Ron and Harry received tutoring and finally managed to finish their homework despite the difficulty.
Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Vizette began to ponder.
No wonder Hagrid would become unusually nervous when he mentioned firewhisky before.
It seems firewhisky has become a trapdoor guard, helping to protect some treasure obtained from Gringotts.
"Why think so much?" He thought for a moment and chuckled softly. This matter had nothing to do with him.
Not long after, another faint voice rang out.
"Did you let Harry and Ron copy your homework? That's wrong! We're definitely going to get points deducted again!"
Hermione, clutching a thick book, spoke at an astonishing pace, her brow furrowed with skepticism.
Vizette looked up. "What are you talking about?"
"I saw it all just now…" Hermione pointed behind her to her usual corner. "Ron and Harry brought their homework over; they must have come to borrow it from you."
"So where is my homework?" Vizette asked softly, spreading his hands to show the book "Theory of Metamorphosis".
Hermione was speechless for a moment, her ears turning red instantly, and she said in a flustered voice, "I'm sorry... I didn't know..."
Vizette replied calmly, "They did their own homework. I just helped answer some of their questions. It's that simple."
He now somewhat understood why Ron and Harry sounded displeased when Hermione was mentioned.
Such an outspoken and impulsive personality is really hard for people to accept.
"But that's what I told them!" Hermione said indignantly. "I told them that if they copied homework, they would definitely be caught and lose points!"
"Then I said... if they don't understand something, they should come and ask me. We clearly explained it in class, so why didn't they take notes properly?"
Vizette suddenly found it somewhat amusing. "You said all of that?"
"Yes!" Hermione nodded. "I told them everything!"
Vizette continued, "Do you think they'd like to hear you say that?"
"Why wouldn't they be willing..." Hermione hesitated, "It shouldn't be... I'm only doing this for their own good..."
"Hmm…" Vizette frowned. "Actually, I saw your transformation magic last time, turning a match into a needle…"
"You're too greedy. You think you can transform magically in a short time like me? Do you really think you have that ability?"
Hermione's body trembled, and her eyes reddened slightly. "You..."
"Don't you understand?" Vizette smiled slightly. "What I just said was just mimicking what you said to Ron and the others."
No one likes to be lectured, and even less likes to be ordered around in a condescending tone, criticized for their shortcomings, or denied for their abilities.
"I know you mean well, but if you want them to accept your advice, you can't just criticize them."
"It's almost time, I'm leaving now." He ignored Hermione, who was standing there dumbfounded, and left the library with "The Theory of Metamorphosis" and his notebook.
With plenty of time on the weekend, he planned to continue exploring the magnificent castle and gain more ancient magical power.
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Defense Against the Dark Arts is an extremely important course, which includes encountering various dark magic creatures and learning about curses, poisons, and spells associated with dark magic.
This course also teaches you a lot of offensive magic and how a wizard should fight.
In addition, the course itself is also very popular – forty or fifty years ago, no professor has taught for more than a year.
Even Ravenclaw students would confidently assert, "This course itself is probably cursed!"
Finding a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor every year has become Dumbledore's primary challenge.
For this reason, the teaching quality of Defense Against the Dark Arts instructors has become uneven.
For example, Quirrell, who is now in charge of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, is generally not highly regarded by his students.
First, Quirrell's appearance is peculiar, with a purple headscarf that smells of garlic wrapped around his head.
Students have to endure the omnipresent smell of garlic during class.
Secondly, there's Quirrell's classroom content. He would read the textbook content in a halting manner, then explain it in a halting manner, making some slight extensions, but lacking real practical content.
Such a class experience is hardly pleasant, with many students calling it a "substitute for history of magic" and openly using it to catch up on sleep.
"Snot Curse! This is... an ancient magic..." Quirrell began his stammering lesson again.
"Wizards...after the Wizarding World War...the improved Snot Spell has...returned to the textbooks!"
The most dangerous thing in dark magic is the curse, and the Snot Curse happens to be a curse.
However, in Quirrell's explanation, the spell's effect is very simple—it causes the victim to have a severe runny nose, just like having a bad cold.
The name and description of the snot curse were quite ordinary, and coupled with the stuttering voice, it caused at least half of the students to start dozing off.
Even the Ravenclaw students couldn't resist and simply pulled out the homework Snape had left them the day before, and began writing furiously.
Vizette always finished his homework assigned in class on the same day.
In addition, his extensive experience teaching the history of magic allowed him to painstakingly organize the lecture content and absorb a small amount of knowledge.
For him, piecing together the fragmented classroom content, like a jigsaw puzzle, is also a kind of fun.
The snot curse is not as simple as you might think.
According to Quirrell, the spell underwent several modifications. Especially after the Wizarding World War, the power of the Snot Curse was significantly reduced.
"Professor Quirrell!" Vizette raised his hand. "Do you know the original power of this magic?"
The clear and loud voice instantly woke the students from class, who groggily tried to figure out who was speaking.
"Oh…" Quirrell also seemed to wake from a dream. "Mr. Lovegood, why…why would you think that?"
"Because it's a curse, and as one of the most dangerous types of dark magic, it shouldn't only cause a stuffy nose, right?" Vizette said.
"Hehe... Listen... You're paying close attention in class!" Quirrell laughed, his eyes showing satisfaction.
Among the students who were daydreaming, Vizette, who listened attentively, took notes, and thought deeply, stood out from the crowd.
Quirrell continued, "This magic... is ancient because it was inspired by disease or... or plague! A plague that can kill!"
"In other words... the initial effect of this curse was... to kill! It's a murderous curse!"
"A murder curse?" A spell related to death naturally attracted the attention of the students present.
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