Chapter 66: List of Banned Books

The Slytherin students all looked at their dean with ridiculous expressions. This seemed to be the first time they had seen Snape take the initiative to deduct Slytherin's points for more than a year after arriving at Hogwarts!

Lu Yunkai also looked at Snape in shock, his mind replaying the scene at that moment.

Did you do anything wrong? no!

So why the deduction? ?

"A wizard's duel requires fairness. Absolute fairness. Those who choose to resolve disputes in this way are those who simply disdain such 'despicable' tricks as sneak attacks and preemption." Snape looked at Lu Yunkai He said seriously, "Since you chose to attack at the same time, how could you attack Miss Granger before she could stand firm and ready to attack? If so, why didn't you attack first when you just turned your back to the opponent? "

"Isn't this the same thing?" Lu Yunkai looked ridiculous.

He felt like he was being targeted.

Not only Slytherin, but also the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw students who were watching clearly could not accept Snape's explanation.

The first moves of both sides were taken at the same time, no one made a sneak attack or took the lead! In full view of everyone! !

"Not waving the wand at the same time as the opponent is a sneak attack. Failure to use magic to defeat the opponent is a disgraceful victory. There are no skills or tactics on the duel stage, only an upright victory or defeat. Do you understand?" Snape continued, " If you feel like these things are an important part of helping you win, then dueling is not for you."

"...Yes." Lu Yunkai was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a strange expression.

He understood.

In fact, not only him, but all the Slytherins, and it could even be said that all the students present understood what Snape meant.

Can you guarantee that when you face a threat, the other party will not use any "disgraceful" tactics and techniques in order to win or even kill you?

Not even talking about this, just the magic potion that Lu Yunkai mentioned just now, if it was available, wouldn't you drink it?

So it makes sense to learn this duel!

It turns out that Snape was not targeting Lu Yunkai, but Duel, this Duel Club, and Lockhart, who advocated the establishment of this Duel Club!

"Professor Snape is right. On the duel stage, rules are the most important, otherwise even if you win, it will be disgraceful." Lockhart's face was obviously much uglier than before, and he could only hold on. Said.

Even the students knew that Snape was making fun of the Duel Club. How could he not catch it!

"But for you, you can first go through the duel club to get familiar with how to use spells face to face with other wizards." Lockhart continued to say with difficulty: "And according to tradition, as long as it is a duel registered with the Ministry of Magic, the result will be the same. It is protected by the Ministry of Magic. If you have any disputes with other wizards in the future, a duel may be a solution."

"The premise is that both of you must be gentlemen enough and have enough confidence in your own magic skills." Snape said angrily from the side, "This is not the Middle Ages anymore. Even if the other party asks for a duel, you refuse." No one will laugh at you."

"Lu Yunkai was very calm and reacted very quickly when he cast the spell just now. Although... it doesn't quite comply with the rules of duel, but when you face a real opponent, such a reaction may save your lives. "I'll give Slytherin ten points." Lockhart decided to ignore Snape and make up for the points he had deducted.

"Thank you, Professor." Lu Yunkai nodded, then handed her wand to Hermione who had gotten up from the ground with a depressed look on her face, "I'm sorry, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Hermione smiled sheepishly at Lu Yun.

"This is a bottle of recovery potion. Drink it and don't get hurt." Lu Yunkai took out a bottle of potion with his backhand.

"No...Okay, thank you."

Hermione originally felt that she was not feeling uncomfortable and did not want to waste the bottle of potion prescribed by Lu Yunkai, but when she saw the look Lu Yunkai gave her, she instantly understood what Lu Yunkai meant.

Just like she stepped forward on Harry's behalf because she didn't want to cause any estrangement between Harry and Lu Yunkai because of Snape's rush to sell things, the bottle of potion Lu Yunkai gave her now also showed that he had no intention of getting into trouble with her.

This medicine was given to Harry, Ron, and Snape.

So she simply took the potion and drank it in one gulp.

"But having said that, you are so fast when you use spells!" After drinking the potion, Hermione did not forget to return the potion bottle to Lu Yunkai, and then added.

"Isn't this what you taught me? It was said that one of Ron's elders cast spells like this."

"Oh! There is such a thing." Hermione nodded,

"Okay, you go down." Lockhart interrupted the conversation between the two, "Now, all the students will take turns to form teams to practice."

"yes."

The auditorium resounded with the students' inconsistent answers.

…

"You did well today."

"Thank you, Professor."

After the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Lu Yunkai was called to the office by Snape.

His expression still looked very pleased.

"You understand why I deduct points from you, right?"

"Understood. This duel club is just a joke." Lu Yunkai nodded.

He felt so from the bottom of his heart.

After his and Hermione's demonstration, considering that Lu Yunkai had been deducted points by Snape, none of the students dared to cast spells rashly.

So this duel training class turned into a simple game of comparing size.

Both sides held wands to fight each other, or took turns to attack until one side couldn't stand it and admitted defeat. Lu Yunkai felt that this duel training would be more reliable and appropriate if it was renamed as aristocratic etiquette training.

"Yeah." Snape nodded with relief, "I'm glad you don't feel wronged..."

"Professor, can you please do me a favor?" Lu Yunkai suddenly had a bold idea, so he mustered up the courage to ask.

"...What?"

"I want to know which books in the Hogwarts library are forbidden to students... Don't worry, I'm not going to see the banned books!" Lu Yunkai saw Snape's eyes suddenly change, and waved his hand, "I'm just curious about what books are forbidden to students for what reasons, but some are collected by the school because they are rare or have special value. I wanted to ask Madam Pince to tell me before, but she said that she couldn't tell me anything about banned books without the professor's permission."

"What do you want to do with these things?"

Snape obviously didn't believe Lu Yunkai's statement, so he stared at Lu Yunkai and asked.

Lu Yunkai felt that Snape was using Legilimency on him, but he still smiled and shook his head.

"I don't have any other ideas! I read a lot of interesting books this summer. Not long ago, I borrowed a book about curses from the library. I felt that such books were not banned, but the Legilimency you are using is forbidden for students to read... I am very curious about how this standard is formulated."

"Well. Your brain blocking technique is getting more and more proficient." Snape retracted his gaze and nodded, "I can write a letter and ask Madam Pince to provide you with a list of banned books in the school library, but the reasons why these books are banned may only be asked by you one by one. I don't know if she has the patience to answer you."

"I understand!"

Lu Yunkai smiled and nodded.

Soon, Snape wrote a parchment note and handed it to Lu Yunkai.

Lu Yunkai did not delay for a moment, took the certificate and went straight to the library and found Madam Pince.

Madam Pince had no choice but to give Lu Yunkai the list of books that she had rejected in the morning and got the professor's approval to come to her before dinner. According to the rules, she simply provided Lu Yunkai with the list of books.

However, she chose a very irresponsible answer to the question of why these books were banned:

"These are all books that the previous principals felt were not suitable for students to study and consult. As for the specific reasons, I don't remember them."

However, Lu Yunkai did not get angry with Mrs. Pings because of this. He still gave Mrs. Pings a pair of glasses that he bought from the system for three gold galleons and could help people massage and warm their eyes.

The things were not expensive, but they were made with care.

This made Mrs. Pings, who was a little perfunctory, feel embarrassed.

When she saw that Lu Yunkai had no intention of pestering her and was about to leave with the list of books, she told Lu Yunkai that although most of the books were sent to the banned book area because they were dangerous or even related to black magic, a small number of them were purely because of the personal preferences of the then principal. When she was free, she would pick out the books in the second part and organize them into a list for Lu Yunkai.

Lu Yunkai was very pleased with this "surprise", so when he left the library, he was sincerely grateful.

He actually didn't need Madam Pince to tell him which books were banned for what reasons.

Curious? Why not read it yourself! At worst, if you find it useless after reading it, you can sell it back to the system and you won't get much depreciation fee.

After dinner, Lu Yunkai returned to the lounge without wasting a day and immediately started looking for extracurricular activities for notebooks.

Brew the potion in the lost potion book, and while waiting for the potion to be made, read the banned books bought from the system according to the book list...

Soon in the preface of the first book called "Secrets of Black Magic", Lu Yunkai found the reason why these books were banned.

"Originally, there was only one kind of magic in the world, but because some people were afraid that the power of magic was too strong, they selected some harmless magic from it and named it white magic. In fact, this is the greatest insult and blasphemy to magic..."

It would be unfair if this book was not banned! ?