Harry Potter: Charlie and the Candy Factory

"The history of magic is an extremely profound course, and Britain is one of the oldest birthplaces of magic..."

"This semester will be crucial for you, as it will affect your studies affected by some major events in the second and third grades..."

"We talked about it in the last class. Merlin's father and mother were..."

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In the History of Magic course, Professor Binns was still as usual, using his tone of voice without any fluctuation, telling dry lesson plans in a monotonous manner.

With half-closed eyes, he floated faintly above the classroom podium, raising his head from time to time to take a look at the students below who were about to fall asleep.

From beginning to end, even if he glanced at the students who had really fallen asleep, he never said anything. He just paused and continued to talk about the next content.

The sunlight shines through the stained glass in the classroom and reflects on his transparent body suspended in mid-air, making the already inconspicuous figure become even thinner.

If you have just walked into the classroom, you will not even be able to find Professor Binns at first glance. Only his emotionless voice and boring course content are still reminding you of what follows.

Students, Professor Binns has not left yet, and this class is far from over...

However, in fact, unlike Professor Binns' backwater teachings now, at least when Charlie was still in school, Professor Binns' History of Magic was always the students' favorite course.

At that time, in his class, it was rare that anyone would make small moves, talk, or make trouble.

A pair of eyes looked directly at the smiling and kind old man in front of him, listening to him combine his long-lasting experience with the lesson plan, and talk about the magnificence, ups and downs of another era.

There is even such a description in "Hogwarts: A School History":

When lunch was approaching, the students reluctantly left Professor Binns' classroom. Everyone seemed very excited.

The species change allowed them to experience the magic of magic for the first time, and Professor Binns' history of magic made the children full of infinite reveries about magic.

However, until now, Professor Binns' original vitality may have disappeared along with his body...

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At this moment, among the young wizards who had already lost their souls, staggered around, and even fell asleep, there were only two figures who stood out from the crowd like chickens.

Hermione and Draco sat upright, and the quills in their hands quickly wrote down the professor's key points on the paper, causing a "rustling" sound, adding a little more to the originally peaceful rhythm of the classroom.

twists and turns.

Between the two people, Harry and Ron had become completely different.

Harry was lucky to say that although his eyelids were drooping downwards, he could barely support his head with his hands. While struggling with the sleepiness in his heart, he picked up the pen and moved it like a ghost drawing a talisman on the paper.

He recorded his notes in class in words that were completely unrecognizable.

Ron had completely given up. He didn't even pick up the pen and just laid it horizontally on the table.

His whole body seemed to have no bones, and he lay directly on the table, eyes half-squinted, and he let out a few unconscious moans from time to time.

"...How did they persevere like this?"

As if he had used up all his strength at the moment, he slowly raised his head and looked at Hermione next to him in disbelief.

Looking at the sparkling curiosity in Hermione's eyes, while taking notes, he raised his head from time to time and looked at Professor Binns floating in front of him, interacting with his glance. Ron's eyes had long been lying there.

After calming down, I felt a rare sense of shame in my heart, which was invulnerable to fire and water.

"Don't you find it boring?"

He reached out his hand, poked Hermione's arm tentatively, and asked in a low voice.

"No... I find it very interesting."

Hermione's eyes didn't change, and she didn't even glance at Ron, who was aside. She answered calmly, her tone as if she was saying a natural statement.

His eyelids trembled twice, and he was about to say something more, but was directly interrupted by Hermione.

"Hush, be quiet! Professor Binns is going to tell you how Merlin met King Arthur!"

Ron's expression suddenly became speechless, and he immediately realized clearly that he and Hermione, at least in this class, were no longer in the same world!

Then he turned his head, looked past Harry who continued to reluctantly draw the ghost charm, and began to change his target, looking at Draco.

"Will you show me your notes when get out of class is over?"

Unlike Hermione, who was born as a Muggle, and completely listened to the lectures taught by Professor Binns as stories, Draco, although he had been following the professor's progress, still had a tired look in his eyes.

After listening to Ron's words, Draco raised his head a little, and his neck turned like a rusty bearing, bit by bit.

After a pause, Draco said

"Violet candy...if you can get me some from your two twin brothers after class, I will lend them to you."

"make a deal!!"

Draco's words were like the straw that broke the camel's back. After Ron replied readily, "It's a deal," he couldn't hold his eyes any longer.

With a "pop" sound, the whole person fell down on the table and fell into a sweet dream.

"that……"

The conversation between the two reached his ears, and Harry cheered up a bit. He looked at Ron, who had his eyes closed and was lying on his arms with a happy face, and then at Draco, who still had the same expression next to him.

He felt that his heart was also moved...

After all, he really couldn't listen to Professor Binns's class at all. Instead of continuing to struggle pointlessly here, he might as well just lie down like Ron, and then borrow Draco's notes after class.

Come and copy it, and you can relieve the fatigue caused by not sleeping every night and running to the restricted book area.

Thinking of this, Harry hesitated for a moment, turned his head and opened his mouth to Draco.

However, just as he was thinking about what to say to the other party, Draco spoke first.

"Go to sleep. I'll lend it to you to copy after class."

Harry was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously

"Then...then what do I need to exchange for? Do you also want violet candy? Maybe I can..."

Draco waved his hand disdainfully before he could finish speaking.

"You helped me a lot by going to the forbidden book area every day, so I'll pay you back."

"Really...really?" Harry's eyes lit up and he confirmed again in disbelief.

"Um."

Draco didn't say anything else, just nodded briefly and returned his attention to the notebook.