In fact, Ron also heard about it through hearsay, and the source of the information was naturally his two twin brothers.
According to their descriptions, Noah is a very scary Slytherin who beats up seventh graders and doesn't dare to mess with Filch. In short, he is so outrageous that he just wants to scare his younger brother. Yes, and poor Ron, even if he didn't believe it at first, he didn't expect that the competition at Hogwarts would later be published in the Daily Prophet, and the winner would actually be the Noah Lannis the twins said he was. special.
So Ron was successfully deceived again.
At this moment, he was relaying this statement to his two classmates, but Hermione was the first to express doubts: "You mean, he is not afraid of administrators and professors?"
This sounds very realistic.
"I can guarantee that there is definitely an element of exaggeration in this. The second grade defeated the seventh grade. Although I started to learn magic, do you know what the concept is? I have investigated and found that the power of magic in the second grade will make you have a nosebleed at most!"
Ron's face turned red: "What do you know!"
Hermione ignored his rebuttal and suddenly changed her words: "But I agree, he is indeed an unpleasant guy."
…
Noah didn't know what the three protagonists thought of him. He had already been taken to the office by Quirrell.
Quirrell's office was occupied by the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Professor Ulysses Astor, so there were many green plants and potted plants here that were not taken away, and Professor Quirrell did not throw away these potted plants after he took over. I went out, but didn't take care of it. At this moment, all the green plants in the pots were listless. I noticed that the two people came in and stretched out their leaves to ask for water as if they were asking for help.
Noah's eyes subconsciously stayed on these green plants, and then glanced at the tightly drawn curtains.
Professor Quirrell turned his head and subconsciously looked over, explaining subconsciously: "I, I don't know how to take care of them..."
Noah didn't say anything. He looked away coldly and handed over the book in his hand: "Professor."
Quirrell nervously took the book and realized what he was going to do at this moment. His face suddenly turned pale, and you could vaguely see beads of sweat overflowing from his forehead.
"You, where are you, don't you understand?" He flipped through the book subconsciously, but refused to read the content inside.
Noah stepped forward and took the book out of his hands, turning to the page where he had placed the label: "This is it, Professor."
Quirrell then lowered his head and looked at the contents of the book: "Oh, let me see, it's about the 'Fire Curse', the Fire Curse, what happened to the Fire Curse?"
"Professor, this page mentions another kind of fire spell, but I didn't find it in any book." Noah said patiently.
"Oh, that's it, that's it..." Professor Quirrell muttered for a while, then lowered his head to look at the book in his hand.
He read the book very quickly, and after a few seconds, he directly said a spell: "It should be, it is, the 'Fire Burning' curse, a variant of the Fire Curse."
Noah glanced at him in surprise.
What Professor Quirrell said is correct. This is indeed the "Fire Burning" spell. This is a spell adapted by a wizard himself. The spell is in an unknown biography and was later discovered by another wizard here. There is a mention in this record. But the professor came up with this answer almost without thinking.
If Voldemort wasn't telling him the answer, then the professor at least had real information.
While Noah was thinking, Professor Quirrell had already reported the title of another autobiography and told Noah that he could read that book.
When he spoke, his tone became much smoother unconsciously. It was obvious that this was what he was good at.
This forced Noah to re-evaluate the professor's abilities.
"Also, do you have any questions?" After finishing the story, the professor resumed his stumbling manner, but compared to his nervous and pale appearance before, he only looked a little embarrassed at the moment.
"No more for now, Professor." Noah took back the book, "Professor Quirrell, do you also like reading?"
"Yes," Professor Quirrell replied subconsciously, "I graduated from Ravenclaw."
And every Ravenclaw is talented and loves to read.
Noah nodded, politely thanked the professor and said goodbye.
When he was leaving, Professor Quirrell stopped him again: "Well, if you have any questions, you can come to me."
"I will, Professor."
…
Noah returned to the lounge, and the people who had been waiting for him immediately waved to him.
"How about it?"
"It gave me quite a surprise."
"What's the surprise?" The three of them were a little curious.
"This professor is much more knowledgeable than I thought. Maybe he is too shy, or... he is not very good at giving lectures?" Noah said as he sat down on the chair and glanced at the table. He was holding a wizard's chess piece, and as Noah took his seat, the chess pieces all stood upright obediently, looking like good soldiers. But Noah just glanced at the chess game and had no idea of playing chess. Instead, he put the book he had been holding on the table.
"He should have read all the books in the library and remembered them clearly."
The three people on the table stretched their heads and glanced at the book cover, and found that it was a book about extending spells.
Okay, the three people who hadn't seen it silently withdrew their gaze and curbed their curiosity. Well, they should have expected what Noah saw.
"That was unexpected. He answered your question?"
"Yeah, and the answer was very quick." Noah nodded, "Maybe we should re-evaluate this professor's ability."
The others looked at each other. If he was really a professor with outstanding abilities, then his outstanding abilities must not include teaching. Even when reading from the textbook, Professor Binns' lectures were better than his.
Noah didn't speak anymore, but looked at the book on the table. This book can be regarded as something he picked up casually. He had already read the contents in it. As for the magic spell he asked about, he had learned a lot about similar fire spells. That was just an excuse.
"By the way Noah, why don't you ask the dean?" Their dean is obviously a genius, and Noah seems to have a good relationship with the dean.
Noah took out another book from his pocket and answered while flipping through it: "Because I want the approval slip for the restricted book area."
The three little Slytherins were stunned. After a moment of silence, someone looked at Noah in surprise: "Wow, it's true. But I thought you went to get it last year."
"The dean didn't approve it."
"Cool! But I heard that it is really difficult to approve. But why doesn't the dean agree?"
In their opinion, the dean should not refuse Noah's request. No professor would dislike such a talented and studious student.
As for black magic, oh, come on, they are Slytherins. They don’t know any black magic and are embarrassed to tell it!
Noah pondered for a moment: "...Maybe it's because I'm too eager."
The three of them took a closer look at Noah's expression and breathed a sigh of relief when they found that he didn't have any unhappy expression: "Then do you want to try again this year?"
Noah said without raising his head: "I plan to try Professor Quirrell first. He seems to be easy to talk to."
In Slytherin's concept, "easy to talk" means "easy to fool". The three of them looked at each other tacitly without questioning anything.
That professor seemed to be more than just "easy to talk to".
