【Swallow Snake】An Illegal Love Story

Everyone is excited like never before, and the excitement is beyond words.The students watched eagerly the two wizards on the stage, discussing in low voices—everyone knew that Ravenclaw's Jade Xiao was in competition with Slytherin's Spirit Snake, and they had fought each other more than once in public. Taunting contest.

"Good evening." Bai Hong said.His volume successfully made the students notice him and listen to him attentively.The professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts with a strange hair color stood in front of the stage at some point, his voice was as loud as thunder, and he obviously cast a spell on himself: "Welcome to the No.30 Ninth Dueling Club—as we all know, the 'Duel Club' It is a good tradition of our school, in order to fully train everyone, in case you need one day in the future."

The students applauded in response, but it was obvious that some of them were distracted by the two wizards on the stage, so that they didn't notice that Professor Bai Hong raised his hand to signal silence, and he was still opening and closing his palm mechanically .

Bai Hong didn't care about this either: "Tonight's demonstration will be done by Ravenclaw's Yu Xiao and Slytherin's Spirit Snake." Accompanied by applause again, he said loudly: "Now, I announce the beginning—— It starts with bowing on both sides - paying your opponent the utmost respect."

The Slytherin prefects and the Ravenclaw prefects looked at each other for a few seconds before slowly bending down.The candlelight illuminated their hair and faces, and several of the girls covered their mouths to prevent the sound of gasping from leaking out—it was really a beautiful picture, under the flickering light, the long hair of the Slytherin prefects was thicker than the moonlight. Be delicate; the Ravenclaw student is reflected in a wonderful warm color by the atmosphere of the flames, which washes away the original coldness on his body and makes him look much warmer.

They all bowed very seriously, their fingers pressed against the side seams of their robes.Both sides paused for a few seconds before slowly straightening up.

At this moment, Spirit Snake's fingers moved, and he suddenly pulled out his wand, pointing at Ravenclaw, with a wild and malicious smile on his face.No one saw his movements clearly, his lips didn't move at all, everything happened extremely quickly and without warning, a blue light went towards Yu Xiao like lightning!

This made everyone hold their breath, and a few of them grabbed the clothes on their chests because of tension.

Yu Xiao calmly waved his magic wand lightly and deftly, dispelling the spell, a slight cracking sound sounded a few meters in front of him, his expression remained unchanged, as if the catch was just an owl Letters—seemed to have been expected.The students cheered enthusiastically after a short moment of amazement, and even the most reserved and elegant Ravenclaws clapped at the same time, and booed the snake at the same time.

"A little surprise." Spirit Snake said with a half-smile.

"Obviously," said Yu Xiao, "it's your style."

"Amazing! Although that shot was wonderful," Luzhustick muttered, "but it doesn't meet the regulations——Professor Bai Hong will definitely say it."

"Spirit snake prefects are the most powerful," Fei Yan said, "As for the rules—my family prefects don't care at all."

But others will care.Just as the green bamboo stick said, Bai Hongjian stood up.

"Sorry for interrupting. However, Student Spirit Snake," he said, "if you still want to continue standing on the stage, please follow the procedures and rules. Duel postures are as important as chanting spells."

Yu Xiao gently hooked the corners of his lips.

The senior Slytherin was silent for a while, shook his wand impatiently, and let out a cold snort: "Okay." He stood up his wand in front of his chest, looked at Yu Xiao, and the Ravenclaw students also made the same pose.

"'General dueling posture'." Green Bamboo Stick whispered, "In three seconds, they will start at the same time—three—two—one—"

Almost as soon as the words were finished, Spirit Snake and Yu Xiao raised their wands over their shoulders at the same time.

"Smashed to pieces!"

"There are many obstacles!"

Two bright lights lit up at the same time, shot out like lightning, and collided in the air, as if someone had lit the Filipard fireworks in midair—crackling, sparks flying everywhere.

"A shattering spell and an impeding spell." Xi Yuedao said, surrounded by a group of low-grade Gryffindor students and a few Slytherins, he touched his chin: "To be honest, Spirit Snake I'm surprised I didn't use the Unforgivable Curse..."

Gu Jian glanced at him blankly, as if blaming him for saying the word "Unforgivable Curse" in front of the junior students.Fortunately, the boys were all focused on what happened on stage and didn't notice this sentence.

On the stage—the green bamboo stick is right, this is probably a scene that will be recorded in the history of the school—the collision of various spells is unprecedentedly exciting, and it has already exceeded the scope of demonstration.Their speed was really too fast, almost as soon as one spell was spoken, the next one was connected, and for a while, only the "swish" sound of the wand was heard.When the light clusters of various colors collide, sparks or smoke are produced, and a loud noise is made.The students in the front row exclaimed one after another, screaming and stumbling back a few steps.

But the amazing thing is that despite the huge movement, they can still limit the range to the stage and one meter away from the stage, and even the range of smoke dispersion will never exceed a tiny bit.

"Excellent control." Bai Hong said to the students, "This is very difficult - because in actual combat, it is difficult for you to guarantee that your spell will not hit someone else."

"That's the Spirit Snake Prefect—it's a matter of course." Fei Yan said proudly.His gaze seemed, or must have been through the smoke, to lock tightly on the spirit snake.

In this short period of time, another curse exploded on the stage, this time it seemed that it was in front of one of them.The choking smoke thickened again, so that Professor Bai Hong, who was standing in the front row, had to use magic to disperse the thick smoke.

Two wizards stand opposite each other.Their wands were pointed at each other, their eyes were not turned away for a moment, as if they were trying to figure out what spell the other would use next, and how they should fight back.

At this moment, Spirit Snake flicked his wrist, and threw out another spell: "Shenfeng Wuying!"

Yu Xiao put his wand on his chest almost the moment he cast the spell: "Armor protects you!"

The invisible sharp blade hit the transparent magic shield, making a loud bang.Yu Xiao was unscathed - the Slytherin prefect looked displeased.He curled his upper lip, and flicked his wand again.But Ravenclaw was faster than him: "Disarm you!"

A dazzling red light flashed, followed by something that flew backwards and landed on the ground with a "pop".

The students subconsciously avoided the falling objects, forming a large blank area.

The haughty Slytherin's hand was thrown back by the blow.He seemed a little disbelieving, and after a pause for a few seconds, he put down his empty hand and turned his head slowly - his wand was lying quietly on the floor.

The auditorium was silent for a moment, and then burst into warm applause.

"A very beautiful end!" Bai Hong said loudly amidst the applause, but the praise of "beautiful" was obviously given to the Ravenclaw prefect: "Okay, the demonstration is over here! Thank you both."

Spirit Snake let out a cold snort, spread his five fingers and hooked it, and his wand immediately jumped into his hand (which made the students marvel again).Yu Xiao flicked the robe on her body—the gorgeous stage was almost bombarded by various spells, especially the one between the two of them, which was almost smashed into a hole, and the edge of the carpet was burned to blackness. The exposed wooden boards were also blown off, and sawdust was scattered everywhere.

Both sides seemed to be in bad shape, but there were no obvious injuries - a strand of hair next to the snake's face was burnt, and Yu Xiao's collar was unraveled, with a scratch on it.

Bai Hong pulled out her magic wand and waved it towards the stage: "It's back to normal." The dilapidated stage was instantly restored as new.Spirit Snake snorted coldly, nodded at Yu Xiao, turned and left the stage.The prefects of Ravenclaw also left after tidying up their appearance calmly.

Feiyan subconsciously wanted to follow.Suddenly, someone put a hand on his shoulder.He turned around, it was a poisonous dragon.The senior Slytherin looked at him with a half-smile, and that smile made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he was forced to eat a large plate of food he didn't like.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's something." Dulong said, and he smiled leisurely, "It's about the spirit snake."

"What—" Hufflepuff was signaled to silence before he finished speaking, and the Slytherin student slowly pointed to Bai Hong who was speaking: "Hush."

"In the past few minutes, there were smashing spells, impeding spells, stunning spells, and iron armor spells, as well as some (he glanced at the direction the spirit snake left with dissatisfaction) black magic spells... except for the last one, which you don't need to master , and the rest are still difficult for lower grade students, you just need to understand it a little bit at this stage. Then," Bai Hong said, "Have you noticed? The last spell——'Disarm you', Can someone tell me what spell that is?"

"Disarming Charms, Professor," said a Ravenclaw girl.

"Very good." Bai Hong said, "This spell can be said to be the basic and most useful defensive spell. Most importantly, this spell won't hurt anyone."

"But professor," a Slytherin girl raised her hand and asked indifferently, "If we can't inflict damage on the enemy, we will be the ones who will be injured."

"What you have to do is to protect yourself," Bai Hong replied, "not to hurt others. Just like the Defense Against the Dark Arts I taught, the focus is on defense rather than black magic." After a pause, he looked around the auditorium :"Do you have any other questions?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Then, the students in the lower grades can train in pairs." He said, "You can form a team freely or let me find a partner for you. As for the students in the upper grades, few students I know can Good to use this mantra, I suggest you practice more."

The students who received suggestions and instructions dispersed one after another, and the surroundings were chaotic.Students in twos and threes gathered together to practice in groups, and all of a sudden the entire auditorium was filled with spells flying around.Professor Bai Hong stood on the stage and looked after him. He used magic to conjure up a pile of cushions and placed them behind the students. He was obviously used to dealing with such scenes.Hufflepuff's Torch Order stood at the bottom of the stage with his head up halfway to talk to him, saving objects that were knocked into the air from time to time.

"What's the matter?" Feiyan asked, "I don't want to waste time here."

"Don't worry," Dulong said, he rolled his eyes, and finally stopped his gaze on Hufflepuff's face: "Tell me first, what happened to the medicinal materials in the cauldron that Jin Lingsuo was holding that day?"

Feiyan paused, then replied bluntly: "...It has nothing to do with you."

Poison Dragon looked at Feiyan for a few seconds, then raised his eyebrows: "Okay." After a pause, "Then before—the day after the first Quidditch match, Spirit Snake appeared with you We had lunch at Hufflepuff's long table. I was a little curious, why didn't Spirit Snake wear his exclusive cufflinks that day—the cufflinks of your family's crest?"

Hufflepuff shuddered, flashing back to that day - the night after the first match.No cufflinks of course, because it was his clothes, and because his prefect didn't bring it at all when he came to see him-his prefect was wearing nothing but a cloak and nightgown that night. .The roots of his ears burned, but his expression remained unchanged. He stared coldly at the poisonous dragon and silver whip, and said every word: "This has nothing to do with you--everything about the prefect of the spirit snake has nothing to do with you. Shut up your nonsense!" language, you don’t know anything.”

"I really don't know anything." Slytherin said, he emphasized the three words "don't know" with a smile, but Feiyan always felt that his eyes seemed to see through everything.This made him even more uncomfortable.

"If that's the only thing you're looking for me for," he snapped, "I don't mind giving you a few curses under the name 'Duel Club' to silence you forever."

"But I don't mind—I don't want to cause you any accidents and the spirit snake comes to you. It's too much trouble to deal with him," said the poisonous dragon. The petals disappeared quickly before landing again: "Our dean may have something to say to Spirit Snake in the past two days. You are here, so I will tell you. Please remember to pass it on."

He laughed again, then left Hufflepuff frowning and glaring and left.

Feiyan didn't stay long, and he left in a hurry after Dulong left.He took the secret passage to the Slytherin Prefects' lounge, where he spent the last two hours before twelve o'clock.His prefect didn't say anything - didn't ask him why he didn't show up right away and didn't mention the Dueling Club.He silently prepared hot tea and fruit for his prefect, and added new wood to the fireplace.Spirit Snake sat on the upholstered chair, suddenly raised his eyes to look at him: "What do you want to say?"

Almost without thinking, Feiyan blurted out: "You are the best."

Spirit Snake froze for a moment, then smiled suddenly, that rare smile made him look very soft.He looked at the fireplace casually: "I didn't ask this... It's because you seem to be preoccupied."

The young Hufflepuff was a little embarrassed, he coughed lightly, and stammered: "Yes...someone asked me to tell you that the Potions Professor may be looking for you in the near future."

"Well. I see," Spirit Snake said lightly, and he lowered his eyes to focus on the book again: "It was originally scheduled for tonight, but it conflicted with the 'Duel Club'. I will look for it tomorrow."

"……Um."

The Slytherin prefect suddenly added: "I'll get this done before your match."

Feiyan blinked, he felt a balloon full of happiness slowly popping up in his chest, he was nervous and happy: "Then I will find you after class tomorrow!" He said quickly: "The competition is in the afternoon At two o'clock, I'll have lunch with you!"

"Then you go directly to the Potions classroom." Spirit Snake said lazily.

"Okay," he said.He hesitated for a moment, and of course the prefect of Slytherin noticed this abnormality, Spirit Snake frowned: "What's wrong with you tonight - just say what you want to say, don't dawdle."

Young Hufflepuff was nervous.He knew he shouldn't ask, but he couldn't help it.Because of the nervousness, his mouth was dry and his mind was dizzy, and the voice that came out didn't seem to be his own: "For tomorrow's game... Which academy do you want to win?"

Slytherin stopped turning the book, he raised his head and looked directly at the young boy in front of him, his voice was very slow but very clear: "As far as Yu Li is concerned, of course I want to support Slytherin," he paused: " But—I hope you win."

As if someone ignited a string of top-level strenuous fireworks in his mind, countless wonderful magical flames exploded, and at that moment Feiyan believed that tomorrow he would definitely play a wonderful game and win a beautiful victory.He pursed his lips and didn't hold back his smile, he simply grinned and said "thank you" and "I will" repeatedly incoherently.

However, a question popped up inappropriately at this time—why did the professor of Potions class want to find the prefect of the spirit snake?Everything about potions now had him on the alert and concerned.

It's just that he's too happy now, so this question just passed over his mind lightly, without leaving a deep impression on him.

【TBC.】