Chapter 55

As Christmas approached, the festive atmosphere became stronger and stronger, and the enthusiasm of many young wizards for learning dropped.

Many professors said that students could not relax, but they did not exert too much pressure, and this was reflected in the amount of homework assigned.

But this leniency does not include both fifth and seventh grade. As they were required to deal with the OWLs and NEWTs, the Ordinary Wizard level exams, and the Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test, respectively, this year.

Ancient Runes, fifth-grade classroom.

Felix once again reaffirmed the importance of the OWLs exam, “You only have six months until the Ordinary Wizard Level Exam, excluding holidays and weekends, how much time is left?”

“Let me do the maths for you, six months, let’s say twenty-five weeks.”

Amidst the dumbfounded expressions of the young wizards on the stage, this professor did the maths, “Two classes per week, one big class of two hours and one small class of one hour, counting up to …”

“That’s only seventy-five hours in total.”

” Do you study this long outside the classroom? No matter how I count, it’s still less than two hundred hours.”

Looking at Professor Hap’s regretful expression, the young wizards were silent.

But Felix’s in a good mood today, and he decided to do a student survey.

“Which subject do you think you are the least good at?”

A little witch said timidly, “Does ancient runes count?”

“Not really!”

“Then it’s the history of magic.” The Hufflepuff girl said, “Professor Binns always makes us memorize lots of stuff, and I don’t have a very good memory.”

“He never highlights anything in class, the other professors more or less give some hints.” A Ravenclaw said indignantly.

Professor Binns is the type of professor who says, “All I talk about is the main point, and all I mention in class is the test point,” and this professor is also known for his flat, uneven language, which sounds like he is reading scripture.

The hypnotic effect is first-class.

“The history of magic … very well, Miss Seldon, Mr. Pardis. Any more?”

“I’m not very good in my astronomy class, I always get confused about planets.”

“The practical lessons in herbalism class are interesting, but I can’t remember the properties of magical plants any time.”

“Don’t you think arithmetic divination is complicated?”

“Divination class is a nightmare!”

Someone immediately retorted, “Nonsense! Divination is the easiest class to pass.”

“Trelawney is a psychopath!”

“Professor McGonagall is very strict.”

“Kettleburn’s class is always full of dangerous magical creatures.”

“Professor Snape is awful.”

The little wizards discussed feverishly, and it quickly went so crooked that Felix hastily called a break, how did it develop into criticizing the professors of various subjects?

He summed up the young wizards’ points: “So, you generally don’t perform well enough in courses that are more theoretical and require a lot of memorization, such as ancient runes, history of magic, and astronomy classes.”

Felix came up with a temporary idea, and he decided to make an attempt: “How about this, let’s play a game.”

” Let’s invite two students … Well, it will be Miss Seldon, Mr. Pardis, I need your cooperation.”

The two young wizards stepped forward curiously.

The classroom sprang to life for the little wizards.

“Take out your wands.”

Seldon and Pardis pulled out their wands excitedly, their eyes fixed on Felix.

Professor Hap’s teaching is always filled with all sorts of new and exciting tricks – a comment that had been widely circulated in other grades, but fifth and seventh grades had been exposed relatively little to it.

“Let’s see …” Felix flicked his wand, and a nine-panel grid appeared in front of each of the two.

Inside the grid were nine sparkling runes.

And above the heads of the two young wizards, two hot gold names were displayed – Petter Seldon, Warren Pardis.

“Professor, what is this?”

Hufflepuff’s Petter Seldon asked curiously, as her friend tapped her finger on the top of her head to reveal the name on top of her head, which, strangely, had the number “0” next to it.

“We will have a magic knowledge contest, next, I will say a phrase, you need to find the corresponding rune to it as fast as possible, and use your wand to touch the corresponding grid.”

“You need to be faster than your opponent in order to get a point.”

” When one of you gets a hundred points first, the game is over.”

Felix looked at the two of them, “Let’s try it first.”

He mouthed a series of paraphrases, “Light, illuminating the path ahead, also denotes the glow of knowledge.”

Petter Seldon and Warren Pardis stared intently at the runes floating in midair in front of them, and when Professor Hap reached the second phrase, Petter’s eyes lit up, and she quickly tapped her wand in the bottom left corner of the ninth box.

“I know, it’s Ken!”

When her wand touched the rune, that area instantly turned bright gold, and at the same time, a “+1” sign appeared above her head, pausing for two seconds before disappearing.

Petter looked at the top of her head as an afterthought – the initial number “0” became “1”, she looked at the professor, “I won? ”

“In a sense.” Felix said, “I assume you understand the rules of the game?”

Both of them nodded at the same time, this kind of play is fascinating, Warren on the other side can’t help but clench his wand – just now he was a step slow.

Felix waved his wand, making the first set of nine squares disappear, and the second set of nine squares appeared in front of the two.

“The second phrase, reward, symbolizes victory, satisfaction-”

Warren flung his wand in the middle of the nine-grid at once and watched the area turn a dazzling gold, his face filled with a flush of excitement, “It’s Wyn, Professor.”

“Correct answer.” Felix nodded, and a “+1” sign appeared on the top of Warren’s head, while the score became 1.

The game continued, “Poor, hard, and also represents some kind of misfortune.”

Without thinking, Warren tapped his wand in the upper left corner, but this time, the area quickly turned a miserable grey.

“Wrong answer, Mr. Warren.” Felix waved his wand, and a “-1” sign appeared above his head, and his score reverted to zero.

Warren shook his fist in annoyance.

At this moment, the young wizards have completely understood the rules of the game, right answer plus points, the wrong answer deducted points, whoever reaches one hundred first, is the winner.

“Harvest, Banker, or Growth Cycle …”

Warren quickly waved his wand …

“Correct, plus one point.”

“Next …”

“Very good, Miss Petter. Next, we’ll have a more difficult challenge.”

The first dozen or so sets were fairly superficial runes, but soon the difficulty climbed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The two slowed down, taking more and more time to think as the score pulled hard to 73::71.

“Gain skill or random luck, reveal hidden secrets, breed life.”

Petter bit her lip as Warren kept snapping his knuckles.

“It’s Peorth, Peorth,” the young wizard watching from the sidelines couldn’t help himself, and an answer crept out.

Petter’s eyes lit up, and her wand clicked on the correct answer.

Felix did not comment, he did not stop the little wizards off-stage from reminding them, but he did not give the two extra points either.

He simply replaced the other group of nines sets.

So the two understood what the professor meant: Next, you will have to compete with the whole class of young wizards.

The two looked at each other with bitter faces.

But the little wizards offstage got excited, and in the next dozen or so groups of nine-grids, they worked together, chattering and joking, while the two onstage each got only one point.

The bell rang, but no one moved.

The score was stuck at 99:98.

The young wizards were quiet at the moment and were not making any noise.

Felix said quickly, “The power of the sun over the devil and the darkness …”

“It’s Sigel,” said Petter, the tip of her staff pointing at the center of the ninth circle, and the golden light flashed.

“I’ve won, I’ve won!”

At her scream, Professor Hap waved his wand, causing brilliant fireworks to burst across the classroom.

“Thank you both students for your wonderful performance, ten extra points for Hufflepuff and five extra points for Ravenclaw.”

“Now, class dismissed!”

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