Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

() "First of all, before I start to explain the actual content of Defence Against the Dark Arts, I want to ask you a small question..."

In the center of the Room of Requirement, Maca stood in front of the group of cheerful little wizards, calmly and calmly began his first speech.

"...Yes, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, we will use a lot of interesting and effective spells. And those spells, we will mostly learn from Professor Flitwick's spells class," he said. Said, "Yes, I have received the kind and pleasant teaching of Professor Flitwick, just like you all."

"So, can anyone explain to everyone-Defence Against the Dark Arts class and the spells class, what is the biggest difference between the spells learned in these two courses?"

Before Maca's voice was finalized, Hermione immediately raised her arm high.

"Okay, Miss Granger—"

"When we learn spells in the spell class, the focus is on the spell itself; when we learn spells in the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, the focus should be on practical application!"

For Maca's question, Hermione answered loudly, seeming to feel very confident about it.

"Very correct," Maca smiled and nodded at her. "If this is a formal class, I think I should give Gryffindor something to—"

When he said this, many little wizards laughed and laughed. Among them, the bunch of twin brothers in Weasley's family were obviously the ones who laughed loudest.

"I believe you have heard it too," Maca continued, "and now, the reason I was invited to everyone is to help you fill in the gap caused by Umbridge's incompetence..." You hear this When he laughed happily, "So, this is a Defence Against the Dark Arts class, not any other class."

"Therefore, I will not teach you something very theoretical. What we will always consider here is something that is more direct and effective... At the same time it is bound to have a certain degree of danger!"

At this point, the little wizards in front of Maca were all infected by his increasingly serious tone, and the smile on his face gradually cooled.

"...I think everyone must have felt it as Hogwarts grows year by year. There are all kinds of dangers around us. So I hope that everyone in every next gathering, We must clearly remind ourselves-what we are doing is not entirely a class anymore, but a training for self-protection and protection!"

"Our purpose is to allow ourselves to grow fully while sweating over and over again, so as to face the various difficulties we will encounter in life. And this process will definitely not be easy and pleasant. ."

Seeing Maca speaking so solemnly, everyone's hearts were a little bit offended.But the power of Maca is well known. When he changed from his usual indifferent and seriousness, even the most prickly student did not dare to say a word of nonsense.

"Okay, then, next, I will first teach you a very useful little spell—" Maca took out an ordinary magic wand from his waist and swung it at a constant speed with an extremely stable technique. "The shadow of the curse remains. shape."

When a simple spell ended, everyone found that nothing seemed to happen.

"This is a magic spell I created, and the effect is actually very boring, but it can help us to perform spell training more effectively -" Maca smiled and said, "I'm optimistic-floating!"

As he spoke, a floating curse appeared plainly, and a certain bookshelf on the opposite wall floated a few inches from the ground.

At first, everyone's eyes were attracted by the bookshelf.They thought that this floating spell would have a very amazing effect!But after a while, everyone did not notice any difference.

Well, apart from the unusually stable floating of the bookshelf, it is indeed just an ordinary floating spell.

"Not looking over there," Maca started, "Look over here, this way—"

At Maca's reminder, the little wizards turned their heads one after another, and then they all showed their faces full of doubts.

They all saw it—in front of Maca’s stick tip, there was a trace of bending and turning, exuding clear blue fluorescence.

"As Professor Flitwick often reminds us, if you want to cast a spell correctly, you need to keep in mind three key elements-the singing of the spell, the waving of the wand and the clear imagination. And the little demon I just showed The curse allows us to cast a spell while making the trajectory of the tip of the rod clearly visible."

"The trail of the stick?" A student subconsciously repeated it.

"Yes, the trajectory of the tip of the rod!" Maca nodded, "Everyone should know that compared with Transfiguration, the casting of spells is relatively free. Including the tone of the chanting of the spell and the trajectory of the wand. There is a certain degree of deformation, because the most important point of casting a spell is'imagination'."

"But here today--especially on Defense Against the Dark Arts, I want to tell you one thing," he said in a fairly certain tone, "every spell has its best singing standards, and the most Good wand swings the trail."

"...I remember Professor Flitwick once said that we should try our best to write down the successful swings and chants with our own bodies." Hermione couldn't help but say.

"Well," Maca smiled at her, "There are two major advantages to standardizing and optimizing each spell. First, it allows us to shorten the time of casting as much as possible; second, it is beneficial We carry out various follow-up "effectiveness" training."

"In an actual wizard duel, if your spell can be even a little bit faster than your opponent, it will also become a powerful advantage for you."

As Maca spoke, he dropped the bookshelf back to the ground, and then dispelled the Levitation Charm.But shortly after, he cast the next Levitation Charm again.

When the two trajectory patterns were arranged side by side, everyone couldn't help but sighed softly-the two patterns were exactly the same, without the slightest difference.

"Okay, that’s all about the trajectory of the wand swing. Everyone can practice it anytime and anywhere in the future. The mantra, counter-curse, and swing trajectory of that little spell, I will post it with other information about the spell at the end. Here to everyone. Next, we will immediately enter the first training content—"

"...Ma, uh...Professor McLean?" Hermione raised her hand suddenly.

"What's wrong, Miss Granger?" Maca asked.

"Is this... too fast?" Hermione couldn't help but reminded, "As far as I know, the content just now is enough for us to practice for a long time..."

"I understand what you mean," Maca nodded. "However, we are not officially teaching, and obviously not much time can be gathered here. Therefore, we should cherish every minute as much as possible. second!"

He paused, then continued: "I know that just what I just mentioned is almost equivalent to asking everyone to learn all the spells again. This task is very heavy. But I didn't ask everyone to download It was done before we came together for the second time-that would have to be a long-term struggle!"

"But for our training, it is a basis. I believe that everyone present signed their names on the list according to their own will, and everyone has their own reasons. But since everyone takes the initiative Standing here, I believe that everyone will do their best for this."

"Then next," Maca reorganized his thoughts and said again, "our first training content is reaction ability training."

"In the face of emergencies, it is undoubtedly very important to be able to respond in a timely manner and calmly respond. Depending on the actual situation, this may help you avoid a stone hitting your toe. , It may also help you quickly counter the dark wizard's sneak attack... it may even save you from seeing the smile of death!"

"so--"

Maca has just said this, and hasn't seen him make any movements, but saw a large ceiling above the heads of the little wizards fall extremely abruptly.

A small group of students with keen senses immediately screamed and jumped to the side, but most people only noticed the sudden change in the situation when the screams sounded.

When the ceiling was about to touch the tops of certain tall men, it suddenly stopped falling.Looking at the little wizards who were so scared to sit on the floor, Maca smiled and shrugged.

"If it was a real attack just now, you should understand what it will be like." He waved his hand and put the ceiling back on top. "Please don't relax, Voldemort is staring at every inch of the British magical world. No matter where we are, we need to be vigilant."

When he mentioned Voldemort's name unobtrusively, most of the little wizards had their faces clenched, and the students who sat on the floor quickly got up.

"Just now, Miss Granger, Mr. Potter, the Weasley brothers, Miss Zhang, Miss Lovegood, and... Mr. Longbottom," Maca would stop looking at the corresponding person every time Maca reported a name. "You did a good job, and you all made dodge moves in a very timely manner! Especially Fred and George, when you left directly under the ceiling, you also brought Ginny with you—I have to say , You guys are doing very beautifully!"

"Oh-yes," Ginny, who just got up from the floor, said slightly moved, "Thank you, George, Fred..."

"It's okay, it's a piece of cake!" Fred grinned.

"That's it, if Mom knew we didn't protect you, we would be miserable!" George also laughed outrightly, "Also, I am George. Don't watch Fred call my name. !"

"Don't listen to him!" Fred chuckled, "I'm George, you know it!"