great-warnovel Chapter 242 The Lesson for Everyone
Chapter 242 The Lesson for Everyone
Chapter 242 The Lesson for Everyone
After completing the wand selection for new students, Hogwarts finally set off again, officially embarking on its journey north. The Muggles on the banks of the River Tays watched as the towering castle rose from the ground, slowly disappearing into the north amidst smoke and a hazy mist.
Ron and Neville were selected for the Gryffindor house team, but Neville joined as a full-fledged Chaser.
Ron could only serve as Captain Wood's substitute, but the captain made it clear that he would be graduating next year.
He will give Ron as much playing time as possible this year, so that he can seamlessly transition into a regular goalkeeper next year.
Therefore, Ron did not think much of the gas. Wood was very optimistic about his talent as a goalkeeper. The result of his special training at the border was that he could perfectly block all the flying balls that wanted to pass through the iron ring.
Wood originally preferred Neville to be the batter, as his hitting was quite powerful and his accuracy was also very good. However, the twins George and Fred were too well-matched. After considering everything, Wood felt a sense of happiness, like having too much money and not knowing what to do with it, so he had to settle for the second best and let Neville be the chaser.
It's worth mentioning that Ginny, the Weasley's youngest sister, was also selected for the team, serving as Angelina's backup Chaser.
As if arranging his own affairs, Senior Wood seemed to have found a successor for each team member: "When I'm gone, Ron will take over! When Angelina is gone, Ginny will take over, when the twins are gone, Neville will switch positions, when Harry is gone, Ginny will switch positions! After that, it's up to you all to rely on yourselves."
While others enjoy a happy school life, Hermione has already started switching classrooms from one to another.
Harry and his friends ultimately chose only the Aberration and Aberration classes because it was said that Professor Trelawney's class could be passed by simply making up a story about dying, while the Aberration class itself was very interesting, and Hagrid was one of their own, so it received unanimous support from the boys.
Hermione had more knowledge of ancient texts, such as Nehemiah, arithmetic, and Muggle studies than them; just in terms of textbooks alone, she was half a head taller than the others.
During get out of class, Trelawney's face fell for a whole week after learning that Hermione was coming. Although the oracle bubble magic given to her by the little witch had improved her mental state a lot, she seemed to be able to feel the invisible thing running over her head more clearly.
Her initial resistance to Hermione turned into fear, and whenever they were in the same classroom, she became much more normal than usual.
She wouldn't spout nonsense in front of the students, nor would she throw sand into their teacups; she just drank even more alcohol. With her salary, she could barely make ends meet with cheap mushroom liquor, which was quite miserable.
Hermione, however, felt she had gained a lot. Trelawney, whose logic had become much clearer, was indeed able to talk about a lot of things. Although the talent of the third eye cannot be forced, and the difference between the foresight and hindsight is huge, she could still learn a lot of taboos and techniques when using extra vision from this madwoman's experience.
But for the other students, there wasn't much difference between Trelawney who was crazy and who wasn't. Harry said in all seriousness that he would encounter a terrible omen of a black dog this year and that his life would be in danger.
Trelawney excitedly grasped his hand, splattering sand from her eyes onto Ron's head as he sat at the table. "Go on! Keep going! Very good! You have a talent!"
But actually, Harry just suddenly thought of his godfather Sirius Black, so he had to bite the bullet and keep making things up.
"Uh, I also saw darkness! Vast stretches of shadow—and a deer galloping away from me—"
Trelawney stroked his head affectionately: "Poor child, you are indeed very talented, but this year you will suffer misfortune, and your family will also suffer misfortune."
Harry was a little angry and almost swallowed the mandrake leaf in his mouth. Class is class, why bring personal attacks!
But in order to pass the final exam, he had no choice but to endure it.
The Mutant Beasts class was a huge success. The combination of Professor Kettleburn and Hagrid was a perfect complement of experience and initiative. The elderly professor, who was physically challenged, was only responsible for deciding which animals to use in each lesson.
Then he would sit on a giant eight-eyed spider and give lectures, being carried around by it.
Hagrid was responsible for hands-on practice, demonstrating to the students what the professors taught them, such as how to approach, subdue, and tame them.
The first lesson was about getting to know the Hippogriff, one of the first magical creatures Newt brought to Hogwarts to compensate for the lack of high-end brooms and insufficient aerial power.
Aside from a portion supplied to members of the Order of the Phoenix, the remaining few were used by students to learn how to handle them.
The animal given to the third-grade students was a semi-wild harpy named Buckbeak, which had many scars left by radioactive dust, but this was also a common disease among wild magical animals.
After the children politely greeted it, they learned to use the anti-radiation solution in combination with other medications.
Come and wash its body.
Perhaps frightened by Aragog beneath Hagrid, Buckbeak behaved very docilely. Of course, it could also be because it had eaten the large rats all over the ground, causing Hermione, who cherished food, to look displeased.
Apart from the two classes she attended with the boys, she had to attend all the other elective classes by herself.
In ancient times, runes were chosen by the fewest people; Hermione was the only one in the entire third year, and even some of the hawks gave up.
Therefore, after obtaining her consent, Professor Barbling arranged for her to attend classes with two fourth-year students and the Weasley twins. Fortunately, Hermione had already prepared in advance and had also crammed a lot of advanced knowledge from Dumbledore, so she did not fall behind and was even able to help some of the older students.
This greatly surprised Professor Babling, as there are very few people these days who can understand ancient runes.
Another subject, Arithmetic, was quite unexpected for Hermione. She had initially thought it was just another subject like Arithmetic, something to be used for guessing, but it wasn't until she delved deeper that she discovered its essence was using mathematics to interpret the world and magic.
Bill was able to go to Cairo to study the Pharaoh's Curse because he got a zero in that course.
Although it is called "Occupy," it is quite systematic. It requires the use of complex mathematical charts and formulas, writing long, page-long calculations on paper, and Professor Victor will rigorously deduce and verify each step of the student's calculations.
When Hermione told Harry and the others about this, she was told it was "quite scary," but she enjoyed it. It seemed to be a natural talent of this body, as the former Finger Witch didn't have such a fast-thinking mind.
Finally, there's the Muggle Studies class, taught by Professor Figg, who, like Filch, is a Squib and also loves cats.
However, she was much older than Filch, with graying hair, and wore an old hairnet that looked almost like it had been passed down from before the war.
She appeared quite elegant and learned, and would speak in a slow, deliberate tone about the various civilizations and things in the pre-war Muggle world. The class was held in a classroom on the second floor of the castle. Before entering the classroom, one would pass through a Muggle artifact exhibition hall, which was said to have been collected by her personally.
Hermione was also very interested in this: how Muggles invented the steam engine, how they harnessed electricity, and what their worldview was like. This greatly enriched her imagination about the Muggles in the Soviet Union to the east.