Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

Unlike the Transfiguration exam, which was completed first, Ivan was the last to hand in the subsequent History of Magic exam.

He wrote for two and a half hours, and at the end, all the young wizards in the classroom were staring at him dumbfounded, even the ghost Professor Binns was very surprised.

They don't know why Ivan can write so much, which is beyond imagination.

The normal exam content can be completed in an hour at most, but the last essay question about burning witches in the [-]th century aroused Aiwen's interest.

He had discussed this with Harry the previous summer.

The recent study of many magics handed down from the Middle Ages gave him a deeper understanding of this aspect.

Generally speaking, the wizarding world generally believes that burning witches is a pointless act.

In the Middle Ages, Muggles were particularly afraid of magic and witchcraft.

But they are not very good at recognizing magic, they only occasionally catch wizards or witches, and at this time, burning has no effect.

When burned, a wizard or witch casts a basic spell that freezes the flames, and screams in feigned pain while enjoying the mild tickle of the flames.The soothsayer Wendelin liked being burned very much, and had himself captured 47 times in various disguises.

The above content is the original words in "A History of Magic" written by the historian of magic Bathilda Bagshot, and it also represents the views of the vast majority of people.

As long as this content is written on the test paper, Ai Wen can get full marks.

But through recent research, he believes that Bagshot's discussion is very one-sided.

The witch hunt led by the Holy See is not as simple as the magic world imagines. Ivan thinks it is a conspiracy.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the whole of Europe entered the darkest Middle Ages.

The decline of human nature, the collapse of morality, the slow development of productivity, and the fear of the unknown and witchcraft among Muggles have reached the extreme in history.

The former holy and ancient empire was divided into many countries, and the magic forces were also divided, and a lot of heresy magic about ancient warlocks and wizards spread in Europe.

The perennial melee between Muggles has also allowed magic, especially black magic, to develop rapidly.Among them, the Necromancer magic, which is led by the traditional Holy See wizards to explore immortality, and the demon magic, which is mainly pursued by the newly rising black wizards, develop the fastest.

According to the clues that have survived so far, it can be seen that the common point of these two types of magic is that they need a large number of human souls or corpses as the basis for casting spells.

Especially the souls and corpses of underage women, they are the best materials for casting spells.

As I said before, the witch hunts that broke out in this situation didn't actually kill many real wizards, but Muggle women suffered widespread persecution.

This movement lasted for hundreds of years, and finally turned into an act of terror, and many Muggle girls called witches were sent to the Inquisition.

They were sentenced to death, but their souls and bodies were secretly collected by dark wizards.

Ironically, although the out-of-control witch hunts cannot harm the real adult wizards, they have caused the underage wizards who have just awakened their power to suffer a catastrophe.Many Muggle-born children were brutally killed by their relatives as soon as they showed their magical talents. Muggles called it the power of the devil.

This makes the number of wizards who are already scarce become smaller and smaller, until they finally die out.

More and more ancient schools of wizards became extinct because they could not find suitable successors, and the powerful spells from the ancient times were reduced to the dust of history one by one.

The magic world is becoming more and more depressed, and the status of the pure-blood wizard family is getting higher and higher.300 years after the outbreak of the witch hunt, with the rise of colonialism and the introduction of occult witchcraft to the New World and the East, this horror has gradually ceased.

The "International Statute of Secrecy" signed into effect in [-] is considered to be an important milestone in the development of the magic world. Necromancy and demon black magic are re-listed as taboos and cannot be studied. All magic books are destroyed. Wizards Go completely into hiding.

They no longer participated in the Muggle wars, but developed independently to this day.

Because of the limited time for the exam, Ai Wen could only roughly write down his research results, and could not expand them one by one.

Even so, his answer shocked everyone.

No matter how you look at it, this is a research on the history of magic that can shake the entire magic world.

If it weren't for the fact that the topic of black magic itself was too taboo, Aiwen could even provide the evolution of hundreds of black magic spells as his own basis.

Even so, Professor Binns was stunned for a long time after seeing Ivan's test paper.

Because of being too excited, his translucent ghost body turned reddish visibly.

The other little wizards all looked sideways, wanting to see what Ivan wrote on the test paper, which could make Professor Binns lose his composure.

Because of its great research value, Aiwen finally scored 120 points in the History of Magic exam, and the extra points were rewarded by Professor Binns.This move, which set a record in the history of Hogwarts, became the hottest topic in the castle.

Of course, this is all for later, Ivan is walking to the auditorium with Colin at this time.

Unlike when they were separated before, the third graders were all elated and looked very excited.

Hermione's previous prediction was so accurate that Professor Flitwick made the happy spell a third-year exam question.

Ivan didn't see Harry and Ron, and Hermione told him that it was because Harry had done a little too much in eliminating nervousness, and Ron had been laughing hysterically.For the exam results, Professor Flitwick had to take them to his office and make him quiet until Ron could say the happiness spell himself.

Halfway through lunch, Harry and Ron barely made it to the Great Hall.

They looked very haggard, not at all as if they had just cast a happiness spell.

"It's not good!" Ron shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because laughing made me consume too much energy, maybe it's because I was too nervous to cast the spell alone. Anyway, my happy magic didn't work, Harry just pretended to be very happy." Professor Flitwick can clearly see the happy look."

"Don't take it to heart, this magic is difficult." Harry said weakly, "I did feel happy at the time, but it wasn't that strong."

Harry's argument was not very convincing, and he didn't look happy at all right now.

"I told you before that when you cast a spell, you swung your wand in the wrong direction!" Hermione looked at Ron and said, "Obviously, you didn't listen to me."

"But when I used this spell before, it all took effect. I thought..."

"You should be thankful that Professor Flitwick won't give you a zero." Hermione took out the Potions textbook and said sharply, "But in the Potions exam tomorrow, if you still like this, I can be sure that Snape will never let go of this opportunity."

Chapter 335 Mars and the Temple of Darkness

Hermione's advice to Ron also applies to Harry.

Unless Harry performed impeccably better than everyone else, he would never be treated fairly with Snape.

Snape would not let go of any chance to give Harry zero points, especially considering his recent mood, even if he gave all Gryffindors zero points, Ivan would not be surprised.

After eating, all the students hurried back to the common room.

Everyone did not want to relax, but began to review the upcoming exams. The second grade was followed by potions, herbs, spells and astronomy, and the third grade and above students had more courses such as protection of magical creatures, divination, and Muggle studies.

Ivan saw Fred and George sitting in the corner, looking very preoccupied. They were researching the quills used to cheat, hoping to be useful.

The next morning, Ivan went to take the Charms exam, and Harry and the others went to take the Protection of Magical Creatures exam hosted by Hagrid. Everyone felt pretty good.

Professor Flitwick is very kind, and he will give all the little wizards high marks as much as possible.

Not to mention Hagrid, the content of his exam is to ask everyone to take care of Flobber caterpillars, as long as they are still alive within an hour, they can pass.

Left unchecked, Flobber caterpillars reproduce extremely rapidly.

Hence, this is the easiest exam of all subjects.

But in the potions class in the afternoon, the situation took a sudden turn for the worse.It was a disaster for all Gryffindor students.

The second year is the primary antidote potion, the third year is the chaos potion, Snape doesn't care about the students of the other three houses, he has been hanging around Gryffindor.

Think about it, when you are brewing the potion, trying your best to recall the formula and brewing steps, Snape in a black robe is standing aside and looking at you with a sneer on his face, gloating at your misfortune, It seems that your potion has failed.

He also wrote a few words in his notebook from time to time, which looked like zero characters. What kind of feeling this would be, can only be described in two words: terrible.

Except for Ivan, Snape didn't spare any of the Gryffindor students.

He just glanced at the potion brewed by Ai Wen. The potion was light green in color, with hazy mist coming out, and the color was perfect and impeccable.

Snape didn't say anything, and turned his head to watch Colin's operation.

Wednesday morning was herbal medicine, and the exam content was to squeeze the juice out of the mandrake. Everyone performed well, as long as they were brave enough and moved fast enough, there would be no problems.

It's not a good feeling to be in the conservatory in the scorching sun, and by the time you come out, everyone's necks are so far burned.

Astronomy at midnight, all little wizards under the fifth grade will participate.

They put on their cloaks, climbed to the tallest tower, looked up at the night sky, and marked it on their own star charts.

Mars has been bright in the sky since last year.

Although Aiwen can memorize all the meanings of Mars, it doesn't mean much to the illusory astrology.

As with divination, textbooks are of limited help for this subject.The essence of astrology lies in the ability to summarize the past and comprehend mysticism. Through thousands of years of uninterrupted observation by astrologers, the stars are endowed with different meanings.

This also means that if you want to get a high score in this course, you need to carefully read all the books in most of the library.

Moreover, one must have a strong comprehension ability and be able to understand the omens of the planets.

For horse people, this may be easier.

But for human wizards, it is very difficult to do this.

Take Mars, which has been abnormal in the past two years, as an example. This red planet has different meanings in different historical periods.Not to mention, you have to combine the positions of other planets, changes in star charts, and analyze the energy it emits during oscillations, etc.

Aiwen didn't know if other people had this ability. He couldn't do it anyway, so he could only hastily draw the position of the planets tonight on the astrology chart.

As they watched the planet, so did the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest.

"The omen from Mars..." An old voice sounded from the depths of the mysterious temple, "War is coming, will the horsemen be spared this time?!"

In the open-air room on the top floor of the temple, the centaur elders quietly looked up at the starry sky.

In front of him was a statue of a strange creature. Its huge body was unusually magnificent, and most of its body was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible to see its specific appearance.

In the dimness, it can be vaguely recognized that the huge statue seems to be split from the middle.

No one knows what happened here. At the top of the statue, a red gemstone is emitting a faint light, echoing the bright Mars in the distant night sky.

"Stupid centaur, I'm about to return to the mortal world..." The elder centaur's voice just fell, and a strange voice sounded suddenly, "Cry while trembling, you can't change anything, pride will send you to a dead end! "

The red light on the statue flashed a few times, and the temple returned to tranquility.

Under the dim starlight, one could only see the deeper wrinkles on the centaur elder's face and the long-lasting sigh echoing in the temple...

For students who do not sit for the Ordinary and Advanced Wizarding Level exams, just getting past Thursday's exams will end their ordeal.

For the first and second grade students, the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam on Thursday morning is the last one. Students above the third grade need to prepare for divination and arithmetic divination.

Sirius' careful preparation obviously left a deep impression on everyone. Unlike other courses, at the suggestion of Professor Lupine, he conducted a kind of obstacle course-like exam outdoors in the sun.He has prepared a lot of dark creatures, including water monsters, red hats, boggarts, etc., the number is much more than expected, and it is not clear where he found them.

According to different ages, students need to face different numbers of dark creatures.

Second graders have to wade across a pond with a Grindylow, navigate a series of potholes filled with red hats, and crunch through a swamp, ignoring misleading directions from a Hinckle Punk.

The last thing you need to face is a box containing a boggart. Students above the third grade must participate, and little wizards in the first and second grades can choose freely.

Bonus points if they beat Bogut.

"Very good, full marks!" When Ivan climbed out of the box, he saw Sirius looking at him with a smile on his face.

Aiwen didn't leave immediately, he was going to see the performance of other people.

The third grade exams were at the back, and he was going to cheer on Hermione.

Chapter 336 Departure to the Centaur Tribe

Ivan was the last one in the second grade, and behind him was Ron. He performed well before he met Hincklepunk. Even if he was in a hurry, he was generally able to pass.

But then Hinkpunk's misdirection landed him waist-deep in mud.

"It's a pity, Ron must have mistook Hincklepunk's lantern for the destination, which is an easy mistake." Sirius said regretfully, "If he were in a real swamp, he might have fallen into the swamp by now." big trouble."

Ivan saw that he gave Ron eighty points, which is already a very high score. Normally, Ron didn't even pass half of the distance, so it was impossible to get such a score.

Like Snape, Sirius had an unconditional preference for Gryffindor.With him, all the Slytherin students had low grades, just like Gryffindor would never get high grades with Snape, and the grades of the two courses could just complement each other.

After Ron was Malfoy, who had just returned to Hogwarts two days ago, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with him except that his face was a little paler than usual.

Ivan was worried that the monster's magic that directly acted on the soul would have an irreparable impact on Malfoy, but now it seems that this is not the case.

He played well, but had a big problem with Bogut.

The compartment was silent, and Malfoy didn't come out after a full 5 minutes.

When Ivan and Sirius went in to rescue him, he was trembling in the corner, sobbing softly.

Unsurprisingly, the thing Malfoy fears the most is the eyeball monster.

Seeing this creature for the first time, Sirius visibly froze for a moment, then waved his wand to drive the Boggart into the dark box.

Goyle and Crabbe came clumsily and helped Malfoy sit aside.

Ron was there laughing loudly at Malfoy's performance, even though he was covered in mud, but Malfoy was even more ashamed than him, and actually cried.

"I have never seen such a terrifying creature, nor have I heard of it." Sirius scored a zero on Malfoy's test paper without hesitation, and said in disgust, "Let me see, Slytherin That guy is absolutely crazy to hide this monster in the school."

"It is the most evil dark wizard in history, a magical creation created by the despicable Haierbo, using the souls of countless human beings and the flesh and blood of other creatures." Ivan said slowly, "You should see it from Dumbledore. Did you get the message on that slate?"

"Yes, I think you'd better not meddle in this matter anymore." Sirius replied simply, "Don't worry, whatever that thing is, Dumbledore will take care of it, it's not something you little wizards can get involved with." , this is evil beyond the general sense..."