Marvel: I'm Hermione, from Hogwarts!

With a thought, the thing in her hand disappeared and Hermione walked forward.

When I got closer, I saw three girls standing in the corridor. Two of them stood opposite the other and laughed loudly:

"We won't tell you where your shoes are hidden. Find them yourself if you can, Weird Lovegood!"

Another person also said:

"You don't even look in the mirror. You look so weird, yet you dare to sit in the witch's seat. We can only watch from afar. What qualifications do you have for her to be so patient with you?"

The platinum-haired girl opposite blinked and was about to say something, but when she saw Hermione appear at the corner, she immediately waved vigorously.

"Hi!"

As if he didn't care about the bullying that was happening, he had a smile on his face.

The two people who had their backs to Hermione saw her reaction and both turned around.

When I saw the person coming, my heart skipped a beat.

"G…Senior Granger."

Seeing that Hermione didn't say anything and just looked at them silently, the two finally began to panic.

"I... I was just joking with her. Who asked her to disturb you while you were reading..."

Hermione had already understood the whole story from the two people's previous conversation.

It seems that my behavior of patiently chatting with Luna and teaching her the Patronus Charm in the library made some people very unhappy.

In addition, Luna does have a weird personality, and her way of doing things, including her views on some things, are very different from those of ordinary people. This is why she is ostracized and even bullied by other freshmen.

This phenomenon is difficult to avoid in any world.

Hermione waved to Luna, who hopped over to her side, quite nimbly.

Seeing that Hermione had no intention of interfering, the two men bowed their heads and hurried away.

"I also have to ask them where they hid my shoes."

Luna watched the two people walk away and suddenly spoke.

Glancing down, I saw that she only had a shoe on one foot, the other was exposed.

The smooth white little feet sparkle.

"Do you think they'll tell you?"

Luna shook her head.

"Then why do you even ask?"

Hermione asked a soul-searching question.

Luna stared at Hermione. "How can I get my shoes back?"

"Where's your wand?"

Hermione asked.

Luna pulled her wand from behind her ear and opened her palm.

"Can you use magic?"

Luna nodded, looking a little confused.

"Should I use the Flying Spell? But I don't know the approximate location..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Hermione: "What kind of flying curse is that? Find a chance to beat them up. I promise you won't have the trouble of losing things in the future."

"This is much more useful than the Flying Spell."

Luna opened her eyes wide, as if she was hearing such new remarks for the first time, and tilted her head in thought.

Hermione cast a Slithering Charm, pulling her shoes off the rafters, and left.

When she had just looked at the two of them, she had already used Legilimency and found where the shoes were hidden.

Seeing Hermione walking further and further away until her back was about to disappear, Luna finally came to her senses, picked up her shoes on the ground, and chased after her without even putting them on.

Feeling the deep and shallow footsteps behind her, Hermione realized her wrist was being pulled before she turned around.

"follow me!"

Luna pulled her and ran in one direction.

Why don’t you put on your shoes first... Hermione had no choice but to run after her, attracting many sidelong glances along the way.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the edge of the forbidden forest.

Only then did Luna let go of her hand and put on her shoes.

"doing what?"

It was Hermione's turn to be confused.

"Wait a moment."

Luna still held her wrist, afraid that she would run away, and at the same time looked up at the sky, as if waiting for something.

After a moment, a black shadow was seen flying from the horizon.

Chapter 83 Dark Magic (Defense) Tutorial

The shadow was getting closer and closer, swooping down towards the two of them.

Hermione narrowed her eyes slightly and was about to raise her wand, but put it back after seeing clearly.

A black Pegasus with a skeleton-like body, a dragon head and a pair of huge bat wings flew to the two of them and slowly landed.

Luna smiled and touched the horse's back, causing the latter to snort softly.

Thestral!

Hermione recognized it immediately.

Hogwarts did have a few of them, but they were so rare that Hermione had never seen one in person.

I didn't expect to see it today.

"Wuwu comes here for a while every day, and I usually come over to feed it some raw meat." Luna explained, then looked at Hermione.

Seeing her calm reaction, Luna said happily: "You can really see it!"

Hermione nodded, said nothing, and just listened quietly.

"My mother died two years ago in a magic experiment gone wrong, and I've been able to see it ever since."

Luna recalled: "My father said that this was a Thestral, and only people who had seen death could see it."

"By the way," she turned to Hermione, "she was reading that book, 'Introduction to Dangerous Experiments in Magic'."

"Since you can see it, you must have seen death before." Luna stared at Hermione's face: "It's just that my intuition tells me that you have seen more than just death."

Hermione nodded and said, "You are right. Not only have I seen it, but I have also... killed it."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Luna was not afraid. Instead, she clapped her hands happily, as if she was happy that she guessed correctly.

"Sure enough, my guess was right!"

Hermione smiled, took out a piece of raw meat from her bag, fed it to the Thestral, and took the opportunity to take a tube of blood.

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Although Luna didn't know what she was doing, she didn't stop her. She waited until the Thestrals had eaten and drunk their fill and left. Then she took out a magazine from her clothes and handed it to Hermione.

"Thank you for helping me find the shoes. This is a return gift to you."

Hermione opened the magazine and saw a few large words written on it.

Sing the devil's advocate.

Wow, you’re promoting your own products now, right?

Hermione knew that her family was the editor-in-chief of this magazine, which had always been opposing the Daily Prophet, which was recognized by the Ministry of Magic, and its sales were still surprisingly high.

No wonder Luna has been a conspiracy theorist since she was a child.

"Ah, it's almost time, let's talk later!"

Luna jumped and ran away. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered something, came back to her senses, waved goodbye, and continued on her way.

……

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Looking at Lockhart who was mumbling to himself as if he was memorizing the lines he was going to use next, Hermione sneaked up to Snape who had an expressionless face and asked in a low voice:

"I say... Professor Snape, does he have any leverage over you?"

Since the last petrification incident, Lockhart seemed to see an opportunity and ran to Dumbledore to apply for the opening of a duel club.

The reason is to enhance students' self-protection ability.

Ironically, Dumbledore agreed.

Therefore, the following Defense Against the Dark Arts courses will be moved to the Dueling Club, and today's theme is a practical wizard duel drill.

No one knew what method Lockhart used to force Snape to be his sparring partner.

Hearing this, Snape's mouth twitched.

After a long while, he slowly squeezed out two words.

"Don't ask."

"Ah."

Hermione didn't care. She probably already guessed the reason.

If someone else had asked Snape, he might not have agreed.

But Lockhart asked, he had to go.

Because...what's going to happen soon is a fucking practical class!

If Lockhart wanted to organize some combat practice among students and drag Harry into it, he had no confidence that this guy could protect Harry's safety.

Therefore, Snape had to go and watch on the scene, otherwise he would not be at ease.

Hermione didn't expose him. The old bat still had some dignity to protect, and didn't dare let anyone know that he actually cared about Harry very much.

When we arrived at the Duel Club, students from various colleges were already in place.

Since today was a big class, wizards from three grades came to the scene, and the entire dueling arena was surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside.

Lockhart stepped onto the stage, head held high.

"My dear students, today is the Defense Against the Dark Arts practical class that I, Gilderoy Lockhart, have personally requested for you. Please look forward to what's coming next!"

Although everyone had little confidence in Lockhart after the last teaching accident, their eyes were still full of anticipation when they knew they would be able to participate in a wizard duel.

In the crowd, Hermione saw a familiar face.

While Lockhart was still speaking, she quietly came behind the group.

"How did you come?"

Hermione asked.

She remembered that there was no practical training in the first grade.

"I suddenly wanted to come and see you. I heard that Professor Lockhart taught this course, so I came to take a look."

Luna said.

By the way, hold up a paper bag.

"Look, I brought you a chocolate frog!"

Do you think I'm Ron... Hermione was speechless.

But when he saw Luna's clear and sincere eyes, he still took the paper bag.

Seeing this, Luna smiled even more happily.

At this point, Lockhart finally finished his opening remarks.