Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 12 Cleaning Up

"You asked the professor?" Michael was surprised: "After taking Professor Snape's class, you still dare to ask the professor?"

Theo smiled. "Professor Sprout is different. She's very kind. And I think it would be better to ask for the professor's permission first instead of practicing secretly. And practicing spells is not a bad thing."

"And then what? Professor Sprout offered us a place?" Vader asked.

"Yes." Theo nodded. "An abandoned empty classroom. Professor Sprout said it would definitely meet our requirements."

"What are we waiting for? Let's go! Let's go and take a look together!" Michael said happily - he no longer wanted to stay in the suffocating library.

Just as Wade was about to leave, he suddenly looked back.

In the huge library, Hermione was alone, buried in a book, looking very lonely.

Wade recalled that at this time, Hermione seemed to have no friends at all.

"Wait a moment." He said to the others, "I'll call someone else."

The book on the table was tapped twice. Hermione looked up and saw Wade smiling at her and saying, "Hermione, we are going to practice spells together. Do you want to join us?"

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"Hogwarts is the earliest established magic school. A long time ago, almost all underage wizards in Europe studied at Hogwarts. But later, other magic schools were established one after another, and many wizards chose to move to the United States, and their children studied at Ilvermorny School."

As they climbed the stairs, Theo panted and said, "So…Hogwarts can normally accommodate one or two thousand students and hundreds of professors. But now there are only two or three hundred people, so many classrooms are unused. For the safety of the students, the school has hidden most of the abandoned empty classrooms."

"Professor Sprout told us that it's an unused Charms classroom. It should be very spacious." Ryan added, "It's behind the portrait of Miss Claudia holding an umbrella on the third floor."

After searching along the corridor for a while, they finally found the portrait in the corridor near the west tower.

——The wind was blowing gently on the grassland full of flowers. A blonde girl was holding an umbrella with white background and pink flowers, looking into the distance with melancholy eyes, and turned sideways to the crowd.

Ryan tapped the left side of the portrait three times with his wand and said the command: "Sunshine, golden daisy."

The girl lifted her skirt and walked aside, the portrait opened, and several people walked in one after another. After the portrait closed, the blonde girl changed the direction of the umbrella, and rain began to fall in the portrait.

It was unknown how long this classroom had been unused. There was a thick layer of dust on the floor, and some tables and chairs were placed in a mess. There were also a few old books and discarded parchments scattered on the floor. There was a row of wooden shelves on the first floor of the classroom against the wall, which were also empty and even broken in some places. In the corner were piles of targets for practicing spells, most of which were also broken.

"Well, it looks like we need to clean up before we practice." Hermione rolled up her sleeves: "Who's going to get a basin of water?"

"Me!" Theo raised his hand. "I'll go find some cleaning tools first."

"Why don't you ask the school's house-elves to help clean it up?" Michael said lazily, "You know that Hogwarts has a group of house-elves, right?"

Ryan had leaned over to pick up a fallen chair.

"Wait a moment, everyone." Wade stopped Theo who was about to go out and asked others: "We are here to practice spells - why not start by cleaning up this classroom?" "What? No?" Michael looked at him in disbelief.

"Clean it up and restore it to its original state. Let's start with these two spells." Wade looked at Ryan and said, "To move the tables, chairs and benches, we can only use the levitation spell."

"Okay! It's a big project! But it sounds like fun," Theo said with a smile.

Ryan thought about it, put the chair he had just put up down again, and waved his wand: "Clean it up!"

One table became slightly cleaner, but there was still noticeable dirt in the crevices.

Vader blinked.

"Lian, read it again," Wade said.

So Ryan used the cleansing spell again, but the effect was not very obvious.

This time, Wade was sure that he saw it very clearly - when Ryan waved his wand, he vaguely saw another arc, and the two superimposed on each other, similar yet different, made him clearly realize why Ryan's spell did not work as it should have.

Just like when he was playing games, the plug-in calculated the best route and attack angle for him.

"Ryan, when you cast a spell, raise your wand a little higher and make it crisper at the end." Wade demonstrated it again: "At the same time, the pronunciation of Scourgify-gi should be lighter. Try it again."

Ryan paused for a moment - perhaps because Hufflepuffs naturally trust Ravenclaw's brains more, he did not offer any suggestions, but waved his wand according to Vader's modified version: "Clean it up!"

The table suddenly became shiny, as if even flies couldn't stand on it, and even the floor underneath became clean.

Ryan's eyes widened, he looked at his wand, then at Vader, and murmured, "How did you do that?"

The others had almost the same reaction, and they all gathered around to look at the table. Theo even bent down and touched it again and again with his hands, exclaiming, "Ryan! I didn't know! You're actually a spell genius!"

"No - it's not because of me -" Ryan said a little dazedly. He waved his wand again, but because he was too upset, it was not as effective as the last time.

Vader said nothing. He cast the spell himself but did not notice the extra arc - just as his eyes could only see the names above other people's heads but not his own.

But the experience of guiding Ryan made him know clearly what was right, so his spell was perfect and the cleansing area was even larger.

Wade thought about it and asked the others to use the cleansing spell. As expected, the thin golden arc was seen again. Even Hermione's spell was not perfect, but it was closer to the standard than others.

He instructed them one by one, and helped them to perfect their spells. In the process, his own understanding gradually deepened, and later he could cast a perfect cleansing spell with a casual wave of his wand, without even reciting the spell.

If the golden finger had a name, Wade felt that he might have a "good teacher system" - just by glancing over the top of the student's head, he would know what name to call; even if a group of people were casting spells at the same time, he would be able to tell who was doing it seriously and who was just doing it perfunctorily; in one-on-one guidance, he could make targeted fine-tuning to allow students to master a spell in the shortest time possible.

Unfortunately, the golden finger is a taciturn one, and Wade doesn’t know whether it has any undiscovered functions waiting to be developed, so he can only explore it slowly.

(End of this chapter)