The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 212 Class is in session!

Chapter 212 Class is in session!

"Ladies and gentlemen—it's a pleasure to see you all this morning—"

Loila rubbed her hands together, standing uneasily on the high platform looking at the students below. Her eyes, hidden behind her mask, darted around nervously, while her mouth unconsciously recited the opening lines she had practiced until she knew them by heart.

"Today—today is our second lesson on magic arrays—I've decided to lead everyone through it—"

"Let's do some practice together."

Upon hearing her words, the young wizards clapped happily.

For these students who have just learned about magic arrays, hands-on practice is definitely more interesting than just listening to lectures, especially since this is about magic arrays.

Who wouldn't want to create a magic circle and show it off to their friends?

"I'm going to create a magic circle that can kill Voldemort!"

Upon hearing the voice of a red-haired student in the audience, Loila couldn't help but twitch her ears—"Please, what do you take the magic circle for?!"

This isn't something that can kill!

Loila waved her wand gently, and a book emerged from her robes and floated in the air, from which tiny pouches flew out to the astonishment of the young wizards.

These little pouches spun around and flew to each student, even Peterson and Nagini, who were auditing the class, each had one.

"Inside here are the materials for the magic array that I prepared in advance."

"Next, I will—I will lead everyone to create an energy storage magic circle." As the topic became related to the magic circle, the pauses and gaps between Loila's sentences gradually decreased, and her words became more coherent.

"What's this?" Ron opened his pocket, looked at it thoughtfully for a few moments, and then took out a small red bottle.

"Is this strawberry juice?" he muttered, reaching for the bottle to taste it, only to be startled when Loila saw him.

She flicked her wand and grabbed the bottle.

"You can't drink this!" she said quickly.

"Could it be poison?" Ron muttered under his breath, his face turning pale. Harry, sitting next to him, quickly put the bottle down.

"This isn't poison." Seeing everyone's frightened expressions, Loila had to explain in a low voice, "This is—"

It's Veela blood.

"Veva blood?" Harry paused for a moment, staring at the white mask beneath Professor Hamilton's hood for a few seconds before picking up the bottle.

Is this Professor Hamilton's blood?

He couldn't help but wonder what it would taste like.

And it was obvious that he wasn't the only one with this thought; many young wizards picked up the bottles and looked at them thoughtfully, which startled Loila so much that she had to cough and say, "This—this blood is extremely precious."

"If someone doesn't—doesn't use it to create a magic circle."

"I'll punish him."

The students let out a series of disappointed sighs.

What's wrong with these students?! This is my own blood, extracted little by little every day! It's such a waste for them to just drink it like that!

Besides, there are bad things in blood—what if you get sick or something?

And why is someone looking at me with such anticipation?! My punishment isn't some kind of solitary confinement! You disrespectful bastard, do you want to suffer my Cruciatus Curse?!

Loila tapped on the railing of the platform, a little annoyed, and said, "Alright—everyone, please be quiet."

"Next, I will demonstrate how to create an energy storage magic array."

As she spoke, she gently waved her wand, and a blue character appeared in the air.

"What's that?" Ron asked, tilting his head.

"It looks like demonic script?" Harry muttered.

"That's the central rune of the energy storage magic array. Didn't any of you read the book beforehand?"

"Huh?!" Startled, Ron fell off his chair and then awkwardly sat up amidst the students' laughter.

"When did you get here?" He looked at Hermione in surprise. "Were you already here?"

"Does it matter?" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Professor Hamilton is demonstrating how to create a magic circle!"

Harry nodded and turned his gaze back to Professor Hamilton, who was standing on the platform.

Even with the mask on, Harry could almost see Professor Hamilton's face beneath it—was she really angry? Or was she laughing at Ron's earlier actions?

I really want to use the Crucifixion Curse to drill through them one by one! This is a very serious magic circle, you know!

Loila coughed and gently waved her wand, causing a piece of parchment to float up.

She planned to demonstrate the process of making a magic circle to the students step by step, so that they could follow along with their own actions to make a magic circle.

But before she officially began—she wanted to test herself.

Hmm—let's test myself.

"Does anyone know what the first step is in drawing a magic circle?" Loila asked, looking at the students with expectant eyes.

Well!

Luna quickly raised her hand, as did Miss Granger—Loyla, who had originally intended for Luna to answer the question, pursed her lips as she watched Hermione's constantly waving hand.

"Miss Granger————"

"The first step in drawing a magic circle is to find the center of the magic circle! That is, the location of the ancient magic runes!" Hermione said fluently as she stood up.

That's wonderful, Miss Granger!

Loila has always shown the utmost kindness to students who are passionate about magic arrays.

"Very—very good." Loila nodded. "Five points for Gryffindor."

Watching Hermione sit down triumphantly, Harry pursed his lips, feeling a little annoyed—he had seen Hermione do this countless times before—why was he so unhappy this time?

Harry shook his head, banishing those strange thoughts from his mind.

"Miss Granger is right—the most important thing is to find the center point." Loila said, pointing her wand, and a small blue dot appeared in the center of all the students' parchments.

"This blue dot is the center," she explained. "The energy storage magic array is the simplest magic array."

"Therefore, the ancient runes of the magic circle are located at the very center of the magic circle—much easier to determine than more complex magic circles." As she spoke, she summoned a quill with her wand and dipped it in Veela blood.

The students followed her example and dipped their quills in Veil's blood. Of course, some of the bolder students secretly licked their quills.

"It's a little sweet," a bolder student muttered. "It tastes a bit like a strawberry."

Unaware, Loila was intently drawing ancient runes.

Loy has made countless energy storage magic circles, and she can easily draw them even in front of dozens of people.

As her quill slowly came to a stop, a beautiful, flowing character appeared on the parchment, emitting a faint blue glow.

"After you've finished drawing, you can try—try infusing it with magic," Loila reminded them. "If it emits a blue light, it means it's done—"

"Bang!"

A student's magic circle exploded slightly. Amidst laughter and smoke, Loila saw an afro.

"Mr. Fenigan—are you—are you alright?"

"It should be alright—Professor—cough cough cough!"

He exhaled several puffs of black smoke.