Chapter 4082 4084 [Flying Lesson]

"Since we can't understand the predictions of these stars, why do we still learn them?"

"She said nothing. She said we couldn't understand the predictions, and said that the predictions of the centaurs needed time to verify..."

"I think this subject is not interesting at all compared with Charms, Transfiguration, and Potions. It is barely better than "History of Magic."

"Tomorrow I will have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Flying classes. I hope these two classes will be more interesting."

"Of course, I heard that flying classes are the most interesting. It's so interesting to be able to fly into the sky."

The classmates talked about it. Children like Gregory Foley and Ben Alban, who were born in wizarding families, have begun to show off their experience of riding flying brooms.

This attracted many freshmen who were born in Muggles or lived in Muggle communities since childhood and had never touched flying brooms. They were amazed and curious.

This also made them more and more proud and exaggerated. According to Gregory Foley, he once raced against an airplane on a broomstick; Ben Alban said that he learned to ride a broomstick at the age of five. His father would release an eagle for him to catch, and he always flew faster and higher than the eagle...

Xiang Nan ignored their boasting, and his main focus was still on books.

Magic literature, Transfiguration, Charms, Potions... So many subjects, so much knowledge, and so many books are waiting for him to learn.

...

The next day, there was a Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the morning.

The professor of this course was Austin Amelio, who had previously taught Divination, but later there was a shortage of professors for Defense Against the Dark Arts, so he was replaced.

Legend has it that Voldemort had applied for this position, but was rejected by Hogwarts, so he cursed the position, making every teacher who taught this course unable to teach for a year.

Although this curse may not be true, Hogwarts has indeed changed the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year over the years.

The last Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher was bitten by a local two-headed lizard while traveling in Southeast Asia, and unfortunately died.

Professor Amelio was pale, with sunken eye sockets, and looked sickly. He was always startled, giving people a feeling of mental instability.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class actually mainly teaches students how to resist various black magic and dark magic creatures, such as resurrected corpses, boggarts, vampires, werewolves, female ghosts, snowmen, trolls, female demons, red hats, ghouls, etc.

However, in Xiang Nan's opinion, Amelio's teaching was not very good.

Because he was just telling a story, he didn't teach a single protective spell in the whole class, such as the Armor Spell, the Disarming Spell, the Stop Spell, etc., which made Xiang Nan feel very disappointed.

But judging from the reactions of other students, it seems that his teaching is not that bad. Anyway, Joey, Benjamin, Olivia and others were very satisfied with it.

Because Amelio told them a story about how he subdued a powerful revenant.

His jumpy, neurotic demeanor can create a good atmosphere when he tells ghost stories, and the students are scared and screaming, and they are very excited.

But Xiang Nan doesn't want to listen to stories, he just wants to learn knowledge, so in his opinion, Professor Amelio is not qualified at all.

...

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff gathered in the open space in front of the castle.

It was a sunny and breezy day. As they walked quickly down the sloping grass and walked towards a flat lawn opposite the venue, the grass rippled slightly under their feet. Beyond the lawn was the forest, and the dark trees in the distance swayed in the wind.

Mrs. Rolanda Hooch, the teacher who taught the flying class, was already waiting here. She had short gray hair and two yellow eyes, like the eyes of an eagle.

There were more than 20 flying brooms beside her, most of which were incomplete and obviously had a certain age. This is not surprising. Hogwarts does not charge tuition fees. Expenses are mainly funded by the Ministry of Magic and alumni.

Broomsticks are expensive, so they are naturally not replaced every year. As long as they can still be ridden, they are basically not replaced.

"Okay, what are you waiting for?" She said sternly, "Everyone stand next to a flying broom. Quick, quick, hurry up."

The students stood up one after another.

"Stretch out your right hand and place it above the broom handle," Madam Hooch shouted in front, "and then say: 'Get up!'

"Get up!" Everyone shouted.

Xiang Nan's flying broom jumped into his hand, scaring Joey and Benjamin in front of him.

Their brooms did not move at all, and Gregory's broom just kept rolling on the ground.

"Be firm in your tone, concentrate your mind, and let it feel your sincerity." Xiang Nan saw this and guided the three people.

The three tried to shout again, and the effect was much better.

Gregory's broom finally bounced up, and Joey and Benjamin's brooms finally responded.

Finally, after nearly ten minutes of tossing and turning, everyone finally rode their own flying broom.

Then, Madam Hooch showed them how to ride the broom without sliding off their heads. She walked around the team and corrected them on how to hold their hands.

Xiang Nan had a strong learning ability. He could do it like a real person after only listening to her once. Other students did not have such a good learning ability. They often needed Madam Hooch's guidance and correction several times before they could correct it.

"Okay, when I blow the whistle, you should kick your legs off the ground, and you should kick hard." Madam Hooch said, "Hold the broom steady, rise a few feet, then lean forward slightly and fall straight back to the ground. Listen to my whistle... three... two... one!"

The whistle blew, and the students kicked their legs together, and everyone's flying brooms slowly jumped up, rose a few feet high, and floated off the ground. This made everyone very excited.

"Okay, lean forward slightly and fall straight back to the ground." Madam Hooch instructed.

But at this moment, Joey leaned back and lifted the head of the flying broom up, so the flying broom carried him and immediately jumped out. Like a cork spurting out of a bottle... twelve feet... twenty feet.

"Child, come back!" Madam Hooch shouted loudly.

Joey was so scared that his face was pale. It was his first time to play with a flying broom, and he didn't know how to control it at all. He didn't know how to make it come back.

Seeing this, Xiang Nan leaned back, raised the head of his flying broom, and chased after him.

His speed was much faster than Joey's, and he caught up with him in a flash. Then he pressed down his broom head and pulled his body, and the flying broom immediately stopped rushing forward, changed direction, and slowly flew down with Joey on its back.

Mrs. Huo Qi and the classmates breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, and then they all applauded Xiang Nan.