The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

After Lupine finished explaining the key points of spell casting, he let Tom and the three of them start practicing freely.

"Immobulus!" Harry waved his wand, but the wand in his hand only sprayed out a stream of white frost.

Hermione was much more relaxed. When Professor Lupine asked her if she had ever learned the freezing spell, she actually lied. She mastered this spell in second grade. It's just that she was a little embarrassed to say that she had learned it just now - this would make it difficult for others. Just listen to Professor Lupine explain the key points of the freezing spell again. Self-study and having a professor explain key points are completely different experiences.

She flicked her wand, and a streak of frost appeared on the table in front of her, covering the entire desk with a thin layer of ice, and this thin layer of ice had a tendency to expand.

Harry looked at Hermione's performance and fell into autistic isolation. Is it too strong? It was obviously his first time casting a spell... He was envious of Hermione's talent in his heart. Little did they know that Hermione had actually learned this spell a long time ago.

"Freeze quickly!" Tom followed suit and cast a freezing spell. This was the first time he came into contact with this spell. When he cast the spell, he only felt a cold feeling extending from his arm to the wand, and finally sprayed out from the tip of the wand, leaving an ice mark the size of a window on the classroom floor.

"It's okay." Tom was very satisfied with the effect of the spell he released for the first time. With more practice in the future, he will definitely be able to catch up with the proficiency of other spells.

Next, he was going to try the weather spell again. The weather spell is a very special spell. Unlike other spells, it is divided into two parts. The difference in the second half will cause the spell to have completely different effects.

After all, the weather summoned by the weather spell is different. It can be rain, snow, thunderstorms, hurricanes...

Tom chose between several types of weather, and finally chose the weather spell - rain.

He really wanted to try to summon some thunder and lightning himself, but it was a bit outrageous to create a bolt of lightning out of thin air. He still knows how much he weighs. If you want to summon thunder and lightning, you should first put some dark clouds in the field, so Weather Spell - Cloud and Weather Spell - Rain should be the prerequisites. When there are clouds, there will be thunder when it rains. Tom thinks this is reasonable.

Maybe when he is as strong as Dumbledore, he can achieve the goal in one step.

"Atmospheric-nubilum!"

"Atmospheric-pluvia!"

Tom fired two spells at the ceiling in succession, attracting the attention of the other three people in the room.

"Yordel, you have to go step by step -" Lupine frowned. Tom's approach was a bit hasty. Did he want to become a fat man in one bite?

But before he could finish speaking, he realized something was wrong - the weather in the classroom seemed to have changed.

The window was suddenly opened, and large amounts of water vapor condensed in the classroom. Soon, the sky above the History of Magic classroom was filled with dark clouds.

Lupine:!

Hermione, Harry:...

"I heard you right, did you say the word 'rain' just now?" Hermione asked weakly, poking Tom beside her.

"Um."

Tick ​​tock!

A thin drop of rain fell on the ground, and then it started to rain lightly in the classroom.

"Tom Yoder!" Hermione screamed, quickly pulled out her wand, and turned the desk in front of her into an umbrella. If you are proficient in the art of transformation, it will be really difficult to get caught in the rain. Harry on the other side also ducked and hid under the "umbrella" conjured by Hermione.

Lupine felt the rain hitting his face, and an incredible feeling came to him: Did Tom Yoder's weather spell succeed? He felt a little ridiculous.

This is unreasonable! Could it be that I'm actually really good at teaching?

Tom followed Lupin's instructions and cast the weather spell twice. He only felt two strands of magic power gushing out of his body, and then it naturally attracted a dark cloud and created an artificial rainfall.

"The atmosphere is here, it would be unreasonable not to try that..." He muttered and pointed his wand at the dark clouds on the ceiling.

"What are you going to do?" Hermione had a bad feeling in her heart.

"Atmospheric-fulmen!"

After Tom said this spell, he felt hollowed out. He had a feeling that the power of this spell was quite good.

Dark clouds began to roll in, and the rain in the classroom instantly changed from a drizzle to a downpour. Tom's magic power was used in these places.

A few seconds later, a silvery flash of lightning flashed through the dark clouds.

Hermione's face suddenly became wonderful. She knew Latin. The word Tom just read meant "thunder and lightning", so...

"Professor, hide quickly!"

Professor Lu Ping woke up as if from a dream, wiped the rain off his face, found a desk, and hid under it.

Now, Tom was the only one in the whole classroom without shelter, but he didn't care about the rain, nor did he care that his robe was soaked by the water.

This is manipulating thunder and lightning and changing the sky! Tom was so excited now. He stared intently at the dark cloud, waiting for the thunder and lightning inside to take shape.

At this time, Hogwarts has entered curfew time. The whole castle was silent, except for one place where there was still noise: the History of Magic classroom. The noise in the classroom attracted a person - a person and a cat to be precise.

Filch, the castle administrator of Hogwarts, is a very dedicated person. Whenever the sun goes down and the curfew falls, he will patrol the castle diligently to catch those little wizards who wander around at night.

Years of working as a janitor have made Filch very sensitive to noise, so the sound of the History of Magic classroom could not escape his ears. He followed the sound and came to the door of the History of Magic classroom.

He did not rush in and alert the enemy. Instead, he put his ear to the door of the classroom and listened carefully to what was going on inside. Filch heard a girl talking and heard a sound like rain.

"What are these brats doing?" Filch frowned, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper. He was a little confused about the situation, but it was not a big problem. He was sure that some students stayed up late at night and caused trouble in the History of Magic classroom.

So he suddenly pushed open the classroom door——

A ray of snow-white light lit up in front of his eyes, and the shining light made Filch unable to see anything clearly.

boom!

A thunderclap exploded in his ears, making his ears ring.

The dark cloud at the top of the classroom first became lighter in color, and then egg-like cracks appeared on it, and white light came out from the cracks. Then, at the moment Filch opened the door, perhaps it was the flow of air in the room. Something changed, and a white and purple lightning struck down from the dark clouds.

A bang resounded throughout the castle.

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Come on, let’s continue talking about stocking up.

The last chapter talked about fruits and vegetables, this chapter I’ll talk about other foods (I feel like I can’t finish this topic)

When I talked about vegetables in the last chapter, I didn't mention potatoes, but actually it would be nice to get some. Although this thing sprouts easily, you can still eat it if you scrape the sprouts cleanly, and it can be linked with the onions mentioned in the previous chapter and become the main ingredient of curry. There are also sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and cabbage, which are all top choices for stocking up on vegetables.

In addition to these, we also need to get some eggs. This is good stuff. It can be eaten boiled, fried, or stir-fried. It is a high-quality source of protein. What's even better is that eggs can be stored at room temperature for a month without any problem. Isn’t this a station? The same goes for bacon.

What I just mentioned are all foods that are kept at room temperature. Let’s talk about things that are refrigerated. First of all, I am clearly against you stocking up on all kinds of ready meals, because they take up space. The freezer is only so big, how much ready meals can be stored? Of course, you can make some quick-frozen vegetables. Although they are very unpalatable, you will fall in love with them after you stop eating green leafy vegetables for N days.

There is precious space in the refrigerator, so I suggest you take out a layer to store cooking bags. This is really a masterpiece of human industrialization. A dish (package) costs only five or six yuan on average, and the taste is not bad-not to mention the hygiene issues, the cooking bags made by regular manufacturers are much cleaner than take-out. If you stock up on dozens of cooking bags, there are dozens of dishes. Steam some rice, then heat the food bag in the microwave, and you have a great lunch/dinner. The taste is relatively simple. I only have braised eggplant, braised chicken, braised pork, home-style tofu, Qianzhang roasted pork, mushroom slider chicken, Yuanbao roasted pork... If I had known better, I would have taken more mixed set meals.

(To be continued)