HP Dual Masters and I had a blast in Hogwarts.

Chapter 173 Duel Club

Fortunately, given my grades, even if I miss a class, the professors won't blame me. Of course, I also prepared some small desserts to apologize.

Soon all the students in our school received a notification from Headmaster Dumbledore that Gilderoy Lockhart was permitted to open a dueling club to improve the students' self-defense skills.

Any young wizard who has time to expand their knowledge can participate and learn.

When I arrived at the classroom, the dueling platform was already surrounded by a bunch of young wizards, mostly from the lower grades, while the older students were generally standing on the periphery watching the show.

“What’s going on?” I walked over to Percy, where Cedric and Oliver were in the corner.

Meanwhile, Fred and George, being twins, squeezed into the crowd to watch the duel up close next to the dueling stage.

Severus and Gilderoy Lockhart were both standing on the PK stage.

"It seems that Professor Snape was commissioned by Headmaster Dumbledore to assist Professor Gilderoy Lockhart as a tutor in teaching students defensive spells," Percy whispered to me, explaining the current situation.

"Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, he really has a lot of courage." I genuinely admire Gilderoy Lockhart; isn't he afraid of being beaten to a pulp by Severus?

I watched the two people bowing to each other with wands up above with amusement. I could see Severus's impatience, and seeing that expression, I chuckled to myself.

Conversely, seeing Gilderoy Lockhart's exaggerated desire to perform makes him seem like a clown.

As a result, Gilderoy Lockhart was knocked out by Severus in the first round and sent flying.

Standing by the dueling stage, Hermione asked with great concern, "Is he alright?"

"Who cares about him?" Ron disliked Gilderoy Lockhart to no end, and he only felt schadenfreude at his defeat.

“That’s a really great idea, Professor Snape. If you don’t mind me saying this, it’s really…” Gilderoy Lockhart, like an unkillable cockroach, immediately stood up and walked back to the center of the dueling arena.

“It’s too obvious. I saw through your intentions at a glance. If I wanted to stop you, it would be a piece of cake.” Gilderoy Lockhart’s boastful words were truly fluent.

“Perhaps it would be more helpful if we taught the students how to block malicious spells first, Professor.” I’d give Severus a 100-point bonus for his sarcastic tone.

“That’s a brilliant suggestion, Professor Snape.” Gilderoy Lockhart was pretending not to catch the underlying meaning.

Turning around, he looked at the young wizards around him and prepared to call out names to come up on stage for a PK (player versus player) challenge.

“Let’s find volunteers to demonstrate first. Um, Potter, Weasley, you two come on…” Gilderoy Lockhart saw the three little ones standing by the stage and immediately called on them.

"Both Potter and Weasley are from Gryffindor. I think it would be better if two different houses had a demonstration. Please allow me to recommend my students, Malfoy and Harry, to fight. What do you think?" Severus was doing this on purpose, wasn't he? I looked at Severus on the stage with amusement.

Then we saw Severus and Gilderoy Lockhart step down from the dueling stage, leaving Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter to duel.

“Looks like I’ll have to go over there and make sure they’re safe,” I said with a grin to Percy beside me.

Percy and Cedric exchanged a smile as they watched me slowly walk ahead.

With Professor Snape's command, the duel officially began.

Draco launched the first attack, waving his wand and chanting an incantation. A green beam shot from the tip of his wand, heading straight for Harry.

Harry reacted quickly, dodging the attack while brandishing his wand and shouting, "Expelliarmus!" A red beam shot from the tip of his wand, colliding with Draco's attack with a loud bang.

Draco was knocked back a few steps by Harry's counterattack, but he quickly regained his footing and launched another attack.

This time, his attack was even more ferocious, and Harry had to constantly dodge and fight back.

The two magic wands clashed in mid-air, emitting beams of light and sparks, creating a very intense scene.

During the duel, Harry gradually gained the upper hand. His attacks became increasingly accurate, while Draco began to appear somewhat flustered.

Finally, Draco used 'Oolong Emerges' to summon a snake.

"Potter, get out of the way, leave this snake to me." Gilderoy Lockhart, ever the show-off, suddenly unleashed some kind of spell, tossing the snake high into the air.

As a result, the snake brothers got angry and tried to attack a little wizard next to the dueling stage.

"Stop (Parseltongue)!" Harry and I said in Parseltongue at the same time, and the young wizards standing around me were surprised and made way for me to reach the dueling stage.

Some of the younger wizards also looked at Harry, but they couldn't understand the language Harry and I were speaking.

“Come here, come to me (Parseltongue).” I spoke this language that no one had ever heard before, and they all looked at me in surprise, including Harry, who understood what I was saying.

The little snake seemed to understand what I was saying and slowly slid to my side.

Everyone who witnessed this looked at me with fear.

Severus and Draco were tense when they saw this; they were afraid the snake would hurt me.

"You don't need to be so nervous, it doesn't mean to hurt me." I smiled and reached out to stroke the little snake. The snake obediently crawled onto my hand and then crouched around my neck.

Everyone watched this scene in astonishment, and they all moved a few meters away from me.

"Senior Ayers, what are you going to do with this little snake?"

Kind-hearted Harry watched my actions the whole time. He was curious about how I would handle the snake, seeing how docile it was.

“I will release it into the Forbidden Forest later. Your farce should come to an end now. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt. Will you grant my request?” I smiled at Severus and Draco, then turned to Gilderoy Lockhart.

"Yes, we'll be careful." The others all felt that compared to the little snake Draco conjured, I was more terrifying when I spoke like that.

“Very well, I’ll just watch from here, you can continue.” I stood right next to the dueling stage, and none of the little wizards dared to come within three meters of me; a vacuum had appeared around me.

As a result, the duel between Draco and Harry came to nothing. Severus and Gilderoy Lockhart then arranged for people to spar one-on-one, but I found that a bit boring, so I left the dueling club with my snake.

No one dared to approach me to ask about Parseltongue, but Harry was bombarded with questions by Hermione and Ron, and that's how Harry found out he could speak Parseltongue.