Lockhart is by no means a qualified professor. He always likes to waste a lot of time and energy on showing off, trying to attract more students' attention.
For example, just now, Lockhart waved his wand left and right, trying to make it perform complicated tricks, and then... he accidentally dropped his wand on the ground, causing an embarrassing moment.
Albert even saw the sneer on Snape's lips. It was obvious that the Potions Professor knew Lockhart's character very well and looked down on him.
"Harry is so unlucky." Fred and George were both pessimistic about this duel. What else can this idiot Lockhart do besides cheating people
They have not forgotten how Lockhart tricked Harry into the school hospital last time.
In fact, everyone saw clearly that when Snape whispered a few words in Malfoy's ear, Lockhart did not give Harry any useful advice at all. He just patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Just do what I did just now, Harry!"
Yes, because the surroundings were so quiet, Albert and the others who were some distance away from Harry heard Lockhart's words very clearly.
Just do it like I just did
"Drop your wand?"
Albert heard Lee Jordan's sneer.
"He didn't teach Harry anything." Fred also disdained Lockhart's perfunctory approach.
"I dare say Lockhart himself doesn't know what to do," George said sarcastically, "How can he have the nerve to start a duelling club?"
"My Lord, you are sometimes a shameless creature." Albert looked at Lockhart and said softly, "I think Dumbledore invited him to teach at Hogwarts because he probably hopes that we won't become like Lockhart in the future!"
"Your opinions are always so insightful."
The three of them agreed with Albert's opinion. Otherwise, could it be that Headmaster Dumbledore invited this kind of person to teach at Hogwarts just to make up the numbers
Dumbledore was obviously not such a casual person.
"Is there any way for me to duel with him?" Lee Jordan really wanted to go on the field himself and teach Lockhart a lesson.
On the stage, in order to hide the embarrassment, Lockhart pretended not to hear Harry's words, but urged the two to get ready and started the countdown. Harry Potter had to face Malfoy, who had learned some spell from Snape, alone.
After another duel between the two sides, Mr. Malfoy still did not change his bad habits and cast the spell first again.
The tip of his wand exploded and a long black snake suddenly leaped out from the tip of the wand and landed on the floor between them.
In an instant, the crowd screamed in fear and retreated quickly, fearing that they would suffer an unexpected disaster.
"Malfoy definitely doesn't have the ability to learn this kind of dark magic right now." Albert didn't believe that Malfoy could learn such a dark magic in the first place.
You should know that most black magic requires strong magical power as support. It is not easy to create a snake out of thin air.
With Malfoy's level, it is impossible for him to learn it on the spot and perform it successfully.
When Albert first learned summoning magic, it took him several months to successfully summon a chrysanthemum out of thin air. Summoning a living creature out of thin air was even more difficult.
Even if I were to be myself now, without cheating, I wouldn't be able to learn that black magic in just a few seconds.
No one can skip the familiarization process and master a magic immediately.
Unless the author cheated Malfoy at that time.
"You lose."
After the stunned Harry came to his senses, he shouted at Malfoy, "You despicable guy, you cast the spell before the countdown ended again."
Just when Harry was secretly admiring his own wit, things changed again. Lockhart shouted: Let me do it!
He pushed Harry away, raised his wand and waved it threateningly at the snake, trying to defeat the black snake and save the weak, pitiful, frightened and helpless Harry Potter.
"stop."
Harry tried to stop Lockhart from making matters worse.
However, it was too late.
There was a loud "bang" that echoed in the hall. Lockhart's magic not only failed to make the black snake disappear, but made it even bigger, jumping up more than ten feet high.
Before people could let out even sharper screams of fear, the giant black snake, enraged by Lockhart's magic, raised its head, bared its fangs, hissed, and prepared to attack an unlucky student next to the stage.
As for, why not Lockhart
Because when that guy realized he had messed up, he secretly retreated behind Harry, intending to use poor Potter as a shield.
Things changed like a whirlwind, and before anyone could react, they heard a creepy hissing sound coming from Harry Potter as he faced the giant black snake.
Then, the big black snake became quiet and stared at Harry obediently like a pet.
The surrounding area suddenly exploded, people began to whisper, and looked at Harry Potter with anxiety and awe in their eyes.
Albert saw all the changes in just a few seconds.
In fact, he couldn't understand why everyone looked at him with such awe, especially when Ron was pulling Harry away, the crowd even took the initiative to make way for the two of them.
As Harry left, Snape waved his wand with a look of surprise, and the big snake turned into a wisp of black smoke.
"Do you think Harry is a descendant of Slytherin?" Lee Jordan suddenly said. In fact, he was not the only one who had this idea, all the students in the school probably had this idea.
Perhaps, Harry Potter is Slytherin's great-great-great-grandson.
"The British wizarding community has a habit of intermarriage. Even if Harry Potter and Slytherin are somewhat related, it wouldn't be strange!"
Albert looked at the anxious students around him, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips: "Who knows, the famous Harry Potter may be the heir of Slytherin."
The students around him looked at Albert in surprise.
"Maybe he is rushing to the secret room now to drink tea with his servant with bared teeth and discuss the next target of attack." Albert said to himself without paying attention to other people's eyes.
"You don't seem very surprised," Fred muttered quietly.
Having been with Albert for such a long time, they could naturally see that Albert was dismissive of everyone's opinions, whether it was that Harry Potter was Slytherin's Nth-generation great-grandson or other opinions.
"Of course I know that Parseltongue is a symbol of dark wizards." Albert raised his hand to interrupt several people and was not going to continue discussing this topic.
In fact, Albert was quite looking forward to the savior becoming the Dark Lord.
That's definitely interesting.
"You should use your own eyes to see, your own ears to hear, and your own brains to distinguish right from wrong, instead of being deceived by fear or the words of others." Albert said softly, "Only fools will be deceived by others."
This matter is actually very simple. To put it bluntly, Harry was tricked by Lockhart again.
The duel continued, but Lockhart had completely lost everyone's attention. Everyone was whispering about Harry being a Parseltongue.
"Make good use of this opportunity. I don't think there will be a next time for the Duel Club."
Well, Albert just told Lee Jordan the facts and definitely did not instigate him to cause trouble for Lockhart.