The man behind Hogwarts

"Well--"

"This form of activity is very novel. It not only tests students' knowledge, but also inspires enterprising spirit through competition. Principal Dumbledore, I think it is worth promoting."

Principal Devante is keenly aware of the benefits of debating activities.

The wizarding world has been relatively conservative since ancient times. The traditional activities are Quidditch, Gobstone, wizard chess, etc.

Activities such as debating that favor intellectual competition may not be suitable for adult wizards...

But for little wizards in school.

There is no more rewarding activity than this.

Dumbledore nodded with a smile. He very much agreed with Devante's words, otherwise he would not have supported William and others' application.

Although the Gem Club's instructor is Snape, he is still the one who controls everything behind the scenes.

"William and his friends came up with this event. It's really good."

Dumbledore said, half in praise and half in explanation:

"This debate can be used as a pilot activity. If the effect is good, it can be listed as a regular activity in the future."

"One more thing, have you noticed..."

"The questions selected for the competition are very interesting. They are not questions that have appeared before, and they perfectly meet the difficulty requirements. It not only screens out some people with insufficient knowledge reserves, but does not exceed the standards."

Snape nodded in agreement.

He is the first teacher to see all the questions, so he naturally understands the standard of these questions.

Especially the questions involving potions, even he was a little touched. It was not that the questions were difficult or that they involved new knowledge points, but the way William and others set the questions.

Did not follow the textbook according to the textbook,

He didn't deliberately make things difficult.

Instead, it deeply analyzes the many problems of potions through conversion, association, divergent thinking, etc.

For example, for the question about moon grass, Snape never thought that it could be asked in this way.

Through just one competition question, most of the cultivation matters of moon grass were explained, which is really a strange idea.

Principal Devante said thoughtfully:

"I know that William, he is a very famous little wizard!"

"Especially the sun bracelet he created, which is simply a miracle."

She told everyone about her discovery at the magic hospital.

As the most professional wizarding hospital in the UK, St. Mungo's Hospital of Witchcraft and Wizardry receives patients with all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases.

Among them, those infected by werewolves,

Often one of the trickiest.

First of all, a person bitten by a werewolf cannot be cured, and the final result will inevitably become a werewolf.

Secondly, wizards despise werewolves and regard them as dirty and inferior creatures. Once bitten by a werewolf, most patients will choose to commit suicide.

Until the sun bracelet came out.

Devante first learned about the sun bracelet from Dumbledore, and then saw many newspaper reports.

Her first reaction was surprise, and her second reaction was doubt!

A problem that has troubled the wizarding world for countless years was solved by a young wizard who was still in school?

And also through alchemy items?

Could it be that his alchemy is stronger than that of Nicoléme?

In order to verify the effectiveness of the sun bracelet, Devante stayed at the Magic Hospital throughout the summer vacation.

The Magical Hospital purchased a sun bracelet from the Full Moon Store and tested it on a werewolf-infected patient.

At that time, the patient had already shown signs of lycanthropy!

Devante has seen firsthand the effects of the sun bracelet!

From then on she paid special attention to William.

……

Although the live broadcast can be watched remotely in the principal's office, the live broadcast cannot perfectly present the effect of the scene after all——

Such as the lively atmosphere in the auditorium!

Cedric cleverly mobilized the enthusiasm of the entire audience through the form of college confrontation. The sense of collective honor made the little wizards secrete dopamine, making them addicted and excited.

When the contestants returned to their seats, they were treated like heroes.

on the high platform.

The only judge sat at attention.

Her responsibility is to explain why the answer is that after announcing the result of each question.

It can not only express reasoning, but also spread knowledge...

Professor McGonagall looked at the scene in the audience with a solemn expression. On the little wizard's face, she discovered that imparting knowledge is not that difficult.

"Quiet! Quiet!"

Cedric the Host spoke using an amplifying spell.

"Everyone must know that this competition is fully organized by our Gem Club. Our president just told me temporarily that in order to thank everyone for coming to watch the competition, a new question and answer with prizes..."

"This Cedric..." William smiled and shook his head.

Evelin whispered: "He never misses any opportunity to help you become famous!"

"Actually, it's not necessary, but thank him."

Although it was nice to show off in front of others, ordinary pretense could no longer excite William.

The more important reason is that, step by step, William has accumulated many trump cards in his hands, and has gradually begun to make plans all over the world...

The excitement point invisibly increased a lot.

The prize-winning quiz is very simple. The organizer sets the questions and draws lucky viewers to answer them. Correct answers are polite.

In order to take care of all audiences, there are seven questions in total, covering seven grades.

In the end, Cedric repeatedly emphasized that senior students should not rush to answer questions from lower grades, as it would be too bullying.

The first is the first grade problem. It is very simple. After all, it has not been long since the first grade students started school.

"Ask, what does Gamp's Law of Transfiguration involve?"

As soon as the problem arises,

Most of the audience in the auditorium raised their hands.

This question is really too simple, purely theoretical knowledge, and it is the basis of the basics of the Transfiguration course.

Fred and George also raised their hands. As contestants, they sat near the front, so they stood out.

William looked back,

I saw the two brothers at a glance.

"Fred, what are you raising your hands for? This is a question for first graders."

"Huh?" Fred and Fred suddenly reacted.

George put down his hands and said, "I'm used to it now. I haven't recovered from the competition just now. William, what's the prize for the quiz?"

"Some interesting alchemy items." William said.

While the two were talking, Cedric couldn't laugh or cry.

Question about first graders, why are so many people raising their hands? It’s impossible that most of the auditorium is filled with first graders.

After emphasizing it twice, the number of people raising their hands was reduced by half.

Cedric took hold of his ash wand and waved it casually.

Large silver points of light appeared out of thin air in the auditorium, like twinkling stars. The stars fell lightly from the sky, like a rain of falling stars.

The little wizards who raised their hands were all holding hands.

"Me! I'm chosen!!"

Draco jumped up, and the silver light in his hand flickered a few times, turning into bright gold.

Everyone else's were silver, so obviously his was unique.

Ron held his own silver point of light in disappointment. It flickered a few times without changing color, but dissipated into nothingness.

"Why not me? I know the answer to this question."

Harry sighed in disappointment as well.

Turning to look at Hermione, I found that she was not paying attention to the silver light spots, but was concentrating on something.

"Hermione?"

"I'm fine..." Hermione regained her composure and said with a smile as if nothing had happened.

Draco stood up, two blushes appearing on his pale face.

He opened his mouth to answer, but Cedric stopped him and asked him to introduce himself with a smile.

This hit Draco's sweet spot.

"My name is Draco Malfoy, and I am a student of Slytherin House..."

His speech and behavior were elegant yet solemn, and his aristocratic demeanor was clearly demonstrated at this moment.

Let’s not talk about how other colleges view it.

At least the Slytherins appreciated Draco's demeanor at this time.

Draco: "The five key points of Gamp's law of transformation are food, magic, life, love, and knowledge!"

Cedric: "Exactly!"

There were bursts of applause!

He clicked his wand, and a gift wrapped in a gift box flew to Draco.

When the last seventh grader finished answering their questions, today's competition officially ended. Amid the endless discussion among the little wizards, Cedric announced the procedures for tomorrow's debate, emphasizing that William and Evelyn's demonstration debate would be held tomorrow. .

……

William took Evelin and others back to the club.

After answering the password and entering the door, Nora was pacing leisurely inside. She was not excited when she saw a few people and continued to leisurely.

"William, I sent out seven more gifts today. Is it too expensive?"

Fran asked as he closed the door.

In addition to him, Evelyn, and Cedric, Ian, Ariel, and Trina were also in the office.

As they gradually integrated into the club, the three of them often stayed in the club, which was very convenient for learning, testing magic, etc.

Ariel Qian said: "The third grade group has given out gifts. Should the second grade and first grade follow suit?"

Evelin answered on behalf of William:

"Don't worry, he doesn't have much now, he just has a lot of money. The Yuanyue Store has almost become a cornucopia."

She used to worry about William investing too much, but later she learned about the operating conditions of Yuanyue Store and never mentioned it again.

William nodded in agreement.

"It's just a little money."

Immediately, several people discussed the status of the debate competition, and once again deepened the formulation of plans in terms of hosting and spectator management.

Through today's game, they also discovered some problems.

For example, the contestants don’t understand the rules well enough, the three-person team doesn’t work together enough, etc. These can all be improved upon.

We discussed playing a debate competition and discussed the club’s thesis project for this month.

"Wizard Weekly" received two letters urging the manuscript, and Dumbledore talked to William once, first to praise several people's study progress, and secondly to urge the newspaper's alumni editor.

In his two lifetimes, William experienced being pushed for a manuscript for the first time. Needless to say, he was quite proud of it.

"You have to pay attention to the debate competition, and you can't relax on the thesis project, and you need to pay even more attention to it."

William concluded: "Now that we have seven members, the thesis project is more competitive than before. I will increase the rewards. Let's start after everyone has chosen the topic."

Everyone was familiar with it and quickly chose the topic.

Several others have clear goals. For example, Evelyn likes to choose spells and transfiguration, Cedric likes to choose herbal medicine, Ariel likes to choose history of magic and literature...

Fran struggled with this for a long time.

He deliberately chose the topic of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but when he thought that his current teacher was Quirrell, he lost his courage.

"What, you can't make up your mind?" William laughed.

Fran's expression fell, "You all have teachers you can ask for advice, but Teacher Quirrell, you also know that I really don't have confidence."

"You don't have to worry about that."

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"Because you can only choose potion topics."

Fran's eyes widened, he scratched his neck and said unconvinced: "I don't want to choose potions. Although I have a good score in potions, I don't want to deal with Professor Snape anymore."

"But I'm afraid it's not up to you."

With that said, William handed a piece of paper to Fran, which read: Remember which college you are from, don't embarrass me!

Ah uh...

Fran covered her face in despair.

The handwriting looked like Professor Snape's, and Fran immediately understood its meaning. Wasn't this forcing him to choose a potion?

"Ian is also a Slytherin, why didn't the professor choose him??"

"Maybe the professor likes you more!"

Sad howls sounded in the club, and Ariel and others were not surprised. Only by truly joining the Gem Club would they discover what Fran was doing in private.

On the other side, William took out his treasured notebook——

"Professor Snape's Quotes" has another great quote!

Publication is just around the corner.

‘Recently, Snape has stopped saying nice things when we get along with each other. It seems like it’s time to find a jobber to record it for me. ’

Should I choose Hermione or Draco, or Harry or Ron?

Then William opened the cabinet and solemnly took out a crystal ball and a few yarrow roots.

The centaurs often use auxiliary materials in their divination, especially yarrow.

After activating the crystal ball, William communicates with Jarvis in his mind.

"Jarvis, which planet has the most stable trajectory today?"

"77 Ursa Major, 5 Yuheng Beidou, apparent magnitude 1.76."

"1.76? The brightness is so high. It is probably the brightest star in Ursa Major."

"really."

Hearing Jarvis's affirmative answer, William felt refreshed. It seemed that today's divination would be more accurate.

For the classification of astronomical galaxies, Jarvis's own system is used, which is also one of the data he saved. Unfortunately, the galaxy data from his previous life is of no use in this world.

After model reconstruction and data filling, a galaxy map that fits the current universe was finally formed.

It is precisely because of the support of Jarvis's data that William's divination skills have improved rapidly.

Light the yarrow and position the divination benchmark as Yuheng Beidou 5, magic, spirit, inspiration...

The divination begins!

William's divination technique draws on the strengths of several families, using the basic divination of the centaurs and integrating it with the stargazing science summarized by Professor Sinistra, so his method of divination is different from that of the centaurs.

Coupled with the fact that Jarvis provided data directly, William didn't even have to wait until night.

Today’s fortune teller is—Silver-haired Paul.

Regarding this poisonous snake hiding in the dark, William was determined to get rid of it quickly. No matter what the reason was for the other party to target him, he had to go see Merlin.

When the green smoke of yarrow rises, the faint fragrance spreads.

Evelin and others lowered their voices and cast their gazes over.

Pictures gradually appeared in the crystal ball...