A certain Hogwarts professor of runes

Chapter 148 A Few Things

As the students walked out of the classroom in twos and threes, they were still enthusiastically discussing their novel and interesting experience.

For example, a pair of Ravenclaw girls—

"To be honest, at first I really wanted to leave, it was too gloomy there, but now I've started to miss it."

"Me too, that little skeleton is so cute!"

"...When is the next spellcasting class?"

"Let me see, it's Friday."

"Is it really going to take that long?!"

"I think we're pretty lucky. Think about it, we only have practical classes in sixth grade..."

"Haha, we have plenty of time and knowledge, I'm definitely going to tell the students in other grades!"

Their voices gradually faded into the distance.

Percy and Penelope avoided the crowd, their expressions a mixture of joy and worry, their previously hidden relationship now exposed. Percy, in particular, kept his brow furrowed.

"So what if we found it?" Penelope said, looking at him.

“Penello, if you have three younger brothers and a younger sister at school, all the gossip will reach your parents’ ears,” Percy said. “Especially Fred and George, they’ll be happy to help.”

Percy seemed quite troubled. Although he often wrote letters to complain, he believed he always had legitimate reasons. For example, his most recent letter read, "Mom, Fred and George were deducted fifty points and given three weeks of detention for fanning the ghost parade at school..."

He could almost picture how the twin brothers would talk to him with their cheeky grins—

"Oh, Percy~ Our model student has finally figured it out~"

"I have to tell Mom this great news!"

"And Bill and Charlie, you've gone before them."

"And how could we forget Ronnie and Ginny?"

Penelope looked terrified and stammered, "You... your parents will find out?"

"Don't worry," Percy muttered, "They'll just give you gifts during the holidays and invite you over..."

Penelope's eyes widened.

During lunch in the auditorium, Felix chatted with Professor Kettleburn and "almost headless" Nick, mainly about how he was friends with both ghosts and how he helped clear up some misunderstandings, thus finalizing the public opinion surrounding the "Ghost Redemption Incident."

Before long, these words will spread throughout Hogwarts, and eventually, as the hype dies down, fewer and fewer people will pay attention, and everything will fade away like the tide.

The truth of the matter will also be submerged in time, with only a similar flower occasionally resurfacing.

Time flew by, and Hogwarts moved forward like a well-organized machine. Professors and students were all parts of this behemoth, pushed forward without any unexpected disruptions.

Until the Easter holidays, only a few things left an impression on Felix—

He hinted to Dumbledore about Dobby's predicament, and the old man understood his subtext. He did not rush to exonerate Hagrid, and the diary that still retained a strong dark aura was locked in the headmaster's office.

"Felix, you are doing the right thing," the old man said—unfortunately, he did not know that Felix was about to cast a confusion spell on Lucius.

His assistant completed the first set of magic runes, but was still struggling to repair the beaded pouch.

The basilisk's skin was being tanned with magic over and over again, a process that was extremely slow. Felix was not willing to settle for less and planned to use the basilisk skin and the fire dragon skin to make a magic cloak, plus an inner armor.

Peeves has finally returned to normal, as someone told him, because Felix hasn't been able to touch Peeves lately.

In addition to the above, Belby told him in a casual conversation that he and Professor Snape had completed the first round of improvements to the wolfsbane potion, reducing the cost to one-third of the original. Of course, the taste was also more than three times worse.

"That sounds good. Perhaps you two will share a Medal of Merlin."

"I don't think so. Look at the newspapers lately! It's all about 'the gospel of werewolves' and 'amending the werewolf registration law.' Only registered and regulated werewolves have the right to buy werewolf poison. The Ministry of Magic is using my potions to subdue the scattered werewolves..."

"It's not necessarily a bad thing, as long as their list..."

"Ha! This isn't the first time the secret has been leaked. Many werewolves would rather live in anonymity than use potions, especially since they can't afford them."

Belby was very dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic's actions.

……

In the latest dueling class, the young wizards learned a new spell – "Petrify All," which causes the opponent's arms and legs to close tightly, their body to stiffen, and they to fall to the ground like a plank.

Felix explained, "The Full Body Binding Curse is included in the book 'Curses and Anti-Curses,' and Wendick Wenredian gives it a wonderful description."

"This spell is very simple; even lower graders can learn it..."

At this point, Harry and Ron looked at Hermione, who had used this spell to petrify Neville when they were in their first year.

"Of course, personally speaking, its effect is not as direct as the Stunning Charm, and its power is not as strong. For example, with your level, if you held a wand to me and recited this spell, I might only stiffen slightly. But... it's enough to deal with trouble at school, more than enough."

Felix and Snape worked together to conjure hundreds of mats in the Great Hall for the students to use during practice, in order to prevent them from getting injured.

"Ron! You should be lying on the mat!" Hermione said to Ron, who was stiffly slumped on the floor.

After dispelling the spell's effects, Ron grinned and said, "Easy for you to say. Can you even adjust your trajectory after being hit?"

Hermione hurriedly changed the subject.

Felix and Snape watched the young wizards practice, discussing among themselves.

"Tsk tsk, even such a simple spell, half of the students haven't mastered it." Snape exuded a low-pressure aura.

"But they're progressing quickly, aren't they? Severus, don't you feel a great sense of accomplishment seeing clumsy students become excellent under your guidance?"

Snape glared at him.

Felix counted on his fingers: "Disarming Charm, Armor Charm, Tongue-Locking Charm, Body-Binding Charm, and Belby also taught the Sense-Shifting Charm and Exorcism Charm in Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

"In addition to the prank spells they themselves possess, the number is already quite large."

Snape looked at him. "You mean—"

"Increase the weight of other aspects, such as pacing and situation assessment, especially in actual combat."

"I have no objection, Felix," Snape said softly, his eyes distant.

(End of this chapter)