Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

The theoretical exam of owls spells is not very difficult, most of which are about the taboos of using various spells and the reactions that will occur under various specific conditions.

For example, in the process of using the Flying Spell, you need to read out the name of the item you want to make it fly very clearly, and at the same time conceive the specific image of the item in your mind, and you also need to wave the wand accurately.

The first two parts of the above three points are not bad, and if you do it wrong, it will only cause the consequences of failing to release the Flying Spell.

But the last item is different. If you swing the wand in the wrong way, the summoned item is likely to get out of control.

The consequences of losing control are quite terrifying. In history, several well-known wizards were killed because of mistakes in using the Flying Spell, which caused the summoned items to move too fast.

In addition, when using lethal beam spells such as petrification spells, you must also ensure that you are in an open environment. Otherwise, if the launched wand does not hit the target, it is very likely to be in a small area. The environment keeps bouncing back, thereby accidentally hurting others.

These things are things that Professor Flitwick has repeatedly emphasized in class. They belong to the kind of content that you can thoroughly master as long as you take notes carefully and recite them well. So to be honest, as the first owls exam this year, strict In other words, the officials of the wizarding examination department of the Ministry of Magic have given Hogwarts a face and deliberately lowered the difficulty of the examination.

These things were nothing to Mike, who had excellent grades in the Charm class. He completed the exam almost as smoothly as possible, and handed in the exam paper non-stop.

"Oh? Are you finished?"

As the white-bearded wizard in the first place, he took Mike's test paper indifferently.

Generally speaking, very few people will submit the papers in advance for such a major test. Even if it has been completed in advance, the candidates will use the remaining time to conduct repeated inspections.

You must know that this exam will affect the second half of their lives!

But there are not no people who submitted papers in advance. I think I have seen a lot of this white-bearded wizard.

Without exception, these students who submitted papers in advance have either given up on themselves or underestimated the importance of this exam.

As for the remaining students who are extremely confident in himself and have strength, he really has never seen one.

What are you kidding? Where in this world do so many geniuses come from?

Thinking of this, the white-bearded wizard looked at Mike with a bit of contempt and pity. In his opinion, Mike should be the stupid students of the first two.

"That's right." Mike said with a smile, "Can I go now?"

"The exit is over there, please keep quiet when you leave."

Mike nodded and left the auditorium under the envious eyes of everyone in Ravenclaw.

And it wasn't until Mike walked away completely that the white-bearded wizard sneered, shook his head and looked down at Mike's test paper.

But just looking at it like this, he was shocked.

There is no other reason, because I saw that the test paper submitted by Mike was filled with answers, and as one of the testers of this test, the wizard with a white beard glanced and saw that most of the questions on this test paper were unexpectedly All done right!

The Whitebeard wizard raised his head almost immediately and looked at the wizard in charge of invigilating Mike's area.

The latter has also been paying attention to the situation on the Whitebeard Wizard's side, and upon seeing this, he immediately came forward to inquire about the situation.

But after asking about the situation, he said slowly:

"I kept staring at him during the exam just now. I can guarantee that he didn't cheat."

The white-bearded wizard let out a long breath,

Thinking of Mike's test paper, he kept nodding his head.

He didn't have the stupid idea that Mike must have cheated. He knew that the most advanced anti-cheating facility in the world was used in this auditorium. He was more willing to believe that Mike was really a gifted student. .

And even if Mike really cheated, they would still acknowledge each other's achievements.

Otherwise, they would be denying their own abilities as invigilators while questioning Mike's test scores.

The invigilator on the side seemed to want to emphasize the accuracy of his words, and after thinking for a while, he attached to Whitebeard's ear and said softly:

"The student just now was named Mike Townley, and he seems to be a close disciple of Mr. Flitwick."

Whitebeard raised his eyebrows, and there was a smile on his face.

"I see, this is indeed a good student." Whitebeard said, "Mr. Flitwick is lucky to have found such an outstanding student. It's great."

The invigilator was relieved when he saw that Whitebeard didn't want to question any further, and the two then chatted again.

At this time, Mike was helplessly looking at Professor Flitwick who was blocking him in front of him.

At this time, Professor Flitwick looked very panicked. Since the beginning of the exam, he has been guarding the door, preparing to wait until the end of the exam to greet his first student.

It's something he does every year, and this year is no exception.

It's just that there seemed to be some accidents in this year's test-accompanying activities, because his favorite student, Mike, came out ahead of schedule!

"Mike, why did you hand in the papers ahead of time!"

Looking at Professor Flitwick who was slightly panicked in front of him, Mike smiled and said:

"Yes, I think those topics are very simple."

"Then you shouldn't hand in the papers in advance! Isn't it good to check it a few more times?" Professor Flitwick grabbed Mike's arm and was about to push open the door of the auditorium, "Come on, I'll take you in again, you go Check it out several times!"

Mike's face was stunned, he didn't react after a while, and hurriedly said:

"Forget it, professor. The invigilators won't agree, and I think I'm doing a good job, or you can match me on the right question!"

Hearing this, Professor Flitwick suffocated, and after thinking for a while, he finally agreed to this proposal.

Because Professor Flitwick had to wait for other students to come out, the two did not leave the auditorium too far, but chose an open space not far away to start the challenge.

To be honest, Mike actually hates correcting questions, because in his opinion, the behavior of correcting questions after the test is meaningless. After all, the test is over, so what if you know your approximate score in advance?

If your grades are okay, then everyone's happy, but what if your grades aren't great?

Doesn't this add to the trouble?

But compared to his disgust with the topic, Mike enjoyed the process of getting along with Professor Flitwick more.

And the two of them are only half right on the question, and the smile on Professor Flitwick's face is already beyond words, because judging from the results of the question, Mike's grades will definitely not be bad!

At this time, the door of the auditorium was opened again, and this time it was all the exam students.

The owls written test for spells is officially over.

Professor Flitwick greeted him with a smile on his face, greeted his students warmly, hugged and celebrated with those excited students, and sincerely encouraged those students who were obviously not in a high mood.

Mike smiled and looked at Professor Flitwick in the crowd from a distance. No matter from any point of view, Professor Flitwick is definitely an excellent professor!

"Mike!"

A familiar voice sounded from the side, and when Mike heard the words, he saw that the Harry trio had already appeared beside him.

Both Harry and Ron looked excited and looked like they were doing well.

But what surprised Mike was that Hermione, who was beside them, had her head lowered and her face full of unhappiness.

"Hi everybody."

"It's really good!" Ron hurriedly replied, "I think I did well in the exam. I have answered most of the questions. It seems that I can get the olws certificate for magic spells."

Harry on the side also laughed when he heard the words:

"It's all thanks to Hermione and Professor Flitwick. The two of them made a very accurate bet two days ago!"

Mike smiled and congratulated, then looked at Hermione next to him and said:

"Hermione, what's the matter with you, didn't you do well in the test?"

"I feel so bad, I'm not sure if I got the last question right." Hermione's eyes were red, and even her voice was crying, "If that question is really wrong, then I can't take it. It's full marks!"

Mike was at a loss for words, and Harry and Ron on the side were also embarrassed.

They had imagined many reasons for Hermione to be uncomfortable, but they never imagined that Hermione was uncomfortable because it was very likely that she would not get full marks.

How can Harry and Ron live, who are still rejoicing at the high probability that they can pass the exam?

"Hehe...hehe, don't talk about this, let's go eat." Mike forced a smile and said, "In the afternoon, there is a practical test for magic spells. After we finish eating, let's go to rest and replenish our physical strength."

Harry and Ron, who were in embarrassment, quickly said yes, so everyone dragged Hermione, who was still sad, to the temporary restaurant.

I don’t know if it’s because of the visit of the leaders of the Ministry of Magic. Today’s food at Hogwarts is extraordinarily rich. Although it is not as good as the Christmas dinner in previous years, it is not much worse.

Compared with the morning, the atmosphere in the restaurant has eased a lot. Many students are taking advantage of the lunch opportunity to confront their classmates, including Hermione.

And the officials of the wizarding examination department in the staff seat were chatting and laughing with the professors at Hogwarts.

They lived at Hogwarts for two weeks almost every year, and had long been acquainted with the Hogwarts professors.

As for Umbridge, although she also wanted to join this fiery banquet, she was helpless, except for a few young men in the wizarding examination department who were scheming, almost every senior official was willing to pay attention her.

After the lunch break, it was time for the owls' practical test of magic spells. The venue for this test was set at the large-scale magic training ground dedicated to magic lessons.

As for newl's magic spell practical exam, it was in the arena that was previously used for the Hogwarts duel competition. It was spacious enough and far away from Hogwarts, enough for those graduates to play recklessly. own magic.

The officials who invigorated Mike and others were still the same ones from the morning, but the difference from the morning was that they all changed into neat protective gear this time.

And Mike also found that their eyes would always fall on him from time to time, and there was kindness in their eyes. Mike knew that Professor Flitwick must have greeted them, so he smiled and responded to their eyes. .

Smiling kindly at Mike again, the white-bearded wizard said:

"Students, this time our exam content is divided into two parts. The first part requires you to skillfully use spells such as 'flaming flames', 'thunderbolts' and 'stunned to the ground' to hit the target."

After speaking, Whitebeard pointed to the puppet targets about twenty meters away before continuing:

"The second part requires you to use spells like Flying Spells. Of course, due to time constraints, each of you only needs to use two spells, but the spells to be used need to be extracted, understand ?"

Hearing that, most of the students who were still very nervous were relieved. This time, the practical test of spell learning was much less difficult than they had expected.

However, Mike is not surprised by this. You must know that the owls exam is only the lowest level of education in the wizarding society. This type of exam is mainly to screen out those wizards who are qualified to study advanced newl courses, and the difficulty must not be too high.

Seeing that the expressions of the students were relaxed, the white-bearded wizard nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered the drawing of lots.

The lottery uses a huge white cloth pocket with countless notes inside. These notes are magically cast and will move irregularly in the pocket until they are caught, and in order to ensure the fairness of the lottery, The huge cloth pocket was made of fire dragon leather. The strong anti-magic properties of fire dragon leather made most of the cheating methods impossible.

I don't know if it was lucky or unfortunate. When Mike took out the note from the cloth pocket, he was surprised to find that an I was clearly written in black ink, which represented that he was the first person to take the test.

Seeing this, many people cast sympathetic glances at him, and being the first to play in this kind of exam will undoubtedly be under enormous pressure.

Mike didn't care too much about it, after all, he had absolute confidence in his spell.

It would be better to say that the first exam followed his wishes, because in this way he could be the first to leave the exam room without having to endure the long waiting time.

"Come on, Mike," said the Whitebeard wizard kindly. "Your exam questions are hitting the target over there with the Fire Charm and summoning the parchment in my hand with the Flying Charm. I'll give you a minute to prepare. , you can use this time to take a good look at the parchment in my hand, so that you can completely write down what it looks like."

"No need, sir." Mike said confidently, "I'm ready and can start anytime."

Wen Yan Baibeard was stunned for a moment, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he moved away and made a gesture of please.

Mike chuckled and took out his wand, these two tests were not difficult for him at all, so he was ready to work the whole time.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, Mike didn't chant or wave his wand at all, and pointed directly at the target in the distance.

The next moment, a tiny fireball appeared in the air and flew towards the distant target at an extremely slow speed.

Seeing this, many people instinctively took a step back. You must know that Mike's flame spell is famous. No one thought that the flying speed in front of him was extremely slow, and the small fireball that was even swaying would look like his appearance. As weak as it went up.

There are even a lot of people who are ready for a huge explosion.

However, when the fireball actually came into contact with the target, everyone was stunned.