Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 403. 403. The Charms Exam on the First Day
Time passed, and Scott's fifth grade was drawing to a close.

He will usher in the most important exam after entering Hogwarts - the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination.

For Hogwarts students, the first week of June every year is a fixed exam week, and they will usher in the ordinary end-of-year exams.

But for Year [-], who will sit for the Ordinary Wizarding Levels (OWLs), and Year [-], who will sit for the Advanced Wizarding Levels (NEWT), life is clearly more difficult.

Because both grades will be held for two weeks.

After the time entered June, the staff of the Ministry of Magic began to settle in Hogwarts. They came from the Wizarding Examinations Administration of the Department of Education. They were responsible for supervising the two level exams and serving as the chief examiners.

Before the exam began, Professor Flitwick gathered together the fifth grade students of Scott's Ravenclaw class and personally explained some precautions to them.

"It goes without saying that everyone should know that the Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination has an important impact on your future work."

Professor Flitwick first emphasized the importance of the exam, and then started to get down to business.

"Your exams will last for two weeks. The theoretical written exams are in the morning, and the practical exams are in the afternoon. Of course, the astronomy practical exams are arranged in the middle of the night."

"If there are no accidents, the written test room will be arranged in the auditorium, and your test and seventh grade will be staggered."

"The practical examination room for each subject will be announced on the bulletin board at the entrance of the auditorium. Please check it yourself."

"I want to remind you that the examiners are sent by the Wizarding Examinations Administration of the Department of Education of the Ministry of Magic. They are all very experienced wizards."

Speaking of this, Professor Flitwick also mentioned a name in particular, Gesseldamach Class.

"Ms Marchban is probably the oldest employee at the Ministry of Magic."

"She served as Dumbledore's examiner for the NEWT in 1899, and she continued to serve as Director of the Wizarding Examinations Authority after the Second Wizarding War."

"In other words, Ms. Marchban has worked for more than 100 years alone."

"No matter what tricks the candidates prepare, they will never be hidden from her eyes."

Professor Flitwick's "reveal" caused an uproar.

"It's terrible, Dumbledore's examiner is still an examiner." Roger muttered to Scott.

"She must be much older than Dumbledore to still work!"

"Didn't you hear what Professor Flitwick said, no matter what small movements you make, you can't escape her eyes. She must be in good spirits, and her eyes are sharp."

The students began to talk about it, and everyone was very interested in this examiner who has been in charge of the examination for more than 100 years.

Professor Flitwick waited for a moment of discussion before continuing.

"Furthermore, the papers for the written exams are all subject to the strictest anti-cheating spells."

"It is strictly forbidden to bring automatic answering quills into the examination hall. In addition, memory balls, detachable entrainment cuffs and automatic error-correcting ink are also prohibited."

After the students digested what he said, Professor Flitwick smiled kindly.

"Of course, I'm sure the Ravenclaw boys won't cheat at this important exam."

"I just want to remind everyone, pay attention to the discipline of the exam, and don't cause any losses because you don't know the rules."

"Finally." He clapped his hands. "The test results will be announced in mid-July and delivered by owl. I hope everyone can get satisfactory results by then."

Scott and the others also applauded together and encouraged each other a few words.

Monday morning, June 6.

After breakfast, all the students were asked to leave the auditorium, and several staff members from the Wizarding Examinations Administration walked in accompanied by the vice-principal, Professor McGonagall.

Scott and the others who were waiting outside the auditorium finally met the legendary century-old examiner Gesel Damachban.

She does look very old, with gray hair and a trembling walk, but she is very energetic.

Everyone respects her, including Professor McGonagall.

Not long after the group entered the auditorium, Professor McGonagall walked out of the auditorium again.

"The Charms written test is about to begin." She said to the fifth grade students waiting outside the door, "Everyone line up for the test and enter the venue in an orderly manner!"

Scott and his classmates lined up obediently.

When it was his turn to enter the door, he saw a staff member from the Wizarding Examinations Administration standing inside the door.

He waved his wand at Scott, and said, "Go in."

At this time, the auditorium has changed a lot.

They removed all the decorations in the auditorium, removed the four long college tables and replaced them with many small single tables.

These tables all face the staff table at the end of the auditorium.

In addition to spare quills, inkwells, and rolls of parchment, the examiner's desk also has a large hourglass that appears to be used to time the exam.

The gray-haired Ms. Marchban, as the examiner, has already sat in the center of the teaching desk.

A young invigilator was shouting to everyone: "All students find their seats first! We have put your names on the desks!"

Scott wandered around the auditorium, found a seat with his name written on it, sat down, and put away the quill and ink he brought.

He found that the seats of the students had been disrupted, and his front, back, left, and left were not students who belonged to Ravenclaw.

But not without acquaintances.

Cedric sat right in front of him.

"It's a little different from what my dad told me." Cedric turned around and spoke in a low voice. "When they took the exam, they didn't have fixed seats. Everyone could sit wherever they wanted, and there weren't so many proctors."

Scott said: "Maybe the Wizarding Examinations Authority has reformed all exams, and last year's end-of-year exams already added a duel."

Cedric wanted to say something, but when the invigilator looked over, he quickly turned his head and sat down obediently.

Scott also sat up a little more.

But he didn't feel guilty, instead he smiled at the invigilator who was looking at him.

The other party returned a polite smile and looked away.

Soon, all the fifth graders taking the exam found their seats in the auditorium.

"I hope you all abide by discipline and get good grades!"

Professor McGonagall stood at the door and gave an order, then turned and left the auditorium.

"Is everyone here?" asked Ms. Marchbane.

"Yes, ma'am," said the young invigilator, "the exam can begin."

"Then let's get started."

Lady Marchbane waved her wand.

The tall stack of parchment on the staff desk suddenly flew up.

The parchment seemed to be flying all over the sky, but it actually fell precisely on every student's desk.

When everyone had their papers, Ms. Marchbane tapped the huge hourglass on the table with her wand.

"The exam has officially begun."

The hourglass is reversed, quicksand pours, and the timer starts.

Scott withdrew his gaze, and instead of rushing to write, he looked at the test paper in his hand first.

After going through the questions on the test paper, he had a bottom line in his mind.

The written test is not difficult.

Although it includes all the knowledge learned during the five years from the first grade to the fifth grade, the topics are not deep and there is not much expansion.

Scott picked up the quill and dipped it in ink, and began to answer formally.

When he wrote the entire test paper in one go, he looked up at the hourglass on the teacher's desk again, and found that there was still a small half of quicksand on the upper half of the hourglass.

He put down the quill, checked the test paper, and then started to be in a daze.

Scott was in a daze for a long time, but when Ms. Marchban announced that the exam was over, many students in the auditorium still wailed.

"The test paper is coming!"

Ms. Marchban ignored the students' wailing and just waved her wand.

The test papers on everyone's desks flew back to the desk in front of her, forming a tall pile again.

"The Charms written test is over."

Ms. Marchban said something, and the auditorium immediately became noisy.

"How did you go?" Cedric turned to Scott.

"Should be fine," Scott said with a smile.

Cedric still wants to discuss the answers with Scott, but the proctors have already started asking them to leave as soon as possible to make room for the seventh graders.

Scott and Roger met first, and neither of them talked about the exam just now, but about today's lunch.

Until Milton walked over with a nervous expression on his face.

"How did you do?" he asked anxiously.

Neither Scott nor Roger answered his question.

"Okay, don't think about the exams that have passed." Scott patted Milton on the shoulder, "Come and guess what's for lunch today with us."

With Milton's character, too much discussion will affect his practice exam in the afternoon.

Next, he refuted Milton's suggestion of "going to read books again", suggesting that the three of them go for a walk by the Black Lake together.

"The most important thing now is to relax." Roger also advised him.

Seeing that both of them said this, Milton agreed with some uneasiness.

When they came out of the castle, the Weasley twins came up from behind.

Fred smiled gloatingly at Scott, "Oh, my dear friend, I hear you've pissed off our 'little Greg'."

"You should be lucky." George blinked, "Fortunately, it's all exam time these days, otherwise you would have seen the horror of 'Little Greg'."

Fred added, "Just look at our little brother Ron's increasingly unlucky face."

"Your news is a little behind." Scott didn't want to discuss this topic, "Has your promotional video been fully produced?"

Before, he had taken time to do editing and post-production for them, and then handed over some simple processing work to them.

"It has been completely finished!"

"Wait to see us amaze the whole Hogwarts!"

The two looked confident.

If Scott hadn't participated in the production, he would have almost believed it.

"I'm looking forward to it." He said seriously.

He was looking forward to the predictable reaction of shame and embarrassment from the rest of Gryffindor after seeing the promo.

Several people talked and laughed, and walked around the Black Lake.

Afterwards, because of Fred and George, the two live creatures who kept making fun, Milton also began to show a relaxed smile.

After a sumptuous lunch, they entered the examination room again.

The afternoon Charms practical exam was still arranged in the auditorium.

This time the practical exam was arranged as a level mode, and each level required students to use a specific spell to solve the corresponding level.

Each level is scored by a proctor.

The easiest first hurdle was a locked door, which Scott passed with an unlocking spell.

The second level blocked the way by a tall wooden fence. Scott used the cutting spell to destroy a few wooden boards and then passed.

The third level is a number of golden snitches flying non-stop in a small space. Scott uses a freezing spell to stop them from running around.

In the fourth level, Scott repaired a dilapidated boat with a repair spell, and rowed the boat through a waterway.

In the fifth level, Scott used the Iron Armor Curse to block the attacks of several Bludgers, and then decisively used the Blasting Curse to blow them up at once.

At this point, under the surprised gaze of the invigilators, his practical exam ended and he walked out of the exam room again.

"Scott."

The twin who took the test before him immediately ran over.

"How did you deal with the Bludgers?" asked Fred. "George nearly got his head shot by the Bludgers, and he smashed them with the Crushing Charm."

"You were almost hit on the nose by a Bludger!" George said unconvinced.

In this way, the two of them dismantled each other with one word and one word, and soon they quarreled, leaving Scott aside.

Scott, on the other hand, watched the bickering between the two.

At this time, Cedric came over.

"Scott, you're right," he said to Scott. "They did make some changes to the test."

"Isn't that how practice exams used to be?" Scott asked.

"The Charms practical exam my dad took was pretty boring," Cedric said. "They just had to cast a given spell on a target."

"Oh, that's really boring."

"No idea!"

Fred and George stopped arguing with each other and echoed Cedric's words, shoulder to shoulder.

Then, the two started complaining again.

"Why didn't our daddy ever tell us this?"

"Of course, neither did Mom."

They soon found the answer themselves.

"I think it's because they're all too busy."

"No, I think it's because we have so many kids that they can't remember who they've talked to and haven't talked to."

"In comparison, I would like the way the test is done now," Scott said to Cedric.

"I also think the current exam is better. It not only tests the mastery of the spell, but also tests our resilience." Cedric said.

But the twins were a little dissatisfied.

"I don't think it's good enough. It would be better if it was more stimulating."

"If we let us arrange the levels, this game will definitely become a lot more interesting."

The two began to mutter again, expressing their opinions on the transformation of those levels.

The students around who heard their conversation walked away involuntarily.

If the examination room is arranged according to the twins' ghost ideas, many people will suffer.

"Fred, George, that's not a game."

Only Candide Cedric kindly reminded them.

(End of this chapter)