Chapter 31: Disappointing Defense Against The Dark Arts Lesson
"Are you OK."
Wayne helped the shocked Hermione up and asked concernedly.
"No, it's okay." Hermione shook her head, looking at Seamus with fear in her eyes.
Magic is too dangerous!
No, that's not right.
It's not magic that's dangerous, it's Seamus.
She has practiced so many spells at home, and she has never had such an accident. At most, the spell failed and had no effect.
Hermione said seriously: "Let's stay away from Seamus from now on. I don't want to lie down and go into the school infirmary."
Wayne smiled and nodded. He saw that Professor Flitwick had arranged for Seamus and Neville to practice in the corner of the classroom, just to avoid them accidentally injuring others.
Fortunately, Seamus is still just a young wizard, and his magic power is far from powerful.
The effect just now was just a bluff, and the actual damage was not much. Everyone was just shocked and recovered quickly.
After class, Hermione had forgotten that she was still angry with Wayne just now, and happily invited him to the library to do homework together.
Wayne was self-effacing. The two of them walked all the way to the library and immediately shut up after entering the door.
The librarian, Mrs. Pince, is a woman with a bad temper who loves books extremely and hates noisy students.
If anyone made her angry, she would wave a feather duster and chase them away.
Wayne felt that she was most likely a squib, and the reason why she cherished books so much was because the contents recorded in them were the treasures she dreamed of.
Hermione took out a Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook and started writing a paper, while Wayne chose a "Zenas Duel Manual" and started reading it.
Zenas was the most famous dueling master at the beginning of the last century. He once set a record of thirty-eight consecutive undefeated battles and dominated the front page for a week.
The most special thing is that this duel master did not master any advanced magic and achieved such achievements by relying only on those simple spells.
The book also recorded the process of several of his battles. Wayne read it and learned some useful tips.
Hogwarts is a huge treasure for everyone.
But not everyone has the ability or energy to obtain it.
Several professors, not to mention the four major deans, all have real talents, and their guidance will definitely be of great benefit.
Even if you go to Snape to ask questions, he may be a bit venomous at best, but he will still answer your questions.
The library is also a treasured place. It contains the heritage accumulated by the castle over thousands of years. Students have seven years to improve themselves, but how many of them have done so?
Therefore, Hogwarts is very magical. It has both a happy education suitable for everyone and an elite education for the ambitious.
Whether it is a dragon or an insect, it only depends on your thoughts.
Wayne is dissatisfied that the restricted area is too large, taking up one-third of the entire library.
It wasn't so big at first, but Dumbledore gradually expanded to what it is now after what happened to Voldemort.
Even magic like the Patronus Charm is classified in the forbidden book area.
Old Bee Deng, I can buy this magic at Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore!
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The new semester is quickly on the right track, and the new students are gradually adapting to school life.
For the vast majority of courses, everyone is quite satisfied.
The favorite course for little wizards is undoubtedly Charms.
The professor is easy to talk to and spends a lot of time in class waving his wand and casting magic.
The Transfiguration class is also good, but Professor McGonagall is so strict that the young wizards are a little frightened, for fear of deducting points for their academy.
In addition, the transfiguration technique is too difficult. After two transfiguration classes, many people's hands were almost numb, but there was no progress at all.
The match was still the same match, and there was no shadow of the needle.
A young wizard from Ravenclaw was clever and brought a needle to class, successfully deducting ten points from his academy.
Many people say that when they see long and thin things now, they feel like silver needles, and they definitely have long needle holes.
In addition, Hufflepuff's little badgers also like their dean's classes.
Their task in the first week was to replace ginger root, which is a material for making magic potions and can be used to make scabies potions, intelligence enhancers, etc.
When Professor Sprout said that this thing was sold in Diagon Alley for five pieces and a galleone, Wayne and other young wizards born into Muggle families were shocked.
"Don't be so surprised, kids." Sprout explained to them with a smile:
"This kind of ginger is indeed the ginger you know, but the value-added potions and fertilizers used in the planting process are very valuable."
"That's why it's so expensive."
"What fertilizer?" Wayne asked curiously.
"The excrement of Moon-Crazy Beast." Professor Sprout took out a box filled with silver particles.
"The feces of the Moon Crazy Beast is very fertile and can also enhance the efficacy of medicine, but it can only be used if it is fresh and processed."
Wayne nodded and took note.
Most of the books he read focused on potion making and material selection, and he really didn't understand the planting and maintenance of these basic materials.
He was a little surprised. Herbalism was a course taught by his dean, but he was so uninterested in it.
When I go back, I will quickly read a few more books on herbal medicine to catch up on my lessons.
Other than the other courses, the little wizards are not too cold about it.
For example, for astronomy, you need to climb the tower at around 10 o'clock on Wednesday night and hold a telescope to look at the stars.
It sounded very romantic, but it was too late, and many little wizards were already yawning sleepily.
After returning home, I have to write a ten-inch astronomical observation record, which is simply torture.
Not to mention the history of magic, Cuthbert Binns' every word was a hypnotic spell, and no one except Hermione could resist it.
Obviously, the story of wizards being worshiped as gods in the early days is very interesting, and you can understand it by reading the book yourself.
But when it came out of Cuthbert Binns' mouth, it turned into boring letters.
Everyone has regarded History of Magic as a good place to catch up on sleep, because Cuthbert Binns never interfered with the students. As long as he didn't jump up and cause trouble, you could do anything.
Also, Defense Against the Dark Arts was a huge letdown.
Quirrell stutters, so how can he teach well?
There were even rumors that Quirrell was asked to cry by a young wizard.
Most people didn't take it seriously, but as the story spread wider and wider, people even knew the name of the little wizard.
Now, they couldn't help but not believe it.
The name Wayne Lawrence once again came into everyone's sight.