Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 385 Let’s Talk First

By the campfire, Charles started kneading dough for everyone's midnight snack.

He planned to make the dough with flour, seasoning and butter, put bacon on it, roll it up, and then bake it in an air fryer.

It is expected that by the time the bacon rolls are ready, the action team that is working overtime at night will be back.

Joyce sat by the campfire, hugged her legs, and rested her chin on her knees, watching Charles busy himself.

When Charles was ready to make peace, Joyce asked him, "Why didn't you say anything just now? I wanted to hear your opinion."

Charles responded: "Someone has said what I wanted to say."

Joyce asked again, "Who is it?"

Charles answered irrelevantly: "Percy's strength is in giving advice, but he thinks too much, which interferes with his judgment, and he easily loses his mind because of the fear of gain and loss.

"Cedric is very friendly and persuasive, and is good at coordinating and unifying internal ideas and making his companions believe in him."

"At the same time, he has excellent judgment, a strong will to stick to his own ideas, and strong self-confidence."

"I'm not very familiar with Ashford. From what I've seen just now, I think he is a little unconfident and always worried about failure, but this may provide a different perspective on the problem."

"You are the captain. I believe the captain's role is to bring out the strengths of each person and make the judgment that he or she believes is correct."

His answer was evasive and did not give Joyce the answer she wanted.

This is the Potions Championship, and the real contestants are their pharmaceutical team, while the action team is always just doing odd jobs.

Charles put himself in a good position and did not participate in their major decisions. The same went for several other senior students in the action team, who only expressed their opinions on the content of their own tasks.

"You're always like this." Joyce looked a little discouraged. "You can do a lot of things, but you don't do them."

Charles just smiled and didn't refute.

His peers might not be able to see it, but the seniors knew exactly how terrifying Charles' performance was.

Not to mention his ability to kill a leopard alone, his talent on a broomstick, his ability to learn Apparition in advance, and his ability to conduct herbal planting experiments; not to mention his ability to become an official of the Ministry of Magic before he reached adulthood, his ability to open a restaurant in Hogsmeade, and his ability to build a company with a large number of talented wizards in Farbottom Castle. The spell he used to bake bacon rolls alone was not something that an ordinary third-year student could master.

Joyce watched Charles cast the spell carefully. A 180℃ wind ball spurted out from the tip of the wand, covering the bacon roll that was suspended by the levitation spell. Soon the temperature of the wind ball made the bacon on the edge begin to sizzle.

She was sure that this spell was not a single spell she was familiar with, but some kind of completely new compound spell.

Compound spells are very difficult to cast, and the user needs to balance the magic power well, otherwise the spell may fail at best, or even explode to death.

From this we can see that Charles' magic level is not only far higher than that of his peers, but even many adult wizards cannot compare with him.

For traditional wizards, the greater the power, the more things to do.

Whether it is Dumbledore or Voldemort, the greater their abilities, the more things they will take the initiative to do, both good and bad.

So it is very rare that someone as capable as Charles would ignore something he could participate in.

The air fryer spell lasted for fifteen minutes, and the bacon rolls were baked to a golden and fragrant crust.

During this time, Joyce didn't dare to talk to Charles, for fear of disturbing his spell and ruining his midnight snack.

Charles used Transfiguration to transform a log of firewood into a large tray and rack, allowing the bacon rolls to fly in and line up.

Joyce asked him curiously, "How did you come up with this spell?" There are many baking spells, but they are basically a ball of fire, not like this.

Charles didn't know how he came up with the idea, and had very little memory of it. He just said that he found an excuse to get away with it.

The smell of bacon attracted other people in the cabin, and Percy and the others came out to see what delicious food Charles had prepared.

Not long after, the members of the action team came back one after another and brought back some medicines.

Everyone began to count their harvest, but they were not very optimistic. There were not many new herbs among the newly collected ones, and only a handful of them could be used.

“Other schools are also collecting herbs,” said a seventh-grade student. “It seems they are also short of herbs.”

Neville also said: "We met a few students from Kodosdoriz. They found that the herbs they found were not what they wanted, so they gave them to us."

The two senior students in his group nodded.

Percy made up his mind quickly after hearing this and said to Joyce, "This is a good sign. I think the deal is feasible."

"Why don't we make a plan tonight and count which herbs are missing and which are in excess. I'll go talk to them tomorrow."

Then he turned and said, "Charles, come with me."

Cedric also thought that they could talk first, but the first contact would be risky, so he wanted to go alone, but it would be no problem if Percy asked Charles to come along.

At this time, Ashford asked Percy: "Will students from other schools take the initiative to attack you and force you to withdraw from the competition?"

Many people nodded in agreement. Charles aside, Percy was a member of the pharmaceutical team. If he was beaten up severely, it would definitely affect Hogwarts' performance.

Joyce thought for a moment and said, "I think we can give it a try, but we have to be fully prepared. The action team will stay in the dark just in case."

The other members of the action team also agreed that at least they had to run back if they couldn't win.

Percy thought for a moment and said, "As long as we show enough sincerity, they won't attack us, unless someone wants to embarrass themselves in front of other magic schools."

"I have a plan...blah blah..."

After he finished talking about the plan, everyone's expressions became strange. Charles sighed and said, "Only a student like you who graduated this year would dare to come up with such an idea, but I think it's feasible."

Joyce said immediately, "That's it."

After everyone finished their midnight snack with tea, the boys all went outside to enjoy the cool air.

There was only one bathroom in the cabin, so the girls used it first.

Although magic can be used to cleanse the body directly, a comfortable hot bath can relax the mind.

The boys arranged the vigil plan. Charles would rest first, and other senior students would keep watch tonight.

Nothing happened that night, and the next morning, everyone looked at each other in astonishment.

Several rows of huge open letters written in various languages ​​appeared in the sky:
"To Kodostoriz, Ugadu, and the Institute of Magic:

In the spirit of friendship first, our school is willing to consult with other schools and exchange what we have. Our school swears on the honor of Albus Dumbledore that all the exchanged herbs have never been tampered with, and there will be no sneak attacks during the exchange. Our school representatives Percy Weasley and Charles Smith will be waiting at 100 meters from the entrance of the competition venue at 12 o'clock.

——Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

(End of this chapter)