Chapter 34: George the Academic Master Appears
History of Magic is taught by Slytherins and Ravenclaws, so soon after George entered the classroom, he saw Luna wearing homemade carrot-shaped earrings.
It's just that maybe because of Luna's unusual behavior and way of speaking, no Ravenclaw students in the same grade are willing to sit with her, including her roommates.
Similarly, George is sitting alone because of his speech in the morning.
No one wants to sit with him before he is sure whether he is good or not, lest he becomes a joke.
As for his three roommates, the swelling on their faces has not subsided yet, and they are even less likely to sit next to him.
"Don't worry about other people's opinions, just be ourselves."
Seeing George sitting alone, Luna stood up and sat next to him, inserted her wand behind her ear, and comforted him in a very steady voice.
And George smiled and nodded:
"Thanks."
Although he didn't need comfort, Luna's actions still deserved this thank you.
Speaking of which, although Luna is one grade younger than Harry and the others, in terms of psychological maturity, she is sometimes more mature than some adults.
She has her own ideas and beliefs, and even if others think she is crazy, she doesn't care.
She didn't get angry when facing those classmates who often made jokes and pranks, and always looked calm.
To be honest, George felt that at Luna's age, he would never be able to reach her level.
The bell rang, and Ghost Binns, the teacher of History of Magic, walked through the blackboard wall and appeared on the podium.
This is the only ghost teacher in Hogwarts. He was the History of Magic professor at Hogwarts when he was alive.
Because one day he stood up to go to class and accidentally left his body in an armchair in front of the fire in the staff room, thus turning into a ghost and continuing to teach the history of magic at Hogwarts.
“In the Middle Ages, non-magic people were particularly afraid of magic, but lacked sufficient understanding of magic.
Occasionally, they caught a real witch or wizard, and burning them was of no use at all.
The wizard only needs to cast the most basic fire-condensing spell, pretending to scream in pain while enjoying the numbing pleasure.
Weird Wendelin liked the feeling of being burned so much that she deliberately disguised herself in various disguises and had her caught forty-seven times."
There was no prelude or self-introduction. From the moment he stood on the podium, Professor Binns began to talk about the history of magic in his own breathy and drawl tone.
As if casting hypnotic magic, some little wizards quickly fell asleep.
After continuing to speak for half an hour, Professor Binns stopped for a moment, and then started to ask questions according to the rigid teaching rhythm:
"Can anyone tell me how many times Weird Wendelin was captured by Muggles?"
Although he asked the question, he didn't expect anyone to actually answer it. He knew very well what his class was like.
So this is just a necessary part of class. If no one answers, he will continue talking until the end of get out of class.
"Forty-seven times, Professor."
However, just when he was about to skip this link and continue, a little wizard raised his hand and gave the answer.
"Very good, correct answer."
Professor Binns was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it and prepared to continue teaching.
There are very few young wizards who can answer during his question session. The last time it was the Gryffindor student named Grant or Granny.
But this is nothing in his thousands of years of teaching.
"Aren't you given any points? It seems like just answering the questions isn't enough."
When George saw that Professor Binns did not give him a mark for his correct answer, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
According to his understanding, Professor Binns is the only professor among all the professors who will not give points, not because he is mean, but mainly because he has a bad memory and cannot remember to give points.
After becoming a ghost, apart from remembering various historical knowledge clearly, my memory in other aspects became very poor.
So if you want to get points, just answering the questions correctly is not enough.
"Professor, I have a question. Since wizards can use various magics to defend themselves against Muggle attacks, why were so many wizards persecuted by Muggles back then?"
"Because the way wizards learned magic was passed down from their parents, many wizards didn't actually master many magic spells."
"So when the four deans founded Hogwarts, they actually wanted more wizards to learn the magic to protect themselves, right?"
"Yes, that's the reason. It seems you have some knowledge of the history of magic."
"It was only during this period that I memorized more than 40 magic books such as "History of Magic", "A History of Hogwarts", "Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century", "Modern History of Magic", and "Interpretation of Medieval Events" ”
"Are you sure you have memorized so many books on the history of magic?"
After hearing George's words, Professor Binns showed a rare expression of surprise.
The other drowsy little wizards also woke up one after another, with gossipy looks on their faces.
"Then I want to test you."
Next, Professor Binns began to ask questions about the time, location and general content of various events from the history of magic books that George mentioned.
And George answered them all fluently without making any mistakes.
"Your name is George, right? That's great. The school hasn't had a student as interested in the history of magic as you for a long time.
Your knowledge of the history of magic exceeds that of many fifth and sixth grade students. "
Professor Binns' prim face showed a smile full of relief.
The reason why other ghosts turned into ghosts was because of the fear of death, but he was because of his obsession with teaching the history of magic.
So nothing could make him happy to see a student so gifted and interested in the history of magic.
“I have always felt that the history of magic is a very important and worthy subject.
Studying the history of magic allows us to use the experiences of the wizards and wizards in history for our own use and enlighten our wisdom.
Not only will it help us learn magic and improve spells, but it will also help us find ways to get along with wizards and wizards and Muggles.
The winner can see the future from history and illuminate our wisdom for moving forward! "
George explained his views on history in a loud voice, and the little wizards in Slytherin and Ravenclaw next to him were all stunned.
Although they didn't quite understand what George said, they felt that what he said seemed very powerful.
Because at this time, Professor Binns' ghostly body actually started to tremble with excitement.
“Well said, well said, I want to give you a reward, give you a reward.
By the way, I can give you extra points. I forgot about it. George, you are great. I will give Slytherin fifty points! "
"Oh, Professor Binns actually gave points to Merlin's beard. Didn't he say that he never gives points?"
"Oh, Merlin's pants, George actually won fifty points for Slytherin in one go. It seems that what he said this morning was not a big lie."
When the little wizards heard Professor Binns giving points, they immediately exploded.
