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For Levin, Hermione, Ciri, and even potentially Cho Chang and Penelope,
They might be able to form their own inner circle.
However, it would also be a good thing to have a circle of people who are not so core but still respect him.
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Chapter 157 Substitute Teacher
Levin Green is going to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts class himself!
The news quickly spread among the young wizards of Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.
As a result, many young wizards came specifically to inquire about the news.
This even includes Cho Chang and Hermione.
"...Only second-year students can attend the class, not third-year students?" Zhang Qiu asked with a disappointed look. "You're being too biased. Even though you're a second-year student, the third-year students still highly regard your level."
“I would like to teach the third-year students, but I don’t have time,” Levin explained with a wry smile. “You guys don’t take Defense Against the Dark Arts with us.”
Hermione excitedly offered to be Levin's teaching assistant:
“This position should definitely be given to me, who has received your long-term training.” The girl looked eager to try it out. “I also really want to experience what it’s like to be a teacher.”
"Okay, of course, the teaching assistant position is perfect for you." Levin gently stroked the girl's head, but unfortunately, her cat ears were removed at her insistence.
Even though she's no longer a catgirl, Miss Granger will still have to live up to her identity as "Little Granger" this time.
Having received Levin's affirmative reply, Hermione happily returned to Gryffindor to persuade her classmates.
Another special visitor was Penelope Crivart, the prefect who haughtily told him, "For Cirella's sake, I will, as prefect, help you rally the young wizards."
Thank you so much...
Although Levin was confident that with his prestige he didn't need this senior's endorsement, he still expressed his gratitude.
Finally, when the weekend arrived, the statistics from the second-year wizards of both houses were compiled and handed over to teaching assistant Hermione.
In the courtyard near the Transfiguration classroom, the girl held up a piece of parchment and announced loudly: "95% of the second-year Ravenclaw students want to attend Levin's classes, 3% are indifferent, and only one person wants to study on their own."
"Among the second-year Gryffindor students, 80% of the young wizards want to attend classes, 13% are indifferent, and only 3 want to study on their own."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Levin.
"Judging from this data, everyone is quite interested in me sharing my experience in Defense Against the Dark Arts," Levin said with some emotion. "In that case, I'll gladly accept. In the next Defense Against the Dark Arts class, I'll share some of my personal experiences with you. I hope you'll all be there to support me!"
Levin's words elicited enthusiastic cheers from the young wizards.
Those who made a special trip over the weekend to attend this meeting were the most enthusiastic students of Levin's courses from both colleges.
For a moment, the entire courtyard seemed to be overturned by their cheers.
Levin pressed his hands together, and the cheers gradually subsided.
"Since it's a class, there will naturally be a pre-class preparation part. Next class, I plan to teach about the [Disarming Charm]. You don't need to bring any books, just your wands and notebooks. Please inform each other when you get back."
Thus, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, spontaneously organized by the young wizards and taught by Levin, officially began.
When Levin entered the classroom for the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class next week, he saw that most of the students from both houses were sitting upright in the classroom.
Some people even greeted him proactively.
That state was much more positive than during self-study periods.
It seems they really want to learn something about defense against dark magic, not only to protect themselves, but also to look cool.
This is similar to how no Muggle boy dislikes toy guns when he's a kid.
As for the little witches, besides learning how to protect themselves, their biggest reason for attending the course was to support Levin himself.
Perhaps there were too many supporters, and the scene became a bit too big.
Levin even noticed that Professor Flitwick of the college was sitting at the back of the classroom, listening in with a smile.
So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Levin gave them their first lesson on Defense Against the Dark Arts.
To give everyone a relatively impressive start, Levin nodded in greeting, then waved his wand.
Brush brush!
As if descending from the sky, eight humanoid wooden puppets the size of adult wizards appeared in the classroom, causing a gasp of surprise.
These eight puppets are wooden golems that Levin created himself, combining the golem-making methods given to him by four ancient guardians of magic.
That is why they are able to summon things so conveniently in this way.
These wooden golems combine ancient manufacturing methods with golem-making techniques from arcane magic.
Not only is summoning convenient, but it also possesses basic magic immunity; it is immune to most low-level spells, except for fire magic and plant manipulation magic.
It's perfect as a target for practice.
“Since this is a Defense Against the Dark Arts class, it naturally focuses more on practical application.” Levin looked around at the young wizards in front of him and spoke eloquently, “But before we start practicing, we still need to have a basic understanding of the Disarming Charm.”
"Who can introduce the Disarming Spell?" He looked down at the students below the stage, finding some of the feeling of giving speeches in public in the past.
As a teaching assistant, Hermione was the first to raise her hand in support, so Levin naturally gave her the first answer.
The "Disarming Spell," with the incantation "Expelliarmus," is a spell that disarms the opponent. Its power varies depending on the caster's magical ability. Wizards often use this spell in duels to remove their opponent's wand. Due to its fast casting speed and short flight time, besides its disarming effect...
In addition, you can use it to gain the upper hand or to interrupt the enemy's spellcasting.
“Well said, thank you, Hermione, Gryffindor,” Levin said, closing his mouth at the opportune moment and smiling slightly. “Unfortunately, I don’t have the authority to give you extra points.”
The young wizards burst into laughter.
Next, Levin personally used the Disarming Charm on the wooden golem, explaining the key points of the spell. He then had the young wizards practice the Disarming Charm in groups of eight or nine, with each group choosing a wooden golem as a target.
He and Hermione, meanwhile, were among the young wizards, helping them fill in the gaps in their knowledge and correct their mistakes.
Once everyone could use the Disarming Charm, Levin made the wooden golems move and arranged for everyone to shoot at moving targets.
By the end of the lesson, almost everyone was able to use the spell.
With the flexible wooden golems as targets, even training became fun, and the young wizards cheered with great enthusiasm.
Until the end of get out of class.
"This Defense Against the Dark Arts class is absolutely fantastic!"
"If Levin were the teacher, I would never miss this class."
"I hope the next class comes soon."
The wizards were in high spirits and full of anticipation for the next lesson.
Even Professor Flitwick praised Levin highly, believing that Levin could stay at the university as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor after graduation.
“I think we should forget about it, Professor Flitwick.” Levin could only smile wryly. “I think I’d like to live a few more years.”
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Chapter 158 End of Semester
Following the first excellent lecture,
The news that Levin was temporarily taking on the role of Defense Against the Dark Arts spread throughout Hogwarts.
Upon hearing that Levin had directly taught the practical application of spells, and even prepared moving targets for practice,
This sparked envy among the young wizards who had suffered from the useless Defense Against the Dark Arts professors for the past two years.
It's like Muggle college students envying those who get to handle real guns and ammunition during military training.
Especially the second-year wizards of Hufflepuff and Slytherin,
They wished they could take classes with Ravenclaw and participate in the lessons.
They also want to learn the [Disarming Spell], and they also want to play target shooting.
So, in Levin's second Defense Against the Dark Arts class, someone came to audit the class.
With his sharp eyes, he spotted Zhang Qiu at a glance among the young wizards listening in.
Then the group of young wizards who were listening in discovered that...
Levin came up with a new trick in his second lesson.
Levin did not schedule the second session as a practical lesson, but instead chose to introduce how to deal with some dangerous magical creatures.
In this lesson, Levin introduced how to deal with the Bowtruckle and the Giant Eight-Eyed Spider.
For the sake of the young wizards at Hogwarts, he chose creatures that they might encounter in the Forbidden Forest.
Then the young wizards saw Levin push out a bonsai tree, and there really was a Bowtruckle living in the bonsai tree.
The fact that 703 could come into contact with real magical creatures immediately piqued the interest of the young wizards.
With Levin's help, they first learned to use the Confusion Charm to confuse the Bowtruckle, and then fed it ground beetles one by one, befriending it.
Next up is the eight-eyed giant spider; such a huge and dangerous creature is obviously not something that can be brought into the classroom.
But Levin still has a way.
He used the [Powerful Illusion] directly in class, creating an eight-eyed giant spider that could crawl and move, and whose sound, position, temperature, and even touch were indistinguishable from the real one, scaring the young wizards half to death.
Some people even subconsciously used the newly learned [Disarming Spell] on the phantom of the eight-eyed giant spider.
But when they realized that this was just a fabricated illusion that couldn't harm them...
The illusion became the best teaching tool.
The young wizards were able to observe these dangerous creatures from all angles and witness firsthand their deadly hunting methods.
Combined with the spider silk simulated by Levin using [Web Spell],
All the young wizards enjoyed the experience of being preyed upon by an eight-eyed giant spider in the forest.
In short, this novel Defense Against the Dark Arts class experience has once again made this student-organized course a hit.
So, in the last three months of the term, Levine's impromptu Defense Against the Dark Arts class became a renowned course at Hogwarts. Wizards from any house and year would try to audit a class if they didn't have other classes.
Hogwarts has no tradition of auditing classes.