Chapter 82: Halloween Surprise

While Lin Xia was running in the morning, she noticed that some of the little wizards who were following her were wearing bracelets made of bright and beautiful feathers.

Later, when they went to dinner, Draco said, "Those are the tail feathers of a rooster."

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows, glanced around the auditorium, and found that many little wizards were wearing them.

She asked with great interest: "After the popularity of guardian charms, are bracelets made of rooster feathers also popular?"

Draco nodded: "I don't know who said that roosters kill snakes. If you have something like rooster on you, snakes will not come to your door."

Lin Xia shook his head: "This is a rumor."

The guardian talisman was popular in the past to prevent oneself from being manipulated by others. It was somewhat useful. Even if it could not prevent manipulation, it could also prevent other evil spells.

But the rooster tail feather bracelet is an IQ tax.

"There is no book that clearly states that snakes are afraid of roosters. It is just that some artificially modified snakes are extremely afraid of the crows of roosters, but that is only for the crows of roosters. The feathers of roosters are just ordinary items."

Instead of selling rooster tail feather bracelets, they sell screaming chicken dolls with recorded rooster crows.

When you encounter a problem, quickly pinch the doll and let it scream like a rooster. It may be useful against certain types of snakes.

Draco shrugged: "You don't necessarily know if it's useful or not. You just saw other people buying it, so you followed suit and bought some for some comfort."

Lin Xia didn't know what she thought of, and asked: "The rooster tail feather bracelet, couldn't it be purchased by the Weasley twins?"

Draco fell silent.

Lin Xia smiled: "You won't buy it too, right?"

Draco said vaguely: "It's not worth a lot of money, just buy it as you like."

Lin Xia shook his head funnyly, it was indeed not worth a lot of money.

But the Weasley twins are really business-minded.

It just so happened that so many students were wearing rooster tail feather bracelets, so Lin Xia simply put on her own unique bracelet made of rooster tail feathers.

…

Time passed by and it was Friday.

During this period, Lin Xia observed Professor Quirrell and Mikel and found that these two people were quite interesting.

The closer one gets to Halloween, the worse his face becomes.

The closer one gets, the more anxious one becomes.

Lin Xia felt that these two people could form a pair and form an "anxious duck" combination.

Nothing special happened this week except class.

If there is anything special, it is that since the professor cleaned the basement, not even a small animal can be found, let alone a snake.

Some little wizards actually feel safer staying in the basement, and from time to time they organize groups to come to the basement for evening self-study.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the basement classroom was opened at night, allowing young wizards to use limited materials to make potions and improve their proficiency in preparing potions.

I don’t know which professor came up with this idea. It’s really a genius idea.

The school only provides the young wizard with herbal medicine training, but the prepared potions are not allowed to be taken away by the young wizard, and all must be kept.

The external theory is that the school will process this batch of magic potions, and the gold galleons obtained will continue to be used to subsidize the young wizards so that they have materials to practice.

The price of a bottle of ordinary potion is enough to buy ten ordinary raw materials. As the difficulty of potion configuration becomes higher, the price difference will become more outrageous.

As the little wizard becomes more and more skilled, two or three herbs can often be used to make a potion.

How much profit there is, anyone who knows how to add, subtract, multiply and divide can figure it out.

Lin Xia felt that the person who proposed this measure was quite Snape-like.

Friday night.

She went to Professor McGonagall's office and continued practicing Transfiguration.

There was nothing new in the tutoring process. Professor McGonagall did not ask Lin Xia to make the lion's movements vivid all at once, but first asked her to make the lion's shape more realistic.

So this week's Transfiguration tutorial is all about reality.

The level of magic power Lin Xia had shown before was enough to support this aspect of practice.

Professor McGonagall watched Lin Xia's transformed lion become more and more lifelike, and said with satisfaction: "Next week, you can try dynamic exercises. Remember to continue to go to Hagrid to observe the lions on weekends."

I don't know what came to mind, but Professor McGonagall said: "Hagrid told me that you have an affinity with small animals and that you will be successful in magical animals.

To be honest, if you have enough magic power, I think you can try practicing Animagus. "

Lin Xia thought of her progress.

In fact, this week, she can start doing dynamic lion exercises.

But static practice is not impossible. If you think more carefully, you can lay a better foundation.

As for magical creatures, Lin Xia said sincerely: "Senior Hagrid is so humble. I think Senior Hagrid has a greater affinity for magical creatures."

Professor McGonagall smiled and revealed a secret message.

"Hagrid lives on the edge of the Forbidden Forest and guards the Forbidden Forest for us in disguise. He is the ranger of Hogwarts.

He deals with magical creatures all day long and has a strong affinity for animals. If it were not for his insufficient academic qualifications, he would have been hired by me as a professor in the "Care of Magical Creatures" course. "

…

The Halloween that little wizards have been waiting for has finally arrived!

When you wake up in the morning, you can smell the sweet and tempting smell of roasted pumpkin wafting from the corridor.

The food in the auditorium was replaced with delicious pumpkin pie and apple pie. Each little wizard got candies with the emblem of their respective colleges, in various flavors.

Some little wizards even wore strange masks.

By the way, the masks were also provided by the Gryffindor Weasley twins.

Not only do they sell strange masks, but they also sell candies with various strange flavors and some special Halloween prank props.

But the little wizard still has to go to class, but there is only one class in the whole day.

The first class was the Charms class.

Although Professor Flitwick is short in stature, he is an excellent dueling master and has won the dueling championship.

If there is any teacher in Hogwarts who deserves the title of "Master", it is definitely Professor Flitwick.

It is rumored that he has goblin blood and inherited the outstanding magical talents of goblins.

The students all enjoyed Professor Flitwick's classes.

He never restrains his students, and they can even laugh and play with him in class. Although he is short in stature, every spell he spits out is extremely clear in pronunciation, and he is also very good at teaching students.

Moreover, Professor Flitwick answered almost every student's question, as if no problem could trouble him.

For example, in this lesson, Professor Flitwick teaches the young wizard how to use the lock-picking spell "Alaho Cave" and its counter-spell "Anti-Lock-Opening Curse".

As long as a young wizard listens carefully, it is not difficult to use an unlocking spell, but the counter-spell that follows is a bit more difficult.

Hermione raised her hands high, she was more interested in the conversion spell than the lock-picking spells and counter-spells she had learned.

The transformation spell can transform two similar objects and is a medium-level spell.

When the other little wizards heard her say the spell, they felt like they were listening to a book from heaven.

Draco asked Lin Xia in a low voice: "Do you know the transformation spell?"

Lin Xia nodded imperceptibly, "I know."

"Then you know how to use it?"

Lin Xia nodded again: "I know how to use it."

Although she has never used it, with her current magical talent, it is not difficult to use the conversion spell.

Draco took a long breath, feeling the urgency of being chased.

He found that he couldn't compare to Lin Xia, but it seemed that he couldn't even compare to Hermione.

Transformation spell?

What is that?

Never heard of it!

Ron, Harry and Mikel sat together.

Ron couldn't help but curled his lips when he heard Hermione and the professor discussing each other behind them.

He muttered: "It's all incomprehensible spells. Why does she always show that she is smart? She is completely different from ordinary people like us."

Ron was in a study group with Hermione recently. He had to read business books under her supervision every day, and even listened to her thoughts on weekends.

This makes Ron a little unbearable!

Lin Xia was not far from Ron's position. When she heard his words, she couldn't help but glance at Hermione behind him.

Hermione had a cold face and raised her head haughtily, her expression unchanged.

On the contrary, Ron noticed Lin Xia's gaze and immediately shut up and said no more.

After class, Ron and Harry were struggling to walk through the crowded corridors, and he mentioned what happened in class again.

"To be honest, I think it doesn't make any sense no matter how many questions Hermione asks the professor. Look at Lin Xia, she never asks the professor questions. No, it's not that she doesn't ask, but she doesn't ask in class, and she never invades Learning time for others.”

"No wonder everyone can't stand her. She is a nightmare in class, and she has a bad temper in private. She always punishes me for copying and accuses me of not paying attention to my reading!"

Someone bumped into Harry and hurried past them.

Harry looked up and was startled to see it was Hermione.

——He caught a glimpse of Hermione crying!

Harry couldn't help but said: "Ron, stop talking, Hermione has heard it."

Ron looked a little uneasy, but still said stubbornly: "So what, she must have noticed that except Lin Xia and Draco who are willing to talk to her, she doesn't have a single friend in Gryffindor."

Harry said: "I think this is not good, you should apologize to her."

Ron said nothing.

Later, they heard a female classmate telling her friends that Hermione was crying sadly in the women's bathroom and refused to be comforted.

Ron felt even more uncomfortable when he heard this.

Draco was sitting in the great hall and saw Ron, Harry and Mikel, but not Hermione.

He knew what happened during class and asked Lin Xia: "Do you want to go find Hermione?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "Hermione doesn't necessarily want us to go find her. We are not Gryffindor House after all."

There are some thresholds that Hermione needs to walk over by herself.

As night falls, the Halloween decorations in Hogwarts are grand——

In the auditorium, a thousand bats fluttered on the walls and ceiling, like low dark clouds, hovering above the dining tables.

The ceiling was decorated in dark tones, lightning and thunder flashed across from time to time, and the candle flames in the pumpkin's belly swayed left and right with the wind.

Just knock on the table, and delicious food will automatically appear on the golden plate, just like the last school banquet.

The ghosts were running around among the students, sticking their heads out of the table, and scaring the little wizard so much.

Lin Xia broke off a piece of turkey drumstick. The turkey was roasted until it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The crispy skin could make a clicking sound when it fell into your mouth.

After eating so much, she didn't forget to take a sip of herbal tea to relieve the heat.

Suddenly, Professor Quirrell rushed into the dining room, his scarf on his head was askew, and his face was full of fear.

His face flickered in the flash of lightning, looking a little weird.

Quirrell ran to Professor McGonagall's chair, leaned on the table, and panted: "The troll - in the dungeon - thought you should know."

After that, he fell to the floor and fainted.

The auditorium was in chaos!