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The first thing to take is the magic theory test, also known as the written test.
In order to prevent cheating, no one is allowed to bring their own quills and ink and must use the stationery distributed by the school.
But this did not stop the young wizards from cheating.
Katie Bell from Gryffindor entered the classroom nervously. Not long after she sat down, Professor McGonagall came over, ripped off the big red hair ornament on her head, and said coldly:
"Ms. Bell, that's not how the Transfiguration Charm works."
The hair accessory continued to squirm in Professor McGonagall's hand, and soon turned into a piece of parchment covered with small words.
Kyle, who witnessed the whole process, smacked his lips and silently gave a thumbs up in his heart.
Using Transfiguration to cheat in front of Professor McGonagall... This move was quite shocking in the entire wizarding world.
Apart from anything else, this courage alone is more than 98% of the young wizards. He is worthy of being a Gryffindor.
And those who wrote notes on their clothes were also unable to escape... Professor McGonagall just walked around the classroom and dragged them all out.
As a senior professor and vice-president who has been in charge of Hogwarts for more than 30 years, Professor McGonagall does not need to use props. She can tell who is guilty just by looking at their expressions, and she can always catch them accurately.
When everyone started answering the questions, she was still complaining to Dumbledore in a low voice that he shouldn't have put her in the first-year examination room.
There was not much challenge here. Professor McGonagall felt that she should be invigilating for students in fifth grade and above, where there were many more ways to cheat.
There are potions, alchemical props, gesture spells and everything else.
Especially potions...Buffy's Brain Refresher and Sobering Potion are just the lowest level stuff. It is said that at last year's NEWT, some students even used Felixir, but she didn't see it.
In addition, it is not uncommon for people to try to sneak into the examination room using Polyjuice Potion and the Disillusionment Charm.
Therefore, for professors, invigilating students above the fifth grade is like fighting a war without the smoke of gunpowder.
This might be a torture for other professors, but it was different for Professor McGonagall. She simply loved the feeling of competing wits and courage with her students.
Unfortunately, she was assigned to the Novice Village this year.
An hour later, Professor McGonagall looked at the group of obedient freshmen and complained again: "Albus is such a fool. Why did he insist on having me in the first grade...even the third grade would be fine."
After the written test, there was a practical test. Professor Flitwick asked the students to walk into the classroom one by one to see if they could make a pineapple ride around the classroom on a broomstick.
Of course, the so-called "flying broom" is just a wooden stick with feathers on it.
This was not difficult for Kyle. Not only did he complete the task perfectly, he even manipulated the stick to perform a classic Quidditch trick.
Professor Flitwick gave him a full score on the spot.
Professor McGonagall asked them to turn the rabbit into a brooch. The more exquisite the brooch, the higher the score. If there were still features of the rabbit on it, points would be deducted.
Kyle remembered that he also had a brooch, which was a Christmas gift from Mikel, so he made an identical one.
Professor McGonagall also gave him a full score.
The potion test was about boil potion, which was arguably one of the simplest potions. Although Kyle had brewed a perfect potion, he couldn't guarantee that he would get a high score.
During the exam, Snape almost always stood behind him and kept shaking his head. It went without saying that he would find all kinds of reasons to deduct points.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 103 Hagrid and Professor Oren
The last exam was History of Magic, which was destined to be the most boring hour.
It took Kyle only twenty minutes to write the Code of Conduct for Werewolves from 1637 and the life of Ulric the Weird.
When the ghost of Professor Binns told them to put down their quills and roll up their parchments, all the students couldn't help cheering.
The exams were over, which meant they had a whole week of relaxing and having fun until the results were announced.
"It's been a lot easier than I thought."
As they followed the crowd out onto the sunny field, Mikel said confidently, "I just saw the weirdo Yurik a few days ago. He graduated from Gryffindor, so he must be right."
"Gryffindor..." Ryan was stunned and blurted out: "Isn't it Slytherin?"
"What a pity." Mikkel said regretfully, "I won't be wrong, it's Gryffindor."
"Merlin's beard..." Ryan grabbed his hair in pain and said, "If I had known earlier, I would not have remembered those wizards who invented the automatic crucible."
Mikel patted him on the shoulder and consoled him, "It's okay, I just remembered the wrong college. It won't cost many points."
Kyle was deeply moved by the love between the two. This pure friendship between classmates can be said to be the most precious treasure in everyone's life.
In order to make their relationship go further, Kyle walked over silently and whispered in their ears: "In fact... the weirdo Yurik graduated from Ravenclaw."
Mikel looked up in confusion.
"It's true." Kyle smiled and said, "Just
Mikel turned around stiffly and found a group of Ravenclaw students in the crowd... He actually went to ask.
A minute later, Mikel crouched next to Ryan and also grabbed his hair.
"It's okay." Kyle patted his shoulder and said, "I just remembered the wrong college. It won't deduct many points."
After saying goodbye to his two autistic roommates, Kyle slowly walked down the slope to the lake.
There, a giant squid lay basking in the warm shallow water while Fred and George gently played with its tentacles.
Kyle couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Such a big squid needs to be grilled on the iron plate and sprinkled with cumin and chili powder... It will definitely taste great.
"Gudong..."
No, I can’t watch it anymore.
Kyle shook his head and shifted his gaze to the side.
Not far away, Kanna was sitting under a tree, hugging her knees with her hands, staring at Pochi who was basking in the sun on the grass. But she didn't seem to be in a very good mood, and there was no joy on her face after the exam.
"Why, didn't you do well in the exam?" Kyle walked over and asked.
Kanna was startled, and after coming to her senses, she shook her head and said, "No, I was just thinking about something else."
She played with Pochi's tail with her fingers and asked softly, "After the exams, will this semester be over?"
"Seven more days."
Kyle sat down next to her and said, "We can't have a holiday until the test results come out. By September, we will be in the second grade."
Kanna murmured to herself: "Seven days..."
"What are you talking about?"
At this time, the Weasley brothers also came over. Fred looked at the depressed Connor and said with a smile: "Be happy. We won't know how badly we did in the exam until a week later. There's no need to worry about it now."
"That's right." George said, "Now is the happiest time of the year. There are no exams, no nagging, and no homework. What could be better than this?"
"That's true." Kanna stood up from the ground and smiled widely.
Afterwards, Fred and George planned to go to Hogsmeade via the secret passage.
Since they had an extra hundred Galleons, there were so many things they wanted to buy... Honeydukes' new candy, the Three Broomsticks' Butterbeer, they all wanted to try them.
And of course the most important thing...the charming joke props in Zonko's Joke Shop.
"We decided to take the secret passage behind the mirror on the fourth floor."
Fred said mysteriously, "I can guarantee that Filch definitely doesn't know the location of that secret passage."
"What about you guys? Do you want to go together?" George asked.
Kyle nodded, and just as he was about to agree, an owl suddenly flew over from a distance and handed him a note.
Kyle took the note and looked at it.
"Dear Kyle:
I know you have finished your exams. Do you have time to come to my place? Lu Wei seems to be sick recently.
—Hagrid."
Is Lu Wei sick?
Kyle frowned, looked up and said, "Sorry, I have to go to Hagrid now. He wants to see me for something."
"Okay," Fred said. "Do you want us to bring you anything?"
"Honeydukes candy," Kyle said. "Just pick the expensive ones."
"Ha, that's a good idea."
The Weasley brothers left with a smile on their faces.
"Aren't you going with us?" Kyle asked Kanna beside him.
Kanna shook her head. "No, I don't have anything I want to buy. It's nice to stay here with Pochi and bask in the sun."
"Sunbathing is so boring. Why don't you come with me to Hagrid's?"
Kyle glanced at the rat named Boqi on the grass and suddenly said, "Remember Lu Wei? He is sick. We can go see him."
"Can I go too?" Kanna was a little tempted.
"of course."
Kanna has met Lu Wei before, so there is no problem in taking her there.
Seeing that Kyle had already walked down the grass slope, Kanna quickly put Pochi into her pocket and quickly followed him.
When the two of them crossed the field and came to Hagrid's cabin, they unexpectedly found that there was someone else there.
"Professor Oren?" Kyle looked at Oren standing in front of Hagrid's door and asked doubtfully, "Are you here to see Hagrid too?"
"Almost, but to be precise, I was waiting for you...you." Professor Oren explained: "Hagrid just wrote to me and said that Fluffy was sick and asked me if I had any way to treat magical creatures, so I came here."
"You also know Lou Wei?" Kyle asked.
"Yes, I know. It's a three-headed dog..." Professor Oren said with a smile, "Hagrid told me that when I was drinking with him the other day. I was really scared at the time. I didn't expect that he would dare to keep such a dangerous magical animal around him."
Drinking...well, Hagrid really couldn't keep any secrets after drinking.
"Where's Hagrid, is he in the room?"
Kyle looked into the cabin. It was empty and didn't look like anyone was there.
"Oh, I almost forgot something." Professor Oren patted his forehead and said, "I saw that Hagrid was very anxious, so I asked him to go to the Forbidden Forest to see Fluffy first, and I will stay here and wait for you."