Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Points, points, the lifeblood of students.

This principle is applicable everywhere.

Even if you are studying magic, grades are still an important criterion for considering a student's level.

Considering the "carrot pit" social structure of the wizarding world, young wizards studying at Hogwarts may need something like grades to prove themselves more than Muggle young people.

Although most of the little wizards are very playful and cannot correctly understand the importance of achievements, there are always some people who are ahead of others.

For example, those young wizards who come from pure-blood wizard families have guidance from their elders, have a broader vision than other peers, and are more committed to academic performance.

Of course, some young wizards who are smart enough can realize this even if they are not from pure-blood wizard families.

Among the latter, the most typical representative is Gryffindor's famous "know-it-all" lady.

It was summer during the exam days, and the weather was almost blindingly hot, especially in the large classroom where they were taking the exam.

The little wizards had to use special quill pens given to them to write their answers, because these pens had been enchanted to prevent cheating.

In addition to competitions, they also take application tests.

Professor Flitwick from the Charms class called them into the classroom one by one and asked everyone to use a charm to make a pineapple tap dance across a table.

To be honest, this exam is very difficult. It requires the young wizard to combine many kinds of spells and use them fluently.

Most of the candidates conducted the exam as if they had drunk fake wine. They basically stumbled and staggered throughout the exam.

Only a small number of people successfully passed the test and received an "O" grade. Among them was Hermione. The little witch made the pineapple do a perfect tap dance and even made a beat on the table.

Byrne also performed well.

He used telekinesis to assist the spell, which not only made the pineapple perform gymnastics, but also shed its skin while spinning three and a half times in the air. Then, he used the "Shen Feng Shadowless Curse" he learned to turn it into a plate of sliced ​​pineapple chunks in the blink of an eye.

Professor Flitwick gave him an "O" on the spot, while Russ, the swallow-tailed dog waiting aside, gave him an "OHHH" - he burped.

Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Application Test took a "simple and unpretentious" route: Of course, this "simple and unpretentious" refers to the fact that the Transfiguration test is unpretentious and difficult, making candidates go crazy as soon as they read the questions. numb.

She just found a mouse and asked the little wizards to turn it into a snuff bottle on the spot. The more beautiful it became, the higher the score, but if it didn't look like it, points would be deducted.

The snuff bottle conjured by Ron still retains the rat's tail, and it is still swaying. He later explained that this was because he was thinking of his pet Scabbers. Since the adventure that night, the mouse had disappeared without a trace, so he had been worried about it recently.

Harry's performance was not even as good as Ron's. Although the snuff bottle he conjured did not leave a mouse's tail, the color and texture of the snuff bottle looked like the fur of a mouse. His results were basically the average level of all the little wizards who took the exam.

Seeing Harry's performance, Professor McGonagall looked a little unhappy on the spot.

Because she also taught Harry’s parents’ teacher—Lily, needless to say, was the top student in Gryffindor in their time. Even Horace, the dean of Slytherin House and the professor of Potions class at the time, They all favor this good student; and although James Potter is not a top student, he is at least a top student, and as a wizard who can master "Animagus" magic, his talent for transformation may actually be A bit stronger than Lily.

But it was their son Harry Potter's turn... Professor McGonagall felt a little sorry, but considering the child's recovery from a serious illness, she could only plan to give him some extra care next year.

After the entire first-year Transfiguration exam, only the snuff bottles conjured by two young wizards, Bourne and Hermione, earned Professor McGonagall a perfect score.

Hermione turned the mouse into a Baroque-style enamel snuff bottle. There was no trace of the mouse at all, and the colors were so bright that it was amazing.

The snuff bottle conjured by Bourne was relatively simple. He turned the mouse into a small sky-blue porcelain bottle with a large number of cracks on the surface.

Of course, Professor McGonagall gave him high marks not because he knew how valuable this kind of porcelain bottle was in the Muggle world. She saw the real highlight of the transformation technique Bourne used.

At the examination site, Professor McGonagall looked at Bourne's examination work, and then gently tapped the conspicuous cracks on its surface with his wand.

Those lines immediately began to move, and they formed two or three groups of many runes. Professor McGonagall recognized three of the combinations at a glance - "tenacity", "fire protection", and "waterproof and moisture-proof".

Judging from the number of cracks on the surface of this small porcelain bottle, there are at least two or three groups of similar runes.

In other words, Bourne just used a transformation spell and transformed an item with at least five ancient magical effects.

"Just constructing a virtual soul, this child has created a living alchemical product." Professor McGonagall nodded with great satisfaction.

What made her even more gratified was that Bourne's skill in making this transformation item was not a family secret like some of the pure-blood family wizards she had seen in the past.

Although this is also a manifestation of talent, the skills Bourne displayed were obviously some of the topics she taught to the young wizards in the Transfiguration Club every Saturday.

The boundaries and fusion points of runes, transfiguration and alchemy with their own effects are all the lessons she taught to the club members.

Bourne conjured up this snuff bottle with ease, which shows that this child is not only very serious about participating in club activities every Saturday, but also in private, I am afraid that he is integrating knowledge and working hard to do more exercises on his own.

"Perfect work." Professor McGonagall, who has always been stingy in praising his students, rarely praised Bourne on the spot.

After the spells and transfiguration exams, it was time for Snape's potions exam. In order to satirize some young wizards who didn't use their brains to listen well, the Slytherin headmaster asked everyone to make a " "Amnesia drug" is a poison that makes people's brains bad and causes symptoms of forgetfulness.

Ironically, because most of the young wizards were so nervous, even though they were just brewing the potion (rather than taking it), most of them ended up struggling to remember how to make an amnesia potion. My eyes widened.

Their last exam was the history of magic. Everyone had to spend an hour answering questions about the birth history of the "high-pressure steam crucible", a side magic tool, making conclusions about the value and significance of its existence, and speculating on the future of this magic tool. Is there any possibility of widespread application?

Unlike most young wizards, Bourne didn't rack his brains to make up some answers, nor did he cite everything like Hermione.

This little witch actually connected this topic to two major historical events, "The Werewolf Management Act of 1637" and "The Beginning and End of the Elf Rebellion".