Magical Studies at Hogwarts

As the first day of school approaches, there are gradually more and more people in the Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley.

Taking advantage of the free time after finishing his order at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, Ike also took a rare trip out for a few days.I did meet a lot of acquaintances, most of whom were here to buy textbooks for the new school year. Occasionally, some would show up at the Jumping Magic Joke Shop, and most of them were first- and second-grade kids. Seniors rarely showed up here. of.

Except for those energetic little lions.

Two things were the same as Ike remembered. One was that Harry blew up his aunt as a balloon and moved into the Leaky Cauldron early.It's just that when he checked in, Ike was in the last moments of retreat, so the two never met.

The second thing is Sirius's escape from prison.

To be honest, Ike didn't want to have too much interaction with Harry. Apart from past impressions, just a few contacts between the two made Ike feel from the bottom of his heart that this was a real troublemaker.

Harry is not very good at listening to other people's advice, and preconceived impressions are more important to him.This is also a common problem among Gryffindors, most of them have a stubborn temper.

More importantly, Harry is not a very good keeper of secrets. Coupled with his status as a "humanoid self-propelled Horcrux", he may not be able to get some secrets about himself from Comrade Lao Fu's mind when he returns.

Ike is still very fond of the identity of the Dark Lord's student. At least until he gets Comrade Lao Fu's magical knowledge and the treasures from the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, Ike will not fall out with Comrade Lao Fu.

Maybe even a little help in some ways.

There are a total of twelve courses in the OWLs exam. In addition to the required courses of Potions, History of Magic, Astronomy, Herbology, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration, the other five are Divination, Arithmetic Divination, and Magical Creatures. Conservation, Ancient Runes Studies and Muggle Studies.In these courses, Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies, Ike doesn't plan to invest too much energy. With his current level, he can guarantee himself an O even if he takes the exam immediately.

Ancient magic texts have always been something that Ike has studied, and they are subjects that should be studied a little bit.What really requires Ike to invest a lot of energy are the two divination classes and arithmetic divination that have always been regarded as score-earning classes by candidates.

Divination in the magical world has always been something more mysterious than magic. What can be predicted will definitely happen, no matter what variables occur in the process, it will happen.

Just like the famous "Savior" prophecy, the Dark Lord obviously wanted to struggle after knowing it, but unfortunately it backfired in the end.

Ike really wants to learn divination. Because of the existence of the Waste Notebook system, as long as the level of divination can be displayed, Ike can raise it to the lowest level of LV6. At that time, he can consciously make up for his own weakness through divination. insufficient.

As for the established nature of the prophecies in the magical world, Ike firmly believes that with the blessing of the great gods of the heavens and the world, this will have no effect on him.

Immutable?

Pure nonsense.

The only thing that worries Ike is whether divination can show the level, which marks whether divination is a talent or a skill.If it's a skill, then that's great. If it's a talent, don't panic. There's also arithmetic and divination.

Although arithmetic divination can only be regarded as a substitute.

Previewing is a good habit. Before the start of school, Ike read all the five elective textbooks as bedtime reading. As he expected, except for the two divination courses, none of the others surpassed Ike's current reading. There is a certain amount of knowledge, and even the research on ancient magic texts needs to be more in-depth.In addition to "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which has been in use since 1927, the textbook for the Care of Magical Creatures class also includes "The Monster Book of Monsters," a textbook designated by Hagrid.After some comparison, Ike could only say that Hagrid was indeed Hagrid.

Aside from being fun, "The Yokai Book of Monsters" is absolutely useless.

On August 8, Ike rarely got a good night's sleep and came out of the room at almost 30 o'clock.After a quick wash, I sat alone in the lobby of the Leaky Cauldron and enjoyed brunch.

The kaomian pancakes were as unpalatable as usual, but I was really hungry. One piece of them would fill up a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child.

When he arrived in Diagon Alley, Ike planned to go treasure hunting in the scrap shop, and then go to Florin's Cold Drink Shop to get a bucket of his favorite vanilla and strawberry double mix to spend the day quietly.

There seemed to be more things in the junk shop, but there were no surprises as always.After randomly choosing a book called "The Encyclopedia of Famous Wizards' Deeds III", Ike went straight to Florin's cold drink shop.

Mr. Florin Fusco still has an impression of Ike. After all, not every little wizard can buy an ice cream bucket the size of his head and hold it in his arms. In recent years, only Ike has done so.

Sitting on the window seat, reading "The Complete Collection of Famous Wizards III" while eating ice cream, it was indescribably comfortable.During this period, I also met Stuart and others by chance, and they were all shopping for things they needed for the new school year. They just chatted with each other and said hello.I did talk to Harry a few more times, but that was all Harry said and Ike listened.

Even though more than two months had passed, Harry was still excited about Lockhart's ending. He and Ike said a lot of bad things about the former celebrity who was now imprisoned in Azkaban, and mixed in a lot of criticism of Deng. Praise from Blido.

What can Ike do?I can only echo a few words without pain.

Harry obviously didn't know about Sirius yet, even though the wanted posters were posted everywhere.Ike has no idea of ​​​​solving Harry's doubts. This kind of thing should be left to Mr. Weasley.

As I once said to Comrade Lao Deng, he is neither the nanny nor the follower of the savior.

Not long after you have dealt with everything well, something difficult to deal with comes.

Hermione's expression was very subtle. She was three parts wary, three parts curious, three parts confused and one part close. She held a cone and took a bite from time to time without saying a word. She just stared at Ike and stared at Ike. It makes my heart tremble.

The effect of the Forgetting Curse is not permanent, and it is likely to be unlocked by itself under certain specific conditions. What's more, Ike's Forgetting Curse was only at the LV3 level at the time, which was even more unstable.

Looking at Hermione's posture now, it was obvious that she had remembered something, but she couldn't tell whether it was a dream, imagination, or a forgetting curse.

She could only be sure that this matter must have something to do with Ike.

"Did you do something to me?"

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Ike choked and coughed for a long time before he could catch his breath.When Hermione saw Ike's reaction, she was even more sure that what happened to her was related to Ike. Her confusion turned into anger, like a lioness with explosive hair.

"Ike Strider!"

"You'd better tell the truth!"