Chapter 673 Refusal to participate
Since the beginning of this school year, it has been a little while. And this year's freshmen are also slowly integrating into the entire campus, gradually adapting to the fresh life of absorbing magical knowledge.
As they got used to the rhythm of learning day by day, many young wizards with potential gradually began to emerge, showing some remarkable characteristics and abilities.
Just like Alexander Wolfe of Gryffindor College, his progress is obvious to all. In several classrooms, he not only showed a few proficient application of the first-year spells, but today he even used the Forgetting Curse that was added to the curriculum only in the second grade, and solved the mystery of Boggart's identity on the spot .
And like Erns Tahon of Hufflepuff College, his first outstanding performance was actually earlier than Alexander. After using the Levitation Charm in a Charms class, even Professor Flitwick praised him again and again, and his name was remembered by many students.
Of course, I don't know what's wrong recently. Many little badgers have discovered that Ensi always likes to go to the library these days, and what he reads is the ancient rune dictionary that only students above the third grade look up.
As for the improvement in spells, everyone felt that it was not very obvious—maybe it was because he didn't take the initiative to show it?
However, apart from these two young wizards who showed their talents in practical applications, there is another student who cannot be ignored.
That is the little witch from Ravenclaw College who looks fresh and lovely, but behaves like a lady. Her name is Sarah Hohenheim.
Before the first classroom test, the only reason for the students to remember her was her appearance and personality; but after that test, her excellence immediately surprised many students who regarded her as a vase.
Yes, although she doesn't show her talent and talent in a hands-on way like Erns and Alexander. But the test scores she obtained were not even that of Hermione Granger, who was called Miss Know-It-All by Snape back then.
If you have to compare, I am afraid that only Professor McGonagall, who was still a student, can stabilize her with the advantage of the highest score in the whole subject.
However, Maca called her to come to the office to talk at noon today, not because of her excellent grades. The first-year curriculum is very simple, and the specific development depends on the future... Even for truly outstanding wizards, the teaching content of the school can only be regarded as a starting point, and their life will begin after graduation.
Miss Hohenheim. Looking at Sarah who appeared outside the door, Maca smiled and stretched out her hand to signal, Please! I think you also know the reason why I called you here...Anyway, come and sit down first. Bar!
Since the beginning of the school year, this is not the first time he has called Sarah over. Because of this, he simply omitted the polite words.
OK.
Seeing Maca's casual invitation, Sarah nodded slightly.
Since she entered Hogwarts, her personality has been quite different from before, and of course Maca has noticed this long ago.
In fact, compared to Sarah's refusal attitude towards him before, this girl is obviously much easier to communicate with now. But if Maca had to choose for himself, he would actually prefer to face the original Sarah Hohenheim.
Naturally, it's not because Maca is a masochist who likes to be ravaged by the little girl's disgusting eyes... Well, shouldn't it be? It's just because the current Sarah obviously keeps that sense of distance in her heart, and she no longer floats on the surface.
Sit down! Maca waited for her to sit down, and said casually, Do you want to drink something?
Thank you, but no need...
Sarah shook her head immediately, with a smile on her face, but in the eyes of Maca, who is experienced in acting, this smile is somewhat fake.
Professor McLean, I can understand what you said, after all, I am also a member of Hogwarts now.
It's just... I don't want to participate in that competition, I just want to learn about magic in school.
But alchemy can actually be regarded as a part of magic... Maca shrugged and persuaded, Your alchemy is so good, if you can go to this world-class competition to meet other outstanding alchemists, I think there will be a lot of gains for you!
That's right! To put it bluntly, Maca wanted to persuade Sarah to participate in the upcoming international alchemy competition. After all, she had personally experienced the transformation of Maca from her spirit.
If he could get a good ranking in the competition, he didn't even need Sarah to win the championship - as long as it could bring Hogwarts an honor, it could lay a more solid foundation for the future development of the school.
And by the way, through the competition process, he can learn more about this talented girl who always seems to be hiding something alone.
But after listening to Maca's persuasion, Sarah still shook her head stubbornly.
I'm sorry, Professor McLean, she said. I still don't want to enter the competition . . . I'm sorry.
Originally, she was expected to change her mind after a period of time! But since this time he resolutely rejected his proposal as well, Maca had no choice but to accept it.
Okay! Macaro nodded helplessly, I see, if you don't want to anyway, I won't force you... Oh, right! The test scores in the previous class were very good, and the other professors are very good at it. Your evaluation is very high! Since you don't want to participate in the alchemy competition, then continue to study hard at school!
Speaking of this, he changed his tone again and reminded:
However, sometimes you should pay attention to it. When it's time to relax, you should also relax properly... I heard that your rest time is a bit short!
I will pay attention. Sarah replied quickly, So...Professor McLean, can I go back to the common room?
Oh, of course... Maka said, and was about to stand up to see her off, but after thinking about it, she paused, Ah, Miss Hohenheim—
Sarah, who had already got up and was about to leave, stopped her movements slightly after hearing this.
Anything else?
It's like this... Maca waved his hand, It's not a big deal, I just have a small question... I wonder if you can tell me why you don't want to participate in the competition?
Regarding Maca's little problem, Sarah finally showed some hesitation on her face with a quiet smile.
Although she quickly put away her hesitation, Maca still caught it keenly.
Well, it's okay if you don't want to answer— Actually—
Maca was about to take a step back to make herself less aggressive, but Sarah unexpectedly answered this time.
Actually, she said with an inexplicable sense of displeasure, if I were to participate in that competition, it would be unfair to the other contestants, and...it wouldn't make any sense.
It doesn't make sense? Maca immediately repeated it as a question.
Yeah, she said, ...that doesn't mean anything to me, or anyone else, or to the whole game....
Sarah's explanation was not so much an explanation as a re-emphasis of the previous answer. This will inevitably make Maca confused, but Sarah seems to not want to continue discussing this topic.
Professor McLean, I'm going back first.
After leaving these words, she did not forget to salute politely, and then walked around to the door, opened it and walked away slowly.
... Geniuses like to say half of what they say, and let others guess the rest?
Maca once mentioned that neither he nor Hermione could be called a so-called genius. But this young lady from the Hohenheim family is indeed worthy of the word genius.
Of course, talent is often not everything, hard work and luck are also extremely important factors. If a genius does not know how to work hard, he may be surpassed by those mediocre people who climbed on the shoulders of giants.
So Maca is not envious of Sarah's talent, what he wants to know is actually the process of Sarah's acquisition of this talent. If she agreed to participate in the alchemy competition, maybe Maca could see something from her performance.
Mysterious little girl...
Maca thought for a while, and finally shook his head with a light smile.
Everyone was going to have a little secret, and whatever Sarah was hiding, at least he didn't detect malice from the other person. That being the case, let's wait until she wants to talk, and then he will get to know it!
After thinking this way, Maca stood up from the small stool and stretched, then walked unsteadily towards her desk.
Since he has been very busy during this time, he has to squeeze in time to do research on magic. No, now that he had talked with Sarah, it was time for him to hurry up and start working on his own affairs.
However, contrary to Macana's dedication to Hogwarts, there is a student who is also in a hurry day and night, but he is completely for himself.
It is still the time of lunch break, and everyone is chatting or taking a nap in the common room. But Master Malfoy, who also had lunch not long ago, was sitting alone in the empty dormitory, reading silently in front of a notebook with no expression on his face.
He was the one who was tricked by Ernes in the corridor at night, and he was right. But to say whether he should be called and reprimanded by Professor McGonagall in front of the whole school, it can only be said that it should be taken for granted.
Although Filch took him as a target to vent his anger because of his anger, Professor McGonagall punished him accordingly. But in fact, the severe punishment imposed on him was not too much.
Because, that night, he sneaked into the restricted area of the library.
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