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Chapter 657: A Simple Spell

"Amazing show of spells."

When Andrew finished his first day of Charms exam, he got this answer from the examiner.

Although he did not demonstrate any extra spells, nor did he perform any magic that was beyond the syllabus, he was sure of one thing - full marks.

In fact, there was no need to be sure because the results would be released that evening.

After the exam, the examiner in the group took out his paper and graded it directly, then gave him full marks and informed him and Professor Flitwick without caring about the rules at all.

Even the usually old-fashioned Professor Marchbank did not comment too much on this somewhat rule-breaking action. He just nodded and made some jokes with Professor Flitwick that night.

Andrew didn't lean over to listen to what was going on - although he would occasionally go to the faculty and staff table to eat, it was an OWLs exam after all, so he had to avoid suspicion.

But avoiding suspicion obviously didn't help much the next day. There was no finale in the OWLs exams. The first subject was spells, the traditional strongest subject at Hogwarts, and the next day was the emerging subject Transfiguration.

Things like the history of magic, divination, or the study of ancient magic runs are all put aside for the last garbage time of the week.

Although key subjects such as Potions are not placed in the first week, they are directly the first examination subjects in the second week, with the main purpose of allowing students to be fully prepared.

"Just pack everything you can at once, right?"

Andrew was also a little helpless, but the exam arrangement was like this and it had been like this for hundreds of years.

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"Did you see that, Dean?"

"Yes, a miracle..."

Dean answered weakly. He didn't know what to do for the Transfiguration exam tomorrow.

Even first-year students in Gryffindor knew that Taylor's strongest subject was Transfiguration!

But what kind of transfiguration was that? The spell directly broke through his ability to withstand it!

That was something more shocking than seeing magic for the first time. How could a spell be like that!

"So Professor Flitwick is usually holding back his strength, fearing that he might harm us?"

"What about Professor McGonagall? Is turning into a cat the least damaging way the professor could think of to our confidence in learning?"

Random thoughts were floating around in Dean's head, but he couldn't control them at all.

I was supposed to review Transfiguration, but when I opened the first page of my fifth-grade textbook, there was Andrew Taylor’s name!

How can I review this?

When he saw the name now, he thought of that outrageous picture. The other party standing there did not seem to be using magic to control the test subjects, but rather it seemed like he was using magic and those objects to play a symphony!

No, it's not just a spell, it's also Transfiguration!

But when it comes to Transfiguration, Dean is completely desperate - the recognized master of Transfiguration in the entire magical world!
...

"Forget it, let's just take it as a test of the highest level of Transfiguration. I should have been prepared earlier. I should have noticed this when everyone's names were next to each other during the Sorting..."

Dean just felt that a magic cast by a first-year student hit him across five years with great power.

“Just wait and see. What can I do? Just do your best in the exam…”

Time always goes by too fast during exams - fortunately, exams in the morning are not discouraging.

Although Taylor has abilities that the entire wizarding world considers magical, he still has to stay put and do his homework when it comes time to take the exam.

This made Dean feel a lot more at ease, but it was a pity that everyone didn't sit next to each other during the written test.

Nothing unexpected happened in the morning. If there was anything strange, it was that after Taylor handed in his paper, his draft paper was taken away by the examiners. At the end of the exam, Dean noticed that several examiners divided up the draft papers and looked at them one by one.

"That's not the case. It's impossible that some magic that will overturn the entire magical world's cognition will appear during the exam?"

Dean looked on in confusion, but obediently left the examination room to prepare for the afternoon test.

He talked about it with the others at noon, but it didn't cause any commotion - after all, hiding Taylor's autograph had been happening since the Chocolate Frog collaboration, and although it had been just publicity so far, it had already made Taylor not even sign for the detention slip.

"Don't think about that. Do well on the exam, and come back and tell us about Tyler's Transfiguration. He hasn't been to class for a year, so maybe he has developed a new system of Transfiguration!"

Dean was entrusted with this and then walked into the examination room.

But unfortunately, Taylor's name did not appear this time - the rest of the people came in the original order, but Taylor was the only one missing.

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"Last cast?"

Andrew looked at Professor McGonagall and was stunned. He had prepared for the exam, but this happened in the end?
"It is a Transfiguration after all. The students were affected yesterday. The examiners are expecting you to perform a miracle, but after all, the rest of the students still have to take the exam."

Professor McGonagall shook her head. "You can go after they finish their exams. It won't have any impact anyway."

Although she also looked forward to Taylor giving the examiners a big surprise, she was the vice-principal of the school.

"Okay, Professor."

Andrew nodded. "By the way, I noticed during the exam yesterday that some of the restrictions in the exam room have been lifted?"

"Yes, but there is only that room," the professor nodded, "If you want to perform under the full protection of the school, I'm afraid even graduates will find it difficult to pass, let alone fifth-year students - you are not unaware of the passing rate of the OWLs exam every year."

It's not very high - there's nothing you can do about it, that's the situation at Hogwarts.

Andrew nodded and prepared for the magic in the next exam.

Since there were no other candidates to interfere, he planned to try something bigger - such as a Transfiguration chessboard formation.

After all, there were other candidates present yesterday, so he could only follow the examiner's instructions and it was not easy to cast spells continuously. But today was different, since the venue was empty, he might as well use some of the professor's signature spells and get full marks directly.

I think the examiners will also love such an exhibition - even if the examiners do not touch the boundaries of the rules, they should be clear about the thing that is blocking the shapeshifter.

Andrew smiled and stood there, watching the examiners busy taking students away, and he felt relaxed.

It's not easy, the OWLs assessment - when you think about it, the magic he devoted himself most to was still Transfiguration, and the most successful spell he cast was also Transfiguration.

Have a beginning and an end?

No, how can it be considered a beginning and an end? We have just started to see the results of the Transfiguration in the magical world, and now there is still a confidentiality act blocking it!
"Then let's get through this first!"

(End of this chapter)