In the last class in the afternoon, when Felix saw a group of dirty little wizards walking into the classroom, he looked at them strangely, "What happened to you?"
Neville cried, "I exploded the crucible."
Next to him stood a little wizard with light brown hair, Seamus Finnigan explained seriously, "Professor, it was just an accident. Professor Snape was standing behind Neville, and Neville's hand shook and a bunch of caterpillar slices fell into the crucible, and I happened to be stirring the potion... Anyway, there was an explosion." Felix
waved his wand silently to clean up the suspicious black smoke on their faces and robes, and then looked at the others and solved it.
"Thank you, professor." Neville said.
"You're welcome," Felix said to him, "Stay after class, I have something to tell you." Neville shook obviously, and Felix added, "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing."
He watched Neville stumble and choose a seat to sit down, and Hermione came over quietly, "Professor?" Harry and Ron beside her also listened attentively.
Felix said briefly, "About wands."
Hermione understood instantly. In her paper last semester, she mentioned that among the wizards she knew, two people inherited their wands from others and were not easy to use. One was Ron, and the other was Neville.
It seemed that Professor Heppe was going to suggest Neville to change his wand.
She pulled Harry and Ron, who were confused, back to their seats and muttered to herself.
After a minute or two, Felix started the class.
"Today we are officially learning ancient magic runes. Turn to page 7. They are all very simple sentences, but in fact you will learn its complete chapter in the fourth grade."
"If you learn well in this class, you will definitely save a lot of trouble in the fourth grade." Felix mobilized the enthusiasm of the little wizards, "The first magic rune we come into contact with is pronounced Ken, which means light, and its shape looks a bit like a torch."
"Combined with the known magic manuscripts, we found that the ancient wizards extended it to multiple meanings
. The first meaning is light itself, and this light can illuminate the road ahead, especially the light emanating from the darkness;
the second meaning, it can refer to the light of knowledge, and the older the manuscript, the more obvious it is. It may be because in the ignorant age, knowledge can dispel the fog...
The third meaning represents the opposite of evil. In a certain period of time, some wizards liked to use this word to label themselves;
the fourth meaning can also refer to hope, especially hope in adversity;
..."
The little wizards below were scribbling notes, and soon the bell rang.
Felix clapped his hands, "This class is relatively simple. You only need to memorize the meaning of twelve ancient magic words. I won't ask for essays, but you must complete the content on the 'Answer Parchment'. They are all multiple-choice questions, so I require your accuracy rate to be more than 70%. I will spend a few minutes on the test in the next class."
The little wizards filed out one after another. Felix watched Neville step out of the classroom with one foot, and hurriedly called him.
"Oh, sorry, I forgot..." Neville's outstretched foot was retracted.
Harry and the other two were dawdling to pack up their things. Hermione pretended to accidentally scatter a stack of parchment, while Ron and Harry's movements were more awkward. They held a book and weighed it repeatedly, trying to tell the professor that they wanted to make the book smoother.
Felix looked at Neville in front of him. His round face was a little uneasy, and he said gently: "Longbottom, I heard that your wand was inherited from someone else?"
"Yes, it's my father." Neville whispered.
Felix was afraid to touch upon his sad memories. He and Harry had met this boy during the summer vacation. He was accompanied by an old woman, not his parents.
"Can you perform a few magic tricks?" Felix said.
"Now? Here?" Neville stammered.
"Yes."
Neville clumsily pulled out his wand. His face flushed, and he waved it randomly in the air.
Harry, who was still packing up, couldn't stand it. He walked to Neville and encouraged him, "Neville, don't be nervous. We have practiced the Disarmament Spell together. Think about how it felt at that time!"
Felix glanced at him. It's fine if you stay to eavesdrop, but you are also interfering openly... Since your words are effective, I won't chase you away.
Neville did relax. He shouted "Expelliarmus", and a red light flashed.
Felix thought for a moment, "Harry, are you willing to lend your wand to Neville to use the Disarmament Spell temporarily?"
Harry was stunned for a moment, "Of course, no problem." He handed the wand to Neville.
Felix looked at Neville, who had a blank expression, and said to him, "Try Harry's wand or use the Disarming Charm."
Neville tried several times, but he didn't even release a spark, and he was exhausted.
It was as if Harry's wand didn't want to pay attention to him at all...
"Try Mr. Weasley's wand again. I remember that you have the same wand core, unicorn hair?"
"Yes, professor." Ron said. Unconsciously, he and Hermione also came over.
Felix asked, "Weasley, are you willing to lend your wand to Neville to use the Disarming Charm temporarily?"
Ron seemed to think this kind of conversation was cool. He said with a straight face, "As you wish, sir." Then he handed the wand to Neville with both hands with a little solemnity.
This time, Neville successfully released the Disarming Charm.
"Hmm..." Felix thought.
"Professor, what does this mean?" Hermione was very interested in this phenomenon, and she wanted to add this paragraph to her notes.
Felix explained: "This means that Mr. Longbottom's wand just doesn't reject him, but it's not suitable for him. This will cause a lot of obstacles, it's better to change it."
Neville held his wand tightly.
"Professor, I don't want to change my wand."
Felix said calmly, "There are other ways to commemorate..."
He glanced at Neville: "Wait a minute." Then he took out a piece of parchment and wrote a string of smooth letters on it. Hermione recognized the title of the letter from the inverted text as 'Mrs. Longbottom'.
Soon, Felix finished writing a simple letter and handed it to Neville, "Send it to your grandmother, let her decide."
When Neville walked out of the classroom, his expression was very conflicted.
Hermione remembered his forgetful habit and suggested to him, "Let's go mail the letter now and come back for dinner?"
"I, I..." Neville bit his lip.
Harry understood his attitude very well. The wand was probably a relic left to him by his parents. He was using this way to remember them. But he also agreed with Professor Happ's statement that there was more than one way to commemorate, and there was no need to force himself to use an inappropriate wand.
He pulled Neville aside and talked to him in a low voice.
Hermione asked Ron with a puzzled expression, "What happened to them?"
Ron shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either. He gloated about the fun of the twins.
"Percy has taken the wrong medicine recently, and he's been staring at Fred and George all day..."