As Christmas approaches, the festive atmosphere becomes more intense, and the enthusiasm of many young wizards for learning plummets.

Many professors say that they cannot relax, but they do not put too much pressure on them, which is specifically reflected in the amount of homework assigned.

But this tolerance does not include fifth and seventh graders. They need to deal with OWLs and NEWTs, which are the Ordinary Wizard Level Examination and the Ultimate Wizard Level Examination, respectively.

Ancient Rune Fifth Grade Class.

Felix reiterated the importance of the OWLs exam, "You only have six months to take the Ordinary Wizard Level Examination. How much time is left after deducting holidays and weekends?"

"I'll help you calculate, six months, let's say twenty-five weeks."

In the confused expressions of the young wizards in the audience, the professor did the math, "Two classes a week, one big class for two hours, one small class for one hour, calculate it..."

"A total of only seventy-five hours."

"Do you study that much outside of class? No matter how I calculate, it's less than two hundred hours."

Looking at Professor Hepp's regretful expression, the young wizards were silent.

But Felix was in a good mood today, so he decided to do a student survey.

"Which subject do you think you are the worst at?"

A little witch said timidly, "Does Ancient Runes count?"

"No!"

"That's History of Magic," said the Hufflepuff girl, "Professor Binns always asks us to memorize a lot of content, and my memory is not very good."

"He never marks the key points in class, but other professors give some hints." A Ravenclaw said indignantly.

Professor Binns is the type of person who says "I only talk about the key points, and all the things mentioned in class are test points." This professor is famous for his plain language without any ups and downs, and it sounds like he is chanting a sutra.

The hypnotic effect is first-class.

"History of Magic... Very good, Miss Seldon, Mr. Pardis. Anything else?"

"I'm not very good at astronomy. I always get the positions of the planets mixed up."

"The practical classes in Herbology are very interesting, but I can never remember the properties of magical plants."

"Don't you think Arithmancy is complicated?"

"Divination class is a nightmare!"

Someone immediately retorted, "Nonsense! Divination class is the easiest to pass."

"Trelawney is a psychopath!"

"Professor McGonagall is strict."

"Kettleburn's class is always full of dangerous magical creatures."

"Professor Snape is terrible."

The young wizards started discussing enthusiastically, and soon the topic went off the track. Felix quickly stopped them. How did it develop into criticizing professors of various subjects?

He summarized the views of the young wizards: "So, you generally don't perform well in courses that are more theoretical and require a lot of memorization, such as ancient magic runes, history of magic, and astronomy."

Felix suddenly came up with an idea and decided to give it a try: "Let's play a game."

"Please ask two students... well, Miss Seldon and Mr. Pardis, I need your cooperation."

The two young wizards stood up curiously.

The young wizards in the class suddenly became energetic.

"Take out your wands."

Seldon and Pardis took out their wands excitedly, staring at Felix.

Professor Hepp's teaching is always full of various novel tricks-this evaluation is widely circulated in other grades, but fifth and seventh grades are relatively less exposed to it.

"Let me think about it..." Felix flicked his wand, and a nine-square grid appeared in front of the two of them.

In the grid, there were nine magic runes with sparks flashing.

And above the heads of the two young wizards, two golden names appeared-Pet Seldon and Warren Pardis.

"Professor, what is this?"

asked Pat Seldon from Hufflepuff curiously. One of her friends pointed at the top of her head and let her find her name on it. Strangely, there was a number "0" next to her name.

"Let's have a magic rune knowledge contest. Next, I will tell you the meaning of the magic rune. You need to find the corresponding magic rune as quickly as possible and touch the corresponding grid with your wand." "You

need to be faster than your opponent to get one point."

"When one of you gets 100 points first, the game ends."

Felix looked at the two of them, "Let's try it first."

He said a series of interpretations, "Light, illuminates the road ahead, and also represents the brilliance of knowledge."

Pat Seldon and Warren Pardis stared at the magic runes floating in the air in front of them. When Professor Hepp said the second short sentence, Pat's eyes lit up, and she quickly tapped the lower left corner of the nine-square grid with her wand.

"I know, it's Ken!"

When her wand touched the rune, the area suddenly turned bright gold. At the same time, a "+1" sign appeared on her head, which paused for two seconds before disappearing.

Pat looked at her head belatedly - the original number "0" turned into "1". She glanced at the professor, "I won?" "

In a sense." Felix said, "I think you should understand the rules of the game, right?"

The two nodded at the same time. This way of playing is really interesting. Warren on the other side couldn't help but tighten his wand - he was a step slower just now.

Felix waved his wand, making the first set of nine squares disappear, and the second set of nine squares appeared in front of the two.

"The second word, reward, symbolizes victory and satisfaction -"

Warren threw his wand in the middle of the nine squares, watching the area turn into dazzling gold, his face was full of excitement, "It's Wyn, professor."

"Correct answer." Felix nodded, and a "+1" sign appeared on the number above Warren's head, and the score became 1.

The game continues, "Poverty, hardship, and also represent a certain kind of misfortune."

Without thinking, Warren tapped the upper left corner with his wand, but this time, the area quickly turned into a bleak gray.

"Wrong answer, Mr. Warren." Felix waved his wand, and a "-1" sign appeared above his head, and the score was reset to zero.

Warren waved his fist in frustration.

At this moment, the young wizards had completely understood the rules of the game. Correct answers added points, wrong answers deducted points, and whoever reached 100 first would win.

"Harvest, crops, or growth cycles..."

Warren waved his wand quickly...

"Correct, plus one point."

"Next..."

"Very good, Miss Pate. Next, our game will be more difficult."

The first dozen or so groups were all quite simple magic runes, but soon, the difficulty increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The two slowed down, and the time to think increased, and the score was difficult to pull to 73:71.

"Gain skills or random luck, reveal hidden secrets, and give birth to life."

Pate bit her lip, and Warren kept cracking the joints of her fingers.

"It's Peorth, Peorth." The little wizards watching the show couldn't help it, and someone whispered the answer.

Pete's eyes lit up and his magic wand touched the correct answer.

Felix didn't comment. He didn't stop the little wizards from reminding him, but he didn't give them extra points.

He just changed another set of nine squares.

So the two understood what the professor meant: Next, you will compete with the little wizards in the class.

The two looked at each other and made bitter faces.

But the little wizards in the audience became excited. In the next dozen sets of nine squares, they worked together, chattering and making noises, while the two people on the stage only got one point each.

The bell rang, but no one moved.

The score was stuck at 99:98.

The little wizards were quiet at this moment and didn't make any sound.

Felix said quickly: "The power of the sun, defeat the devil and darkness..."

"It's Sigel." Pete's wand tip touched the center of the nine squares, shining with golden light.

"I won, I won!"

As she screamed, Professor Hep waved his wand, causing brilliant fireworks to bloom in the classroom.

"Thank you to both students for your wonderful performance, ten points for Hufflepuff and five points for Ravenclaw."

"Now, class is dismissed!"