Alchemy professor at Hogwarts

Chapter 53 OWLs Exam
When Hardy stepped into the classroom at the time when the bell rang, the little wizards in the fifth grade were discussing the coming Christmas enthusiastically.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to disturb you." Hardy waved his wand and tapped the edge of the podium. "It's time for class."

Hardy flipped through the heavy textbooks on the podium, and found that the little wizards below were still a little absent-minded, and some were even whispering.

"It seems that I have to remind you that there is less than half a year, that is, 6 months, before the OWLs that you can't avoid, that is, the Ordinary Wizard Examination Level Test."

Hardy walked around the podium and came down, "Let me do the math for you. In six months, half of the night is removed, and there are still three months of daylight, which is 6 days."

"In the 90 days, excluding weekends and sick leave, there are still 50 days left. Among them, you have to study several courses such as Potions, Charms, and Herbal Medicine at the same time."

Hardy paused, "The time you can spend on alchemy is less than 10 days."

Having said that, Hardy flipped through the three-inch-thick course materials on the podium, showing a worried look, "To be honest, your time is really running out."

"Professor Ollivander, time can't be calculated like this..." Someone sat on the seat and whispered, "This calculation is wrong."

However, the entire classroom quickly fell silent, and more young wizards touched the brand new pages of the book in their hands in fear.

At this time, someone suddenly found that his name hadn't been written on the cover of his textbook. He quickly looked around, grabbed his companion's quill, and added his name crookedly.

"Besides...you have to put in some energy to deal with the first relationship in adolescence. I have to say that this matter is really exhausting." Hardy shook his head.

"Professor! I don't have this trouble, so I have a lot more time than others?" A Gryffindor wizard raised his hand triumphantly.

Hardy vaguely remembered that the other party was called Matthew, who had always been an active member in the alchemy class, and was full of enthusiasm for many things, except for learning.

"Mr. Matthew, please put down your hands. Don't you think this is something you should be proud of?"

Hardy's words made the whole classroom burst into laughter, and the wizard named Matthew pursed his lips and retracted his hand, scratching his head in embarrassment.

"but--"

Beside Hardy, a little Ravenclaw witch couldn't help retorting: "The alchemy course in the fifth grade is too boring, and no one in our class even has Eudemons cards."

As soon as the words fell, there was another sigh in the classroom.

Judging from the current situation, most of the 24 Eudemons cards that Hardy distributed were concentrated in the hands of the lower grades, and there were very few of them in the upper grades.

"It's not fair!" a little witch muttered.

Hardy held a wand in his hand, and came to the opponent, "To be honest, Eudemons cards are not very suitable for you in the fifth grade. Getting in touch with them will consume your insufficient time to prepare for the exam."

"However, since you have pointed out that the course is somewhat boring, as the teacher of the alchemy class, I must not just sit idly by."

Turning quickly to the podium, Hardy waved his wand, "Maria and Miss Janice, please stand on the podium."

As Hardy tapped the tip of his stick, the little witch who had just complained came up curiously with her deskmate.

"According to my teaching syllabus, fifth-grade students should be familiar with the sixty common ring-linking characteristics, which is also the part that your OWLs exam will focus on."

"Then—" Hardy raised the crystal wand high above his shoulders, "we will see more interesting things next."

As two arcs of light burst out from the tip of Hardy's staff, in front of Maria and Janice, illusory square frames of four times four appeared intertwined with each other.

Hardy turned his wand, and in the illusory box in front of the two of them, sixteen chains and annotations immediately jumped out with sparks.

The chains and notes are randomly distributed in sixteen illusory boxes, eight of each.

"Professor... what kind of new game is this?" Matthew at the back of the classroom couldn't help shouting excitedly, and all the little wizards in the classroom also cast their gazes over.

Hardy smiled slightly, and introduced: "This game tests the correspondence between the rings and the annotations."

"You need to connect the rings and the corresponding interpretations with the line segment drawn by the magic wand as quickly as possible within the specified time, and you must not touch other chains and annotations."

"like this--"

Holding his wand high, Hardy first clicked on the chain ring in the uppermost corner, and then drew a polyline segment, connecting it with the note on the right edge.

In an instant, the two illusory boxes connected by polyline segments burst into flames, and the chains and annotations in it were cleaned up and emptied.

"First blood."

A passionate sexy female voice suddenly sounded in the classroom.

"Cool!" several Hufflepuff wizards who got close shouted in unison.

Hardy waved his wand again, connecting the chain link adjacent to the annotation in the lower left corner, and the same fire burst out, making it disappear without a trace.

"Double kill."

When the same passionate but different sexy female voice sounded again, the whole classroom was boiling.

"Remember, you can only eliminate them if you connect the rings to their correct annotations. If the connection is wrong..." Hardy put it off, "You can try it yourself."

After finishing speaking, the magic wand in Hardy's hand moved faster, and the sexy female voice sounded in the classroom more frequently.

"Triple kill."

"Quadra kill."

"Penta kill."

"..."

When Hardy used his magic wand to connect the last set of chains and notes, the entire illusory box disappeared.

A gorgeous firework exploded in the air, colorful, and finally condensed into the words "Victory".

"Have you seen my demonstration clearly?" Hardy withdrew his wand, "The one who clears all the rings and notes first within the specified time is the winner."

"Ready, ladies?" Seeing Maria and Janice nodding their heads excitedly, Hardy swung his wand wildly.

The illusory box in front of the two quickly refreshed, showing eight groups of links and notes with the same distribution.

"Now, please use your ingenuity. Next, it's Ravenclaw challenging Gryffindor!"

As Hardy backed away quickly, Maria and Janice immediately drew their wands from their wizard robes and took a step forward.

"Note: Shape... I remember this, there is an inverted triangle pattern inside the chain..."

Maria first stared at a note in the upper left corner, then blinked her dark eyes, and quickly searched for the inverted triangle pattern.

Soon, she found what she wanted in the bottom right box.

As Maria quickly connected the "Note: Shape" to the chain ring containing an inverted triangle with a broken line segment, a mini firework immediately bloomed in front of her.

"First blood."

With the sound of a sexy female voice, Matthew at the back of the classroom excitedly jumped up from the table, "Look, Ravenclaw is the first to eliminate a set of chain notes, so exciting!"

As Maria took the first step, Janice on the side also followed closely, using a magic wand to connect "Note: Stability" with the flashing fluorescent chain ring, and also eliminated her first group.

However, when eliminating the second group of link notes, Janice was very lucky to notice the bonus question in the lower right corner, and quickly connected the two imaginary boxes that were close together.

"Double kill."

"Come on, well done!" A little wizard from Gryffindor cheered for Janice.

Seeing that she was lagging behind, Maria began to feel a little anxious. She looked at the "Note: Curve" in front of her, and was uncertainly connected to a chain ring containing a broken line.

Sudden.

With a "poof", a large piece of yellowish-brown smoke sprayed from the illusory box onto Maria's face.

"Note: Curve" and the connected rings shook violently, then calmed down again, and did not disappear at the same time.

Maria, who was hit by the yellow-brown smoke, immediately burst into tears, "No! This is the smell of skunk fart!"

She screamed frantically.

(End of this chapter)