Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 299 Studying? Study my ass!

"Because the world of Muggles is currently in the midst of the Third Scientific and Technological Revolution."

When Padma Petit asked why the Third Scientific and Technological Revolution had no end date, Professor Bubbaji remarked:

"The wisdom of Muggles is remarkable. Perhaps the third scientific and technological revolution will only truly end when the fourth scientific and technological revolution begins in the new century."

"Very well, let's start with Muggle history today. Does anyone know about the four ancient civilizations of the world?"

For wizards from pure-blood families, Muggle studies courses are more interesting than they imagined.

But for wizards of Muggle or pure-blood origin, the situation is somewhat delicate.

Just as Hermione said before choosing the course, studying Muggles from a wizard's perspective is indeed an interesting thing.

What's interesting is that they need to change their mindset.

To put it simply, they used to think that a gun was a gun, a cell phone was a cell phone, and a high-speed train was a high-speed train.

But after taking this course, guns became magic wands, cell phones became two-way mirrors, and high-speed trains became immature apparition magic.

When get out of class ended, Harry, seeing Hermione still looking somewhat sullen, couldn't help but offer some words of comfort:
"It's just a title, there's no need to take it so seriously. Hermione, you got more points than the entire house combined... Hermione?"

Harry was suddenly surprised to find that Hermione, who had just walked out of the classroom with Sherlock, was nowhere to be seen.

"Sherlock, Hermione..."

"Where."

Following Sherlock's gaze, Harry was surprised to find Hermione emerging from the classroom, panting heavily.

She was holding her schoolbag in one hand and stuffing something under her robe with the other.

Where are you looking?!

Seeing Sherlock and Harry's gazes, Hermione said somewhat irritably.

"No, Hermione, you..."

"What's wrong with me?"

"What did you do? You were just next to us, and in the blink of an eye you were gone. I didn't even know when you left."

Harry glanced at Hermione, then at Sherlock. "I used to think only Sherlock could appear and disappear so mysteriously."

"What do you mean by appearing out of nowhere... I just went back to get something."

As she was speaking, her backpack suddenly ripped open.

This time Harry wasn't surprised, because he clearly saw that Hermione's bag contained more than a dozen thick books.

"Should we bring them all? Even with the Muggle research that just ended, all we have left today are herbs, magical history, and astronomy..."

"Yes, yes, I'm still angry about it."

Hermione seemed to only just realize what was happening, and began to complain with a disgruntled expression:
"Professor Bubbaji is really frustrating. My answer could have gotten full marks!"
As far as I know, there have been three industrial revolutions in Muggle history, not any scientific or technological revolutions.

Harry didn't answer; he felt there was something incongruous between Hermione's words and actions.

She was sullen when get out of class ended, and I even tried to comfort her.

He ran back to get his things in the blink of an eye, as if he had forgotten about it, but then remembered it a moment later.

"Human understanding of things is never static. Perhaps one day in the future, the concept of knowledge will really change—at that time, it wouldn't be wrong to say that there have been three industrial revolutions."

Sherlock's gaze slowly swept over Hermione.

"Cough cough."

For some reason, Hermione felt uneasy under Sherlock's gaze; she felt as if Sherlock's gray eyes could see right through her.

She tried hard not to blush, but she could still feel her face burning.

"Well, let's hurry up and go to our herbalism class. I hope Professor Sprout can go on quickly. I suddenly feel a bit hungry."

By the way, Sherlock, why didn't Professor Bubbaggy give you any extra points?

"Because I didn't write the answers to half of the questions."

"..."

Compared to the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, which fluctuates in quality every year, and the few new courses added this semester, the other courses are progressing steadily, basically following the curriculum standards.

Herbal medicine classes are no exception.

Aside from Hermione's exceptional talent, Neville continued to perform exceptionally well.

Professor Sprout taught them to start studying bubble pods.

This is a very interesting magical plant that grows plump, pink pods filled with shiny beans.

Its unique feature is that it blooms immediately upon contact with a solid object.

Although the flowers are very beautiful, they are somewhat inconvenient for researchers studying this amazing plant, so they have to be extra careful when handling it.

Fortunately, Professor Sprout had given them a heads-up beforehand, so the students were extra careful during the operation and didn't cause any trouble.

How about the Muggle Studies course?

Ron took a moment to ask Harry a question.

"That's quite interesting. I think you should study it carefully."

"Study? Study my ass!"

Ron chuckled, trying to keep his voice down. "I've already chosen two courses, I don't want to add any more burden to myself!"

Speaking of which, I did learn a Muggle saying from Dean, and I feel it might be applicable to the magical world as well.

"What?"

"Sixty points is a long time, sixty-one points is a waste, fifty-nine points is a crime!"

"..."

Harry, seeing Ron's smug look, was momentarily speechless. "Don't look at me like that. Don't forget Sherlock only got A's in several subjects in the first term. He must be thinking the same thing, right, Sherlock?"

Sherlock, who was fiddling with the bean pods, turned and glanced at Ron: (＿)

"Hey, what's with that look you're giving me?"

Although Sherlock didn't speak, Ron understood what he meant.

Harry and Hermione couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The afternoon's History of Magic class was the least disruptive class in the past three years.

Apart from Hermione asking Professor Binns about the Chamber of Secrets last year, this is a course used for hypnosis.

As the saying goes, when a ghost gives a lecture, it's all nonsense.

The whole class was drowsy.

"Look!"

Ron, who was almost asleep, glanced at Hermione and, as if he had discovered a new continent, lowered his voice and spoke to Sherlock and Harry.

Hermione was still holding the quill pen, but her head was nodding, clearly she was about to fall asleep.

"It's surprising that she can fall asleep like that?"

“That’s always been the case in the history of magic. You almost fell asleep just now too.”

“You’re right, but the problem is she’s Hermione. When have you ever seen Hermione sleeping in class?”

"Now."

“…Harry, I’m starting to notice that you and Hermione are talking more and more like Sherlock.”

"I'm just stating the facts."

"It looks even more like it now."

Sherlock glanced at Harry and Ron, who were whispering amongst themselves, then at Hermione beside him, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.

interesting.

Despite already having models of galactic activity, Sherlock and Hermione decided to take two astronomy lessons first.

It was quite late when the astronomy class ended, and the young wizards yawned as they returned to their dormitories, washed up, and went to sleep.

Wednesday's classes consist of spellcasting, transfiguration, and ancient runes and arithmetic divination, which still involve time conflicts.

Since the elective class was in the afternoon, Ron didn't go to sleep, but instead went to play wizard chess with Seamus.

The Charms class is notoriously noisy and chaotic because the course requires a lot of practice and exercises.

This continued even after the third grade.

In the first class of the new school year, Professor Flitwick did not teach any new spells. Instead, he led the students in reviewing the Restoration Charm and Levitation Charm they had learned before.

The result, however, was not as expected.

The Restoration Charm is somewhat better, perhaps because of the characteristics of Gryffindor students, who use this charm more frequently than students from other houses.

Therefore, the class's performance under this curse was mediocre.

However, the levitation spell is more troublesome.

It was originally a relatively complex spell, and we didn't practice it much, so as a result, a third of the students couldn't succeed on their first try.

Of course, those who had already moved up to the third year were not going to fail, but they often had to try several times, which obviously did not satisfy Professor Flitwick.

As a result, the entire professor's office was filled with the sound of "Yugadimur Leviosa".

Seamus, who was paired with Sherlock, performed consistently and once again caused an explosion.

However, with Sherlock backing him up, he wasn't completely humiliated.

The Transformation class continued to focus on understanding Animagus. This time, Professor McGonagall's transformation demonstration received cheers from the entire class, which made her very satisfied.

In the afternoon, Harry and Hermione abandoned ancient runes and went with Sherlock to do arithmetic divination.

"We'll have to go to our ancient runes class next time. Including this class, we've already missed two."

On the way to class, Harry suggested to Sherlock, "I've heard that course is very difficult, and if you miss too many classes, you might fall behind."

“Okay, if there are repeated lessons next time, we will go to ancient runes.”

“It’s not too difficult, but there are a lot of things to memorize,” Hermione interjected.

"That's precisely why it's difficult!"

"If that's your view, then arithmetic divination is the same; it also requires memorizing many complex diagrams."

"What bad luck... But Hermione, how do you know so much? It's like you've already been there."

"Because I studied in advance."

As Hermione said, after actually taking the course, Harry discovered that it was indeed no simpler than ancient runes.

This is a discipline that studies the properties of digital magic, and the teacher is Professor Setima Victor.

Professor Victor paced back and forth in the classroom, a faint smile on his face.

Since Sherlock and Harry chose Divination during their last class conflict, this is the second class of the week.

By the third year, professors were less concerned about attendance in elective courses.

Even among the older students, there's a common saying:
I always skip elective courses, and I occasionally skip required courses.

However, Professor Victor was quite pleased to find two extra people in his class, and he even started telling them a story.

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