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Chapter 4082 4084 [Flying Lesson]

"Since we can't understand the predictions of the stars, why do we still learn them?"

"She said nothing. She said we couldn't understand the prophecy, and that the centaurs' predictions needed time to be verified..."

"I think this subject is not interesting at all compared to Charms, Transfiguration, and Potions. It is barely better than History of Magic."

"Tomorrow I have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Flying classes. I hope these two classes will be interesting."

"Of course. I heard that flying lessons are the most interesting. It's so fun to be able to fly into the sky."

Classmates were talking about how children from wizarding families, such as Gregory Foley and Ben Alban, had already begun to show off their experiences riding broomsticks.

This attracted the amazement and curiosity of many freshmen who were of Muggle origin or had lived in Muggle communities since childhood and had never touched a flying broom.

This also makes them more and more proud and exaggerated. According to Gregory Foley, he once raced with an airplane on a broomstick; Ben Orban said that he learned to ride a broomstick at the age of five. His father would release an eagle for him to catch, and he always flew faster and higher than the eagle...

Xiang Nan ignored their boasting and focused his main attention on books.

Magic literature, Transfiguration, Charms, Potions... So many subjects, so much knowledge, so many books are waiting for him to learn.

……

The next day, there was Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning.

The professor of this course is Austin Amelio, who previously taught Divination, but was replaced by someone in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class because they were short of a professor.

Legend has it that Voldemort once applied for this position but was rejected by Hogwarts, so he cursed the position, making it so that every teacher who taught this course could not teach for a year.

Although the curse may not be true, Hogwarts has indeed changed the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year over the years.

The last Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was traveling in Southeast Asia. He was bitten by a local two-headed Gila monster and died.

Professor Amelio had a pale face, sunken eye sockets, and looked sickly. He was always startled, giving people the feeling that he was mentally unstable.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class actually mainly teaches students how to resist various types of black magic and dark magical creatures, such as zombies, boggarts, vampires, werewolves, female ghosts, snowmen, trolls, hags, red hats, ghouls, etc.

However, in Xiang Nan's opinion, Amelio's teaching was not very good.

Because he was just telling a story, and didn't teach any protective spells, such as the Armor Spell, the Disarming Spell, or the Stop Spell, in the entire class, which made Xiang Nan feel very disappointed.

But judging from the reactions of other students, it seemed that his teaching was not that bad. Anyway, Joey, Benjamin, Olivia and others were very satisfied with the lesson.

Because Amelio told them a story about how he subdued a powerful revenant.

His jumpy, neurotic behavior could create a very good atmosphere when he told ghost stories, making his classmates scream in fear and enjoy it very much.

But Xiang Nan didn't want to listen to stories, he just wanted to learn knowledge, so in his opinion, Professor Amelio did not pass the test at all.

……

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs gathered in the open space in front of the castle. It was a clear, breezy day, and the grass rippled slightly under their feet as they walked quickly down the sloping lawn to a flat lawn on the opposite side of the grounds. Beyond the lawn was the forest, and in the distance the dark trees swayed in the wind.

Mrs. Rolanda Hodge, the flying teacher, was already waiting there. She had short gray hair and yellow eyes like an eagle's.

There were more than 20 flying brooms beside her, most of which were incomplete and obviously quite old. This was not surprising, as Hogwarts did not charge tuition fees, and its expenses were mainly funded by grants from the Ministry of Magic and donations from alumni.

Since flying brooms are expensive, they are not replaced every year. As long as they can still be ridden, they are basically not replaced.

"All right, what are you waiting for?" she snapped. "Everyone get next to a broomstick. Quick, quick, hurry up."

The students stood up one after another.

"Put your right hand over the broom handle," Madam Hooch called from the front, "and say, 'Get up!'

"Get up!" everyone shouted.

Xiang Nan's flying broom jumped into his hand, scaring Joey and Benjamin who were standing nearby.

Neither of their brooms moved at all, and Gregory's just kept rolling on the ground.

"Your tone must be firm and your mind must be focused. You must let it feel your sincerity." Xiang Nan saw this and guided the three people.

The three tried shouting again, and the effect was much better.

Gregory's broom finally bounced up, and Joey and Benjamin's brooms also finally responded.

Finally, after nearly ten minutes of struggle, everyone was finally able to ride on their own flying broom.

Madam Hooch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off their heads, walking up and down the line and correcting their hand grips.

Xiang Nan had a strong learning ability. He could do something similar after listening to her explanation only once. Other students did not have such a good learning ability. They often needed Mrs. Huo Qi's guidance and correction several times before they could improve.

"Now, when I whistle, you push off the ground with your legs. Push hard," said Madam Hooch. "Hold your broom steady and rise a few feet. Then lean forward slightly and drop straight back to the ground. Listen to my whistle... three... two... one!"

The whistle blew, and the students kicked their legs together. Everyone's brooms slowly jumped up, rose several feet high, and floated off the ground. This made everyone very excited.

"Okay, lean forward slightly and fall vertically back to the ground." Madam Hooch instructed.

But at that moment Joey leaned back and lifted the head of the broomstick up, so that it shot out with him on its back, like a cork from a bottle... twelve feet... twenty feet.

"Child, come back!" Madam Hooch shouted.

Joey was so scared that his face turned pale. It was his first time to ride a broomstick, and he had no idea how to control it. He also didn't know how to get it back.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan leaned back, raised the head of his flying broom, and chased after him in a flash.

He was much faster than Joey and he quickly got close to him. Then he pressed down on Joey's broom head and pulled his body. The broom immediately stopped moving forward, changed direction, and slowly flew down with Joey on its back.

Mrs. Huo Qi and her classmates breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and then they all applauded Xiang Nan.