Chapter 453 Quick Candy for Skipping Class, Boring Defense Against the Dark Arts Class (1/2)

Chapter 453: Quick-acting candy for skipping classes, boring Defense Against the Dark Arts class

As time went by, more and more students came to the hall to eat.

Many people were talking about Harry Potter, because the Daily Prophet described him as a liar, a liar who promoted the return of the Dark Lord.

Harry and his two companions walked into the hall, and the other students kept a distance from him, as if getting close to Harry Potter would bring bad luck.

"Good morning, Aaron." Harry greeted him listlessly.

"I can see that you are in a bad situation." Aaron glanced at the students who were whispering around him, "Everyone is avoiding you."

"And us!" Ron said carelessly, "Not everyone doesn't believe in Harry."

"Yes, but you are the only ones who believe him." Aaron pointed to a student who was holding a newspaper in his hand, "Harry Potter's one-sided statement and the Daily Prophet endorsed by the Ministry of Magic, most people will choose the latter."

"You also saw Voldemort resurrected." Harry hesitated, "If you are willing to testify..."

"If I am willing to testify, there will be one more person to be pointed at." Aaron said lightly, "Rumors stop at the wise, but the wise are ultimately a minority.

The situation will not change because of one more person testifying. All I can do is to ensure that I will not be as troubled as you are now."

"But doesn't the Ministry of Magic respect your family very much?" Harry said unconvinced.

"That's not the same thing at all." Aaron said casually, "Fudge used to respect Dumbledore very much, but what is he doing now? He is using public opinion to discredit Dumbledore.

For the sake of power, he is willing to offend a respected great wizard, and adding another influential wizard family is just a matter of gritting his teeth... although he can't afford the consequences."

Harry thought for a while and continued, "Then Fleur, Cedric, Viktor and others also saw the Dark Lord and those Death Eaters, they..."

"Come on!" Aaron chuckled, "Their influence combined is more than But you, basically no one will believe what they say. "

"How long will this situation last?" Hermione said angrily, "Dumbledore wants us to unite, but the mysterious man has only been resurrected for two months, and we have already started fighting each other."

"It may last until Voldemort appears in the wizarding world." Aaron shrugged and said, "Facts speak louder than words. When all the truth comes out, everyone will realize that you are right, apologize with a guilty conscience, and beg for your forgiveness."

Hearing this, the mood of the three people barely recovered a little, but their expressions were still complicated.

When that time really comes, Harry will not be looked at with strange eyes, but the situation will be more serious.

At this time, Professor McGonagall came over and distributed the fifth-grade curriculum one by one.

"History of Magic, Potions, Divination, Defense Against the Dark Arts..." Ron read with a frown, "All the classes we don't like appeared today."

"Correction, this does not include me." Aaron said, "Except for Defense Against the Dark Arts, I am quite interested in the other three classes, especially Potions, which you dislike the most."

"I'm not as exaggerated as him, but I'm not much worse." Hermione said proudly.

Harry and Ron smiled bitterly at each other. The two poor students didn't have such a good mentality.

"I really hope George and Fred can get those quick-acting skipping candies."

"What candies?"

"Quick-acting skipping candies." Fred's voice sounded at the side.

"Eating it will have the effects of fever, cold, nosebleed, prickly heat, and sudden coma." George added, "But taking the antidote will recover, and the teacher will definitely not be able to find any flaws."

"You have also developed this thing?" Aaron asked with interest.

"Well... it's still in the research stage." George said embarrassedly, "But there are some clues, and it will be invented in a while."

"Aaron, you are not interested in skipping classes!" Hermione frowned slightly.

"Skipping classes?" Aaron curled his lips in disdain, "Hogwarts courses are not worth it for me, but skipping classes at home is still necessary. Those cram schools can crush people to death.

And I have to say, Hermione, you are narrow-minded. Can these inventions only be used to skip classes?

You can avoid heavy work when you are at work, refuse friends' invitations when you are resting, and even scare people when you are in trouble."

Hermione's mouth twitched slightly, and she was speechless for a moment.

"That's right." George and Fred said in unison.

"We actually used such a great invention to skip classes." George said excitedly, "It's a shameful waste."

"Not only students, but also adult wizards will be in short supply." Fred said, "These inventions will definitely sell well, there is no doubt about it."

"I'll pre-order a batch first." Aaron said immediately, "Give me 20 of each."

"Ah..."

The twin brothers hesitated.

"Is there a problem?

I just made a reservation, not asking you to give it to me now."

"No, you misunderstood." Fred said awkwardly, "We wanted to give you a free meal, after all, thanks to you, we got a large investment.

Without this start-up capital, our business would probably be delayed for several years.

But if all 20 meals are free, it will be a huge expense, which is also a bit of a pain for us who haven't started our business yet."

"How about a 20% discount." George whispered, "Let's go with the cost price!"

"No, I don't need that little money." Aaron said very generously, "Just let me know when the invention is completed."

"Okay!"

"I don't care about your inventions." Hermione took a deep breath, then looked at George and Fred coldly, "But you can't post advertisements on the Gryffindor bulletin board to recruit test subjects."

Puff!

Aaron sprayed out the half-drunk juice directly.

He looked at George and Fred in astonishment, and couldn't believe it: "You two actually asked students to do experiments?"

"No." George said seriously.

"You put the advertisement on the notice board and you still say no?"

"But we pay!" Fred said, "and it is clearly stated that this is a temporary job outside the school. There is no risk except that you need to bear some negative effects yourself."

"Haha!" Hermione sneered, "As the prefect, we firmly disagree."

"It has nothing to do with me." Ron said immediately, fearing that Fred and George would include him in it.

"You are so cowardly!" Aaron said.

"That's called following your heart, and I know them too well." Ron said with a depressed look, "No one can stop George and Fred from doing what they want."

"You are worthy of being our good brother." George said with satisfaction.

Hermione glared at Ron fiercely, and then said, "I can write to Mrs. Weasley."

George and Weasley's faces changed immediately. They were not afraid of anything except their mother's roar.

"You can't do this."

"We are doing this for your own good. The fifth grade is the O.W.L. year (Ordinary Wizarding Level Test).

Various exams will overwhelm people and are a nightmare for students."

"I don't care." Aaron said indifferently. It was just an exam, and it was not difficult for him at all.

"Me too." Hermione said proudly, "In short, don't let me catch you, otherwise I will definitely write to Mrs. Weasley."

"Quick-acting skipping candy is not sold to academic masters." Harry reminded.

George and Fred looked at each other and made a helpless compromise.

"Okay! We'll just take down the notice.

We won't recruit students for experiments, but we can do market research. We have to figure out what students need before we officially open the store!"

Hermione didn't say anything, but this wasn't a tacit agreement, but she knew that she couldn't stop the two of them alone.

......

In the first potion class of this school year, Snape asked students to prepare a potion called a soothing agent, which can calm and relieve irritable and anxious emotions, and is also a potion that often appears in the Ordinary Wizarding Exam Level Test.

As expected, he specifically picked a quarrel with Harry Potter in class and mocked him severely.

Although Harry was angry, he was used to it.

However, he also received good news. After the Ordinary Wizarding Exam Level Test is over in June next year, he can give up the potion class.

In other words, if he persists for another year, the bitter days of being troubled by Snape will be gone forever.

In Professor Trelawney's divination class, they have to learn a new divination method.

It's not about interpreting tea leaves, looking at crystal balls, or watching celestial phenomena, but interpreting dreams.

Aaron flipped through the "Dream Interpretation Guide" in his hand with interest. The dreams on it made him feel very interesting, but the homework assigned by Professor Trelawney made him feel a little embarrassed.

Recording the dreams every day for a month is an impossible task for someone who doesn't dream much.

After a moment of hesitation, he decided to leave this homework to the thought body.

It doesn't matter if you don't dream. With the "Dream Interpretation Guide" in hand, you can make one at any time.

The last class in the afternoon was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. All the students from Gryffindor and Slytherin rushed to the classroom before class.

Aaron sat in the last row, occupying a double desk alone, and Draco and Pansy sat in front of him.

He took out his little notebook skillfully and patiently practiced the forbidden element magic circle on it.

Although the ultimate element magic cannot be cast instantly or released multiple times, he still wants to truly master a series of forbidden element magic as a trump card.

"Good morning, children."

Umbridge, wearing pink clothes, entered the classroom, and the whole place immediately fell silent.

With a standard fake smile on her lips, she took out her wand and pointed it at the blackboard, and a few words gradually appeared on it.

"Ordinary Wizarding Level Examination, O.W.L.s, generally known as Oss." Umbridge said in a rhythmic tone, "Study hard and you will definitely be rewarded. If you can't do it, then the consequences may be... serious."

"In the past, the teaching of your course has always been quite unsystematic.

But now there is finally good news. From now on, you will study the carefully arranged and Ministry of Magic-approved magic defense courses."

Everyone looked at the textbook on the table that was comparable to a children's book, and they were speechless.

But no one raised any questions. After all, they didn't know anything about this Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Maybe her teaching ability was particularly outstanding.

But they were soon disappointed. Umbridge really read from the textbook and told them the contents of the textbook.

Defense Against the Dark Arts is a course that teaches students how to deal with evil dark magic spells and evil creatures, but Umbridge actually treats it as a history of magic, which is even more boring.

Perhaps compared to the history of magic, the only advantage of this course is... the lecturer is a living person.

"Boring, boring to the extreme." Draco said with some disdain, "Do we need her to teach this?"

"Among our previous professors, the only one who can compare with her is Lockhart." Pansy Parkinson, who sat next to him, was also a little unbearable, "But although Lockhart has no ability, his class is at least more interesting."

Aaron looked at Abe who had fallen asleep on the table and Crabbe and Goyle whose eyelids were constantly fighting, and nodded undeniably.

Lockhart is indeed a clown, but his classroom atmosphere is very relaxed, while Umbridge's class is more depressing, and the hypnotic effect is not ordinary strong.

"Just relax." Aaron comforted, "If it's just to deal with the exam, this course is actually the easiest.

Just lie down and do badly, because according to her teaching, at least five out of ten wizards will fail."

Draco and Pansy looked at each other. That was true, but they always felt that something was wrong.

At this time, Hermione raised her right hand high, her face expressionless, staring at Umbridge motionlessly.

But the other party turned a blind eye to this and just talked about the knowledge in the textbook.

"Heh!" Pansy sneered, "Granger is definitely mentally ill, daring to challenge the teacher's authority in the first class."

"Shut up!

To some extent, this is also the courage of Gryffindor." Aaron looked at Hermione sitting in the front row and sighed speechlessly.

A few minutes later, more and more people noticed Hermione's actions, and whispers began to appear in the classroom. Umbridge also felt that she could not continue to be indifferent.

"Dear, do you have any questions?"

"The book doesn't seem to say how to use defensive spells."

"Use spells?" Umbridge seemed to have heard some funny jokes, "I don't see why spells are necessary in my class."

"Can't we use magic?" Ron asked.

"You need a very safe, risk-free way to learn defensive spells." Umbridge explained coquettishly.

"What's the use of that?" Harry asked loudly, "It's impossible to be attacked without risk."

"You have to raise your hand before speaking in my class." Umbridge said lightly.

As soon as Harry raised his hand, Umbridge turned away.

But when she turned around again, several more students raised their hands.

Umbridge's eyes flashed with annoyance, but it was quickly covered up, and she pointed at a Gryffindor at random.

"What's your name?"

"Dean Thomas."

"Okay! Mr. Thomas, do you have any questions?"

Dean glanced at Harry, "Like Harry said, there is no way there is no risk if we are attacked."