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In Professor Phyllis Kate's office, Leah Price from Ravenclaw House, Hermione Granger from Gryffindor House, Draco Malfoy from Slytherin House, William MacLeod from Hufflepuff House, and the members of the four history interest groups were chatting casually.

"Hermione, as a Gryffindor, Harry Potter is a little too daring." Draco said sarcastically.

The fact that Harry was frightened unconscious by the Dementors on the Hogwarts train has spread throughout the school, especially Slytherin, who likes to taunt the boy who won't die.

Hermione replied unceremoniously, "Draco, just mind yourself, don't have nothing to do." ”

Sitting on the sofa, looking through the fashion magazines on the coffee table, Leah said, "Stop arguing, can't you just stop for a while?" "The conflict between Gryffindor and Slytherin seems to be innate, and when they meet, they will quarrel.

Hermione and Draco glared at each other, but they didn't continue to argue, this was Professor Kate's office after all, and they were both members of the history interest group, so it was a bit inappropriate to quarrel here.

Putting Draco in the back of her mind, Hermione said to Leah, who was sitting next to her, "Have you ever taken a divination class?" Professor Trelawney's course is so boring, do you think divination is reliable? ”

"I've been on it once." Leah put the magazine down and said, "Professor Trelawney is a bit ...... How to say it, so I don't know if the subject of divination is worth studying, and you can ask Professor Kate when she comes back. ”

Just then, the office door opened, and Phyllis Kate walked in, smiling and asking, "You're all here?" What are you talking about? ”

Hermione said, "We're talking about divination class, Professor, do you think it's necessary to study divination class in depth?" ”

Phyllis sat in her place, and couldn't help but smile when she heard Hermione say this, and said, "You're also starting to think about the necessity of studying in various disciplines now?" ”

Hermione was a little embarrassed, during the summer vacation, she had written to Professor Kate, hoping to get some guidance on course selection, in her plan, she planned to take a dozen courses, and Phyllis replied: "You just need to take enough credits, if you are really free, read the list of books I gave you, take notes, and I will ask questions when school starts." On the back of the letter, Phyllis lists seventy-five works covering history, culture, religion, economics, and other aspects, and none of them are popular science books in the usual sense, all of them are highly specialized academic works. As part of the history interest group, Hermione first chose some books on history, and when she finished reading The Genealogy of the Absolutist State, The History of the French Bourgeoisie, and Political Rights and Social Classes, the summer vacation was over. At this time, Hermione realized that a person's energy is limited, and what she is determined to do is extremely difficult, and she needs to allocate her time and energy reasonably, and not let some unnecessary subjects occupy too much of her time.

Seeing that Hermione lowered her head and did not speak, Phyllis said: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, you all have lofty ideals, which is good, but how to move forward towards your ideals must be thought out clearly, no matter what path you choose, always remember to cherish your time and energy, this is one thing that all successful people must do." ”

The four students said yes in unison and said, "Yes, Professor." ”

Leah followed up, "Professor, you haven't answered Hermione's question yet, do you think it's necessary to study in depth in the divination class?" ”

Phyllis said to Amy, who was standing next to her, "Make me a cup of black tea." Then he turned his head and said, "First of all, I would like to conclude that I do not recommend that you spend too much time and energy on divination. ”

Draco asked, "You mean divination isn't useful?" ”

Phyllis said: "It can't be said that countless people have lamented the impermanence and unpredictability of fate throughout the ages, and divination has given us a glimmer of possibility, a glimmer of the possibility of spying on fate, but the fog of fate is not just able to be penetrated, in addition to requiring the diviner to have superb divination skills, but also need a suitable and appropriate time, and even need the diviner to inherit a special bloodline, in short, this discipline is really not learned by hard work, of course, as a supplement to knowledge, it is still very interesting to understand some divination." ”

Seeing that Leah was about to ask, Phyllis said, "Alright, guys, we've wasted a lot of time, we need to get started, Amy, get those things out." ”

"Yes, little master." Amy responded in a high-pitched voice and walked out with a large tray of books in addition to the black tea that Phyllis had asked for.

Amy brought the tea to Phyllis and handed out the books to the four students, three each. Leah looked at the cover, these three books are "The Treatise on Kings", "The Art of War", and "The Book of Wisdom".

Phyllis said: "These three books are called the three strange books by many scholars in Europe, and the wisdom contained in them can benefit everyone who has read these books carefully. ”

Draco looked at it and muttered softly, "Why haven't I heard of a single one?" ”

Phyllis said: "Draco, wizards have great power compared to ordinary people, but this power does not increase wisdom, and because of the population base, there are many more great scholars born in the world of ordinary people than in the wizarding world, and these writings full of wisdom will be of great help to the realization of your ideals, I hope you can learn with a humble attitude." ”

Seeing that Professor Kate was a little dissatisfied, Draco quickly stood up and said, "Yes, Professor." "Professor Kate is not like those professors at Hogwarts, who have so much moral concern, according to his father, this woman's heart is as vicious as Voldemort, for her, there is no psychological barrier to killing people or anything, in the face of such a ruthless woman, Draco has no usual arrogance.

Phyllis motioned for Draco to sit down, and said, "It's good that you understand, now open the "Treatise on Kings", and I'll give you a general explanation first. ”

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Leah: They have two new compulsory courses this school year, in addition to the divination class, there is also a class on protecting magical creatures, which is taught by the new professor, Hagrid. Hagrid was very popular with Gryffindor House, and it is said that the big man was a Gryffindor when he was a Hogwarts student, but on the Ravenclaw side, Hagrid's popularity was very average, and they still preferred the delicate Professor Phyllis Kate to the somewhat rough Hagrid.

When the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students arrived at Hagrid's cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, he was already waiting there. Hagrid was a little nervous at the beginning of the lesson, twisting his fingers and brushing his messy hair from time to time.

Seeing that his students had arrived, Hagrid grinned, a smile that seemed to Leah to be somewhat fake, and it was clear that he might want to use the smile to ease his anxiety. According to Hermione, Hagrid's first class was messed up, regardless of the process, and the result was that a student was injured in the course of teaching, and the responsibility of the classroom teacher was inescapable. And for the third-grade students, the magical creature they came into contact with for the first time was a dangerous creature like the Hippogriff, which was indeed inappropriate.

Although Draco Malfoy was clamoring for Hagrid to be kicked out of Hogwarts, as far as Ria knew, it was just a clamour, and the extremely worried Hagrid even asked Professor Kate, the details of which Lia didn't know very well, but it seemed to be okay, at least Hagrid no longer worried about being kicked out of school every day.

Seeing that the students had already arrived, Hagrid patted his large, rough but large palms and said, "Kids, this is your first lesson in protecting magical creatures, and I hope you enjoy it...... You're going to love these cute little guys, they're so cute......"

Lea saw that many of her classmates were already frowning, and Hagrid, who was so nervous that he was incoherent, obviously did not make a good first impression on them, but fortunately, Ravenclaw did not like to stir things up like Slytherin, although the quality of teaching was average, everyone still patiently listened to Hagrid continue.

Halfway through the elaborate opening remarks, Hagrid could not go any further, and he glanced at the students secretly, many of whom had obvious impatience on their faces, and it was clear that his speech had not impressed them.

"Well, I'm sure you're getting tired of waiting, those cute little ones will come to you soon." Dropping what could have been an encouraging remark, Hagrid ran towards his cabin, leaving a large crowd of students looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

It was only after five or six minutes that Hagrid came running with a large cardboard box, which he put on the open space and beckoned, "Come and see, look at these cute little ones." ”

When the students had gathered around, Hagrid proudly opened the cardboard box.

Unlike the surprise he expected, many of the students turned their heads at the first sight, and most of them were Ravenclaw girls. Leah said in disgust, "Hagrid, I'd rather deal with Hippogriffs than see these disgusting bugs. ”

Hagrid was at a loss and said, "This is the Flober caterpillar, don't you like these cute guys?" ”

Leah said, "I don't care what it's called, close the lid, Hagrid." ”

"Oh, okay." Hagrid quickly closed the cardboard box again, and then looked at everyone blankly, at a loss, not knowing what to do.

It took Hagrid a moment to recover from his stunned stupor, and said, "This is the Flober caterpillar, and what we're going to do this semester is to raise this bug." ”

Feeding? Bugger? Leah looked at Hagrid dumbfounded, completely unaware that she would have to deal with a bunch of disgusting bugs for an entire semester.

Leah called Hagrid to the side, took a deep breath, and said, "Professor, can I choose to learn Hippogriffs?" ”

Hagrid shook his head quickly and said, "No, absolutely not, do you know how much trouble the previous incident caused Headmaster Dumbledore?" No, absolutely not! ”

Leah thought for a moment and said, "Professor, you should also know the serious consequences that may have occurred last time, right?" ”

Hagrid said with some pain, "Of course I do. ”

Seeing Hagrid like this, Lia's heart calmed down a lot, and it seemed that there was still a great chance, and she said, "Professor Hagrid, you should also know what you are going to face?" ”

Hagrid took a handkerchief about the size of a tablecloth and rubbed his already reddish nose vigorously.

Leah continued: "It was Malfu who was injured last time, and if you want to prove that it was just his mistake and not yours, you only need one more student to go for a short time?" ”

Hagrid thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but you must not sell like this next time." ”

"No problem." Leah said, finally not having to deal with the bugs.

Hagrid found a relatively gentle Hippogriff for Leah.

The fur of this large creature smoothly transitions from feather to fur and comes in a variety of colours: dark gray, bronze, pink sand fur (red and white), shiny maroon, and finally jet black.

"So," said Hagrid, rubbing his hands together and smiling at Leah, "if you want to get closer." No one seems to want to do that. However, Harry, Ron, and Hermione cautiously walked towards the fence. "Well, the first thing you must know about Hippogriffs is that they are proud," said Hagrid, "and it's easy to offend them. Never offend a Hippogriff, as this may be the last thing you want to do. ”

That's when they're looking for a way to sabotage the lesson. "You always have to wait for the Hippogriff to act first," Hagrid continued, "It's polite, you know?" You walk over to it, you bow, and then you wait. If it returns the salute to you, you can touch it. If it doesn't bow, get out of it, because these claws hurt. ”

"Okay," said Leah, "don't worry, Hagrid, it's going to be fine. (To be continued.) )