006. Wand, Poor Newborn
The next day, Scott woke up early in the morning.
All three of his roommates were still asleep, and Scott could hear their long breathing.
They slept a little late last night, because last night's miniature concert ended up in a mess.
Scott admits that Milton was an inspired composer and cellist, and that most of the time his music was amazing.
But sometimes some of his inspirations are not easily accepted. Especially after he got acquainted with the members of the "Weird Sisters" singing group, his inspiration went a little more and more.
At last night's mini-recital, Milton played a few new pieces of his own, all of which were so beautiful that Scott and the others couldn't help but indulge in them.
Later, Scott, along with Roger and Eddie, sincerely praised Milton's amazing musical talent.
Perhaps they gave too much encouragement, and Milton went on to play an experimental piece that he explored a new style.
This tune is horrible!
The expressions of the three Scotts slowly froze in this song, and it was not until someone knocked on the bedroom door that they were freed from the terrible "sound of the devil".
Milton was so scary that students living in nearby dorms came to protest — terrible noises disturbing their rest.
This was a big blow to Milton.
This slender boy received only bad reviews for his experimental work, and suddenly felt that his musical talent was not worthy of the praise of his friends.
He lost confidence and sat on the windowsill of his bedroom decadently looking at the moon and weeping.
As roommates, Scott and the other two boys had to rack their brains to comfort him.
In this way, it was not until after the early hours of the morning that Milton finally managed to gather his mood and go to bed.
Scott also secretly swore that he would never encourage Milton to play in the dorm room again.
It was a disaster.
At this point, he took out his pocket watch from under his pillow and looked at the time.
7:03 a.m., while the school breakfast time is 8:00~8:30, and the class time is 9:00.
He got out of bed and left the bedroom lightly.
After washing, he returned to his dormitory, changed out of his pajamas, put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and picked up his wand from the pillow and held it in his hand.
It was an all-black wand, made of ebony wood with dragon nerves, twelve and a quarter of an inch long.
Scott remembers that Mr. Ollivander, who sold him the wand, was excited to talk to him a lot.
He said that this inky black wand wood has an impressive appearance and reputation, making it perfect for all kinds of combat magic and transfiguration.
He also told Scott that owners of ebony wands tended to be non-conformist, had strong personalities, or were comfortable with being outsiders.
So the perfect match for an ebony wand is to be able to stick to your beliefs no matter how much pressure from the outside world is, and will not easily shake your goals.
As for the dragon's nerves, the wand usually produces the most powerful and is capable of casting the most ornate spells. Dragon rods tend to learn faster than other types.
If they can win loyalty from their previous master, they can change their allegiance, but they always maintain a strong bond with their current master.
Finally, he also "predicted" that Scott must be a wizard who will not be able to shake his goals, and will be very good at transfiguration and combat magic.
Scott still smiles when he thinks about his wand purchase, and he is very happy with his wand.
He turned his wand upside down and inserted it into the wand sleeve that was attached to the inner lining of his robe. Then he took out a copy of "Standard Spells: Level 4" and a brand new notebook from the bookshelf at the bedside, picked up a quill from the pen holder, turned and walked out of the bedroom, and gently closed the door.
Professor Philius Flitwick, the dean of Ravenclaw College, who was teaching the class, had decided to go to the common room to preview the contents of the textbook before breakfast.
Speaking of which, Professor Flitwick was a little disappointed in Scott at one point because his Transfiguration class was much better than Charms' class.
Of course, Scott knew that the cute little old man was just angry with Professor McGonagall.
The Ravenclaw students were the most prominent in the Gryffindor Headmaster's class, which made him a little embarrassed.
After realizing that Scott's Transfiguration was only as bright as his talent, and that he was not interested in other courses or lazy, he took care of Scott with a pleasant face.
After getting acquainted with it, he once joked with Scott: "Mr. Trollope obviously has the personality that Hufflepuff likes and the Transfiguration talent that Gryffindor likes, but he ended up being assigned to Ravenclaw, which shows that intelligence is the most outstanding trait in you." ”
Scott replied sincerely, "...... A good personality can make a person more popular, a good talent can make learning a subject easier, but only superior intelligence can make a wizard go far......"
Anyway, Professor Flitwick was so happy that he wanted to give him a hundred points on the spot.
But he apparently couldn't, and in the end he chose to reward Scott with a copy of his notes on charms.
It was Professor Flitwick's own notes when he was sorting out the basics of Charms a few years ago.
Although a copy of the notebook is stored in the library in the common room of Ravenclaw College, Professor Flitwick gave Scott the original, which is not quite the same as the preciousness.
Unlike the equivalent of a copy of a Muggle book, magical notes written by powerful wizards themselves tend to have some magical magic with them.
The most fundamental effect of this magic is to make it easier for the person reading the note to understand what the author is trying to convey.
Professor Flitwick is clearly still a little unhappy about his "loss" to Professor McGonagall, hoping to spark Scott's interest in Charms in this way, and then try to catch up with his Transfiguration progress.
Later, this notebook did help Scott a lot.
After spending a lot of time studying his notes in his spare time, he had a solid foundation in charms.
This made him make significant progress in his Charms class.
Although it was still a slight gap compared to his performance in the Transfiguration class, Professor Flitwick was already very satisfied.
So, while Scott is the most talented at Transfiguration, and Professor McGonagall has helped him a lot, his favorite and respected professor is still Professor Flitwick.
Scott walked down the stairs through the deserted hallway to the common room, where he found that the common room was not empty.
A small boy was curled up on the wide couch by the fireplace, sleepy in his sleep.
It's a freshman who just entered this year.
Scott didn't know why the freshman slept here early in the morning, so he walked closer.
Although the boy was still asleep, his pale face, slightly swollen red eyes, and tear stains on his face showed that he seemed to have been crying for a long time.
"Hey!"
Scott reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and the boy opened his eyes in a daze.
"Freshman, how are you sleeping here? Is it because you are too excited and get up too early? Scott quipped.
"I ......" the boy's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and his voice was crying, "I've been sleeping here since last night......"
Scott frowned and asked him, "What happened?" ”
The boy trembled and said, "He...... They wouldn't let me into the dorm! ”
Scott's brow furrowed even tighter.
He couldn't understand why Ravenclaw was doing the same.