A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 402 Norbert's Funeral

William boasted wildly, as if attending Hogwarts would be a waste if one didn't learn the ancient magical runes.

This skill of deception wasn't William's invention; he learned it from his professors through observation and experience.

Professor Flitwick hinted to William more than once that he was the most capable fighter at Hogwarts.

After having a few drinks, he becomes even more talkative.

During the first time loop, Professor Flitwick even had a discussion with William about wizards over wine.

It seems that Hogwarts has no one who can fight, it's truly as lonely as an avalanche!

From then on, William never dared to drink with the dean again.

Professor McGonagall has repeatedly claimed that the course on Transfiguration is the ultimate romance for a wizard.

She spoke with a devout look in her eyes and a serious expression.

Professor McGonagall seems to have forgotten that she also said a series of similar lines, such as "Quidditch is the ultimate romance of wizards" and "The School Cup is the ultimate romance of wizards".

Even Professor Bubbaji shamelessly told his students that Muggle Studies was the ultimate bridge to solving the wizarding and Muggle problem!

William followed suit, boasting that ancient runes were the foundation of all disciplines, which didn't seem inappropriate.

Anyway, it worked very well, and everyone was attracted to it.

After rambling on about all sorts of things, William finally got back to the point and began teaching the rather dry alphabet.

Thus, in just one class period, he witnessed Hermione's most ruthless side.

She was either answering questions or on her way to raise her hand and wait to be answered.

William wondered: Hermione, didn't your arms get sore from holding them up for so long?

As a student, having top students around you who proactively answer your questions is definitely a great experience.

At least if the teacher suddenly calls your name, you won't look confused; you can stand up and pretend to repeat it.

In his previous life, William lacked a classmate who was a top student like that.

Once, when he was called on to answer a question, he stood up in a daze and looked around.

In the end, he could only take off his glasses...and tell the teacher that he couldn't see the blackboard.

This is what happens when you don't have a single top student around you.

However, as a teacher, my senses aren't very good.

Because William had just asked a question, Hermione was already eager to give an answer.

Ignore it; if you go back, Hermione might kill you in your bed.

Don't ignore it, she answered so quickly. William wanted to give everyone five minutes to think so he could take a break.

It's understandable that William would take a break to relax and adjust his mindset on his first day as a teacher, given the immense pressure.

Besides, with only one sieco a month, William had to slack off in the face of this capitalist exploitation.

Is slacking off shameful?

It's not shameful.

Slacking off is a clever form of resistance, a silent form of anger!

However, despite Hermione's enthusiastic responses... if she gets any points, William loses.

To prevent her from getting more than ten points, William only gave her one point for each question she answered.

However, William couldn't keep up with Hermione's numerous and frequent questions. He could only give her a point after answering three or four questions.

Later on, William simply "forgot" to give Hermione any extra points.

Hermione's House grade remained at 10 until the end of get out of class.

If it weren't for class, Hermione would have already grabbed her wand and rushed over to fight William in a real battle.

Before get out of class ended, William taught everyone how to use ancient runes to cast the glow spell.

Hogwarts teaches the most basic Futok alphabet, but the ancient rune system also has many different language forms—Helsinger script, Mar's script, and Stangner script composed of dots.

William can use seven or eight spells to create the effect of the glowing spell.

Although it was the simplest magic, it made the young wizards extremely happy.

When I get back, I can brag about it: the four ways to write the Firefly Spell!

William also promised that if students performed well, he could teach them how to make disposable warm-up badges near the end of the semester.

Everyone was satisfied, and as they left the classroom, mysterious smiles appeared on their faces.

It seems they have found the real secret to wealth.

In just one morning, the news that William was the teacher of ancient magic script for the third grade spread.

In particular, the content of his classes, once it was leaked, caused great distress to many students who had not chosen the course.

This is what real learning of skills is all about!

They would much rather learn from William than take crappy courses like Muggle Studies and Divination.

In the end, it was Harry and Ron who regretted it.

Harry was immediately intrigued when he heard that getting an O would allow him to join Akali's Mystery Shop.

This is a great opportunity as autumn approaches.

Once he learns this knowledge, he will be able to provide on-site "repair" services whenever anything breaks.

Ron, on the other hand, wanted to make money!

He's really short of pocket money right now. He can't afford anything expensive and is green with envy.

These past two days, through the connections of a young wizard in Gryffindor, Ron has been helping a mysterious wizard sell Professor Snape's photographs.

For every five tickets sold, you receive a commission of one nut.

Ron always carried a small bag, looking like he was selling pirated DVDs, and whenever he met a young wizard, he would ask him a mysterious question:

"Hey bro, want a photo? It's Snape's, super cheap!"

Once Ron learns how to make warm-up badges, he won't have to do this kind of hard labor anymore and can open his own shop and go it alone.

Most importantly, given his relationship with William, he might not even need to do his homework; he could just coast through and pass the Ancient Magic Runes.

Can William still be held back and made to retake the course?

nonexistent!

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Saturday,

William, Hermione, and Anne crossed the meadow and arrived at Hagrid's cabin.

They were going to attend Norbert's funeral.

As an uncle or aunt.

This sounds strange, after all, Norbert's death is inextricably linked to William.

After he used the basilisk to petrify Norber, Norber fell from a great height and died instantly.

Speaking of basilisks, they grow incredibly fast. Given enough food, they can shed their skin every few weeks.

At its current rate, it will be over ten meters long and become an adult snake monster in six months at most.

But William doesn't want it to reach adulthood so soon.

Once it reaches adulthood, the basilisk's eyes become lethal pupils, greatly increasing its danger.

William thought for a moment, then found Harry and recorded a lot of Parsleyan voices from him, which he put into the crystal ball.

Then, William played it for the basilisk, which put it to sleep.

When a basilisk enters a sleeping state, its body will only develop slowly.

William would only wake the snake up when he was drawing its blood, and let it eat two eggs to help it recover.

As the three walked across the green meadow, Hagrid was already standing at the door of his cabin.

Hagrid was wearing a black suit that looked very well-fitting.

This was custom-made by Roy for Hagrid as a Christmas gift. After all, Hagrid's original outfit was just too ugly.

Hagrid's eyes were red, as if he had been crying for a long time.

"You've come," Hagrid said hoarsely, wiping away his tears.

"Yes—Cedric and Cho can't come, they're so sorry," William said.

Saturday morning is the Gryffindor Quidditch selection.

Autumn went to scout out the enemy's situation, preparing to assess Gryffindor's strength. However, with Harry in solitary confinement, she probably wouldn't be able to discern anything.

Cedric is even less likely to come.

In his words: Only William is so shameless as to use the corpse of a dragon to attend Norbert's funeral.

He couldn't bear to attend such a cruel funeral.

So he decided to stay in the castle and make wands... well, using Norber's dragon nerve.

To show respect for it!

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