Chapter Twenty-One: The Big Star, Professor Prenton
After learning that the herbal medicine class was as boring as ever, and that the history of magic class he hadn't taken was like listening to a book from heaven, Xiwen had no intention of making up for it.
And at this time, there was another thing that he was very pleased to divert his attention -
The kittens are back!
This incident was only discovered by Xiwen when several people in the dormitory talked about their feelings of absenteeism. At that time, they were chatting, and it suddenly occurred to Xiwen that he had not rested well because he had been looking for cats at night, so he had slept well. I vaguely remember that there was a pair of strange yellow eyes in the cat cage at noon, and I don't know if I fell asleep because of the influence of those eyes, or if I was really too sleepy to hold back......
So he glanced at the cat cage, and then surprise filled his heart.
A kitten that looks like a short silver gradient is lying quietly in the cat cage, with fluffy silver-white hair, a round head, a fleshy body, and occasionally blinking pale yellow eyes, very cute!
Xiwen Fei also ran over, opened the cat cage, and held the kitten in his arms.
"Kitten, did you open your eyes?" He said in surprise.
His three roommates also came over curiously.
Seeing that the kitten was so cute, Mobley wanted to reach out and touch her, but his hand reached into the air but was slapped aside by the cat's paw. This made his hand awkwardly stop in the air, with nowhere to place. Poor Mobley had no choice but to pretend that his nose was itchy, and he withdrew the hand in mid-air and touched his nose.
"So your cat did sneak out on its own." Abraxas said.
"It seems so." Xiwen nodded and said. "Kitten, don't run around in the future, even if you go out to play at night, you have to come back early. Otherwise, I might have to miss a few classes for you! ”
The kitten seemed to understand Xiwen's words, and it was very cute to "meow".
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If the kitten's rediscovery made Xiwen very happy, the opposite was the morning of herbal medicine class that was coming the next day.
Professor Isad seemed to be very unhappy with Xiwen who had missed a whole class, and spent the whole morning staring at Xiwen, pointing out any mistakes he made and making him show them in public. Xiwen, who didn't study herbal medicine much seriously at home, spent the morning miserable.
It was finally late afternoon, and before Xiwen could recover from his Defence Against the Dark Arts class, which continued to practice the Spark Spell, he soon ushered in the much-badly reviewed History of Magic class.
Professor Binns, a short, old ghost, began his lecture after the name was called in a tone that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years, and with a flat expression. I don't know if it's because he's too old or because he's become a ghost, he snorts and drags when he speaks, making it difficult for people to concentrate, and he will soon fall into a groggy sleep.
Sivin privately thought that recording Professor Binns's voice during a lecture could be used as a best-selling fast-acting lullaby. In desperation, he secretly used an earbud to listen to the mantra during his professor's lecture, and then taught himself the "A Brief History of the Wizarding World", a textbook on the history of magic.
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The next morning was the Transfiguration class, and Dumbledore was still leading the young wizards to practice turning matches into needles.
Ever since Sven had discussed the magical effects of magic with Dumbledore, it was as if the door to a new world had been opened, and ordinary Transfiguration could not bother him at all. So with Dumbledore's permission, Shivin began to practice transforming beetles into buttons, a higher-level creature. This can make Elshiona next to her, who has basically succeeded in turning matches into needles, envious enough.
The afternoon Charms class was also a hands-on session, and after a demonstration, Professor Wolflin had the young wizards cast a levitation charm on a feather.
Spells are a subject that Xiwen is immersed in all day long at home, and the basic levitation spell naturally can't be difficult for him, the feathers float up easily, and even Xiwen controls it to fly a fancy pattern in the air. And Professor Wolflin was also generous enough to give Slytherin a ten.
By the time the Charms class was over, all the young wizards in Slytherin rushed in the direction of the meadow northwest of the castle. They're going to have their first flying lesson since coming to Hogwarts!
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Before they could reach the lawn, the sharp-eyed Abraxas caught a glimpse of two rows of brooms on the green meadow.
"Look! It's a broomstick! He shouted, running cheerfully to the two rows of broomsticks.
Because the young wizard in the first year could not bring his own broomstick, and Abu's three roommates were reluctant to accompany him to the Quidditch pitch to borrow the seniors' enjoyment, he seemed to be suffocated......
As he got closer, he saw a handsome middle-aged wizard in a sky-blue athletic robe, standing between two rows of broomsticks, with two dark blue letters "T" on the chest of his robe, which seemed to be the name of a certain team.
"Merlin's beard, I'm not mistaken!" Not far to the left of Shivin was a little Hufflepuff wizard with a yellow school uniform collar, shouting loudly. "It's the uniform of the Tathill Tornadoes! Unbelievable, that's Rodri Prenton?! ”
The handsome wizard in the sky blue robe smiled kindly at the little Hufflepuff wizard and said, "I didn't expect that even after I retired, someone would still recognize me, it's really touching!" ”
The little wizards were in an uproar, and everyone couldn't believe they could see Rodri Prenton, the legendary Seeker of the Tathill Tornadoes.
Prenton pressed his hands down and motioned for everyone to be quiet. When everyone had almost vented their exclamations, he said: "No matter what kind of past I have, the identity I stand here today is different. Reacquaint, I'm your next flying class professor, Rodri Prenton, you can call me Professor Prenton! ”
The audience burst into extremely warm applause, which did not stop for a long time.
Amid the applause, Xiwen quietly moved to Abraxas, bowed his head and asked, "Was Professor Prenton famous before?" ”
Abu didn't seem to expect Xiwen to ask such a question, and he turned his head to look at him in disbelief and said in shock, "Why haven't you heard of Rodri Prenton?" He's a legendary Seeker for the Tathill Tornadoes, winning the League Cup five times in a row for the team, and the record holder for the fastest catch of a snitch in a single game! ”
Xiwen nodded knowingly. This flying class professor's record is indeed excellent, and it is no wonder that the little wizards are so excited.
When the applause finally died down, Professor Prenton asked the students to line up in two lines according to their height. Everyone was obediently lined up, one Slytherin and one Hufflepuff.
At the professor's instruction, each young wizard corresponds to a broom and stands next to it.
Professor Prenton first signaled everyone to be calm and explained the precautions for flying very carefully.
"Remember, flying is a sport that is not low-risk. First-year freshmen didn't have enough spells to ensure that they would be able to protect themselves in the face of a fall from a height. So it is undoubtedly dangerous and stupid to secretly try to fly on your own! This is also the reason why the school does not allow first-graders to carry broomsticks. He said.
"Next, the exciting part is coming!" Professor Prenton passionately raised his right hand above his head.
"Ready to start the test flight!"
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