Chapter 252 I Am Finally Not the only One Getting Slapped!

The hand print on the Dementor's cloak is very clear. Judging from the proportions, the fingers are slender and the palm shape is perfect.

It just doesn't look too big.

Zhang Xiao's eyes became subtle, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Isn't this a coincidence?

Who knows if a dementor came in the carriage or the one he slapped in Azkaban?

The Dementors apparently noticed this too.

It instinctively wanted to roar and call for its companions, but it suddenly remembered that day when the 'very delicious food' in front of it suddenly jumped up and slapped itself.

The relatives and friends who came after hearing the news were also beaten, which was quite miserable.

It hurts, it hurts so much! Being hit by the Patron Saint Curse can only be called expulsion. Dementors hate Patron Saints, and the light of powerful Patron Saints can burn them.

But the damage caused by the large sinuses is unmatched by the Patronus Charm. This is the first time that a dementor has been beaten physically!

The dementor stood there, wanting to scream but not daring to scream, wanting to leave but reluctant to part with a train of delicious food. He felt particularly desolate.

This strange behavior was obviously noticed by the little wizards, and the screams of Malfoy, Ron and Hermione slowly stopped.

They watched as the tall figure of the Dementor gradually shrank back. The originally tall body seemed to be a little bent, and it looked like - scared?

His eyes even stayed on the Dementor's hood, the obvious slap mark.

"Zhang, that slap mark on its hood -" Malfoy asked quietly.

"Ah, it should have been me. Last time I went to Azkaban with Professor Dumbledore."

Was it really you who beat me? Malfoy, Ron and Hermione didn't know what to say for a moment.

This is a dementor!

Harry recovered from the painful pain that seemed to tighten in his stomach.

It seemed as if women's cries and screams were echoing in his ears.

Is this a dementor?

Harry shook his head vigorously to free himself from the fear, and raised his wand almost instinctively:

"ExpectoPatronum!"

Dazzling stars burst out from the tip of Harry's wand like morning light.

A deer with big antlers walked gracefully out of the silver light.

It lowered its head and charged towards the Dementor in front of it. The silver light emitted by the Patronus dispelled the negative influence caused by the Dementor.

The Dementor quickly backed away. This patron saint was unexpectedly powerful, especially the 'delicious food' that could slap, and seemed to be able to summon a more powerful patron saint.

The entire carriage seemed to come alive again. Right in front of the train, a jumping silver honey badger rushed out of the prefect's box and drove away the dementors in the train.

"It's Cedric!"

Ron shouted excitedly, Cedric's home was not far from Ron's home, and he had been here as a guest during the summer vacation. It was at that time that Cedric revealed that he had successfully summoned the Patronus.

Harry's stag lowered its head, pushed its huge antlers forward, and ran forward.

It emitted a strong silver glow that dispersed all the shadows, and the lights inside the train came on again.

More and more students figured out what was going on.

"Patronus Charm!"

"Physical Guardian God!"

"There are people who can cast the Patronus Charm, and there are two of them!"

Similar shouts came and went in the carriage, and soon the carriage was filled with excited cheers and thunderous applause.

Harry listened to other people's comments, and even though he was always very resistant to other people's praise, he couldn't help but smile.

"Harry, an excellent patronus."

A hoarse voice sounded behind them, and Professor Lupine finally woke up. He inserted the wand in his hand back and stared at the stag running amok in the train, as if he was missing something.

"Professor Lupin."

Harry suddenly became cautious. Facing his father's friend, his reason told him that he should get closer, but the unfamiliar feeling made him only say hello politely.

"Sirius must have told you everything? I knew that guy couldn't hide what he said."

A gentle smile appeared on Lupine's tired face, he patted Harry's shoulder, squeezed it hard, and said with great understanding:

"It's okay, just be yourself."

Zhang Xiao has focused all his attention outside since Harry and Cedric summoned the Patronus.

At this moment, he was staring seriously at the roof of the train, his eyes seeming to penetrate the partition and see the rainy night outside.

"You are Zhang, right? Dumbledore and Sirius often mentioned you to me, and I have also read about your deeds in the newspapers -"

Lu Ping looked at Zhang Xiao who was staring out the window, and his next words turned into questions:

“Zhang—what’s wrong?”

Zhang Xiao's face became more solemn and he said softly: "Professor, I'm afraid the trouble caused by the dementors is far from over."

At this moment, the cold feeling that had just subsided came again, even more intense than the first time.

Just as Zhang Xiao had felt before, there were a large number of Dementors hovering outside the train. The train, which was invigorated by the Patronus Charm, was now full of happiness and joy.

This is an almost irresistible temptation for Dementors.

Lu Ping's face was quite ugly. He quickly walked to the window and opened it. The whining cold wind mixed with cold raindrops poured in from the window.

The little wizards couldn't help but shiver and hugged their arms.

With the light of lightning, they finally discovered a horrible fact.

A large number of Dementors had gathered outside the train. These horrible monsters were circling in the sky, swooping over the top of the train from time to time, greedily taking a sip.

"Damn it! How can there be so many Dementors!

Have all the Dementors in Azkaban come here?"

Lupin cursed in a low voice. He thought for a while and said quickly:

"Harry, you use your Patronus Charm to protect this place. I have to find the driver and let the child who can use the Patronus Charm protect the front half of the carriage.

We must hurry up, otherwise the Dementors will suck everyone into idiots!"

"Well, I'll try to see if I can disperse them. We really have to get the train moving quickly." Zhang Xiao nodded and agreed.

Lupin looked at him in surprise. Disperse them?

The more Dementors there are, the harder it is to dispel them. Facing the negative effects of hundreds of Dementors, it is already very difficult to raise the wand to resist.

Not to mention dispelling them.

Even so, Lupin still decided to believe what Dumbledore told him, and he nodded.

Zhang Xiao grabbed the upper edge of the window, exerted his arms, and the whole person flipped onto the top of the train like a swing.

Seeing that Zhang Xiao had left, Lupin picked up his wand and ran towards the front of the car. He could still be heard shouting:

"I am Remus Lupin!

The new professor of Hogwarts, all the little wizards stay in the carriage, do not act without permission, and eat two pieces of chocolate if you feel uncomfortable.

Prefects, maintain order!

I promise that no one will be able to hurt everyone before I fall down."

The voice gradually faded away, and Malfoy nodded slowly:

"He is a very responsible professor."

"Of course! This is my father's good friend."

Harry glared at him, called the stag back, and let it walk back and forth in the back half of the carriage. At the same time, he noticed that Cedric's patronus was doing the same thing in the front half of the carriage.

Malfoy Ron could only watch with regret and envy as the two majestic patronuses patrolled back and forth in the aisle.

Hermione pursed her lips, her expression was extremely serious, and the little witch's eyes were almost on fire. She spent most of her summer vacation on previewing the textbooks for the next semester.

Otherwise, she should be able to use the Patronus now. Before the summer vacation, she felt that she was about to succeed.

On the top of the train, heavy rain covered the whole world. Only when lightning flashed across the sky would it briefly illuminate the land.

In just a moment, Zhang Xiao felt that he was soaked all over. The rain condensed into streams and dripped down his cheeks and chin.

The number of Dementors was incredible. They seemed to be attending a feast, hovering above the train.

A faint golden light rose from Zhang Xiao's body, and then it became blazing.

Became the most dazzling existence in the darkness.

The Dementors noticed him almost immediately, roaring and rushing towards Zhang Xiao.

But when they saw the dazzling golden light, half of the Dementors immediately slowed down their movements and fell behind hesitantly.

The experience of being beaten up in Azkaban was not long ago. If I remember correctly, this "food" with golden light also has a very powerful Patronus?

Even so, the number of Dementors can be said to be numerous.

The originally deep night sky seemed to have turned completely black, a kind of black that could not see any hope and made people depressed.

The rain became even colder, like ice.

In Zhang Xiao's eyes, everything around him began to lose color, and the whole world turned black and white.

Dementors wearing tattered cloaks surged from all directions.

Zhang Xiao raised his wand above his head and circled in a large range.

A bright light lit up at the tip of the wand, and a trailing light band formed with his movements.

When the light bands were connected end to end to form a circle.

The carp, which was more than one person tall and made of silver light, jumped out of the broken ice cave.

It jumped into the air with its head and tail shaking.

It was like a bright moon rising, and the silver light almost instantly dispelled the darkness around it.

The originally black and white world restored its original color at a very fast speed.

When the Dementors who had been beaten saw this familiar patronus, their movements suddenly slowed down.

The Ministry of Magic once believed that this kind of monster was irrational and could not communicate.

But in fact, Dementors can not only communicate simply, but also have incredible memory.

At least in the research of the Ministry of Magic, Dementors have a very good memory, and they can even remember where they had a delicious meal decades ago.

The carp swam happily around Zhang Xiao, and then charged at the Dementors that were coming from all over the sky.

From a distance, a ball of silver light rushed straight towards a large area of ​​darkness.

The silver carp emitted waves of light that continued to spread, and the Dementors were bounced away before they got close.

The Dementors, who had been beaten once, seemed to be watching a show, watching their companions rush forward one after another and being bounced back.

One of the Dementors with handprints on his hood stood at the back, staring at the battle below.

When a Dementor finally broke through the defense of the carp with its numerical advantage and rushed to Zhang Xiao, the handprint Dementor suddenly stretched its head forward.

Then it saw the golden "food" jump out, slapped the unlucky guy in the face, and slapped him away.

"Gaga gaga gaga gaga~!"

For some reason, the handprint Dementor felt that he suddenly had a strange emotion, which was called joy.

Finally - it was no longer just his face that had a slap mark!

The train finally started moving again, and thick fog gushed out from the front of the train. Lupin was in the front of the train, sticking his head out and watching in amazement the silver patronus rushing back and forth in the sky full of Dementors (and half of them were watching the show).

Dumbledore and Sirius were right.

He closed the window and fell into deep thought, so should I try Dumbledore's suggestion to learn from Zhang whether the East has any way to deal with werewolves?

For the rest of the journey, everyone was nervously talking about what had happened before.

When the train finally stopped at Hogwarts Station, it was a real mess when getting off the train: all kinds of noisy sounds mixed with the cries of pets made the entire platform a mess.

The small platform was slippery and unsteady, and the heavy rain was still pouring down.

"First-year students, come here!" A familiar voice called out, Hagrid held up a huge lantern and waved to the panicked new students, leading them to experience the traditional journey across the lake.

The scene was so chaotic that there was no chance to chat, and they could only wave to him hurriedly.

The carriages lined up and moved slowly, passing through the magnificent cast iron gates, with many stone pillars on both sides and winged wild boars on the front, until they arrived in front of the castle.

This was Zhang Xiao's first time to experience the complete process of carriage enrollment. His clothes had long become dry and warm with the help of magic. Malfoy sat opposite him, calculating how many pure bloods would be enrolled this year.

As for the position and tendency, he learned a sentence from Zhang Xiao and believed it deeply, that is, the butt determines the head.

In the past, most pure bloods supported Voldemort. In addition to the idea of ​​pure blood supremacy, which was very appetizing, the more important thing was that after Voldemort came to power, pure bloods regained a lofty status.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, under Dumbledore's strong advocacy in recent years, the lives of pure bloods have been getting worse year by year, and the rapidly rising mixed-blood wizard groups are squeezing the living space of pure bloods.

This is the main reason why they support Voldemort.

But now it is different. The import and export trade between the East and the West allows pure bloods to easily earn a lot of profits, and this market is closed and cannot be occupied by half-bloods.

So even if the Azkaban collective prison break occurred, the pure bloods who wanted to maintain the status quo still had the upper hand.

Slytherin remained stable.

The carriage swayed to a stop, and the crowd gathered together and walked up the stone steps, walked through the huge oak door, and walked into the deep front hall;

Came to the huge restaurant door.

Zhang Xiao looked at the four tables filled with tableware and the magical ceiling in the restaurant. At this moment, he actually missed the warm bed in the dormitory.

It's the beginning of another school year.

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