Chapter 367: The Evil Bird and Hallucinations

Because professors change every year, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is not fixed and changes location every year.

Last year, Lockhart chose a large classroom with plenty of sunlight to display the large self-portraits he hung on the wall.

Professor Lupin has no self-portraits, not even a few photos, so he just chose an ordinary empty classroom.

When they rushed over, there were only a few people in the classroom talking to each other.

They sat down and waited for a while before Professor Lupin finally walked into the classroom. He smiled faintly and put a tattered old box on the podium.

I don’t know if it’s because he had a few good meals, but he looked much healthier than when he was on the train. With a clean new robe, he seemed like a different person.

“Good morning.” He said happily, “Please put your textbooks back. Today’s class is a practical class. You only need your wand.”

The students put away their books and exchanged a few curious glances. They vaguely remembered that someone said the same thing... Oren in the first grade.

He did the same thing at the beginning, asking them to put away their textbooks and focus on practice.

Some people started to get excited.

Although Oren was a dark wizard, it was undeniable that the first year of Defense Against the Dark Arts was the most interesting, and he really prepared for every class carefully.

Unlike two professors who were perfunctory.

They were obviously not good people, but their professionalism was very different... This was probably why only Oren was able to escape in the end.

"Okay," Professor Lupin saw that everyone was ready, so he took out a large cage covered with a curtain, "I have prepared a little surprise for you.

Seeing this scene, everyone's eyes became even more strange.

Oren did the same thing in the first class before, taking out a cage with Billywig worms and saying that he had prepared a surprise for them.

If you ignore the things inside, their actions, including the opening remarks, are almost exactly the same.

These two people are not related...

Father and son? The ages don't match.

Brothers? But looking at their appearance, they don't look alike!

But Professor Lupin didn't know what they were thinking. He lifted the cloth of the cage and revealed a bird with colorful feathers inside.

The feathers on its head were very fluffy, but its claws were very small, and it looked like an inverted water drop.

"A professor told me that there was almost no progress in the Defense Against the Dark Arts in the first two years, so you..."

His eyes stayed on Kyle for a while, "...most people's foundation is not very good. "

"We have defeated werewolves. "A Ravenclaw whispered, "In Lockhart's play, there are trolls, vampires..."

Everyone around understood, and there was a burst of laughter.

"Okay, but that's not your true level."

Professor Lupin didn't laugh, he just pulled the corner of his mouth and changed the subject: "So I asked Professor Hagrid to find it from the Forbidden Forest to do a small test to determine how much knowledge you have mastered."

"First question, does anyone know what animal this is?"

Kyle raised his hand and said, "The slut."

"Yes, it's the slut, five points for Hufflepuff." Professor Lupin said, "So what special abilities does it have."

Qiu raised his hand faster this time,

"The singing of the slut can make people lose their minds and do some very abnormal behaviors."

"Very correct, five points for Ravenclaw. "

Professor Lupin said, "When you see a stork, it's best to cover your ears immediately... But don't worry, the stork you saw just drank a large glass of brandy and is still drunk. I think its singing now can only make people dizzy for a while, that's all.

"The spell used to deal with the stork is also very simple, just make them stop making any sound.

"Let's practice the spell without using the wand first, please recite it with me... Lock the tongue and seal the throat!"

"Lock the tongue and seal the throat!" The whole class said together.

"Very good," Professor Lupin raised his hand, motioned everyone to stand up, and then moved all the tables and chairs to the side. "But knowing the spell alone is not enough. Now everyone line up, Kyle, how about you be the first one."

Kyle nodded and walked forward.

Professor Lupin opened the cage.

But the stork seemed to be drunk, standing there with his eyes closed, Kyle could even hear its long breathing...

"Are you ready? "

Professor Lupin took out an old record player, and after getting a positive answer from Kyle, he moved the needle.

The classroom was filled with cheerful drum beats.

This was "A Hot Spatula" by the Weird Sisters, which was also the most popular fast-paced song more than a decade ago.

When the music started, the feathers of the evil bird shook visibly. It opened its eyes and immediately sang happily to the rhythm.

Some students immediately covered their ears, but some chose to believe what Professor Lupin said.

They unexpectedly discovered that the singing of the evil bird was not the kind of harsh noise, but very pleasant, with a clear and melodious sound, like the sound of raindrops falling on leaves, and like the sound of flowers blooming... Strange, why do flowers have sounds?

It was not until a burst of warm applause came from all around that they came back to their senses.

The evil bird at the front had its mouth open, but it didn't make any more noise.

"How do you feel?" Professor Lupine asked with a smile.

"Awesome." A Ravenclaw girl said excitedly: "I heard many kinds of sounds, and I seemed to see the Forbidden Forest full of flowers."

"It seems that this evil bird has a good drinking capacity. If I had known, I would have given it more to drink."

"But this is fine for now."

Professor Lupine said to everyone: "As you can see, this is the effect of the song of the evil bird. It can make people hear or see things that do not exist... just like them."

He pointed in the classroom. Those who had not covered their ears before had basically left the group now, but the distance was not far, only two or three steps.

"If it were normal circumstances, they would have started venturing into the Forbidden Forest by now, and then you would see a series of strange and funny actions."

Most people looked disappointed, and they kind of hoped that was the case.

Professor Lu Ping continued: "This is also the second point I want to tell you. Although the name of the evil bird sounds unfriendly, their songs are very beautiful. Unknowingly, they can make people fall into their own hallucinations. .

So no matter what time, you must stay vigilant,

"After that, I will undo the spell on the evil bird at any time. You must also hear its song before you can recite the spell. Do you remember it?"

"Remember, Professor!" everyone said.

"Okay, next one."

Kyle walked to the side, and Ryan behind him immediately stepped forward and stared at the evil bird closely.

Some people covered their ears again, but a few people chose not to do so. Obviously, they also wanted to see the Forbidden Forest full of flowers.

In contrast, the spell to deal with the evil bird becomes less important.

Professor Luping didn't stop him, he just watched with interest.

Until the end of get out of class, I don't know if the drunkenness has passed, but the song of the evil bird suddenly became much louder.

Several people who were having fun immediately became sluggish. Some people were stretching their arms and legs, as if they were performing some kind of climbing exercise.

Others thought they were fish in the black lake, lying on the ground and shaking their legs.

People in the classroom were laughing crazy.

Ryan held his stomach and ran to Mikel's side to imitate his moves.

Mikel didn't cover his ears either. He was stretching his neck hard at the moment, trying to bite his heels.

Professor Luping couldn't help but smile, and at the same time stretched out his hand to pull back a student who was standing on the windowsill and was about to perform high diving.

"I think now they know how dangerous the song of the bad bird is," he said.

The students laughed louder.

However, this situation did not last long, and by the time get out of class was over, everyone had basically recovered.

As soon as the bell rang, they rushed out impatiently, as if they didn't want to stay for a moment longer, and the classroom was in chaos.