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Chapter 102 The End of Lockhart
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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Lockhart looked very nervous, delicate, flowing blonde hair glued tightly over his head.
"Oh, Professor Hap, I have a temporary matter, it's about the new book ... It's urgent and must be dealt with immediately."
"Yes? Oh, I don't think you've linked the floo network in your office, need me to call Professor McGonagall, or ... Dumbledore?"
Lockhart showed a bright smile, "If so, that's really great, eh, Headmaster Dumbledore, what brings you here?"
A brilliant green light shot out from Lockhart's hand, as fast as it could be, and just as Lockhart revealed a triumphant smile, his spell stopped in front of Felix.
An invisible barrier appeared in front of Felix, and the dazzling beam of light seemed to be intercepted in the air.
"Well, is this your strongest spell? Seriously, you've refreshed my perception of you, Professor Lockhart." Felix remarked, with a special effort.
"Felix Hap! Let me go!"
"Sorry."
"You knew all about it, don't you, that Weasley snitch? Do you want justice? Come on, Felix Hap, I know from other people what you've been through, and you're not a nosy one."
"It's true that I'm not interested in your business, but who let you jump under my nose?" Felix said that if Lockhart had been bouncing around outside Hogwarts, he really wouldn't have got involved.
"Then let me get out of here! I swear I'll never appear before you."
"Let you leave? After knowing that you're a master sneak attack who specializes in memory magic?" Felix shook his head.
The spells kept clashing, Felix increased the output of his magic power, and the originally invisible shield charm faintly surfaced with simple lines, and an armour outlined in the air out of thin air.
And the opposite side of the Lockhart, surprisingly, did not fall behind, exuding the aura of a mighty person. His magic spell is extremely powerful and is becoming stronger and stronger.
His spell illuminated the entire corridor, and the green aura reflected on Lockhart's face, looking eerie and terrifying.
"Felix Hap, my magic is stronger than you can imagine, and I have received a hidden heritage! The current me is far from reaching my limit!"
In just this short minute, his magic spell had climbed rapidly from its initial state, even vaguely shadowing the powerful Disarming Spell that Felix had demonstrated in the second dueling class.
However, Felix surprisingly laughed, " Lockhart, you are just strong at this one spell, which seems to be some kind of ancient magic, really enviable ..."
"But I would say, Lockhart, you are not good at dueling."
Felix's other hand waved slightly, and the rubble at the corner shook and turned into big, greasy rats.
These rats made a 'rustling' sound and pounced towards Lockhart.
"What the hell! There are rats, lots of rats!"
Lockhart maintained the incantation while shaking his body, but it is futile. One of the rats bit him on the arm, and under the severe pain, his wand fell from his hand.
Under the horror of Lockhart and the bemused gaze of Felix, the wand fell to the ground, bounced a few times, and stood still.
Felix silently cast the Levitation Spell, grabbed Lockhart's wand.
The corridor became dim again.
With his face ashen, Lockhart pleaded, "Felix, I have no choice ... I can give you all the money I have."
Felix sighed, "Headmaster, I'll leave it to you."
In Lockhart's horrified expression, Dumbledore's figure slowly appeared, half of his face hidden in the darkness, his eyes intertwined with emotions of anger and sadness.
"Dumbledore ... Headmaster! I ..."
"Lockhart, I watched you grow up."
Dumbledore said calmly, restraining his emotions as a red light flashed and Lockhart fainted.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class professor floated in midair, a golden thread wrapped around him.
As he was about to leave, Dumbledore said to Felix, "Thank you, Felix."
"I didn't do anything, with you watching, he can't get away."
All the portraits in the castle are the eyes of the Hogwarts Headmaster, coupled with Dumbledore's own magical attainment, no one can escape from him easily.
Felix even felt that the old man is filled with so many secrets inside, but never spilled them.
This is also the reason why he did not use any powerful spell, if it is outside the school he meet him, he would absolutely clap Lockhart and search his mind.
"No, Felix, I want to thank you, you let me avoid dealing with my own student."
Dumbledore left.
Felix stood in place, thinking for a moment, then he walked into Lockhart's office.
...
During the day, the young wizards found that Lockhart did not come to class and could not help but murmur, and they soon found that the other professors were tongue-tied.
And so a rumour spread -
"It must be Fudge's doing! I knew it, he wouldn't let Lockhart off the hook." Dean Thomas swore to the young Gryffindor wizard, as his audience looked at him half-heartedly.
"It's true, Fudge has a very petty mind, I read about it in the newspapers."
And later that evening, Felix announced the ''Teaching Aid Upgrade Program'' had been a success, and everyone could retire to their respective houses.
In fact, everyone else's detention was over, except for Ron.
Felix's initial aim was actually to get Ron reasonably out of Lockhart's grasp, except it developed to the point where the young wizard's enthusiasm was just too high, and the situation was no longer under his control.
However, this was the first time Felix had seen the scene where the young wizards of the four houses were working on a common goal, so he let it happen and even participated in it by providing guidance.
Now that the danger is lifted and the upgrade program for the teaching aids has been advanced to the fourth version, it's time to end it.
But what should be rewarded must be rewarded.
"In view of the fact that some of you, even after the end of your detention, have adhered to your duties and completed your tasks with excellence, each of you will receive a bonus point."
Amidst a chorus of cheers, Ron timidly asked, "What about me, Professor Hap?"
"Weasley, your detention is too long for me to give you extra points, but, well ..." Felix said, "I can suggest to Professor McGonagall to reduce your detention appropriately. "
Ron left the office contentedly.
Felix's mood is also very pleasant, all kinds of chores are sorted out, he also does not have to calculate this, calculate that.
That night, he watched two episodes of animation video happily.
The war between the clumsy cat and the clever mouse, simple and pure, does not contain any burden.
Felix went through his inventory, 'Maybe I should buy some more?' He went to sleep peacefully as he carried this thought on his head.
At the Great Hall the next day, Snape blocked Felix.
"You're asking me to help you get a position for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class?" Felix asked in surprise.
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Chapter 103 New Teaching Aids
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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"It's temporary." Snape stared him in the eye, "Felix, it's January, a full five months before the end of the school year. You know what that means, right."
Felix fell silent, it meant that the young wizard would not have anyone to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts class for almost six months.
But again, does it matter if there is one or not?
Even if the young wizards were left to learn on their own, it would probably be better than when Lockhart was around. At least they save time from writing boring homework.
"Professor, I've always been curious, why can't you give up on this class? Aren't you afraid of the curse of the Dark Lord?" Felix wondered about this.
However, Snape did not answer him.
Felix thought about it and said, "I can talk to Dumbledore about this."
He is not good at curses, plus the course has a horrible record of beaten, so he never thought of taking over the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
However, he is indeed very curious about the 'Curse of the Dark Lord', and maybe he could find out about it from Dumbledore.
"By the way, Severus," Felix winked at Snape, "don't forget about the dueling class tonight."
Snape gave him a disgusted look, "How do you plan to organize it?"
" One of us will speak a part, mainly to exhibit. After all, the professors are rushed together, the follow-up lesson I will invite them separately." Felix said somewhat helplessly.
Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick, together with himself and Snape, that's four Professors.
Snape nodded his head and turned to leave.
During the seventh-year class that day, Felix showed the young wizards the new teaching aids for ancient magic runes.
They watched as Professor Hap spoke eloquently from the podium, "See this parchment in front of you? It will make a huge impact on your NEWTs exams."
A young witch raised her hand, "Professor Hap, is this the legendary teaching aid Flint had a part in making?."
The young wizards in the room turned their attention to the tall and imposing Marcus Flint.
There were less than twenty people in the seventh year's ancient magic rune class, and everyone knew everybody's history, and they were all looking suspicious at the moment.
Marcus somewhat want to cry, he just bragged a little, why would they point him out?
Felix looked at him and said: "Miss Vera, Flint did participate in the testing of new teaching aids. Not just him, but a total of ten young wizards, each of whom made their own valuable suggestions, and what you see is the result of their joint efforts."
"Next, let's have a practical demonstration."
The little wizards followed the previous explanation, put their wands on the parchment, and whispered, "The Secret of the Ancient Magic Rune." ( TL: did the password changed previously?)
The parchment emitted a hazy bright light and a line of text emerged -
'Welcome to the answer space, please complete the following steps.'
After rippling like water ripples, four symbols of the Houses appeared on the parchment - snake, badger, lion, and eagle.
Their respective shapes were made up of simple ink lines that looked alive. The small snake representing Slytherin wiggled and swayed in place, the badger representing Hufflepuff stood upright and looked from side to side, the lion representing Gryffindor let out a soundless roar, and the eagle representing Ravenclaw took flight with wings.
The wizards, both male and female, made sounds of awe.
The eagle representing Ravenclaw occupied the middle of the parchment, flapping its wings and seemingly climbing upwards as clouds of ink lines appeared around it.
Eventually, the eagle stopped, its sharp gaze fixed on the front, and a line of handwritten, elegant text slowly emerged, " Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
Almost instantly, Vera liked it, and her brown eyes seemed to glow under her thick glasses.
'This is made by Professor Hap? This is the application of ancient magic Rune?'
'This is an Ancient Magic Rune!'
Even she herself didn't realize that her perception of ancient magic rune had unknowingly leaned towards Felix's way.
A few seconds later, the image of the eagle shrank again, and it landed on the flower pattern in the upper left corner of the parchment, glancing around and grooming its feathers by itself.
And the center of the parchment emerged with a new message, 'Please use your wand to input magic and input your name.'
Vera used her wand to neatly write down her name - Clammy Vera.
After completing this step, the official interface finally emerged on the answer parchment.
In the upper left corner is an eagle representing Ravenclaw, at the bottom is the name of Clammy Vera, while the central position is divided into three modules, namely - OWLs module, NEWTs module, and a collection of mistakes.
Felix nodded in satisfaction, and in the finalized version, he made considerable adjustments.
For example, the starting password, from the original "I like ancient magic rune" into a more formal 'secret of ancient magic rune'.
For example, he added the part of information bonding, that is, a collection of names, houses, and magic identification function.
The function of "ranking", which he had set in his mind, is temporarily suppressed, because the current number of answer parchments is too small, and he also has the intention of pulling other professors in. (TL: if he creates an artefact that uses Hogwarts Magic and has its own sentience like a sorting hat later, it will be cool)
To do this, it takes time to fester.
After about three or four minutes, the young wizards were excited to complete this step by following the guidelines on the parchment.
And, already, a number of them started to compare.
"Look at my lion, it's too majestic!"
" Still, the eagle is more beautiful."
...
"Okay, little wizards." Felix clapped his hands and drew their attention.
Felix explained, "Currently, the answer parchment is only available for fifth and seventh grade, and you will need to select the NEWTs module. It stores test questions from previous years for you to complete the test and learn."
"Of course, I've split them up so that each test will last about twenty minutes, and you can practice when you have nothing to do."
"As for the wrong question set module, all the questions you have done wrong can be found here."
The young wizards who were exposed to this new gadget for the first time couldn't resist trying it already, and Clammy Vera forced herself to hold back her excitement and said, "Professor Hap, can we try it now?"
Felix said kindly, "Of course, the next twenty minutes are reserved for you."
"Oh, by the way," he emphasized, "if you guys don't like the feedback function, you can just tap your wand on it and say 'silence'."
Vera looked a little uncertain, but she tapped her wand on the 'NEWTs module' and a magic rune question quickly appeared on the parchment.
When she finished the first question, a line of golden text surfaced on the parchment -
『Wise choice』.
She understood Professor Hap's words somewhat, and the next thing she knew, she was met with all sorts of overwhelming praises.
'Your answer simply tickled my heart and soul.'
''You are the next star of Ancient rune!''
''The Choice of Genius!''
These words left Vera in a delicate mood, a little embarrassed, but unable to resist the desire to see new compliments, and time passed without her noticing a little.
But the others didn't have a wonderful experience as she did, most of them had a mixture of compliments and toxic comments, while Marcus faced mostly flowery sarcasm.
He couldn't help but mumble the names of two individuals, "Fred Weasley, George Weasley."
It is their doing!
In less than ten minutes, Clammy Vera finished the test first.
A big 'O' appeared on the parchment, with an eagle circling in the upper left corner and large clusters of fireworks in the background.
She waved her fist excitedly.
"Very good, Miss Vera, ten extra points for Ravenclaw!"
At the end of class, Felix assigned the latest homework: "Complete 3 tests and write an essay based on the questions you answered incorrectly, In which you will analyse the areas where your knowledge is weak."
...
In the evening, the Great Hall once again changed its look, with the gilded ring rising from the ground and the young wizards talking in small groups.
The third dueling lesson is about to begin.
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Chapter 104 Four Professors
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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The center of the Great Hall, hundreds of candles burning, the weather on the ceiling is like black velvet, not a single star in sight.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood in the middle of the Gryffindor group, whispering to each other.
"Harry, did you finish your form?" Hermione asked him.
"Almost," Harry said vaguely, honestly only a half of the way through his form.
Half a month ago, after the last dueling class, Hermione told him that the sparks released from the tip of the wand were a sign that the disarming charm is about to succeed, so when he returned to the common room, he couldn't resist dragging Ron to practice with him for half an hour.
Originally with no success, sleepy Ron then acts like Malfoy, and Snape too.
As a result, he managed to use the disarming Charm.
The next day learning the news, Hermione was very envious of this, "Harry, you're a genius! I dare say, no one of our age can do this."
Harry said with some embarrassment, "I have some special feeling about this spell."
The little witch picked up a piece of paper from her book bag, "Let's go over the evaluation criteria given by Professor Hap."
Harry was dumbfounded at his spot: " Hey, Hermione, I still didn't get a chance to read it ..."
...
In the Great Hall.
Ron couldn't help but interject: "Harry's Disarming Charm has become very proficient and can succeed eight or nine times out of ten, unlike me ..." he suddenly grimaced: "Once or twice out of ten."
Hermione took out the parchment from her robe, and the table on top was filled with a lot of data. She said with some anxiety, "I can use it, but this, this, and this standard, are only just up to the mark, in the case that I wake up suddenly one day can I be able to cast it immediately?"
Listening on the side for half the time, Neville humbly asked Hermione for advice: "Hermione, if the form is filled, still have not mastered the spell, what can I do?"
Hermione: "Uh ..." froze for a while, she said uncertainly: "Have you tried the Decomposed Method?"
"Of course, I tried it, but I failed two-thirds of the steps ..." Neville's round little face scrunched up into a frown and said pitifully, "I'm so stupid, maybe Professor Snape is right. "
"Don't be disappointed, Neville. I can help you sort out the parts you're not good at." Hermione said.
"Thanks, thank you, Hermione."
Harry reassured him as well, "Neville, we can practice together."
"That's right, don't care about what Snape says, your herbology class grade is excellent," Ron said. "Neville, believe in yourself, you're an unpolished gem that will shine one day."
Frankly, after Lockhart's trial, he is now speaking kind words without fluttering a word.
Neville's face quickly turned red, and even a bit flattered.
He said, somewhat embarrassed and fluttered manner, "I just like to fiddle with flowers and plants, and Grandma has a lot of flowers that I tend during the holidays."
"You see, that's what's so great about you." Harry encouraged him.
On the other hand, Felix stood at the entrance of the Great Hall, waiting for the other professor's arrival.
Professor Flitwick is the first to come, having changed his usual wizard robe and wearing a close-fitting men's gown, with his hair processed in a very ironed manner.
"Filius, you look marvellous tonight." Felix praised.
Filius is in a good mood, "Thank you, Felix. This is what I wore when I won the dueling championship."
The two men casually chatted and walked forward a little.
"Felix, have you made any progress on that magic research?"
"It just barely works a little, but to be honest, it's so fragmented that I can even say that it's a simplified spell mixed with ancient thoughts about magic ..."
"Ahem! Felix, there's no way, very few ancient magic can be passed down intact."
The two discussed the feasibility of restoring that ancient magic, but it's difficult to cook without Ingredients even for a clever woman, they had too little information at hand, and there's simply no common research ideology in the wizarding community.
Felix did feel that if he mastered enough runes, one day, it would be very easy to recover this magic.
I just don't know how many years it would take.
He had silently lowered the priority of this matter and ready to let nature take its course.
Soon, Professor McGonagall and Snape came together, perhaps because Felix's gaze was too obvious, and Snape couldn't help but jab him. "What's going through your head, Felix?"
"Nothing, I just thought that you would have counted the time to come," Felix said with some embarrassment.
All the four professors are present, so Felix gets right to the point: "My idea for this dueling class is to demonstrate. The four of us will each present the best part of our own take on dueling."
"In the subsequent lessons, I will invite professors separately in phases, so that you can fully illustrate your points."
Filius is the first to state, "Of course, no problem."
The others also had no objection.
So when the four professors appeared in the Great Hall and walked up to the gilded ring at the same time, the young wizards had shocked expressions on their faces.
Ron groaned, "What day is it?"
The crowd exploded with excitement as hundreds of students buzzed around the stage, and the little Ravenclaw and Gryffindor wizards erupted in dramatic applause, welcoming their House's Head.
"How come I can' see Professor Sprout?" A young second-year Hufflepuff wizard asked.
"Ernie, Ms. Sprout wouldn't care about this ...," a senior student said.
The other three professors had a tacit agreement not to speak up and looked at Felix at the same time.
Felix stepped forward, imbuing his voice into a loud tone, and started to speak, "I'm honored that we have Professors McGonagall and Flitwick here today, and they are not shy about showing you more possibilities for dueling. Cheer them up, little wizards!"
The crowd thundered with applause as if they were celebrating a holiday, and Harry's palms were red from clapping.
" Do you guys think that Snape doesn't want to do this anymore?"
"Although I think it's you who think too much, that's a brilliant notion!"
Next, after some shouting, Professor McGonagall remained in the ring, and the other three retreated offstage.
Flitwick drew out a handkerchief, turned it into a high stool, and stood on it by himself.
Professor McGonagall's hands clasped together, she looked at everyone with a serious expression, and the crowd gradually quieted down.
Everyone is curious about what she would say, after all, in their hearts, transfiguration has little to do with dueling.
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and looked at all the students calmly and said, " Transfiguration is a profound magic branch, it can do many unfathomable things, and in this regard, the most skilled person I know is your Headmaster Dumbledore."
"That's new," Ron muttered off-stage. "Don't tell me that he defeated the Dark Lord with Transfiguration."
"Of course, that would require a high level of Magical power to support it, and it would be difficult for you to do that." McGonagall said, "The importance of Transfiguration for you guys is not the strength of the magic power, but the way to enrich your skills."
"The core of Transfiguration is to change, to change as you wish."
Professor McGonagall drew her wand and raised her arm straight up, and a chair stacked in the corner flew over.
The chair turned into a big black cat in midair, it landed on the ground with agility and dexterity, and with the command from Professor McGonagall's wand, the big cat circled around her in a quick loop.
The next second, it suddenly leaped up, its body quickly expanded, transforming into a mighty lion, golden mane reflecting a fine light.
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