The danger with magic is that it is ever-changing and different every time.
Maybe there is just a certain emotion at work in the heart, which will cause the magic effect to change, and it is an unpredictable change.
Professor Flitwick kept emphasizing how to avoid fluctuations in will, slackening, etc.
At the same time, some exercise techniques for magic control are also emphasized.
This kind of thing is a kind of potential talent. People with strong innate magic control, such as Hermione, are easy to learn and cast magic spells.
Of course, this thing can also be trained later. It's a bit like practice makes perfect.
Seamus made a big deal, and the other students were not to be outdone.
The sound of ping-pong-pong-pong-pong in the classroom never stopped.
Professor Flitwick specially prepared a large bag of balloons as the object of the spell, which was very expensive.
Even Hermione's first few attempts failed. The first explosion shocked her so much that her hair became fluffy. Ted almost couldn't help laughing.
However, Hermione's talent has begun to gradually appear. After several failures, she quickly learned her lessons and became closer and closer to success. After more than a dozen attempts, the first spell was successful and the balloon inflated. After that, there were very few failures.
Other students have not made such rapid progress.
Harley blows up the balloons and flies them everywhere very fast.
Neville and Jerry simply couldn't blow up the balloon.
Where's Ron?
Ron was the most ruthless. He cast the spell "Grow Big Quickly~" and the wand in his hand flew out with green smoke and hit Flitwick on the head.
Then a big green bump visibly bulged out on Professor Flitwick's forehead, as big as a fist!
He looks like a green birthday girl!
Professor Flitwick was shocked: I was attacked? I was... green!
It was obvious that Ron's now "alchemically modified" wand had its own ideas - he attacked the professor in the first period of school.
But not only that, it is said that the content of the afternoon transfiguration class is to turn beetles into buttons.
Harley's beetle ran so fast that it couldn't even hit it, chasing it everywhere.
Neville's beetle had been pretending to be dead and motionless.
Jerry's beetle fell to the ground and disappeared, never to be found again.
Ron's wand got sick again and emitted a puff of smoke that cooked the beetles!
It's a bit unruly now! A nine-and-a-half-inch wand has a nine-inch backbone! Very dangerous~
Ted and the others had an herbal class in the afternoon, learning how to repot a mandrake doll. The sound of that thing is so harsh that you can even hear it with magic earmuffs.
And it’s very ugly and fierce!
When you pull it out, it doesn't want to come out, but when you put it in a new pot, it doesn't want to go back.
Is Ted a spoiler? Seeing that Professor Sprout wasn't paying attention, he went up and gave the mandrake a punch, then stuffed it into the basin and patted it with a small shovel.
May you thrive, the flower of the future~
…
Because the three Harleys drove to school and hit the school's valuable property, the three of them were put into solitary confinement.
Neville was summoned by Lockhart, and the purpose of his confinement was to reply to fans on his behalf.
Lockhart is a good-looking man with a dog-like appearance, and with his marketing skills, he can be called the friend of the magical women of Great Britain. Even Aunt Molly is a fan of him.
More fans wrote to him than voted for him monthly.
Neville had to reply to two large piles of letters every night. According to him, "the content was extremely disgusting and made people shudder"!
Neville wrote the letter for two hours and almost threw up.
Lockhart was still chattering away, talking about how to work with him to manage his image and gain honors.
Neville looked hopeless: "To be honest, I would rather kill frogs and eviscerate slugs in Snape's basement than go to Lockhart's office again."
And the job that Neville envied was now Harry's.
The content of Harry's confinement was to prepare potions for Snape. What can I say, it's very relaxing, more relaxed than Ted at Jiggs Pharmacy.
Ron was unlucky. He fell into Filch's hands and was sent to clean the house. He had to clean seven or eight toilets and an entire showroom of trophies and medals.
Although Ted gave him a temporary magic rag that could be used to clean quickly, the workload was still quite large.
…
Early the next morning, Ted got up early for a run and exercise, but Neville said that he had promised Professor Sprout to help treat the Whomping Willow.
The old tree was almost split open by the three of them.
Ted was also curious, so he went along to watch the excitement.
Unexpectedly, besides Neville, another student arrived earlier.
That Hufflepuff horn boy Gufu Oasis.
This guy is almost 1.8 meters tall now, with broad shoulders and a tall figure.
Neville and Ted are already the tallest among their peers, but 13-year-old Goof, who is only one year older than them, already looks like a tower!
As soon as Ted got to know this fierce-looking but shy friend under Neville's introduction, he saw Professor Sprout coming out of the castle gate in the distance.
Her expression was not very good, because behind her was a Lockhart who was wearing silver thread and slicked back hair, and was chattering all the way.
Lockhart came running over to complain, proposing more than a dozen "methods to cure the Whomping Willow" along the way. He also said that no one knew how to cure the Whomping Willow better than him.
Professor Sprout quickened his pace with a hint of resentment, but Lockhart followed him at a trot.
In the end, even Professor Sprout, who had quite a good personality, became angry: "Professor Lockhart, I think I am the professor of Herbology. I know how to treat the Whomping Willow instead of killing it in a dozen ways." !Please come back!”
"Oh~ okay! In that case~" Lockhart shrugged, "If you need it, you can come to me at any time, I'll take it easy~ you understand. It's very simple, I just need~ huh~"
Ted looked unhappy: "It's so early in the morning, it's not good to go out~"
The very manic Whomping Willow was very obedient in front of Professor Sprout. The three of them helped Professor Sprout fix the Whomping Willow's wound with a magic bandage, and then applied buckets of magic potions and herbs to the cracked trunk. , or bury dragon dung fertilizer under the roots of the tree.
After dealing with the Whomping Willow, Ted and Neville took a look at Hagrid, who was not far away. His hunting lodge was very close.
When they arrived at the door, Hagrid opened the door and came out, holding a bearskin mattress and dusting it off.
"Oh, hello, Ted and Neville. Have a nice holiday~"
"Hello Hagrid!"
"Good morning Hagrid~"
Hagrid shook his big head: "No! Very bad! That guy, I mean that stinky Lockhart, came here early in the morning to teach me how to subdue the horse-shaped water monster. I really want to do this Throw the nonsense guy into the black lake and let him tell the horse-shaped water monster himself. He also said that no one knows how to get rid of carnivorous slugs better than him. If you listen to him, I might as well become a carnivorous slug!"
Ted and Neville looked at each other in understanding.
This new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is also very powerful. In just two days, he has already "unified" his colleagues.
Hagrid even told the two of them a lot of scandals about Lockhart's school days, such as the fact that he sent dozens of letters to himself on Valentine's Day, which were later revealed.
He even wrote his name on the hourglass and was imprisoned.
In short, he tried his best to get the limelight and kept doing various tricks.
Soon the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class started.
Ted this year already knew the bad luck curse about this position, and he started betting before class whether Lockhart could survive the year.
After all, Lockhart is also a well-known best-selling author in the wizarding world of Great Britain, and is even famous in several nearby countries.
He also used some connections to get himself a third-level Merlin Order, and he also won the "Wizard Weekly" Most Charming Smile Award 5 times!
It can be said that you can gain a lot by gaining fame.
Therefore, many young wizards still have a certain degree of confidence in him.
However, during the first period, Lockhart walked into the classroom holding a large stack of papers.
The hopeful little wizards suddenly withered.
But what’s even more amazing is at the back!
When I handed out the papers, I saw that all the questions were similar to "Lockhart's favorite color", "Lockhart's favorite gift", and "Lockhart's ideal".
The expressions of many students changed on the spot: Walter Zefak? What the hell is this?
who I am? where am I? Am I here for a Lockhart fan handshake?
As a result, after taking a look at the paper, Ted was the only one who got full marks!
"Ted Epiphany? Who is Ted?" Lockhart called with a surprised smile.
Ted stood up: "Professor, I am Ted Epiphany."
(End of chapter)
