Chapter 323: No gaming experience (Edited)

Hermione, who had been named, glanced at the angry kitten next to her and, after a moment's hesitation, walked over to the cupboard.

As a good student, she didn't want to antagonize the professors over such a trivial matter, and like Fish, Hermione couldn't guess what would become of her when she faced the boggart, so she took an interest in the matter herself.

Naturally, Fish didn't get angry with Hermione, and when Hermione approached, the little cat didn't bother to get angry and looked curiously at the cupboard where the Boggart was locked, wanting to know what would happen next.

"Brave girl!" praised Lupin, asking the same question once more, "What are you most afraid of in the world?"

Hermione frowned, not quite sure, "Mom when she's mad?"

Fish nodded empathetically, "Minerva is scary when she's angry too, nya."

The others covered their mouths and let out a low chuckle, easing the tense atmosphere.

Ron even joked out loud, "Shouldn't it be a homework assignment that didn't get a perfect score?".

Now, everyone was laughing even harder, and even Neville had a smile on his face.

Hermione turned to Ron and gave him a stern look.

"All right, everyone, shut up."

Professor Lupin had the same grin on his face and waved his hand at the laughing students.

"It's true that many people don't understand what they're really afraid of," he said seriously to Hermione as he held back his laughter, "But remember that anything that appears in front of you afterwards is fake, as long as you prepare yourself mentally and visualize the person in your head as something comical and then shout out the spell I just taught you, it will be very simple to repel the boggart."

Hermione pursed her lips, nodded her head solemnly and raised her wand to her chest.

"On the count of three, Hermione," Professor Lupin said, pointing his own wand at the doorknob of the cupboard door, "One...two...three.... Come on!"

A stream of sparks shot out from the tip of Professor Lupin's wand, striking the spherical doorknob.

The cupboard door burst open and a stern-looking Professor McGonagall stepped out of it.

"Huh? It's Minerva nya!"

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Fish cheered from behind her, but Hermione's face suddenly went pale.

She remembered that the way to cope with the boggart was to "visualize her fear as something funny..."

If she made a fool of Professor McGonagall's image here....

Just thinking about the look on Snape's face that wanted to kill Neville a moment ago, Hermione wished she could die right there and then.

"Hermione Granger!" The Boggart didn't care what Hermione was thinking at that moment, he simply instinctively replayed the scene Hermione was dreading, "You're going to fail every exam this term, every single one!"

Hearing Professor McGonagall in Boggart form actually say that, the students who had been quiet burst out laughing again, Ron raised his eyebrows in triumph, Dean and Seamus gave his a thumbs up as they covered their stomachs in laughter.

But it didn't end there, Professor McGonagall, standing in front of Hermione, continued with a stern look, "So I will never allow you and F..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

Hermione, who had already guessed what Professor McGonagall was going to say next, let out a surprised scream that completely drowned out the other girl's voice.

"Nya!"

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This scream was truly terrifying, it abruptly interrupted the laughter of the crowd, and the kitten with sensitive hearing even covered the cat ears on the top of its head.

Even the Boggart seemed taken aback by Hermione's scream and froze.

However, the Boggart's intelligence couldn't stand her thinking too much, so she quickly followed her instinct and opened her mouth to keep talking.

"Shut up, shut up ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, Riddikulus!"

At that moment, Hermione didn't have time to think too much, she raised her wand and shouted the spell taught by Professor Lupin.

Then there was a cracking sound, and Professor McGonagall stumbled back as if she had been slapped by the Invisible Man, followed by the growth of a brownish fur and thick mane around her head.

"Ow..."

Professor McGonagall, who had turned into a lion-person, seemed to have lost the ability to speak and could only let out a low growl.

"Nyajajajajajajajajaja ... It's Minerva the Lioness nya!"

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Seeing Professor McGonagall's face again, Fish let out an uncontrollable guffaw.

"Hermione! Well done, nya."

Despite Fish's praise, Hermione was heartbroken at this point and only felt that her future was dark.

Professor Lupin looked at Hermione, whose eyes had lost their sparkle, and scratched his head guiltily, he knew why Hermione looked like that, but there was nothing he could do about it.

After a moment's thought, Lupin decided it was best to divert the group's attention as quickly as possible, so he pointed to Parvati Patil who was gloating beside him.

"Parvati, come on!"

After seeing Hermione's unfortunate appearance, Parvati's heart refused, but at Professor Lupin's urging, she still slowly approached.

Fortunately, when she replaced Hermione, the boggart simply turned into a mummy she had been afraid of in her childhood, and Parvati let it stumble easily over her bandages.

Immediately after, Professor Lupin called a few more students over, and they all managed to repel the boggart.

"Why don't you let Fish do it?!"

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The kitten, who had been beckoning to be chosen, but was always ignored by Professor Lupin, finally couldn't take it anymore.

Originally, he promised Professor McGonagall that he would try not to cause trouble and not deduct points this year, but Lupin is just too much!

Unable to take it anymore, Fish jumped in front of Boggart without waiting for Boggart to call the next student.

Startled, Professor Lupin grabbed his wand and stepped back, glancing nervously at Fish, who was already in front of Boggart.

On the other hand, Snape stepped to Harry's left, his wand slipped silently out of his sleeve and was gripped tightly in his hand.

But what the two professors feared did not happen, as the Boggart seemed to be in a state of confusion after his encounter with Fish, switching back and forth between various images.

At one point it was a Dementor, at another it was Professor McGonagall, at another it was a dirty tabby kitten, and there were instances where several images were mixed together, such as Professor McGonagall in a black cloak, or a Dementor with a face full of cat hair....

This was something Professor Lupin had mentioned earlier, that the Boggart did when he was trying to scare more than one person at a time.

"What's going on?"

Harry whispered suspiciously to Ron, who was standing next to him.

Ron shrugged and speculated, "Could it be that this Boggart doesn't want to scare Fish either?"

"That's impossible," a relieved Professor Lupin explained with a smile as he lowered his wand, "Those changes are instinctive for Boggarts, even they can't control them."

"Then why does he look like that now?"

Seamus asked curiously.

And after watching the boggart change for a while, Fish got bored, so he turned to Professor Lupin.

"It's because Fish has nothing to be afraid of, so the Boggart doesn't know what to look like," sighed Professor Lupin, "I've only read about this in books, and today is the first time I've actually seen someone like Fish."

As he sighed, he was glad it wasn't the memories that made Fish go crazy....

But then again, if Fish had really been scared of the Dementor, he wouldn't have lunged at him to beat him to death.

"Ahem, well, let's get on with it.... Next, Dean, it's your turn!"

Dean Thomas stepped forward to replace the sullen Fish, leaving the Boggart with a broken hand and crawling.

Ron followed close behind. What he was afraid of was a big, fluffy spider. When the big spider appeared, Ron had only a slightly ugly face, and some girls beside him screamed aloud.

The spider, which had lost its eight legs, rolled close to Harry, who was about to raise his wand when Professor Lupin intercepted the boggart and turned the silver and white orb, which hung in the air.

Then he laughed twice, and the white orb exploded into a million tiny strands of smoke and disappeared.

"Hmph..."

Harry heard Snape's sneer in his ears, and turned his head to see that Snape had turned and walked away.

After Professor Lupin gave the homework, the fun and lively Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson was over, and everyone gathered excitedly to discuss what had just happened in class.

Only three people seemed sullen, they were Hermione, Harry and Fish.

Hermione, needless to say, staggered out of the staff common room and left alone, not knowing where she had gone.

Harry, on the other hand, could see that Professor Lupin was trying to keep him away from the Boggart and felt underestimated.

The reason Fish was upset was....

No gaming experience!