#276 - New teaching aids (ask for monthly recommendation tickets)

The Potions class here offers very few opportunities for practice, as brewing potions requires materials, and the spellcasting process is intertwined with the potion-making process. [To our readers, please remember our domain name: TaiwanNovel.com → 𝔱𝔴𝔨𝔞𝔫.𝔠𝔬𝔪]

Fortunately, the professor for this class is their Head of House, Snape, who is notoriously biased towards his own students, and always shows more patience towards those from Slytherin during class.

The other three 'practical spellcasting' subjects, Transfiguration and Charms, have very responsible professors who explain the content in great detail and provide excellent guidance during practice, so what they need most is practice.

Only Defense Against the Dark Arts suffers from frequent changes in professors, leading to inconsistent teaching quality.

Although it is a 'practical spellcasting' subject, some professors will give the young wizards an entire year of theory lessons, offering practically no opportunities for practical exercises, which results in those with little self-motivation failing to learn even a few defensive spells.

Then, when the professor changes the following year, if the new professor prefers practical lessons, their curriculum will fall far behind, and they will be completely unable to keep up with the new professor's progress.

Therefore, most young wizards in the school have poor grades in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and this is not unique to Slytherin; it is the same throughout Hogwarts.

To solve this problem, Anduin not only personally took on the role of class representative for this subject but also created a training aid specifically for it.

In fact, he had been researching this thing for some time, but because it was an auxiliary tool, he wasn't in a particular hurry, mostly using fragmented time to draw up blueprints, and he finally completed it thoroughly some time ago.

Anduin let Hoggs watch the monitoring with great interest, and went straight to the corner of the dormitory, where there was something about his height, vaguely human-shaped, covered with cloth.

Lifting the cloth covering it revealed what was hidden beneath. At first glance, it looked like only the upper half of a human model, with a stand fixing the lower half to the ground. The head had no face, and the overall texture made it unclear whether it was wood or metal.

This prop is actually a humanoid target specifically designed for spell practice, but the one made by Anduin has different functions and effects from ordinary humanoid targets.

First, it is equipped with a numerical dial that can measure the power of spells. When struck by a spell with volume collision, a value will be displayed on the target's chest.

The value is based on the 'Knockback Jinx' with the lowest magic output as a standard unit. This spell will increase in knockback force as magic input increases, and the minimum Knockback Jinx is about the same as the force of pushing over a wine glass.

When offensive spells hit the humanoid target, the target will display a value, showing how many 'Knockback Jinxes' it is equivalent to.

Of course, this is measured according to the destructive power and power of the spell, not just the knockback force. In addition to the runes used to sense power, Anduin also added runes to sense temperature, integrity, and self-healing.

It comprehensively evaluates the defensive magic consumed by the target, the extent of damage to the target body, and the degree of temperature change to give a comprehensive score. This is the standard Anduin determined after a long period of measurement.

For example, a standard-power Expelliarmus can score at least 15 points, and the 'Repelling Jinx' that Mona inquired about yesterday needs to reach at least 30 points to be considered a standard spell.

Using this function, Anduin can roughly understand the extent to which these young wizards have mastered the spells during practical spellcasting exercises. Many spells must be precisely measured to know if they have been fully cast.

At the same time, its head is actually a detachable sphere, which has been enchanted with an adjustable 'Anti-Transfiguration Charm' and can be used to practice Transfiguration and Switching spells.

This sphere is made of an easily transformable material, which makes it quick to get started with Transfiguration. Once ordinary Transfiguration is mastered, the 'Anti-Transfiguration Charm' can be activated to gradually increase the difficulty of Transfiguration. When the 'Anti-Transfiguration Charm' is activated to the maximum value, even Anduin must concentrate to transform it.

At the same time, this humanoid target can also cast Protego, Impedimenta, Disillusionment Charms, etc., which can be used for armor-piercing and invisibility tests.

Moreover, Anduin's target also has a 'fire' function. As long as this function is activated, an old wand he collected from the black market will pop out of the target's chest and fire Repelling Jinxes and Expelliarmus forward. This function is mainly for older students to practice Protego.

Basically, this humanoid target has a sturdy body, good self-healing ability, can absorb magic to store energy when hit, and display the opponent's attack power. Its head can be used to practice Transfiguration, and it can also fire back. It is an auxiliary tool specifically for practicing spells.

Anduin has only made one so far. He plans to test it out in a few days during practical exercises to see if it works well. If the effect is good, he will make a few more.

He can just use these young wizards to test the quality control of this prop and improve it in the future to sell as a product to the Aurors in the Ministry of Magic.

Maybe I can use some cheap materials to make some other tactical equipment as prizes to reward these young wizards, and do some user experience analysis in advance, which will also be conducive to product innovation.

Anduin nodded, thinking of another good idea. After all, these young wizards are such good test subjects; wouldn't it be a waste not to use them?

While Anduin was gradually getting carried away with his thoughts, the little snakes of Slytherin had begun to get used to acting according to the rules set by Anduin.

The young wizards, having experienced the shock of yesterday, are now doing everything with trepidation. They eat carefully, afraid to speak, and walk very cautiously. If there are more than two people next to them, they immediately change formation.

The same changes apply to housekeeping and etiquette. Every day, they have to polish their leather shoes until they shine and use magic to smooth their clothes so that there is not a single wrinkle, for fear of being caught by the Head Boy.

At the same time, they greet everyone they see, including Filch, whom they used to hate very much. This strange change even makes the caretaker, who usually looks at people with fierce eyes every day, feel a little embarrassed.

The most confused person is actually Snape himself. He is busy with those troublesome matters outside the school and can only return to the school during class time.

As soon as he returns to the school, he feels as if he has gone to the wrong place. As soon as he walks into the corridor, he sees a neat and orderly row of people, taking turns greeting him with serious faces.

Although he is the Head of Slytherin, these Slytherin students are usually very afraid of him.