or defend rather than a prank, it will be enough as a force. It should be possible to aim for a sure hit more effectively than fighting with magic."
In addition to that, advice to make it faster for those who can activate magic quickly.
Advice to be able to activate more magic for students who can activate magic continuously, to make it stronger than anything if you are good at the spell of the Protego shield, to be able to handle more magic if the balance is good, and so on. The advice continued.
And the only person who has judged that he has extended and mastered his strengths is only one person.
The prefect and chief of Hufflepuff. Everyone's favorite, Cedric Diggory.
It was only natural that he was selected as the representative of the Triwizard Tournament last year, and he mastered the three spells just by teaching a little. And his field of expertise was surprisingly nothing.
He had equal talent in all fields without any field of expertise.
It was something that made you realize that he was destined to be the representative of Hogwarts.
"Haa...haa..."
Such a talented Cedric is now rolling around like a rag.
The opponent was Hermione, but she was also exhausted and sitting on the floor.
"You're amazing, Cedric. I might lose after a few more battles."
"...Phew. Not yet. You're getting stronger day by day, aren't you?"
Cedric, like Hermione, was taught Leo's original magic and is rapidly increasing his power. There are no students who can win against Cedric except for Leo and Hermione. Hermione is winning now, but she is likely to overtake him soon.
And their duel was a good stimulus for the other students who were watching.
It's not a far-off, high place, a power that can't be imitated like Leo.
It's a power that makes you think you can reach it if you work hard.
The two of them were as good as the completed form of ordinary wizards.
And the one who is still overwhelming even against such two is Leonard Taylor.
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It's December now. The secret activities are ongoing. The students' abilities have become incomparable to what they were at the start. The top ones could probably hold their own against Death Eaters. The Weasley twins have become excellent at creating defensive gadgets. They're mass-producing accessories that have the same effect as the Protego shield spell, although there's a limit to the number of times they can be used. As the members participating in the activities always wear these, they're unlikely to get hurt by magic.
Cedric has reached the same level as Hermione and the two of them are enhancing their abilities together every day. However, the one who's gaining power at an even faster pace is Neville Longbottom. Magic is about shaping magical power with images. Therefore, just a change in consciousness can change the power that is exerted. The reason for his rapid growth is clear. It's because a large number of Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban. Among them seems to be an enemy of Neville's.
The day the news of the escape was published in the newspaper, Neville asked Leo for more instruction. Now, he has mastered the Expelliarmus disarming spell, the Stupefy stunning spell, and the Protego shield spell, and is focusing on strengthening the Protego shield spell, which is his specialty. The rapid growth of Neville, who was once considered a dropout, has inspired those around him to change their mind.
By the way, Erskine told me that the escape from Azkaban has increased distrust in the Fudge administration and preparations for Scrimgeour are progressing. Dumbledore told me that Hagrid also escaped from Azkaban at the same time as the Death Eaters. It seems that he was seriously injured in a fight with the Death Eaters, but now he is being secretly protected and healing his wounds. He will be used as a negotiator for the giant tribe in due course.
Apart from the escape, there were no major incidents, and if there were, it was only to the extent that Umbridge inspected the classes of other teachers.
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That day, Leo had visited the headmaster's office for research.
The research was progressing more than planned, and he was about to return to the lab in a good mood when he was hugged from behind.
If the nearby Kuu didn't do anything, the other person would be Hermione.
"Hermione? You're bold today."
He turned around to look at her. The sight that jumped into his eyes evoked a feeling... anger.
A clearly estranged expression that was obviously in heat.
Despite people being in the hallway, she clings to him more aggressively than usual.
Words such as wanting him to love her right away in the lab come out of her mouth.
But, that's not important.
She was being subjugated. On top of that, it seems like she was drugged with an aphrodisiac.
"Stupefy!"
He couldn't let anyone see her like this anymore, so he made her faint and moved to the lab with an invisibility cloak.
He administered a potion to lift the Imperio Subjugation spell and put her to bed.
She woke up in about thirty minutes.
"Where is this...? That's right, I!"
Leo stops Hermione, who tries to jump up from the bed with momentum. Knowing where she is and that Leo is by her side, Hermione started crying.
"I'm sorry, Leo! I, I..."
"It's okay, it's okay. It's not your fault. I'm sorry too. I should have given you a higher quality defensive magical tool."
After a while, Hermione stopped crying and heard what had happened.
"I was suddenly hit with the Imperio Subjugation spell on my way back from the library. I defended against one shot with Leo's magical tool, but I couldn't dodge multiple shots coming at the same time. The opponent was Umbridge, who led the Slytherin students. And I was made to drink an aphrodisiac... I was ordered to seduce Leo and extract information. Ah, Leo. I'm really sorry!"
"I don't mind. You should sleep for today. I've lifted the Imperio Subjugation spell, but there should still be a strain on your body. Get a good night's sleep and don't worry about today."
He held her hand until Hermione fell asleep.
She seemed to be quite mentally exhausted and fell asleep immediately.
When he left the bedroom, Leo gave an order to Kuu.
"Ku. Bring me that medicine. Be very careful."
"That thing...!? Okay."
In the deepest part of the storage room, there were things that even Leo couldn't handle lightly. Ku brought it over with the touch of handling a bomb that could explode at any moment. However, it didn't seem like there was anything in Ku's hand.
"Well, it's almost Christmas. Let's send Dolores Umbridge an early Christmas present."
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Everyone's abilities are improving in Leo's special training classroom!
Especially Cedric, he's incredible. As expected of the Hogwarts representative. If he hadn't died, just that alone would have lowered the winning rate of the dark side.
The mass escape from Azkaban happened earlier than in the original. That shows how much of a sense of crisis there is.
And Neville is also rapidly leveling up at the same time. Neville's abilities are quite considerable, but he just can't exert them because he lacks confidence.
By the way, Hagrid seems to have a chance to appear after a long time.
And finally, Dolores Umbridge messed up.
What will be her fate!?