Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 397 exam in progress

The theory exam of Owls Charms is not very difficult, and most of them are about the taboos of using various spells and the reactions that will occur under various specific conditions.

For example, in the process of using the Flying Charm, you need to read the name of the item you want to make it fly very clearly and at the same time conceive a specific image of the item in your mind, and you also need to wave your wand accurately.

The first two of the above three points are not bad, if you do it wrong, it will only cause the consequence of failure to release the Flying Curse.

But the last item is different. If there is an error in the range of your wand swing, the summoned item is likely to be out of control.

The consequences of losing control are quite dire. There are several well-known wizards in history who were crushed to death because of mistakes in using the Flying Curse, which caused the summoned items to be too fast.

In addition, when using lethal beam spells such as the petrification spell, you must also ensure that you are in an open environment. Otherwise, if the fired wand misses the target, there is a high possibility that it will be in a narrow area. The environment keeps rebounding, thus accidentally injuring other people.

These things are things that Professor Flitwick has repeatedly emphasized in class. They belong to the kind of content that you can thoroughly master as long as you take notes carefully and recite them. So to be honest, as the first exam of this year's owls, strict In other words, the officials of the Wizarding Examination Department of the Ministry of Magic have given Hogwarts a face by deliberately lowering the difficulty of the exam.

These things are naturally nothing to Mike, who has excellent grades in the Charms class. He completed the exam almost smoothly, and handed in the test papers without stopping.

"Oh? Have you finished writing?"

The white-bearded wizard who was the first place took Mike's test paper with a look of indifference.

Generally speaking, few people will hand in the papers in advance for such a major exam. Even if they have finished in advance, candidates will use the remaining time to conduct repeated inspections.

You must know that this exam will affect the second half of their lives!

But there are not no people who hand in the papers ahead of time, and I think this white-bearded wizard has seen quite a few.

Without exception, these students who handed in the papers early either gave up on themselves, or underestimated the importance of this exam.

As for the remaining students who are extremely confident and capable, he has never seen any of them.

What are you kidding?Where do so many geniuses come from in this world?

Thinking of this, the white-bearded wizard looked at Mike with more contempt and pity. In his opinion, Mike should be the stupid student of the first two.

"That's right." Mike said with a smile, "Can I go?"

"The exit is over there, please keep quiet when you leave."

Mike nodded, and left the auditorium under the envious eyes of everyone in Ravenclaw.

And it wasn't until Mike walked away completely that the white-bearded wizard sneered, shook his head and looked down at Mike's test paper.

But just looking at it like this, he was shocked.

There is no other reason, because I saw that the test paper submitted by Mike was filled with answers, and as one of the questioners of this test, the white-bearded wizard glanced at it and saw that most of the questions on this test paper were unexpectedly filled with answers. All done right!

The white-bearded wizard raised his head almost immediately, and looked at the wizard who was in charge of proctoring Mike's area.

The latter has also been paying attention to the situation on the side of the white-bearded wizard, and immediately came forward to inquire about the situation.

But after asking about the situation, he said slowly:

"I was watching him all the time during the exam just now. I can guarantee that he didn't cheat."

The white-bearded wizard let out a long breath, thinking about Mike's test paper and nodding.

He didn't have the stupid idea that Mike must have cheated. Knowing that the auditorium today uses the most advanced anti-cheating facilities in the world, he prefers to believe that Mike is really a gifted student .

And even if Mike really cheated, they would still admit each other's results.

Otherwise, when they questioned Mike's test scores, they would have already denied their own ability as invigilators.

The invigilator on the side seemed to emphasize the accuracy of his words, and after thinking for a while, he whispered into White Beard's ear:

"The student just now was named McTownley. He seems to be Mr. Flitwick's last disciple."

White Beard raised his eyebrows, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I see, this is indeed a good student." Whitebeard said, "Mr. Flitwick is lucky. It's great to find such an outstanding student."

Seeing that White Beard didn't intend to continue questioning, the invigilator breathed a sigh of relief, and the two chatted again.

At this time, Mike was looking helplessly at Professor Flitwick who stopped him in front of him.

At this time, Professor Flitwick looked extremely panicked. He had been guarding the door since the exam started, and was going to be the first to greet his students after the exam was over.

It's what he does every year, and this year is no exception.

It's just that there seems to be some accidents in this year's exam accompanying activities, because his favorite student, Mike, came out early!
"Mike, why did you hand in the paper early!"

Looking at Professor Flitwick who was slightly panicked in front of him, Mike smiled and said:

"Yes, I think those questions are very simple."

"Then you shouldn't hand in the paper in advance! Wouldn't it be better to check it a few times?" Professor Flitwick grabbed Mike's arm and was about to push open the door of the auditorium, "Go, I'll take you in again, you go Check it out several times!"

Mike was stunned, and it took him a while to react, and he said hastily:

"Forget it, professor. The invigilators will not agree, and I think I did a good job, or you can match the questions with me!"

Hearing this, Professor Flitwick's footsteps were suffocated, and after thinking for a while, he finally agreed to the proposal.

Since Professor Flitwick still had to wait for other students to come out, the two did not leave the auditorium too far, but chose an open space not far away to start the quiz.

To be honest, Mike actually hates checking questions, because in his opinion, the behavior of checking questions after the exam is meaningless. After all, the exam is over, so what if you know your approximate score in advance?

If your grades are OK, everyone is happy, but what if your grades are not ideal?
Isn't this an added annoyance?

But compared to his aversion to the right questions, Mike enjoyed the process of getting along with Professor Flitwick more.

And the two of them only got half of the answers right, and the smile on Professor Flitwick's face was already beyond words, because judging from the results of the questions, Mike's grades would definitely not be bad!

At this time, the door of the auditorium was opened again, and this time it was all the exam students who came out.

The Owls written test of Charms has officially ended.

Professor Flitwick greeted them with a full face of smiles, warmly greeted his students, hugged and celebrated those excited students, and sincerely encouraged those students who were obviously not very emotional.

Mike looked at Professor Flitwick in the crowd with a smile not far away. No matter from what point of view, Professor Flitwick is definitely an excellent professor!

"Mike!"

A familiar voice sounded from the side, Mike heard the words and looked around, and saw that Harry's trio had already appeared beside him.

Both Harry and Ron looked excited, and they seemed to be doing well.

But to Mike's surprise, Hermione next to them lowered her head, her face full of displeasure.

"Hi everybody."

"It's really good!" Ron hurriedly replied, "I think I did well in the exam. I have answered most of the questions. It seems that I should be able to get the OLWS certificate in Charms."

Harry on the side also laughed loudly when he heard the words:
"It's all thanks to Hermione and Professor Flitwick, who made very accurate bets two days ago!"

Mike smiled and congratulated, then looked at Hermione and said:
"Hermione, what's wrong with you, didn't you do well in the exam?"

"I feel terrible, I'm not sure if I got the last question right." Hermione's eyes were red, and even her voice was crying, "If the question is really wrong, then I can't take it." It's full marks!"

Mike was speechless for a while, and Harry and Ron beside him also looked embarrassed.

They had imagined many reasons for Hermione's discomfort, but they never imagined that Hermione's discomfort was because she might not get full marks.

How does this make Harry and Ron, who are still rejoicing that they have a high probability of passing the exam, live?
"Heh...hehe, don't talk about this, let's go to eat." Mike forced a smile twice, "There will be a practical test in Charms in the afternoon. Let's go to rest after eating to replenish our energy."

Harry and Ron, who were in embarrassment, quickly said yes, so everyone took Hermione, who was still sad, to the temporary restaurant.

I don't know if it's because of the visit of the Ministry of Magic leaders. Today's food at Hogwarts is extraordinarily rich. Although it's not as good as the Christmas dinner in previous years, it's not much worse.

Compared with the morning, the atmosphere in the restaurant has eased a lot. Many students are taking advantage of the lunch opportunity to confront their classmates, including Hermione.

Meanwhile, the officials of the Wizarding Examination Department on the faculty seats chatted and laughed happily with the Hogwarts professors.

They live in Hogwarts for two weeks almost every year, and they have become acquainted with the professors of Hogwarts for a long time.

As for Umbridge, although she also wanted to join the fiery banquet, but except for a few young men with evil intentions in the wizarding examination department, almost every elderly official was willing to pay attention. her.

After the lunch break, it was time for Owls' Charms practice exam. The venue for this exam was set at the large-scale spell training ground dedicated to Charms classes.

As for Newl's practical test of charms, it was in the arena used for the Hogwarts duel competition. It was spacious enough and far away from Hogwarts, allowing those graduates to play freely. own magic.

The officials who invigilated Mike and others were still the same as in the morning, but the difference was that they all put on neat protective gear this time.

And Mike also found that their eyes would always fall on him from time to time, and there was kindness in their eyes. Mike knew that Professor Flitwick must have greeted them, so he responded to their eyes with a smile .

Once again, he smiled kindly at Mike, and the white-bearded wizard said:

"Students, the content of our exam this time is divided into two parts. The first part requires you to skillfully use spells such as 'blazing flames', 'thunderbolt explosion' and 'faint to the ground' to hit the target."

Speaking of which, Whitebeard pointed to the puppet targets about 20 meters away before continuing:
"The second part requires you to use spells like the Flying Curse. Of course, due to time constraints, each of you only needs to use two spells, but the spells used need to be extracted, understand ?"

Hearing that most of the students who were still very nervous at first were relieved, the practical exam of Charms this time was much less difficult than they originally expected.

However, Mike is not surprised by this. You must know that the Owls exam is only the lowest education in the wizarding society. This kind of exam is mainly to screen out those wizards who are qualified to study Newl's advanced courses. The difficulty must not be too high.

Seeing the relaxed expressions of the students, the white-bearded wizard nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered the drawing of lots to begin.

The lottery uses a huge white cloth pocket, which contains countless paper strips. These paper strips have been cast with magic and will move irregularly in the pocket until they are caught by someone. In order to ensure the fairness of the lottery, The huge cloth pocket is made of dragon leather, and the powerful magic resistance of the dragon leather prevents most of the cheating methods.

I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune, when Mike took out the note from the cloth pocket, he was surprised to find that an I was clearly written in black ink on it, which meant that he was the first person to take the test.

Seeing this, many people cast a sympathetic look on him. To be the first in this kind of exam will undoubtedly be under tremendous pressure.

Mike didn't care too much about this, after all, he had absolute confidence in his spell.

It would be better to say that the first exam went as he wanted, because in this way he would be the first to leave the exam room without having to endure the long waiting time.

"Come on, Mike." The white-bearded wizard said kindly, "Your test question is to hit the target over there with the Fire Curse and summon the roll of parchment in my hand with the Flying Curse. I will give you 1 minute to prepare , you can use this time to take a good look at the parchment in my hand so that you can fully remember its appearance."

"No need, sir." Mike said confidently, "I'm ready and ready to start anytime."

Hearing this, Baibeard was taken aback, but he didn't say anything, instead he moved away and made a gesture of please.

Mike chuckled and took out his wand. These two tests were not difficult for him at all, so he was going to do some work.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Mike didn't chant spells or wave his wand at all, and pointed directly at the target in the distance.

The next moment, a group of miniature fireballs appeared in the air, and flew towards the distant target at an extremely slow speed.

Seeing this, many people took a step back instinctively. You must know that Mike's flame curse is famous. Everyone didn't think that the flying speed in front of him was extremely slow, and even the little fireball that was wobbly would look like him on the outside. As weak as it looks.

There are even many people who are ready for a huge explosion.

However, everyone was stunned when the fireball actually made contact with the target.

(End of this chapter)