Chapter 10: 10 First Day of Class
Avada, the debate on the nature of magic raised by Flitwick was not a problem at all he knew it from the beginning, and the essentialism was the correct answer.
But this was the effect of his special talent, and he could not prove anything to others. It was impossible for him to answer "Oh, I saw it with my own eyes" when someone asked him "How did you prove the essentialism?", right?
If he dared to do so, he would be beaten to death.
So in the following Charms class, even though he had almost completely mastered the relevant content during the summer vacation, he still listened carefully. When Flitwick handed the feather to everyone and asked them to practice on their own, he was still hesitating whether to show off and cast a perfect levitation spell directly.
As a result, while he was hesitating, Baron next to him succeeded in making the feather float after failing several times, winning five points for Slytherin.
So he quickly cast the spell and became the second person to succeed, adding two points to Hufflepuff.
"Wait, did you succeed in just one try?"
Baron suddenly turned his head and looked at him in surprise.
"Ahem, luck, luck." Avada realized that he had made a mistake in his performance and quickly laughed it off. Baron didn't care much and continued to wave his wand at the feather, making the levitation spell more and more proficient.
Flitwick requires you to do this."
"Try it, it's not dangerous." Avada immediately demonstrated a levitation spell by turning the wrist, making the feather float steadily. Baron nodded slightly, and then he turned his wrist slightly according to Avada's words and recited the levitation spell.
"Huh?!"
As the spell took effect and the feather floated, a trace of surprise flashed in Baron's eyes.
"What's going on? It feels like it's suddenly much easier to maintain the spell!" He exclaimed in a low voice, "How did you find out?"
"I just tried it out during the vacation."
Avada lied without blushing. This was actually the effect of his magical senses. He could observe the disturbance of magic when Baron cast the Levitation Spell, and then optimize the best casting plan through further calculations.
However, the only problem was that his brain was not fast enough. It took him a long time to optimize the simplest Levitation Spell, not to mention the advanced and complex spells.
immediately raised his hand, called Flitwick who was patrolling over, demonstrated the optimized Levitation Spell, and asked the reason.
But Flitwick was not surprised: "You are lucky. You have figured out the optimization techniques by yourself."
"The spells in the books are the most standard and versatile templates. As the wizard's strength increases and his understanding of magic deepens, he will naturally develop optimization techniques that suit his style. Take the levitation spell you just learned as an example. 'Slightly turn your wrist' can reduce the consumption of maintaining the spell. If you let the tip of the wand hang down a little when waving the magic wand, and at the same time pronounce the 'di' in the spell with emphasis, the effect of the spell can be greatly enhanced..."
"But don't be obsessed with optimization techniques. Laying a solid foundation and practicing basic spells is what you should do at this stage." Flitwick reminded.
"Got it, professor." Avada and Baron nodded in unison.
When the bell rang, Flitwick jumped back onto the pile of books and clapped his hands to stop the students from discussing and practicing. "That's all for today's class. Students who haven't mastered the Levitation Charm remember to practice more when you go back. If you can master the Levitation Charm within a week, I'll show you something extra interesting."
"There is no homework for this class. Let's dismiss the class."
After saying that, he jumped off the podium and left the classroom first. Some students followed him and left, while others stayed in their seats, waving their wands at the feathers with sad faces.
"Our next class is Herbology, with Ravenclaw." Baron looked at the schedule, stood up, put on his backpack and said goodbye to Avada.
"Our next class is History of Magic, which is said to be the most boring class." Avada sighed, "Besides, we Hufflepuffs have to wait until tomorrow to attend our own dean's class."
"Haha, I'm leaving first. See you later."
"Yeah, see you later."
Professor Binns is an old ghost and the only ghost professor in Hogwarts. Legend has it that one day he stood up to go to class and accidentally left his body in an armchair in front of the fire in the staff lounge, not realizing that he was dead.
With the ghost's characteristics, he became the only professor in the school who could withstand the intensity of 007. He was also extremely knowledgeable and would not forget anything. He was the best candidate for the professor of magic history. The only problem was that his lectures were too monotonous and boring, and had a very good hypnotic effect.
For example, now.
"Few people can feel the unique charm of the vast history. Most people just treat history as an ordinary story and care about the gossips of those famous people."
In the first magic history class for Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, Professor Binns was trying his best to praise the charm of history as usual in the first class, trying to arouse the students' interest. However, his flat and long-drawn tone could only make his behavior counterproductive.
"All living beings work together to push the wheel of history, allowing its trajectory to develop and change. Occasionally, a genius's inspiration will flash by and illuminate a new path... You, me, and everything around us are all part of history. Studying history is studying ourselves and society. Let us summarize experience from the past, learn lessons, and predict changes in the times..."
A slight snoring sounded in the classroom.
"Strictly speaking, our history of magic should be divided into two parts, wizard history and magic history. Wizard history explores the changes in the situation of wizards, the establishment and improvement of magic society, exchanges and conflicts with other races, and is closely related to the history of Muggles..."
The snoring began to become one, rising and falling rhythmically.
"And the history of magic tells the emergence of various spells and alchemical products, and analyzes how they promote the course of history. For example, the first flying broom, the first portkey, the invention of spells such as Apparition, Clear Water, and Armor Charm, all have had a huge and far-reaching impact on the development of magic society..."
In class, Avada was forcibly keeping his mind active and became the only person in the classroom who was concentrating on listening. He didn't sleep well last night, and Professor Binns' hypnotic tone made him feel tortured when he stayed awake.
The only thing that comforted him was that the content of the history of magic was indeed very interesting. When compared with the content of the original book in his memory, he had a much deeper understanding of the magic world.
After forcing himself through the history of magic, he took the flying class with Ravenclaw. In class, Qiu Zhang showed his excellent flying talent as expected, which was highly praised by Madam Hooch. What surprised Avada was that his roommate, Chabi Knott, also showed a good flying level, and was evaluated by Madam Hooch as "a potential professional Quidditch player".
However, his own flying ability was mediocre. Although he could make the broom fly into his hand by shouting "get up" with the help of magic senses, he did not have the balance ability, sense of distance, and coordination, which are the necessary elements for flying.
In the afternoon, it was Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. After Professor McGonagall demonstrated some high-end operations that made Avada dizzy, such as turning himself into a cat and turning the podium into a lion, the students in the audience immediately expressed their eagerness to study Transfiguration, and then began to frown at a match that should be turned into a needle.
After waiting for twenty minutes, Avada finally couldn't bear it anymore, and waved his wand to become the first person in the classroom to successfully turn a match into a needle, winning five points for Hufflepuff.