Chapter 11 A First Look at Hogwarts 

Wednesday was the time for the first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson, and Ryan was excited to arrive to see the boss behind the curtain. No, it was Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Quirrell.

To tell you the truth, sitting in the classroom is within ten metres of the story's boss. It's an amazing feeling.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts has been famous for being disposable for decades. But even so, every year a solid wizard has applied for the job, which can be seen as the wizarding version of why there are so few foreigners in the series.

So it's not that British wizards lack courage, and most importantly, none of these streetwise professors are of low quality. Even Professor Lockhart, who had a reputation for being a wunderkind, was able to obtain information from a group of experienced wizards, give them a perfect memory charm and never fail. And the other Umbridge, never mind the politics of forcing Dumbledore out. Just look at her quill and you'll see how accomplished she is in the dark arts

The remaining professors had Lupin, who had spent years among the Wolf crowd, but had not been killed by a hostile werewolf. The greatest double agent of all, Professor Snape. Crouch Jr., who can hide from Dumbledore for a year. Even the Death Eater professor, Amycus, who was handpicked by Voldemort in seventh year. Carol. All arguably the best of the best.

Only, back then, Voldemort's curse was too bad. In the end, the only professors who survived were the mad Lockhart and Umbridge, who made her home in prison.

This year's professor Quirrell, however, had a reputation as a top student at school, not to mention as Quirrell, Professor Voldemort Fusion, with an attachment on the back of his head.

Unfortunately, their fusion may have gone awry, and Quirrell has none of the hallmarks of the great and the mighty. His classroom reeks of garlic, and all he does is read and brag about ill-fated adventures.

Ryan guessed Quirrell was trying to hide himself from Dumbledore. But to be honest, it was easier to see what was going on when things were so different than usual. It seems that sometimes when two brains are incompatible, the combined intelligence may not be as good as one brain.

After nearly a week of study, it was Friday, the time for Potions, the Gryffindors' most dreaded lesson.

Potions took place in one of the dungeons. It was much colder than the main castle above, and with glass jars of taxidermied animals along the walls, it looked in every way like the lair of a legendary evil wizard, which made many students shiver.

At the end of class, Professor Snape, after reading his famous prologue, slipped Harry Potter out for a little practice. As Ryan watches the famous scene in the film, he is thinking about the father paying the son, which is a common practice in both East and West.

After yelling at Harry and excusing himself to take a point off the table, Snape began to pair everyone up. He instructed them to mix a simple potion for scabies.

Unfortunately, Lane was assigned to the team with Neville Longbottom because of the initials of his last name. This made it important for him not only to get serious about boiling up the potion, but also to see that Longbottom did not let him get into trouble.

Thankfully, Longbottom was just a little clumsy and lacking in confidence. But takes things very seriously. He did well in weighing dried nettles and crushing fangs of snakes according to the instructions in the book.

As Professor Snape prowled the room, Ryan's group was reprimanded by Snape for not cooking antennae slugs.As Ryan craned his neck to try to learn from Malfoy, who had been praised by Snape for the perfect way he had cooked the tentacles. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Neville stabbing porcupines into his cauldron.

Horrified, Ryan grabbed Neville's arm. Neville looked at Ryan in bewilderment.

Ryan whispered, 'I thought it said on the board not to put the porcupine quills until the pan was off the heat.'

Neville opened his mouth slightly in surprise, as though he had forgotten the whole episode.

The system wasted no time in jumping in:

-- Store owner prevents Neville Fryer event from happening and gains 1 offset point.

Professor Snape appeared silently from behind him, and then he was milling around Harry and RON at the next table. "Potter, why didn't you tell him not to add the porcupine quills? Do you think his mistakes make you look good? Gryffindor has lost another point because of you." It seems that Professor Snape has an inveterate hatred for James Potter.

An hour later, when the class was over and everyone had handed in their potions, Ryan noticed that Snape had written an a on his potion label. Well, hooray for a pass.

Outside the classroom, Neville thanked Ryan repeatedly for being one of the few times he had managed to make a proper potion without blowing up his cauldron. Len did not think that Neville had done so badly, but that Professor Snape was putting everyone under too much pressure. Even if he was a grown man's soul, he shuddered when Professor Snape walked past, not to mention the effect on Neville, a normally timid boy.

As Harry and RON came up behind him, Neville approached them and said, "I'm sorry, but I've cost you points this time." Harry smiled, but did not say anything. RON waved nearby and said, "It's all right, it's not your fault. We always knew Snape wasn't a reasonable man. '

Potions was on a Friday, so after Potions, the first week of school was over. There were no lessons in the afternoon. After lunch, Ryan packed all his school supplies and went to the library to finish his homework for the weekend. After all, it was easier to do homework in advance and have fun than to scramble for it at the last minute.

When they arrived at the library, Hermione was already sitting there. Len said hello and began to sit on the side doing his homework. Honestly, Ryan in a previous life in his schooldays. He has always been a proponent and practitioner of the one score is enough theory.

In this lifetime, he had planned to pet fish for seven years after receiving the owl's letter. But he did not expect to be able to go to Hogwarts with his primary school classmates, in order to avoid a sudden drop in grades to arouse suspicion; In order to avoid being looked down upon by acquaintances or even written to by his parents, Ryan had to devote most of his time to study.

This kind of life reminds him of preparing for the college entrance examination in his previous life, which is not a happy memory. But every time he remembered that in the wizarding world power was Paramount and knowledge was power, Ryan felt less tired studying.

Only by dinnertime had they finished most of their homework, then they carried their bags together down to the Great Hall for dinner. It reminded Ryan of walking home from elementary school with his schoolbag on his back.

"It feels good to be young," he said. "Lane, a 30-year-old man at heart, said to himself.