Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Strong faith;

And unwavering confidence.

If the concept of "needle" in the brain is vague, or if you are thinking in your mind - "This is really difficult", "Can magic do this?", "I can't do it", "I will definitely fail at the beginning..." With such thoughts, it will be difficult for the spell to succeed.

The wand is like a guide of the magic power in the wizard's body, making the magic power more obedient and peaceful; while spells, gestures or magic rituals are more like means to strengthen beliefs and are the wizard's self-hypnosis.

A skilled wizard can make the world change according to his will without any unnecessary work.

"Very good, Miss Granger!" Professor McGonagall suddenly praised: "It's a very obvious change. One point for Gryffindor."

The students around couldn't help but stretch their heads to look, and saw that the match in front of Hermione not only became very pointed at one end, but also its color was a bit close to silver-white, looking a bit like a needle.

The brown-haired girl's eyes sparkled as she tried hard not to show her excitement.

Professor McGonagall said, "Miss Granger, perhaps you would be willing to demonstrate the Transfiguration process again? In view of the fact that..."

Before Professor McGonagall finished speaking, she heard a burst of exclamations from the students on the other side.

Wade's matches suddenly became slender and sharp, with tiny holes at the tail and a metallic luster on the surface.

Professor McGonagall walked over quickly, used her wand to levitate the needle and carefully examined it, with a pleased and satisfied smile on her face: "Perfect Transfiguration, three points for Ravenclaw!"

She put the needle back to its original shape and asked the young wizards to gather around to watch Wade's demonstration. Under everyone's gaze, Wade whispered the spell and lightly tapped his wand -

The match quickly lengthened and changed color, and in a flash, a slender silver needle appeared on the table.

Everyone exclaimed "Wow" in unison.

Wade raised his eyes, glanced at Hermione, who had a reluctant look on her face, and met a pair of emerald green eyes again.

The boy with messy black hair smiled friendly, his eyes full of surprise and admiration, while the red-haired, freckled boy next to him had a silly expression on his face.

"They say Ravenclaw is the smartest." After class, Wade heard the red-haired Ron say to Harry, "I understand a little bit now."

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After Transfiguration, the next class was Charms, and there was only ten minutes to change classrooms. After Professor McGonagall assigned homework, a group of people all headed towards the Charms classroom - the Charms class was still taught by Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

"Vade." Hermione ignored the differences between the two houses and sat directly next to Vade. She asked, "Do you have any other plans after class?"

"Get ready to go to the practice room," Vader said.

"That's good." Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I plan to go there and continue practicing Transfiguration. How did you succeed so quickly? Do you have any tips?"

"As for tips, you have to believe that you can do it. This is the most important thing—"

Before Weider could finish his words, Professor Flitwick walked in.

Professor Filius Flitwick, the Charms professor, is the head of Ravenclaw College. He is only one meter tall, about the same height as a three or four-year-old child, but has long white hair and a furry white beard. In order to teach these students who are taller than him when sitting down, Professor Flitwick's podium is filled with thick books, forming a staircase, and he climbs to the top of the staircase.

Some of the students couldn't help but chuckle.

"Well, well, children," said Professor Flitwick, holding his short wand in his tiny hands. "Perhaps some of you are wondering why we have to have this tiny teacher teaching us?"

Many students laughed at the professor's self-deprecating words, and it seemed that the professor didn't mind people joking with him.

"—or, what can he teach me?"

Professor Flitwick said, waving his wand, and a flock of birds flew out from the tip of his wand, flying around the students' heads. He tapped his wand again, and two books grew arms and legs as thin as bamboo branches, floating in the air and dancing.

The students applauded and were convinced. Although it was only two minutes, they had already liked this short professor - he was not as timid as Quirrell, nor as boring as Professor Binns, nor as strict and intimidating as Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape. The Ravenclaws couldn't help but think proudly - our dean must be the best professor in Hogwarts!

"Thank you! Thank you for your applause." Professor Flitwick said softly, "I think Charms is the most interesting course. A wizard who can't cast spells cannot be called a wizard. Of course, before class starts, I have to call the roll and get to know my lovely students -"

Professor Flitwick was calling the roll, and things were going well until -

"Harry Potter!"

Before he could get an answer, the professor let out a scream and fell off the pile of books with a thud.

The students were stunned and looked at each other, many of them looked at the black-haired boy. Harry Potter raised his right hand awkwardly and said hesitantly to the empty pile of books: "I'm - Professor."

There was another little scream from behind the pile of books, and after a long moment Professor Flitwick, with a scraggly beard, crawled out, muttering, "Oh, of course - of course you were in my classroom too - of course, I should have known -"

The old professor stroked his beard, gave himself a [clean-up], looked at Harry Potter excitedly, and said, "Nice to see you, kid."

Harry nodded and smiled shyly.

Wade didn't know whether Professor Flitwick saw the shadow of someone in Harry Potter. He was silent for a moment before continuing to call the roll.

The first spell class, of course, also started with theory. We only learned the simplest spell, [Lumos]. This kind of spell can be learned by practicing it twice at home before school starts. Therefore, by the end of the get out of class, everyone has successfully mastered it. Professor Flitwick generously gave both colleges similar marks. He didn't leave much homework, only three inches, which was basically a review of the key points covered in class. If Wade was a little lazy and handed in his notes in class, it would probably be about the same.

Chapter 15 Differences in Academic Ability

As the freshmen gradually became familiar with the unpredictable staircases in the castle, Wade's life at Hogwarts also fell into a certain routine.

The first-year students have a very easy schedule, with only one class a day and no more than three classes a day. The rest of the time is at the students' disposal. After seeing this schedule, Wade was very suspicious - why can't those students who complain about the professor's too much homework finish a few inches of paper on time?

In his previous life, when Wade was less than ten years old, he had to write at least 300 words in Chinese, which was called a "compressed language package". If converted into English, he could easily expand it to 1,000 words. After systematic training in high school, college, and graduate school, it is not impossible for him to write 10,000 words in two days.

After studying with Michael, Hermione and others for a period of time, Wade finally understood the reason.

Among the first-year students, except for Wade, Hermione had the easiest time completing the paper - at the very least, she would not make mistakes in basic grammar, and rarely encountered words that she could not spell. She was able to quickly grasp the key points in the text and then paraphrase them clearly.

The above points are difficult for the other three to achieve, even Michael from Ravenclaw.

Because they all come from wizarding families.

The lives of wizards and ordinary people are almost completely isolated - even if one of the couples is a Muggle-born. Most wizard families live in isolation, not only never actively contact Muggles, but also set up "Muggle-Repelling Charms" near their homes to prevent Muggles from accidentally breaking into their lives. Therefore, wizards do not understand how Muggles dress, do not understand the development of Muggle technology, and will not send their underage children to Muggle schools to study. In their eyes, this is no different from humans sending their children to be taught by monkeys living in trees.

There is only one magic school in the UK, Hogwarts, and there is no "magic primary school" or "magic university". In the wizarding world, children under the age of eleven are basically educated at home - if parents have time, they will teach their children to read, write and do simple arithmetic; but if they meet irresponsible parents, the children may not even know how to spell with a "quill pen".

Michael and his friends basically started receiving education from their parents when they were five or six years old, so at least they didn't have much of a problem with reading and writing. However, being able to read and write is different from being able to learn. Compared with the systematic education in Muggle schools, the family education of wizards lacks a lot of things. For example, when wizard parents teach their children to read, they don't actually cultivate the ability of logical reasoning and induction and summary - Wade suspects that many wizards may not have any concept in this regard at all, after all, they have always been dismissive of Muggle theories.

Moreover, the young wizards, including Hermione, basically lack the ability to quickly extract the key points from the article and understand them. For example, the young wizards can only understand "the temperature of objects A and B is equal, and the temperature of B and C is equal, so the temperature of A and C is also equal"; but their reference book says "If each of the two thermodynamic systems is in thermal equilibrium with the third thermodynamic system, then they must also be in thermal equilibrium with each other. That is: if it can be confirmed that the physical properties of the two systems will not change when heat can be exchanged, even if the two systems are not allowed to exchange heat, it can be confirmed that they are in a state of equilibrium with each other."

Little Wizards: ...?

A string of letters slid smoothly through the brain without leaving a trace.

Hermione was able to memorize all the content with her powerful memory, and then slowly understand it by comparing it with different materials; but most young wizards could only jot down a bunch of notes that they couldn't understand, scratch their heads and muddle through to hand in an assignment, hoping that the professor would be kind enough to give them an A (pass).

Moreover, 11-year-old children are away from their parents to study in boarding schools, and the discipline of the college professors is not strict - even Professor McGonagall or Professor Snape, who are known for their strictness, will not care whether the little wizards who have no classes sleep in the dormitory or play games in the lounge. This relaxed environment is naturally a great test of the self-control of minors. Laziness and playing are human nature, but learning is not. Learning is only interesting to a very small number of people.

For example, Hermione.

For example, Vader.

In just half a month, the two stood out from the first-year students. The difference was that Hermione was strict with herself and others, and she firmly refused to copy homework or violate school rules; while Wade never minded others copying his homework, and when he was studying hard and practicing spells in the practice room, he never forced others to work hard with him.

Wade actually understood the laziness of teenagers in learning, as he had been like that in his previous life. In this life, he worked harder than others, not because he loved learning, but because he loved magic - because to him, magic was not an innate, natural ability, so he cherished this opportunity more than anyone else in the school.

Once again, practice was almost done until curfew time, and Wade hurried back to Ravenclaw Tower. At this time, the corridor outside was completely quiet, as if everyone was asleep. But once he entered the lounge, he felt that it was still too early.

Hogwarts has a curfew, but no lights-out time. If students want, they can stay in the brightly lit common room all night. At this time, there are many students of all grades in the Ravenclaw common room - there are couples in love sitting on the sofa in the corner talking sweetly, there are bored little wizards playing wizard chess on the round tea table, and there are senior students writing quickly to finish their homework.

Although there were many people, it did not seem noisy, and the Ravenclaws consciously lowered their voices when talking.

Seven or eight people gathered on the sofa in front of the fireplace, and from time to time, the sound of girls giggling could be heard. Wade glanced over there, and without paying much attention, he found a secluded corner to sit down, reading a book and taking notes.

Michael in the crowd saw this, he smiled and said a few words to the girl next to him, then walked over and sat down next to Wade.

"Studying so late again?" Michael leaned on the table and said, "Wade, we have been in school for less than a month, and you have almost finished learning all the content of the first grade. What did you do with the rest of the time? I don't mean to say that you are working too hard. Sometimes you should relax. Wade, brother, do you know how many girls want to meet you?"

He raised an eyebrow towards the fireplace, causing another round of laughter among the girls.

Wade put down his quill, looked at Michael quietly with his grey eyes, and asked, "I don't know. But Michael - do you know how long we can stay in Hogwarts?"

Chapter 16 Time waits for no one

"What?" Michael looked confused.

The school system of Hogwarts is seven years, but if you do not pass any of the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examinations (also known as OWL), you will have to leave the school after graduating from the fifth year. Michael did not understand why Wade would ask such a question that everyone knew.

"Seven years." Wade said with some sadness, "There are only fifty-two weeks in a year. Excluding summer vacation and Christmas vacation, we can only stay in school for about thirty-eight weeks a year. Seven years is only 266 weeks!"

"Uh..." Michael thought for a moment, "That's right - so what?"

"So... even if I can finish a book in a week, that's only 266 books in seven years! But how many books are there in the Hogwarts library? Thousands and thousands! It's like a vault full of treasures, open for you to take at will, but you come in and take a look around, and only take a small bag of gold galleons out. Don't you think it's a pity?"

Michael felt that what he said made a lot of sense, and he suddenly felt a sense of urgency in his heart that "time is running out".

"And think about it," Weider continued, "In just these seven years... no, in 266 weeks, we can ask questions to the greatest wizards of our time at any time in the safest place in the world. The one who teaches us Transfiguration is Professor McGonagall, one of the only seven Animagus since the 20th century. The one who teaches us spells is Professor Flitwick, the champion of the dueling competition. The one who teaches us potions is Professor Snape, the master of potions... Although the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is not so good, where else can you find such a good learning environment after leaving Hogwarts? After graduation, if you encounter problems with advanced magic or potions, who can guide you so selflessly and teach you how to do it step by step? When you want to learn powerful spells in the future but can't find a way, won't it be too late to miss the library of Hogwarts?"

Not only Michael, but all the students around him who had become quiet at some point couldn't help but nodded.

"So Michael..." Wade asked in a deep voice, "Do you still think that it is enough for us to study only eight books in one seventh of the time?"

Michael, who had been completely convinced by Wade's theory, shook his head vigorously. He wanted to say something but didn't. However, when he thought of the two weeks he had "wasted", he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He stopped chatting with the girls and took out the "Beginner's Guide to Transformation" that he had thrown into the corner and started studying.

For a moment, the Ravenclaw Common Room became quiet, with only the sound of pages turning and quills writing. The two fifth-year students who hurried back during curfew thought that Professor Snape had invaded the Ravenclaw Common Room. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly and tiptoed back to the dormitory.

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Dinner time, in the auditorium.

"Something's wrong, Fred."

"Yes, something is very wrong, George."

The red-haired twins looked at each other, and both reached out their hands at the same time, grabbed a random Ravenclaw student, and pushed him onto their own desk before he could scream.

"What do you two want to do, Weasley?" The Ravenclaw boy who was pinned down by them said unhappily, "I don't have time to participate in your pranks."

"Huh? What?" Ron, who was gnawing on a chicken leg, looked up in confusion.

"It's none of your business, little Ronnie!" Fred pushed his brother's head back. The twins put their arms around the Ravenclaw boys' necks, one on each side, and asked, "Davis, what's going on with you Ravenclaws lately?"

"Holding a book while eating——"

"Walking with a book—"

"There were few Ravenclaws in the courtyard during lunch break—"

"Even Quidditch training is not as active as before—"

"I didn't even go on a date over the weekend!"