Chapter 557 Assessment and Decryption(1/2)
"Train your running ability well, start running, start running!"
William shouted to the fifth grade students and walked towards the tree not far away.
Next to the tree, a ghost poked its head out from time to time. It looked funny, as if it was stuck - but ghosts cannot be stuck.
'What's strange is that although not many ghosts come to talk to us now, and we only see them once or twice a month, they actually didn't go to my office but came here instead?'
He was actually a little curious - to be honest, he was one of the top ten wizards in the British wizarding world who knew about ghosts, and he knew their personalities very well.
Although ghosts are neither afraid of the sun nor wizards, they still prefer to stay in some dark corners - not for anything else, but mainly for the quietness.
If you reduce the life of a ghost to the life of a normal wizard, you will find how torturing it is - after about an hour or less, a group of noisy villains will rush over.
, do something weird to interrupt your meditation.
It's even more terrifying when placed in Hogwarts. It's almost as if an ordinary wizard takes a nap, and a whole new group of little villains appear, and then they brave the same stupidity and make the same mistakes, even if you finally find them.
Even if you hide in a place where there are few people around, there will still be a group of little ghosts holding wands and noisily shouting for adventure while you sleep.
Therefore, almost no ghosts will come to this kind of place - only those who have just become ghosts will wander around with such curiosity, but they will soon get tired of this kind of exploration.
Because it's too easy - ghosts don't get hungry, don't get tired, almost never get hurt, can't be blocked by obstacles, and have a very limited range of movement... It's too easy to get bored.
'A new ghost coming to Hogwarts? I hope he can endure the torture of Peeves...'
William shook his head silently - in fact, several ghosts plan to come to Hogwarts to settle every year, but they are either scared away by the strong curiosity of the students, or they are scared away by Pippi who does not look like a ghost at all.
The ghost was scared away.
But that's not a big problem. The ghost won't be really hurt anyway. For William, it's more important to find out how this person died - although the Dark Lord is most likely in the United States, but if he is here
It is possible to secretly kill a wizard and prepare some evil plan...
But it's a pity - it's an old ghost.
"Hello, why did you suddenly think of this place?"
Now that he's here, William asked in passing - he had forgotten the name of this familiar-looking ghost, but he still had to say hello.
"I'm thinking about something, and I don't know if I should tell you, Professor."
He spoke slowly.
"Ah? Is there anything new?"
There aren't many things in Hogwarts that can be hidden from ghosts. Except for a few highly protected offices, they even occasionally pass through the professor's common room - but ghosts are never willing to tell others what they see.
That's it.
"A group of students are acting stupidly... Just like what happened countless times in the castle... They are always like that, thinking that they are the right ones..."
The ghost sighed melancholy, still a little confused...
"Stupid?"
William smiled and said, "It's so normal. At their age, do you think they can be extremely correct? As long as they don't go astray, it's no big deal if they make some mistakes."
He glanced at the running students over there and pointed his finger, "Did you see those over there? They are in fifth grade. You said they are more mature than before. That's for sure. But when it comes to being stupid, even if you don't punish them,
The accusation doesn’t go far, just ten years - who will dare to face up to everything they did in ten years?"
The oldest student at Hogwarts is only eighteen years old. If this was not the magical world but the online world, it would not take ten years for every student to hide their previous spaces, friend circles, etc., and they would not dare to
Face it, isn't it normal to be stupid or something?
"That's true, Professor."
The ghost laughed, and he remembered the legend about the truth about the Philosopher's Stone that was very popular among the ghosts back then - when the Potter just came to school, there would be ghosts following him from time to time. Look at this so-called
Will our savior break away from that low-level stupidity and become different?
Facts have proved that - as long as you are that age, no matter who you are, you cannot escape the evaluation of a stupid child.
Anyway, the ghost time is long and boring, and there is no waste at all. There are a few idle and powerful ghosts who follow this stupid kid all the way - scolded by Snape, behaved inconspicuously in class, and excelled in flying lessons.
, stayed up all night and sneaked out of the castle...
No different - no different from the stupid kids at Hogwarts over the years, or maybe none of them are actually very smart...
It wasn't until the Sorcerer's Stone was protected that the ghosts had a different view of him - but it wasn't much better. After all, a first-year kid who didn't even know a few magics wanted to face him head-on.
Professor in understanding, if not for luck...
"Let me guess..." William hesitated, "Do the seniors think it's unfair?"
People don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality - the students in the past were treated differently, and the students now are treated differently. Even if he were a senior, he would feel uncomfortable...
But to be judged as stupid repetition by a ghost is more than just dissatisfaction...
"Professor, your guess is correct. No wonder everyone praises you..."
The ghost was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Those guys still think they can show off their cleverness and make you admit their mistakes..."
"As expected..."
William shook his head helplessly, "But you guessed it wrong - seventh graders are actually a bit cunning..."
Some people must feel that they are very smart, while others are just venting their dissatisfaction or stress - the peculiar system of Hogwarts allows students to accumulate stress when taking the OWLs exam in the fifth grade, and then accumulate it when they graduate in the seventh grade.
Another wave of pressure.
There's nothing unforgivable about pulling a prank - it's just as understandable as tearing up books near the college entrance examination, it's just that you need to clean up after being caught.
"And how are you going to stop them, Professor?"
"Why stop it?"
William shook his head, spread his hands, and looked at the students in the distance with a smile, "Let them take the fifth grade exam. Whoever loses will be punished..."
He wanted to see what kind of trouble they could get up to if they were all his own students.
Only with the limited skills of one person and the combined efforts of everyone can he create enough traps to test the fifth grade students - he doesn't know what kind of situations he will encounter in the future, so it is a good thing for the students to experience it in advance.
Anyway, he is keeping an eye on the students and is not worried about anything happening to them - if the fifth graders pass the exam, then the seventh graders' wish will be fulfilled, but if the trap is broken by the fifth graders, that's another matter.
Now, it’s time to settle the accounts later in the year.
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"Huh...huh..."
Ron gasped and ran to Harry's side - he even wanted to do the papers now.
It seems that these fifth-grade students are envied by the senior students with red eyes, but they themselves know best what the current curriculum is like.
That means run away, run away and run away quickly...
To put it bluntly, since the curriculum reform, they have not even learned the spell that can kill flies...
At the beginning, the class was quite fresh, and everyone thought it would definitely get better. But now, if the professor hadn't been so powerful, they would have started to protest.
Simply put, self-defense courses are either defense or escape - and there is an assessment line that firmly stands on that side.
The professor said that as long as you can beat Harry in a duel, you can learn whatever you want, but why fight with that pervert?
Now the entire fifth grade knows that Harry is good enough to fight, even one against three - last time the professor asked three students from the same grade to surround Harry, but the three students were found by Harry after the stalemate lasted for less than five minutes.
All flaws have been eliminated...
"It's just beyond words..."
Ron leaned on Harry for a few steps and finally relaxed a little - it was simply too much. He was obviously a member of the Quidditch House team, but he was knocked down in the end...
"Okay, don't talk casually while running, be careful of getting distracted..."
Harry, who was well trained, told Ron in a low voice, and then started running - the professor seemed to be talking to someone over there, but he was not sure... maybe it was a ghost...
"Okay! Everyone, please stop, relax a little, and listen to me!"
The professor over there shouted loudly.
"Next, everyone will return to the castle early, and then come to the castle's - um, fifth floor to report to me."
"The first place to arrive will add fifteen points to the college! Five points will be deducted for the college with less than the largest number of students!"
"Don't be anxious, wait until I tell you to start, otherwise it will be considered a violation!"
William was lecturing the students while looking at the castle in the distance with a smile, hoping to leave enough time for the seniors to set up traps.
This group of students is really about to graduate and they have to give them a big gift - not only to help them with the exams, but also to make them stand out. It's really touching.
'I'll go find the culprit later... They will be happy to meet me.'
William smiled cheerfully, and then shouted to the playful fifth graders below, "Everyone, get ready! Start!"
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"What's going on?"
The twins were observing outside a well-located empty classroom - the fifth-grade students were back, but it wasn't get out of class time yet.
Although they hoped that this was the professor's sudden decision to end get out of class early, their years of struggle and experience in confinement told them that something was fishy and they had to run quickly.
But the two of them suppressed the sudden desire to escape.
To be continued...