Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 692 Pre-exam syndrome

In the first week after the start of school, no matter what course the professors are teaching, they are desperately assigning homework to everyone and constantly emphasizing the importance of the 0.w.Ls exam.

To use Fred's words to describe it: it's like the sky will fall if you fail the 0.w.Ls test.

However, Fred soon regretted saying this, because the innocence collapsed.

As soon as the weekend arrived, they found that they had to spend a lot of time in the library, facing a never-ending pile of homework, and even less inclined to trouble Malfoy.

At this moment, Fred was flipping through the book, muttering some words of unknown meaning: "0.w.Ls is like a grinding wheel, pressing the examinee's head into the book with all his strength, after grinding away patience a little bit, it will drive people crazy !"

George looked away from the parchment, looked at the guy who was chattering over there, and reminded angrily: "Don't go crazy, you probably haven't practiced the Vanishing Curse yet, you will be randomly checked in the next class, be careful Locked up."

"Well, at least it's better than Albert. I'd rather stay here and do my homework, and I don't want Snape to make up two hours of lessons for me." Fred muttered comfortingly, and continued to do 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 with the most types of potions in the world. Although it is called a magic garden, it is actually a forest with an area no smaller than the Forbidden Forest, and there are more potions in it than you can imagine."

As a master of potions, Snape naturally knew about the magic garden.

"Students participating in the potion championship need to enter the magic garden to collect raw materials, save them and bring them back, and make them into a potion. The champion will share with you the process of entering the garden to collect raw materials, how to process raw materials, and how to make magic potions. related to the outcome of the drug."

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Snape continued: "What you have to learn now is how to distinguish raw materials, and use correct and safe methods to obtain and preserve them. Raw materials are not limited to plants, animals are the same, such as the brains of frogs. , there is no ready-made one, you need to get it from the forest yourself.”

The two still didn't speak. They listened quietly to Snape's words. The potions professor raised his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Anderson, do you know where your weakness lies?"

"Age?" Albert knew that Snape was asking for trouble.

"That's right, you have learned far fewer potion formulas than other wizards, which means you have fewer choices. This competition is not good for you. I really don't know why Mr. Dagworth recommended you." 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 content in "Advanced Potion Making", and I have written down all the formulas in it. I don't think my potion formula reserves are more powerful than others'. Less. Time is precious, I think we'd better get started and get to the point." Albert's tone was calm, but he whipped Snape across the face.

Snape looked at Albert coldly, as if he wanted to eat people.

However, facing Snape's gaze, Albert remained indifferent.

In the next few hours, Snape saw what it meant to be a true genius.

The learning progress of the two was very fast, they were almost memorizing while listening. After Snape finished speaking, they probably learned everything.

"Very good." Snape's face twitched, and he lowered his voice, "You've learned faster than I thought, and we can move on to the next session next week."

"Processing raw materials?"

"Yes, dealing with the raw materials." Snape said blankly, "Okay, you can leave now."

After leaving the potions classroom, Isobel suddenly said, "Snape doesn't like you?"

Just now, Snape seemed to make a surprise inquiry in order to embarrass Albert, but unfortunately he didn't embarrass Albert.

"Slytherin prejudice against Gryffindor."

"Prejudiced?"

In the few hours just now, in addition to telling them the key points in "Thousands of Miraculous Herbs and Mushrooms", Snape also talked about the acquisition and precautions of other raw materials.

Potions made purely from herbs are still rare after all. Most of the potions need to add one or two raw materials obtained from magical animals or other creatures. This is the most difficult part of the potion championship.

The two chatted while walking on the way to the House of Requirement.

"Is seventh grade really busy?"

"NEwTs exam is very important, no one wants to fail it."

"You have too much to learn, so the pressure is naturally high." Albert was not worried about Isobel's test scores, "However, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to get all excellent."

"I'm not you. I can get excellent grades in any exam."

"Okay! Stop blowing each other."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

After Isobel returned the time converter, and the seventh-grade NEWTs exam took away most of her energy, the time the two of them spent alone began to decrease significantly, and they both cherished such a relaxed time together.

"By the way, have you discovered the secret of the new Professor Lupine?" Isobel asked softly.

"You mean lycanthropy patients?"

The so-called lycanthropy patients actually refer to werewolves, but this is Hogwarts, and Albert felt that he should not speak so bluntly, so as not to be heard by other students, which is very bad.

He believed that most wizards knew what a werewolf was, but certainly didn't know what it meant to have the magical disease lycanthropy.

"It seems that you have also noticed it. I really don't understand why Professor Dumbledore invited him to take a post in the school." Isobel obviously worried about Professor Lupine, or the werewolf.

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 Lupine."

Of course Isobel knew about this, but he was still not at ease. In Albert's words: Don't be afraid of [-], just in case.

God knows what will happen to Hogwarts when Professor Lupine forgets to take his medicine.

"Well, let me teach you the Restore Human Form Curse. If you master this spell, you can easily subdue the werewolf." Albert had already thought about how to deal with the werewolf.

"Restoration curse?"

Isobel also knew that Albert was studying the spell that appeared in Lockhart's book, but he didn't expect it to be really successful.

"Are you eager to learn?"

"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 I don't know how effective it will be." Albert actually planned to use Professor Lupine as a test subject up.

After the two walked into the Room of Requirement together, Albert asked the house elf to bring dinner so that they could spend more time chatting together.

It can only be said that men and women in love are like this, wishing to stick together all day long.

"You actually left us to go on a date, and didn't come back until midnight?"

The next morning, the trio who were busy doing their homework all looked at Albert with resentment.

"You haven't finished your homework yet?" Albert asked.

"Of course it's done well...it's no wonder." Fred said discouragedly, "There seems to be so much homework that I can never finish it. I feel like I'm going crazy."

"You're not the only one going crazy." George said angrily, "Don't forget, Albert has twelve homework to do, and he also has to go to Snape for tutoring to prepare for the Potions Championship."

"Shit, don't you forget that Albert doesn't have to do most of the homework?"

Lee Jordan gave Fred a hard look and complained, "I'm eating."

"How did you manage not to do homework?" Ron was very interested in this question. After entering the third grade, he was overwhelmed by heavy homework.

"To get along well with professors, the premise is that you are good enough in this subject." Albert spread jam on his slice of bread, "This method is not suitable for you."

"Stupid Ron, you'd better stop delusional, obediently do your homework with us." Fred did not forget to taunt Ron, so that he could accept this cruel fact.

"I'm just asking for Hermione. She also has twelve courses. She's been very busy recently, and her temper has turned bad."

Hermione didn't know when she appeared next to Ron, gave him a hard look, and said angrily, "My temper has gotten worse, I'm so sorry!"

Harry and Ron quickly shut up.

Hermione has been very busy and can't wait to spend all day in the library.

It's scary to think about doing homework for twelve courses.

"You should share your experience with Percy. My side is not suitable for you." Albert took a bite of the bread and said to Hermione, "It's true that the pressure will be greater at first, just get used to it. If you don't deliberately It is a good choice to pursue twelve excellent words and give up some unnecessary courses.”

"I don't think grades mean anything." Fred didn't think so, and he didn't forget to belittle Percy, "Even if Percy enters the Ministry of Magic after graduation, he won't be a senior official of the Ministry of Magic in a few decades."

"If you want to enter the Ministry of Magic, a good resume is... very important."

Albert reached out to catch the letter dropped by the owl, and after looking at the sender, he opened the envelope. There were only a few photos inside, and there was a string of numbers behind the photos: 2000.

"This price..."

Albert didn't know the price of houses on the wizard's side, but he felt that the price should be considered very cheap.

It's less than ten thousand pounds, isn't it cheap?
However, considering the formal style of the wizard, the low housing price does not seem to be incomprehensible.

Wizards could easily buy a very cheap house from Muggles, or build one themselves, if they wanted to.

(End of this chapter)