Dinner in the auditorium in the evening is not a pleasant experience. The news of Harry's and Umbridge's arguing spread far and wide, and even by Hogwarts standards, it spread surprisingly fast. When Harry arrived in the Great Hall, none of the people who were talking to each other seemed to care if Harry would hear them.

"He thought he was with a mysterious man—"

"Stop—"

"Who does he think he's blinding?"

"Spare me—"

Draco told the other Slytherins in interest what had happened in their Defence Against the Dark Arts class. Admittedly, he was quite fond of acting, pretending to be Harry while covering his forehead while jumping up and down and shouting 'I didn't panic'.

"Can you please let me be quiet for five minutes!" Harry yelled at Hermione and Ron not far away, then slung his bag and left the auditorium. People's eyes followed Harry until they couldn't see him.

"Oh my God! he's getting mad, isn't he?" Draco made a headache, and the people next to him laughed and applauded, and the other houses commented even more unscrupulously.

"To be honest, such a teacher. Can we really pass the OWL exam?" Daphne said solemnly. She hadn't moved much for dinner, and she hadn't paid attention to the crowd of people who were making fun of Harry.

"From the Ministry of Magic - Fudge doesn't seem to want us trained in martial arts. ”

"What—why?" said Daphne, incredulous.

"To be precise, Fudge thinks Professor Dumbledore wants to use us to form an army so that the Professor can take on the Ministry of Magic. ”

"It's crazy—"

"Yes, if we join Dumbledore's side, most of the Ministry of Magic will collapse. Phoenix looked up to see Hermione and Ron hurrying out of their seats with plates.

"It's no joke, the Defence Against the Dark Arts practice test in the OWL exam is important. Seeing that Phoenix said nonchalantly, she said sternly, "We are prefects and should make a difference, in the Hogwarts tradition prefects-"

In a different tone of seriousness, he said, "As a prefect, you have to think about the whole grade and take action if necessary. Hey, this was a rule hundreds of years ago, and it was still a special case. Now other colleges have long since stopped using the chief system, and times have changed. ”

He gripped his fork and shrugged.

"I suggest you enlarge your PA a little bit, it's good for you and me. ”

Phoenix stared into her eyes with his mouth slightly open, and after a moment spoke, "What do you say?"

"The family wants us to stay—" Daphne said in a deep breath and in an almost whispered voice, "wanting us to stay close." I'll join so I can cope with the family. You can also have the opportunity to meet more girls. ”

After saying that, he ignored Phoenix, got up and walked away. Leaving Phoenix with an incredible face, how could she think she was a person?

The next day, Professor Flitwick spent fifteen minutes emphasizing the importance of 0.w.Ls exams to the class.

"You must remember," said the short Professor Flitwick screeched, standing on a pile of books as usual so that he could see the class from the podium, "that these exams may affect your prospects for many years to come. If you haven't seriously considered your career, it's time to think about it. At the same time, in order to ensure that you all perform at your level, I am afraid that we will all have to work harder than before. ”

They then spent over an hour reviewing the Flying Charm, which, according to Professor Flitwick, was definitely something in their 0WLs exam. Before class, he assigned a whole bunch of spells as homework as he had never done before.

The same is true for the Transfiguration class.

"If you don't study, practice, and apply it seriously," Professor McGonagall said solemnly, "you won't be able to pass the 0WLs exam." I don't think there's a reason why all the students in this class can't get a certificate of 0.w.Ls in the transformation class, as long as they put in the time and effort they put in. ”

"Yes, so do you, Longbottom. "There's nothing wrong with you, just a lack of self-confidence." So today we're going to start learning the vanishing charm. The Vanishing Charm is a bit simpler than the summoning spell you'll normally practice when you're at NE.w.Ts level, but it's still the hardest spell you'll ever have in 0.w.Ls exam. ”

The Vanishing Charm wasn't hard, but only four people in the class completed it before the end of class, and Phoenix made it once, earning Slytherin twenty points. Everyone else had to practice the spell overnight, ready to try it on the snails again the next afternoon.

In the afternoon, when they went to a lesson on protecting magical creatures. It was cold and windy, and as they walked down the grassy slope toward Hagrid's hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, they felt sporadic raindrops fall on their faces.

Professor Grapeland was waiting for her classmates ten meters in front of Hagrid's hut, with a long shelf table with many thin branches in front of her.

"Everyone is here, aren't they?" Professor Graplan, seeing that the Slytherin and Gryffindor classmates had arrived, asked in a gruff voice, "Let's get started." Can anyone tell me what these things are called?"

She pointed to the pile of thin twigs in front of her. Hermione raised her hand suddenly.

The creatures looked like elves made of wood, each with brown, pimpled legs and arms, two twig-like fingers on each hand, and two small, round brown eyes shining on each flat, bark-like comical face.

Professor Grapeland grabbed a handful of what looked like brown rice and threw it at the dead branches, and they immediately pounced on it and ate it, "So- does anyone know the names of these animals? Miss Granger?"

"Tree Protectors," Hermione said, "they are the protectors of trees, and usually live on wand trees. ”

"Gryffindor plus five points. "Yes, these animals are cauldrons, Miss Granger is right, and they generally live in trees whose branches can be used to make wands." Does anyone know what they eat?"

"Turtles," Hermione replied immediately, "and cactus eggs, if they can get their hands on them." ”

"Good boy, add five more points. So, if you need to collect leaves or wood from the tree where the tree guard roost in the pot, it is best to prepare some turtles as a gift to attract their attention and soothe their emotions. They don't seem to be dangerous, but if provoked, they gouge out people's eyes with their fingers. As you can see, their fingers are very sharp, and it's not fun to touch people's eyes. Well, if you're willing to come closer, take some turtles, and take a tree-guarding cauldron -- there's enough for three people to get one -- you can study them more closely. I hope that each person will complete a sketch by the end of the class, marking each part of the body. ”

"Hell, why don't you raise your hand?" said Daphne, a little annoyed.

"Well, I'd like you to contribute. I didn't expect it to be so simple, you don't know. Phoenix couldn't help but laugh at why he had to answer every professor's question, which was tiring and troublesome.

In the last class, as expected, Professor Sprout emphasized the importance of O.w.Ls to them as soon as the class started. Phoenix really hopes that the teacher will stop talking about this in the future, and it is enough to repeat the important thing three times. At the end of the lesson, Professor Sprout assigned them to write a paper, and after an hour and a half, the Slytherin classmates were exhausted, with a strong smell of dragon dung - one of Professor Sprout's favorite fertilizers - and returned to the castle in a procession, no one bothering to talk much. It was another particularly tiring day. (To be continued.) )