Chapter 74: Homework

"Homework."

Before the end of class, Professor McGonagall stood on the teacher's desk and addressed the students in the classroom. "Read the fundamental principles of Transfiguration by Gamp, write a summary, and hand it in by next Monday."

In the classroom, everyone was whispering and discussing the tricks of turning matches into needles. Only a few students could accomplish it, while most could only make slight changes to their matches.

"You need to hurry up. Next Monday, we'll practice turning stones into teacups," Professor McGonagall's tone became stern. "If anyone hasn't completely mastered turning matches into needles by then, you'll be given detention. I hope you all put more effort into this. The limited training time in the classroom is not enough for you to master Transfiguration. I hope nobody will need to come to me for detention."

As soon as Professor McGonagall left, the classroom fell into despair. Transfiguration was even more difficult than everyone had imagined, requiring more effort than other subjects.

In fact, everyone had already noticed that Hogwarts had fewer classes but a lot of homework, and magic required a significant amount of time for practice. Most people regretted not spending more time on it last week.

No one could truly have a relaxed and carefree life.

Well, except for one person.

Fred and George simultaneously turned their heads to look at the person who was packing up his books. Albert was undoubtedly having the easiest year, having completed most of his homework and mastering Transfiguration ahead of everyone else. He had no worries about being given detention.

He even had spare time every day to wander around the castle and take photos.

"What should we do?" Lee Jordan reached up and scratched his short hair, looking a bit anxious.

"What should we do?" Albert slung his backpack over his shoulder and left the Transfiguration classroom with everyone else.

"Our homework, Albert!" Fred also realized that they had too much homework to finish.

"Then let's work hard and get it done. Let me see what assignments we have." Albert deliberately took out a piece of parchment from his backpack and prepared to read it out in front of the three.

However, George quickly snatched the parchment from Albert's hand and glanced at it. He couldn't help but let out a howl of despair. The parchment was filled with several rows of homework assignments, all of which were theirs.

The sheer number of assignments made George feel like he was sinking into a quagmire called homework, unable to climb out.

Fred and Lee Jordan also leaned in to take a look, and their faces immediately fell. Albert's parchment was meticulously filled with details, not even missing astronomy assignments.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Albert felt a bit amused and suggested, "Let's go to the library later!"

"Um..." Fred awkwardly spoke up, "Can we copy your homework..."

"For reference," George covered Fred's mouth, and Lee Jordan continued his sentence, "Just for reference?"

"For reference?"

"Yes, for reference."

"Actually, homework is quite simple. After we go to the library, I'll introduce you to some books," Albert folded up the parchment and walked while speaking to the three, "Then you can gather some information from the books, and the homework will be easily solved."

"Really?" The three of them asked eagerly.

"Of course... not." Albert joked, "I'm planning to go have afternoon tea with Hagrid later. Will you join?"

"Don't change the subject."

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Or, you can let us reference your homework." Fred put his hand on Albert's shoulder and said pitifully, "And, are you really going to leave us behind and go have afternoon tea with Hagrid?"

"You'll accompany us to the library later, won't you? After all, you also have homework to do," George also put his arm on Albert's shoulder.

"Come on, let me help you with your backpack." Lee Jordan cheerfully took Albert's backpack and walked at the front of the group. That's how they led him to the library.

With Albert around, they wouldn't have to worry about asking questions on the spot, which undoubtedly increased their efficiency in doing homework.

When the group entered the library, they found that there were already quite a few students inside.

They found an empty spot and began working on their homework.

Today's Transfiguration assignment wasn't difficult. It was just to write a summary of the basic principles of Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration. All they had to do was read through the principles, jot down the important points, rephrase them in their own words, and organize the information a bit. It was an easy task.

"Is it done already?"

The three of them were dumbfounded. It hadn't even been half an hour, and Albert had finished his Transfiguration assignment? And he had been copying things the whole time? Could it really be done that way?

"What else can you do?" Albert countered, "Professor McGonagall asked us to write a summary of Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration. Basically, we just need to identify the key points of the law, extract the main content, and refine it ourselves."

The three of them couldn't come up with a response. It sounded somewhat reasonable. They quickly stored these words in their minds, planning to write a summary of Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration just like Albert later.

Fred and the others continued to work on their Charms essay. With Albert's help, they saved time on research and directly copied suitable content from books like "Achievements in Charms" and "Selected Charms of the 18th Century."

A three-foot-long essay wasn't as difficult as they had imagined.

As for the Lumos and Nox spells, the three of them had already mastered them, or else they would have had one more assignment to complete.

Professor Flitwick also required the students to master the Lumos and Nox spells before the following week.

When the ink dried, Albert rolled up the parchment and glanced at the progress the three of them had made. He then began reciting a series of timelines from the History of Magic. He disliked History of Magic, finding the dates and events rather dry. Fortunately, Albert had a good photographic memory. By reading and reciting them multiple times, he managed to remember the details.

After going through all the dates, locations, characters, and events in his mind, ensuring there were no mistakes, Albert checked off the History of Magic section as well.

Fred and the others were making decent progress. They had written more than half of the three-foot-long Lumos essay.

Albert looked at them and suggested, "You should write something from your own perspective."

"Something from our own perspective?"

"Yes, like what problems you encountered while learning the spells and how you solved them."

These were all personal experiences, so they didn't have to worry about having nothing to write about. It was just a matter of how much content they could come up with.

Before Fred and the others could finish their Lumos essay, Albert had already returned from Hagrid's place. He didn't refuse to lend them his essay as a reference.

"Spare me. I don't want to make any changes!" Fred stared at Albert's parchment and realized his own writing was quite messy. In the end, he gave up on the idea of revising it.

Filling a three-foot-long parchment with words wasn't an easy task.

Besides, all the first-year students were writing their first essays, so a bit of disarray was expected. Fred believed Professor Flitwick wouldn't mind too much.

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