The days at Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall looked at him silently, with a direct look that made people feel frightened. Dumbledore stopped his smile and asked, "How is the communication with other intelligent races going?"

"Most of them went well, but we encountered some obstacles on the Giant Island." Dumbledore said slowly. Miss Beetle's expression was a little strange as she used vulgar and vicious curses in the letter. "Miss Skeeter wrote back and told me that she There is no giant Gogo at all, they don’t talk to anyone who can’t reach their knees.”

Professor McGonagall frowned slightly.

"Don't worry, Minerva. After this term is over, I will ask Madam Maxime and Hagrid to go again. They will definitely be able to reach the giant's knees."

"..." Professor McGonagall was silent for a few seconds before speaking, "Hagrid must be very happy to take on this job."

A smile appeared on Dumbledore's face.

……

The time comes to mid-September.

The Easter holidays are coming, and there are as many homework assignments as ever.

Honeydukes Candy Shop has launched hundreds of flavors of Easter egg candies. All the stores in Hogsmeade are covered with Easter eggs. Wizards from Muggle families have brought various ingenious skills, through inlaying, pasting, Make-up wrapping and even batik methods are used to create a variety of gorgeous and exquisite Easter eggs.

Neville brought back another box of candies, among which Loren's favorite was the Easter egg ice cream. It was as big as a dragon egg and contained seven flavors of colorful ice cream at once. The shell was made of chocolate, with a rich sweet aroma and a silky texture.

Holding an ice cream as big as a dragon egg, Loren came to the lake and found Hermione under the green beech tree.

Hearing the footsteps on the fallen grass, Hermione looked up from the thick book. She leaned against the tree trunk, wearing a white short jacket with dark patterns and a black skirt with wide straps made of cotton and linen blend. The square neckline was exposed. Her eye-catching white neck and collarbone, and washed jeans outline her slender legs.

She tilted her head slightly, and there was some doubt in her beautiful eyes: "What is this?"

"The Easter ice cream Neville bought, I brought it here to share with you." Loren's eyes moved slightly downward unconsciously, "The outer shell is chocolate, and there are seven flavors inside."

"It's almost lunch time."

"No lunch."

"..."

Hermione's eyes twinkled.

Chapter 494 Calm Summer

The seven colors of ice cream represent seven completely different flavors, some are soft and delicate, some are firm and rich in texture, and the chocolate crispy eggshell is chewy and sweet.

However, Honey Duke is a dessert shop after all. Compared with the professional Florin cold drink shop, it is still inferior. It does not have the technology to keep the frozen state for a long time. As the chocolate eggshell opens, the cold air escapes, and the ice cream inside begins to slowly melt.

Lorendi retracted his straying gaze countless times and said in a serious tone: "I checked the calendar. The third project will start after our exam is over..."

"Do you want to start reviewing in advance?"

Hermione had just scooped out a scoop of ice cream mixed with three colors, and was a moment slower when she replied. A drop of ice cream in the intermediate state of solid-liquid mixture fell on the exposed skin of the collar under the pull of gravity, and it was ice-cold.

Just as she was about to free her hands to wipe it off, she heard the person next to her say:

"I'll wipe it for you."

"?"

Hermione looked at him holding a spoon in his right hand and a dragon egg in his left hand. He couldn't free his hands, and couldn't help but wonder: "How can you help me..."

"Well!"

The hot breath hit the neck, and the place that was cold just now was suddenly covered with warmth.

……

"This healing magic originated from Inuit wizards. In the Inuit tribe in extremely cold areas, people often itch unbearably after frostbite. They recklessly use red-hot charcoal to burn the skin and flesh of the frostbitten area... After treatment by the wizard, they apply it on Chukotka The maidenhair fern unique to the peninsula can regenerate necrotic skin and make the new skin appear tender red. "

On the sofa in the Gryffindor common room, Lavender and Parvati were reciting "Common Injuries Treatment and the Origin of Healing Magic I" in a low voice. Lavender had been fantasizing about becoming a therapist after graduation, so she specially found Read this book.

Hearing the sound of the portrait hole opening, Lavender raised his head, with a trance and confusion in his eyes. When he saw the two walking in side by side, he subconsciously shouted: "Hey, Hermione, Loren! Ron is looking for you. Mrs. Weasley sent you Easter presents."

Loren glanced around and quickly found the four Weasley brothers and sisters gathered together. Their red hair was very conspicuous.

Parvati's eyes fell on the collarbone of her collar, watching Hermione walk away behind him with her head lowered, slowly frowning with a puzzled expression.

Hey, under what circumstances does the skin turn red?

"Why is your Easter egg bigger than mine?"

Ron's voice was loud, and he looked at several Easter eggs of different colors with a straight face. His freckled face was full of dissatisfaction. Although they all looked the same, his Easter eggs were smaller and contained less candies. .

There are eight Easter eggs the size of dragon eggs neatly placed on the table. It can be seen that Mrs. Weasley made them very carefully. They are decorated with some icing and various decorations. The twins are exploding fireworks. , Ron's is the Quidditch scoring ring.

Ginny glanced at Harry's Easter egg decoration. The same golden snitch as hers represented their status as seekers.

Not knowing what she was thinking of, the little red-haired witch's cheeks blushed, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously.

Loren and Hermione, who were belatedly arrived, also received their own Easter eggs. Their eggshells were decorated with thick books and parchment papers marked with O.

Harry shook the letter paper in his hand: "Percy's letter, do you want to see what's written in it?"

"You tell me." Loren broke off a piece of eggshell and put it into his mouth, and it was chocolate.

Percy's letter was very short, and the scrawled handwriting was almost tangled. It seemed that this prefect, who had always been strict and serious, was really busy:

"I'm sorry that I'm writing to you so soon after the Easter holiday. You probably can't imagine that I work so hard that I have to seize every spare minute to rest.

Every day people come to the Ministry of Magic to inquire about the news of the Goblet of Fire and the referee Bagman, and there are even goblins who can't speak human language asking to see Mr. Crouch, but he is fully preparing for the third project, and even the matters of the Ministry are sent to him by owls regularly. I can see his fatigue from his messy handwriting... Damn, there is no other person in the entire Ministry who can understand what they are saying.

Newspapers, including the Daily Prophet, kept asking for information on material exploration, so much so that I had to put an end to many idle rumors.

Gambling around the Goblet of Fire has been repeated. Please remind Harry to be careful. Finally, I wish you a happy Easter. "

……

As summer entered, the fire in the common room went out one day and was no longer lit at night.

In the past few years, at the beginning of the summer semester of each school year, the Quidditch teams of various colleges have stepped up training to prepare for the last Quidditch match of the season.

Under the urging of captain Wood, Harry had almost no free time. The Quidditch match was canceled this year, but Harry still had to train. Professor McGonagall and Principal Fontana's duel training continued, and the Easter holidays did not stop.

On the last Sunday in April, the sun was shining brightly, and the air was filled with the heat of approaching midsummer.

At that time, Harry's phoenix tail feather wand was releasing colorful magical light, which was dazzling. Graves set up a simple iron armor spell shield about twenty feet opposite him, struggling to support it.

"Being suppressed and unable to find a chance to fight back!" Loren said in a deep voice with deep eyes, "I know this feeling. I can only defend passively and cautiously. If I make the slightest mistake, I won't be able to turn around."

Bute and Ron of Ilvermorny quietly rolled their eyes.

What do you know? You know that in the past training, you used this tactic the most, and Harry's pressure was not even half as strong as yours.

"They are all not very powerful spells." Loren continued to introduce them matter-of-factly, "But the most powerful part is the continuous offensive. This is not to crush the opponent in one breath, but to leave room for the opponent to A little chance to breathe will eventually induce the opponent to be too tired to fight back, or reveal a fatal flaw. "

This is the kind of oppression he experienced in the Book of Fantasy. "Professor Flitwick" knows a wide variety of spells, and there are even spells that can turn. When you use the Iron Armor Charm to create an airtight defense, , he will also use lighting spells to shoot useless spells to drain your energy...

Talking too much brings tears to my eyes.

Standing in the middle of the classroom, Graves was about to cry. He really couldn't understand why this warrior who was three years younger than him had more powerful and abundant magic power than him. It took him several months to get used to the unreasonable disarming spell. Now that the disarming spell was gone, dueling practice became even more frustrating.

Professor McGonagall and Principal Fontana stood beside him comfortably, looking pleased.

May has arrived.

The trees on the forests and hills became greener and greener, and the slightly hot temperature caused the insects and birds to chirp non-stop. The lake gradually became clearer, and more and more little wizards were wandering on the shore after dinner. The final exam is coming soon, and various subjects have entered the review stage. The heavy homework and review tasks make the little wizards complain endlessly.

Professor Binns began to narrate the story of the goblin rebellion again, always repeating boring statistics, always emphasizing the names and birth dates of the generals on both sides... Although the History of Magic course has always been boring, this year's class was particularly difficult.

Loren's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his eyelids opened to reveal his eyes with fragmented light flowing. He raised his head and wiped the red marks on his cheek from his hands. He pulled the arm of the little witch next to him, lifted up her sleeves, looked at his watch, and muttered softly:

"There are still 17 minutes until get out of class ends..."

"..."

Hermione put one hand on the right side of her face, and her whole body showed a sense of laziness. Because Professor Binns was talking about the content that had been emphasized repeatedly, Miss Know-It-All did not take notes.

"That's nearly a thousand seconds, 999, 998, 997..."

Hermione watched as his eyelids began to fight, then quickly reconciled, sticking together like glue. The dazzling golden sunlight cast a bright strip of light through the high window in the corridor, dyeing his eyelashes and a few strands of hair golden. , as if glowing.

Time came to the end in Loren's countdown.

Transfiguration Classroom.

Hermione was sitting in the second row, with a thick handwritten notebook in hand. The key contents of the exam were folded into small corners. Next to her was Loren, who had put away the books five minutes ago.

This is the last class of the semester in Transfiguration.

In this school year, I mainly came into contact with two types of transformations. One is the transformation and transformation of living and dead objects with the same characteristics. The main practical operation is the transformation of hedgehog into needle felt. The other is the species transformation and transformation of living and living animals. The main practice is In practice, the guinea fowl turns into a guinea pig.

Perhaps due to the influence of the Goblet of Fire, I didn’t learn as much new knowledge this year as in previous years, but Professor McGonagall was experienced and often guided the young wizards’ thinking when explaining the two types of transformations, diverging their thinking, and using cross-species transformations to make the students A brief understanding of the deep logic of deformation laid the foundation for subsequent knowledge about human body deformation.

Relevant content was also mentioned in the Animagus teaching class, which is an important test point for OWLs and NEWTs.

The after-school homework for many weekends is based on the insights and analysis of papers published in "Transfiguration Today". Since Professor McGonagall published many articles related to Animagus and human body transformation, the academic community in the field of transformation seems to be rejuvenated. of vitality.

Loren and Hermione are very concerned about the basic transformation. They are currently unable to use powdered substances for actual combat transformation.

If he can make a breakthrough in transfiguration, Loren may be qualified to launch a counterattack against "Professor Flitwick".

"The semester is coming to an end."

Professor McGonagall stood behind the desk and glanced around. The classroom suddenly became quiet: "Everyone must know that this year's situation is different from previous years. The third event of the Goblet of Fire will be held on the 24th. We The exam time has also been adjusted accordingly..."

Generally, Hogwarts will start the final exams in the second week of June. The exams take one week, and after the professors spend another week reviewing the exam papers, they can basically have a holiday around mid-June.

Harry's third project is on June 24th. In previous years, Loren and Hermione would have stayed at the garden villa in Hampstead on the outskirts of the city for a week. However, this year, in order to facilitate the little wizards to watch the game, the school specially The exam period has been extended by two weeks.

After listening to Professor McGonagall's explanation of the schedule, Dean and Seamus took the lead in making a fuss:

"Professor, tell us the key points again!"

"Tell me about the main scope of questions!"

"..."

Listening to the other students chiming in, Professor McGonagall showed a slight smile: "What we usually talk about are the key points of the exam, and what is in the textbook are the key points of the exam. If you listen carefully to the lectures and complete the assigned homework carefully after class and weekends, the test papers will be No problem."

Some of the noisy little wizards suddenly quieted down, their eyes and expressions a little guilty.

Professor McGonagall was not angry: "You will be entering fifth grade next year, which is a critical year for OWLs. I hope you will prepare in advance and don't regret it until the official exam..."

"Write down all the summer homework that I just assigned. In addition to the written homework that needs to be handed in, I will recommend some books in the field of transfiguration. It is not mandatory, but I hope you can all read it. If it is not convenient to go to the bookstore to buy it, you can Check out the loan at the library before the holidays..."

"Children, this is your most critical summer vacation."

Professor McGonagall's last words came in a very heavy voice, and until she left the classroom with a serious look on her face, the shocked little wizards still didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

After the bell rang, Loren and others slowly left the classroom and went downstairs to the auditorium. Sure enough, they found the exam timetable posted under the marble spiral staircase.

The last exam for the fourth grade students will be on June 23rd. If nothing else happens, they will be able to go home after watching the game and playing in early July for a two-month summer vacation until school starts on September 1st.

Loren was as lazy as a salted fish, but the nervous Miss Granger held a notebook and chanted in his ear all day long. She still took the trouble to repeat the contents over and over again, even though she had clearly memorized them by heart.

It seems that being the first in grade is both an honor and a pressure.

Ron claimed that he would stop studying if he couldn't get in. He wouldn't see anyone after breakfast every morning. At night, he would go back to the dormitory and tell his roommates that he had spent another day playing. His words were all about the giant squid in the black lake and the forbidden forest. Sharp-billed bird...

But when Loren accompanied Hermione to the library, she saw him and Lavender hiding in secret corners many times, with the table covered with review materials for various subjects.

As a warrior of the Triwizard Tournament, Harry does not have to take the final exam, but he jumps repeatedly between the two states every day.

I always feel refreshed when I wake up in the morning and feel more confident than the previous two projects. In terms of personal ability, he has learned many new spells and has been able to defeat the warriors of Ilvermorny head-on; in terms of competition content, he knows the maze paths by heart and has deep experience in magic breakthrough games.

But every night while lying on the four-poster bed, he began to feel uneasy, thinking that this game must be full of dangers and dangers, and that it also contained Voldemort's unknown conspiracy.

Chapter 495 The Last Day

June 6, morning.

The Potions practical exam ended at ten in the morning, and the little wizards who walked out of the classroom looked a little dazed.

Professor Snape's teaching content this school year is not complicated. The focus is on the identification of different types of poisons and the preparation of antidotes. During class, he often threatened Gryffindor students. On Tuesday, he told Neville that he would use toad poison. Lucky Test Poison, Thursday said he would poison Harry's Halloween and Christmas dinners...

What no one expected was that the final practical exam question was Potion of Endurance, and some students from Gryffindor House and Hufflepuff House who were obsessed with guessing the question said they were fooled.

Loren did not go to the library to review with Hermione, but made an appointment to meet in the Great Hall later. He stayed to help Professor Snape.

After the students' potions were boiled, they were put into slender glass bottles. According to the color, layering state, and viscosity of the potions... Loren first roughly packed the potions into three boxes, and the failed one A box that barely passes, but an excellent box.

Professor Snape looked through it carefully, filling out the grades on the parchment paper according to the labels on the medicine bottles, and sometimes unscrewing the corks and sniffing.

The final destination of these examination works is also different. The best batch will be given to Madam Pomfrey for reserve medicine; the smaller batch will flow to the market and be dispersed through different channels, and the proceeds will be used for teaching in the next semester; and the third batch will be dumped Enter the toilet and flush into the Black Lake through the sewer.

"Don't be anxious, look carefully. The color of the endurance potion is similar to July grass juice. It can't be light or too dark. This bottle is so thick that it turns black. The viscosity is slightly higher than that of water, but lower than that of water. Olive oil, you need to observe the flow state...

“Sometimes it’s hard to tell with the naked eye, so you can dip some with a stick.