A day at Hogwarts

When I woke up, the entire Hogwarts was covered with a thick blanket of snow.

Charles ignored breakfast and ran all the way to the greenhouse, where he saw a palm-thick layer of snow on the top of the greenhouse.

With the wave of the 460㎜ magic wand, a tilted tornado traveled on the top of the greenhouse, and the snow was blown into the air and scattered to the nearby open space.

In the past, someone used fire to melt the snow on a nearby greenhouse. As a result, the snow water flowing down formed a layer of ice on the surrounding ground, causing several students going to herbal medicine class to fall.

It was already halfway through breakfast time when Charles returned to the cafeteria. He immediately put a palm-high piece of toast, bacon, fried eggs, roasted tomatoes and sausage on the plate, and scooped out a bowl of milk cereal.

Entering December, the topic that students are most interested in is how to spend the upcoming Christmas vacation.

Especially those students who helped Charles work to cultivate plants. Charles promised them to settle their accounts from the beginning of December to December in advance in mid-December. When they were ready to have money, they began to discuss what to buy.

Especially this month's Hogsmeade Week is scheduled as the first weekend and the day before the Christmas holiday. Everyone has one day to buy things in Hogsmeade.

Amidst the laughter, Dumbledore suddenly announced something: "In the second and third weeks of this month, seventh-grade students will take a mock test of the Ultimate Wizarding Examination, and you will be given a transcript just like the real exam. ”

The seventh-grade students were stunned at first, and then started to cry.

Dumbledore then continued to announce: "At the same time, fifth-year students will also take a mock test of the ordinary wizard level exam."

Fred and George's wails made the candles under the ceiling sway.

"Don't worry, everyone." Dumbledore nodded slightly to the twin brothers, "The questions in the mock exams are all selected from previous exams."

Hermione originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with her, but when she left the cafeteria after breakfast, she was suddenly sandwiched between Fred and George. The two brothers were very attentive.

"Good morning, Miss Granger, the weather is nice today."

"Oh, your schoolbag looks very heavy, let me help you carry it...ah!"

George had to help Fred, who was twisted at the waist, to the school doctor's office.

"These two idiots." Charles couldn't help but shook his head next to Hermione, "Now I know that I have to study hard."

Hermione said: "It's not because you said you would grant loans based on their test scores. I think they want me to help find past test questions."

"It's really strange why the principal suddenly decided to do this. I remember that there was no mention of mock exams in "Hogwarts: A School History"."

Charles just smiled. This wasn't an idea given to Dumbledore by the person who turned "Hogwarts: A History of Hogwarts" into "Hogwarts: A History." It's not surprising that there will be monthly exams after returning from Christmas vacation. .

The fifth and seventh grade students who went to the library to borrow books today found a new bookshelf containing "Old Wizarding Examination Questions from Past Years" and "Ultimate Wizarding Examination Questions from Past Years". They were not there yesterday, but they were obviously newly added. of.

Fred was very depressed and his waist was twisted in vain.

The fourth and sixth grade students are a bit of a loser, and it will be their turn next year.

Dean Thomas saw the senior students in the common room not playing games but reading books. He was a little confused: "Why are everyone so scared? It's not a real exam."

Ron told him: "Everyone is worried about the report cards arriving at home before Christmas."

Dean suddenly realized: "It turns out that if you don't do well in the exam, your Christmas gift will be gone."

Harry shrugged and said, "I don't have to worry. Anyway, my aunt and uncle don't care what my grades are. The Christmas gifts they give me are toothpicks and matches anyway."

He suddenly felt that sometimes it was a good thing not to have parents to supervise him, but this thought never appeared again after a while.

Lavender Brown told him, "I think Charles will take care of it."

Harry was stunned. The quill he was writing stopped and he turned to look at Charles, who was writing rapidly with three quills.

"Um..." Harry asked weakly, "Charles, you wouldn't do that, right?"

Charles said calmly: "If you can answer one question correctly in every class from tomorrow to the Christmas holiday, I guarantee that you will receive a gift at Christmas that will make you extremely happy. "

The light of the candle reflected in the lenses of Harry's spectacles.

Unexpectedly, Charles continued: "Starting tomorrow, you can't sit with Hermione in class."

Harry's glasses and eyes suddenly dimmed.

Simo immediately said: "Don't worry, I will watch him."

Neville also said: "I guarantee he won't sit with Hermione."

Hermione just glanced at the boy and continued reading her book.

Hogwarts is quietly changing, and students are more motivated to study.

The fifth and seventh grade students returned to their dormitories much later than before, but it was Charles and Hermione who stayed until the end.

Hermione put the bookmark in place and closed the book. She turned her head and looked at Charles intently, as if she was thinking about something.

After a while, the flames in the fireplace gradually weakened. When Charles turned back to add firewood, he realized that she was looking at him.

"What?" Charles thought her eyes were strange.

Hermione asked: "What you and Harry just said."

"Oh." Charles thought he knew what she was going to say, "What do you want for Christmas, a handbag?"

Hermione shook her head and said, "No."

"Are you asking me to introduce you to your boyfriend?" Charles pinched his chin, "Then let me introduce Beckham to you."

Hermione was so angry that she wanted to pick up Crookshanks in her lap and hit him. Ruby, who was lying on the long table digesting her late night snack, immediately got up and spread her wings to stop her.

Crookshanks escaped, hiding behind Ruby and shivering.

Charles began to collect the pay stubs of students working in the greenhouse on the table, and while collecting them, he asked, "What new discoveries have you made?"

Hermione said to him seriously: "What you just said was that Harry would receive a gift that makes him happy, not that you gave him a gift that made him happy."

Charles didn't expect that she would find it, so he just said: "You are over-interpreting it."

Hermione continued to say seriously: "I have always felt that you are hiding a lot of things. I have felt this way since we first met."

Charles smiled and brought up another topic: "I plan to discuss something with Professor Dumbledore in the future, to establish a higher-level institution in the academic field so that wizards who graduate from seventh grade can have someone who can specialize in studying and A place to learn deeper magic.”

"I've been thinking that a place like that would be more suitable for you."

After he finished speaking, he didn't give Hermione time to speak, and ran away with the ruby ​​on his shoulders.