Chapter 12: I Just Have a Good Teacher
"You're back, Potter and the two Weasleys," Professor McGonagall walked towards them with a straight face, "you three stay locked up for the night." ”
As she spoke, McGonagall couldn't help but look at Ginny, and said in a tone of disbelief and extreme headache, "I really can't believe that a first-year student would dare to cast a spell on a sixth-year senior!" I already know about your parents. ”
Ginny's face turned pale for a moment, and she thought that she might receive a red yelling letter tomorrow morning, and if so, it would be too bad.
"You go and help Mr. Filch wipe the silverware in the prize showroom, and don't use magic, Weasley—all by hand. And you, Miss Ginny, I think your spells are working well, so why don't you go to Professor Flitwick. As for you, Potter - you go and help Professor Lockhart reply to his admirers. ”
Hearing this, Harry immediately felt a blockage in his heart muscle, and the biggest headaches for him this semester were Colin, a freshman in the first year, and the narcissistic and sloppy Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. In contrast, he would rather face Filch.
"Why don't you let me wipe the medal too." He begged.
McGonagall couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, apparently glad that her student didn't want to see Lockhart.
But—
"Of course not, Professor Lockhart wants you by name. Remember, eight o'clock in the evening, three of you. ”
If it were that easy, it wouldn't be a punishment.
"Wait a minute, Professor—"
"Anything else, Miss Weasley?"
"I want to ask, what about the Slytherin students? Don't you need to be punished for insulting your classmates with words? Ginny plucked up the courage to look directly at McGonagall, which made Harry, Ron, and even Hermione widen their eyes in admiration.
No lion cub had dared to speak to Professor McGonagall like that, even if the twins saw her like a mouse saw a cat. Now, the Weasleys are in the blue.
"Of course they were punished - Professor Snape would have punished them himself."
With that, McGonagall turned and left.
"Did I hear me right?" Ron exaggeratedly said, "Snape will punish them?" Didn't she know that there was no difference between this and just letting them go? ”
The faces of the four men were not good-looking, and it was clear to them that Snape would definitely cover up those guys.
But in reality, they guessed wrong this time.
From the moment Ginny hit Marcus with that curse, the two teams almost turned into a scuffle, which ended with McGonagall and Snape taking the lead in person. In this case, Snape naturally knew the reason, and did not hesitate to take the initiative to punish Malfoy - now, all the toilets in Slytherin have been covered by Malfoy.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Ginny was alone on the eighth floor, where the Ravenclaw dean's office was near the west tower, and Ginny counted thirteen windows to the right, and knocked on the door.
"Please come in."
Professor Flitwick's shrill voice could be heard in the room.
"Excuse me, Professor."
"Ahh Flitwick smiled happily at the sight of Ginny. He doesn't look good-looking, but he is only about one meter two tall, which is almost a little shorter than the current Ginny. The facial features are also very different from normal. But in reality, of the four deans, he was the most caring for his students, "very punctual." ”
"Sorry, maybe I should have been a little earlier?" Ginny asked in a low voice.
It was also the first time she had been confined, so she was a little nervous. Now, Ron went to wipe the trophy, and Harry went to help Lockhart reply to his fans, and it was all some nasty work. And what about yourself? Professor McGonagall didn't seem to say anything about Professor Flitwick doing something on his own.
Flitwick saw her concern at a glance and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, kid. I don't have those annoying sports labors here. ”
"I'd rather continue to teach you about spells than that, and you've done well in class, so maybe I expect more from you." With a wave of Flitwick's wand, his drawer opened automatically, and a lot of small cakes jumped out of the drawer and placed them in front of Ginny, "Have a bit?" ”
"Thank you, Professor." Ginny relieved herself and happily picked up the cake.
It was much better than the toffee she had eaten at Hagrid's in the morning.
"I heard that you cast a curse on a sixth-grader?" Flitwick slowly began to communicate with Ginny as if they were talking.
Ginny nodded.
"I already know what happened, and although it doesn't match the identity of a professor, I still want to say that he fully deserves it."
Flitwick himself is a wizard with elven blood, so he is very sensitive in this regard. Sometimes their half-bloods were inferior in status to wizards from Muggles.
"Of course, casting spells on classmates is still not encouraged." Flitwick lightly revealed the matter, "Compared to this, since you can even use such a difficult spell, I'm afraid that the other spells to learn in the first year will not be difficult for you, right?" ”
Flitwick looked at her expectantly.
Ginny immediately showed Flitwick a hand, first with the Levitation Charm, then the Softening Charm and the Locking Charm, and finally, Ginny used the Cutting Charm to split a hole in the table and restored it to its original state with the Repair Charm. This hand really made Flitwick look excited.
You know, it's not Halloween yet, and his lesson on the first-year wizard is still in the theoretical stage.
But looking at Ginny like this, she has almost learned all the spells in "Standard Spell One".
"Fantastic, Ginny! That's great! Flitwick almost jumped up in excitement, "I've been thinking about letting you join my Charms Club, and to be honest, you're doing better than Miss Granger!" ”
Such a gracious compliment made Ginny blush, believing that it was all due to "Mr. Riddle" teaching her, without whom her spell skills would not be so high.
"I just have a good teacher." She said timidly.
This apparently misunderstood Flitwick.
However, it was precisely because of this misunderstanding that Flitwick, who was in a good mood, directly exempted Ginny from confinement.
"Alright, you can go back first, and if you have any problems with spells, or if you have any books in the library that you want to read, you are welcome to come to me. I want you to stay at this level, so that by the fifth year, I'll be sure to invite you to join the Charms Club right away. Of course, if you're interested in these things right now, you can come and listen to them. ”
He left the time and place of the Charms Club meeting before reluctantly sending Ginny away.