Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 153: Akus (supplement)
? Harry Evans is the name of the boy at the door.
The five members of the second year of Slytherin are quite familiar with him...
Because last year, Harry Evans was still in the same grade as them; even though he was from Gryffindor College.
It's just that, in the end, his grades in the final exam were too poor, and he was finally repeated... Now that the other students are already in the second grade, he can only go to the first grade again.
For this reason, he also received a lot of ridicule.
Matthew is clear that Mr. Evans cannot be blamed for this matter...
Because the "Harry Evans" they came into contact with during most of the semester last year was actually a black wizard in disguise... The real Mr. Evans was first imprisoned for more than half a year, and then He spent a long, long time in the school hospital; in fact, he learned nothing at all.
It is not surprising that the grade is repeated in the end.
It's just that this matter is strictly kept secret at Hogwarts, except for a few people, no one knows the truth.
Perhaps even the memory of "Harry Evans" himself has been erased.
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"Okay, we're all here!" Professor "Severus Snape" said with a smile.
"Come in, Mr. Evans," he waved his hand in the direction of the door, and explained, "Mr. Evans needs his remedial Transfiguration class. I'll just let him participate in this practice with you ...Come, drink tea first!"
He began to distribute cups of tea to the students in the office.
Matthew took a steaming cup of tea, with a lot of brown sugar added to it, and the taste was actually quite good.
"Let's talk about our plan for today first," Professor "Snape" said while sipping a cup of tea, "Today's practice after class may last all day..."
"Oh, my God..." Matthew heard Nott whispering behind him, "It's another day... why don't you go and learn from Professor Bagshot..."
"However, I won't let you stay in a classroom. In fact, I plan to take you to the Forbidden Forest..." Professor "Snape" seemed not to hear Nott's muttering, he continued , "I have always believed that just learning in the classroom is not enough--"
He paused, and then continued to drink the black tea: "Many wizards who have entered the society think that transformation is actually a kind of useless magic. No matter how well you learn it, it won't be of much use in your life... ..."
"... In a sense, they are right; however, this is also a manifestation of not integrating learning into life!"
Matthew squinted his eyes, lost in thought.
Although the identity of this "Professor Snape" has always been doubted...but his words are indeed a bit thought-provoking...
"Now, let's go!" Professor "Snape" stood up and said jokingly at the same time, "I hope you haven't forgotten to bring your wands."
Six students walked out of the Transfiguration class teacher's office one after another. Following their unison, the small benches that appeared out of thin air all disappeared.
Professor "Snape" first picked up a suitcase from the table, then walked out of the office and locked the door of the office.
"Follow me!" He said gently.
……
A group of seven people left the castle like this.
Mr. Pringle was sweeping through the oak gate when they passed.
Seeing them from a distance, Mr. Pringle raised his head and greeted warmly: "Professor Snape, are you taking the students to practice again?"
"Yes," Professor "Snape" smiled and nodded at him, "It's very early in the morning, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Pringle..."
He stopped, bent down, and touched Mr. Tang's head affectionately, before moving on.
Matthew observed silently. In fact, this situation is somewhat rare...
Mr. Pringle has always been eccentric and irritable, and Mr. Tang is a very ferocious golden retriever; not only the students, but even the teachers in the castle, most of them have a normal relationship with them; "Professor Pu" seems to get along well with them.
They walked past the conservatory, then past Professor Kettleburn's cottage.
On the small roof at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, wisps of cooking smoke are rising into the sky... Kettleburn seems to be cooking inside.
Professor "Snape" did not stop to disturb him, but continued to move forward, heading into the Forbidden Forest.
The faces of several students looked a little pale, but they could only bite the bullet and continue walking behind Professor "Snape".
The vast forbidden forest gradually swallowed them; they began to walk on a narrow path hidden in the depths of the black jungle.
The Forbidden Forest was dark and silent.
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"Actually, I think you should all be curious, why did I bring you here?" Professor "Snape" looked very relaxed, and he asked suddenly: "After all, what we want to contact is Transfiguration, not Defense Against the Dark Arts, or protecting magical animals.”
No one answered, even Matthew didn't understand what was going on at this time.
"Actually, in my opinion, deformation is a subject that most needs practice and contact with life..." Professor "Snape" continued ~IndoMTL.com~ His voice became faintly serious :
"Let's take the simplest example... I think you all should know how to turn a match into a needle?"
"Of course!" Everyone responded quickly, and Draco Malfoy's voice was the loudest, "We learned it in the first class of the first grade."
Turning a match into a needle is almost the simplest content in Transfiguration; even for first-year students, they have learned it early.
"Very good!" Professor "Snape" smiled and nodded.
Then, he stopped suddenly, and stopped beside a willow tree.
Under everyone's puzzled eyes, Professor "Snape" broke off a branch from the willow tree.
Then, he dealt with the branch very patiently for a while, and in the end only a short piece of wood, the size of a matchstick, was left.
"Then, who of you can turn this little wooden stick into a needle?" Professor "Snape" asked with great interest, "Its size is almost the same as a match..."
The students immediately looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Mr. Malfoy, come and try." Professor "Snape" casually handed the small stick to Draco Malfoy.
Malfoy took it bravely, and took out his wand.
Bend down, put the small wooden stick on the ground, and aimed at it with the wand at the same time:
"Acus!"