Chapter 242 Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts Class

The match that Cedric mentioned is next Saturday, Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff.

Mike actually knew about this a long time ago.

After all, if you have a Quidditch fanatic like Franklin around you, it is hard for you not to know these things.

Originally, as the first important match at the beginning of the season, Gryffindor's opponent should be Slytherin.

However, when the Slytherin Quidditch captain knew that there would be a storm on the day of the match, he did not hesitate to submit an application for evasion, on the grounds that their seeker Draco's arm injury had not healed.

Mike was very surprised when he heard the news. Of course, he was not surprised that the captain of the Slytherin team could know the weather on the day of the match so many days in advance.

The study of astrology combined with divination can easily predict the weather for many days in the future, and the accuracy is far more accurate than the weather forecast of the Muggle society.

Mike was surprised that Draco had not removed his disguise until now. It seems that he did not listen to his warning last time.

Mike was naturally going to be there for Cedric's first game of the semester. After all, Cedric brought so many people to support him, so he should go as well.

So he encouraged everyone he could call to cheer for Cedric and Harry. Among them were Penelope and Franklin, who were students with more talent in the Patronus Charm. Although

these people were far from being able to release a physical version of the Patronus, they could also release some faint light, but it was not very useful.

Mike did not gather these people to help resist the Dementors that would invade the stadium at that time, but to make a show, so that everyone would know that he was an excellent teacher, and as long as they followed him and studied hard, they would be able to learn the Patronus Charm.

This was the best publicity. When more people came, Mike would be able to set a higher threshold.

As for what you said, what if the Dementors didn't come?

In the original book, they attacked Harry during this game, so they would come this time.

Even if they didn't plan to come, Mike would find a way to get them to come!

After finishing these things during the lunch break, Mike led a group of Ravenclaw classmates to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Now Mike has become the undisputed king of Ravenclaw College. Not only do his classmates of the same grade and lower grades follow him, but even his senior classmates respect him very much.

This leads to a large group of people following him wherever he goes.

Mike now finally understands Cedric's feelings. This kind of pomp looks very impressive, but it is actually very troublesome.

He basically has no privacy now. He can't do anything private, because even going to the toilet will have several classmates with him!

They will even secretly look at little Mike, and then show an inferiority complex!

When Mike and others came to the classroom, the professor waiting in the classroom was not Lupin, but Snape.

Mike was not surprised by this. Calculating the time, it was the full moon these days. As a werewolf, Lupin would transform at this time, so it would not be appropriate for him to come to class.

But since Dumbledore invited Lupin to be a professor, he was naturally well prepared. After all, the disease of werewolf is not untreatable.

Wolfsbane potion!

This is the potion for curing werewolf disease!

This potion is actually just a potion to inhibit werewolf transformation, and it cannot completely cure werewolf disease.

But its production difficulty is so difficult that it makes people's scalps numb. It is said that there are no more than two hands of people who can make this potion in the whole of Europe!

Coincidentally, Snape happens to be one of them.

Every full moon, Snape will prepare wolfsbane potion in advance and give it to Lupin to drink. Due to the side effects of wolfsbane potion, Lupin will fall into a very weak period.

At this time, the kind-hearted Snape will help others to the end and help his former classmate to take a few Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.

Snape is naturally not so kind. He and Lupin have a big grudge. Asking him to help prepare wolfsbane potion is already the limit.

Mike even suspected that Snape had put some medicine in the wolfsbane potion, which made Lupin extremely weak.

Because Mike checked all the information and found no record of wolfsbane potion having such serious side effects.

"Well, Professor Lupin is not feeling well, I will take over today's class!" Snape looked at the clock and saw that the time was up, so he began to teach, "Before this, I have learned about your current progress from students in other classes. I think poor Lupin has seriously underestimated you! After all, when I was your age, I was able to deal with red hats independently!"

The students in the audience looked at each other, all doubting Snape's words.

Red hats are dangerous creatures of level 4x, and are extremely good at sneak attacks. They don't think Snape will be so strong in his third year.

Mike doesn't think so. Snape is a tough guy who invented the Sharp Edge Shadowless Curse when he was a student. It is not difficult to deal with a red hat in the third year.

"Quiet!"

Snape shouted when he saw the noise from the audience. When everyone shrank their necks like quails and stopped talking, he continued:

"Now, please turn to page 394!"

The audience immediately heard the sound of turning pages, and when everyone turned to the designated position, they looked at each other in confusion.

"Werewolf? Isn't that right? How can we deal with this?"

"Yes, Professor Lupin is still good. According to the course, we should have learned about dark goblins today! Damn! I've been looking forward to it for a long time!"

"Who said it wasn't."

...

Mike saw all this. Lupin was indeed a good teacher, which became particularly obvious after his predecessor ruined the reputation of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course.

He was very good at letting students learn knowledge in fun, allowing students to overcome their fear of dark magic creatures and deal with them in a more calm and interesting way.

This is true for Boggarts, water monsters, and red hats.

But Snape was different. He didn't have much patience because he had been teaching the obscure potion science for a long time. His teaching method was to teach you as much knowledge as possible in the shortest possible time.

As for how much you could understand, it was not within his consideration. If

you couldn't keep up with the learning progress, it meant that you were not talented enough, and you were a giant monster with shit in your head!

And Snape never had any good feelings towards idiots.

But today was different. Snape showed his other side, and patiently introduced werewolves and lycanthropy to everyone.

In order to prevent everyone from being confused about the difference between werewolves and ordinary people, he even repeated the key points several times until he was sure that everyone could easily distinguish the difference between werewolves and ordinary people.

Mike knew what he wanted to do.

After recuperating in Hogwarts for so long, Lupin's body had returned to a healthy state. Not only did he have more flesh on his body, but even his originally gray hair had returned to its original color.

This obviously made Snape very unhappy.

So Snape wanted the students to discover Lupin's werewolf identity by themselves, so that Lupin would get out of Hogwarts, lose this well-paid job, and return to that quagmire.

Mike had to say that Snape was indeed a smart man, because when Snape proudly announced the end of class and walked out of the classroom, Mike found that at least three people in the classroom had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

"There are still many smart people!"

Mike exclaimed.

There has never been a shortage of smart people in this world. Objectively speaking, Hermione's IQ can only be said to be average, far from the level of a genius.

If you insist, she is just a genius created by hard work. The rich knowledge caused by long-term reading of poetry and books, coupled with the contrast of Ron and Harry, makes people think she is a genius.

In fact, the real genius is much better than her.

Take Harry's mother Lily for example.

She was once called the most gifted genius in modern times. She could learn any spell at once, and she could easily make any profound potion formula...

Do you really think that the ancient family spell that allowed Harry to survive the Killing Curse was so easy to learn?

Rather than saying that Harry, the child of destiny, defeated Voldemort at his peak, it would be better to say that Lily and Voldemort died together.

I think you can understand how strong Lily is by saying this, right?

A woman who can die together with Voldemort!

Mike smiled and shook his head. After throwing all these messy things out of his mind, he got rid of his large group of admirers and went to Lupin's office alone.

He had to remind Lupin to disguise himself, and he still needed Lupin.

At this stage, no one would expose Lupin's identity as a werewolf, because everyone was still in the stage of carefully verifying.

In the next long period of time, many eyes will stare at Lupin closely. Once they confirm their guess, Lupin's expulsion is inevitable.

After all, Lupin is a werewolf, and werewolves in the wizarding world are like AIDS patients in the Muggle world!

When Mike came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, he saw Lupin lying in a recliner like an old farmer who was tired after working in the fields in winter, sleeping soundly with a thick blanket covering his body.

Judging from his bloodless lips, he is in a very bad state now. It seems that the sufficient nutrition he had some time ago was taken away from him overnight, which made him turn back into the thin middle-aged man.

"Professor Lupin?"

Mike asked softly.

Lupin's sleep is very shallow. As soon as Mike spoke, Lupin's eyes opened a crack.

"Ah, Mike."

Lupin panted and responded to Mike's call weakly.

Seeing him like this, Mike was more certain that Snape must have put drugs in the wolfsbane potion, otherwise there would not be such serious side effects.

"It looks like you're very ill."

"Yeah, cough cough!" Lupin coughed twice and said, "How was your class today? Did Snape make things difficult for you? Cough cough!"

Lupin started coughing violently again just after he finished speaking. Mike moved away from Lupin slightly, and waited until Lupin's breathing became a little steady before saying:

"It's very bad, he is hinting at us your identity as a werewolf. And the worst thing is, someone should have begun to suspect you."

"Is that so?"

Lupin was stunned at first, and then he became very disappointed. He lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. After a long time, he pretended to be optimistic and said:

"It looks like I have to change jobs again."

"Don't you hate him?"

"Hate? That's not the case. After all, I owe him this." The expression on Lupin's face tightened at first, and then relaxed again, "You know what? Don't look at Snape like this now. He was a punching bag when he was young. We all called him Snotlout back then..."

Lupin became more and more excited as he spoke, and told him how they bullied Snape when they were in school.

Although to Mike, this was a story of a rich second-generation who robbed a childhood sweetheart and bullied him in school, Lupin was very happy to tell it, and even smiled at the end.

As he was talking, the smile on Lupin's face suddenly disappeared, and then he said with a heavy face: "Do you know? Snape almost died because of me."

Mike looked at him in surprise, quietly waiting for the next part.

"At that time, I was already a werewolf. Whenever I wanted to transform, I would go to an abandoned house in Hogsmeade through the secret passage under the Whomping Willow and vent my anger in it.

Later, James found out, and he took Black and Peter and turned into animals to accompany me.

They risked being infected with werewolf disease to help me!"

Lupin burst into tears when he said this,

"But Snape, the snotty guy, found out about this matter. He wanted to follow us but didn't know how to open the secret passage. So, he was trapped under the Whomping Willow.

As you know, the Whomping Willow is a very aggressive magical creature. People who are entangled by it are basically hopeless.

Fortunately, we found him later. James risked his life to rescue him, but he was still seriously injured and even punished by the professors. "

Mike's eyes narrowed unconsciously. He knew that there was a secret passage under the Whomping Willow, but he couldn't explain how he knew it, because even the Marauder's Map didn't mark this secret passage.

Now Sirius Black is hiding in the abandoned house that Lupin mentioned. Mike couldn't find a reason to find him naturally. Now, with today's conversation, Mike can go to Black openly. After

making a decision, Mike didn't plan to continue to waste time with Lupin. He smiled and said, "I still hope you can cheer up. To be honest, your class is really interesting. We all hope that you can continue to serve as a professor.

So, please disguise yourself as much as possible. The more realistic it is, the better. Don't let them find out."

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Lupin's trembling tone reached Mike's ears, making Mike smile lightly and said, "Of course, you won't bite me. "

Lupin stopped talking, big tears rolling down his face.

"Then I won't disturb your rest. I wish you a speedy recovery!"