Charms Class

Anduin walked around the entire castle, returning to the Great Hall from the entrance hall. A few people were already having breakfast there. Anduin found himself hungry too and joined them.

"Anduin, I thought you weren't up yet. I didn't expect you to be here already, which made me kindly wait for you in the Common Room this morning." Vivian entered just as Anduin sat down. Seeing him already inside, she walked over with a look of complaint.

"Sorry, I woke up very early, so you didn't have to wait for me. You don't need to worry about me in the mornings anymore; I'm used to waking up early." Anduin explained to Vivian with a slightly apologetic expression.

"I won't wait for you anymore. What if you run too far in the morning and get lost? I'd say it's a good thing our common room leads directly to the hall. Otherwise, with this huge castle, I might not even find this place," Vivian said, rambling on.

"Don't worry, I've already walked around the castle roughly. I've also found our classrooms for lessons. You can just follow me later," Anduin said, then lowered his head and quickly ate his breakfast.

As they chatted, a flock of owls suddenly flew into the hall, dropping letters. Anduin also received several letters. They were from Lily, Sirius, and Tom. The content of the letters was mostly congratulating Anduin on his enrollment. Sirius, in particular, was urgently asking which house Anduin was sorted into, and if it was Gryffindor.

That will disappoint him, Anduin thought with a smirk. If Sirius finds out I was sorted into Slytherin, will he disown me?

Afterward, Anduin put away the letters and went to the Charms classroom with Vivian for their lesson.

Upon entering the classroom, Anduin discovered he was in class with Gryffindor students. This puzzled him greatly, as the rivalry between Slytherin and Gryffindor had always been deep, affecting even the first-year students after the sorting.

In the classroom, Anduin saw Charles, wearing his Gryffindor robes, already seated and waiting. Anduin and Charles exchanged glances, nodded at each other, and Anduin found a seat on the other side. Soon, the class bell rang.

The Charms professor, Filius Flitwick, was short in stature. It was rumored he was a half-blood wizard with Goblin ancestry. During class, he even had to stand on a pile of books for the students to see him clearly. Thus, Anduin's first class at Hogwarts began.

In Anduin's opinion, the Charms class taught very basic material, only covering a dozen or so common spells in a year. In the first class, Professor Flitwick mainly explained the basic principles of spells, without even touching on the casting process. This greatly diminished Anduin's interest in the subject, as he had already mastered all the spells for the first year.

Anduin barely paid attention for most of the class. Instead, he took out parchment and began writing replies to the friends who had sent him letters.

His letter to Tom contained only basic greetings and a report that he was safe.

In his letters to Lily and Sirius, besides greetings, he also mentioned being sorted into Slytherin. He gave a general overview of his experiences in Slytherin and expressed his worries about his future, hoping the two senior graduates could offer some advice.

After carefully composing the letters, Anduin noticed that Professor Flitwick had finally finished explaining the magical theories. In the second part of the class, they finally began spellcasting instruction.

The first spell they learned was the Levitation Charm, which Anduin was most familiar with. Professor Flitwick spent a lot of time explaining the wand movements and incantations before finally letting everyone practice, attempting to cast the spell on a feather to make it float.

The young wizards around him began practicing. Most of them couldn't even make the feather move an inch after their first incantation.

"Wingardium Leviosa, Wingardium Leviosa..." Vivian chanted with an inaccurate accent, frantically waving her wand at the feather. By the end, her face was even flushed red.

Anduin rolled his eyes. Did this girl put all her talent into gossip? Even after the professor's clear demonstration, she can still mispronounce the incantation.

On the other side, Barnaby Travers managed to make the feather float after a few tries. Although it wobbled precariously as if it might fall at any moment, he smiled proudly at the others when he succeeded.

Anduin saw Professor Flitwick had already stepped down from the podium and was starting to walk around. He couldn't openly slack off anymore. As the professor approached, he had no choice but to take out his wand and point it lightly at the feather. The feather stably floated in front of his wand, unmoving.

Oh no, I forgot to say the incantation.

Anduin was too familiar with this spell and cast it out of habit, without any wand movement or incantation.

"Excellent Levitation Charm, Mr. Wilson. Your Levitation Charm is performed exceptionally well." Professor Flitwick seemed not to notice that Anduin hadn't said the incantation and walked directly over, praising his Levitation Charm. "Slytherin gains 2 points. This is almost a perfect casting of the Levitation Charm. Everyone, aim to be like Wilson."

The students in the classroom all looked up at Flitwick and Anduin. Many young wizards cast envious glances at Anduin's spellcasting. Of course, some gazes were less friendly.

Anduin awkwardly accepted Flitwick's praise, as he had performed the spell without wand movement or incantation. He wondered if anyone had noticed.

"Did you not say the incantation just now?" Vivian leaned close to Anduin and whispered.

"Shh," Anduin shushed Vivian, telling her not to speak aloud.

Anduin didn't want to appear too different in class. He knew that the more conspicuous the target, the greater the danger.

It seemed Professor Flitwick really hadn't noticed Anduin's trick. He continued his rounds, correcting and guiding other students' wand movements and incantations.

Anduin gave up pretending to practice and turned to teach Vivian. After Anduin corrected Vivian's incorrect wand movements and incantations, just before the end of class, Vivian finally managed a somewhat complete Levitation Charm.

"Alright, that's all for today's class. Everyone, go back and write a six-inch essay on the Levitation Charm." Professor Flitwick paused, then added.

"Mr. Anduin Wilson, please stay behind for a moment."

As expected, I couldn't escape the professor's eyes. Anduin signaled Vivian not to wait for him and remained alone in the classroom.