Chapter Twelve: The Explosive Genius, Simon
In the evening, at the Hogwarts dining hall, Harry was glumly sitting at his seat, fiddling with his cutlery, the roast beef and pork ribs in front of him failing to cheer him up.
“I told you, Professor Snape must really hate me.”
Seeing Harry’s dejected state, Ron, who had been holding a chicken leg in each hand, put one down and patted his friend’s shoulder, trying to comfort him.
“Harry, you have to cheer up! Snape isn’t targeting you! He often takes points from Gryffindor, especially Fred and George, they get deducted more often!”
“That’s true,” Zhang Dong nodded.
In the entire Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the trio had lost 150 points, which seemed like a lot, but it wasn’t enough to make Gryffindor last. The rest of the “merit” naturally went to the Weasley twins.
If it weren’t for Dumbledore’s last-minute operation, Gryffindor would definitely have been at the bottom of the list.
Zhang Dong silently took a bite of his Yorkshire pudding, then pulled out his phone and started scrolling.
In this day and age, who can eat without scrolling through their phone?
Others couldn’t see his phone, so they didn’t know what Zhang Dong was doing, but no one paid attention to him anyway. After all, this was Hogwarts, where there were all sorts of strange people. For example, Simon, sitting opposite Zhang Dong.
“Rabbit eyes dim, plaintive zither, water into wine!”
Simon was waving his wand around, but it was obvious that the water remained water, without any change.
“What is he doing?” Harry curiously watched Simon.
Ron thought for a moment before explaining, “He’s trying to turn water into wine. I guess he’s feeling challenged by Zhang Dong and Hermione today.”
Hermione, who was also curious about Simon, nudged Zhang Dong’s arm and whispered to him,
“Do you think he can do it? Turning water into wine isn’t easy.”
Turning water into wine was also a type of Transfiguration. Transfiguration was a broad category, encompassing magic like transforming, mimicking, petrifying, and even summoning. Zhang Dong’s Ulong Out of the Cave was a summoning spell, and it also belonged to the Transfiguration category.
Hearing Hermione’s question, Zhang Dong, who was scrolling through his phone, smiled, then opened a video titled
[The Explosive Genius - Simon]
Buzz!
As Zhang Dong opened the video, a screen instantly appeared in the Hogwarts dining hall.
“Oh! It’s back!”
“Look! Something interesting is happening!”
“Being able to watch TV while eating, this feeling is amazing!”
“I’m just curious, what interesting content will the screen show us today?”
In an instant, everyone’s eyes were fixed on the screen, even the professors at the front stopped what they were doing and started watching the video.
Come on, such an interesting thing, they had to watch it if they had the chance.
Even Dumbledore silently put on his reading glasses, ready to watch this video played on the screen carefully.
Under the watchful eyes of the audience, the screen began to play.
“[“Rabbit eyes dim, plaintive zither, water into wine!”]”
The screen showed a blond boy waving his wand around, casting a spell.
Swish, swish, swish!
Everyone instantly focused their attention on Simon, who was stunned. His gaze made Simon instantly stop his movements.
However, Simon was clearly happy. After all, he was the main character today!
Then…
“[Boom!!
Accompanied by an explosion, Hermione was startled and jumped! ]”
“[The scene reversed, now Simon had a face covered in soot, his original neat blonde hair was now messy, and his whole person looked unwell.]”
“Hahaha!!”
Everyone in the dining hall burst into laughter. This was the so-called explosive genius? It was so funny.
“His name is Simon, right? My God, how did he manage to practice Transfiguration to the point of explosion?”
“Is this the explosive genius?”
“Simon, stop practicing, otherwise we’ll have to send you to the infirmary later.”
Hearing everyone’s laughter, Simon’s face turned beet red. Now he wished he could just slip under the table and disappear.
Embarrassing, so embarrassing!
Now he just wanted to escape, but the video wouldn’t stop playing just because he was embarrassed.
The scene changed.
“[In Charms class, Professor Flitwick was teaching everyone the Floating Charm.
“As a wizard, the most basic charm is Floating. Did everyone get their feathers?”
Hermione raised her feather in front of her, shaking it.
“Very good, everyone follow me and move your wrists first, flick once and then shake, then chant the spell, Wingardium Leviosa, you can start practicing now.”
After his words, the young wizards and witches began practicing excitedly, but none of them succeeded.
Until Hermione slowly picked up her wand
“Wingardium Leviosa.”
Buzz!
The moment the words left her lips, the feather in front of her floated up.
“Miss Granger succeeded!” Professor Flitwick said happily.
Seeing that Hermione had succeeded so easily, Simon, who was naturally competitive, also picked up his wand and shouted
“Wingardium Leviosa!”
Seeing how serious Simon was, Professor Flitwick also encouragingly said, “Good job, practice a few more times.”
The moment his words fell! Boom!
A loud roar, and a bright light almost blinded Flitwick’s eyes!
Flitwick, who was leaning forward, managed to regain his balance with difficulty, but when he turned his head back, Simon was once again covered in soot, his neat blonde hair became messy again. ]”
He! Exploded again!