New Dawn – A Harry Potter Transmigration Fanfic - Chapter 154

Despite his recent closeness with Hermione, he was still wary of showing the room of requirement to her and the other two girls.

But now that they had mȧturėd a little bit, he wanted to teach them Dueling but had no place do so.

Which was why he emptied one of the abandoned rooms and filled it with runes and charms that would help in a duel and make sure to protect the duelists from any heavy injuries.

It took him two whole days to complete the room at which point he simply named it the Dueling Room.

And then he sent a message to their Magical Phones to come to this room after the lunch and waited.

Thankfully the three of them arrived together in time.

Despite being his friends, they knew better than to make him wait when he was the one trying to help them.

“Harry. Why did you call us?” Hermione asked curiously as she skipped into the room and gave him a hug.

He could see Penelope and Daphne looking at each other with a smirk but decided to ignore them.

“Because I’ve decided that it’s time you start learning how to fight.” He said seriously and her eyes widened for a moment before she started to bite her lower lip with nervousness, looking quite adorable once again without even trying.

“Are you sure Harry?” she asked and he gave a nod.

Hermione nodded at that, still looking a bit unsure before Penelope patted her on her back “Come on Hermione. You’re a genius in your class so it shouldn’t be too hard for you.”

Daphne walked forward, maintaining her stoic expression and asked “So what will you teach us here?” she asked and he grinned at her before taking out the schedule he had prepared for them.

You’ll learn one simple spell each day for the first two weeks and learn how to cast that spell while moving around. And then you’ll have dodging practice.

“Dodging Practice?” Penelope asked with some trepidation and he grin turned even wider.

“Yes. I’ve created 9 golems in such a manner that once they’re charged with enough magic, they would be able to fire weak stinging hexes at you.” He explained.

“Each of you will be surrounded by 3 golems for five minutes and will be continuously bombarded by those weak and slow stinging hexes.”

“The speed of the hexes will be very slow on the first day and will start to increase as the days pass by until they’re as fast as ordinary spells and curses cast by a regular auror.” He said.

“That still doesn’t explain why you’re teaching us to fight Harry.” Hermione said “Are we in any kind of danger?” she asked with a worried gaze.

“No Hermione. You’re not in any kind of danger. But as you know, my inventions will bring a lot of changes in the magical world.” He said “And some people in the society might not like those changes.”

“So yes, you’re not in any immediate danger but you might be in danger in the future because of your friendship with me so I want you girls to learn how to fight in case any of you were ever attacked in the future.”

The girls gave a nod and told nodded back before telling them to form a line in front of three targets.

Then he started teaching them the Stinging hex.

Good news was that all three of the girls were able to perform the hex easily.

Especially Hermione who was even able to perform the hex without her wand. Though the resulting spell was weak and slow, it was still impressive nonetheless.

Bad news was that once he told them to move around and try to cast the spell at the same time, only Penelope was able to do it.

It took some concentration to cast a spell and you can’t concentrate so much once you’re moving around.

This was the reason why some of the aurors who got great marks in theory and practical exams die in their first fight because they are not able to concentrate enough to cast any spell.

So in essence, using a spell on a stationary target and using a spell while you’re running for your life are two different things.

So after a few hours of continuous practice, the three of them were finally able to cast a decent stinging hex while moving around.

It was not much but he had not expected them to perform a miracle on their first day either. It was good progress and that’s the only thing he wanted for the time.

After they got the hang of it, he took them in three separate circles.

Each of the circle had a 3 meter of diameter and they were not allowed to leave the circle no matter what.

After that, he position the 9 golems with 3 golems surrounding each of them and then the dodging exercise began.

They did a poor job of dodging but once again he had not expected them to perform a miracle on the first day so he remained patient with them throughout the exercise until they ran out of stamina.

“Good.” He said after he disabled the golems.

The three girls fell on the ground with exhaustion so he called Bitty and had her bring some water for all of them.

“It was hard.” Daphne complained while taking deep breaths and he smiled at the girl.

“Dodging spells and casting spells while on the move are the basics of dueling.” He explained “Without learning how to do them, you won’t last much longer in a fight.”

“Once you get good enough at these two things, we’ll start the real dueling lessons.” He said and the three girls ġrȯȧnėd.

He smiled and then directed them to the nearby showers where they could clean themselves as they were dripping with sweat at the moment.

As each of them went to the shower, he sat down on a chair and wondered if any of them will ever grow strong enough to fight alongside him in a real battle.

He believed that he would become strong enough to challenge Voldemort in two or three years worth of time but he wouldn’t mind having someone as his equal who could stand beside him in a real battle.