Chapter 633 Trembling Before the Exam

After the Quidditch Cup is over, the events of the school year are pretty much over. Without the trouble of Quidditch training and the final destination of the trophy, everyone can devote all their body and mind to the review of the exam.

And when May passed quietly, the little wizards ushered in the critical June silently while busy.

Until recently, professors, including Maca, no longer assigned homework for students, and almost all the time in class was spent on reviewing the most likely questions.

Yes,..., the exam questions are all issued by the Department of Education under the International Federation of Wizards. As for the proctoring work at that time, it will be handed over to the Wizarding Examination Administration of each school's country and the school's professors to complete it.

Of course, Maca definitely does not have the task of invigilating the exam. Because after all, he doesn't belong to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft, and he should go back to Durmstrang if he wants to invigilate the exam.

However, the few students who took the magic text class this school year were actually lucky. Since the content covered by Maca's new textbooks has long gone far beyond the ancient magic literature test questions in the past, compared with young wizards in other schools, Maca's students can easily use what Maca teaches to study in depth. Runic translation and writing.

Although I am a little tired from studying at ordinary times - after all, there are obviously more things to keep in mind than in the past, but the gains now must be significant.

It's just that, apart from the ancient magic text class, other subjects are still so distressing.

These days, Hermione seems to be suffering from pre-exam anxiety. Not only does she dislike everything, but she always likes to ask Luna to pick up the book to ask questions, and then she answers the answers to the questions one by one on the opposite side. But every time she answered a question, she would immediately snatch the book back anxiously to see if she got it right. The two of them would often do this in the library, and then frequently drew the eyes of the administrator, Mrs. Pince.

But it's worth mentioning that anxiety-induced behavior like Hermione's is not the most annoying. After all, only Luna and Mrs. Pince are bothering her, and Luna seems quite happy. The most annoying thing is actually an old friend of Maca in Hufflepuff - Ernie McMillan.

I don't know from which day, Ernie has a bad habit of inquiring about the review time of everyone he meets, and he almost doesn't care who he meets. It is possible that you were babblingly asked by him in the hallway a minute ago, and as soon as you sit down in the classroom later, he will grab your arm and ask again.

When he heard that other people's review time was longer than his own, he would sigh and say that he "must be finished"; Great grades.

"so,

Now every time we see Ernie from a distance, we run away as much as possible, and if we really can’t run away, we try to say that we haven’t reviewed it at all..."

In Maca's office, Harry sat next to him and said helplessly.

"...I think you can understand, Maca," he said, "we were thinking maybe making him a little more confident would help him pester people less often."

"Oh," Maca, who was writing and drawing behind the desk, raised his head and shrugged when he heard this, "I think, instead of encouraging him in this way, you might as well take him directly to the school hospital—Pang Mrs. Frey will calm him down."

"No, no—" Harry shook his head again and again, "Mrs. Pomfrey said that Ernie has already taken the tranquilizer twice, and he will have to sleep for a whole week once again—if he wakes up and finds out He's going to take the exam, he's going to go crazy!"

"This is the third time?" Maca raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Poor Ernie... I think his family must have given him a very difficult task! For example, .Ls is going to take the exam How many 'excellent' things..."

"Uh, I haven't heard him mention that..." Harry thought for a while.

Maca wrote down a few more symbols on the paper, then threw the quill back into the ink bottle, turned around and looked in Harry's direction.

"And you?" he asked. "Harry, I hear... your History of Magic should be all right—thanks to Hermione, but what about your Potions? Professor Slughorn But I hope you can get an 'O (excellent)'!"

"That's impossible!" Harry said immediately, "Didn't the professor say it? Get an 'E (Excellent)' course—I think that as long as I can show up in his class, he will be satisfied!"

"Okay, okay! You can figure it out..." Maca smiled, picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and then reached out to signal, "Well, since you will come to my office at such a busy time Lilai...I don't think you're just here to chat with me, are you?"

Hearing what Maca said, Harry paused obviously with some hesitation.

"...Well, yes," he hesitated in the chair again, and then said softly, "At the final of the Quidditch Cup last month, um...you seem to have noticed it?"

"Are you willing to say it?" Maca nodded, "Yeah, I saw a little bit—your scar hurt again during the game?"

"...you guessed right," Harry said, "but I'm not willing to say it... Maca, I can only tell you about this matter, other people's words... especially Hermione and Ron, the best Don't let them know!"

Maca nodded knowingly and waved to Harry.

"Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big deal." He greeted, "Sit down a little more... just to be on the safe side, I'll check it for you again."

Speaking, Maca asked Harry to temporarily release the Occlumency, and then groped along his lightning-shaped scar to the soul fragment left in his body by Voldemort.

This was not the first time that Maca had checked Harry, but the result was still the same. Because too much time had passed, and Harry was too young at that time, the soul fragments were almost glued together with his own soul, and it was difficult to separate him through normal means.

However, just as Maca judged, that soul fragment would not have any other adverse effects on Harry.

"...Well, no problem." After the examination, Maca put down his palm and said relaxedly, "You can live your life as you like, don't worry... as long as you continue to practice Occlumency, the symptoms of headaches and nightmares will disappear. slowly disappearing."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the magic clock on the wall, and then waved his hand.

"It's almost time, go back and prepare for the afternoon class!" Maca said casually, "In a few minutes, people from the Examination Administration will arrive at Hogwarts. I think you will know by this evening at the latest The specific time of the exam has been arranged!"

"Oh—" Harry, who was relieved after hearing Maca's test results, wailed again when he heard the words, "It's better to put History of Magic on the first day, so that I can forget less things ...If I put it at the end, I'm afraid I can't guarantee that I will pass!"

Looking at the back of Harry who was leaving his office while complaining, Maca shook his head amusedly. After stretching for a while, he casually packed up the manuscript papers in front of him and placed them on top of the pile of papers by the table, before he lifted his legs and walked out.

Professor McGonagall entrusted him with the task of receiving the contacts of the examination bureau, which was undoubtedly a very appropriate decision. After all, he is now well-known in the British magic circle, and it is obviously a very face-saving thing for him to come forward to receive and lead the way.

...

"Oh! Is that the person from the Examination Bureau? It looks like he is very old..."

At the window of the library, Hermione and other young wizards who were extremely concerned about the exam were lying there looking down, and Harry, who had just returned from Maca's, was standing beside him.

"I heard from a guy in Slytherin that if you want to do well in your exams, you have to feed someone from the exam board - and preferably their head!" Harry and Ron's roommate, Seamus Finnigan Get together and look authentic.

"Really?" Ron probably heard some similar things from his father, and now he heard Seamus say this, and he seemed to believe it, "That's really too bad... My father from the examination bureau It's like I don't know anyone!"

"Then the person walking beside Maca is the head of the examination bureau?" Another student asked curiously, "If you ask me, she looks very similar! You see, she is so old..."

At this moment, Neville, who was squeezed against the wall, couldn't help but take a look.

"That's Greselda Marchbane, Director of the Wizarding Examinations Authority..." he whispered. "My grandma knew her..."

"Hey! Why didn't you say it earlier!" Ron immediately grabbed Neville's elbow, "Good buddy, do me a favor! Say something nice to us!"

"Stop messing around!" Hermione slapped Ron's hand away, "Can those Slytherins believe what they say? Well... Neville, did your grandma know her? What kind of person is she? Very Is it severe?"

"Look! You still say that I... don't you care about it yourself?"

Ron muttered softly and rubbed the back of his red hand, but he didn't dare to complain loudly. You know, Hermione's temper has been getting worse and worse recently, and no one wants to offend her.

Seeing that Hermione was staring at him together with everyone else, Neville felt itchy all over his body when those eyes fell on him, so he quickly shook his hands.

"She's kind of like my grandma...really! You know my grandma's..."

Exams are always a mountain of pressure on the students' heads, and this matter is the same everywhere. As the saying goes, a good start is half the battle. In order to receive a report card that satisfies both myself and my family in July, everyone has worked hard.

But no matter what, the first exam will start next Monday.