Chapter 46: Billywig

"The spell to deal with the Billywig insect is very simple, but it requires you to concentrate. When chanting the spell, you must concentrate on it, be clear about your target, and you cannot be careless at all.

You should know that the flying speed of Billywigs is fast, and it won't give you a second chance to chant the spell."

After Professor Oren carefully explained what needed to be paid attention to, he continued: "Let's practice the spell without the wand first. Please chant with me - Weakening Hex!"

"Weakening Hex!" the little wizards shouted in unison.

"Very good." Professor Oren said with satisfaction: "The next step is to test the effect of your spell."

He asked the whole class to line up and step forward one after another to cast a spell on the Billywig insect in the cage.

The first one in line was Kanna.

She was originally in the middle of the line but was soon surrounded by Gryffindor fans.

Ever since Professor Oren called out the names, this group of little lions wanted to see what was so special about this little witch that could conquer Snape.

"Brave girl." Professor Oren smiled and said, "I remember your name was Kanna, right?"

"Yes, Professor."

With the previous two experiences, Kanna's current state was much better than before.

Although she was still nervous, at least she could communicate normally now, and the first thing she thought of was to answer the professor's questions instead of turning around and running away.

"Don't be afraid, this is just a simple spell." Professor Oren said patiently: "Remember what I just said, focus. You can do it, believe in yourself."

Kanna took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and thrust out her wand.

"Weak, Weakening Hex!"

"Swoosh!" There was the sound of something cutting through the air.

Professor Oren, who was at the side, subconsciously took a small step back.

In all fairness, if the strength was close enough, it could kill the Billywig directly without the need for a spell.

Fortunately, the results were not bad.

As the spell ended, the Billywig in the cage fell to the ground.

"Not bad, one point for Hufflepuff." Professor Oren said loudly while taking out the second cage.

Due to his lack of experience yesterday, he had only brought three Billywigs over when he gave lessons to Ravenclaw and Slytherin houses.

He thought it was enough, but it turned out to be completely insufficient. Sometimes the first one hadn't even recovered yet when the third one had already fallen down.

Every time at this time, the young wizards from the two houses would stare at him. It was an awkward situation.

In order to prevent a similar situation from happening again, he brought ten of them with him today, which was definitely enough.

"Next, Santos, it's your turn."

Santos, whose name was called, hurried forward and began to chant the spell.

"Weakening Hex..."

Nothing happened, and the Billywig insect in the cage was still spinning around happily.

"Relax, don't be so nervous." Professor Oren walked to him and said softly: "You must chant the spell clearly. The last syllable was too soft. Let's try again."

Santos nodded and held out his wand again.

"Weakening Hex!"

This time he succeeded.

"Very good, next one..." Professor Oren changed to another cage.

The success of two people in a row also gave others a lot of confidence, and they couldn't wait to give it a try.

However, because of their overconfidence, some students completely forgot what Professor Oren said before. When it was their turn, they didn't even look at the Billywig and directly chanted the spell loudly against the cage.

The result of this was that nothing happened to the Billywig, but the cage fell apart.

Therefore, Professor Oren had to work hard and fully focus to ensure that he could restore the cages to their original state as soon as possible.

But soon, he realized that he had oversimplified things.

A Gryffindor freshman at the back of the line saw that there were too many students in front of him, so he began to whisper the spell there.

Originally, he just wanted to practice in advance, and then wait for his turn to amaze everyone... But he forgot that he was holding the wand.

At the side of the podium, Professor Oren, who was chanting the Repairing charm, suddenly felt his legs weaken, and he collapsed to the ground instantly.

If it was just a fall, it would not be a big deal. After all, Professor Oren was a strong adult wizard. At most, it would be just a scratch, which could be solved with a dittany leaf "band-aid".

But the problem was, his Repair spell was interrupted.

A Billywig escaped from its cage and angrily charged at the little wizards in front of it.

It had wanted to do this for a long time. Since yesterday, it had been made weak all over, and now it wanted to take revenge!

Faced with this situation, some of the little wizards began to panic and ran around the classroom, while others raised their wands.

"Weakening Hex!"

"Weakening Hex!"

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More than a dozen spells passed by each other. Although they did not hit the Billywig, they successfully stopped it from moving forward...

Now, as if they had discovered a new world, the little wizards were even more excited. They raised their wands again, prepared to hit the moving target.

"All of you, stop!" At this moment, Professor Oren, who was lying on the ground, suddenly shouted sharply.

He took out his wand and shouted as the Billywig flew over his head.

"Stupefy!"

Professor Oren reached out to catch the fallen Billywig, put it back into the cage, and then stood up tremblingly.

He rubbed his waist in pain.

No wonder others said that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts was a tough job. It really made sense.

Holding back the pain, Professor Oren looked at the little wizard with concern and asked, "Are you all okay? Have you been stung?"

"No, Professor." Everyone shook their heads.

"That's good." He breathed a sigh of relief, and after repairing the podium, he said, "Then let's continue the class. By the way...except for the first person in line, the rest of you put away your wands."

Everyone obediently did as they were told.

Although they still wanted to continue, but after seeing Professor Oren's angry look just now, they did not dare to mess around again.

After all, no one wanted the Stunning spell to fall on them.

With this mentality, almost everyone was able to succeed on the first try, and the progress was much faster than before.

But Professor Oren didn't seem to be relaxed at all. On the contrary, he became even more nervous.

When the class ended, he didn't even give the students homework and left the classroom without looking back.

This class was really tiring for him, and he didn't want to stay for another minute.

Oren returned to the office and closed the curtains. He took a sip of black tea in satisfaction.

No matter what, it was finally over. Although there was an accident, luckily it was all under control, and all ten Billywig insects were... huh?

Wait, why were there only nine left?

Oren quickly put down the teacup and counted it carefully twice more.

That's right, one was indeed missing.

One of the cages was empty, with a fist-sized hole in it.

"Merlin's beard..." Oren quickly ran back to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, but he didn't find anything there.

"The spells of those freshmen must have hit the cage earlier!"

Oren looked at the open window in the classroom and said angrily: "Fifty Galleons, gone just like that!"

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(End of chapter)