Chapter 87: Golden Snidget

The next day, in the sixth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"That's enough about the Chinese Fireball Dragon. Guess what magical animal this is?" Lockhart strolled down the aisle in the middle of the classroom, flicked his wand, and used magic to outline an emerald-green creature that resembled a long snake, but it had a shining red gemstone on its forehead and a single horn.

Uh-huh!

Soon, Lockhart saw many students raising their right hands. After a brief glance, he pointed his wand at a Gryffindor student.

"Percy, you answer."

Percy, who had red hair and was slightly handsome, stood up and introduced, "Professor, this is a long-horned water snake, a unique species in the United States. It is a 5x level magical creature with the ability to be invisible and fly. It is said that it has been hunted in large numbers and is an extremely rare and endangered species."

"And..."

Soon, Percy recited everything he knew about the horned water snake from his books.

"Percy's introduction is good." Lockhart nodded slightly and praised, "Five points for Gryffindor."

Percy's face lit up after hearing this. As a prefect, adding points to his house was a good thing in itself. Especially when his two younger brothers always seemed to be losing points for Gryffindor, the extra points this time could make up for it.

Lockhart watched Percy sit down and continued to speak unhurriedly, "Besides Percy's introduction, the horned water snake also has an unknown ability. It has certain psychic abilities and can hypnotize wizards or magical animals with weak mental powers. Also, the horned water snake is the representative magical creature of Ilvermorny School in the United States."

As Lockhart spoke, he watched all the students start taking notes, nodded slightly, and continued to add, "In fact, it may be difficult for you to encounter long-horned water snakes, and even encountering them is a matter of luck. But who asked the test questions in these years to more or less test some magical creatures in the United States, with the long-horned water snake as its characteristic species? It's very likely that it will appear on the test paper, so you have to be careful."

Later, Lockhart introduced some other information about the horned water snake to the students in detail and how to escape if they were encountered. Well, it is impossible to fight. With the level of these students, they would be lucky if they weren't confused by the horned water snake.

After a while, Lockhart finished talking about the horned water snake.

Suddenly, a Gryffindor student with short hair, a somewhat burly figure, and wearing a red wizard robe raised his right hand. When Lockhart saw it, he asked, "Oliver Wood, what don't you understand?"

After Oliver Wood stood up, he asked Lockhart, "Professor, you just talked about a lot of magical creatures that we cannot fight against. How about you tell us about the ones that we can defeat?"

"Yes, Professor, tell us."

"Yes, Professor, I want to listen to a lesson on dangerous magical animals today."

Facing the expectant looks of all the students, Lockhart thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, let's talk about some interesting magical animals that you can fight."

As he spoke, Lockhart waved his wand gently, and through the wand, he drew an outline of a magical creature with golden feathers and a pair of small wings on both sides, similar to a dodo bird.

Many girls looked at the furry body floating in mid-air, the two pairs of small blue wings, and the two cute creatures with sapphire-like eyes. Suddenly, they exclaimed softly.

"So cute."

"So cute."

"I really want one."

Lockhart was not surprised by the exclamations from the Gryffindor and Slytherin girls, because the floating Golden Snidget in mid-air was indeed very cute and very popular with girls. But the fiery eyes of the boys made him feel a little strange.

He shook his head slightly, swept away the distracting thoughts in his heart, and introduced, "This is the Golden Snidget, known for its keen instinct. It has the ability to teleport in space; basically, every time it flaps its wings, it is a precursor to its teleportation. It is a XXX level magical creature. You can definitely defeat it. Only it's not certain whether you can catch it or not."

Having said this, a faint smile appeared on Lockhart's face.

"Professor, have you encountered it before? How do you catch it?"

"It's really cute. I want one too, Professor."

"Professor, how many gold galleons do you think it would take to buy one?"

As soon as Lockhart finished speaking, a group of girls started chirping with questions. It was clear they liked such cute pets very much.

Well, Lockhart actually liked it very much too, but unfortunately...

"I've only seen the Golden Snidget once before, but unfortunately, I didn't catch it." At this point, Lockhart shook his head slightly, then continued with a half-smile on his face, "However, I have encountered a creature that is directly similar to the Golden Snidget. However, it cannot teleport in space, but its jumping ability is very amazing. I once tried to catch it, but unfortunately, I couldn't catch it at all. You can't imagine how slippery that thing is."

Speaking of this, Lockhart couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Creatures that can survive for thousands of years have their strong advantages more or less.

Later, Lockhart explained to the students some other related information about the Golden Snidget and some other magical animals that were not dangerous and that they could fight.

After a while, a Slytherin girl wearing dark green wizard robes raised her right hand, and Lockhart tapped his wand gently.

"Miss Crevat, what's the problem?"

Crevat stood up and asked in an expectant tone, "Professor, we have been in class for two weeks, and we are all studying the knowledge in the books. When will the practical lessons start to improve our combat experience?"

After Crevat finished speaking, Lockhart felt the expectant looks of other students. He thought about it and said with a smile, "Practical lesson, huh? Let's do it in the next class. I'll adjust the course schedule. Also, if you feel that you lack combat experience, my Duelling Club will be opened in the near future, and you can choose to join."

After Lockhart finished speaking, the atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became more lively.

"Really, Professor?"

"Professor, can I join your duelling club?"

"Professor, are there any requirements for the club?"

Lockhart nodded and answered the students' questions one by one.

"Of course, everyone is welcome to join."

"The requirements will be there, but they won't be high. As long as you have a heart that wants to fight and learn magic, you can definitely join."

After the atmosphere calmed down a bit, Lockhart changed the subject and continued today's lecture.

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At noon, after class, Lockhart had just answered some questions for the sixth-year students. After all the students left, he took his notebook and walked towards the corridor. There was one thing left to do for this day.

That was to ask Professor McGonagall for resources for the Duelling Club.

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