So, in relation to how these things influenced Harry's combat style...
We can only say, because he's sparred so many times, Harry's experience facing "group monsters" is even richer than one-on-one duels among wizards. Keen-eyed and sharp-eared, sounds pretty good, right? It's all forced out!
Otherwise, if he loses attention for even a moment, the outcome is either being tangled in Devil's Snares or having a few Chomping Cabbages latch onto his head.
Recently, I heard Neville has started venturing into Magical Creatures...
Could it be that Hogwarts will produce a second Pokémon Master?
End of wild thoughts, and the divergence of this thought suddenly reminded William of something—today is already Wednesday, and the first Duel Club gathering of the semester is supposed to be held the day after, a gathering that in the past was more of a public class than anything, open to any interested students—
But it's no wonder, since Lockhart is so unreliable, Old Man Dumbledore doesn't want to boot him out.
In the end, we can only come up with this kind of "true Defense Against the Dark Arts class."
But this semester there's no need for that, Lupin's teaching abilities are obvious to everyone, even the Weasley Twins praise him as the best Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the last ten years, and hardly anyone disagrees, many even raise their hands in agreement.
Therefore, there's really no need for the Duel Club public class.
That's why Professor Flitwick was considering shutting down the class before, because in essence, it's stealing Lupin's job, but William interrupted him and suggested converting the Duel Club into something similar to Professor Meow's Transformation Club—
With fewer members, regular gatherings, mutual communication and progress...
And Professor Flitwick happily agreed with William's suggestion, and not just because William said something like, "Isn't it fitting for a former British Dueling Champion to host a Duel Club."
Exactly, when speaking make sure to hit the key point, that's the art of language.
However, since there's also a Charm Club, Professor Flitwick, while smiling happily and agreeing with William (the key point being the latter), still handed over the entire Duel Club to William—even though it didn't make much difference before.
But Professor Flitwick still chose to attach his name.
No way, pure game clubs like Gobstones or Wizard Chess are fine, but a club like the Duel Club involves teaching and battling, and since William is still a student, his status is obviously not qualified to host such a club—which just means the importance of continuing the Duel Club for William.
First of all, he needs to achieve some results to showcase his teaching abilities, and eventually after graduation, push Lupin aside and convince Dumbledore to allow him to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Of course, he has about two years left until graduation, and according to the Defense Against the Dark Arts course curse theory... Whether Lupin can complete two years is still a question.
Yet, William doesn't really believe in such a curse. If Voldemort could leave such a curse for this long, it'd be too outrageous.
Even Voldemort's current "post-death" state might be worse than Ron's half-dead rat...
(In the distant Albanian Jungle, a certain unknown green venomous creature: "Achoo—")
So, William is still quite confident, although he does feel Dumbledore's attitude toward him is somewhat ambiguous—not that kind of ambiguous, but Old Man Dumbledore's attitude, which clearly isn't fully trusting—this is reasonable, given the timing of little Dumbledore's admission.
The most outrageous rumor from that time is probably his "legendary feats of slaughtering the Ashwinder." After all, two years had already passed since he resolved the Goblin Rebellion.
Whether his image is positive or negative... it's simply needless to say, the Ministry of Magic even considered listing him as a wanted person back then, but ultimately they refrained, because ultimately the people William killed were remnants who were destined for Azkaban, due to a certain Rookwood's involvement, the Ashwinder even directly participated in the Goblin Rebellion—
For the entire British Wizarding World, it's practically treason!
So, William needs some achievements to dispel the old man's doubts, after all, the other party is the headmaster, and face-saving measures must be sufficient, although he can jokingly call him "old man," the fundamental issues must be clearly distinguished—of course, he could forcibly stay in school, but he doesn't want to bother with that.
And secondly, naturally, it's William's own interest. For some reason, he quite enjoys nurturing students, unlike Voldemort who recruits Death Eaters to rule the world, he just purely enjoys doing it, considering it as a lifelong interest.
Teaching Kabuda to write papers actually also has something to do with this, and of course, the main reason is... William really doesn't want to write Magic History papers.
(Kabuda: "***** me, I don't want to either!")
Finally, it's good for networking—not that many students now can be considered connections, since obviously he doesn't recruit solely from Pure-Blood Clan students, those unfortunate products of close-relative marriages should be lucky just to cast a correct charm.
Rather, he trusts his teaching ability, knowing that some stones can be turned into gold by him, and wherever gold goes, it shines—
Who knows, one day his students might even become the Minister of Magic, solidifying his position as headmaster!
Thinking this, William's fervent gaze swept over Harry—and instantly cooled.
This kid doesn't have that kind of auspicious face... even if he is the story's protagonist.
"What's up?"
Harry puzzledly scratched his face, thinking there might be something on it, but he found nothing.
"Nothing, remember I mentioned to you, the Duel Club—"
"Uh, talking about that?"
Harry nodded and reached into his pocket to take out the blue ring.
"Yes, the plan is already done—"
William nodded, then gave Harry a task, having him post the notice about the Duel Club's new format, along with subsequent recruiting methods onto the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw bulletin boards, while Cedric handled Slytherin and Hufflepuff—
After that, Lupin led Harry and the somewhat reluctant Hermione out of the Room of Requirement, while after a brief rest, William returned to the room.
"Come on, let me see what I'm really afraid of..."
Frowning, William's eyes gradually gathered blue light until it completely disappeared. He waved his magic wand, and that large truck appeared again—
...
Half an hour later, William frowned at the closed drawer.
Damn, have to see it even when you really don't want to, see it and then it wants to attack me, should've guessed it wouldn't come out at all.
The Boggart, having been played with dozens of times continuously, indicated it wasn't made of clay!
Seeing the Boggart seemingly intent on stubbornly resisting him, William pointed his magic wand at the drawer...
"Beep—"
The screeching sound of the horn rang again, "Swift across the world, mighty truck!"