Chapter 635 "So-So Brain"

Whether it was the O.W.Ls exam for fifth graders or the N.E.W.Ts exam for seventh graders, the written exam was all about the theoretical level of young wizards. In the practical part, it is more about the application.

Just like Harry's first exam question, flipping a wine glass or something, most of the students can do it. But if you want to win the praise of the examiner, you need to show something different.

Because of this, Harry's questions seemed simple, but in fact it might not be easier to get a good score than Ron's exam questions.

At the very least, if Ron can fill all five cups, then his grades will definitely not be bad. It's not like "letting the wine glass somersault", if you don't pay attention, you will lose everyone.

Here, after thinking hard for a while, Ron suddenly thought of Maca's strange and powerful freezing magic. Such unheard of magic is naturally far beyond his reach, but freezing a glass of water won't bother him.

"It's as cold as ice."

When he waved his wand and tapped lightly on the glass full of water, and followed a spell in an orderly manner, the water in the glass suddenly "cracked" from the rim of the glass he tapped. There is ice.

"Floating into the air."

After the first freezing spell was completed, the second spell was read out of his mouth with great care. As the spell successfully took effect, the lump of frozen ice jumped out of the cup and landed firmly on the table.

To be honest, Ron actually wanted to get started directly at this moment. But what is going on right now is the practical test of Charms. What if the examiner deducts points if he touches it with his hands?

"Grow bigger quickly!"

The third spell is the expansion spell. This spell works best when applied to solid objects. If the water hadn't been frozen in advance, even if he tried his best, it would only be able to turn one glass of water into two glasses.

"And then...uh, falling apart! Oh..."

When he got here, Ron was a little flustered. Although this spell can be found in the first-grade "Standard Spells Beginner", it is a relatively easy-to-learn spell. But just seeing that it has been repeatedly explained and practiced in the next few semesters, you can know that this is a magic spell that is easy to learn but difficult to master.

To put it simply, it is not convenient to control the strength when cutting hard objects. If you are not careful, the things under the target will also "crack" together.

This time, Ron's cutting curse was obviously flawed. Although the table was fine, the enlarged lump of ice exploded suddenly, and two of the five pieces skimmed over the hat brim of the old witch examiner on the opposite side, and went straight to the other side diagonally opposite. Candidates went.

"Small, be careful—" "Bang!"

That was Dean Thomas, a boy with black hair and dark skin in the same dormitory as Ron and Harry. He was trying to charm the potted plants to grow and bloom when the ice cubes flew towards the back of his head!

However, with a scream, Thomas' wand stuck straight into the soil of the flowerpot. Immediately afterwards, a loud explosion sound was scattered along with a large amount of fresh soil, splashing several nearby people all over.

"Bah, bah..." Ron spat out the Saturn in his mouth, and then said with annoyed face, "Sorry Dean, uh...sorry, dear ma'am."

With such a commotion in the examination room, Ron thought it must be over again. The morning spell theory test paper was not completed, and this kind of moth appeared again in the afternoon, so the subject of spell learning was completely hopeless.

Who knew, the cold-faced old witch on the opposite side just took off her hat and gently shook off the dirt on it, and then waved her hands blankly.

"Mr. Ron Weasley, are you going to give up?"

"Oh, I...can I continue?" Ron immediately asked in surprise, "Uh...wait, I'll continue! That...levitation!"

Seeing that I can continue to complete the exam questions,

Ron immediately beamed with joy. He hastily used a floating spell to recall the flying ice cubes, then put the five cut ice cubes into the cup one by one, and carefully started to melt the ice cubes with the fire spell.

In this exam question, he never used any very difficult spells from the beginning to the end. If I have to say where the most difficult thing is, it is probably the very basic "blazing flame".

Warm the contents of the glass with the Fire Charm. Maca was used in the Hog's Head, and it works pretty well for warming butterbeer. So among those spell materials, he conveniently added this inconspicuous little trick.

Since it was difficult for Ron to use those spells that had a high learning threshold, he spent a lot of effort on such easy-to-learn spells. It can be seen that at this moment in the exam, the effect is still good.

At least, the cold-faced old witch on the opposite side couldn't help but light up slightly when she saw this little trick of his.

After freezing a cup of water, it expands and expands, and finally cuts and melts, so that the five empty cups are barely filled with more than half of the cup of water. Although the expansion spell is time-sensitive, the application of this series of spells is enough to give the examiner a good score.

After glancing at the cup, the old witch picked up the notepad with Ron's file and wrote a few words:

"The level of casting spells is above average, with the flexibility to apply multiple spells in conjunction, and specific spells (such as the fire spell) have clever use of ideas and finer control capabilities."

After thinking about it for a while, she added a small sentence next to her: "I'm average, not confident enough."

In fact, there are many ways to answer this question. If you are smart enough, you can easily fill five glasses with one glass of water just by casting a shrinking spell on them. Of course, each student's ability tends to be different, and the importance of being smart and diligent is naturally equal.

Afterwards, Ron's practical exam continued, but nothing unexpected happened. When the old witch examiner finished scoring and signing all the files, Ron finally walked out of the auditorium door with a stomach full of apprehension.

"Ron, how is it?" Harry and Hermione, who were waiting at the door, immediately leaned forward when they saw him come out, "I heard Dean complaining just now, saying that your ice cube hit the back of his head, causing him to Paste the examiner's face with mud..."

"Oh..." Ron said with a bitter face when he heard the words, "I think I have to go to Dean to apologize or something! I hope I didn't let him fail the exam..."

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Not to mention that Ron was still frowning because of the "bad luck" all day long, and the exam in the auditorium was still going on! When the practical examination of O.W.Ls in Charms is over, what follows is the nightmare of graduates—the practical content of N.E.W.Ts.

As far as the theory test in the morning is concerned, everyone just took a test paper and a pen, and passed it in a hurry, and there was no difference. But in the practical exam in the afternoon, the gap between the two was immediately reflected.

You don't even need to go in to see it. During the time period until evening, the auditorium with the closed door was full of chaotic movements all the time. The sounds of explosions, impacts, and the flow of liquids... You can even occasionally see the flickering fire in the window, which is really lively.

Every once in a while, one or two seventh graders with happy or sad expressions would come out of the door, and then the door was tightly closed again.

Fortunately, there are not many students who can study N.E.W.Ts courses. Although everyone obviously had a lot of time for the exam, when the sunset reflected the entire castle and cast a layer of dazzling golden light, the whole day's hustle and bustle finally came to an end.

After seeing off the last student, the examiners in the auditorium packed up their things one after another, and Maca, who was in charge of entertaining these old professors, also went inside together with Professor Flitwick.

"I can't believe it. I thought that pair of troublemakers would definitely cheat in the exam! But they all passed the exam honestly..."

While walking, the little Flitwick whispered to Maca, with a hint of surprise on his face.

"Hey," Maca said with a smile, "I have already reminded the two of them, if they cheat, I will be the first to report it! These twins are quite capable, if they take the test well, their grades will not be good. Difference."

"Yes!" Professor Flitwick shook his head and said, "Those two kids are just too noisy..."

"It was a bit of a fuss..." Maca shrugged, "But now that they have graduated, Hogwarts will probably be much quieter... Believe me, Professor Flitwick, we will miss them sooner or later Those days are still there!"

After that, he raised his head and nodded to the old wizards, and said with a little respect: "Professor Maqiban, Professor Tofudi... Everyone has worked hard today, please go to the side hall to rest! Another hour After a while, you can enjoy a sumptuous dinner at Hogwarts!"

"Thank you, we are looking forward to it."

The leading Ms. March class this time is wearing an old-fashioned wizard robe, with plain colors and no decorations. She looks like a stingy old lady. She has neatly combed silver hair, and she has a smile on her face, but there is more calmness in those deep eyes.

But to be honest, this is actually a very talkative old lady, at least Maca thinks so—although she sometimes makes people feel too serious.

"Mr. McLean, if necessary, we can also help you restore the auditorium to its original state." She looked at the auditorium and said, "Many years ago, I also studied here... To be honest, every year Come and see here, it can make me feel like I have become a few years younger!"