Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

The senior students of Ravenclaw even used their memory to restore the questions of their final exams in previous years for the junior students to use as a reference.

Hermione from Gryffindor, along with Percy and other outstanding seniors, had also been marking key points from their textbooks overnight. She had heard Douglas casually mention this study method once.

The Hufflepuffs prepared a large cauldron in the middle of the common room, and a group of senior students sat on it, eating hot pot while supervising the younger students to recite.

They would conduct random checks on lower grade students based on the questions on the test papers they remembered, and whoever answered correctly could sit at the table and eat for five minutes.

The reason they acted this way was because of a rumor that came from somewhere, saying that since professors of various subjects would learn Professor Holmes's examination method, it was very likely that they would see the college rankings in each classroom in the future.

No one in any house wants to walk into class and find out that their class is ranked behind all the other houses, including Hufflepuff.

After all, ranking last in one or two subjects is acceptable, but if you rank last in all subjects, Professor Sprout might close the kitchen door and not allow Hufflepuff students to enter without permission.

That night, if you stand on the top of a distant mountain and look towards Hogwarts, you will find that the Astronomy Tower is like a lighthouse in the darkness, guiding the direction of magical civilization.

In the common rooms of the four major colleges, flickering lights incubate the future of the wizarding world.

The students studied very late that night.

The gathering on the astronomy tower also lasted until very late.

They talked about food, magical animals, the snow on the ground, the stars in the sky, the wizarding world, and the Muggle world...

The second week of December 1992.

The first end-of-semester exams begin.

Because there is no unified examination time at Hogwarts, the professors of several subjects that require examinations learned from Douglas' experience and made a different set of examination questions for each college to prevent students from cheating.

Of course, the Potions professor is an exception. His exams are even simpler and more brutal. Everyone has to write out the "Potions Safety Regulations" in a limited time without making any mistakes. Anyone who makes a mistake will fail the theoretical exam.

The rest of the time is spent on refining a potion according to the grade level.

In addition to the theoretical exams for Charms and Transfiguration, the practical exams all involved randomly drawing a piece of paper from a box, which contained the spells learned in each grade.

It all depends on luck. Lower grade students are fine, as they haven't learned many spells, and thanks to the magic practice room, almost everyone has a pretty good grasp of every spell they've learned. (Because higher grade students need to brush up on their grades, even if they're sloppy, they'll be tricked into practicing with the upper grade students.)

The situation was a bit worse for the senior grades. If some were unlucky, they might draw the obscure spells they had learned in grades one and two. Some of these spells had not been used since they had learned them, so there was a case where a fifth-grade student failed to cast the levitation spell, which made Professor Flitwick look very unhappy.

However, the study room counselors are different. In order to recruit more low-level students to cheat on their scores, they have mastered those old spells very well, so even if spells that they have learned but not used often appear, they can still use them like fish in water.

Everyone is familiar with the exams for Defense Against the Dark Arts. After all, most people take the exams almost every week, so they are not too nervous.

On the contrary, it is astronomy that makes most people nervous and anxious, because there are too many things to remember. After all, many people usually don’t spend much time on this course.

Douglas looked at the state of the students and snorted in disdain.

This is just the beginning. You are not allowed to take your report cards home for Christmas, and your parents will not be asked to attend the parent-teacher meeting.

Chapter 120 An ominous premonition

In addition to exams this week, the deans of each college are also compiling a list of students who will stay on campus for Christmas.

George, Fred and Ron all chose to stay at school for the holiday.

Ron thought everyone was worried that Mrs. Weasley would give them a good beating when they got home.

After all, the twins attacked the professor at the beginning of the school year, and Ron drove a speeding car to school, causing Mr. Weasley to be investigated by the Ministry of Magic.

But they didn't expect that another reason for the Geminis was that they had accumulated a research plan for a semester, which was delayed indefinitely due to the confinement, so they wanted to take advantage of the three-week vacation to study it carefully in school.

So only Ginny and Percy from the Weasley family chose to go home for the holidays.

Especially after Percy received the Christmas invitation from Mrs. Weasley to Douglas on Friday.

George and the other two were even more grateful that they did not choose to go home for the holidays.

After all, no student likes home visits, except for the good ones.

Douglas received an invitation from Mrs. Weasley, a notice from Slaine and a poster at the same time.

Yes, another damn notification.

The poster features a photo taken by the Daily Prophet at the time, with text below.

From Home to Hogwarts Professor

Professor Holmes's keynote lecture

Obscurus Books, Daily Prophet, Flourish and Blotts

Time: Christmas Eve (December 24) at 11:00 am

Address: Flourish and Blotts, North Side, Diagon Alley, London

Ten years of classics, reprinted...

Let us follow in the footsteps of Professor Holmes and experience another magical world...

Douglas, see you at Flourish and Blotts at 10:00 AM on December 24th!

Douglas curled his lips and put the poster aside.

Sure enough, the day after Douglas received the letter, the poster appeared on the front page of the Daily Prophet.

The students were also excited and came to ask Douglas if they could hold a book signing event at school.

Douglas chuckled.

Is he crazy? He held a book signing event at school. It took him a long time just to sign those confiscated books.

I even wrote them a thoughtful message.

If it happens again, it will cost me my life.

Monday morning.

Everyone has a unified holiday.

Douglas enjoys a quiet morning run.

Then he went into the office and started to modify his own feather pen.

It can automatically sign and store more than 100 messages.

The time soon came to March 12th.

Douglas wrote a letter to Percy in advance, asking him to meet Slaine at Obscurus Books in Diagon Alley at eight in the morning.

Then work with him to set up the event venue and let him practice how to communicate when facing social wizards.

At nine forty, Douglas left Hogwarts and came to Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade Village.

He had told the shopkeeper, Ambrosio Frum, in advance that he wanted to borrow their fireplace to go to Diagon Alley.

When Douglas showed up at the Leaky Cauldron, Tom greeted Douglas warmly.

"Aha, Professor Holmes.

Long time no see, how are you, Professor of Hogwarts?

Would you like a glass of mead to moisten your throat? I heard you have a lecture soon!

Of course, I invite you!"

Douglas was not polite this time, and to be honest, he was indeed a little nervous at this time.

So he took the large glass of mead handed to him by Tom and drank it in one gulp:

“It tastes good!

Thank you Tom!

By the way, the professors at Hogwarts are hilarious!

See you later, Tom!

When Douglas arrived at Diagon Alley, the first thing that caught his eye was a three-meter-high poster floating above the Flourish and Blotts bookstore sign.

You can see this poster from almost anywhere in Diagon Alley.

Before he could get close, he was surrounded by a group of people.

"Professor Holmes, long time no see! You even signed an autograph for me last time at the Three Broomsticks!"

"Hello, Professor. I'm Traus's father. How is he doing in school?"

......

Douglas didn't dare to let go of the smile on his face for a moment. He greeted the people around him while squeezing his way towards Flourish and Blotts.

Slaine's voice came from the back of the crowd:

"Please make way for me, or Professor Holmes will miss the lecture soon!

If you have any questions, you can ask them during the Q&A session later..."

"Madam, you should go shopping now while there is still time..."

"I am Slaine, Professor Holmes's exclusive editor. Please make way..."

ten minutes later.

Douglas stood in Flourish and Blotts, straightening the wrinkles of his clothes behind a poster.

Then I looked at the autograph session arrangements at hand.

I found that there was not only a lecture, but also a question-and-answer session for reporters, a question-and-answer session for fans, and finally a book signing session.

"Percy, how are you feeling?"

Percy looked at it, rubbed his shoulders, and complained quietly:

“The fans are so enthusiastic!

But Mr. Slane is even more enthusiastic than his fans!

He always said he had to be even more impressive than Gilderoy Lockhart was!"

The two looked at Slaine, who was wearing an emerald green dress and arranging reporters, and curled their lips at the same time.

There were indeed quite a few reporters who came this time. After the Lockhart incident, it was almost impossible to see such grand events in the publishing industry.

Douglas quickly set his sights on a female reporter, Rita Skeeter.

He had met this woman once before, but she didn't recognize him at that time. It was mainly because of her ugly glasses that she was truly unforgettable.

Rita Skeeter was seen smiling and chatting with Mr. E. Lemos, who had interviewed her last time.

It was obvious from Mr. E. Limos's expression that this conversation was not a pleasant one.

He immediately called Slaine in with a Voice Transmission Charm.

"Slaine, I thought you only invited Mr. E. Lemos."

Slaine looked bitter:

“We are collaborating with the Daily Prophet, and originally only Mr. Limos participated.

But the boss of that newspaper said he could arrange for free reporters to come and add a press conference on the spur of the moment.

We thought that the more reporters there were, the more lively it would be.

After all, we really can't offend those reporters!"

Douglas took a deep breath, he had a bad feeling.

Chapter 121 The protagonist of my new novel is a beetle

Eleven o'clock sharp.

Douglas spoke briefly first, during which time the flashes of light kept flashing, but the reporters did not write down the details.

Because at the beginning, Douglas asked Slane to tell reporters that at the end, the speech would be distributed to everyone for reference.

At half past eleven, Douglas finally finished his story amid the anxiety of his fans.

The Hogwarts students in the crowd were whispering:

"Dad, I've long said that Professor Holmes has to be brief. It's definitely not simple."

......

Question and answer session for reporters.