Chapter 426 Most Promising Newcomer Award

That night, the banquet in the Hufflepuff common room lasted until the early hours of the morning.

And because of the championship, several Hufflepuff students made surprising progress in the Patronus Charm Club at the end of the month.

Before the club ended, Connor summoned a complete Patronus.

As expected, her Patronus was a butterfly.

It was very beautiful. When its wings fluttered, it cast a silver light like stars in the auditorium, dazzling.

Professor McGonagall looked at the silver butterfly in the sky above the auditorium and was happy for Connor from the bottom of her heart.

She felt that this was the most suitable Patronus for Connor.

Professor McGonagall still remembered how she looked when she first entered school, nervous, shy, silent... When she saw her, she was almost always alone and never took the initiative to communicate with anyone else.

However, Connor is now not only cheerful and confident, but also has gained sincere friendship.

She is really like a butterfly, completing the transformation bit by bit.

"It's a pity that such a good kid is not in Gryffindor." Professor McGonagall sighed silently in her heart, and she suddenly envied Professor Sprout a little.

Perhaps stimulated by Connor, a few minutes later, the silver mist in front of Cedric began to gradually solidify.

The next second, a wild goose appeared over the hall.

Cedric held the wand and shouted and jumped excitedly.

"Well done." Professor Lupin said with a smile: "You really gave me a big surprise. I always thought that students below the sixth grade would have to wait until the end of the school year before someone would succeed. It seems that I underestimated you.

"Then as a reward, Hufflepuff will get 50 points... 50 points per person! ”

With the 100 points added by Professor Lupin, plus the bonus points for the Quidditch champion, Hufflepuff's ranking directly became the first, and it was more than 80 points higher than the second place Slytherin.

Now there is only one month until the end of the school year.

It's a pity that Kyle's patronus didn't add points, otherwise they could be more stable.

With the House Cup in sight, Hufflepuff's good mood lasted for a long time, and even the weather seemed to be celebrating.

As June approached, the day became sunny and hot.

This kind of weather is best for taking a few pints of iced pumpkin juice, chatting and fishing by the Black Lake, or playing a few games of crackling cards.

But no, the exams are approaching, and the students can't be free outside. They must stay in the castle and force themselves to remember the contents of those books.

Even Fred and George, who like to be lively, have started to study hard and run to the library whenever they have time.

Fifth graders have to take O.W.Ls (Ordinary Wizarding Levels), and in the future Whether they can freely study Weasley's joke products depends on the results of this time.

Kyle was not relaxed.

It was not because of the exam, but because the paper he wrote for "Transfiguration Today" during the holiday finally had a result.

After such a long delay, Kyle thought that his paper had not passed.

But after a Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall revealed that his final assessment was scheduled on the day of the exam.

As long as he passed, his paper would be published in the latest issue of "Transfiguration Today".

So recently, Kyle has been reading books related to Transfiguration.

In this tense atmosphere, a month passed quickly.

During the exam week, the castle was unusually quiet. During lunch, many people complained that the exam was too difficult.

Especially in the Transfiguration exam, Professor McGonagall actually asked them to turn the tortoise into a rabbit...

"The rabbit I turned into can't run at all, how terrible..."

"Yours is still good, mine still has the shell, which will definitely be deducted points. "

Then everyone finished lunch and immediately went back upstairs to take the spells exam.

However, as soon as Kyle reached the second floor, he was stopped by Professor McGonagall, who looked a little excited.

"The professors have agreed that you don't need to take the next spells and herbology exams." Professor McGonagall said, "Come with me, you have more important things to do now."

"Is it the people from "Transfiguration Today" who are here?" Kyle asked as he walked.

"Yes." Professor McGonagall said, "The fifth and seventh grade exams will not start until three o'clock in the afternoon, and they just have time now."

"How is it, are you nervous?"

Kyle shook his head.

He has been preparing for a month, and there is nothing to be nervous about as long as those people don't deliberately make things difficult for him.

"That's good." Professor McGonagall quickened her pace, "As long as you can perform normally, there will be no problem. "

She took Kyle to a classroom next to the library on the second floor, and then pushed open the door.

In the room, three people were sitting there, talking and laughing.

Two middle-aged wizards in their fifties, and between them, sat an elderly witch with a hunched body.

The witch was very old, with wrinkles all over her face, but she looked very energetic.

After the door was opened, she first glanced at Professor McGonagall, and then her eyes quickly shifted to Kyle next to her, "Minerva, I think this should be Kyle, right."

"You are right, Professor Marchbank." Professor McGonagall turned and said, "Kyle, this is Professor Gelselda Marchbank of the Wizard Examination Administration..."

"Wrong, Minerva, wrong!" Marchbank said with a smile: "I am not responsible for the fourth grade exams. My identity for this hour is the editor-in-chief of "Today's Transfiguration."

Then she looked at Kyle and said: "Minerva should have told you the reason why you were called here."

"Yes." Kyle said, "The assessment of the Most Promising Newcomer Award of "Today's Transfiguration."

"That's right." Professor Marchbank said, "Don't be nervous. If the paper is really written by you, the content of this assessment will be very simple. If it's fast, it will be over in more than ten minutes...

"But before that, I have to explain." She paused and continued: "We have been busy with another very important thing in recent months, so the assessment originally scheduled for Christmas can only be moved to now. "

Kyle nodded, showing his understanding.

Besides, if she really came during the Christmas holidays, it would probably be a wasted trip.

At that time, he was at Nico's house, and ordinary people couldn't find him.

...

Professor Marchbank didn't exchange too much pleasantries. After a brief explanation, she went straight to the point.

She took out a thick stack of parchment from the box on the table.

"First, you need to repeat the main core of the paper."

"The stage difference between partial deformation and multiple deformation..." Kyle blurted out.

About a few minutes later...

"Very good." Professor Marchbank nodded and pointed to a teacup on the table, "Then please deform this teacup three times... This is to determine whether you are really capable of completing those experimental demonstrations."

"No problem. "Kyle took out his wand and pointed it at the teacup.

The teacup first turned into a high-footed wine glass, then into a slipper... a teapot... a quill pen... a parchment.

There were five transformations in total, two more than Professor Marchbank required. Although the final parchment was a little distorted and looked more like a hardwood board, it was enough to surprise others.

The two middle-aged wizards even stood up directly.

"Are you really just a fourth-year student?" One of them asked in surprise.

"I can guarantee that, Audley." Professor McGonagall stepped forward and said.

"It's amazing." Another person exclaimed: "I dare say that even most of the outstanding graduates can't do five transformations."

While they were talking, Professor Marchbank had put the parchment in her hand back into the box.

"Congratulations, kid, you passed the test." She smiled and said, "Go take the test quickly, it should still be in time now. "

Kyle was a little surprised. It was less than ten minutes, and it was over?

But it was good that he passed. He didn't say much. After thanking him, he turned and walked out the door.

Marchbank looked at Kyle's back, and seemed to suddenly think of something, and hurriedly said: "Wait..."

Kyle, who had already walked to the door, turned around.

"You will be in the fifth grade next year, can you tell me what month your birthday is?" Professor Marchbank said.

"The end of July." Kyle said.

Professor Marchbank nodded and said nothing more.

After Kyle walked out of the room, he looked to the other side and asked: "Audley, what age line did they set? Seventeen years old?"

"It hasn't been decided yet."

Audley thought for a while, "Most people tend to be sixteen, but last week, someone suggested that fifteen years old would be fine, and it also received support from some people. Now they are hesitating."

"Oh, changed again? Who proposed..."

"Chris." Audley said, "It's the deputy director of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. ”

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