Chapter 987 How can spells be such an inconvenience
Drao dor fans nunquam titillandus.
This is the school motto of Hogwarts, which means to advise people never to provoke those sleeping powers out of curiosity, because the first target of the awakened evil dragon will definitely be the daring provocateur. Start promoting new lessons this semester
At the time, Dumbledore once said this.
But now, Elena understands the meaning of this sentence very clearly and deeply.
Professor Sprout in the "awakened state" seemed to be a completely different person.
Of course, she was still as gentle and kind, but her eyes became hot and bright. The whole person of the Hogwarts Herbology Professor seemed to be constantly radiating light and enthusiasm to the surroundings, and her lecture voice began to change.
Be high-pitched, excited, and full of passion.
By the end of two herbal medicine classes, they had barely completed a syllabus of plant taxonomy based on Carl von Linnaeus.
Since the biological classification on the magic side is not yet complete, the main content of these two herbal medicine classes is still on "species and various taxa below species" Speies (species), Population (population), Subspeies (subspecies),
Understand and understand the six common basic types of Vanessy (variant), Form (variant), and Cultivar (cultivar).
I have to say that if you don't take into account those after-school homework, Elena and the others had a lot of fun in these two herbal medicine classes today.
In order to help the students understand, Professor Sprout opened all the greenhouses for the first time, led the students to visit the magical plants in the major greenhouses of Hogwarts one by one, and patiently introduced to them the names and details of each plant.
Dozens of rare and magical plants are a feast for the eyes of little wizards, so much so that many little ones wish they could attend two herbal medicine classes every day.
However, as the bell rang for the end of get out of class, the joy and hope in their hearts all turned into hesitation and despair in an instant.
"Very good. Today's class is quite fulfilling and the homework is very simple."
Professor Sprout said with a smile on his face and clapped his hands to attract the attention of the students.
"We visited a total of 63 different types of magical plants today. I hope you can select at least 20 magical plants that impress you, look them up in books, extract their properties, habits, and cultivation methods, and follow the instructions
I mentioned the classification in class and find their appropriate positions for each one. During this period, please observe and record some daily plants around the school..."
This gentle, kind, and optimistic short and fat witch looked at the class gently, paused for a few seconds, and added.
"There are more than two hundred species of plants growing in Hogwarts Castle. I hope to see at least thirty related plant records in your record books next week. It doesn't matter if you don't know the names. The recording method is the location where they were found.
,Discovery time,morphological description.”
The homework assignments of Potions and Herbology were superimposed, and the students suddenly began to panic.
You know, they still have the motion theory homework from yesterday's Charms class, and then there will be Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration, as well as Professor Lockhart and Professor Alexei's grammar and mathematics classes, not to mention the
Unstoppable drawings for astronomy class, history of magic copying homework...
If homework of this size were repeated four or five times, they might have to spend this weekend in the library.
Of course, this is based on the premise that they completely forget their homework from Monday to Friday and happily "study happily" all week long.
After returning to the castle from the greenhouse outside the castle, the second-year wizards hurriedly finished their lunch and obediently took their schoolbags and soaked in the Hogwarts library, looking for Professor Snape and Sparrow.
Hermione finally found a gap and quietly reached a "morning tea" smuggling agreement with Hannah in exchange. In exchange, she could help Hannah solve some difficult assignments.
On the other hand, as the afternoon History of Magic class ended, Hermione, who had been observing Draco all day, was completely confused.
Just like most lazy boys, Draco persisted for about one class and soon fell into the same sleepy state as Harry and others. However, when Harry asked Draco after class
When asked questions, he could accurately answer all the contents in the book...
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"That's very unreasonable, isn't it? Elena."
Hermione said, looking away from the red mark on Draco's face that was pressed by the page, and there was a hint of confusion in her voice.
"What kind of learning method can achieve such an effect? Can you remember the lecture content even if you sleep in class?! You should have heard the conversation between Harry and Draco just now, right? Draco told Harry that he would take the notes from class tomorrow
After copying it, I will lend it to them to read.”
Not just History of Magic, Draco Malfoy seemed a little absent-minded in almost all courses.
However, the questions asked by the professor in class and the completion of homework after class cannot be faked.
It seemed like he didn't make any effort, but Draco showed a clearer and more profound preview effect than hers. This was something Hermione couldn't accept. All of this seemed to be mocking how bad her talent was.
, so that others only need a little...
Snapped!
"Okay, stop thinking so wildly, what you see is obviously not everything."
Seeing the little beaver who suddenly fell into a low mood, Elena snapped her fingers and sighed helplessly.
After witnessing Draco sleeping in class, Hermione obviously began to have self-doubt, so much so that she had to enter another world line in advance to start the lie. After the birth of lies, people had to use more lies to defend her.
I should have expected this to be the case.
"Eh? Not all?"
Hermione looked at Elena confused and frowned slightly.
"Well, your eyes will deceive you, your ears will deceive you, and your experience will deceive you... However, this is often not because you see false things, but because you only see part of the so-called truth.
And a partial truth would constitute a realistic lie.”
Elena gently shook her fingers inexplicably, glanced at Hermione who was thoughtful, and continued.
"Aade Beah. Have you ever heard of this term? It describes someone who deliberately pretends to be indifferent on the surface, or doesn't care about learning at all, and then learns twice as hard where no one can see. And
Not everyone will show off their efforts. If you observe carefully, you will find that Draco is most likely such a... well, a bitch."
"Huh? Academic beach? Does that mean the tide only rises at night? What a strange description."
Hermione repeated Elena's pronunciation softly and blinked, "But...why did Draco do this?"
At night...high tide? This can still explain it
After Elena was stunned for half a second, looking at Hermione's pure eyes, she suddenly felt a little guilty.
This shouldn't be considered a pure wizard seedling, right? After all, Hermione is thirteen years old this year, and she is only twelve. Strictly speaking, if you want to protect underage children, then her protection priority should be higher than that of Little Beaver.
... I hope little Beaver’s father won’t be angry.
"Well, that's what it means, right? Look at Draco's state these past few days, it's obviously the sequelae of doing homework..."
Elena nodded without changing her face and heartbeat. After pondering for a few seconds, she continued to answer.
"As for the reason why Draco did this, I guess it's vanity? Or to make others relax their vigilance? Or maybe he doesn't want to hurt Ron and Harry. After all, boys also have small cliques. If everyone is playing
Wouldn’t it be too unsociable to study at a young age? In short, Hermione, don’t imitate him, and don’t expose him. You just need to work hard silently, and then astonish everyone including Professor Lockhart.”
She raised her eyebrows at Hermione. After getting along with her for the time being, she temporarily gave up the idea of smearing Gilderoy Lockhart.
After all, Mr. "The Hanged Man" has always been very cautious in his work attitude and personal style, and did not give her any excuse to carry out the physical cleanup plan. Therefore, she planned to find another way to urge Lockhart to get married as soon as possible and put an end to all the little witches.
their thoughts.
"Well, I'm not going to be an Aade fan. Beah, I'm going to be the number one in a dignified way."
Hermione nodded seriously, with a hint of determination in her voice.
This History of Magic lesson is the last lesson for Grade 2 Class A this afternoon.
As the bell rang, most of the students hurriedly packed their schoolbags and left the classroom, heading to the library that had not yet been occupied by senior students to reserve a seat in advance. However, for Elena and Hermione, they could not go there yet.
Complete today's homework in the library.
Hogwarts has opened optional courses, and Hermione and Elena have third-grade classes scheduled four afternoons a week.
As for today…
Hermione lowered her head and checked her class schedule, then jumped up as if she had just woken up from a dream.
"Oops, the divination class! What are we still doing? Look, the divination class is on the top of the north tower. We have to walk ten minutes to get there..."
"Don't worry, Professor Sybil is not someone who cares so much about secular rules."
Elena shrugged and said nonchalantly, watching Hermione's hurried expression with interest.
If nothing else, after "Calculation Girl" experienced a divination class, such a serious expression would no longer be seen. She quickly took advantage of this last moment to appreciate Hermione's enthusiasm for divination. This was very important.
A limited edition emoticon pack that will soon be out of print.
After all, according to the plot in the original book, Divination is the only subject that Hermione cannot pass.
Although she brought many changes to Hogwarts, Professor Sybil's Divination class was not among them.
The reason why Elena chose the Divination class was also very simple. She wanted to see how many classes Hermione could endure in the new world line before throwing the crystal ball in front of the whole class.
The classic violent scene of walking away is something you absolutely cannot miss.
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It's a long way from the castle to the north tower.
Although Hermione has been at Hogwarts for more than a year, she is still not familiar with everything in the castle. She has never been to the north tower before. As for Elena? Her ability in pathfinding is not even
Neville's pet toad, Leif, is even worse.
"Well, I mean, you shouldn't be lost, right?"
Elena looked at the familiar environment around her. This should be somewhere very high in the north tower.
This is an unfamiliar platform with no landmarks. There is a large picture frame hanging on the stone wall directly in front of it, showing a grassland.
"First we can rule out the right side"
Hermione glared hard at Elena, who was suppressing a smile, and observed the surrounding passage environment.
"That's south. Look, you can see a corner of the lake from the window...so we just go to the left."
"Method of elimination? It's a method of reasoning and pathfinding. It's really powerful."
Elena raised her eyebrows, and an extremely annoying cunning appeared on the corner of her mouth.
As a road addict who has long since given up struggling, Elena's greatest joy in life is watching others get lost. And in this, when the protagonist of the story becomes a friend who has extraordinary talent in finding the road,
That would be an even more wonderful enjoyment.
"Oh, shut up Elena.
Hermione said angrily, ignoring a certain white-haired dumpling who was gloating about his misfortune.
"At least I know the general direction. If it were you, we wouldn't be able to get to the divination classroom next week."
"Really? But I don't think so."
Elena glanced at Hermione, the little hair on her head swayed from side to side quite proudly, and said in an old-fashioned way.
"It is a very important quality to admit failures and shortcomings calmly. If you had told me earlier that you could not find the way, maybe we would have reached the door of the divination classroom by now. You don't know, right? I learned about an extremely difficult situation some time ago.
An effective wayfinding mantra.”
"A wayfinding spell? You mean... show me the way?"
Hermione was stunned for a moment, frowned and recalled the spells book she had read.
"No, the directional spell only applies to maze places. According to the book, its effect is..."
"Exclude impassable roads. Or distinguish north from south."
Elena continued what Hermione said, her expression a little complicated.
"I learned the directional spell in advance last semester. What I'm talking about is another spell."
In fact, after realizing her road-crazy nature, her first reaction was to learn this curse.
Unfortunately, Grindelwald soon revealed the cruel truth in front of her. There are two effects of the directional spell, but these two functions have no effect on the road idiot, because the devil never cares about road blockage.
, and East, West, North, and South are even more meaningless.
Not to mention, they were in Hogwarts Castle, which was connected in all directions, and the directional spell had no effect at all.
"Another spell? A new spell not recorded in the book?"
Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Elena expectantly.
"Did Professor Apokalis teach you this? Or rather, Professor Dumbledore taught you this?"
"Well... let's just say... let's put it this way..."
Under Hermione's hot gaze, Elena scratched her nose in embarrassment.
Elena raised her right hand, snapped her fingers lightly, and said solemnly.
"I'm lost."
Hermione:???
crackle.
crackle.
The next moment, two house elves appeared in front of them.
"Dobby the house elf (Burley), I am happy to serve you, Miss Caslana."
"Well, as you can see, I now have a little... little privilege..."
Elena spread her hands and explained to Hermione, then turned around and looked at the two elves in front of her with a calm expression.
"We are looking for the North Tower, Professor Sybil's divination classroom, please take us there! Thank you."