Chapter 94: Dueling Club (2)

Arthur wasn't sure if Professor Snape would be okay, but he knew Professor Lockhart wouldn't do well today.

Didn't Professor Lockhart see the murderous intent in Professor Snape's eyes?

Professor Lockhart had no idea that something bad was about to happen, so he kept happily explaining the rules of the duel.

"As you can see, we hold the wand with a regular dueling grip," Professor Lockhart addressed the young wizards below.

"On the count of three, we cast the first spell, of course, without causing harm to each other's lives."

Arthur looked at the smile on Professor Snape's face and silently mourned Professor Lockhart for a second.

One!

Two!

Three!

Both of them quickly cast their wands, and Professor Snape was the first to shout,

"Expelliarmus!"

Suddenly, a dazzling red light flashed.

Professor Lockhart was instantly hit, his wand flew out of his hand, and he fell backward, crashing into the wall and sliding down.

The Slytherin students applauded their Head of House while some people worriedly looked at Professor Lockhart.

"Is he okay?"

Hermione covered her mouth, speaking in a calm voice.

Though she didn't like Professor Lockhart, she didn't want to see him die like this.

"Don't worry, Hermione. Professor Snape actually held back his strength."

Arthur comforted her while frowning.

He noticed that Professor Lockhart's reaction in dueling was not weak at all.

He almost pulled out his wand and held it in front of him at the same time as Professor Snape.

Someone like Professor Lockhart, who was thought to be useless, should not have been able to move that fast, if you think about it.

Arthur suddenly became curious about Professor Lockhart.

Several doubts arose in Arthur's mind.

Why was Professor Lockhart so proficient in the Memory Charm but struggled with other spells?

Suppressing his doubts, Arthur decided to investigate further when he had the chance.

By this time, Professor Lockhart had already gotten up, unsteadily returning to the stage.

He stubbornly defended himself.

"This was a Disarming Charm, yes. Professor Snape and I had agreed to demonstrate this spell for you, but there was a small accident."

However, he also knew that if they continued fighting, who knew what Professor Snape would do to him.

Professor Lockhart immediately changed the subject.

"Alright, now let's divide you into pairs..."

Before Professor Lockhart could finish his sentence, Professor Snape interrupted him and started making arrangements.

"Potter, come up here."

"And you, Malfoy."

Draco smirked and walked up to the stage, looking at Harry provokingly.

Harry, not backing down at all, went straight up and stood opposite Draco, staring him down without fear.

After exchanging formalities, Professor Lockhart shouted, "Begin!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Harry quickly cast a Disarming Charm, but because he was nervous, it was miss.

"Locomotor Wibbly"

Draco quickly counter-attacks, hitting Harry with a Leg-Locker Curse.

Suddenly, Harry felt weak in his legs, and he couldn't stand still.

"Tarantallegra"

Despite feeling weak, Harry managed to counter-attack and hit Draco, causing him to lose control of his legs and start dancing around.

Arthur, watching from the audience, was speechless.

He didn't think Harry would learn so many spells, then forget them all as soon as he got on stage and fight Malfoy like a kid.

For a while, the two of them exchanged spells with their wands, creating a colorful display.

But there wasn't a lot of harm.

Professor Snape couldn't bear to watch anymore.

He cast a spell to restore the two who had been affected by negative states back to normal, and the duel resumed.

"Serpensortia!" Draco Malfoy shouted.

The tip of his wand burst, and a long black snake appeared and slithered onto the floor, then raised its head and jumped towards Harry.

Some of the young wizards in the audience were frightened and moved away from the stage.

However, Harry remained unfazed. Arthur had introduced different snake species to him to help him learn Parseltongue.

Seeing such a small snake acting so arrogantly, Harry couldn't help but feel funny.

He instinctively thought of using Parseltongue to control the snake and attack Draco.

However, he remembered Arthur restricting him from using Parseltongue in front of others, so he dismissed the idea.

"Incendio!"

A fireball shot from Harry's wand and struck the snake directly, causing it to hiss in pain and quickly turn into a blackened body.

Taking advantage of the situation, Harry used the Dangling Jinx to lift Draco, who was still dumbfounded, into the air.

Then he successfully cast the Disarming Charm, knocking Draco's wand out of his hand.

"I won!"

Harry proudly held Draco's wand and said to Professor Snape, who was standing nearby.

"I told you not to use any random spells besides the Disarming Charm. Gryffindor should get one point!"

Professor Snape, feeling both embarrassed and angry, snapped back and glared at Arthur.

He couldn't believe Arthur had taught Harry that spell.

Did he not remember how Professor Snape had been tormented by Harry's father using the same spell?

Facing Professor Snape's gaze, Arthur shrugged helplessly. "Well, eventually, you would have taught him that spell too. I just taught it to Harry a few years early."

Unable to refute Arthur, Professor Snape had to release Draco from the levitation and let him down.

Draco looked sad, took a quick look at Harry, and then left without saying anything.

Harry walked up to Arthur, wanting to show off. "Did you see Draco's expression? It was so funny."

However, instead of praise, he received cold criticism from Arthur.

"If you had cast a Shield Charm on yourself immediately, you could have easily defeated Draco's spells instead of foolishly using your body to endure them."

Hearing Arthur criticize him, Harry immediately froze.

He knew Arthur was right. He could have defeated Draco much more effortlessly if he had protected himself with a Shield Charm.

At that moment, a Slytherin student stepped onto the stage.

"Arthur, do you dare to accept my duel invitation?" the crowd below erupted into a noise because this student was very famous.

It was Simone Travers.

He was the current Head of the Student Council and had been the top-ranking student in Slytherin since his first year.

The position of Head of the Student Council in Slytherin was an interesting system.

It was held by the strongest student in each year, making them the leader of their current grade.

In other words, Simone was currently the strongest student in Slytherin and the strongest student in all of Hogwarts, except for Arthur.

Fred approached Arthur and whispered to him, "Don't agree, Arthur. My dad told me that Simone often duels with dark wizards during his holidays. He's not someone to be a mess with."

Arthur smiled when hearing this and, facing everyone's gaze, walked up to the stage.

At this time, he seemed to hear someone say another word.

"Arthur! You are number one at Hogwarts."

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