Chapter 351 Everyone Is More Motivated to Study

When I woke up, the whole Hogwarts was covered with a thick blanket of snow.

Charles didn't care about eating breakfast, and ran all the way to the greenhouse, and saw a palm-thick layer of snow on the top of the greenhouse.

With the waving of the 460㎜ magic wand, a tilted tornado wandered on the top of the greenhouse, and the snow was blown into the air and scattered on the nearby open space.

In the past, someone used a torch to melt the snow on the nearby greenhouse, but the flowing snow water formed a layer of ice on the surrounding ground, and several students who went to the Herbology class fell.

When Charles returned to the cafeteria, breakfast time was halfway over. He immediately put a palm-high toast, bacon, fried eggs, grilled tomatoes and sausages on the plate, and scooped a bowl of milk cereal.

Entering December, the topic that students are most interested in is how to spend the upcoming Christmas vacation.

Especially for those students who help Charles work to cultivate plants, Charles promised them to settle the accounts from the beginning of school to December in advance in mid-December, and they were ready to discuss what to buy when they had money.

Especially this month's Hogsmeade Week is set as the first weekend and the day before the Christmas holiday, so everyone has one day to shop in Hogsmeade.

Amidst the laughter and joy, Dumbledore suddenly announced something: "In the second and third weeks of this month, the seventh-year students will take a mock exam for the Ultimate Wizarding Exam, and you will be given a report card just like the real exam."

The seventh-year students were stunned at first, and then wailed.

Dumbledore continued to announce: "At the same time, the fifth-year students will also take a mock exam for the Ordinary Wizarding Level Exam."

The wailing of Fred and George made the candles under the ceiling shake.

"Don't worry." Dumbledore nodded slightly to the twin brothers, "The questions for the mock exam are all selected from the exams of previous years."

Hermione originally thought that this matter had nothing to do with her, but when she left the cafeteria after breakfast, she was suddenly sandwiched between Fred and George, and the two brothers were very attentive.

"Miss Granger, good morning, it's a nice day today."

"Oh, your schoolbag looks heavy, let me help you carry it...ah!"

George had to help Fred, who had twisted his waist, to the school infirmary.

"These two idiots." Charles shook his head beside Hermione, "Now they know to study hard."

Hermione said, "It's because you said that you would give loans based on their test scores. I think they want me to help find the previous test questions."

"It's strange, why did the headmaster suddenly decide to do this? I remember that there was no mention of mock exams in "Hogwarts: A History of the School."

Charles just smiled. This was not the idea given to Dumbledore by the person who turned "Hogwarts School History" into "Hogwarts: A History of the School". It's not surprising that there are monthly exams after returning from the Christmas vacation.

The fifth and seventh grade students who went to the library to borrow books today found that a new bookshelf was filled with "Real Questions of Ordinary Wizarding Level Examinations in Previous Years" and "Real Questions of Ultimate Wizarding Examinations in Previous Years". They were not there yesterday, and they were obviously newly put up.

Fred was very depressed. His waist was twisted in vain.

The fourth and sixth graders were feeling sorry for each other, as it would be their turn next year.

Dean Thomas saw that the senior students in the common room were not playing games but just reading books, and he was confused: "Why are they so scared? It's not a real exam."

Ron said to him: "Everyone is worried that the report cards will be delivered to their homes before Christmas."

Dean suddenly realized: "So that's it. If you don't do well in the exam, you won't get a Christmas present."

Harry shrugged and said: "I don't have to worry about it. Anyway, my aunt and uncle don't care about my grades. The Christmas presents they give me are toothpicks, matches, etc."

He suddenly felt that sometimes it was a good thing to have no parents to supervise, but this thought never appeared again after a moment.

Lavender Brown said to him: "I think Charles will take care of it."

Harry was stunned, and the quill pen he was writing on stopped, and turned to look at Charles who was manipulating three quills to write furiously.

"That..." Harry asked weakly, "Charles, you won't do that, will you?"

Charles said calmly: "If you can answer a question correctly in every class from tomorrow until the Christmas holiday, I promise you will receive a gift that will make you very happy at Christmas."

Harry's glasses reflected the light of the candle.

Who knows, Charles continued: "Starting tomorrow, you can't sit with Hermione in class."

Harry's glasses and eyes suddenly dimmed.

Seamus immediately said: "Don't worry, I will watch him."

Neville also said: "I promise he won't sit with Hermione."

Hermione just glanced at the boy and continued to read her book.

Hogwarts is quietly changing, and students are more motivated to study.

The fifth and seventh grade students returned to the dormitory much later than before, but Charles and Hermione were the last to stay.

Hermione inserted the bookmark and closed the book, turned her head and looked at Charles, as if thinking about something.

After a long time, the flame in the fireplace gradually weakened, and when Charles turned back to add firewood, he realized that she was looking at him.

"What?" Charles thought her eyes were strange.

Hermione asked: "What did you say to Harry just now?"

"Oh." Charles thought he knew what she was going to say, "What do you want for Christmas, a handbag?"

Hermione shook her head and said, "No."

"Are you asking me to introduce you to your boyfriend?" Charles pinched his chin, "Then let me introduce Beckham to you."

Hermione was so angry that she wanted to pick up Crookshanks in her lap and hit him. Ruby, who was lying on the long table digesting her late night snack, immediately got up and spread her wings to stop her.

Crookshanks escaped, hiding behind Ruby and shivering.

Charles began to collect the pay stubs of students working in the greenhouse on the table, and while collecting them, he asked, "What new discoveries have you made?"

Hermione said to him seriously: "What you just said was that Harry would receive a gift that makes him happy, not that you gave him a gift that made him happy."

Charles didn't expect that she would find it, so he just said: "You are over-interpreting it."

Hermione continued to say seriously: "I have always felt that you are hiding a lot of things. I have felt this way since we first met."

Charles smiled and brought up another topic: "I plan to discuss something with Professor Dumbledore in the future, to establish a higher-level institution in the academic field so that wizards who graduate from seventh grade can have someone who can specialize in studying and A place to learn deeper magic.”

"I've been thinking that a place like that would be more suitable for you."

After he finished speaking, he didn't give Hermione time to speak, and ran away with the ruby ​​on his shoulders.