Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 220 Professor Flitwick Arrives

On Friday afternoon, Li Wei completed the update of the practice question guide.

He forcibly shut down all extension functions, entering a one-day forced update state.

Although the students had received the news in advance on the bulletin board, the incident still caused a bit of a stir—because they suddenly found that they had become somewhat 'unable to study' after losing the study guide.

The spellbook's practice function is incredibly convenient, and with the leaderboard as an incentive, it's far more effective than going to the library to read books—even Hermione experienced withdrawal symptoms after briefly losing the spellbook and decided to focus on practicing spells until the spellbook is updated.

Professor McGonagall is becoming more and more cooperative with Levi, but whenever Levi approaches her, she always seems to have something to say.

This time, she complained about the new Hogwarts faculty member—not the new caretaker Lupin, but the new professor of Magical Creatures, Hagrid.

Dumbledore announced this at the start of the school year—along with the newly appointed administrator Lupin, but Levi was dealing with Peter Pettigrew at the time and didn't receive the news.

"What happened to Hagrid, Professor McGonagall?"

"Nothing major has happened yet, but I don't plan to wait until it becomes a major event."

McGonagall's lips were taut—after a series of changes last year, and the 'high-pressure bomb' of the Dementors at the start of the school year, her nerves seemed even more strained than before.

Or rather, she began to learn to foresee the future—which he considered a responsible and good thing.

Well, this isn't to say that Professor McGonagall is irresponsible—Levy thought to himself.

Unaware that a student she once admired, now a colleague she greatly admires, is secretly criticizing her, Professor McGonagall said seriously:
“Last week he took the third graders to see the hippogriff. The fence wasn’t high enough and the distance wasn’t strictly controlled. If the children hadn’t memorized the characteristics of this creature in your class and knew how to be wary of it, I’m afraid I would have been in big trouble.”

But because of this, they became too reckless. A famous Gryffindor boy was hit by the tail fin and twisted his ankle when he fell.

Malfoy was kicked by its hoof and sent flying—if I hadn't covered it up, that creature would most likely have been put to death.

She paused, then lowered her voice:
“I know Hagrid’s heart is good—but the problem is that his good intentions are too much directed toward the magical creatures, even more so than toward his students.”

He felt that those fantastical creatures were simply misunderstood—but being misunderstood didn't mean they were suitable for the classroom. The classroom wasn't a test of courage, and he couldn't keep his students constantly exposed to potential dangers.

Li Wei nodded. "That's true. His courses should be more standardized."

Professor McGonagall was waiting for him there.

"So I think it's time for you to give a lecture."

"Ah—is that what it is?" Li Wei scratched his head. "Sure, when would you like it to be?"

“The sooner the better—” Professor McGonagall paused, “How about Saturday morning? Do you have anything to do in the afternoon?”

"Yes, the dueling club's daily activities."

How long do you think this lecture should take?

"One to two hours, actually I don't think there's much to talk about, it's just some teaching philosophy concepts, the specific teaching content of the professors won't change much."

"Hmm—then let's set it for 9 a.m. on Saturday, is that alright?"

"I have no opinion."

After taking over the new task from Professor McGonagall, Levi returned to his office—a short figure was waiting at his office door.

He wasn't a student, but Professor Flitwick, who was in charge of Charms.

"Oh—Li Wei!" As soon as Li Wei came into his sight, he jumped up happily and waved.

"Professor Flitwick?"

Li Wei was taken aback for a moment, then invited him inside.

Why didn't you wait inside?

“I saw you go to Professor McGonagall earlier. I guess you’ll be back in a while, so I’ll just wait outside.”

The two entered the office, and after Barton served tea and snacks, Flitwick explained his purpose.

He came to Levi about the students' recent studies in magic.

"Li Wei".

Flitwick held the teacup with both hands without drinking, his short body sitting upright in the large chair.

"Let me be frank, I'm here to completely integrate my lessons with your training program."

He paused, seemingly refining his words.

"Last year, because the students were not yet familiar with you, including since your Defense Against the Dark Arts class had not yet been combined into one class, the students' performance in class did not show much improvement."

"But this year, something is clearly not right."

Professor Flitwick raised both hands in a comical gesture and said in his somewhat high-pitched voice:

"Since the beginning of this year, the students' learning speed has been completely messed up - coupled with the practice question book you published, more than half of my class time is now being wasted."

The students know the spells I teach by heart, both the theory and the casting process—which is good, but problems arise as a result.

"There's a serious lag in the pace of my spells class. Spells that would normally take me a semester or even a year to master are now being taught to them in just half a month."
Not only that, they were also dissatisfied with their performance, saying they hadn't met 'Professor Livy's requirements for basic spellcasting.'

Professor Flitwick's voice sounded somewhat aggrieved. Reeves imagined the scene and a slight smile appeared on his lips—he knew why Professor Flitwick had come.

Because of the existence of the practice book and the combined class mechanism of Defense Against the Dark Arts, he was far ahead in the teaching of magic - and the most affected class was naturally Charms.

“I’m sorry, Professor Flitwick, it seems that what I’m teaching has gone a bit too far.”

"No—of course not—I know what you're thinking."

Professor Flitwick quickly waved his hand.

In theory, the Defense Against the Dark Arts course should only teach knowledge about resisting dark magic and how to fight off dark creatures.

However, Flitwick understood Levi's educational philosophy—rather than hoping to improve students' abilities by simply teaching them specific spells, it was better to address the root cause and strengthen the spellcasting abilities of all of them.

Professor Flitwick fully approves—the only problem is that Levi did it too well.

Therefore, he also had to make corresponding changes.

Should we slow down his teaching pace just because he teaches well? Professor Flitwick would never do such a thing.

So he decided to be the first to follow Li Wei's teaching reforms!

(End of this chapter)