A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 840 DA

Christmas Eve,

Akali Intensive Course begins this semester, the last tutoring session.

Without Umbridge, the classes resumed normal operations and became public again.

The benefits are obvious: more and more students are signing up for the intensive training program.

Especially the course on Defense Against the Dark Arts taught by William... cough cough, of course we can't call it that.

Last year, at William's insistence and with Qiu's suggestion, it was renamed the Defense Association, abbreviated as DA.

Although it felt a bit like self-deception, William was still very afraid of Tom's curse.

You can't help but believe in superstitions!

Those professors who died are the best role models.

Despite the name change, students still flock to the school.

Not only OWL exam takers, but also young wizards from other grades flocked to the event.

After all, being personally instructed by the renowned Stark in a practical lesson is worth any price.

His record and reputation speak for themselves, not to mention the recent reports about Rita, one after another... Who wouldn't want to learn some magic for self-defense?

There were even more little witches, and many of them formed alliances, even chanting slogans:

We're determined to poach Granger's men!

In their view, as long as you swing the hoe well, there's no corner you can't pry open!

Are all these girls not as good as Granger?

Hermione didn't care; she only felt threatened by Fleur.

The others are not worth mentioning.

With so many people applying, William doesn't accept everyone; he is selective in his admissions.

This is, after all, an OWL intensive course. Fourth-year students can keep up, but those below that level are out of luck.

This angered many young wizards, who had grown up listening to Stark stories...they were fans!

William gets a headache just thinking about the fans, so he'd definitely not let them come.

Fans are all here to betray you.

Even so, there are still many students.

Therefore, it wasn't just William who was teaching; Hermione, who had been learning from him for a long time, and even Cedric and Cho, among others, would also help.

Hermione needs no introduction; William has trained and mentored her for so many years, and she is exceptionally skilled.

This is evident from the fact that she faced three Aurors alone, plus Umbridge.

William also spent a considerable amount of time teaching Cedric and the others.

Especially the training camp during last year's three-way competition, they have grown so much.

They could easily teach a group of students who couldn't even cast a stun spell properly.

After dinner, William took Hermione and Anne to the empty classroom.

The classroom had been decorated, with thick ribbons of holly and mistletoe hanging along the windows.

Next to the podium, there was a Christmas tree with golden stars shining on it.

The door creaked open, and Luna walked in as if sleepwalking... her eyes still half-closed.

"Hello," she said vaguely, glancing at the remaining decorations. "They're beautiful. Who put them here?"

"They're the house-elves who deliver packages," Hermione explained with a smile.

Hermione was most concerned about the treatment of house-elves, so William entrusted the logistics department to her.

After two years of development, the number of house-elves they have taken in has long surpassed that of Hogwarts kitchens.

But old habits die hard, and they still didn't want wages, so they had to do more work for them, helping to buy daily necessities.

Luna nodded, and seeing that the three of them were sitting under the mistletoe, she said seriously:

"It often has barbs growing inside."

William and Hermione exchanged a glance, then burst into laughter.

The maggot is a magical creature that resembles a maggot. It has a lifespan of 20 years, a sickle-shaped hook on its tail, and three eyes.

Legend has it that it was discovered in a place called Nong Village by the wizard Eliguji, hence the name Nong Gou.

Eliguji was unwittingly hooked by a nymph and died of illness three days later.

but……

There's always a "but"!

This legend comes from "The Quibbler," and only old Lovegood and Luna have ever seen it!

This speaks volumes.

It's probably another creature created by old Lovegood.

Why would he fabricate it?

Because at Christmas, men and women growing under the mistletoe kiss.

Old Lovegood was worried that his daughter would be tricked into kissing a boy under the mistletoe, so he deliberately made up this animal.

How cunning and shrewd!

So, anyone who wants to marry Luna will have to appease her father first.

However, if William has a daughter in the future, he'll have Luna help teach her and tell her all those strange and wonderful stories.

We'll fool whoever we can.

After Luna reminded them, the three of them also remembered the story of mistletoe.

Anne rolled her eyes, then suddenly hugged Hermione, leaned in, and kissed her.

Hermione was stunned for several seconds before pushing Annie away, spitting a few times, and blushing as she playfully wrestled with her.

William was also secretly on guard when he saw this scene.

Shocking! It turns out the person trying to undermine me was right next to me!

Luna was also called into the fray by Anne, while William helped Hermione deal with the two of them.

The four were playing around when Cho, Cedric, and the twins came in, with Ginny following at the very back.

The twins and Ginny didn't look too good.

"What happened?" William asked, looking up.

"Sigh!" Ginny said listlessly, tearing off her cloak and throwing it into a corner, not bothering to hide it:

"We've just found a new replacement."

"Who is it?" Anne asked curiously, turning her head as Hermione tugged at her hair.

"Andrew Kirk," George said irritably, "and Jack Slouper, they're not exactly brilliant either, but compared to the other blockheads..."

"Okay, then there's no hope." Annie shrugged helplessly.

The Gryffindor Quidditch team's recent record has been a complete disaster.

After being defeated twice by Ravenclaw, he then lost to Hufflepuff.

Therefore, when Wood was interviewed, he expressed his disappointment and anger, saying:

"What level is Gryffindor Quidditch at now? There are only a few people, and Ron and the others are all goalkeepers."

Can he hold the line?

We can't hold on!

I don't have that ability, you know? If we keep going, we'll lose to Hufflepuff, then to Slytherin, and then nobody will be able to lose to us..."

Just as the Weasleys were taking turns denouncing Ron, the door opened again, and Harry and Ron came in.

Ginny, who had just been criticizing Ron, immediately shut up and seemed to have said nothing.

Only Luna was still humming, "The Weasleys are our king..."

Ron's face turned bright red, and the scene became quite awkward.

William is running tutoring classes, especially practical ones, so Harry can't possibly miss them.

William saved him so many times, and he's also incredibly strong.

Harry is a fake fan, though.

Besides, my grades are average, I often copy homework, and I'm only good at Defense Against the Dark Arts... If I want to get more certificates and become an Auror in the future, I definitely need to take classes.

Ron's grades were worse than Harry's.

Harry at least has some skill in defense against the dark arts, but Ron doesn't have any particular strength in any of them.

He definitely didn't have the money to pay for the classes, and he didn't want to ask his family for money.

Even Ginny earned a lot of pocket money by working at Akali's store and handing out flyers during the summer vacation.

But signing up for all the classes is really expensive.

He had no choice but to continue working as a pharmacist for the twins to earn money.

Seeing that the conversation was about to fall flat, Cedric quickly changed the subject and started discussing where to go for Christmas, which made the atmosphere less awkward.

Harry felt upset again because Cho had agreed to visit Cedric's house.

Five minutes later, the classroom was full of students.

Now that the students had all arrived, William stood up and walked onto the podium.

The students below all stared at the teacher with fervor.

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