You practiced flying to an expert standard once. Proficiency +50.
A new flying title has been unlocked.
As he left the Quidditch Pitch, his Flying Skill had also broken through the beginner level and become proficient.
Sean naturally opened the System Panel:
Title: Intermediate Flyer Greatly increases perception of a Flying Broomstick's magical power, greatly enhances flying talent, and slightly increases short-term explosive power in flight
Sean held the Nimbus 2000 in his hand, still feeling as though it was unreal.
The thing that had troubled him for so long had come into his hands in such an unbelievable way.
Professor McGonagall was as warm as the old lady who often came to the orphanage. Back then, she would always bring Sean pudding while he lay sick in bed.
Sean admired her as much as he admired a professor.
For a moment, he truly thought of Hogwarts as... home.
In the corridor,
Sean suddenly heard a strange sound, like a little boy sobbing.
In the shadows at the end of the corridor, Neville Longbottom had curled himself into a ball against the cold stone wall.
The rough texture of the stone pressed through his robes against his shoulders, but he could barely feel it, because a sharper pain was spreading from the depths of his heart, clutching at his throat.
Tears rolled down uncontrollably, scalding hot.
He bit down hard on his lower lip, trying to stop those humiliating sobs, but all he tasted was salty tears and an even deeper shame.
The scene from yesterday's Charms lesson replayed in his mind over and over—he had nervously waved his wand and recited the incantation for the Levitation Charm, only for an uncontrolled burst of dazzling light to shoot out and strike the unsuspecting Professor Flitwick with perfect accuracy.