Hermione was angry.
Her target was Dolores Umbridge, who came from the Ministry of Magic.
The content of the lessons, which clearly had no intention of teaching the students and were clearly instigated by the Ministry of Magic.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Magic had created a new position to interfere with Hogwarts.
That is the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. Simply put, it is a position that has the right to suspend or dismiss teachers at Hogwarts. Of course, Umbridge was chosen.
There are also excessive penalties against Harry Potter and others, but those are not a big deal.
That damn frog poisoned her beloved lover, Leo!
She couldn't forgive that fact alone.
"There, there. Calm down, Hermione. I'm not bothered by it, and besides, there hasn't been a decent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher other than Professor Lupin. I don't care about the Senior Undersecretary either."
"But!"
Leo made the excited Hermione sit on the sofa, sat next to her, and held her head to soothe her.
"Calm down. I like you better when you're not angry."
Having been told that, Hermione had no choice but to calm her anger.
"Leo, that's not fair..."
After a while, there was a visitor to the study room. When Ku dealt with it, she came back a little puzzled.
"Master Leonard. There are students here."
"Who? Fred and George, maybe?"
"No, there are quite a lot of them. At a glance, there are students from Slytherin as well as those who have participated in the study group so far."
"I wonder what it is? What should we do?"
"Let's let them in for now. Ku, please expand the experimental space in the back."
"Understood."
The back of the study room, a space for conducting experiments, is applied with space expansion magic. It's now about the size of the Great Hall. The ones who entered were the participating members of the study group held on weekends centered around Ravenclaw, the Weasley brothers except for Ron, and other students. You can also see a small number of Slytherin.
Cedric Diggory, representing the gathered students, conveyed the request to Leo.
"Leo. We want you to train us."
It seems they thought they couldn't protect themselves with Umbridge's methods. So, Leo, who had taught Defense Against the Dark Arts three years ago, was chosen as the teacher.
"Also, we think there is a high possibility that that person has revived. Harry has been saying that much, and looking at the way the Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet are doing things, I feel like they are trying to hide the truth. I want to ask you too. Is it true that that person has revived?"
"It's true. I saw the resurrection right in front of me, as Harry Potter said."
Hearing that, fear spread, but some people seemed to have made up their minds.
"Listening to that, I'm more convinced that we can't stay the way we are. Leo, we want power. Not just for ourselves, but for the people we care about!"
Everyone who gathered nodded at those powerful words.
"What about the Slytherin students? I would like to refrain from any potential danger to Master Leonard."
At Ku's frank remark, all eyes in the room turned to the Slytherin students. Even though they came together, there still seemed to be a part of them that didn't trust them.
"...We're not pure-bloods."
"Just because we're in Slytherin doesn't mean we're all about pure-blood supremacy."
"Everyone in the dorm, especially the pure-blood families, is afraid to be found out, and there are many people who pretend to be pure-bloods. Even I have a grandfather on my mother's side who was born a Muggle."
"If the world continues to be ruled by the Dark Lord, it will be harder for us to live."
"And, uh, what was it, that, I can't see a future where we can beat Taylor..."
"If that's the case, it seems like we're more likely to survive if we join him. That's why we're here. There are probably more people who want to participate, but only less than ten of us who have made up our minds to come here. About half of the entire Slytherin is wondering whether they should follow Taylor."
Most of the people were convinced by their remarks. No one has seen the Dark Lord directly, but they seem to be blown away by the magic that Leo used in the third task. They have seen Leo fighting several times, but it doesn't look like he's going all out.
"Understood. This year, let's teach how to fight in the Saturday morning study group. We'll decide on the details by next Saturday. Please create a list of members who will participate by then. If you have any requests, please think about it."
With that, the day ended.
"I knew it, everyone was dissatisfied with that toad."
"Right. Let's think about various things. I want to try doing things that I couldn't do in class."
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The following Saturday.
A considerable number of people had gathered in Leo's study room.
Almost all of the Ravenclaws, 136 people. About half of Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, a total of 139 people.
Even Slytherin has a small number, but there are about 30 people.
More than 300 people in total have gathered in Leo's laboratory. That's more than half of all the students. This was a little unexpected for Leo.
"It's amazing."
"That's how much they recognize you, Leo."
Everyone is looking at Leo. They have eyes that are looking forward to what's to come.
"Well, if you've gathered here, it's because you want power. I don't think I can teach everyone in detail because there are so many people, but I think it's better than the current Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Since there are so many people, I will divide the class according to their abilities.
First, I will teach the basic use of magic and how to fight to students under the third year who I have not taught.
Next, those in the fourth year and above will master Expelliarmus Charm and Stupefy Spell with Protego Charm.
Those who can use these will move on to the stage of mastering spells that are suitable for each person as I judge.
Finally, if you go beyond that, I will teach you more useful magic.
First, I will teach the knowledge of magic to the third year students and below, so the fourth year students and above, please study the three magics I mentioned earlier. It would be helpful if those who can use it could teach those who can't."
The third-year students and below are happy, but the fourth-year students and above are dissatisfied.
Some of them seem to have thought they would be taught amazing magic and are openly complaining.
"Expelliarmus Charm, what's the point of being able to use it now? If that's the case, I can do it too."
One after another, voices agreeing with the complaint rose. Leo sighed.
"I see. Then let's first teach you what Expelliarmus Charm is. The one who complained earlier, come forward. And someone who can't use Expelliarmus Charm among the fourth year students and above, please come forward."
The main complainer, a sixth-year Slytherin student, stepped forward. As a representative of those who couldn't use it, Neville came forward shyly.
"Well, senior, please use Expelliarmus Charm on me. Ah, don't worry. I won't reflect or defend."
"Got it. Here I go, Expelliarmus Charm!"
The flash of red light knocked the wand out of Leo's hand. Seeing this, the senior student who seemed proud asked Leo to score him.
"That's 30 points. Now Neville, let's use Expelliarmus on him."
"But I still can't use it properly..."
"It's okay. I've taught you, haven't I? The image is important when using magic. Point your wand at the opponent and say the spell firmly, then the spell will be fired from the tip of your wand. If it hits, his wand will fly in the air. Imagine that clearly. And that wand will fly to you. Now, let's imagine."
Neville listened carefully to Leo's words and repeated them. He took a deep breath to calm down and was ready.
"Expelliarmus"
The Expelliarmus that Neville cast knocked the wand away. Not only that, but the wand flew to Neville.
"Good job. That's 50 points. As you can see, you can also send it to your hand and take it. If you just want to release it like the senior, you can do it right away."
"But, but! I can do that too if I practice a little! If Longbottom can do it!"
"Yes, you should be able to do it with a little practice. But even this is 50 points. Now, please give me your wand. I'm going to hit you with a 100-point Expelliarmus."
"Wait, wait a minute!"
"Expelliarmus"
Leo's flash of light plunged into the opponent at an invisible speed.
It not only knocked off the wand but also blew away the holder himself.
Everyone was watching him as he was blown away, tumbling about 5 meters behind him. He had cushioned his landing point, but he was unconscious.
"Yes, as you can see, even the same magic can change powerfully depending on how you use it. The speed of activation, the speed of flight of the spell, the improvement of the effect, and the silent spell. The less the opponent underestimates such a trivial magic, the more effective it can be."
The first-year students who had never seen Leo's abilities were shining their eyes.
Those who knew about Leo were also feeling his tremendousness again.
"Well then, shall we start the class?"
Here, the Hogwarts student strengthening activity by Leonard Taylor began.
It was the beginning of the era that would later be called the strongest generation of Hogwarts.
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And so, the class by Professor Leonard Taylor began.
There is no particular name. It is also openly held under the guise of a study group.
Dumbledore's Army? There's no such thing.
Harry and Ron? Of course, they're not participating. The hindrance will accelerate...
Even Slytherin students are not all pure-blood supremacists or under the bow
I thought that if they saw Leo's power, they would rebel, so I asked them to participate.
By the way, in this novel, the number of Hogwarts is about 20 boys and girls per dormitory per grade
I'm thinking of about 560 people in total for 20 people x 7 years x 4 dormitories.
The original was supposed to be about 1000 people, but there weren't many descriptions that were so many, so I did this.
From now on, the level of students will increase more and more!