Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Letter from Madness
After enjoying a big meal, it ended with a song for the whole school.
Maple also learned the Sorting Hat, and changed to another rhythm to match the singing this time. Last year, he chose a gourd baby, and this year he changed the melody to another cheerful one-
"Two tigers two tigers run fast, one without a tail and the other without ears, it's strange! It's weird! β
"Where did you learn the songs, it's so ugly!" Hermione, who was sitting next to Maple, covered her ears and frowned.
As soon as Maple heard Hermione's words, his tone abruptly stopped, and he was no longer interested in singing.
After everyone had finished singing the school song, Dumbledore ended, the banquet ended, and all the students went back to their dormitories to sleep.
The first-year freshmen, who did not know the way, were taken back to the dormitory by the prefect, and after a full meal under the repeated nervous stimulation, they were physically and mentally exhausted, and soon fell asleep to sleep.
However, students in the second year and above do not have the nervousness and worries before the separation, so they are still in good spirits.
When Maple returned to Gryffindor's father-in-law's lounge, he saw that many of the Gryffindor students were still there without rest, and immediately cheered after Maple entered.
"It's amazing, it's cool!"
"Maple, you're amazing, if I could contract a unicorn, I'd give you up!"
Can you speak human language? I'm not dead yet!
Looking at the excited incoherent guy, Maple didn't bother to bother with him.
Surrounded by the Gryffindors again, Maple was also very happy, the only fly in the ointment was that these people did not contribute to Maple's academic dominance.
In that case, let's make a wave of small advertisements!
As soon as Maple thought of this, he immediately took out his test wand and suddenly shouted to the Weasley brothers' George, "Hang the Admiralty upside down!" β
George was startled, but found that nothing had happened, and then he realized that he had been tricked by Maple, and pretended to be angry: "Maple, what are you doing?" β
"Didn't you notice that this wand was glowing silver? This means that I have reached a good level of casting this spell! Maple said.
"You've made it, quiz wand!" George immediately spoke excitedly.
"What quiz wand?" Some viewers who didn't know the truth immediately couldn't help but ask.
"It's a test wand, and it doesn't cast magic, but it does score the magic you cast. In this way, wizards who are prone to accidents can use this wand to learn new spells and practice boldly and casually without worrying about injuring themselves in an accident. Maple said. Andβ"
"When you can't use magic during the holidays, it can also meet your needs to practice magic!"
"Great, I'm going to buy one!" When Simolofinigan's eyes lit up when he heard this, he immediately offered to buy one of these wands.
"Can I give it a try?" Seamus said again.
"Absolutely!" Maple said, handing his wand to Seamus.
"Fly around!" It took a lot of effort for Seamus to learn the levitation spell, but this time he couldn't resist trying again, only to see that after he cast it, his wand glowed red.
"Fail!" Maple gave Seamus a hint of what level he was at, and Seamus immediately had a frustrated look on his face.
"Fail!"
"Fail!"
"Be calm, the more angry you are, the more you are swayed by emotions, the easier it is to fail!"
"Fail!"
"Pass!" Finally the wand glowed blue, and Seamus wanted to jump for joy.
"Let me try!" Fred said as he walked over to Seamus and spread out his hand, and Seamus handed him his wand.
"Fly around!"
"Pass!" Fred came up and took out a blue light level, which made Seamus's mood inexplicably bad again. It's just a first-grade spell, but Fred's fourth-year student is only at a passing level, which shows how careless he usually is about studying.
"Armor protection!"
"Pass!" Fred tried several spells in a row, and all of his wands glowed blue.
"Hang the Admiralty upside down!"
"Good!" I really didn't expect that they could actually make the test wand glow silver, just by looking at this golden bell spell, you can know how out of tune this guy is. It's just that if you can cast this spell to a good level, you can be regarded as a talent, but I don't know how much blood and tears the eight-eyed giant spider in the Forbidden Forest left on this basis.
George then took the wand from Fred and tested his spell skills, and his performance was almost the same as Fred's.
But after he tried it, he didn't hand the wand to the other students who wanted to try it, but put it in Maple's hand. Obviously, he wanted to know what level of magic Maple had reached.
"Armor protection!"
"Faint!"
"Except for your weapons!" Seeing the wand shining silver in Maple's hand, the other students were amazed.
They also knew now that the silver light represented a good level, so when they saw that Maple's magic level was so high, they all cast envious and admiring glances, and gave them a few points of academic mastery.
"Fly around!" Eventually, Maple cast the Levitation Charm, a spell he had learned before he went to school, and it was easier than the Iron Armor Charm and the Crush Charm, and-
"Excellent!" Seeing that Maple actually showed them the highest level of golden light that this wand could test, the people around them were shocked and speechless.
It's another little bit of academic value.
Thinking that there would be no more gains today, Maple handed the wand to the others and said, "Play slowly, I'll go back to sleep!" If you want to buy a wand, just order it from the Ollivander store with an owl. This wand is much cheaper than a real wand, as little as a few silver sicos, and no more than a Galleon. β
After speaking, he ignored the people who were still stunned, and went upstairs to go back to sleep.
His dorm room was still the same as before, except that the sign on the door had been changed to a second grade.
On the second day, while sitting in the cafeteria and enjoying breakfast, the gloomy weather on the magic ceiling did not stop Maple's good mood, because he had just received many sporadic student points, adding up to more than a dozen points. Although he didn't know why this happened, it didn't stop him from being in a good mood.
Harry and Ron were in a good mood at the moment, but the reason why they were in such a laid-back mood now was all due to Maple. Had it not been for Maple's stopping, Mr. Weasley would have been vetted by the Ministry of Magic, and Ron would have received a yelling letter from his mother.
Because there were no serious consequences, Hermione didn't have much resentment towards them. And her mind is now completely filled with another thing, and that is the unicorn's psychic contract. She had learned a lot about unicorns from books, and she had witnessed the death of a "unicorn" last semester, so she was interested in the kind and beautiful creatures that had been passed down from ancient times.
Although the desire to contract a unicorn was no less than that of the other students, the intelligent Hermione was not as fanatical as the other students, and she clearly recognized that although Dumbledore gave their students this chance, few students in the entire school could get the unicorn's approval.
In this case, compared to those senior students, they have little opportunity for the junior students.
Hermione had such concerns, so when she talked to Maple about it, she couldn't help but feel a little lost while feeling a little longing.
"If it's next year or the year after, I'll probably be sure. But now, I don't have any bottom in my heart. Hermione grumbled to Maple.
"The postman is coming soon, and I think grandma will send me a few things I forgot to bring."
As Neville Longbottom's words fell, hundreds of owls swarmed in, circling the auditorium, dropping letters and packages into the conversational crowd. A bulging package fell onto Neville's head, and Maple and everyone around him were surprised to see that half of the owls were all coming in one direction.
Seeing that the owl stuffed himself with so many letters at once, Maple finally understood how his previous academic value came from.
After opening a few similar letters, Maple learned that just after Dumbledore announced the unicorn's psychic contract last night, the Daily Prophet on the other side had also made the front page. The Daily Prophet, the official mouthpiece, also highlighted the Ministry of Magic, with a plan at the end of the article on how the Ministry of Magic would arrange a contract between wizards and unicorns, as well as a mailbox address dedicated to applying for registration.
The Daily Prophet is the highest-selling newspaper in the wizarding world in the UK, and most wizards in the UK subscribe to it. When this news was published, it immediately caused a strong reaction in the magical world. Many wizards, especially the little fan girl whose eyes lit up when they heard the name of the unicorn, were even more excited and almost went crazy.
Naturally, they are grateful to the initiators of this matter. Dumbledore's previous aura was too bright, and a little more new one wouldn't be too obvious. So compared to Dumbledore, who was already the greatest wizard, Maple, who was originally unknown and was still a student, was obviously more curious and eye-catching.
After seeing the words of adoration of several witches, Maple was a little uncomfortable, and Hermione, who helped to open the letter to Maple, didn't seem very happy. Instantly gained the favor of a large number of fans, which is what Lockhart dreamed of, but Maple only felt trouble.
Fortunately, the population of the British wizarding world is only a few thousand, and the paparazzi only have the most powerful and only one - Rita Skeeter, otherwise Maple would not have thought about living in peace.
"Do I need to write a reply to these?" Maple looked at the hundreds of unopened letters and said with some trembling.
"Why not?" Harry and Ron, who also came over to help open the letter, smiled gloatingly. Especially Ron's ghost boy, when he saw the letters of some fans who were so numb that they couldn't do it, he even packed them and put them in his pocket.
"I don't think so!" Hermione said in a stiff tone, and as she spoke, Harry and Ron noticed that Hermione was clutching several letters one after another, not knowing what was written in them. But seeing Hermione's expression, Harry and Ron didn't dare to ask.
"Hah-it's okay, it's okay!" Ron forced a smile and pretended to be nothing, then quietly slipped the letter into his pocket.
"I'm full, I'm going to go to the toilet!"
"I'll go too!"
Instead of exposing Ron's lame lie, Maple tried to snatch the letter with a flying spell, but gave up.
It's not a bad idea to let your friends enjoy their jokes once in a while, but should you have a little self-deprecation? It's justβ
You guys are refreshed now, don't blame me when I come to you when I'm in a bad mood one day!
"Hahahaha! It's so interesting that there are even adult wizards who write love letters to Maple to confess. Hahahaha! β
Harry and Ron put their heads together, admiring Ron's private letter, and laughing together.
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