The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

The voice of "Not guilty" sounded, and the little wizards who were watching were filled with joy. During the time that Tom was flying, these little wizards had already figured out the ins and outs of the matter. Newt brought students from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff houses. To them, one side was the honest and amiable Hagrid, and the other side was the hateful Lucius Malfoy. Which side should they support? Isn’t it obvious at a glance? The last name "Malfoy" was enough to make their choice.

Listening to the cheers in his ears, Lucius's face turned livid. He didn't expect that his case would actually be overturned.

Lucius was furious when he saw the jubilant little wizard, and every laugh was like a slap in the face. He flicked his cloak and left without saying a word.

"Okay, children, you can continue with class." Before sending the Ministry of Magic officials away, Dumbledore told the little wizards with a smile that it was time for them to go to class.

As for Tom and Hermione, they naturally wanted to go back to the castle to rest.

"Colin, why are you here?" Before separating from his classmates, Tom suddenly realized that Colin Creevey was one year younger than him. How could this child be here? Is he not old enough to take elective courses yet?

After asking, I found out that Colin was also old enough to choose courses. When faced with course selection, Colin's solution was very simple. He didn't sign up for all the classes like Hermione, but took the time to sit in on all the classes at Hogwarts.

"What do you think?" Tom became interested in Colin and asked him casually.

"Actually, I'd rather take courses like photography, but Hogwarts doesn't have them... I don't have much use for Muggle studies, and arithmetic and divination are too brain-consuming, so I don't plan to take them. Currently, I plan to take ancient runes and "Care of Magical Creatures class," Colin smiled sheepishly after saying, "By the way, senior, do you recommend taking the divination class?"

Tom certainly doesn't recommend it. Divination requires talent. If you don't have talent, why waste time there?

"Thank you, senior. I will send the photos to you after they are developed!" Colin raised the camera in his hand and rushed towards the large group in a panic.

The turmoil caused by Tom is spreading to the entire Hogwarts little by little. By lunchtime, almost everyone knew that someone was flying into the sky on a Hippogriff. Just because of the lack of information, most of the little wizards still don't know which two students can do such cool things.

During lunch, the true identity of the student riding the Hippogriff was revealed. After all, there were many young wizards witnessed at that time, and they simply couldn't bear the secret.

However, just when the students around Tom were about to move, Dumbledore stood up. The little wizards suddenly became quiet and looked at their principal, waiting to listen to what he had to say.

"Before the rich food turns your brains into a ball of mush, I have something important to announce..."

Dumbledore's eyes wandered around the audience, and after making sure that everyone was listening to him, he continued: "Just now, Mr. Tom Yoder and Miss Hermione Granger took the initiative to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic. A dangerous experiment was carried out and an innocent soul was wronged. Therefore, I have decided to add fifty points to Ravenclaw House! In recognition of the amazing courage of Mr. Yoder and Miss Granger!"

Although it always sounds strange to praise the courage of Ravenclaw students, this does not prevent the Ravenclaw table from bursting into warm applause. Today's increase of fifty points is enough for Ravenclaw to The gap between the Labor College and the other three colleges has further widened and its advantages have been consolidated. And they also heard good news after class: Gryffindor House was deducted twenty points by their dean today, and the gap between the two houses further widened, which made the competing houses with Ravenclaw In the House of Cup, only Slytherin has a chance.

Speaking of which, the professor who deducted points from Gryffindor the most was Snape, and the second most hated professor was actually Professor McGonagall, the dean of Gryffindor...

However, justice prevails, and Professor McGonagall's strictness won the respect of all teachers and students. Almost no one would question her punishment - at most, the little lions of Gryffindor would wail a few times.

Tom didn't care much about scores, but when he saw Hermione's raised lips, he became happy. To him, apart from Hermione, there was nothing worth worrying about in this world. Hermione seemed to have become everything in his world.

Hermione was a little embarrassed after being mentioned by Dumbledore. After all, she was completely passively involved in this experiment. But when she turned around and thought about it, she realized that she had indeed participated in the experiment—as the experimental material—so she accepted the honor with peace of mind.

Hermione found that after spending time with Tom, her face had become much thicker. But what she didn't know was that she had unknowingly brought about many changes in Tom. It could only be said that they influenced each other.

The applause lasted for a while and then gradually subsided. But Dumbledore looked like he's done talking, let's start eating, which was very appetizing. At the same time, a series of delicious dishes appeared on the table: large pieces of roasted meat dripping with oil, stews in pots, and various fresh fruits piled into a hill, with plates of salads dotted among them. Filled with drinks that are popular in the wizarding world.

But none of these delicacies could dispel the curiosity of the little wizards. They didn't even take a look.

There was a look of confusion on Dumbledore's face, "The dishes are all here, why don't you eat it? Eat it while it's hot. I've seen today's dishes and they taste great -"

"Professor Dumbledore, are it Yodel and Granger who are flying around the castle today?" Fred could no longer suppress the doubts in his heart and stood up directly to ask Dumbledore. He wanted to get concrete evidence from Dumbledore, and he wanted to hear more details.

Dumbledore was caught in a tangle. Of course he knew the ins and outs of the incident, but he also had his own concerns: If he told the truth in public, would it hurt Malfoy's emotions? In this story, the Malfoys are out-and-out buffoons...

Forget it, let Tom clean up the mess he left. Dumbledore's eyes fell on Tom's face.

Under Dumbledore's gaze, Tom stood up and answered calmly: "Yes, I rode a Hippogriff with Miss Granger this morning and flew around the school. Because I want to show my respect to the magicians." It has been proven that Buckbeak, the hippogriff, is not a cruel and heartless animal. It is a magical animal with feelings just like us wizards..."

When Tom spoke, Malfoy's face was almost the color of pork liver. When he heard Dumbledore mentioning the Ministry of Magic and Fred saying "hippogriff", Malfoy felt that something was wrong. As soon as Tom opened his mouth, he immediately confirmed that it was a hippogriff injury case that had a great relationship with him.

The looks from the surrounding students made Malfoy want to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, but his instinct told him not to make any move. So he froze in place, wishing he didn't even blink.

At the long table in Ravenclaw, Tom explained the matter in general. The surrounding students applauded again. To them, this is so cool! Several third-year Ravenclaw girls clapped and winked wildly at their best friend.

They were keenly aware of a factor: there was the sour smell of love in the air! Looks like a certain little witch is about to be tortured!

After lunch, Hermione was caught and tortured by several witches who lived in the same dormitory. The details were suppressed for the time being. After the Hogwarts school recruitment ended, life seemed to go by faster.

June has arrived all of a sudden. The day became clear and cloudless, and the little witches put on cool summer clothes. The hot weather makes everyone just want to sneak to the edge of the black lake with a bottle of iced drink, sit under the shade of the tree, do nothing, and spend the whole day doing nothing.

I can only think about it.

Why? Because for ordinary students, the final exam is coming! The problem is even bigger for fifth- and seventh-grade students: O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams are coming.

Everyone had to restrain their desires and shut themselves in the lounge and library to review - even the Weasley twins were reviewing seriously!

Tom felt that Hermione was getting more and more nervous. The pressure of preparing for as many as twelve courses almost overwhelmed her.

People who often take exams know that the efficiency of review before exams is often the highest one or two days before the exam. The two exam patterns that students hate the most are four-course exams in four days, and four-course exams in one day—and of course the inhumane Saturday exams. Finals week, when your last exam is on Saturday, is a nightmare!

Tom and Hermione were in a worse situation. They took exams one week at a time and took a lot of exams every day. Take Monday as an example. Tom and Hermione will take the Arithmancy and Transfiguration exams at 9am, and the Charms and Ancient Runes exams at 1pm.

Not only Hermione, but also Tom felt like he was going crazy.

However, there are good things that come with great pressure... For example, after Tom and Hermione finish their review, it is mostly late at night and the lounge is empty. Ending the day with a kiss might be a good choice.

This made Tom usher in the exam week with pain and joy. Monday's arithmetic was pretty normal - there was nothing to regret except not having a calculator. Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration was the hardest hit. One question actually asked them to turn a teapot into a turtle. This is a dead thing turning into a living thing! Even Tom failed once: the turtle he transformed the first time could not move, and it took a second transformation to give a turtle sculpture the ability to move.

So when Tom heard Hermione complaining that her turtle looked like a turtle, even he didn't want to talk to her.

If I said another word to Hermione today I would be a dog! Tom thought bitterly during lunch.

By the afternoon, Tom: "Woof woof woof!"

Hermione was still very good, and she successfully solved the topic of Charms class before the exam: Happy Charm. Because the exam was about this topic, everyone walked out of the exam room with a smile on their face, regardless of whether their exam scores were good or bad. If your partner is average, you're in trouble. Someone laughed hysterically and uncontrollably because his partner's movements were a little deformed, and he almost missed the exam.

The second day's Care of Magical Creatures class was said to be extremely difficult, but it turned out to be most likely false news released by Professor Scamander. The test questions are extremely simple. Newt prepared a group of salamanders for the students. The students need to work together to ensure that the group of salamanders are still alive after an hour.

As for Potions class on Tuesday afternoon, Snape asked everyone to prepare a dose of Confusion Potion. This is a confounding potion. The main ingredients are sneezeweed, scurvy and lovage. The key point is whether it can thicken the potion. If you can't, "excellence" will be far away from you.

The astronomy exam is in the middle of the night. I can only say that fortunately it is summer. Not only is it not cold at night, it is actually very cool. History of Magic was divided into Wednesday morning and Herbology exams in the afternoon. These two exams did not leave much of an impression except the heat.

Tom's Defense Against the Dark Arts exam was special: he became a part of the exam...

Generally speaking, the exams at Hogwarts are nothing more than written exams + practical exercises, but Lupine was different. He held a breakthrough exam. This will make countless little wizards still talk about it many years later - especially the fact that a little wizard in each grade will be selected by Lupin to become a certain part of the exam.

The third grade wizard selected by Professor Lupine is Tom.

Tom was stopped and taken away by Professor Lupin after dinner on Wednesday. He took Tom through a series of tests to prove that he was good enough to pass the previous exams, and then told Tom what he needed to do the next day.

So before the exam the next day, Tom disappeared.

"Okay, students, the exam begins!" Lu Ping checked the number of people and announced that the exam had begun after confirming that everyone was present.

The exam question is simple: outdoor cross-country, where the little wizards need to pass through a series of obstacles set by Lupine and reach the finish line. What awaits them during this period are not only various magical animals, but also people with ulterior motives...

The shorter the time, the higher the score. And for the third-grade wizards, Professor Luping also specifically approved allowing them to go out in pairs. The reason is also very simple. He believes that the difficulty faced by the third-grade wizards is much higher than that of other grades.

The missing Tom naturally attracted the attention of others, but with Professor Lupine's assurance, no one took it to heart.

After drawing lots into groups, the exam began.

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Nowadays, everything must be purchased in a group, alas... and the prices of group purchases are generally several times higher than the market price, such as 25 yuan for a pound of pork and 10 yuan for a pound of vegetables.

Fruit is relatively normal. The oranges I got in the group were probably the cheapest - only 7 yuan a pound, but I couldn't control myself and spent 240 yuan on 9 kilograms of Chilean prunes.

I hope the three of us can finish these 48 kilograms of fruit within the shelf life...