Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

The model placed by Sherlock in the lecture was a humanoid magical creature that looked a bit like a goblin but wore a bright red hat on its head.

The little wizards below all poked their heads towards the red hat. Even the pure-blooded little wizards who came from a family where both parents were wizards were basically seeing this kind of creature for the first time.

Or in other words, black magic creatures in the magical world are not common.

In normal society, after the footprints and whereabouts of Muggles have spread to every corner of the world, wizards' exploration of magical creatures around the world has gradually entered a bottleneck.

The magical creatures that can be domesticated and can act as wizards' helpers have become pets, such as civet cats, owls, mice (the owls and mice in the magical world are not the same species as those in the normal world), etc.

Dangerous, but those who have the opportunity to be domesticated by professional wizards are protected by collective captivity. The most representative is the fire dragon.

And black magic creatures that are dangerous, but cannot be domesticated, or are not worthy of domestication, are driven into inaccessible forests, rivers or deserts, so that they do not pose a threat to Muggles or wizards with low magical skills.

So now, if the wizards of the new generation are not professional adventurers, they rarely have the opportunity to see real black magic creatures.

The red hat model Sherlock took out was purchased from an alchemy shop in Diagon Alley.

He saw the living creature-like fire dragon models in the display cabinet, and found it very interesting, so he found the shop owner specifically, hoping to customize a batch of magical models about black magic creatures.

Making this kind of thing is much easier than making a fire dragon model, the owner of the alchemy item shop readily agreed.

And he proposed that the larger the quantity, the better. In addition, the model itself has no technical content, so Sherlock did not charge much money.

These models are perfect for teaching first-year students.

The freshmen who have just entered the school and have not learned any magic can not only see the real creatures of black magic with their own eyes, but also do not have to worry about any danger.

And the red hat model Sherlock placed on the podium, after landing, held a wooden stick that was very large relative to its own size, and walked around on the podium with its teeth and claws, as if it would meet at any time. Seeing which little wizard is not pleasing to the eye, it is like hitting him in the head.

"It looks so ugly!"

Some students are talking about it.

"It's like the goblins guarding Gringotts, but it looks much more fierce than those goblins."

"The red hat on his head is quite interesting."

"The hat is bad—that's a sign of its evil..."

A erratic voice caught Sherlock's attention. It was a little Ravenclaw girl with dark blond brown hair. He still remembered her name when he called him.

Luna Lovegood.

A very familiar name, like a character who played a lot in the original book.

Sherlock tapped the end of his wand on the podium, drawing the attention of the students in the classroom back to him, and began to introduce the origin of this black magic creature.

"Red hats are black magic creatures mainly distributed in the Nordic battlefield ruins or forests. They look like goblins and are tyrannical in nature. Their main weapons are the pair of sharp claws and the wooden stick in their hands."

"According to statistics, from 1900 to the present, for nearly 100 years, there have been 86 red hat attacks throughout Europe, of which 43 people died, 42 were Muggles, and an inexperienced wizard was beaten Broken skull and died."

Hearing these **** data, all the little wizards breathed heavily involuntarily, and even the eyes they looked at the red hat model were not as exciting as they were at the beginning.

"They are named because they often wear a red hat on their head. Does anyone know why this black magic creature only wears a red hat?"

Sherlock asked questions at the right time to liven up the atmosphere in the classroom.

But very few little wizards clearly knew the answer, and it happened that Luna, the little girl Sherlock had just noticed, raised her hand.

"Miss Lovegood."

Luna stood up, her silver eyes seemed to be wandering all the time, not staring at the things in front of her, giving people a crazy feeling.

"Blood, red hats will dye their hats red with the blood of their prey, and when their hats fade, they will look for the next prey."

Hearing her answer, Sherlock nodded lightly, instead of complimenting him, he gave the most direct reward.

"Five points for Ravenclaw. We got a standard answer from Miss Lovegood."

"He wears a red hat dyed with blood on his head, which is the origin of the name of this black magic creature."

"However, although this magical creature has a brutal character, it actually poses a very general threat to wizards. In the Ministry of Magic's classification of the dangers of magical animals, the Red Hat's level is: XXX."

"As long as the wizard uses magic on them, no matter what the effect is, they will be scared away, so it is enough to see that the wizard who was killed by the red hat in this century will become a joke in many people. "

"I don't want such a joke to appear among my students in the future. After today's defense class is over, each of you must write an essay on the habits, weaknesses and correct responses of the creatures like red hats. Ten inches of parchment, give it to me in the next class."

"I will select the one who has completed the homework best, and give him the red hat model as a reward."

Hearing Sherlock say this, the girls are still not interested in this reward. After all, the red hat looks a little awkward, but the boys are all excited.

They are all a group of 11-year-old children. Who doesn't like magic models like living creatures?

Before the end of this defense class, Sherlock specially showed them the cloth bag in his hand.

"It contains the black magic creatures that we will learn in the next semester. According to the completion of your homework, I will also send them as rewards. By the end of the semester, the students who get the most model awards, I can Allow him to waive the final exam and go straight to an O (Outstanding)."

His words aroused the enthusiasm of the girls.

The attractiveness of getting an O without taking an exam is still great. The freshmen of the two academies are all looking forward to the future Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Sherlock's first class for first-year freshmen was very good in terms of the final effect.

But the biggest test for him today is not to teach these freshmen who have just entered the school and haven't even learned a single spell.

It was the afternoon class for the second graders.

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