Harry Potter: Dark Alchemy Chapter 223: Persistence is victory (5000 words big
Unconsciously, the remaining ten days passed quickly, and March also passed.
The severe cold of winter gradually receded, and spring came quietly. The melted snow water flowed down the soil, awakening all the creatures sleeping in the ground, and new grasses emerged from the ground and moved near the castle. The land is dyed into emerald green.
The first weekend of April is here.
Wright and Chang Chu, with a smile on their faces, ended the day spent in Hogsmeade, and went back to school from outside hand in hand. They met in front of the large lawn in front of the castle and came to look for them. Gryffindor trio. Standing with Hermione and the others, there was also Velita who had been waiting here for a long time. At almost every school in Hogsmeade on weekends, she would be here quietly waiting for Wright's return to school.
Velita silently walked behind Wright as always, and Hermione also began to ask Changchu questions about her.
"So, the three of you want to consult about the third grade course selection?" Chang Chu released Wright's left hand, stepped forward and took Hermione's arm.
A group of people walked toward the entrance of the castle while they were talking.
"Well, yes." Hermione nodded. "Yesterday Percy sent out an elective form to our second-year students. It says some elective courses that we will take in third-year. Say it will be handed over to him in a few days."
"Yes, after all, Easter is coming soon. Last year, we received the course selection notice only two days before the Easter holiday." Chang Chu shook his head pretentiously.
"Although we got some suggestions from Percy, I think this matter of course selection will affect our entire future. We should get some guidance from other experienced people, so I want to ask you Changchu View." Hermione said sincerely to Chang Chu.
Changchu squeezed her ears strangely. How did she feel that Hermione's words sound familiar? Course selection will affect the entire future, as if someone had once told her.
"At the beginning, can we really not give up some other courses when we choose these elective courses?" At this moment, Harry suddenly spoke.
"For example, potions class or something," Ron interrupted, "Of course, if you can, the Defence Against the Dark Arts class can also be removed, which is very good."
"But those two are very important classes!" Hermione reprimanded at two unconvincing friends, "You can't deliberately avoid taking a teacher because you don’t like him/her. Class! And, I think the quality of Professor Lockhart’s teaching is very, very good!"
Hermione directly used two very much to describe her love of Defence Against the Dark Arts class. Of course, she might prefer a certain blond **** who teaches this course.
"Presumably Lockhart has the same opinion as you." Ron shrugged, and he vividly imitated Lockhart's tone, "He will always have only one comment on you, then It's'Hermione, you are the best student in the year'!"
Hermione's face suddenly rose a little ruddy.
Fortunately, I quickly brought the topic back to the right track at the beginning of the year, and didn't let it go too far. It also stopped a possible quarrel between Hermione and Ron in time.
She asked: "I don't know what subject you want to choose Hermione?"
"I marked all the subjects." Hermione raised her head proudly, indicating that she was different from the two salted fish friends who didn't want to be motivated and just wanted to mix points. "Divination class, arithmetic Divination class, protection of magical creatures, Muggle studies, ancient magic texts, I have all taken!"
Chang Chu turned his head in disbelief, looked at Hermione's profile and said, "All?"
"Yes!" Unconscious Hermione nodded directly, and said in a more accented tone, "All!"
"In fact, this time I asked for advice mainly." Harry said dryly, "You know, my home... my relatives, for everything I have in school I don’t care, and I don’t know what these courses teach. Although Percy is very kind to give us pointers, I think it seems a bit one-sided, so I called Ron and Hermione to come together."
Chang Chu secretly suppressed the idea of opening Hermione's skull to see what was thinking in her little brain, and turned his face to Harry who was talking.
"I don't know what Percy's suggestion is for you?" Chang Chu asked.
"Percy said," Harry recalled what Percy said the other day. "He said we must plan for the future earlier, so it is necessary to learn a little bit of divination; besides, he said wizards should be right The whole society has a more comprehensive knowledge, so he recommended the Muggle research course; in the end, he also said that if I like extracurricular activities, I can also choose a class to protect magical creatures, it will be very interesting."
"But if there is no problem in the brain, who would choose more than three courses?" Ron said mockingly, "Even the school only suggested that we should only choose two elective courses. "
Hermione glared directly at Ron.
At this time, I have always remembered who had told her about the course selection before—Sister Penello. Of course, Penello's words at the time were completely different from what Percy said now, and the two courses she suggested were the protection of magical creatures and the magic text.
What is this? Chang Chu frowned suddenly, and she secretly compared Penello and Percy in her heart. The two almost completely different course recommendations, do they reflect the difference in consciousness between a wizard and a Muggle background?
Hermione pushed Chang Chu's hand lightly, because she suddenly fell silent, but Harry had been waiting for her answer.
"Oh, choose a course, yes!" Chang Chu came back to her senses, she didn't bother to think about the difference between Percy and Penello for the time being. Anyway, although both of them are excellent in their respective schools in the school The student representatives and the student prefects, but they also behave completely unrelated to each other on weekdays. Rather than thinking about the difference in ideas between the two of them, it is better to return to Harry's question.
Unexpectedly, I still have the day to be a senior! Chang Chu thought a little happily, this feels really amazing!
"Harry, let me tell you this. Based on my experience in the third grade, I personally strongly recommend that you take two courses, the protection of magical creatures and the magic text. The professors are the two most responsible teachers in the elective courses. But I also heard that Professor Keitelburn, who protects the magical biology class, will retire next semester, and I don’t know who will take over his duties." Chang Chusheng Emotionally said, "In addition, if you don't feel that you have any special divination talents, try not to take a divination class."
Speaking of this, Changchu lowered his voice: "According to my previous understanding, Professor Sybil Trelawney is an out-and-out sacred stick. He doesn’t have any real skills. Homework can be done by just fooling around. As long as you describe yourself miserably, you can get a very good evaluation. The more miserable the job, the higher the score."
A gleam flashed in the eyes of Ron, who was standing by, and he liked such a professor very much!
"If you are not sensitive to numbers, don't take arithmetic and divination course. Although there are few homework in that course, it usually uses a lot of mathematical formulas, which is very complicated." Chang Chu said.
Harry nodded thoughtfully.
"As for the Muggle Studies class, if you want to mix up, go." Chang Chu said, "As far as I know, the tutorial text for this year's Muggle Studies class is "My Muggle Life." The author, Ms. Daisy Hookam, gave a very detailed introduction to her personal experience of living in a society of ordinary people for one year without using magic voluntarily."
"Including how to distinguish the difference between pounds, shillings and pennies, and how to use them for shopping, how to use tap water and natural gas, how to use electricity and household appliances that rely on electricity to function, how to take a train , Taxis, buses and other common travel tools..." Chang Chu said a lot of content one after another. In fact, this "My Muggle Life" is a real best-selling book of the year. She was reading the book at the time. I bought a copy because of its interesting name, but after turning over two pages, I found out what was written in the catalog directly.
"For us wizards who are ordinary people, this course is to give us points." Changchu ended the topic of Muggle studies, "Of course, if you were born in the wizarding world. , Then this course can indeed be regarded as a deafening course, and it can also open up a new perspective of understanding the world, treating the world, and feeling the world."
Harry nodded gratefully to Changchu. Her unreserved guidance is really valuable.
"Hermione, I must remind you that although you may seem to be very serious about choosing all the courses, you can't pass the most basic level." Chang Chu said earnestly to the little girl who had slept in the same bed. The sister said, "There are conflicts in class time, but you cannot go to class alone. If you go to a classroom, then you will definitely miss another course that is taking at the same time. For elective courses, there should be no more than three courses at most. It’s better, otherwise, even the homework after class will make your scalp numb."
Harry and Ron looked at each other with lingering fears. Almost every homework they had had to do was the last night before they were handed in, and most of the time they had to rely on Hermione's help.
Thinking of this, Ron suddenly regretted that he had been running Hermione before.
In case, Ron was saying just in case, Hermione won't lend him the homework for Potions and Transfiguration tonight to copy—no, for reference—what should I do? He and Harry alone couldn't do so many and so difficult homework.
At this moment, Ron couldn’t help but began to help. "Yeah, Hermione, I think what Chang Chu said is still very reasonable. It’s better not to choose too many courses at once. ."
Hermione ignored Ron’s dissuasion, she said stubbornly: “I believe that since the school has listed all the courses on it and there is no limit on the upper limit of courses, then we have the right to choose all courses. Together, the teachers must also have a way to solve the problem of class time conflict."
"Maybe," Hermione's tone suddenly became a little expectant. "When a student chooses all the elective courses, what hidden rewards are there to say is not necessarily?"
"For example?" Harry tentatively said.
"For example, Professor Lockhart--cough!" Hermione quickly changed her words, "for example, allowing students to borrow books in the banned area."
Chang Chu, Harry, and Ron looked at each other with weird faces. From the word Lockhart, you can guess what Hermione was thinking about. It was not praised by Gildro Lockhart. , Is his autograph, or some other super fan treatment, anyway, it is related to Lockhart.
"Where's Wright?" Harry suddenly remembered that Wright had been in a taciturn state all the way along the way, and couldn't help asking him, "Wright, do you have any suggestions for choosing courses?"
"Wright is temporarily unable to speak. Just last night he started practicing the magic of Animagus." Changchu smiled and glanced at Wright, "So his mouth is still With a mandela leaf, in order to avoid mistakes, he had to keep quiet."
I don't know why, Wright, who always felt unable to speak at the beginning, seemed to exude a strange, um, charm? It's very attractive anyway.
Ron glanced at Wright sympathetically. If he could not speak for more than a month in order to practice a certain magic, he would rather die! You know, if you don't say anything, you will suffocate people! What's more, it's even worse if you don't talk for two months like Wright.
Wright saw the weird look on Ron's face, and he couldn't help but wave his hand with a smile.
To be honest, Wright is still in a good mood today. Although it took more than half a month to wait for the weather to clear and the second full moon, it was the first step that started Animagus once again. This is already a huge success!
"Don't talk about him, chatting with someone who can't talk is still very boring. After all, if you can't see what his expression is saying, it will be even more boring." Chang Chu shook his head, invisibly Also showed off a wave of love, "Let’s say go back to you, Harry."
"Me?" Harry pointed to his nose strangely.
"Yes, that's you!" Changchu nodded firmly, "and your other Quidditch team members! You must defeat the Hufflepuff team, and then defeat the open Slaters Lin Po broomsticks!"
In March, one of the big events that Wright thought was comparable to his first step failure of Animagus was Ravenclaw playing against the Slytherin team Quidditch. It experienced a tragic score massacre, because that game directly caused the emotional abnormality of the first three days.
Although Changchu and Roger have tried their best to use some game strategies within the rules to win, but this kind of in-field wisdom contest ultimately lost to the seven invisible light wheels 2001.
The members of the Slytherin team didn’t spend much effort thinking about the formation, technique, pre-war preparations, and so on. The seven new bright light wheels 2001 were enough to provide them with enough speed. Kill the game directly, and completely destroy the enemy's spirit of victory and resistance.
Changchu almost didn't cry after the game, but it wasn't because she didn't catch the Golden Snitch in the end. Although Draco has a light wheel 2001, her flying skills and game experience are still slightly inferior to her, and the flying speed of the new flying broom provided by Wright is also very good, which is almost the same as the distance of the light wheel 2001. Not too big.
What is often angry at the beginning is that even though she finally won the competition with Draco and successfully caught the Golden Snitch, the goal of the Ravenclaw team had long been like a piece of rags and was slidling. The people used the ghost fly ball to shoot into a sieve! The scores of the two were so painful that even the Golden Snitch with a full 150 points could not be saved!
It is precisely for this reason that Changchu gave the Slytherin the nickname of a broken broomstick, and was welcomed by the other three academies except the Open Snake Academy.
Velita, who has been following Wright, did not express any objection to Chang Chu's words, although Chang Chu is now complaining about members of her own academy.
Because Velita, like Wright, thinks Quidditch is a poor sport with simple rules and is very susceptible to factors outside the competition. And to be honest, Velita also thinks the methods of the Slytherin team members are indeed a bit despicable, and what makes her speechless is that this is actually an operation within the scope of the rules.
Just when Changchu was chatting with Harry and the three of them, they had already passed through the castle gate~IndoMTL.com~ into the hall on the first floor without knowing it.
It was dinner time, and the hall was very lively at this time. Most of the senior students who went to Hogsmeade Village had already returned to school at this time. They were already hungry after walking outside the school for nearly a day. The chest was pressed against the back, and the clash of cutlery and plates kept ringing.
Just as the Wright trio were preparing to bid farewell to the Harry trio, the Gryffindor Quidditch team captain Wood suddenly walked up to meet him.
"Harry! I've been looking for you for a long time!" Wood said loudly. He glanced at Chang Chu vaguely, as if to express his disdain for the Ravenclaw team losing to the Slytherin team, you know. They won those broken broomsticks!
"Remember to gather at the Quidditch Stadium at six o'clock later. Our evening training is about to begin." Wood said loudly.
"Training at night?" Harry glanced at the ceiling. At this time, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminated the transparent dome glass. He couldn't help but wonder if Wood was fainted by today's sun. lies.
"Yes, training! Evening! After dinner! Training!" Wood said loudly, "It's going to be the game soon! We must get serious!"
"But isn't the game between us and the Hufflepuffs until May?" Harry said unacceptably. Today is the weekend, and he will have to play with Ron later in the evening. Let's rush homework together!
"I know you will inevitably find it difficult to face this kind of training, but no matter what, we need to face it with a smile." Wood said enthusiastically, and he gave Harry a bright smile, showing Two rows of neat and white teeth, "The best way to eliminate fear is to face fear, persistence is victory!"
Suddenly, Wright wanted to yell out those three words out loud.