Chapter 22: The Disappearing Book, I'm Not a Big Crucian Anymore
Every Thursday night, Eagle Yard and Snake Yard will present a weekly History of Magic.
But Gretel is taking his first leave at Hogwarts.
Professor Binns never calls names, or in other words, for Professor Binns, who has become accustomed to attending classes, it does not make much difference to him whether there are students attending the lectures or not.
Gretel even suspected that as long as there were courses scheduled, even if the classroom was empty, Professor Binns would teach his planned courses step by step.
Gretel's arrival even surprised Professor Binns. After all, even before he became a ghost, he had never seen any little wizard come to him to ask for leave.
Compared with other courses at Hogwarts, the difficulty level of History of Magic is really low.
It's so low that even if you never go to class, as long as you remember to spend the night before the exam, you won't get a failing grade.
Therefore, Professor Binns has long been accustomed to the absence of young wizards.
Many years ago, the Hogwarts School Board held a meeting.
The content of the meeting was to vote on whether to cancel the History of Magic course at Hogwarts.
Of course, the meeting was canceled at Dumbledore's insistence.
What Dumbledore said is that the history of magic course is necessary. Although it is long and boring, the role it plays is irreplaceable.
Learning the history of magic is to broaden the horizons of young wizards so that their thinking will not be narrowed by the limitations of life experience.
If a person does not know how to learn from history, then one day in the future, life will teach him a lesson with severe beatings.
What's more, Professor Binns is already a ghost and does not need Hogwarts to pay the extra salary.
Grete had reason to suspect that if it hadn't been mentioned at the end that Professor Binns didn't need a salary,
Then these school directors who have been hypnotized by the History of Magic at Hogwarts will definitely insist on voting and cancel the History of Magic course.
Since the beginning of the school year, Gretel's performance in the History of Magic class has already conquered Professor Binns, so he naturally agreed to Gretel's request for leave.
He even told Gretel that he could leave the History of Magic course at any time if necessary.
When Terry found out about this incident afterwards, he complained angrily that good students were treated differently. They were invited whenever they asked, unlike him, who had to skip class secretly if he wanted to watch Quidditch.
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"Mrs. Pince, these are some books I lent out before, and now I'm here to return them."
Behind Gretel were stacks of books almost taller than himself, and he accepted Mrs. Pince's inspection with a low eyebrow.
Even though she had gone through this process dozens of times, Mrs. Pince still checked every book meticulously.
After checking, he put the book back with a smile.
"Mr. Gretel, I remember you have class tonight. You shouldn't be in the library at this time, right?"
Mrs. Pince thought that Gretel was skipping class, so she asked with a playful look.
In Mrs. Pince's teasing eyes, Gretel quickly explained, "It's History of Magic tonight. I didn't skip class. I've already asked Professor Binns for leave."
"In that case, fine," after hearing Gretel's explanation, Mrs. Pince naturally returned to her original calmness.
At Hogwarts, if any student has not studied History of Magic, he or she would not dare to say that his school life is perfect after graduation.
She thought that Grete, who was diligent and studious, finally broke down.
"So, Mr. Gretel, how many books do you want to borrow today? Do you need me to help you find them?"
Even though Mrs. Pingsi looks so kind now, she seems to have nothing to say.
That was what Grete had gained in exchange for a month of hard work.
You know, the books in the Hogwarts library are never borrowed out. As long as there is no approval note from the professor, you can't even take a piece of paper out of the library.
Mrs. Pince relied on her strictness to secure her position as librarian.
The same thing happened to Gretel at the beginning. He could read it in the library, but he couldn't take it out with him.
At that time, he had just started researching, and he needed a lot of books. It was unrealistic to go to the professor every day to approve notes.
So he learned to hide and seek, and used transfiguration to turn himself into a chair, a table, or even a book. After the library closed, he waited for the magic power to disappear and changed back.
During that time, every night in the dead of night, Gretel was like a thief, silently stealing knowledge from the library.
Until one day, Mrs. Pince had to go to the library to pick up something she had left behind.
I saw the lights in the library, and Gretel sitting under the lights, writing furiously.
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Anyway, afterwards, Gretel got Mrs. Pince's permission. If he needed any books, he could be allowed to take them out of the library as an exception.
However, when returning the books, you must ensure that they are not dirty, damaged or missing in any way.
In short, what you borrowed must be what you get back.
This agreement lasts until Gretel graduates, or until he breaks the agreement.
Except for both of them, no one knows how Gretel got Mrs. Pince's approval.
So whenever someone sees Grete leaving the library grandly with a thick pile of books behind him, their eyes are always filled with envy.
But apart from envy, they have no other choice. After all, Mrs. Pince is the only true god of the library.
As long as there is no approval note from the professor, you can't take away a book from here even if you have a bad reputation.
"No, I'll just take a look."
Gretel quickly walked into the library and went straight to the ancient literature bookshelf.
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The bookshelf of ancient documents is only so large, but I have searched many times from beginning to end, but I have not seen a few books recommended by Voldemort.
According to Mrs. Pince's habit, she would not mix different types of books together.
"???"
Gretel was confused, he felt that he was being appetized by Voldemort.
Just like a fisherman must make a nest with nest materials before fishing, and then wait for the fish to take the bait.
But he is like a stupid big crucian carp, and he just accepts this trick.
Standing in front of the bookshelf, Gretel crossed his arms and thought about the pros and cons of asking Voldemort for advice.
In other words, those books were put into the restricted area?
Grete's eyes quietly glanced at the warning spell in the corner.
That is to prevent someone from reading restricted books without permission.
For underage wizards, it is both a warning and a protection.
The books in the restricted area are either too powerful or involve some black magic.
If there is no warning and the little wizard is allowed to read it, it is estimated that in a few years, Hogwarts will no longer be called the safest magic school.
It's not that Gretel doesn't want to apply for a professor's approval, it's because no one is willing to approve it for him.
No matter how talented he is, in the eyes of the professors, he is only eleven years old, not to mention that under Dumbledore's instructions, everyone was afraid that he would grow crooked.
Of course, Gretel believed that if he asked Quirrell for help, Voldemort would definitely not be stingy with a note of approval.
But this is like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth. It's too late to hide, so how can he send it to the door?
Besides, from the current point of view, Voldemort has no reason to harm him. Even if it is to harm him, at least he has to wait until he swallows the bait.
The current situation is that there is no bait for making a nest. Voldemort will definitely not do such a stupid thing.
So he planned to ask Madam Pince. As the only true god in the library, Madam Pince remembered all the books that were checked out.
Grete needs to verify whether someone took the approval slip and borrowed these books in advance.
If it had already been borrowed, he would rush to the History of Magic classroom now and still have time to ensure perfect attendance.