The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 389 A Comprehensive Study of the Guardian Spell

Chapter 389 A Comprehensive Study of the Guardian Spell

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Lupin breathed a sigh of relief after finishing a Defense Against the Dark Arts class. He was tidying up his teaching materials when he heard footsteps.

"Professor Lupin————"

"Hmm?" Lupin was slightly taken aback when he heard the familiar voice, and looked up to see Harry looking a little hesitant.

"What's wrong, Harry?" He chuckled slightly and said, "Is there a problem?"

"Ah—Professor Lupin, it's like this." Harry pursed his lips and said, "You talked about the Patronus Charm in class a few days ago."

"I also want to learn the Guardian Angel Spell—"

"I see." Lupin nodded knowingly. "The Patronus Charm is a very difficult spell to learn—and not very useful."

"It might not be needed at Hogwarts, even if—the Ministry of Magic sends Dementors into Hogwarts."

After all, the Dementors are currently only restricted to operating outside Hogwarts by the Aurors, and have not yet entered Hogwarts—Lupin felt that it might be pointless to waste time learning such a useless spell.

And isn't Harry supposed to participate in the Triwizard Tournament?

Harry was silent for a few seconds after Lupin's words, before continuing, "But Professor Lupin—I just—really want to learn—"

Harry's answer made Lupin raise an eyebrow. After tidying up the textbooks on the table, he said, "That's settled then—come to my office at seven o'clock tonight—I'll teach you the Patronus Charm."

"If you really want to learn it," Lupin said, seeing Harry nod happily, "learning the Patronus Charm is very difficult."

"You'd better not be too hasty."

"I understand, Professor Lupin! Thank you!" Lupin smiled as he watched Harry walk happily out of the classroom.

Sometimes, looking at Harry's face, he would think of James, and the days they spent at Hogwarts—but learning the Patronus Charm? He wondered if his Patronus would be the same as James'.

Lupin shook his head slightly and prepared to leave. He still had some work to do today, assigned to him by Dumbledore—the search for Sirius Black.

Sirius Black—thinking of this person, he couldn't help but grit his teeth—a surge of anger and a touch of helplessness rose within him.

He was clearly the one among them with the best relationship with James—he was clearly the least likely to betray James—

But he turned out to be far more despicable than Lupin considered the most cowardly person—

He sighed helplessly and pushed open the classroom door.

"Bang!"

"Ouch!"

"Huh?" Lupin was taken aback when he heard the groan coming from the doorway. He quickly peeked out and looked behind the door.

"Loila?" Upon seeing the figure clutching her head, Lupin pursed his lips and chuckled softly, "Are you alright?"

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"N-nothing—" Loila covered her head and looked at Lupin with dissatisfaction. Even though I'm fine, you can't be laughing so happily!

"Sorry—sorry." Lupin saw through Loila's thoughts and shrugged. "Is there something you need?"

"Or are you just passing by?"

"Ah—yes—there are some things." Loila rubbed her hands together and said softly, glancing around as she spoke, "Um—we'll talk about that privately."

Lupin raised an eyebrow and nodded. As he closed the classroom door, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was now empty except for the two of them.

Lupin and Loila sat facing each other at a table, each in a separate chair.

"Um—that Remus—" Loila said, fiddling with the hem of her clothes, "I have something—I want to ask you—"

Please.

Is asking for help really this embarrassing? Looking at Mr. Lupin's face, Loira subconsciously felt a little ashamed; she always seemed to be troubling her friends.

Learning spells always requires help from others—that's right, the reason Roy came here was precisely to learn how to use the Patronus Charm.

After all, not many of her friends know the Patronus Charm. Hagrid and Miss Nagini don't either—and Luna is even less likely to. Only Miss Shiloh and Mr. Lupin know it, and Miss Shiloh isn't even at Hogwarts.

Then we'll have to trouble Mr. Lupin—after all, he just explained the Guardian Charm to his students a few days ago, didn't he?

"What's wrong?" Lupin looked at Loila with some surprise. In his memory, Loila rarely troubled others—he didn't know if she was ashamed to do so or simply because she was very independent.

Therefore, he was actually a little surprised that he could help Loila in some way. Could it be the magic circle experiment?

While Lupin was guessing, Loila gave her somewhat surprising answer.

"That—that Remus—I want to learn—the Patronus Charm—"

"Huh?" Lupin's lips twitched, revealing a surprised expression. He blinked and carefully looked Loyla over.

"W--what's wrong?" Is learning the Guardian Charm something really strange? Being stared at like that by Lupin, Loila immediately blushed and lowered her head, her pointed ears twitching nervously.

"N-nothing—it's just—" Lupin really wanted to ask what day it was today, why Rhoyla and Harry had come to him to learn the Patronus Charm—and—it turns out Rhoyla doesn't know the Patronus Charm?

This also surprised Lupin, since in his memory Miss Loira Hamilton not only knew all the spells, but could also use them silently—but it turned out that she also had spells she didn't know?

After thinking for a moment, Lupin slowly said, "A student happened to come to me today to ask about the Guardian Charm."

"I'm just a little surprised by this —"

"Is that so?" Loila already knew who it was; it must be Mr. Potter, after all, he was planning to go find Sirius with Karkaroff, right?

Wait a minute—Loila suddenly realized something and bit her lip. Not only did she have to learn the Patronus Charm, but she also had to do it before Mr. Potter!

After all, if Mr. Potter had learned the Patronus Charm before him, wouldn't that mean—meaning he wouldn't have had the chance to impersonate him and go find Karkaroff?

Oh no! If it were anything else, Loila would have some confidence in beating others—but with Guardian Charms—could she—could she possibly beat a fourth-year student?

Loila looked at Lupin with a little panic, and then—she seemed to understand something.

Wait a minute—aren't I friends with Mr. Lupin?—Could I ask Mr. Lupin to trip up Mr. Potter a little—so that he learns slower than me?