Became good friends with the Boy Who Lived

When everyone surrounded Harry and came to the school infirmary, Madam Pomfrey stopped so many people from entering together, "Apart from the patients, no more than four or five people can come in!" Madam Pomfrey's tone did not allow for refusal.

Aeris, Hermione, Ron, and Draco followed Harry into the school infirmary. After checking on Harry's condition, Madam Pomfrey was obviously in a very bad mood.

"Which idiot did this?" Madam Pomfrey asked. Ron said bitterly, "The idiot's name is: Lockhart..."

"Ron!" Hermione glared at Ron in dissatisfaction. Ron was about to retort when Madam Pomfrey said, "If you had just sent him here with a broken arm, I could have healed him in less than ten minutes. But growing bones again is not a comfortable thing."

"Can you cure Harry, Madam Pomfrey?" Hermione asked in a worried tone.

"What nonsense are you talking about, Miss Granger?" Madam Pomfrey was quite dissatisfied with Hermione's questioning of her professionalism. "Of course I can cure him."

Madam Pomfrey poured a cup of unknown liquid from a bone jar carved with a lifelike skull, and handed it to Harry. "Drink it, Mr. Potter!" Madam Pomfrey ordered.

Harry took a long sip and spat it out. Madam Pomfrey refilled the glass and said impatiently, "What do you think you drank? This is bone-growing potion, not iced pumpkin juice."

Under the supervision of Madam Pomfrey, Harry drank the bone-growing potion without leaving a drop. Looking at Harry's painfully distorted face, Draco frowned involuntarily.

"You will definitely feel very uncomfortable tonight, Mr. Potter," said Madam Pomfrey. "No matter when, the bones grow out little by little, it will not be a good memory. What are you guys still doing here? Mr. Potter needs to rest, and all unnecessary people should leave." Madam Pomfrey was in a very irritable mood.

On the night Harry was hospitalized, an attack occurred again, and the victim was Harry's little fan: Colin Cleavey.

Because Harry was still in the hospital when Colin was attacked, the number of classmates who were suspicious of Harry finally decreased a lot. After Colin was attacked, the defense team's gatherings were very popular among students for a while. At one gathering, even a seventh-grade student came.

He was a rather gentle senior, his last name seemed to be Gwen Palin. Gwen Palin came to the defense team meeting as a visitor. After watching for a while, he said to Aeris, "Mr. Grindelwald, are you willing to have a formal duel with me? So that the classmates can have a reference."

"Don't you think it's unbecoming for a seventh-grade student to bully a second-grade student?" Aerys said with a smile, "Mr. Gwenparin?"

"You are no ordinary second year," Gwen Palin said, "I can sense it, Mr. Grindelwald."

Eris accepted Gwenparin's suggestion and used the amplification spell to stop the students who were practicing spells. The students gathered together, and Eris asked everyone to expand the circle. Under the stunned gaze of everyone, a stone circular arena with a height of one meter and a diameter of ten meters appeared.

Aerys and Gwenpalin climbed onto the stage from the stone steps below. Aerys said, "Anyone who admits defeat or falls off the stage loses. Friendship comes first, competition comes second. Please show mercy, Mr. Gwenpalin." Gwenpalin nodded and said, "Same to you, Mr. Grindelwald."

After the two men bowed to each other, this impromptu duel officially began.

"Ahem, ahhem!" Seeing that Aeris had no intention of attacking first, Gwenpalin took the lead in using the disarming spell.

"Stop the spell now~" Aeris murmured softly, and when the disarming spell was about to hit him, he shook the wand in his hand and easily dispelled it.

"Petrify everyone~" Aris pointed his wand at Gwenpalin, and at the same time, with a wave of his left hand, a thick black cloth appeared out of thin air. Gwenpalin dodged the petrification spell, and Aris threw the black cloth at Gwenpalin's head.

Gwenpalin looked at the black cloth in confusion, with a vigilant expression, but he didn't know what Aeris was going to do.

"Wingardium~Leviosa~" Aeris pressed his wand down, and the spell that was supposed to be a levitation spell turned into a pressure spell, which suddenly pressed Gwenpalin under the thick black cloth.

Gwen Palin used the Cutting Spell to cut a big hole in the black cloth and crawled out from inside. "Flames blazing~" Gwen Palin immediately counterattacked.

Aeris waved his wand, and the flames that were rushing towards him turned into a stream of water, pouring towards Gwenpalin. At the same time, Aeris clenched his left hand into a fist imperceptibly, and the black cloth on the ground next to Gwenpalin suddenly rushed towards Gwenpalin.

Gwenpalin shook his wand, and the black cloth turned into a stone wall. He hid behind the stone wall, and all the water splashed onto the stone wall.

Aris waved his wand a few times, and the stone wall instantly turned into sand and rushed towards Gwenpalin again. "Flying sand and running stones~" Gwenpalin shouted, and a gust of wind whistled, rolling the sand into the air and sweeping towards Aris.

"All curses are over~" Aeris pointed his magic wand at the sandstorm, and the wind and dust disappeared in an instant.

"Fainted~" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gwen Palin cast a stunning spell at Aris. Seeing that Aris could not avoid it, Hermione in the audience nervously pinched Ron's arm next to her. Ron exclaimed, and Hermione let go of her hand awkwardly.

Aeris murmured softly: "Fire Armor~" This is a fusion of the fire spell and the armor spell. The high-temperature fire armor covered Aeris' entire body. The coma spell was blocked by the high-temperature armor and did not take effect on Aeris.

Aeris squatted down and slapped his flaming left palm on the ring. Fiercely burning flames rose in every corner of the ring. Gwenpalin turned the flames around him into a water curtain and protected himself in it.

Aeris noticed that due to the high temperature, sweat was dripping from Gwenpalin's face. Aeris hooked his left index finger imperceptibly, and a few drops of sweat on Gwenpalin's arm, where he held the wand, turned into a few silver needles and pierced into his arm.

Gwenpalin cried out in pain, but the wand did not fall out of his hand. He waved the wand lightly, causing Aeris to stagger.

Aesius waved his wand lightly, dispersing all the magic. He shook his head and chuckled, saying, "It's a draw, Mr. Gwenpalin." Gwenpalin also smiled and nodded, without refutation.

The two men walked towards each other at the same time and shook hands, and thunderous applause and cheers broke out from the audience.

The two consecutive attacks made some students from non-magical families panic. Whenever they had free time, they would come to Aries and ask him to temporarily start a defense team meeting.

"DA Hut", the students who participated in the defense team gatherings called the old empty classroom this way. Now, no one can enter the "DA Hut" without Aris's permission, because Fred and George are always experimenting with fireworks in it. When the twins blew up the only rockery in the "DA Hut", Aris finally couldn't stand it anymore. After casting dozens of protective magic, he stipulated that no one is allowed to enter the "DA Hut" at other times except for the defense team gatherings.

After staying in the school hospital for three days, Harry was finally allowed to be discharged by Madam Pomfrey. After being discharged, Harry immediately found Aeris, Hermione and Ron in the common room and recounted to them what happened to Dobby's visit on the night Colin was attacked.

"I really don't understand what that house-elf is thinking," Harry said in a somewhat exasperated tone. "Is it trying to kill me before the monster in the Chamber of Secrets kills me?"

"It's clear that he cares about you, Harry," said Aris, "but his methods are a bit clumsy..."

"Clumsy?" said Harry bitterly. "He either nearly got me expelled or nearly killed me. I'd rather he stop caring about me."

Since the failed Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Lockhart no longer brought dangerous magical creatures into the classroom. He began to excerpt plots from his books and invited some students to perform them together.

Professor Lockhart's favorite people to invite to perform together are: Harry, Neville, Hermione, and Ron. Of course, Professor Lockhart also invited Aris, but after Aris really cast a very sophisticated black magic in the plot, Professor Lockhart never invited Aris to perform on the same stage again.

"A good Defense Against the Dark Arts class has turned into a stage play performance class." Seeing his classmates' enthusiastic expressions, Aris couldn't help but complain in his heart.

If you think Professor Lockhart has done all his trouble, you are wrong. He somehow convinced Professor Dumbledore to form a "Dueling Club", and the news was widely advertised on the bulletin board in every public room.

Aris had no intention of paying attention. He planned to drag Harry, Hermione, Ron and Draco to stay in the "DA Hut" during Professor Lockhart's "Dueling Club". He didn't care about the others. Aris really would not participate in this "Dueling Club".

The day of the "Duel Club" came, and Aris dragged Harry, Hermione and others to the "DA Hut" early. Just when they wanted to practice spells step by step, there was a knock on the classroom door.

Aeris waved his hand, and the classroom door opened automatically. Luna Lovegood, who looked like an ice elf, walked in. She said to herself, "There are too many harassment flies in that place. I have to leave. It's quiet here. Can I practice magic with you?"

"Of course, you're welcome, Miss Lovegood!" said Aris.

"Just call me Luna." Luna said, then walked to a big rock and practiced the splitting spell and the explosion spell.

"What are harassment flies?" Ron asked Hermione curiously.

"Why do you think I would know?" Hermione glared at Ron and said she didn't know either.

After a while, Cedric came to the "DA Hut" holding Zhang Qiu's hand.

"It's simply a disaster," Cedric said with a wry smile, "You can't imagine that as the founder of the Dueling Club, Professor Lockhart couldn't even cast an effective disarming spell. Even the first-year students who participated in the defense team meeting successfully knocked Professor Lockhart's wand away."

"Then he's really embarrassed himself," said Ron gloatingly.

"Maybe Professor Lockhart is the only one left in the Dueling Club now," said Zhang Qiu.

More and more people came to the "DA Hut", and almost everyone was complaining about Professor Lockhart's incompetence. It was obvious that he couldn't teach students any magic in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, so why bother setting up a "Dueling Club"?

The peaceful life was soon broken again. An attack occurred again. A student from a non-magical family named Justin Finch-Fletchley was petrified. Also petrified was Ghost Nick. It may not be accurate to say petrified because Ghost Nick could not move, and his skin turned from pearly white to as black as charcoal after fire.

Because Harry went to the "DA Hut" with Aries to practice spells whenever he had time, he did not appear at the scene of the attack this time. This made Harry's situation at school much better, and almost no one suspected that it was Harry who released the monster in the chamber of secrets.