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Chapter 366 Andrew's Weakness
'The senior courses are still a bit stressful. Ordinary students are fine, but gifted students can only rely on self-study. All I can provide are some anecdotes from my adventures.'

While Nina was thinking, she called the students to go to the gathering place.

She could easily teach magic in lower grades with her solid foundation and gain the trust of students, but it was another matter for higher grades - fortunately, the Dark Arts at Hogwarts was, well, a difficult new course, and the Anti-Dark Arts class had never had a solid foundation.

The students were already used to it, and her efforts to break down most of the material in the textbook seemed to be enough for them.

"But how can this be done? I have to adjust the curriculum based on the feedback. Although I can arrange the classes myself, I can't be like Lockhart, talking nonsense about my adventures all day long."

She carefully asked the students what they had learned last semester, and also looked at the already old test paper from last year - no one knew which generation of professors the original owner was from, and the students' answers were even more confusing.

Self-study is a piece of cake for a few geniuses, but for most students, even if they don’t have a good professor, their grades will drop significantly.

"There really are geniuses out there, so talented that even someone like Dumbledore would give them private lessons."

While greeting the students, she was thinking about the genius who should be taking care of the younger students in the teahouse, a real genius.

He handles things very smoothly, and his talent in Transfiguration is so high that it even impressed Dumbledore. He is even called to school by the professor for private lessons during holidays.

He is a cautious person. Although he is extremely proud, he never shows it, and he is never impetuous when handling chores.

If it weren't for the height issue, she would have thought that the man was a talented professor who was staying on campus for an internship, rather than a student.

'But, not like a student.'

Nina took her "class representative" to the candy store and bought some candies for the party, which reaffirmed her belief.

He looks like everything except a student.

Yes, he looks like everything except a student.

She discovered this problem during the preparation for the summer classes - that classmate Taylor didn't act like a student.

It can even be said that his emotions are indifferent and he is as cold as a machine that satisfies everyone's wishes.

A student who has just graduated from the second year can meet the professor's requirements to publish a paper, can meet the professor's requirements to endure boring work in the office, can meet the principal's wish to crush the graduates in the subjects he is good at, and can even meet the assessment work of a professor to enter Hogwarts.

That's great, that's an exceptionally good student for any professor.

It's just that he doesn't act like a student at all - she didn't mean to say that classmate Taylor had been treated harshly. On the contrary, she had envied the special treatment and trust since her student days. She was even jealous of that kind of talent to the point that she no longer had any jealousy in her mind. But, she still felt that he didn't act like a student at all.

"I haven't joined any hobby clubs or extracurricular hobbies. I just talk to my roommates on a daily basis. Although I've joined the school's student union, most of the people I meet are just nodding acquaintances..."

Although this is her private life, she still wants to change it and use the class representative system as an excuse to bring him into gatherings and exchanges with ordinary students.

This is not just about hoping that the familiar student can live a happy life that normal students should enjoy, but also about truly wishing him the best from a magical perspective.

As an adventurer, she had worked hard on some spells, and after a professional training session in the Hogwarts library, she had made considerable progress in Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Emotions are never insignificant to wizards. They truly affect spellcasting, and the impact is huge.

For example, the classic advanced spell of Defense Against the Dark Arts, the Patronus Charm, required happy memories - and she was really not sure whether her student, who could be considered a friend, had the happiness to support the Patronus Charm.

But it's not just spells - there are many beings in the entire magical world that target emotions like Boggart. If you don't have a stable mentality, no matter how powerful you are, you will be targeted to death.

"Fortunately, my soft and hard persuasion did work. Otherwise, I really don't know how to get him to participate in a normal student life. I can't just say I hope you learn emotional spells like the Patronus Charm. Can you find a way to make yourself happier?" She had an illusion that if she made a corresponding request, maybe Andrew would really use some magical level to meet her request.

But that was unnecessary - it was strange enough as it was, and she just wanted her friend to be a little more normal and not complete everything like a machine every day.

"It's just a job to put your name on the list. Whose class representative is not responsible for contacting students and sending and receiving papers? You are exempt from putting your name on the list, and you look reluctant..."

"Fortunately, there is still hope. When dealing with students who violate the rules, we know to target their weaknesses, but..."

She remembered an interesting thing she had observed a few days ago.

'You never know, it would be very interesting, yes, very interesting.'

Nina smiled and turned to look at the students following behind her. "We're almost there. I've found the biggest table. Today's drinks and desserts are on my table."

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'There's strength in numbers.'

After Professor Nina and the others arrived, the entire table was suddenly filled with eight people - now Andrew and the others had the advantage in numbers.

Now it was time for them to look towards other tables, feeling shy from the onlookers.

Andrew and the other three who arrived first sat together, and Professor Nina was in the middle. "Okay, let's start today's discussion. I hope the questions you raise are worthy of your professor's poor wallet - my salary hasn't been paid yet."

"You're lying. I've already allocated some money before I started school."

Andrew thought about it, but didn't expose it - there must always be a topic to start a discussion.

In fact, the class has only been going on for a week and there is nothing much to discuss. For other students, there are still problems that they did not understand from the previous school year. The students gathered here are basically those who are interested in the Anti-Dark Arts course. How can they hide problems for a whole holiday?

They are just some questions that I didn't understand when I was preparing for the semester, and the depth of the content taught in class. Interspersed in between are some random anecdotes and some general knowledge about the situations that you may encounter during adventures.

But it's really fun - the kind of fun that's a waste of time.

This made the Transfiguration Book that Andrew had originally intended to use to kill time completely useless.

'It's quite interesting.'

...

"Okay, that's it for today," Professor Nina announced happily. "We'll start our party next week. Help me collect students' responses this week. Just consider these desserts as your reward. We'll go to the Three Broomsticks for a party next week."

"Oh, right," she remembered something, "Classmate Taylor, help me send the two younger students back to school. As for the rest of you, um, do you want to follow me for a walk or go back to your previous group?"

...

'It's just about receiving, not delivering.'

Andrew complained silently and stood up. "Okay, let's go. By the way, if you plan to buy some snacks, I can give you some time."

(End of this chapter)