Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

Seeing Harry's actions, Vizette had just taken out a few silver Sickles when Harry stopped her. "Vizette, I've already put them away! Consider this... a small token of appreciation! Yes! A small token of appreciation!"

“Okay…” Vizette nodded. “Preparing a paper shouldn’t be too difficult. Basically, as long as you write down the material clearly and add some explanations, you’re done.”

“That’s what I thought too…” Harry sighed. “I asked Hermione last school year, and she said the same thing to me.”

After hearing this, Vizette sensed that things weren't so simple. "Tell me your concerns first!"

Harry picked up a spoon and stirred the sundae as he said, "Ahem... it's just that my pre-study papers always get lower grades than Ron's..."

"But our content is actually quite similar... I asked Hermione about this, and even had her look at our papers. She also thought they were about the same..."

“Perhaps it’s because the professors…” Vizette guessed, “have higher expectations of you?”

"Is it because of my identity?" Harry realized. "That's acceptable... but what should I do?"

“I don’t want to get a ‘T’ again! You have no idea how awful Snape was! He actually… he actually read my paper aloud!”

"I was revising and reading it aloud at the same time! And those Slytherins just kept laughing! Later, when I got my paper back and looked at it, it was all sarcastic!"

"May I see it?" Vizette asked curiously, "If you have it with you..."

“I left it at Hogwarts, and there wasn’t much useful stuff there…” Harry shook his head as he recalled, “It was usually something like, ‘Mr. Potter doesn’t seem to understand anything.’”

"It's all sorts of feelings, like I'm not right here, not right there... Anyway, after Hermione saw it, she also felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on why."

“I have a feeling…” Vizette murmured, trying to find some clues. “Do you have a completed paper? Would you mind letting me take a look?”

“I wrote a first draft…” Harry reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper, “It might not have been put away properly…”

The main ingredients of the shrinking potion include daisy roots, fig peels, caterpillars, leech juice, and mouse spleen...

Vizette carefully examined Harry's draft, trying to compare it with her own pre-reading paper to evaluate Harry's work.

Perhaps because it was only a first draft, Harry's writing was brief, but it was by no means careless, and there was no "this is bad" or "that is not good" situation;

Overall, it's a decent preparatory paper. It's clear that even though Harry doesn't like Potions class, he still completes his assignments diligently.

Vizette double-checked, "Professor Snape usually gives you... a 'T'?"

“Yes!” Harry sighed, looking up at the sky. “I’m used to it!”

“Then let’s look for some deeper reasons…” Vizet tried to analyze Snape’s reasons from his own perspective, “For example, Professor Snape… has higher expectations of you!”

Harry's expression was strange. "He...has higher expectations of me?"

"Wait a minute... I need to think about this..." Vizet took out her wand, pressed the tip against her temple, and slowly closed her eyes.

After a short while, he put down his wand, opened his eyes, and smiled, "I think I understand now..."

Chapter 133 Establishing an Understanding of Magic Through Homework Papers

Vizette had just cast a mental spell, recalling her past memories.

However, he wasn't recalling Snape's private lessons, but rather the time he spent learning the Weather Charm.

This was considered a private lesson for Flitwick. While Vizet was practicing, Flitwick was not idle. He would take out the students' homework to correct it and occasionally read out a few paragraphs to praise them.

When commenting on Hermione's work, Flitwick remarked, "Minerva would be absolutely delighted! Hermione's work is consistently of a very high standard!"

"If she can continue like this, coupled with her solid foundation and enough effort, she will definitely be able to develop her own understanding of magic!"

Discussions can easily spark new ideas. Through this memory, Vizet recalled that when he was first hospitalized, Dumbledore came to visit him.

Dumbledore talked to him for a long time, during which he mentioned a series of concepts such as magical understanding, soul, and talent.

As Vizet acquired more and more knowledge, he also developed his own understanding of the concepts proposed by Dumbledore.

Based on this, and considering Snape's annotations, perhaps this is the answer to Harry's question.

He had a new idea in mind: the reason why the assignments were mainly essays was to guide students and enable them to build their own magical understanding.

However, achieving this is not a simple process. If students deliberately try to build an understanding of magic, they may end up putting the cart before the horse and even find it difficult to cast magic normally.

It's even possible that a flawed understanding of magic could lead to the casting of existing spells, adding uncertainty and making the spell dangerous.

For this reason, Vizet did not directly introduce the concept, but instead tried to guide Harry.

Guidance is a gentler approach that can prevent things from becoming absolute and extreme, and it is much freer and safer.

If this method doesn't work, you can look for other ways to solve the problem.

……

Harry asked, somewhat puzzled, "What do you understand?"

“Let me give you a more obvious example first…” Vizet rummaged in his pocket, took out his notebook, and turned to a new page.

He drew a more vivid analogy from Hermione's example: the homework he saw when tutoring Luna.

Vizette pressed the tip of her wand to her temple with one hand and began writing with the other, quickly filling a page.

“Harry, you can take a look at this… This is Luna’s previous Transfiguration homework. See what you can glean from it?”

"Luna's Transfiguration homework?" Harry took the notebook and began to read.

I was lucky; Professor McGonagall gave me a beautiful feather… When I held it up to the sun, the patterns that appeared on it reminded me of the stars in the night sky.

I'm not in a hurry to cast a spell... I need to calm myself down first and figure out exactly what I need...

The seat by the window was very comfortable, with a gentle breeze blowing in; it was truly a delightful transformation magic class...

……

This feather is so beautiful, not a single tear or blemish... I gently placed it on the table, handling it with great care, because it once belonged to a beautiful bird...

The item I need to change today is a comb. The breeze outside the window helped me calm down and allowed me to easily imagine what this comb would look like...

It's as beautiful as a feather, with each comb tooth neat and orderly, adorned with star-like gems, like the patterns that emerge when it faces the sun...

……

[As I cast the spell, I felt a warm current flowing through my heart, like a gentle river, slowly flowing down my arm to my palm, then down my fingertips to my wand...]

A warm current gurgled and spread around the feathers, and I seemed to see the little stream at home, with many round stones in it...

These stones have been shaped by the stream; they're round and soft to the touch, and feel cool and pleasant to the touch...

The warm current was also changing the feathers. The feathers slowly transformed, the fine gaps between them opening up into flexible comb teeth, each shimmering with a faint light...

……

[Great! Professor McGonagall's lesson was very interesting. I didn't let the bird down; I successfully turned that feather into a beautiful comb!]

……

Vizette saw Harry put down his notebook. "How are you feeling?"

"It's so comfortable to read...and the method is so unique..." Harry tried to describe the feeling. "It's really unique! Why would she want to do her homework like this?"

“She is just so unique…” Vizette smiled unconsciously. “In life… she is able to observe all kinds of beauty and record them.”

"Ahem!" He suppressed his smile and returned to the previous topic, "Next, I'll show you Hermione's homework..."

He pressed the tip of his wand to his temple again, turned to a new page, and began to write. "However, this assignment is a little different; I saw it at Professor Flitwick's..."

Vizet also used a single page, but the handwriting on it was exceptionally fine. Harry brought the notebook closer to make sure he could read all the sentences.

The Tickling Charm is a fun and useful spell in the magical world. The incantation is "Grinning and tickling"... It allows the target to continuously feel the tickling effect until they laugh until they are weak and unable to move... I will discuss in detail the historical background, casting method, and precautions of the Tickling Charm...

The history of the tickling charm dates back to the Middle Ages, when wizards discovered the possibility of inducing laughter through magic… The earliest record appears in the book *Medieval Magic Spells and Charms*, which describes early forms of the tickling charm and notes its primary use in entertainment and social activities. Over time, the tickling charm evolved into a spell with practical applications, particularly in duels and defense…

[When casting the Tickling Charm, you must concentrate fully and eliminate any possible distractions to ensure the spell works effectively...]

When reciting the incantation, be sure to pronounce "Liezuhulala" clearly and accurately. The pronunciation must be precise, with each syllable distinct... Pronunciation is a crucial part of the spellcasting process... Correct pronunciation guides the magic to work as intended, while incorrect pronunciation may cause the spell to malfunction or produce unexpected effects...

……

Harry rubbed his eyes and ate a few bites of sundae before calming down. "As expected of Hermione, she wrote in incredibly detail! But her standards seem so high..."

He recalled his thesis, "I suddenly remembered my 'Tickling Curse' assignment... it was also with her guidance that I was able to write it."

"Although it wasn't that detailed, it was long enough... Her assignment probably went beyond that length by quite a bit..."

"After this comparison," Wizette asked, "what comes to your mind?"

"Thought about something?" Harry rubbed his cheek; he'd eaten too much sundae earlier, and now his teeth were starting to hurt. "I don't quite understand what you mean."

Vizette thought for a moment and said, "You might not be too familiar with Luna, but you should be very familiar with Hermione, right?"

“Yes!” Harry nodded repeatedly.

“Let’s try to put aside your impression of Hermione…” Vezel pointed to the notebook, “and look back at Hermione’s assignment from an outsider’s perspective. What kind of person do you think she is?”

Chapter 134 Seeker's Magical Understanding

“From an outsider’s perspective…” Harry muttered, seemingly understanding but not quite, staring blankly at the contents of his notebook.

"He must be a very meticulous person, otherwise he wouldn't have written such a long piece, and in such small characters..."

"He must really enjoy reading, otherwise he wouldn't be copying down passages from books... He's also very strict with himself..."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be so strict with myself, making sure that every step of the spellcasting is done properly, and using so many 'musts' to regulate myself."

He looked through his notes again, nodded, and said, "From an outsider's perspective, this is all I can see."