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Chapter 4103 4105 [Exam Season]

After returning to Hogwarts, Xiang Nan devoted himself to studying and making medicine again.

Thanks to the pure gold automatic stirring crucible, his efficiency in boiling medicine increased by more than 50%, which also greatly increased his output and naturally his income as well.

I used to make about ten Galleons a day, but now I can earn fifteen Galleons a day, which is a significant increase in income.

Moreover, Xiang Nan contacted his family almost every day, asking Irene about Tobias's recent situation and whether he had returned to alcoholism.

Because he knew that once you get addicted to alcohol, it is not easy to get rid of it. Once a person is used to lying down, it is not easy to get up.

Therefore, he was worried that Tobias would not be able to recover for a few days and would start going back to his old ways.

Fortunately, Irene's reply made him feel at ease.

These days, Tobias has been running the bar with great care. The bar's business is pretty good, with regular customers coming to support it. After deducting the costs, he can make 20 to 30 pounds a night, which is a very good income.

With Irene and her son making potions, the family's monthly income is up to four thousand pounds.

In the 1970s in Britain, an annual income of 50,000 pounds was not just middle class, but could barely make it to the wealthy class.

So Tobias Snape is very content now, and his relationship with his wife and son has greatly improved.

This also made Xiang Nan very pleased.

As the saying goes, it is better to drink porridge that makes you smile than to eat rice that makes you frown. Everyone hopes that their family can live in harmony and reunion, even Snape feels the same.

Otherwise, why would he return to his old house in Spider's End every holiday? After all, with his income, it would not be a problem for him to buy a new house of his own.

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In May, the last Quidditch match was held, with Slytherin facing Hufflepuff to decide the champion and runner-up.

Xiang Nan also prepared a cheering banner for Hufflepuff.

He drew a lifelike and adorable badger on the banner and wrote in large letters "Badger House will win~" next to it.

Students from all four Hogwarts colleges, except Slytherin, also cheered for Hufflepuff.

Because Slytherin House has always advocated "pure blood supremacy", the students it admits are basically pure-blood and half-blood, and there are very few wizards of Muggle origin.

Therefore, the college and students select and influence each other, allowing racism to prevail in Snake College, which often attacks and bullies other colleges.

As a result, students from Gryffindor and Ravenclaw all stood on the side of Hufflepuff, cheering for them with loud shouts that shook the sky.

However, even so, Hufflepuff eventually lost the game, and Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup, earning 150 points for the House Cup.

Seeing the Slytherin students celebrating wildly, many students from the other three houses were depressed for several days.

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However, the students did not remain depressed for too long, because with the end of the Quidditch season, the school soon entered the exam season.

In June, every grade will start taking exams.

First and second year students have to take seven subjects: Potions, Herbology, Charms, Astrology, Transfiguration, History of Magic, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Students in the third year and above must take three more elective courses, including Divination, Arithmancy, Ancient Magic Runes, Muggle Studies, and Protection of Magical Creatures.

Fifth-year students take the OWLS Ordinary Wizarding Level examination, while seventh-year students take the NEWT Advanced Wizarding Level examination.

So when exam season comes, the atmosphere in the whole school becomes very tense.

Everyone was busy reviewing to get a good grade. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if they were held back. Therefore, the library, which used to be crowded, was suddenly full of people.

In the dining hall, corridors, dormitories, and public lounges, you can see people reading books. It can be said that each of them is working day and night, racking their brains, and just regretting that twenty-four hours in a day are not enough.

"Oh, did we really learn how to make a medicine to cure sores? Why don't I remember it?"

"What is the principle of the Transfiguration Charm? How come I forgot it again?"

"What spell should be used against the revenants?"

"What are the three uses of thorn grass?"

Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others were all worried about the upcoming exams, and they all felt that their brains were not enough. They could not remember the knowledge they had learned.

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Xiang Nan was not worried about the upcoming exams at all. He knew every subject very well and had no problem with both the theory and the practical.

So instead of panicking, he keenly discovered business opportunities.

He then brewed a large batch of intelligence-enhancing potions and sold them at school.

Intelligence-enhancing potions can improve a person's intelligence, memory, and analytical ability in a short period of time. For students who are lazy and busy cramming for exams, it is simply a godsend.

Therefore, these medicines had no trouble selling. They were sold out as soon as they were launched and the demand exceeded the supply.

Normally he sold it to Adam Giggs for three silver Sickles a bottle, but now four silver Sickles was in great demand. It was even more popular than the fiery potion he brewed at the beginning of the year.

After all, the fire potion is not a necessity, but the intelligence-enhancing potion is directly related to the final exam results.

Therefore, just from this kind of potion, Xiang Nan made a small profit of 400 gold galleons in just over a month, which can be said to be a huge windfall.

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In June, the exam season officially begins.

The Charms class tests the definitions and principles of three spells; the Transfiguration class tests Gamp's Transfiguration Laws and the five exceptions; the Potions class tests the formulas and effects of three potions; the Herbology class tests the cultivation and effects of three herbs...

Students have to answer questions in the stuffy examination room using a special school-issued feather pen. This feather pen is cast with an anti-cheating spell, which can effectively prevent cheating.

Although Xiang Nan had absolute confidence in himself, he never slacked off in every exam, but answered the questions seriously. He knew all the answers clearly, so there was no problem at all.

The teacher in charge of supervising the exam couldn't help but nod approvingly every time he passed by his seat.

After the written test, there is a practical exercise.

In the Charms practical exam, Professor Flitwick asked them to go into the classroom one by one to see if they could make a pineapple tap dance across a desk.

This is actually a test of their mastery of the levitation spell.

Xiang Nan was very familiar with this spell. Not only did he make Pineapple tap dance across the desk, but he also performed the spell wandlessly and silently, shocking even Professor Flitwick.

Because wandless casting and silent casting are advanced casting techniques, it is really amazing that Xiang Nan can master them skillfully.

Professor McGonagall watched as they transformed a mouse into a snuff box... the fancier the box, the better the score; if the mouse's whiskers were still on the box, points were deducted.

Not only did Xiang Nan turn the mouse into a snuff box, but the snuff box was also very exquisite. It not only had beautiful engraved patterns on it, but was also inlaid with two rubies and tiny mother-of-pearl.

Professor McGonagall was very satisfied with his performance.