When Felix returned to Classroom 7, the duel competition was over. Only a few top students, Percy, and Penelope remained.
Percy reported what happened after he left. It had been less than half an hour since he left, but the progress of the matter made him frown.
About ten minutes after he left, Lupin left first, and less than five minutes later, Snape suddenly left again. Except for a few people who came to join in the fun and kill time on the weekend, Flitwick was the only professor who was in charge of the duel class.
"When the seventh-year competition was over, according to the plan, there would be awards and cross-grade challenges, but you were not here..." Percy said embarrassedly, "Professor Flitwick asked the other students to go back first." Felix
nodded. He was actually more curious about whether Snape had guessed something and chased Lupin. Could they have started a fight at this time?
He raised his wand, and a slender, nimble silver swift flew out from the tip of the wand. Several young wizards looked at it, staring at the professor's patronus with wide eyes. Ever since it showed its power on the Quidditch field, the young wizards have been talking about it.
Some smart young wizards even sold information about the patronus and the Patronus Charm, and successfully made a fortune. As far as Harry knew, the twins and his friend Lee Jordan had done this.
The swift patronus circled around the crowd and disappeared in a silver stream of light. Well, if a fight really breaks out, at least I can persuade them or ask Dumbledore to clean up the mess. The headmaster will definitely have a headache if he knows about it, right?
Felix thought unkindly, and the corners of his mouth naturally curled up. He retracted his attention, looked at the top students in the grade, and said happily: "Next, it's time to choose the prize you are interested in, Galleons or a magic creation."
Every time he waved his wand, a prize would appear in front of him.
Golden Galleons, advanced magic puppets, peep mirrors, memory disks, Ouroboros rings, an unnamed book, glittering silverware, amulets… there were more than twenty kinds of items.
“Professor, what is this?” A little girl with cute dimples pointed at a small snake the size of a palm and asked. She liked it at first sight because it looked very similar to her family’s emblem.
“A means of transportation, you can stand on it, like this…” Felix threw the small snake out, and with a light “bang”, a fifteen-foot-long snake appeared seven or eight steps away from them. The snake
was pitch black, with its head raised, and the wide wings on both sides of its head like a hood spread out, and its eyes were emerald green, as if inlaid with two emeralds.
It lowered its head, and behind the snake’s head, there was an inconspicuous flat area, just enough for one or two people to stand. Felix smiled and said, "Don't worry about falling. I referred to the design of the Firebolt, which can keep the passengers stable."
Harry couldn't help asking, "Professor, did you also participate in the disassembly and investigation of the Firebolt?" He had just taken the Firebolt back from Professor McGonagall a few days ago, but the Firebolt performed well and helped him easily defeat the Ravenclaw team.
"It's the credit of Flitwick and Professor McGonagall. I just saw it by chance and studied it."
At this time, the little girl had already jumped onto the big snake excitedly and screamed, "How to do it, how to do it? I want this!" She stood on the flat place and looked around. Would it be very impressive to walk out like this?
"You can experience it first, but once you choose it, you can't change it." Felix reminded her that this little girl was from a big family at first glance. He was not afraid of the family, but many of the children they raised had personalities that were really a headache.
He was even more fortunate that the students he taught were at least in the third grade.
"I! Want! This!" The little girl shouted at the top of her voice.
"Astoria, where are your upbringing?" a girl said sternly. It was Daphne Greengrass.
The little girl had a straight face. "Oh..."
Felix laughed softly. "Is she from the Greengrass family?"
"Professor, she is my sister. She is a freshman. Her name is Astoria Greengrass." Daphne said.
"Yeah." Felix nodded and said nothing more. The wand touched the snake's head, and the snake made a "hissing" sound. Only Harry understood it. It was not meaningless words, but the snake language "bind this noisy little girl". He suddenly wanted to laugh.
The next second, the snake twisted its body and suddenly jumped out. "Wow!" Astoria shouted. Her feet were very stable, and the slight swing of the snake's head and the twisting of the snake's body did not affect her.
Everyone watched Astoria standing on the snake, steadily climbing over the hills and rocks. She shouted excitedly, and her long golden curly hair swung back and forth.
Daphne tried to save her sister's image: "Astoria has been weak since she was a child, and her family doesn't allow her to play sports, but she likes Quidditch very much. Today she is more, uh, excited..."
After a minute, the big snake returned to its original place. Astoria jumped off the big snake and threw herself into Daphne's arms, "Sister, I love it so much!"
"Professor, are there any similar ones? I don't want a snake. Do you have a lion shape?" said Percy, who was the first in the seventh grade.
The eyes of others were also shining. Harry had already begun to imagine himself riding a tall and mighty lion and swaggering around the school.
Cedric, the only Hufflepuff, had a headache. Of course, he also wanted the symbol of the school, a honey badger. But it was really not suitable as a mount.
How about changing it to an eagle?
Felix smiled and said, "Don't rush to make a decision. I'll introduce it to you first, so that you don't have to know the other rewards after you make your choice."
"Gold Galleons, I don't need to say anything, the number is one hundred."
"Advanced magic puppet, can understand some instructions, such as helping you get things, talking, and reminding you of unfinished tasks. It doesn't have human wisdom, but it can give vague answers. It stores textbooks of seven grades and different subjects. The advantage is that you don't have to turn the pages when doing homework."
Percy said excitedly, "Professor, can I store new books in it?" He intuitively thought that this thing would be of great help to him.
"Of course, it has this function, but it takes time. A book will take about two or three hours." Felix explained, he took out a book from the ring and threw it to the magic puppet.
It opened the book on its own and started reading from the first page. The word "read" is not accurate to describe it, it should be said to be recording. Its palm brushed every corner of the page, and it turned to the second page after it was finished.
"Professor, how many books can it store?"
"Well... you asked me, I don't know its limit," Felix spread out his hands, "You can try it."
Percy chose this without hesitation.
"I will continue to introduce the Sneak Shot, which you should all know; the Memory Disk, which can reproduce a memory; the Ouroboros Ring, which currently only has the function of storing rune symbols, but if you choose it, you will automatically obtain membership in the Rune Club."
Ginny and another Slytherin student chose the Ouroboros Ring. Ginny was in the second year and originally did not have the qualifications to join the club, but now she has advanced her qualification by half a year, and there is no need for assessment. She had heard from Hermione that the selection would only become more and more difficult.
After weighing the pros and cons, she reluctantly gave up the imagined flaming lion mount.
Another sixth-year Slytherin student was also very excited. His parents asked him to do his best to build a good relationship with Felix, but unfortunately, there was no chance in the past year or so.
Cedric and the fourth-year Ravenclaw boy chose the Memory Disk.
Now only Harry has not made a choice. For him, the previous prizes were all good, but none of them could really make him make up his mind. Hermione must like the advanced magic puppet that stores book knowledge. Ron would choose the lion mount without hesitation, but he actually feels that it is still a little bit worse.
Felix continued to introduce that these things were made by him when he was studying magic runes. For him, the important thing was the process of turning inspiration into reality. When the things were made, they were actually useless and he couldn't use them.
"...luminous silverware, can blow bubbles, ahem, just kidding, the inspiration I got from Headmaster Dumbledore, can be used to train magic power, the color of the bubbles will be different depending on the magic power injected, and it comes with a simple instruction manual..."
"Amulet, can resist seven or eight conventional evil curses, and not-so-profound black magic;"
...
"Professor, what is this book?" Harry pointed at the nameless book and asked, he felt familiar with it, as if he had seen it somewhere. After thinking for a long time, he realized that it was during the Christmas holiday of the second grade, when he, Ron and the twins were playing snowballs, and he saw Professor Hepp flipping through something similar by the Black Lake.
The only difference is that the book has a name, it seems to be a joke collection, but the common point is that they all have a transparent pearl white color like a ghost.
This can't be a book for ghosts?
"Oh, I'm glad you asked about it." Felix said cheerfully, "It's an attempt. Although it's far from the finished product in my mind, I can even say that I've just taken the first step, but it's magical enough."
"Its main material is memory, mixed with some other materials, such as the tail hair of the Thestrals," Felix reached out and touched the nameless book, and it automatically opened. Harry and the others came over. Inside was a blank picture like mercury, and silver and blue light jumped between the pages, flashing like lightning.
"What does it say?" Harry asked, holding his breath.
"There's nothing at the moment, but if you choose it, you can ask me to inject a memory, a memory of any magic," Felix gestured, "From level one to level five, it can replace me and teach you to master this magic."
Harry's heart pounded, and the first thing he thought of was the Disarming Charm, and then he thought of the Patronus Charm. He had studied with Professor Lupin for a month, but he still couldn't make the Patronus completely take shape. He only knew that it was a big guy.
But he didn't want to choose this way, because he was very confident that he could master this magic, and more importantly, he enjoyed the time with Professor Lupin.
Harry hesitated for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Professor, I choose Apparition"
"Oh, no," he heard Professor Happ say to him, "You won't be exposed to this spell until the sixth grade at the earliest, I can't violate the ban..."
Harry was a little disappointed, and then he saw the professor winking at him, he seemed to understand something, "I will choose this book, as for magic, I will go back and think about it, okay, professor?" He asked tentatively.
"Of course." Felix said with a smile, he wanted to add a few more words, but suddenly froze in place, and a series of pictures quickly flashed through his pupils. Harry caught one of them
Snape and Professor Lupin pointing their wands at each other!
"Professor?!" Harry shouted, is this true? .
But Felix did not respond to him, "Percy Weasley, take them away." He walked to the side, with a silver light in his eyes, and with the help of the perspective of the Patronus, he whispered: "Severus, Professor Lupin, please stop..."