Chapter 692 Pre-examination syndrome
In the first week after school started, professors, no matter which course they taught, were busy assigning homework to everyone and constantly emphasizing to them the importance of the 0.w.Ls exam.
To use Fred's words to describe it, it's like if you fail the 0.w.Ls exam, the sky will fall.
However, Fred soon regretted saying this, because his innocence collapsed.
As soon as the weekend arrived, they found that they had to spend a lot of time in the library, faced with a pile of homework that would never be completed, and even the thought of troubling Malfoy became less.
At this moment, Fred was flipping through the book and kept mumbling some words of unknown meaning: "0.w.Ls is like a grinding wheel, pressing the examinee's head into the book hard, wearing away the patience bit by bit, and driving the person crazy. !”
George looked away from the parchment, looked at the guy who was chattering over there, and reminded him angrily: "Don't be crazy. You probably haven't practiced the disappearing spell yet. There will be a spot check next class. Be careful. Confinement.”
"Well, at least it's better than Albert. I'd rather stay here and do my homework than let Snape give me two hours of tutoring." Fred muttered to himself and continued to work on his homework. .
In the Potions classroom, Albert and Isobel were listening to Snape talk about the Potions Championship.
“The Magic Garden is the most well-preserved garden in the world with the largest variety of magic potions. Although it is called the Magic Garden, it is actually a forest with an area no smaller than the Forbidden Forest. There are more magic potions in it than you think.”
As a potion master, Snape naturally knows the situation of the magical garden.
"Students participating in the Potion Championship need to enter the magic garden to collect raw materials, save and bring them back, and make a magic potion. The champion will share with you the process of entering the garden to collect raw materials, how to process the raw materials, and how to brew the magic potion. It’s related to the results of the medicine.”
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Snape continued: "What you have to learn now is how to identify the raw materials, and use correct and safe methods to obtain and preserve them. The raw materials are not limited to plants, but also animals, such as frog brains. , there is no ready-made one, you need to get it from the forest yourself.”
The two of them remained silent and listened quietly to Snape's words. The Potions Professor raised his eyebrows slightly and suddenly asked: "Mr. Anderson, do you know where your weakness is?"
“Age?” Albert knew that Snape was causing trouble for him.
"That's right, you have learned far fewer potion recipes than other wizards, which means there are fewer choices. This game is not good for you. I really don't know why Mr. Dagworth recommends you." Snee When Pu said this, he obviously meant to belittle Albert.
"Oh, Professor, I don't think you need to worry. I have already read the contents of "Advanced Potion Making" and memorized all the formulas in it. I don't think my reserve of potion formulas is any better than others. Less. Time is precious, I think we'd better get started and just talk about the key points." Albert's tone was calm, but it hit Snape's face like a whip.
Snape looked at Albert coldly, as if he wanted to eat someone.
However, facing Snape's gaze, Albert remained indifferent.
In the next few hours, Snape got to see what true genius is.
The two of them learned very quickly, almost memorizing while listening. After Snape finished speaking, they probably all learned it.
"Very good." Snape's face twitched and he lowered his voice, "You learned faster than I thought. We can move on to the next step next week."
“Processing raw materials?”
“Yes, deal with the raw materials.” Snape said expressionlessly: “Okay, you can leave now.”
After leaving the Potions classroom, Isobel suddenly said: "Snape doesn't like you?"
Just now, Snape seemed to have made a surprise inquiry in order to embarrass Albert, but unfortunately, he did not embarrass Albert.
“Slytherin’s prejudice against Gryffindor.”
“Prejudice?”
In the past few hours, Snape not only told them the key points in "A Thousand Magic Herbs and Mushrooms", but also talked about the acquisition and precautions of other required raw materials.
There are still very few potions made purely from herbs. Most potions require the addition of one or two raw materials obtained from magical animals or other creatures. This is the most difficult part of the Potion Championship.
The two of them were walking and talking on the way to the Room of Requirement.
“Is seventh grade really busy?”
“The N.E.w.Ts exam is very important and no one wants to fail.”
“You have too many things to learn, so the pressure is certainly not small.” Albert was not worried about Isobel’s test scores, “However, it shouldn’t be too difficult for you to be excellent in everything.”
“I’m not you. I can get excellent results in any test.”
“Okay! Stop bragging each other.”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After Isobel returned the time turner and the N.E.W.Ts exam in seventh grade took away most of her energy, the time the two of them spent alone began to decrease significantly, and they both cherished such relaxed time together.
“By the way, have you discovered the secret of the new Professor Lupin?” Isobel asked softly.
The so-called lycanthropic patients actually refer to werewolves, but this is Hogwarts, and Albert feels that he should not speak so bluntly, lest other students hear it. That would be very bad.
He believed that most wizards knew what werewolves were, but they certainly didn’t know what it meant to suffer from the magical disease lycanthropy.
"It seems that you have noticed it too. I really don't understand why Professor Dumbledore would invite him to serve in the school." Isobel was obviously worried about Professor Lupin, or the werewolf.
There is no way, monsters like werewolves are too dangerous for students.
"Most of the professors in the school should know about this. They didn't object. Professor Dumbledore obviously convinced them." Albert comforted, "I think they will prepare Wolfsbane potion for Professor Lupin."
Of course Isobel also knew about this, but she still felt uneasy. In Albert’s words: Not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.
God knows what will happen to Hogwarts when Professor Lupine forgets to take his medicine.
“Well, let me teach you the humanoid restoration spell. If you master this spell, you can easily subdue the werewolf.” Albert had actually already thought about how to deal with the werewolf.
“Return to Humanoid Spell?”
Isobel also knew that Albert was studying the spell that appeared in Lockhart's book, but she did not expect it to be successful.
“Are you studious?”
"It's similar to the Patronus Charm, but I think for a genius like you, it shouldn't take too much time. I just haven't practiced it and don't know how effective it will be." Albert actually planned to use Professor Lupine as a test subject. .
After the two of them walked into the Room of Requirement together, Albert asked the house elf to bring dinner so that they could have more time to chat together.
I can only say that men and women in love are like this and want to stay together all day long.
"You actually left us on a date and didn't come back until midnight?"
The next morning, the trio who were busy doing homework all looked at Albert with resentment on their faces.
“You haven’t finished your homework yet?” Albert asked.
"Of course I've done it...that's weird." Fred said discouragedly: "There seems to be so much homework that I can never finish it. I feel like I'm going crazy."
"You are not the only one who is going crazy." George said angrily: "Don't forget, Albert has to do twelve homeworks, and he also has to go to Snape for tutoring to prepare for the Potions Championship."
“Shit, have you forgotten that Albert doesn’t have to do most of his homework?”
Lee Jordan gave Fred a hard look and complained, "I'm eating."
“How do you do it without having to do homework?” Ron was very interested in this question. After entering the third grade, he was overwhelmed by the heavy homework.
“To get along well with professors, you must be good enough in this subject.” Albert spread jam on his piece of bread, “This way is not suitable for you.”
"Idiot Ron, you better stop being delusional and just do your homework with us." Fred did not forget to tease Ron to make him accept this cruel fact.
"I'm just asking for Hermione. She also has to take twelve classes. She has been very busy recently and her temper has become bad."
Hermione didn't know when she appeared next to Ron, glared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "My temper has become bad, I'm so sorry!"
Harry and Ron quickly shut up.
Hermione has been very busy and wants to spend all day in the library.
It’s scary to think about having to do twelve courses of homework.
"You should share your experience with Percy. What I have is not suitable for you." Albert took a bite of bread and said to Hermione, "It will be quite stressful at first, but you will get used to it. If you don't deliberately If you pursue twelve excellences, it would be a good choice to give up some unnecessary courses."
"I don't think grades mean anything." Fred disagreed with this, and did not forget to belittle Percy, "Even if Percy enters the Ministry of Magic after graduation, he will not become a senior official in the Ministry of Magic within a few decades."
"If you want to get into the Ministry of Magic, a good resume is... very important."
Albert reached out to catch the letter dropped by the owl. After looking at the sender, he opened the envelope. There were only a few photos inside. There was a string of numbers behind the photos: 2000.
“This price…”
Albert didn't know what the price of houses in the wizard's side was, but he felt that the price should be considered very cheap.
It’s less than 10,000 pounds, how can it not be cheap?
However, considering the formal style of the wizard, the low housing prices do not seem to be incomprehensible.
As long as a wizard is willing, it is always easy to buy a very cheap house from Muggles, or build a house by himself.
(End of this chapter)