Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 16 Time waits for no one
"What?" Michael looked confused.

The school system of Hogwarts is seven years, but if you do not pass any of the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examinations (also known as OWL), you will have to leave the school after graduating from the fifth year. Michael did not understand why Wade would ask such a question that everyone knew.

"Seven years." Wade said with some sadness, "There are only fifty-two weeks in a year. Excluding summer vacation and Christmas vacation, we can only stay in school for about thirty-eight weeks a year. Seven years is only 266 weeks!"

"Uh..." Michael thought for a moment, "That's right - so what?"

"So... even if I can finish a book in a week, that's only 266 books in seven years! But how many books are there in the Hogwarts library? Thousands and thousands! It's like a vault full of treasures, open for you to take at will, but you come in and take a look around, and only take a small bag of gold galleons out. Don't you think it's a pity?"

Michael felt that what he said made a lot of sense, and he suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart that "time is running out".

"And think about it," Weider continued, "In just these seven years... no, in 266 weeks, we can ask questions to the greatest wizards of our time at any time in the safest place in the world. The one who teaches us Transfiguration is Professor McGonagall, one of the only seven Animagus since the 20th century. The one who teaches us spells is Professor Flitwick, the champion of the dueling competition. The one who teaches us potions is Professor Snape, the master of potions... Although the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is not so good, where else can you find such a good learning environment after leaving Hogwarts? After graduation, if you encounter problems with advanced magic or potions, who can guide you so selflessly and teach you how to do it step by step? When you want to learn powerful spells in the future but can't find a way, won't it be too late to miss the library of Hogwarts?"

Not only Michael, but all the students around him who had become quiet at some point couldn't help but nodded.

"So Michael..." Wade asked in a deep voice, "Do you still think that it is enough for us to study only eight books in one seventh of the time?"

Michael, who had been completely convinced by Wade's theory, shook his head vigorously. He wanted to say something but didn't. However, when he thought of the two weeks he had "wasted", he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He stopped chatting with the girls and took out the "Beginner's Guide to Transformation" that he had thrown into the corner and started studying.

For a moment, the Ravenclaw Common Room became quiet, with only the sound of pages turning and quills writing. The two fifth-year students who hurried back during curfew thought that Professor Snape had invaded the Ravenclaw Common Room. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly and tiptoed back to the dormitory.

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Dinner time, in the auditorium.

"Something's wrong, Fred."

"Yes, something is very wrong, George."

The red-haired twins looked at each other, and both reached out their hands at the same time, grabbed a random Ravenclaw student, and pushed him onto their own desk before he could scream.

"What do you two want to do, Weasley?" The Ravenclaw boy who was pinned down by them said unhappily, "I don't have time to participate in your pranks."

"Huh? What?" Ron, who was gnawing on a chicken leg, looked up in confusion.

"It's none of your business, little Ronnie!" Fred pushed his brother's head back. The twins put their arms around the Ravenclaw boys' necks, one on each side, and asked, "Davis, what's going on with you Ravenclaws lately?"

"Holding a book while eating——"

"Walking with a book—"

"There are few Ravenclaws in the courtyard during lunch break—" "Even Quidditch training is not as active as before—"

"I didn't even go on a date over the weekend!"

"You didn't like reading so much before, did you?"

"Seriously, did Snape secretly drug you?"

"--Like a love potion called 'Love of Learning' or something like that."

Associating Professor Snape's face with the pink-smelling love potion, Roger Davis couldn't help but shudder. "Don't talk nonsense. Professor Snape wouldn't use a love potion... No, I mean where is this kind of love potion... No, we just suddenly realized that life is short, and the time we can use to study is even shorter."

"Huh?" The two Weasleys looked at him in confusion.

Roger Davis took a deep breath and looked at the twins solemnly: "Fred, George, do you know how long we can stay in Hogwarts?"

Fred silently reached out to feel the temperature of his forehead.

"My brain is not burned out!" Davis slapped his hand down and seriously talked about theories such as "266 weeks", "tens of thousands of books", "not studying hard is like going to a treasure mountain but returning empty-handed" and so on.

After finishing speaking, Davis went to the Ravenclaw table to have dinner, holding a book. The Weasley brothers looked at each other, and even Harry and Ron, who had been concentrating on eating, stopped unconsciously.

The spirit of hard study began to spread quietly in Hogwarts.

Of course, most people are only enthusiastic for a short time. For example, Ron, who only worked hard to edit the paper on the history of magic, started to play with his moving wizard chess; for example, the twins, they still spent most of their time on pranks and studying magic tricks. But there are also some people who are secretly motivated to start working hard.

Michael is a man who works hard intermittently. He is smart but not hardworking. Sometimes he will be influenced by Wade and work hard for a while, but soon he will be attracted by more interesting things, such as using magic to manipulate small paper figures to fight, or discussing music or clothing with beautiful girls.

In the practice room most of the time it was Vader, Hermione, Theo and Ryan.

Sometimes Professor Sprout from the Herbology class would come to check on them, probably because she was worried about the dangerous practices they were doing here. After seeing the layout of the practice room and the learning results of the students, she praised them highly, gave each school five points, and said that when she didn't have classes, the students could ask her questions and she was happy to answer their questions.

Professor Sprout was a very gentle and kind witch. She almost never discriminated against students because of their colleges, and only favored those students who were particularly talented in Herbology. Soon after, Professor Sprout recommended a Gryffindor student, Neville Longbottom, to their study group.

The round-faced boy was simple and honest. He was very clumsy in studying and learned spells slower than anyone else, but he was very hardworking and never caused trouble. He quickly integrated into their small group.

On a weekend evening, a notice posted on the bulletin board in the lounge caused all the first-year students to get excited - starting next week, they would have flying lessons!

(End of this chapter)