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Chapter 278 Elective Courses

"Recover as before."

Andrew waved his wand, and the damaged parts of the broken-legged table in front of him began to stick together, restoring its original state.

"Something's wrong..."

Andrew quickly stepped forward and pressed it - sure enough, just as he expected, the legs of the table were easily broken.

"It shouldn't be like that... It's just a little first-year spell, but it's just as described... It can't be fixed..."

He looked at the broken part carefully, but couldn't make out anything - an old crease, an ordinary table, and a decent enough spell.

"It's still a concept that is still under speculation... There are too many unknowns in the magic world..."

After confirming that he could not make any progress in the Armor Charm for the time being, he began to study the first-grade spells in his spare time - but it was this simplest repair spell that stumped him from the conceptual point of view.

The reason is simple - magic is something that cannot be fully explained by the magical world's observation methods.

Yes, it can't be fully explained because there are no good observation tools - but that's what Andrew thinks.

The nature of magic has not been explained yet. The most classic example is that even the simplest repair spell that a first-year student can learn cannot be repaired by a top wizard.

For example, the most classic magic wand, and the most outrageous, yet simplest, tables and chairs.

There are a lot of tables and chairs in Hogwarts that are in poor repair - there are currently two mainstream theories, which can explain it, but neither can fully explain it.

1. The tables and chairs were contaminated with magic after being in contact with wizards for a long time, which made it increasingly difficult to repair them until the possibility of repair was completely lost.

Second, the magic power was absorbed during the process of multiple repairs, which made the repairs more and more difficult and eventually impossible to repair.

Experiments had been done before at Hogwarts, and they had all worked, but that didn't explain the occasional problem of new tables and chairs not being able to be repaired the first time around - nor did it explain the problem of some Muggle items not being able to be repaired.

In short, the simplest spells contain the greatest trouble.

"Transfiguration is easy, but it's only a short-term repair... As for permanent spells, it's even more uneconomical..."

He sighed, feeling that he had gotten too far - he had only copied a small armor spell, but he had overestimated his own abilities and tried to research something that had yet to yield any concrete conclusions.

"But it can't be said that there are no benefits. At least after a few days of tossing and turning, my spell proficiency has improved, and the repair is more refined... At least the time was not wasted. I can happily wait for the opening ceremony."

He finally gave up on his after-school pastime of tinkering with old tables and chairs and began to prepare to welcome the return of the other roommates.

'It's the last semester now. Percy probably won't be in the office next semester. Gryffindor will have a new batch of prefects, and the students on duty will also be replaced...'

"But the class schedule has been confirmed these days. I will take electives such as Magical Creatures, Runes, and Arithmetic Divination next semester."

You have to choose two out of five elective courses: Care of Magical Creatures, Numerology, Divination, Runes, and Muggle Studies. Of course, two is the minimum, and you can choose more than one.

The first two courses were recommended by Professor McGonagall, and the latter one, Arithmetic Divination, was a course he wanted to study on his own - he wanted to see how arithmetic worked in the wizarding world, which might help him understand the basic logic of magic.

Of course, if it really doesn't work, he can only say goodbye with regret - anyway, he can't give up the other two.

"Being the top student in all subjects sounds really wonderful, but it is too extravagant. Even Percy wasted a lot of time. Being the top student in divination without any talent for divination is really just for the certificate."

He shook his head, filled out his course selection list, and began to rest.

There is nothing to do tonight as school starts, but tomorrow will be a busy day - the course selection receipts for students leaving school are due tomorrow, and I'm afraid he and Percy will have to work overtime to count and make sure the list is correct.

——"Andrew, we are back!"

Hal almost broke open the dormitory door with a punch. "Two weeks of vacation, two weeks of news. By the way, how are your course selections?"

"I chose three subjects," Andrew read out his choice, "what about you?"

"Three subjects, as expected of you. But I'm not bad either. I took Divination, Magical Creatures, and Muggle Studies."

?

Andrew's eyes widened - No, aren't you planning to study journalism? Divination, do you think you are a charlatan?
"Don't be so surprised. Magical creatures are a must. You can't just snap any creature and call it a 'yes'. Strange creatures and Muggle research are similar. I can't report a mailbox or something Muggle-like as a news report, right?"

Hal took it for granted.

'That makes sense, but what about divination?'

"As for fortune-telling, it's cool. Maybe I can find out where the news is happening. If I don't have the talent, I can just die..."

Reasonable and well-founded.

While Hal was showing off his superb course selection skills, the others returned to the dormitory one after another.

Hughes chose Muggle Studies and Runes, Kevin chose Divination and Magical Creatures, and as for Bell, he miraculously chose Muggle Studies and Divination.

Andrew could understand the course selection of the person in front, but Bell was really confused.

But Bell smiled and said, "Ah, this matter is very simple. The people on the team said that Muggle Studies is the easiest course to get a certificate in, and the same is true for Magical Creatures. However, the professor has changed, and I don't know what the new professor's temper is, so I can only choose Divination as a backup."

"Change professor?"

The other three exclaimed, especially Hal, who called himself a personal reporter, "The professor has changed. I don't know. Taylor, do you know?"

Andrew also had a surprised expression on his face.

The professor changed? How come he didn't know?
He has been on duty in the office these days and has not seen any reports of new professors joining the company, nor are there any relevant files that need to be recorded?

Could it be something that happened during those days of vacation?
That doesn't make sense. There are so many files that can't be circulated, especially since Professor Black hasn't said anything about the latest news - if there is a new professor, wouldn't there have been news about it a long time ago?
Wait—he suddenly remembered something.

I think the professor mentioned it - yes, that's true!

The professor of Care of Magical Creatures is about to retire, but the next professor hasn't been announced yet...

That should be it.

“It seems that Andrew knows…”

"It seems to be true."

Don't keep guessing based on my expression. I really don't know anything about this...

But everyone started to get interested in this fake certificate. "Take the divination for example. It seems that the professor has a bad temper and likes to see students get into trouble. It's easy to get the grades normally, and you can get a fake certificate as long as you understand the process during the graduation exam. It's just that outsiders don't recognize it. Only those who are interested in the team say it out loud..."

Ok…

Andrew rubbed his head. He now knew the positioning of divination and part of the reason why Professor McGonagall disliked that professor so much.

(End of this chapter)