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Likewise, George was sitting alone as well, due to his speech in the morning.
Before it's clear whether he's talented or not, no one would want to sit with him, lest they become the subject of jokes.
As for his three roommates, the swelling on their faces hasn't gone down yet, so they're not likely to sit next to him.
"Don't care about what others think, just be ourselves."
Noticing that George was sitting alone, Luna stood up and sat next to him, inserting her wand behind her ear and speaking in a very soothing voice.
And George smiled and nodded:
"Thank you."
Although George didn't need comfort, Luna's actions were still worth a thank you from him.
Speaking of which, even though Luna was a year younger than Harry and the others, sometimes she was more mentally mature than some adults.
She has her own ideas and beliefs, and even if everyone else thinks she's eccentric, she doesn't care.
Facing the classmates who often joked and pranked her, she didn't get angry, always maintaining a calm demeanor.
To be honest, George thinks he couldn't have reached the level that Luna has achieved by the age she is.
The bell rang for class, and the teacher of Magic History, the ghost Phineas Nigellus, passed through the blackboard wall and appeared on the podium.
Phineas Nigellus is the only ghost teacher at Hogwarts, who was a professor of Magic History during his lifetime.
He turned into a ghost after one day he stood up to go to class, accidentally leaving his body in front of a coal fire in the teachers' restroom, while taking up residence at Hogwarts to teach Magic History.
"In the Middle Ages, those without magic were particularly afraid of it, yet lacked sufficient understanding of it."
Occasionally, they would catch a real witch or wizard and burn them, but it was ineffective.
A wizard would cast a simple Fire Charm, pretending to scream in pain, while luxuriously enjoying the tingly pleasure.
The bizarre person, Winky, loved the feeling of being burned so much that she deliberately disguised herself to be caught forty-seven times...”
Without any introduction or self-introduction, Professor Phineas Nigellus began teaching Magic History from the moment he stood on the podium, using his own unique panting and drawling tone.
It was as if he were casting a hypnosis spell, causing some young wizards to start dozing off quickly.
After continuing to teach for half an hour, Professor Phineas Nigellus finally stopped and, according to the usual teaching rhythm, began to ask questions:
"Who can tell me how many times Winky, the bizarre person, was caught by Muggles?"
Though he posed the question, he didn't expect anyone to actually answer it; he was too well aware of what his class was like.
So it was just a necessary part of the class, and he would continue until the bell rang.
"Forty-seven times, Professor."
However, just as he was about to skip this part and continue, a young wizard raised his hand and stood up to give the answer.
"Very good, your answer is correct."
Professor Phineas Nigellus was somewhat surprised, but he didn't think much about it and was ready to continue teaching.
It was rare for a young wizard to answer his questions, the last one was still that Gryffindor student named Grant, or Granville as he used to be called.
But that was nothing out of the ordinary in his thousand years of teaching.
"Is there no point for points? It seems just answering questions is not enough."
George's eyebrows flickered slightly when he saw Professor Phineas Nigellus not giving him points for the correct answer.
According to his understanding, Professor Phineas Nigellus was the only professor who didn't give points, not because he was mean, but mainly because he had a bad memory and couldn't remember to give points.
After becoming a ghost, except for historical knowledge, he had trouble remembering anything else.
So it's not enough to just answer questions correctly to get points from him.
"Professor, I have a question. Since wizards can use all kinds of magic to defend against Muggle attacks, why were so many wizards persecuted by Muggles back then?"
"Because at that time, the way wizards learned magic was through inheritance from their parents, and many wizards actually didn't know many spells."
"So the four heads of Hogwarts were founded to allow more wizards to learn magic to protect themselves, right?"
"Yes, that's one of the reasons. It seems you have some knowledge of the history of magic."
"All I did was read through over forty magical books, including 'The History of Magic,' 'A Hogwarts Epoch,' 'Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century,' 'Modern Magical History,' and 'Interpretation of Medieval Events.'
"Are you sure you've memorized all these books about the history of magic?"
Upon hearing George's words, Professor Phineas Nigellus couldn't help but show an surprised expression.
The other small wizards who had fallen asleep woke up one by one, their faces showing an air of gossip.
"I'm going to test you."
Next, Professor Phineas Nigellus began asking questions about the time, place, and general content of various events from the magical history books George had mentioned.
And George answered all the questions fluently, without any mistakes.
"You're called George, aren't you? That's impressive. The school hasn't had a student so interested in the history of magic in a long time."
"Your understanding of the history of magic has surpassed many fifth and sixth grade students."
A faint smile of satisfaction appeared on Professor Phineas Nigellus' rigid face.
The other ghosts turned into ghosts because of their fear of death, but he did so out of his obsession with teaching the history of magic.
So he was happy to see that students were interested and talented in the history of magic.
"I've always thought that Magic History is an important and worthy subject."
Studying Magic History allows us to use the experience of our ancestors in history and enlighten our wisdom.
It not only benefits our study of magic, the improvement of spells, but also helps us find the ways of interacting among wizards and the ways of interacting with Muggles.
And the best of all, we can see the future from history, illuminate our wisdom to move forward!"
George spoke with a loud voice, elaborating on his views on history, leaving the Slytherin and Ravenclaw students beside him utterly startled.
Although they didn't quite understand George's words, they also felt that what he said was pretty impressive.
Because at that moment, the ghostly body of Professor Phineas Nigellus was shaking excitedly.
"Excellent, very excellent. I want to give you a reward, a reward."
"By the way, I can add points for you. I forgot, George, you're very good. I'll give Slytherin fifty points!"
"Oh, Merlin's beard, Professor Phineas Nigellus actually gave points, isn't it said that he never gives points?"
"Oh, Merlin's pants, George actually won fifty points for Slytherin all at once. It seems like what he said this morning wasn't just talk."
The small wizards heard that Professor Phineas Nigellus was giving points and immediately caused a stir.
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