The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 410 Professor McGonagall's Hint

"I am shocked to hear the bad news." Ada slumped down in the armchair. She had just been forced to recall what she had done last night. Now she had to go to see Professor McGonagall. No matter how she thought about it, she knew she would never come back.

The news brought by Clark was like a bolt from the blue. Ada, who had regained her sense of shame, had seen her own fate in a few minutes, which must be very miserable.

Amid the "farewell" gazes of the crowd, Ada, who was being "hospice-cared", left the common room with heavy steps. Ada asked herself more than once, why is the distance from Gryffindor Tower to Professor McGonagall's office so close?

Standing at the door of the office, Ada smoothed out the wrinkles on her robe and tidied her hair before knocking on the wooden door.

We can't leave any handle at this time. Professor McGonagall's ability to take advantage of the situation is also extraordinary. Ada has suffered a lot in the past few years.

Although there is no such thing as "Why don't you wear a hat?" or "Who told you to wear a hat?", Professor McGonagall's eyes are just as good at finding problems...

Forget it, I won’t mention it anymore, it’s all tears…

"Come in."

Professor McGonagall's voice came from the office, and it didn't sound emotional. Ada silently prayed that she was called here for business today, not because of last night's crazy behavior.

When she opened the door, she saw Professor McGonagall writing at her desk. Ada said softly, "Professor, Clark said you were looking for me."

"Who told you to sit down? Stand up!" said Professor McGonagall. She looked up at Ada. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes last night, she really couldn't equate Ada with the crazy girl on the dance floor.

As soon as she entered the door, she was given a show of force. Ada immediately jumped up from the small stool, thinking quickly about what she should do and how to argue later.

"Inform all prefects to ask students from their respective colleges to be more restrained and not express their emotions so actively. This is a school, and we must be careful about propriety and measure," said Professor McGonagall.

Puppy love is not a problem, and it does not exist in Hogwarts. It is just that this is a school after all, and there is no need for in-depth and simple communication. It is obvious that Professor McGonagall does not want students to make too much trouble.

"Understood. I will inform all the class leaders immediately after I return." Ada replied seriously. It seems that I was too involved last night and missed a lot.

Then Professor McGonagall issued a few more orders, such as paying attention to students' disciplinary violations, paying attention to students' attitudes, and seeing if anyone was jealous of others, all of which were official business.

Although Professor McGonagall talked about business matters, Ada did not relax at all. Professor McGonagall always kept a clear distinction between public and private matters. When she finished her business matters, it was time to talk about her private matters.

But things did not develop as Ada expected. After arranging the work after the holiday, Professor McGonagall did not settle accounts with her.

Indeed, Professor McGonagall is a very serious person, but she is not stubborn, nor is she conservative. Professor McGonagall never objects to Ada's proper relaxation, but Ada relaxed a little too much last night.

"The second project will start on February 24th," Professor McGonagall asked, "How are you preparing?"

Ever since Harry opened the golden egg in the common room that night, Ada threw the golden egg into a corner to collect dust. A month had passed, and Ada had never looked at the golden egg once.

The golden egg wasn't the key to the second project; the sharp, piercing sound was the real clue.

Opening the golden egg along the gap will only hurt your eardrum. It is obvious that the way to open it is wrong, or the place to open the golden egg is wrong.

Ada had no interest in the golden egg until she found the right way to open it. She had no hobby of abusing her ears.

"I haven't solved the puzzle of the golden egg yet," Ida said, "so I'm not prepared at all."

Professor McGonagall was furious. She said, "It's been a month since the first project ended and a month since you got the golden egg. And now you're telling me you're not prepared at all?"

Ada did not make any excuses for herself, she did not say that she was helping to decorate the castle, nor did she say that she was preparing for the opening of the ball. Slacking off was slacking off, and Ada herself was indeed not paying enough attention to the Triwizard Tournament.

"You don't research what you should research, and you research what you shouldn't research!" Professor McGonagall scolded, "If you had spent the time you spent figuring out the dance moves on researching the golden eggs, you would have gotten clues about the second project by now!" Professor McGonagall was very angry about Ada's performance.

Even when a lion fights a rabbit, it will use all its strength. Even though there is a big gap in strength between Ada and the other three players, she should take the competition seriously instead of being perfunctory like she is now.

"I was wrong." Ada admitted her mistake immediately, and her attitude was very sincere.

"Don't give me that!" said Professor McGonagall. "You've been like this since you were little. As soon as I say a few words to you, you immediately put on this positive admission of fault and refuse to repent. Don't show me that!"

"I will definitely change this time, really." Ada patted her chest and promised, "I have deeply realized my mistakes. I shouldn't be so perfunctory, and I shouldn't take my opponent seriously..."

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The tricks are not old, but useful. As long as you admit your mistakes actively and sincerely, Professor McGonagall usually won't say too much. Of course, if you are caught by Professor McGonagall in the same mistake in the future, it is recommended to kill yourself directly.

Professor McGonagall did not continue to criticize. The child was older and harder to control. If she spoke too much, she was afraid that her self-esteem would be hurt. If she spoke too little, she was afraid that it would not be effective.

Professor McGonagall's worry was a bit unnecessary. When facing her own people, Ada was always very thick-skinned, like a city wall.

After a while, Professor McGonagall sighed and said, "Forget it. You've heard enough of these things, and I'm tired of them. Think about the competition carefully."

After saying that, Professor McGonagall asked Ada to go back first.

However, Professor McGonagall was still a bit worried, so she stopped Ada who was about to leave the house and asked, "Do you know what media are used to transmit sound?"

"Yes." Ida replied, "Air..."

Professor McGonagall waved her hand to stop Ada. She said, "Go, go back and think about what I said."

Although cheating is a tradition in the Triwizard Tournament, Professor McGonagall dislikes this tradition, which is why she did not help Ada or Harry before the first task.

Ada didn't solve the puzzle, and Harry certainly didn't either. Given their relationship, if one of them found the clue, the other would soon know it, too.

There are less than two months left until the second competition event. We have to find clues, figure out the content of the second event, and come up with a response plan. Time is quite tight.

Professor McGonagall had no choice but to go against her own will. Although she could tell Ada the correct answer directly, she chose not to do so.

On the way back to Gryffindor, Ada kept thinking about the questions raised by Professor McGonagall. Although the questions had nothing to do with the topic of the conversation, even a person with a poor brain could understand what Professor McGonagall meant.

The medium of sound transmission is the idea of ​​solving the problem, which is the help given to me by Professor McGonagall.

Sound is a sound wave generated by the vibration of an object, which is transmitted through a medium and can be sensed by the auditory organs of humans or animals. There are many media that can transmit sound, which can generally be divided into solids, liquids, and gases.

On the night when the first project was completed, Harry opened the golden egg. The ghost-like howling filled everyone's ears, but no one could understand the meaning of the sound.

Now, Professor McGonagall asked about the propagation of sound. Obviously, Professor McGonagall was implying that if one wanted to understand what the golden egg "said", one needed to find a suitable way of propagation.

Gas won't work, that has been proven to be the wrong way to open it. Should I do the same as Beethoven, who was deaf, and use bone conduction by holding a tuning fork in his mouth?

Ada imagined that she was holding one end of the tuning fork in her mouth and the other end of the tuning fork was against the golden egg. The picture was so beautiful.

(End of this chapter)