Chapter 62: Butterbeer

One after another, people came in, and by the time the clock on the wall reached 7 o'clock, there were no more than thirty people in the room, including Professor Flitwick.

With a wave of Professor Flitwick's hand, the doorway he had entered was gone, and those who hadn't entered now could never get in again. This year's first meeting of the Charms Club, from now on, everyone here will be all active members of the Charms Club.

"Welcome to this year's orientation, and we welcome seven new members this year, and let's applaud them for joining. Professor Flitwick was the first to applaud.

A jagged round of applause rang out in the room, welcoming the seven new members of the room, who may seem to be small in number, but who are actually probably one of the largest societies at Hogwarts.

"Most of the people here have been to orientation more than once, and they already know that, but I'm going to say it again now. After the applause, Professor Flitwick continued, "The purpose of the Charms Club is to give the more gifted wizards a place to learn outside of the classroom and to interact with each other. For ordinary people, the learning in the classroom is enough for them to digest, but for everyone here, the learning in the classroom may not be able to keep up with your progress, so you need to learn knowledge outside of class. ”

"This also means that, apart from me, the members of the Charms Club, only minor wizards in grades one to seven, will automatically leave the Charms Club once they graduate. The card won't be taken back, leaving you as a memento, but you'll never be able to receive any messages again. Professor Flitwick announced the rules of the Charms Club, "You can still enter this place with your cards, but I think it may be difficult for you to get back to Hogwarts after you graduate." ”

"Usually I bring some new spells from time to time, and you also need to show some different spells at the party. It can't be innate magic, because those spells are something that no one else can learn, and there's no point in showing them. It could be a new use of the spell, or it could be someone else who discovered it yourself. The magic spells displayed at each meeting will be recorded in the minutes of the meeting, and they will be placed on the bookshelf over there for you to look through freely. Professor Flitwick pointed to the bookshelves embedded in the wall.

"This is the first party of the year, so let's start today's party without you showing it, and remember to introduce yourself to others and meet some new people. According to the old rules, there are 7 bottles of Butterbeer at the bar over there, which you can get through the Battle Spell, and you will get a glass of Butterbeer for each victory. ”

With that, everyone was moving, some of them started making friends, and some of them went straight to the bar. After all, butterbeer is rare in Hogwarts, and although it is not forbidden for them to drink it, there is basically no way to obtain it except for bringing it with them.

Only wizards from the third grade onwards can go to Hogsmeade's Three Broomsticks, where Butterbeer is sold. In fact, this contest is also being conducted by wizards in the first and second grades, and most of the wizards above the third grade will not participate, leaving enough opportunities for the freshmen.

After all, it's a welcome party for newcomers, and you can't watch a group of seniors partying there, but even if it's only a first or second year, it's hard for first-year freshmen to win. Although it seems to be the difference between one year and two years of study, it is actually two months of experience versus one year and two months of experience.

After Seamus entered Hogwarts, he rarely drank alcohol, and although he kept a little in his suitcase, he was always busy after entering the school, and it was not interesting to drink alone.

This time it was rare to have a group of people drinking together, and Seamus quickly walked to the bar, where there were only two chairs, and only two people were allowed to sit on them at a time, and there could only be one winner at a time.

"Hello, I'm Hicks Owen from Hufflepuff, second grade. The person sitting across from Seamus introduced himself first.

After Seamus finished introducing himself, he began to explain the rules of this spell exchange, the two of them need to discuss and determine a spell that both parties will use, and then release it separately, the more subtle one wins, the same person is not allowed to use the same spell twice, if no result can be discussed, it will be decided by coin toss.

"You're new, it's up to you this time. Owen said let Seamus take the lead.

Seamus nodded, smiled and said, "Then let's start with the basics, how about the glowing spell, and see who can separate more balls of light." ”

Owen agreed, both sides took out their wands, and began to cast their own spells, Owen was a little difficult when separating the ball of light, and reluctantly separated the first ball of light, when separating the second ball of light, the first ball of light flickered a little, but fortunately, it was released, and finally a total of three balls of light floated in front of him, flickering constantly, and finally extinguished.

Owen gasped and told Seamus that he was done. Seeing this, Seamus began his performance, with a flick of his wand, a ball of light detached from the wand, not like Owen, the ball of light did not float in front of him, but began to rotate around Seamus. Between breaths, four balls of light appeared next to Seamus, and at this point, Seamus waved his wand and extinguished all the balls of light.

"Concession. He put his wand in his left hand, shook Owen's hand, poured himself a glass of butterbeer, raised it above his head and motioned to the crowd, drank it one last time, and sat back down in his chair to sign that he continued to accept the challenge.

Seamus's actions ignited everyone's emotions, and George Weasley ran over first, grabbed the chair in front of the others, "Hey, I didn't expect you to join the Charms Club too, you just practiced that hand for a lot of time, this time I'll let you choose." ”

The twins had joined the Charms Club, but Percy wasn't there, and Professor Flitwick didn't like his old-fashioned personality.

"Cutting Charm, carve this plank into Professor Flitwick and see who can carve it better, only allow one Cutting Charm. Seamus was straightforward about his choice.

"It's not easy, you're very confident in yourself, I'll do it first. George said with a smile.

"Wow, I'll take a look too. Professor Flitwick said excitedly, stepping on a book and flying into the air.

George waved his wand, and a flash of light swirled across the board, and after the light passed, the edge of the board fell off, revealing Professor Flitwick's silhouette.

"That's all I can do, and I can only carve out an outline with a single cutting spell. George was a little unhappy, but that's the way the game works.

It was Simo's turn, and the same light flashed, but instead of cutting through the edge like George, it spread out from the very middle of the plank, and a large amount of sawdust scattered, and finally the plank on the edge also fell off, and the image of Professor Flitwick appeared, with features and beard, and even the buttons on his clothes, although in some places it was not perfect, it could already be said to be a statue, not a plank.

"Awesome, what a brilliant idea. Professor Flitwick was impressed.

"Damn, I didn't think of such a method. George was annoyed there.

Although the Cutting Charm can be controlled, it is like a stroke that cannot be written, and you can't make the traces of the Cutting Charm break from the middle, so George can only do this. But Seamus took a tricky approach, like a relief, cutting off the excess parts of the planks and carving them all at once.

Seamus poured another glass of butterbeer, motioned to everyone, and drank it down. Although there are seven bottles in total, each bottle is not too much, about three glasses, and there is not much left of the first bottle of Butterbeer.

Seamus still sat back in his chair, and most of the crowd gathered around to watch their battle because of Professor Flitwick's appreciation. No sooner had George left his seat than Fred sprang out from behind him and took his seat.

"I just lost to 'useless George', and I won't make the same mistake again. Fred grinned and said, "It's still up to you." ”

Although he was confident, he eventually conceded defeat in front of the seven fireballs floating in front of Seamus, who was rewarded with another glass of Butterbeer.

The back-to-back victories thrilled everyone present, with Cedric and Penelope all stepping forward to challenge, but it still allowed Seamus to emerge victorious. Seamus still had two beers in front of him, and he couldn't drink them for the time being.

Before he could leave his seat, another boy sat across from him, "Turce Gary, fifth year, Slytherin, I'll pick the obstacle charm and see who can push the puppet back farther." ”

Before Seamus could reply, Professor Flitwick said, "It's not up to spec, it's the subtlety of the spell, not the power." ”

"Then flock the birds, and summon the one with the most birds to win. Gary was denied the request, a little unhappy.

"I'm fine. Seamus agreed.

The power of the bird spell is not only the number of birds, but more importantly, the speed of the birds, which is the key to determining its power.

However, facing a fifth-grade wizard head-on, Seamus is not sure of victory, after all, time is a hurdle that cannot be overcome, and this wizard is also outstanding among his peers.

Gary waved his wand, and the dust on the ground rolled upward, condensed and magnified in the air, turning into birds, flapping their wings, and staying in the air. As he tried, the number of birds continued to increase, and the number of one, two, ten, and twenty birds finally stopped at sixty-nine.

Gary waved his wand, and all the birds were launched, stuck to the ground, and made a dull "thump" sound, and the birds that had condensed from the dust turned into dust again.

Seamus usually doesn't practice the spell of flocks of birds too much, because Seamus thinks that this spell is a bit flashy, and it is more used to show off his skills, so he has only practiced until Lv2.