Chapter 686: Arthas, who is about to become a man tonight
As the days passed, the earth continued to spin as it always did.
The time soon came to the pumpkin festival.
Today's Slytherin first-year students' last class of the afternoon was Charms, and Professor Flitwick was on the podium talking about the key points of a new spell casting, and then let the students practice on their own.
Flitwick wandered between desks, correcting the students' gestures and spell pronunciations.
(๏ผ โขฬใโขฬ)ใฅโโฝโ"Fluorescent flash"
Arthas's spells and gestures were flawless, but the tip of the wand didn't glow like a flashlight, just a point of light.
Professor Flitwick watched for a moment, and Alsace, who had tried several times without success, said to the student, who was already sweating beads on his head, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Black. This is quite normal. โ
"Why?" Arthas looked puzzled, "Why can't I use this spell normally?" โ
"Try it with the magic wand you are used to making your wand glow." Professor Flitwick said.
( ฬฯ ฬ) ใฅโโน-=โกโฃ"Ryลdo"
Arthas pronounced the spell in Chinese, and then the tip of the wand glowed like a flashlight. He used to use this spell when he went into the mountains to catch crickets at night in the summer.
Professor Flitwick nodded, and he said to Arthas, "Spells with the same effect are different for wizards in different places, and the spells are in the common language of each place. โ
Arthas nodded, if the French wizards were asked to use the spell in English, they would simply use the Famasso Spell instead.
"Your current problem was also encountered by Mr. Zhang back then." Professor Flitwick continued, "Your problem is that the spells you used in the past have left too deep a mark on your body, so when you use English spells, your spells will be interfered with by your mind. This spell isn't a big problem right now, and when you use other spells in the future, there's a good chance that it will cause your own scars. โ
Arthas thought for a moment, then waved his wand and tried again, and found that his problem was the same as Professor Flitwick's words, saying "fluorescent flickering" in his mouth, and subconsciously "brightening" in his heart.
"So how did he solve this problem?" "He never spoke to me about it. โ
Professor Flitwick smiled, then said, "He told me about this on the day of school, and it is inevitable that you two brothers and sisters will have such problems. But he wants you to experience this feeling deeply, which is good for your future growth. Your sister seems to be doing pretty well, though. โ
Alsace would never have imagined that Professor Flitwick would be evasive of talking about Zhang's problem, because the thing had no intention of solving it in the first place. Anyway, the final practical exam only looks at the results, not the process.
Professor Flitwick scribbled a list on the blank page of Alsace's notebook and said, "Go to the library and borrow these books, learn about the theory of silent spell casting, and then think about your own problems." Although this is a sixth-grade content, I believe that your wisdom will solve this problem. โ
Guiding students to research and solve problems on their own is one of the professors' tasks, and Professor Flitwick is so optimistic about the smart siblings that he doesn't mind setting a goal for them to go over the course and then having them climb the skill tree on their own. At the same time, it was also a test that Professor Flitwick handed over to the siblings.
It didn't take long for the bell to ring for the end of class.
During dinner, huge jack-o-lanterns floated over the cafeteria, and various pumpkin products appeared on the table.
"It's a pity that there is no pumpkin flower stuffed meat." Arthas said as he dealt with the last bit of pumpkin cake on the plate in front of him.
Gianna, who was sitting next to him, brought herself a bowl of pumpkin soup, and she said, "What season is it?" Moreover, the pumpkins in the UK are not mainly eaten, more than 90% of the pumpkins grown in the UK in a year are only used as Halloween decorations, and less than 10% of the remaining pumpkins are used for eating. โ
Arthas was a little lacking in interest, and he whispered to his sister, "I don't know if there will be any accidents today." โ
Gianna said helplessly: "Isn't An Ansheng's life bad? โ
"If you're idle and have nothing to do, you can go and help Evelyn lose weight."
The first friend the siblings met on the train, the chubby little girl Evelyn, had recently been ordered to lose weight by her mother. Because she ate too many chocolate frogs to draw cards, her weight has skyrocketed in recent times.
As a friend, Gianna has been casting several "dancing youth" spells on her body every night in the dormitory for the past week, making her do broadcast gymnastics for half an hour.
Arthas, who was eating grilled chicken legs, said: "I used to brag that when he was at Hogwarts, more than half of Halloween would have accidents. โ
"In the first year, my father's men got a troll into the hallway. The following year, the Horcrux-controlled man of his father's Horcrux released the basilisk. In the third year, my uncle sneaked into the castle to make trouble. In the fourth year, my father's men were making trouble in the Goblet of Fire. โ
Arthas recounted to Gianna what Zhang said when he bragged, "Every time something is either related to my father or uncle, the people involved are all our relatives, so it's not surprising that something happens on Halloween." โ
"This is an inevitability in the course of history." Gianna said angrily, "It's a strange thing that nothing happened at that time, but it happened to happen on Halloween a few times." โ
At this point, all the food on the table was gone, replaced by a pile of snacks made of pumpkin.
"I'll go to the library and borrow the books that Professor Flitwick said, won't you?" Arthas asked his sister.
"No, I'm going to help Evelyn lose weight." Gianna said.
When the pumpkin feast was over, Arthas followed the crowd of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw upstairs.
The Hogwarts librarian is still the same as before, she married Filch nine years ago, and now she can't be called Mrs. Pince, but Mrs. Filch.
The elderly Filch now returns to Hogsmeade's home in the evenings to spend time with his family, so the night watchmen in the castle are replaced by the senior prefects of the various houses.
There are many students who sneak into the library at night, and many of them go to the forbidden book area. However, Arthas had a note from Professor Flitwick, so the prefects who were on the night patrol did not embarrass him.
When Arthas put the borrowed book into his "treasure bag" and was about to leave the library, a white light flashed in front of him, and then he lost consciousness.
When he awoke, he found himself lying on a huge rock, with fireflies of light flying above him.
Arthas quickly rose from the ground, and found himself on a thirty-foot-square platform, surrounded by a black fog in the distance.
Looking at the spiked ceiling that emerged from the fog overhead, Arthas's eyes widened, and he said in a voice that he could only hear, "No, this is the legendary version of Hogwarts where a man goes down a hundred floors?!" โ