great-warnovel Chapter 239 Opening Ceremony
Chapter 239 Opening Ceremony
Chapter 239 Opening Ceremony
However, this doesn't mean Hermione can relax. After all, she has to take all the courses, and even if she is exempt from three main courses, she still has to take on the job of a teaching assistant at Brightstone.
Before the formal start of the dinner, everyone else could leisurely stay in the common room or wander around the castle, but she still had to take the lesson plans she had squeezed in to finish over the past few days to Professor McGonagall for her report.
Although she was called a teaching assistant, Dumbledore actually gave Hermione more authority than an associate professor. Her course schedule was to directly take a portion of Crouch's Defense Stance class time and convert it into her own exclusive Brightstone Magic class.
Just like Lockhart's Defense Class last year, some class time was used for field practice. However, this year it was split into two people, which, from the outside perspective, seemed more like Hogwarts oppressing the representatives of Malfoy Castle.
"Our Slytherin Headmaster, the esteemed pure-blood, the head of the Crouch family, the former Director of the Department of Law Enforcement, and a professor of Defense Against Wizardry, isn't he worthy of being treated the same as the previous professors? Why should he have some of his class time taken away from him?"
Some uninformed reporters made wild claims in the Daily News, but this time no nobles spoke up. The truly influential people had already been reprimanded by Hermione when they came to school and didn't want to embarrass themselves over such a trivial matter.
"The teaching objective for first grade is to master starlight and use the magic of sapphire to absorb radiation."
"The goal for second grade is to learn the Pyroxene Magic Pebble and the Pyroxene Curve."
"Starting from the third year, students should focus their main efforts on mastering group spellcasting."
Hermione pointed to her form and explained each line to McGonagall.
"I have prepared three high-level group spells to teach to students of different grades."
"Third and fourth grade students mainly learn about the magic that descends from the sky, which is the magic I mentioned in my paper last year. They also need to master the skills of maintaining the magic circle of the magic realm."
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"Fifth and sixth grade students will learn a higher-level radiance stone magic called Meteor Shower. When they cast the spell together, they can release a large number of radiance stone meteors to provide firepower coverage, depending on the amount of magic power they have."
"As for the seventh-grade students, I will teach them the most difficult Hymo Cannon, a magical artillery weapon with the power of a Muggle bomb."
McGonagall stared at Hermione's list of powerful spells, her eyelids twitching in surprise: "Could it be...?"
That's a bit too much.
"I was worried it wouldn't be powerful enough!"
Hermione said seriously, "Those monsters, surely some of them can dig holes? The centaurs might build fortifications."
Mermaids are in the water, so magic is weakened when it hits them. Besides, giants and the like are thick-skinned and have high magic resistance. We can't expect the students to fight them head-on while they're unconscious, can we?
The form also detailed the planned timeline, outlining the expected mastery levels and teaching methods for each grade level, with specific plans for when and how well they should be learned.
"I also get a share of Barty's defense grades, at least 40%, to motivate the students to work hard."
However, this means that the Defense course grade is divided into three parts: theory, practice, and Radiant Stone Magic, making Barty's weight seem very low.
"Oh, by the way, I also need to ask Mr. Lovegood to help me print some textbooks on Radiant Stone Magic. I don't really trust the publishing companies in Malfoyburg." Her book wasn't very thick, just a few stacks of paper she had handwritten herself, since the main teaching content for the higher grades was still practical combined spellcasting.
McGonagall wrote all of these down.
"And, if other professors want to learn these spells, you can show them to them directly." The spread of brilliance magic is an inevitable trend; it's enough to slightly hinder Malfoy Castle's venting of anger. She won't stop others from learning it.
Having finally finished everything, McGonagall went to the headmaster's office to get her Sorting Hat, while she headed to the Great Hall to attend the upcoming opening banquet.
This year she will not be able to sit at the Gryffindor table. Dumbledore requires her to sit next to Barty the Younger at the teachers' table as a teaching assistant, at least on the first day of school.
Therefore, when she suddenly walked up to the teacher's table and sat in the seat prepared for her, all the students looked at her.
Most people were unaware of Hermione's change in status and whispered among themselves, but soon more professors arrived and took their seats. They did not offer any opinions on Hermione, but instead smiled and nodded at her.
Barty Jr. also behaved very gentlemanly, but perhaps because he had lost power in Malfoy Castle, he didn't extend any further invitations to Hermione.
This year, in addition to Hermione, Hagrid was also present at the faculty seat. He was standing next to Professor Kettleburn, trying his best to shrink his size, but there was no way to provide him with a chair. So Aragog had to squat down and watch. In addition to the plate on the table for Hagrid, there was also a large plate specially prepared for Aragog under the table.
Besides the professors, the opening banquet also included seats for members of the Order of the Phoenix and newly graduated perfumers. They sat at the ends of different long tables according to their former house. It was clear that Gryffindor had the most people, and the rest were from either the House of Gryffindor or the House of Eagles. Slytherin only had one perfumer from Slytherin, and there were no members of the Order of the Phoenix.
The four blood-cursed orcs and Maria, whom the werewolves had rescued, also quietly sat behind the Gryffindor table. With Ginny and Luna's introduction, Maria quickly became familiar with the others, while the four blood-cursed orcs seemed somewhat inferior. Although they had recently read a lot of books in the library like sponges, they were still far behind, and they would have to attend classes with the students when school started.
Soon, Professor McGonagall led the incredibly long and sparsely populated freshmen in. The Sorting Hat was unusually excited, as the large number of students this year gave him a sense of nostalgia. He sang a rather awful, long and tedious anthem of the four houses.
Then comes the traditional Sorting system. Although it still has the most houses, Slytherin has a significant number of students this year.
Many aristocratic families who had previously planned to homeschool their children have now sent them here.
"It's a new year again." After the new students from each house had taken their seats, Dumbledore stood in front of the podium and announced in a loud voice.
"Although there have been some bumps along the way, we have become better, and this year's number of new students has once again broken records, reaching the highest peak since the war."
Last year's fifty-odd freshmen have now become seasoned second-year students. After spending the summer with different professors, they have matured considerably. However, judging from Mrs. Potter's expression, taking care of these mischievous children for the past two months has been exhausting.
At this moment, these "senior students" are proudly introducing everything about the school to the bewildered junior students around them.
However, because there are more students in each college, the good days of one person per dormitory room are over. First- and second-year students are back to the four-person dormitory mode, just like before the war. This has its advantages, as it can foster friendships among classmates.
"This academic year will be the most crucial one, as we will be setting off in a few days to head north to Hogwarts, our home in the Scottish Highlands."
"This year will also be a year of change, with members of the Order of the Phoenix stationed on campus long-term to ensure the safety of students."
"At the same time, we welcome our new Head of Slytherin and Professor of Defense—Welcome Professor Barty Crouch!"
Barty stood up with a serious expression, bowed slightly, and received a very enthusiastic round of applause from the Slytherin side.