Chapter 621: A Few Things About the Examination

Professor Marchban stood next to the wooden table, with her hunched back not much higher than the table. Time has left obvious traces on her body. Her muscles are dry and her skin is shriveled, but she appears to be full of energy.

"Let me have a look, let me have a look..." Professor Marchban looked through the list in his hand and observed the approaching Loren through his nose-pin glasses. His cloudy eyes were still bright, and he mumbled while talking. In a loud voice, "Loren Morgan, right?"

Loren smiled politely: "Hello, Professor Marchban."

"Hello, little one." Professor Marchban showed an encouraging smile and said in a loud old voice, "Relax, don't be nervous, I would like to ask you to take this goblet and let it turn over a few times. Show me the action."

"Okay, Professor."

In the practical exam, the more fancy and smooth the movements are, the higher the score will be.

Loren pointed the tip of his staff at the goblet, rehearsed the choreography in his mind for a few seconds, and then a burst of magic was inspired.

Some kind of invisible ripples enveloped the glass goblet. The hard material seemed to soften, and he twisted his body in a very humane way. The left and right sides of the rim of the cup simulated the feeling of hands, and the middle of the base was slightly curved to simulate the feeling of feet.

Professor Marchban's eyes lit up and he got closer to observe carefully.

The glass man took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, made a fist-clasping salute with his hands, and then stretched his body and started dancing with his limbs.

Getting up, the wild horses parting their manes on the left and right, the white crane spreading its wings...

The movements started slowly and leisurely and then became faster and more intense. The glass figurine flipped and pranced around on the table, doing front and back somersaults, and the movements had a unique beauty.

"Eh..."

Professor Marchban laughed in surprise. After writing down a score on the list in his hand, he signaled that he could stop: "You pushy little guy, this reminds me of your principal."

Loren restrained his magic power and made the goblet do a forward somersault back to the original place, swaying wildly: "Dumbledore?"

"Yes, when he took the N.E.W.T exam, I personally supervised his transfiguration and conjuration studies. Just like you, the tricks he used his wand to conjure were something I had never seen before..."

"Hey, can I ask Professor Dumbledore about his grades that year?"

Professor Marchban chuckled twice and did not answer, but pointed to the test object: "Let's move on to the next item. I need you to use the levitation spell to make the wine glass fly around the table and land smoothly... Try to put this The poor white mouse turned orange...and then came the growth spell..."

"Okay, professor..."

Loren performed magic according to the exam requirements and tried to be as original as possible, but the subsequent requirements were too specific and detailed, leaving little room for use.

Some people can achieve excellence because their ability only ends here.

Some people can get excellent scores because the perfect score is just for excellence.

Alas, is this what troubles excellent students?

"Okay, the practical exam is over. I wish you good luck in your next exam."

"Thank you for your blessing, Professor."

Loren nodded and politely bid farewell to the examiner of unknown age.

"The next group..."

…

Walking out of the auditorium and into the corridor outside, Loren quickly found Hermione in the crowd. Many other little wizards did not leave either, waiting outside the door for their friends to come out and answer the question.

There are people from all houses. Ernie from Hufflepuff finished his exam very early and was still chatting with other people outside. When he met someone, he would go up and complain that he heard the wrong side flip, and he was reminded after flipping back and forth several times. , it will probably affect some scores, and you may not be able to get outstanding.

I don’t know if it’s true or not, it sounds like it’s just to find out about other people’s mistakes.

Justin saw his friend's plan clearly, changed the subject and asked, "Did anything happen to your group during the exam?"

"What can happen in the exam?"

"I heard that someone used a replication spell on rats and lost control of it, causing several rats to escape."

"Who is it? Points will be deducted seriously, right?"

"I also heard that in the group that came out just now, someone boxed with a goblet, and the examiner next to him was attracted."

"Really? The one who came out just now... is a boy or a girl? From which college?"

The two were discussing in a low voice. Loren, who had been listening for a while, suddenly came over and whispered mysteriously: "The man, I heard he is a bit handsome. The examiner at the time was shocked and couldn't move his eyes away... …”

Hermione hurriedly dragged the man away, her cheeks a little red.

Why can this person praise himself without any psychological barriers?

In the evening, after a hurried dinner and returning to the common room, a group of people gathered together to review the transfiguration test that was to be taken the next day. However, I didn't know who had strayed off the topic, and the group review turned into a chatty tea party.

The topic changed from the definition and application scope of the Transformation Spell to which examiner looks the youngest, and how old is Professor Marchban...

Harry and Ron gathered together and whispered about the mistakes they made during the exam. Whenever Loren and Hermione approached them, they would quickly raise their heads and raise their chests, make serious expressions, and refuse them to participate in the discussion with their actions.

But the two of them didn't hold it in for long, and soon couldn't help but speak out.

Harry mixed up the test items for the color change spell and the growth spell. As a result, the mouse that was supposed to turn orange swelled up amazingly and became as big as a badger, and the weeds turned into a strange ginger color... But his examiner, Professor Tofty, didn't care because he showed the application of both magics.

Ron was nervous and didn't hear the question clearly, so he turned the plate into a big mushroom. I guess he will lose some points.

...

The next morning, the Transfiguration exam.

The essay question really had the definition of the conversion spell, but many people were busy chatting last night. The knowledge point was clearly on their lips, but what popped up in their minds was that Professor Tofty looked older than Professor Marchbank because he was bald.

Several Gryffindor students regretted it to their heart's content.

Professor Tofty, who was patrolling the exam, was a little puzzled. These little guys didn't concentrate on reading the questions, and kept looking at him. What was he looking at? He didn't set the questions this time, and there was no answer on his face.

It was really weird.

The practical exam in the afternoon was the same as yesterday. The young wizards crowded in the small room on the right, waiting for the professor to call them out in alphabetical order.

In terms of memory, muscles seem to be more reliable than brains. Some young wizards were nervous and anxious before the exam and felt unsure. They took their wands to the exam room and performed smoothly.

Loren's examiner this time was a middle-aged witch. The first question was to turn a long-haired lop-eared rabbit into a crow.

This is a very typical medium-difficulty living body transformation. The main difficulty lies in the grasp of wings. Generally, mammals will transform their forelimbs or hind limbs into wings when they transform into birds. Rabbits have well-developed hind limbs, so many people will subconsciously choose hind limbs, which will fall into the trap of the question setter.

Because the ears of lop-eared rabbits are more suitable for transformation into wings.

"Interesting..."

Loren walked out of the exam room fifteen minutes later, feeling that this practical exam was perfect.

Leaving the exam room and coming to the corridor, Loren saw a large group of Hufflepuffs gathered together, with clumsy Neville comforting the sobbing Hannah Abbott in the middle.

Loren looked around and scratched his head. Unfortunately, Seamus hadn't finished the exam yet, so no one was explaining what happened.

"Don't watch the fun!" Hermione pulled him outside. "Hannah was so nervous that she was short of oxygen. She was dizzy during the exam and turned her ferret into a large group of flamingos, causing the exam to be interrupted for ten minutes."

Loren praised: "A single small mammal transformed into multiple large birds across species. If I were the examiner, I would definitely give her full marks. Unfortunately, I'm not..."

Hermione looked at his expression and was a little speechless.

The Herbology exam was held on Wednesday. It was fine during the written exam in the auditorium, but there were a lot of troubles during the practical operation in the third greenhouse.

Harry was bitten by the fanged geranium, Ron was almost entangled by the poisonous tentacles, Justin didn't wear earmuffs properly and was stunned by the cry of the mandrake. In addition, there were devil's snares that entangled people, bubble pods that hurt people, barbo tubers that sprayed foul-smelling pus, and Chinese biting cabbages running around...

When Loren left the examination room, he glanced at Professor Sprout at the door. Her expression was dark and smelly.

Thursday.

The written test in the morning was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Loren flipped through it before answering the questions and found that the reading materials occupied three pages of parchment. The key content was the prevention and control measures for dark magic creatures explained by Professor Lupin. The highest-scoring analysis questions were mostly about the principles of targeted magic. Even if you can't remember the original text in the textbook, you can infer it based on the reading materials.

Perhaps the question setters of the Wizard Examination Administration also knew the current teaching situation of Hogwarts and took the initiative to reduce the difficulty.

2:30 pm.

The waiting room on the right side of the auditorium.

After hearing his name, Loren walked into the auditorium and followed Professor Marchbank's instructions to demonstrate according to the test questions.

The difficulty of the test questions gradually increased, from how to deal with the dark magic creature Boggart to how to deal with the bite of the magical animal Mortra Rat...

"Oh, a very novel way of dealing with it, it seems very effective, maybe this should be included in the revised textbook next year..."

Professor Marchbank said happily, her hunched body leaning forward a little, "Excellent performance! Well, I think the regular test questions are here, Morgan, show your Patronus, you can get extra points."

Loren was not surprised, as other people in the auditorium had already begun to summon Patronus, some of them took shape, and some only had silver light.

"[Expecto Patronus]"

He turned his wand and spit out wisps of silver light mist, which gathered into a killer whale the size of a table, swam around the two of them for a few circles, and turned into a ball of silver mist and disappeared.

"This is..."

Looking at the body shape that was inconsistent with the normal killer whale, Grindelwald's eyes changed slightly, as if he found it very interesting. He looked at Loren deeply, then looked away thoughtfully.

Professor Marchbank pushed his glasses and smiled kindly: "Great! When Tiberus told us that Hogwarts had a Patronus class, I thought he was joking. I didn't expect so many students to have mastered it!"

"This is all thanks to the Ministry of Magic."

"Huh?"

"If they hadn't sent Dementors into the campus, there wouldn't be so many students learning the Patronus Charm."

"Oh, those annoying guys..."

Professor Marchbank smiled: "This also proves that the teaching level of Hogwarts is improving. Looking back a hundred years ago, only Dumbledore could release the Patronus in the examination room. It was a phoenix! Oh, I still remember the scene at that time..."

Loren listened quietly to the old man telling stories about the past. Dumbledore was still a student at that time. This feeling was a bit subtle.

…

Friday afternoon.

In the empty courtyard, the little wizards sat lazily under the shade of the trees, feeling the summer breeze blowing lightly through the treetops, and the sound of the leaves swaying slightly was soothing.

Loren kneaded Hermione's shoulders and listened to her mumbling complaints about today's exam.

Today's exam subject was ancient runes. Only Hermione muttered and complained to go to the exam. Loren did not choose this subject. After sending her to the examination room, he stayed under the tree in the courtyard and slept comfortably. When he woke up, the exam was over.

"I mistranslated a word. It means cooperation instead of defense. I confused it with another word." Hermione said angrily.

"That's a really big mistake!" Loren pretended to be surprised. "I mean this mistake is worth at least 50 points, right? It's directly related to passing or failing, and it's related to an O.W.L. certificate. What do you think?"

"Shut up!"

Hermione was so angry that she laughed and couldn't help but bumped him lightly with her head.

This person's comforting method is a bit irritating, but the effect is very good. The boredom in my heart disappeared without a trace.

"Exams, exams, exams all week, my brain is dizzy, don't think about it after the exams, have a good rest and relax on the weekend." Loren pressed her underdeveloped trapezius muscles, which were soft and elastic, and felt great.

"No, there are exams next week, I have to seize the last bit of time to review!"

"Tsk, you!"

Loren shook her shoulders violently, loosening her tense muscles, and then was countered, strangling the back of fate's neck.

This weekend inserted between exams was still full of anxiety. Most of the time, the young wizards were reviewing and preparing for the exam subjects next week. Some students said that they had failed the previous exams and chose to give up, but they hid in the abandoned classrooms to memorize the lessons, and even scared a few ghosts.

Monday, Potions exam.

The written reading questions tested the content related to Polyjuice Potion. The practical difficulty in the afternoon was simpler than expected. Professor Slughorn was not like Professor Snape. His kind eyes during the inspection were not oppressive. Even Neville successfully completed the potion brewing.

Tuesday, Magical Creature Care exam.

The practical exam in the afternoon was conducted on the grass at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Students needed to accurately identify the hedgehog hidden among a dozen hedgehogs, appease the angry Bowtruckle, and try to feed the fire crab without being burned...