This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 183 Reprimand
"I thought you wouldn't come to see me until next time."

In Professor Flitwick's office, when Andrew knocked on the door, the professor said in a casual manner.

How dare I do it next time - he is already calling me over by name.

Andrew said nothing and closed the office door.

"Take a seat, Taylor," Professor Flitwick pointed to the chair in front of him and waved his wand gently. A pile of snacks appeared on the table. "I don't know what you like. By the way, this is your first time in my office, right?"

"Um, yes, Professor."

This shouldn’t be the case. Shouldn’t he be scolded harshly?

Andrew carefully picked up a pack and started tearing it apart without even looking at the packaging.

"Well, can we talk about why you waste your talent so extravagantly?"

Professor Flitwick nodded gently. "Your spells show absolutely no signs of practice, not even a little bit. All your techniques are clumsy like a beginner. It was better last school year, but your performance has improved rapidly this school year. I paid special attention to it and found the problem."

……

Andrew froze in place, the snacks he had just torn apart stopped there, and he didn't even have time to put them into his mouth.

The power of a spell, like Transfiguration, is determined by a combination of magical power, knowledge, gestures, proficiency, and emotions - and the professor spotted his weak spot at a glance.

But the professor's questioning did not stop.

"Your learning is completely different from others, it's just that your magic power grows faster than theirs, and your foundation is better. If you only look at the sophistication of the spell, you're just barely passing the test - Taylor, you haven't practiced at all.

"The same goes for other subjects. I've asked Professor Snape. Your Potions are a mess. His technique is strict and he won't add anything randomly - but that's the limit. You don't understand potions. You always just read the knowledge carefully in class to cope with potion making. Your familiarity with potion materials is just barely acceptable. Professor Snape even thinks you're just cooking according to recipes.

"Defence Against the Dark Arts, I asked Madam Pince - you haven't checked out any books on it, Taylor.

"History of Magic, Astronomy, the results alone show that these are purely memorization courses...

"There's nothing outstanding about you, Taylor. If I hadn't paid attention to your spell practice this semester, I would have thought that you were of average caliber, just like the rest of the students. The best you could get was a slightly weaker grade in the upper reaches, but... you didn't practice at all."

Professor Flitwick looked over from his specially raised chair, "You just rely on your extraordinary talent to crush your classmates, but you haven't fulfilled your promise at all..."

...

"Except for Transfiguration, you occasionally start reading the contents of the restricted section, and some of the content involved is even at the graduate level... This is good, you have found your own advantage subject, Taylor. If it continues like this, I can't say anything - it would be stupid for a Ravenclaw to not find his own advantage subject.

"But," the professor sighed, "why would you rather waste time on ordinary languages ​​instead of preparing for the rest of the lessons?"

……

"I have revealed so much?"

But it's hard to say why - being scolded or even being left alone is better than swinging on the swing under the astronomy tower.

"It's because of Lockhart, right? Don't learn from him!"

The professor sounded a little anxious and seemed about to curse, but he finally restrained himself.

"At your age, don't pursue those fancy things - especially Lockhart's so-called magic that manipulates your own memory. That is too dangerous and totally inappropriate for a student!
"Languages ​​are the same. Learning a bunch of languages ​​at once may seem cool, but it has absolutely no effect on your magical knowledge!
"You should use your extra time to learn the basics of spells, practice magic - even Transfiguration is fine, but definitely not in the library learning a language that you don't use but just looks cool. Forget Lockhart's nonsense and lay a solid foundation!"

It can be seen that Professor Flitwick has some emotions towards Lockhart, and he didn't even add the title of professor. But there is no doubt that Professor Lockhart took the blame this time.

Because the reason why Andrew learned German was really undisclosed - and he had to admit that Lockhart's skills were more useful than he thought...

But what could he say?

Is he going to be hung on the astronomy tower by his own dean?

"I don't expect you to be like the Weasley student who devoted himself to the course after discovering his talent. At least you should prepare and practice after class. Just relying on magic power to crush spells... If you study hard, you can cast spells of the third grade, instead of being complacent about being ahead of the second grade..."

He is really talented. He exploded after changing his wand?
But there was no way to ask that question - the professor finally managed to soften his tone. If he asked that question, he would be directly imprisoned in the Astronomy Tower for reflection.

"Show me your Transfiguration skills... at least let me know that you've put in effort in the rest of your classes, instead of wasting your talent and even putting your pre-study into class!"

The professor waved his finger, and a piece of parchment slowly flew over.

"Try to cast a spell. Use your strongest Transfiguration spell."

...

From death to life?

This can't be done...

But if it is death turning into death... isn't that too simple...

Still like that...

Andrew tapped the parchment with his wand - it easily split into two parts, and one piece quickly wrapped around the other.

boom!
The small cocoon exploded.

As countless pieces of paper fell to the ground, the floor of Professor Flitwick's office began to quickly turn into soil, and as the light red soil spread, small grasses began to grow wildly on the land.

In less than three minutes, the entire office floor turned into a lush green lawn, as if the professor had moved his office outside.

"Such a Transfiguration?"

Professor Flitwick stared at Andrew for a while, and Andrew noticed that a serious smile appeared on the professor's face.

"You are smarter than I thought. Minerva hid it so well..."

The professor waved his finger and a piece of grass flew up. He looked at it carefully for a long time before letting it go back. As the professor waved his wand, the floor began to return to its original state piece by piece, but the smile on the professor's face seemed to be fixed by some magic.

"Anyway, you still have to prepare for the exam. If you really don't know how to do it, come to my office and ask me. Of course, the focus is still on Transfiguration. Also, I won't deduct any points from your score, but I won't give you too many extra points from the academy. My extra points are only given to students who work hard. You..."

I didn't prepare at all and just relied on my talent to get through, so I'm lucky to get one point, right? Ravenclaw doesn't lack talent, but hard work?

alright…

“And snacks.”

The professor waved his wand, and the pieces of paper that had been shattered on the ground gathered together and transformed into a bag. "Take it back with you - and don't learn from Lockhart!"

(End of this chapter)