Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 159 158. Harry's First Lesson and the Secret of Spells

With the flash of the camera, the smiles of many Gryffindor students at this moment were recorded forever.

Butterbeer is not intoxicating, but it can make people drunk.

In the end, many people were unable to even return to their dormitories to rest, but instead slept messily on the floor of the public room, so that they had splitting headaches when they woke up the next day.

But this kind of drink naturally couldn't make Harry drunk, it only made him feel that he didn't enjoy himself enough, so later on, Harry simply slipped out of the Gryffindor common room, went out of the castle and went to Hagrid's side - at this moment of celebration, Harry didn't want to leave his big friend behind.

After seeing Harry coming to find him, Hagrid simply roasted half a pig, and the two of them sat by the fire, eating barbecue and drinking the good wine that Harry found in the wine cellar of Potter's old house. They didn't wake up until dawn when they woke up by the fire where the charcoal had gone out.

With their physical constitutions, they would not catch a cold just because of staying overnight outside. However, when Harry went to the Black Lake to wash up, he sneezed because of the slightly cold water in the morning.

A wonderful evening.

During breakfast, Professor McGonagall brought Harry a new timetable, and the Shaman Club, no, it should be said that the first class of the new semester of the Shaman Class was today.

An owl from the Ministry of Magic delivered a letter, which, in addition to the official congratulations to Harry Potter on becoming a professor at Hogwarts, also came with a certificate.

The main purpose of the letter is to prove that Harry is indeed a professor at Hogwarts, and not some madman who talks nonsense. By the way, the letter also describes the rights and obligations that Harry enjoys after becoming a professor, including but not limited to teaching appropriate content to Hogwarts students in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Magic, and providing necessary assistance to the Ministry of Magic when the Ministry of Magic needs it.

Harry even took the letter to consult Professor McGonagall. According to Professor McGonagall, the professors at Hogwarts were actually the magical consultants of the Ministry of Magic. If there were any difficulties in the corresponding fields, the Ministry of Magic would ask the professors at Hogwarts to assist in dealing with them - but this kind of thing had not happened for a long time.

Moreover, this letter of his was very different from the one Professor McGonagall had received before. After all, the course of Transfiguration had existed in the wizarding world since ancient times, so everyone knew what the professor of Transfiguration could do and what he should do.

But the Shaman class is very new, so new that the Ministry of Magic doesn't know exactly where to put it, so both the privileged rights and obligations are mentioned in passing without being clearly explained.

According to the convention of the wizarding world, Harry felt that it would not be long before he would have to work with the Ministry of Magic to introduce laws related to shamans - just like Newt Scamander, the master of magical creatures, wrote all the laws in the British wizarding world regarding magical creatures.

It is a good thing for professionals to do professional things.

Well, although he might also deliberately leave himself a loophole like Mr. Weasley did.

Generally speaking, the laws of the wizarding world are just that.

The exclusive classroom for the Shaman class has not been built yet, let alone Harry's professor's office. Professor McGonagall approved Harry's request to build an office next to Hagrid. Anyway, Harry is not the only professor living outside the castle. Professor Kettleburn of the Care of Magical Creatures class lives directly next to the Forbidden Forest.

The first class of the new school year was still held at the shaman altar that Harry had built at Hogwarts. Harry had not yet begun to screen this year's freshmen, so this class was only for last year's old apprentices - well, although Harry always felt that an apprentice who had only studied for one year could not be considered an old apprentice at all.

"Happy summer vacation, everyone." Harry, wearing a shaman suit, greeted his apprentices.

Filch responded the loudest, and the others were almost the same, but Terry Boot had a gloomy face and looked like he would cry at any moment.

"I told you, Boot, don't take it to heart." Standing in front of the guilty apprentice, Harry said softly, "You just violated the laws of the Ministry of Magic, but you didn't violate the creed of the Shaman, so I won't kick you out."

In fact, Harry had already comforted Boot after the trial that day. The little boy was crying so hard that he could hardly breathe.

"Uh, mentor," Davis raised his hand weakly, "I think... violating the laws of the Ministry of Magic is serious enough."

"That doesn't mean the Ministry of Magic is always right. Of course, at least in this matter, Boot did cause a lot of trouble to the employees of the Ministry. Fortunately, he is not yet an adult, otherwise the punishment he would receive would be far more than just a warning letter," said Harry, shaking his head.

"If you feel guilty, you can go visit the memory cancellation team with your parents in your free time. After all, they are the ones who have rectified your mistakes." Harry continued, "Remember, no matter what you plan to do in the future, you must first think over and over whether you have the ability to bear the consequences, and don't act impulsively."

"Do the right thing, Bute, and don't squander your power."

"I will, mentor," Terry Boot said, wiping away tears.

It was difficult for Harry to say anything about these assembly-line apprentices, unless his relationship with them became closer. Otherwise, after these assembly-line apprentices graduated from the seventh grade, even if they stabbed someone to death in society, it would not be Harry's fault.

"Well, it's all in the past. Look up and move forward." Patting Boot's shoulder, Harry said to the others, "Perhaps you have noticed that there is one more person in your class compared to last year."

"Yes, she's our Ravenclaw junior." Penelope smiled and put her arm around Luna's shoulders. "I thought you hadn't started screening new apprentices yet."

"I really didn't," Harry looked at Luna and said, "and she is not my apprentice, but my disciple. Let me introduce to you, Luna Lovegood, a very talented shaman."

"Hello everyone~" Luna greeted everyone lightly. She was not dressed like a bird today, but she was still wearing the fur coat that Harry gave her.

In Luna's words, a shaman must act like a shaman, otherwise the elements will be unhappy.

Really unhappy? Harry thought the Elemental liked the child very much.

Just like when Hermione and the others first learned that Luna had become Harry's apprentice, the other apprentices were also surprised for a while after hearing Harry's introduction - Harry clearly saw Filch gritting his teeth and clenching his fists, looking like he couldn't wait to take his place.

Well...it would be nice if it could inspire these apprentices to be more motivated.

Without saying anything more, Harry began to check the knowledge that the apprentices had acquired in the past year.

"... Overall, it's better than I thought." Harry thought for a moment and said, "You didn't neglect your studies even during the holidays."

"I spent the entire holiday carving the totem, tutor," Padma Patil said in pain, "and got at least two blisters on my hands. It wasn't until school was about to start that I realized that shamanic spells couldn't be detected by Trace... Damn the Ministry of Magic!"

Padma's words undoubtedly resonated with everyone. After learning magic for a whole year, they couldn't use it at home, which was really frustrating for the students.

"At least your totem is now carved very well, with clear lines and no ambiguity," Harry consoled with a smile.

"So, mentor, can we start building connections with the next element?" Zacharias Smith asked eagerly, "It would be too boring to just connect with the earth element."

Harry couldn't help but frowned at the boy, who was very impatient no matter what he did, which was different from the usual style of Hufflepuff house.

Judging from the way he checked the learning progress just now, this Smith was the worst one. The totem pattern he handed in as his holiday homework was crude, and many of the text symbols were extremely wrong. If he were to ask the elements to evaluate it, it would be more like an insult to the elements.

It would be fine if it was just like that. The knowledge you have already learned is not yet mastered, and now you are asking to learn new things here - forget it.

After thinking about it, Harry did not say any words of advice to Smith.

Unlike professional professors like Professor McGonagall, Harry never felt that he had any responsibility to make these ordinary apprentices learn something - in fact, even Professor McGonagall would not force anything on those students who were always unwilling to learn. Magic is a dangerous art, and only those who truly love magic can be favored by magic and go further than most people.

This kind of thing cannot be forced.

It doesn't matter if you don't want to learn, as long as you don't rely on the power of elements to do evil. With so many students graduating from Hogwarts every year, there are always some who are useless.

"What do you think?" Thinking of this, Harry looked at the other apprentices.

"Yes," Cedric Diggory scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "We just need to review what we have learned before and we can communicate with the elements without rushing."

Cedric's words aroused a chorus of approval. For apprentices like him and Hermione who learned quickly and had a solid grasp of the content, they were eager for more knowledge.

Harry nodded and looked back at Luna.

"How are you doing with what I taught you before?" Harry asked, "Especially the two languages."

"I only learned a few words." Luna shook her head slightly, then cleared her throat and said in Minotaur: "Hello, have you eaten? Give me something to eat."

Although the pronunciation still sounded a little strange to Harry, it was indeed Minotaur.

"Very good," Harry said with satisfaction. As for the connection between Luna and the earth element, there was no need to examine it.

"According to the plan, you should continue to learn more earth element spells. You don't need to be proficient in them, but at least you can be as good as me."

As he spoke, Harry raised his hand and waved it horizontally. The next moment, the soil around him flew up and turned into three shields that protected Harry and slowly rotated.

"Wow!" Ron exclaimed with his eyes shining.

"Earth Shield," Harry explained simply, "is a very basic earth element spell. It doesn't require a totem, but it requires you to be very familiar with the earth element. At least you have to be able to get a response from the earth element when you call it. The shape and size of the shield depends on your ability to control it consciously - let the element understand your intentions and transform into the shape you need."

"But is this according to plan?" Penelope said excitedly.

"Well, it's just the original plan," Harry nodded, "According to the plan, you also need to learn Minotaur and Elemental languages. Only in this way can you smoothly use the elemental spells that I know - of course, if you are talented enough, you can also communicate with the elements by yourself and create your own spells."

Harry simply looked directly at Luna when he spoke the following paragraphs.

"Unlike highly ordered energy like arcane energy, arcane magic does require strict magic formulas or methods of use, but elemental magic is different," Harry said seriously. "In essence, there is no fixed spell for any elemental spell. The spells I taught you last year were actually straightforward words to communicate with the elements."

"Plain words?" Draco said, frowning.

"Yes, it's not as complicated as you think," Harry said with a smile, "Just tell the element your request or what effect you want it to achieve."

"There is no fixed spell," Penelope said in disbelief. "I thought the spells we chanted last year were all - I mean, I even imitated your pronunciation and tone - Oh my God!"

Language that you cannot understand is naturally like a spell with unique meaning.

Penelope also studied and imitated Harry's spellcasting gestures and intonation habits.

“Hahahahahaha!” Harry couldn’t help laughing when he thought of Penelope’s serious look when she was chanting the spell. After laughing enough, he continued, “Never forget the nature of a shaman. We are the balancers of the elements and all spirits. Similarly, we will not force the elements and all spirits to fulfill our will.”

If it was to be forced, it would be a real spell - of course, Harry would not tell these apprentices this.

"Yes, we all remember what you said," Qiu Zhang said in a daze, "but I thought it was just a...style of doing things."

"This is exactly the difference between us shamans and wizards, Qiu," Harry said seriously, "We only need to tell the elements and all spirits our thoughts, and they will respond to our call. This is the shaman's spell - it's just that the elements and all spirits are willing to accept only a limited number of languages, and there are always some languages that they prefer more."

"I see," Hermione said suddenly, "So the essence of elemental magic is communication and exchange, so there is no fixed spell?"

"It sounds like it's getting simpler." Recalling his experience in the Charms class, Ron scratched his head and said, "At least we don't have to learn any wand-waving gestures, and we don't have to worry about which words in those spells need to be dragged out and which words need to be stressed. It feels quite convenient."

"That's understandable in a sense," Harry nodded, "but that doesn't mean shaman spells are simpler or easier to cast than other spells."

"Why? Great mentor," Filch said eagerly.

"The lack of a fixed spell may be the most troublesome thing," Hannah Abbott said thoughtfully, "It's like going to a bar to drink. Those guests who say they don't care are the hardest to entertain."

"Smart," Harry praised. "When you learn wizard spells, the gestures of waving the wand, the pronunciation of the spell, the fluctuation of emotions and a series of other factors will affect the result of the spell. When you cast a shaman spell, the sincerity of your words, the element's love for you, and even the element's own personality will affect the result of the spell."

"Of course, the existence of us shamans is also beneficial to the development and growth of the elements, so the elements will not deliberately hinder us or cause trouble for us. But in the final analysis, both spells are not easy to learn."

Only for beginners and people with mediocre talent.

As for those who have mastered the power of elements and spirits or the essence of wizard magic, these are not a problem.

"I think I understand," Neville swallowed and said, "In other words, the spells we chanted when casting shaman spells last year, uh, those words actually meant to protect me or attack me?"

"Almost," Harry said after thinking for a moment, "but it's not that simple."

"Doesn't that mean that if I want the fire element to burn the tree across the street, the spell I need to say is 'burn that tree'?" Ron said excitedly, "I think this is much more convenient than learning spells."

"It's not that simple, Ron." Rolling her eyes, Hermione said unhappily, "Didn't you hear...the instructor said that it depends on how much the element likes you? There are many influencing factors."

"...That's right." Ron suddenly became listless and said weakly, "The elements obviously don't like me very much, otherwise it wouldn't have taken me so long to see the earth element."

"There's no need to say that," Cedric consoled him, "Don't forget that there are still so many people in the castle who still can't see the existence of the elements. Ron, you're already ahead."

"Yeah." Seeing that he was happy again, Ron suddenly felt that he was actually quite awesome.

"Hmm...how about this, let me give you a demonstration." Seeing that his apprentices still looked unimpressed, Harry said, "That's great, you can also see what effects different languages and different attitudes will have on shamanic spells."

(End of this chapter)