days at Hogwarts

Chapter 167 Knowledge and Skills

On the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Professor Flitwick waved his wand, transformed into an old-fashioned wooden circle in front of Loren, and looked at him seriously: "Don't be brave, if you notice any abnormalities during the casting process, don't hesitate to stop the spell immediately."

Loren looked at the wooden circle and estimated the distance between him and the wooden circle: "I will."

He had already mastered apparition in the book of fantasy, and the practice in reality was to make some muscles of the body respond to the teleportation spell, and he found the professor to prevent accidents.

"Listen to my password!" Professor Flitwick raised his voice, "Three, two, one—"

Loren focused, turned around while waving the wand, and followed the magic power to enter the void state.Every part of the body is under the pressure from the space, the eyes seem to be pressed into the eye sockets, and the eardrums bulge inward.The chest and head seemed to be hooped with several steel bars.

boom!
His figure disappeared in place, and immediately appeared in the wooden circle the next moment.

Touching the limbs, hands and feet up and down, left and right, the eyes, nose and ears are also intact. Loren is a little happy in his heart. It seems that he succeeded in one attempt.

"You don't lack purpose and composure, but you lack some determination."

Professor Flitwick stood at Loren's original position, pinching half a hair less than one centimeter in his hands, with a puzzled and puzzled face, "Beginners often lack goals and calmness, only those who have mastered Apparation Possibly neglecting determination, pulling off nails, hair, eyebrows, the inconspicuous things."

"Although it's not as dangerous as dropping hands and feet, it's not a good habit. Some wizards are bald because they will lose some hair every time they use apparition. If there are too many times, the hair will disappear."

"To be honest, you are very proficient in casting spells. If I didn't know that you have a solid theory and understand the consequences of splitting bodies, I would have thought that you had practiced it secretly." His voice was a little shrill.

Loren touched his head, but he couldn't find any hair missing, but he attached great importance to this problem.

For the next hour, Loren kept trying to Apparate under the supervision of Professor Flitwick.

His spellcasting process gradually became more proficient, and the range of his wand swing became smaller, and he no longer needed to twist his body to enter the void state.

The real body quickly caught up with the consciousness, and the choice of teleportation point became arbitrary. It can be said that Loren has basically mastered apparition.

"What an outstanding talent!" Professor Flitwick was amazed. In his opinion, Loren had learned Apparition that adult wizards would never learn in a lifetime.

Although he admired Loren very much, Flitwick still told him: "Although you have already learned it, apparation can only be used as a last resort. You must wait for you to obtain a license from the Department of Magical Transport after you are 17 years old. Free to use. Hogwarts will also have tutorial classes..."

The slightly short professor of Charms with fairy blood was patiently explaining the precautions.Of course he knew that the little wizard in front of him wouldn't listen, and if he could, he wouldn't be Gryffindor, but he still patiently told the story over and over again.

September is already considered early autumn. Although the trees in the Forbidden Forest are evergreen all year round, some of the beech trees on the edge still have a few leaves at the end of the branches.The breeze blew from the wilderness, dragged its invisible wings, and flew all the way to the depths of the forest.A tree that is not so strong has shed its first autumn leaves.

boom!
The boy's figure entered an invisible dimension and disappeared from the spot, leaving a vacuum.Under the effect of air pressure, the air rushes in rapidly, making a roaring explosion.

The next moment, he appeared on the spot again, with his index finger and middle finger standing side by side, holding a dry yellow leaf.

The corners of Loren's eyes and brows were full of youthful flamboyance, and he handed the leaves to Professor Flitwick: "Professor, I will give you autumn as a gift."

"Are you bribing me?"

Loren smiled brightly.

……

The notice on the reorganization of the second-year and fourth-year subject content was posted on Monday morning, and all the young wizards of Gryffindor gathered around the bulletin board in the common room to read the posted content, and the discussion continued for a long time.

"The compulsory part is based on knowledge related to the OWLs exam and NEWTs exam. The non-examination content of the old version of the teaching content is included in the elective part, and provides higher-level knowledge for little wizards who want to explore in depth..."

Neville read out the contents of the bulletin word by word, with a blank expression on his face, he turned his head to look at several friends, "What does this mean?"

"Woohoo!" Seamus cheered, jumped up and bumped into Neville's fat body, and bounced back, "This means you don't have to memorize "A Thousand Miraculous Herbs and Fungi" anymore! We can lose half of the big bats." Excellent class."

Neville couldn't help laughing, and felt that it was not good to arrange the professor in this way, so he pursed his lips and his cheeks were red with joy: "I have to memorize, I have to memorize, this book is also used in the herbal medicine class, I really like herbal medicine class."

Coming to the auditorium, similar discussions took place at every long table of the college.

"Will we learn a lot less knowledge after the restructuring?" A little Ravenclaw witch asked, her brows were knit together, anxiously trying to get an answer from their prefect Penelope Clearwater.

Penelope Krivat was also in a dilemma. She didn't know what impact this restructuring would have.

Seeing her embarrassment, Percy at the next table took the initiative to solve his girlfriend's problems, and he replied in a steady voice that matched the prefect: "No, although the compulsory part has been reduced, but The elective part has added more content, if we want to learn, under the new teaching system, there will be more and more advanced knowledge for us to choose from.”

"Praise Professor McGonagall! She halved the torture time of the Batman!" Lee Jordan immediately picked up Percy's words.

In the past, the twins stood up and cheered, but unexpectedly, this time the twins did not move, but looked back and forth between Percy and Penello with suspicious eyes.

The two got together and whispered in a voice that no one else could hear:
"You know what I'm thinking, right?"

"I think they are, too."

"but……"

Whispering and chatting here, the girl who first asked Penello was still doubtful:

"Since this is the case, why not add more advanced content directly into the original textbook, and learn it just like the original?"

Hufflepuff's Cedric Diggory joined the conversation: "Because there are still some young wizards who are not good at learning theoretical knowledge, reducing the required teaching content will allow them to spend time on professional skills and practical training."

Cedric is a student at the same level as the twin brothers. He is gentle and not rigid, with typical Hufflepuff kindness.One of the twin brothers' steady sources of homework answers, also good at Quidditch, and on good terms with almost everyone.

As the recognized Hufflepuff's next prefect, everyone could listen to what he said and follow his thinking.

Penelope is from a Muggle background, and she has worried about her future path. The magic world is not big, and there are not many professions she can choose, and she has also been exposed to practical training in professional skills and magic.

After hearing Cedric's words, her eyes brightened: "Yes, after graduation, a lot of theoretical knowledge will not be used at all. If you spend this time on some occupation-related magic training, it will benefit many people."

The little wizards in the surrounding circle chatted along this line of thought:
"Just like Quidditch players, if they choose to become professional players, practice is more important."

"There are also clerical jobs in the Ministry of Magic, and you need to learn how to read and write reports."

"Aurors should practice Defense Against the Dark Arts and combat spells."

"My dad asked me to help in the store after graduation, and I don't need the magic of school!"

George and Fred looked at each other with surprise in their eyes, and of course they understood what more time after school meant.

After the discussion of their respective speeches, everyone gradually understood the benefits of the reform. The compulsory course ensures that students pass the OWLs and NEWTs exams, and the electives expand advanced knowledge. Little wizards who are not good at learning also have more time to prepare for their careers.

This kind of argument was recognized by everyone as soon as it appeared, and it quickly spread amidst the chirping discussions of the little wizard, and soon spread to the guest of honor and the ears of the professor.

"Students in the upper grades really think more about it," Professor McGonagall said with a gratified smile on his face. "I mentioned the restructuring to Loren and Hermione, but they didn't think of it."

"After they graduate from Hogwarts, they have to face the world. Some students even get married soon and take on the responsibilities of the family. The school should not only teach them knowledge, I didn't realize this." Deng Bullido's eyes were full of regret and regret, and he sighed, "Minerva, you are better and more competent than me."

A cheerful and confident voice interjected into the conversation, "Professional skills, I don't think there is a better professor to teach this than me."

Lockhart, who was dressed in a gold-colored dress and decorated with green plant stripes, came over: "Principal Dumbledore, I can start another professional club."

"I think these young wizards who are about to enter the society must be very confused. They need a mentor who is knowledgeable and good at a variety of professional skills to guide them out of the fog." A smile with good teeth.

……

A strange argument has gradually become popular among young wizards: make a career choice, practice professional skills, and only learn what is required.

In the corridor, everyone excitedly discussed various occupations, discussed their future lives, and discussed what they wanted to do when they grew up.

If you want to become a Quidditch player, you should practice more. If you want to become an Auror, you should practice Defense Against the Dark Arts well. If you have a shop or property at home, you can play happily.

Hermione frowned upon hearing this, feeling that this should not be the case, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

The girl was dressed in a plain magic robe, with a white shirt inside the black robe, her fair little face stretched together, biting her lips in deep thought.

Like a slightly cool autumn wind, it blows into people's hearts in a clear and clear manner, causing circle after circle of ripples to appear on the calm water.

Loren has been worrying about one thing for the past few days. Apparition is forbidden within Hogwarts. He is thinking about how to trick Hermione out of the castle, and then show her Apparation in front of her to let her understand. Who is the big brother.

It has been almost a week since the second and fourth grades tried to reform the system, and Hermione plunged into the elective advanced knowledge, and he couldn't find the opportunity for a long time.

"I want to make candy at Honeydukes!"

"I want, too!"

Walking beside them were two freshmen who had just entered school.

Hermione couldn't help wondering, and asked, "Loren, tell me, knowledge or professional skills, which one is the right choice?"

Looking at the college emblem on their magic robes, it turned out to be Hufflepuff's little badger. Loren smiled and said, "It varies from person to person. For you, knowledge is definitely more important. For Seamo, Maybe the skill is more important."

"But—" Hermione looked at the disappearing backs of the two newborn baby badgers, "How can they be sure that they chose the right profession?"

"No one can guarantee that the choice is correct." Loren paused for a moment, thinking about how to word it, "However, knowledge will allow us to have more choices in the future. A student who masters general knowledge can use black magic The content of the defense class can be used as an Auror, and if you find it inappropriate, you can also switch to a civilian job, and if you don’t like it, you can also use the knowledge of Potions to make magic candy.”

Hermione's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she kept nodding her head.

"Shall we go see Hagrid this Saturday?" Loren said casually.

"Well, okay!" The girl didn't notice anything strange.

……

The second floor of Hogwarts Castle at night.

Most of the lights in the aisles and corridors were extinguished, and the magic portraits hung upside down, with the canvas facing the wall, the portraits fell into a deep sleep.The entire castle was silent, and the shadows hid Filch and Mrs. Norris who were watching the night, as well as other unknown things.

Dumbledore walked down the stairs slowly, he had insomnia again, and he always felt empty and missing something if he didn't drink a cup of hot cocoa.Like in his student days, he walked all the way to the kitchen.

"Salute to the great Slytherin!" whispered, a hoarse voice came, and a not-so-tall figure disappeared into the abandoned girls' bathroom.

Dumbledore's languid eyes suddenly opened, revealing a divine light, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It was only a week since he learned about the Chamber of Secrets and the basilisk, and he only had some rough plans, and he hadn't had time to make a comprehensive plan and deal with it. He didn't expect to encounter such a surprise late at night.

Dumbledore went on to the kitchen, not in a hurry.He understood a truth a long time ago that he doesn't need to grasp the details of everything, as long as he sorts out the context, the rest will be easy to handle.

It is too dangerous for students to catch the gaze of the basilisk and die.But taking away part of it with the Deluminator should leave only the effect of petrification, and the plan can proceed.The last thing to watch out for is the fangs...

"Hot cocoa is really a good thing." The soft murmur was like the wind, dissipating in the night of the castle.

(End of this chapter)