He knew perfectly well that he did not stand a high change of winning against the Auror in this duel. But that was exactly why he had challenged the man. He wanted to see how an duel against an Auror was without…you know…becoming a criminal. He was more nervous than when he had duelled the other students. His mind wasn’t set on winning the duel , though if he did miraculously won he wouldn’t mind and he would BRAG about it for the rest of his two years here, he had his mind set on trying to get one of his spells to even hit the man. Yeah…starting from the bottom…

Dressed in his battle uniform, the Gryffindor smiled brightly at the Professor before bowing politely. "I want to say good luck but i think i'll be the one who needs that" he laughed and then he lifted his phoenix feathered wand up and shouted. “Everte Statum !”