novelraw Chapter 53 The Magic School Daily
Chapter 53 The Magic School Daily
"Hi……"
A boy with a round face waved timidly, and in the narrow corridor blocked Harry and Queenie who were rushing to the restaurant.
Staring up at the blushing boy for a couple of seconds, Harry suspected he was a senior because she hadn't seen this face in sorting and wand picking.
The boy's face turned redder and redder in the process.
"Another admirer of you, Harley, let's make it quick this time." Queenie yawned big, the two girls got up late again today, and the originally small breakfast time was delayed in dealing with strangers. On the other hand, Harry guessed that they were going to take the bread and eat it in class secretly again today.
She didn't dare to skip breakfast. If Grandpa Fu asked about it in the letter, she didn't want to lie.
The boy opposite was still staring at her without saying a word.Harry frowned, intending to pull Queenie around him directly.
"I've seen your name in a British history book..." The round-faced boy's voice was not much louder than a mosquito humming.
Well...it's a similar topic again...Harry has encountered a lot in the first month of school.
Although it will not cause trouble, because her "Girl Who Lived" reputation is not very loud in the United States; but these British or European magic history lovers, including those who read a wide range of know-it-alls, are still familiar with her name of……
"That's what you read wrong." Harley snapped back. It was indeed not very polite, but she and Queenie might not even have time to go to the restaurant to get bread.
"I read it right! How could I be wrong... You have this scar on your head!"
The boy opposite is not very polite, okay?He pointed a lightning bolt directly at her forehead with his index finger.
"You read it wrong too, this is the symbol of The Flash, and I'm his fan." Harry ran the train with his mouth full, and pulled Queenie up to leave.
"But the book says you have black hair..." The round-faced boy looked confused.
"It just shows that I'm not who you think I am."
"Then... Are those all true? At the age of 1, you defeated the most evil Dark Lord in the history of British magic, who can't even mention his name? Moreover, you became the only one in the history of world magic to take his life from Avada." A wizard who survived the curse?" The madman revealed in the round-faced boy's expression made Harry slightly uneasy.
"Jean, those are all fairy tales, do you really believe it..." Queenie rolled her eyes, stretched out her hand to push away the second-year boy from Cat Leopard Academy, and opened the way for Harry, "Santa Claus is fake, Snow White False too. Time to grow up, boy."
When the two finally got rid of this entangler and rushed to the Charms classroom, the professor appeared at the door just as they sat down.
"Huh... I was almost late again," Queenie took out her textbook, "Chadwick's Magic Volume [-]"* "You have to be tougher in the future, Harley, if you are late, you will be penalized points. Knowing that the grades of our college at the end of the semester will be published in the newspaper!*”
"I know, I know..." After glancing at the professor to confirm that his attention was not on her, Harry replied perfunctorily to Queenie.
Of course she knew the importance of house grades, it was the culture of wizarding society - at least that of American wizarding society.Every year, the four major colleges will be sorted by scores. Students of this college can earn points for their own colleges by answering classroom questions and homework evaluations; Disciplinary points will also be deducted, especially when enough deductions are made, those competitive classmates in the same courtyard (there are still a lot of them) will look at you coldly.
There is also too much social pressure in this system.
The most frightening thing is that the college scores and awards at the end of each year will be published in "New York Ghost"*, the largest newspaper in the wizarding world in the United States.
In addition to the evaluation system of the college's comprehensive score, the honors that colleges can compete for include the "Holy Grail of Magic", "Transfiguration Championship", "Excellent Potion Trophy", "Excellent Ancient Runes Trophy" and so on.
These award records will also appear on the "New York Ghost" along with the college scores, allowing wizards throughout North America to conduct an annual review of the colleges.
The students agreed that this issue of the newspaper was the real final exam.Think about it, when you go home during the summer vacation, your parents are holding newspapers, comparing your final report card, and then comparing with the children from other colleges in the neighbor’s house...
This is also one of the few places where No-Maj students are envied by pure-blood students - No-Maj parents can't see this newspaper.
Even Harley, whose sense of mission fell elsewhere, was gradually infected by this relentless pursuit of collective honor.
Although there are various wizarding cultures that are not adapted to or understood, Harley, who is often disturbed by thoughts of home and cannot sleep at night, still thinks that Ilvermorny is one of the happiest places she has ever stayed in.
Maybe it's because this is indeed the world to which she truly belongs. When she floated a leaf with the Levitation Charm in the first charm class, she had never experienced the joy and comfort from the heart.
"Wingardim Leviosa", although the spell is very long, for Harley, there is no faint sense of irony magic anymore, even if she is holding a wand that always feels uncomfortable I felt as if there was some kind of power flowing out of myself through the tip of the wand.
She likes all the courses here; she likes the castle that is younger and more regular than the Hogwarts campus; she likes the dormitories like American university campuses-the dormitory buildings of the four major colleges are neatly arranged in front and back, and men and women are separated (if boys try to Entering the female dormitory area, you will be bounced back by an invisible wall); the huge college badge in front of the building reminds students of their college affiliation, and the interior is a spacious double room.The corners of the bed, tables, chairs and bedding are also dotted with school badges and college logos.
Since one of its founders was a No-Maj, the Ilvermorny School is considered one of the most democratic and educative of the great wizarding schools.The campus not only has a magic castle, but also has modern constructions of No-Maj, such as the regular large-scale irrigation system in the garden of the herbal medicine class, which is the product of the combination of magic and No-Maj industry.
This is also reflected in the setting of their dining room. It is no longer like the obvious college division of the dormitory. The whole dining room is more like the No-Maji Primary and Secondary School where Harry once attended. College classmates and friends meet for lunch - the boundaries of the college are very blurred here. *
At the same time, the indigenous magic of North American natives, such as the Wapano and the Narragan, also played an important role in the founding of Ilvermorny.Therefore, the students of Ilvermorny were fortunate to learn a richer branch of magic besides traditional magic. (This includes Harley's irony magic. Of course, it's just for understanding. Wand wizards who can really use irony magic are extremely rare.)
Another thing that Harry noticed was the professors here.Compared with Hogwarts, they seem to be more "down-to-earth"-professors from these American schools of magic will wear Muggle clothes from time to time and talk about the political situation in the United States; Their wizard clothes are more fitting and fashionable than the quaint wizard robes of Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.
They even have a school song with historically heavy lyrics but a melodious score.
"We stand united against the Puritans.
We take inspiration from the good witch Morrigan.
Persecuted by ordinary people without wands, she fled from far away Ireland.
And thus our school was born.
oh!Ilvermorny - Massachusetts!
We chose it!
We chose it!
The glory of this school of wizards.
Thy castle walls, keep us safe.
The days with you are a dream.
All our magic is taught by you
Now one thing is clear
that no matter where we go
wherever we wander
our real home
our only home
It is dear Ilvermorny! "*
If Harley had to choose one of her favorite things in the wizarding world - she would definitely choose flying.
Of course, it is not a super power like Xiao Qiao, but an activity of sitting on a broom and operating with magic and skills.
She was stunned when she took her first flying lessons - wizarding schools have such interesting lessons!
Will he finally be able to fly without being hugged by Uncle Clark in the future?Harry thought secretly.
Professor Smith, who teaches flying lessons, is a retired American Quidditch national team player. If he knew that Harley's motivation for taking lessons was only to avoid being carried by Superman, he would be very sad.
The first time Halle touched the broom, she showed extraordinary talent, which made the former national team Seeker's eyes straight.
"You really never rode a broom before?"
Harley shook her head, riding the Batmobile and Superman certainly didn't count.
After making Harry fly a few more laps, Professor Smith, who thought he had sharp eyes, trembled with excitement—this is a rare talent in a century!
He felt that his Quidditch spirit, which had been extinguished for many years, was burning again!Even wanted to introduce Halle directly to scouts!
"Want to play Quidditch? You have this talent, and after my professional training, you can play in the professional league directly after graduation without any problem!"
The love for ball games does not differentiate between No-Maj wizards...
"I'm not even familiar with the rules..." Harry really only knew that Quidditch was some kind of wizarding sport, similar to baseball and American football. (She has long forgotten about soccer...)
"It's not important!" Professor Smith waved his hand, "I'll go tell your dean to let you join the Quidditch team!"
"You will become the youngest Seeker in a century!" The flying professor seemed to have seen the picture of his favorite student lifting the Quidditch World Cup!
And after studying the rules of Quidditch, Halle suddenly felt that she might be more suitable for the role of batsman-do they all hit the target with a stick? She has not lost much training.