Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Harry and Ron both shook their heads, and Ron said disdainfully:

"Impossible, those two big idiots, I don't believe they have the brains to do that."

Hermione glared at the two of them and said:

"Then you haven't noticed them at all. As Malfoy's followers, who would care about them when Malfoy appears?

I noticed that once when Ron was talking about the house-elf Dobby, Crabbe looked at Malfoy with a hint of disdain... I think it was disdain."

Ron suddenly said excitedly:

"Should I say more? Crabbe might be behind this..."

Before he could finish, Harry looked at Hermione in shock and said in surprise:

"Do you suspect Peter is like Crabbe, because every time he appears with my father, others ignore him, which gradually leads him to betray my father?"

Ron was stunned.

Hermione took a deep breath and said:

"That's right.

Because no matter what Professor Lupin or Hagrid said, Black doesn't seem like a traitor. Especially since Hagrid said the two were like George and Fred. Ron, do you think they will betray each other?"

Ron said firmly:

"Yes! Sometimes when George makes a mistake and is afraid of being scolded by Mom, he pretends to be Fred... Fred is the same. So usually if one of them makes a mistake, Mom will teach them both a lesson."

Harry looked envious and thought it would be great if he had a brother like this, playing and fighting with him.

Hermione was speechless, but still emphasized:

"But every time they were caught and disciplined by the professor, they were always caught in pairs. No one ever dropped the other and ran away."

Harry smiled and said:

"That's because they know they can't escape."

Just as Hermione was about to say something, Snape's cold voice came from the shadows of the castle wall:

"Potter, Miss Know-It-All, oh, and Weasley, I think you should know that you can't escape.

Being outside the castle after dark is a serious violation of school rules. 30 points will be deducted from each person. Now, immediately, go to the detention room to receive your punishment!"

The three of them were startled when they heard the sound. Harry looked at the sun which had not yet completely set, then looked at Snape and said:

"Professor, I don't think it's dark yet, and the detention room doesn't open until eight o'clock in the evening!"

Snape looked at Harry with a look of disgust, and almost roared:

"If you talk back to the professor, you'll get 50 points deducted from Potter. If the detention room isn't open yet, wait for him at the classroom door. I'll ask Lupin to open it for you in advance. Now get over here!"

Before Harry could say something else, Hermione quickly grabbed him and ran away, with Ron following closely behind.

Snape glanced outside the castle and walked towards Lupin's office with a gloomy face.

Chapter 241 The Demon-Suppressing Tower That Doesn't Match Its Style

After Snape's sarcastic remarks, Lupin left the office.

He first took a walk around the study room and classroom, then went straight to Douglas's office.

"I always find it strange. It seems that Professor Snape is targeting Harry everywhere, but I always feel that he seems to be worried about him. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that he would appear at the castle gate."

Sirius snorted coldly and said:

"What worries? He's just targeting Harry everywhere, specifically watching him make mistakes. He's despicable. I really can't understand why Dumbledore would let such a person be a professor."

Douglas smiled and said:

"Doesn't this just prove that Professor Snape is a responsible professor? He knows every school rule by heart...Okay, I know this is a bit nonsense, but Remus, don't be alone with them for the time being.

I guess the reason they returned to the castle so late is that they learned something from Hagrid. I will teach them everything next.

I want to see if they can be fooled by Wormtail without the Professor's involvement, and if they fail, we can take action."

Sirius said disdainfully:

"With Wormtail's intelligence, how could he possibly fool James' son, especially with that clever little witch around?"

Douglas snorted coldly:

"Yes, Wormtail has no intelligence, so he fooled you who have intelligence."

Seeing Sirius about to lose his temper, Lupin smiled bitterly and quickly changed the subject:

"Then can I teach those two little guys the Animagus counter-spell?"

Douglas shook his head and said:

"No, I've already told Professor McGonagall. She only needs to teach them this spell while reviewing the Animagus content. All third-year students and above will have the opportunity to learn it."

In the second week of December, each dean compiled a list of students who would stay over Christmas.

Because of last year’s experience of sending their final grades home, many students chose to stay on campus during Christmas this year.

With the final exams just a week away, the students are becoming increasingly nervous.

Especially for the fifth and seventh grades, it is said that the final exams are called mock o..l. and mock ..t., and the test papers used are also set by the Wizarding Examination Authority, in order to test whether the new method is effective for wizard learning.

The incident was caused by an article published by Douglas in the Daily Prophet without communicating with the Ministry of Magic.

The Significance of Curriculum Reform

As educators in the magic world, we should summarize the reform experience and complete self-construction.

Hogwarts has been established for one thousand and three years, but the curriculum and teaching materials have never been standardized and are completely arranged by the principal and professors.

The curriculum reform at Hogwarts, established 1,030 years ago, was a far-reaching and influential educational reform initiated by the great Headmaster Dumbledore, who recognized the inadequacies of traditional education methods.

In order to emphasize that this education reform was initiated by the Ministry of Magic, Fudge specially sent his assistants and people from the Wizarding Examinations Authority to intervene in the first semester final exams. He even reported the matter extensively to emphasize the importance of the Ministry of Magic in this education reform.

Most of the fifth and seventh graders who were having breakfast in the auditorium had textbooks in their hands.

George complained:

"Oh my god, if it wasn't clearly written on the back of each classroom that there were still 174 days until the OL exam..."

Fred rolled his eyes and said:

"I thought the OL exam was next week. Look how nervous Percy is..."

George lowered his head and smiled and continued:

"It's as if he can join the Ministry of Magic if he does well in the exam this time."

On the other side of the Gryffindor table.

Hermione asked casually while eating.

Neville, who was sitting opposite her, closed his eyes and tried hard to answer the question.

Ron was flipping through the book, comparing it with Neville's recitation.

"Oh my god, Neville, how did you do it? You can recite it word for word."

Neville wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with an embarrassed smile:

"I spent a lot of time memorizing the textbooks. Professor Holmes said it would train my memory.

He also promised me that as long as I can get good grades in two subjects in this exam, he will teach me swordsmanship next semester.

Like Godric Gryffindor, sword in one hand and wand in the other..."

When the other students heard the news, they looked at Neville in surprise.

Colin, who was not far away, also said excitedly:

"Professor Holmes also promised me that if I can get excellent grades in three subjects, he will teach me how to convert a camera into a flying camera, and also remotely control it to take photos in the air... That way, I can film Harry catching the Golden Snitch in the future."

This scene did not only happen in Gryffindor. Douglas made promises to some students in almost every college and grade.

The Hufflepuffs discussed the feasibility of using magic to gather lightning in the palm of their hands and then strike out to stun food, and whether gathering magical fire in the palm of their hands and hitting it at the food would directly cook it...

The Ravenclaws discussed using the magic prop that Douglas brought out, which could turn ordinary books into audiobooks when placed inside. They all agreed that this way they could listen to books while sleeping.

Slytherin was discussing a magic item called Dragon Balls. According to Professor Holmes' description, there were seven of these magic items, which he would give to the seven best students in each grade.

Each dragon ball can condense the surrounding materials into a giant python, which can be used to tie up enemies or resist magic damage.

But if the seven people are in tune with each other and become brothers, when they use special spells together at the same time, they will summon a magical dragon.

However, this Dragon Ball has many limitations:

It can only be used in places like Hogwarts where there is an abundance of magical energy;

Dragon Balls can only be given with sincerity and cannot be forcibly taken. Each holder must select the next generation of holders upon graduation.

And to summon the dragon, the seven of them must unite like brothers...

Although Dragon Ball sounds quite useless, it still has considerable appeal to Slytherin students.

Some students even wondered if they could summon a giant dragon to take down all the Gryffindors at once...

Soon, final exam week officially arrived.

In order to prevent Hogwarts from being embarrassed in front of the Ministry of Magic, Professor McGonagall specifically asked Douglas to help trap Peeves for a week, who had gone on a quest for revenge after the Peeves Cage Ball incident.

To this end, Douglas specially took out a replica of the six-story Demon-Suppressing Tower based on the principle of the Demon-Locking Tower in the system, and jointly researched with Sirius and Lupin to conform to the magical rules of this world.

Its core material is the magic-forbidden stone. Combined with various magic circles and additional magic, the shrinking spell above can be activated to turn the tower into a 10-inch high small tower. After throwing it out, the magnification spell, floating spell, and binding rope spell can be activated to forcibly grab the locked enemy into the tower.

This tower also has some flaws. Enemies must be captured at a time, and a maximum of six can be captured. When there are enemies trapped inside the tower, the shrinking spell cannot be used to shrink them. In order to avoid being destroyed by violence, the tower can only be placed in a place with sufficient magical energy such as Hogwarts.

However, for Lupin and Sirius, the biggest flaw of this tower is that it is seriously inconsistent with the style of Hogwarts. They don't understand why Douglas insisted on using the shape of the East Tower.

At the same time, this tower also has some advantages. For example, ghosts or other spirits caught inside cannot drill in or out of the wall. If ordinary wizards are caught inside, the magic energy in their bodies will be forcibly suppressed by the magic-banning stone. If they are powerful wizards, when they forcibly mobilize the magic power in their bodies, the magic power will be sucked away by the magic circle engraved on the ground.

In order to test the Demon-Suppressing Tower, Douglas had to sacrifice Peeves' freedom.

One morning, students who were jogging discovered that a strange building had suddenly appeared in the open space in the center of Hogwarts Castle.

Lupin, who was responsible for explaining this, simply told the students that this was a building specially prepared to tie up Peeves.

As for this building that was extremely inconsistent with the style of Hogwarts, the professors saw that Dumbledore didn't say anything, so naturally no one complained too much.

Chapter 242 WOMBAT Test

Exam week, Monday.

Professor McGonagall informed all professors to gather in the auditorium at 8 o'clock in the morning.

After Douglas and Lupin had breakfast in the office, they went to the auditorium together.

Snape was talking to Professor Sprout. When he saw the two of them coming together, he frowned slightly, not hiding his disgust at all, and glared at Lupin.

Then he walked towards Douglas, lowered his voice and sneered:

“I’ve been telling you to keep your distance from him, but you never seem to listen.

Although the wolfsbane potion works well, I think you must have heard that damn Black is a werewolf. How do you think he became a werewolf? "

After saying this, Snape flung his robes and walked straight towards Dumbledore.

Douglas looked at Snape in surprise, then looked at Lupin who was smiling bitterly.

"Is this rumor so credible? The Ministry of Magic believes it, your former friends believe it, and even the people who hate you the most believe it."

Lupin sighed and said:

“This is how people view werewolves in reality, but it is also true that werewolves have harmed quite a few relatives and friends.

If they didn't use their animagus every time they came near me, maybe they would turn into werewolves too."

At this moment, a sharp and thin voice suddenly came:

"Professor Holmes, long time no see. Respected Minister of Magic, let me give you his regards."

Hearing this familiar voice, Douglas felt goosebumps all over his body.

He turned and saw Umbridge emerging from behind a group of Wizarding Examinations Authority staff.

She forced an uncomfortably sweet smile at him.