Giving It Everything for This Year's Final Exams / Harry Blazes Through His Exams

"On Wednesday morning, you have your O.W.L. Exam in Astronomy, then at 1 PM you have your Herbology exam with us, and at midnight you have your practical Astronomy exam..."

"Stop, stop, stop, Hermione, I'm sorry, okay?" Harry hurriedly apologized and admitted his mistake. "It was my oversight. I'll finish these exams first."

"Harry, I don't want you to apologize to me. I just don't want you to focus all your energy on this." Hermione gently took Harry's hand. "For the past six months, your whereabouts have been very mysterious... Although I still see you often as before, I have no idea what you're doing in private..."

"You said you could cure Lupin's Feral Wolf Syndrome, and while I'm certainly happy for you, I... I simply can't imagine how you managed to do such a thing! Werewolf, that's a curse that no one has been able to break for thousands of years. Even the famous apothecary, Damocles Belby, ultimately only invented the Wolfsbane Potion, but you... I, I really don't dare to think about the methods you used..."

"Hermione ..." Hearing Hermione's trembling voice, Harry opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Indeed, what he did could lead to considerable misunderstandings for many people, such as Dumbledore or Lupin, who had just been cured.

Dissections, virus culture, human experiments... Harry's series of operations, though not involving Dark Magic at all, surpassed even those of ordinary dark wizards.

In particular, he did more than just complete the experiment.

In his Magical Combination Chest now, only Rookwood remains as a prisoner.

He was left over from Harry's experiments, and because his mind contained a lot of information related to Voldemort and the Department of Mysteries, Harry didn't kill him for the time being.

As for Lucius, the other three Werewolf, and the two Death Eater... let's not delve into the details of where their bodies went.

After all, you can't expect a forensic pathologist skilled in autopsies to leave even the slightest trace of their existence.

So... after doing all these evil things, Hermione should be afraid, even if she is...

"Harry, I know I shouldn't say this, but at least... during this exam period, could you slow down a bit?" Hermione gripped Harry's hand tightly, her voice choked with sobs and self-reproach as she pleaded, "Before, you were always deliberately controlling your grades, which gave me the illusion that I could always stay by your side. But I was wrong... you're moving too fast, especially lately..."

"Harry, I really don't want to blame you at all. I just hate myself, hate myself for not trying harder! I really... want to be with you no matter what, even if you do the really bad things that no one can accept, I'm not afraid to do them with you! What I'm afraid of is that I will completely fall behind you!"

"No, you won't!" Harry pulled Hermione into a tight embrace. "I never thought you'd fall behind, and I've always been so grateful to have you by my side... Hermione, I was wrong before. I was too impatient. I promise you, for the next week, we'll focus on the exams and not let anything affect us, okay?"

"Hmm..." Hermione responded softly with a heavy nasal tone, but her eyes were still red.

When she realized that Harry was staring at her intently, she immediately lowered her head, feeling shy and guilty.

Seeing her like this, Harry held her even more tenderly in his arms, unwilling to let go for a long time.

However, Harry had no idea that one day not long afterward, he would be incredibly grateful to Hermione for the 'burden' she had placed on him that day.

Chapter 471 This final exam is something I'm going all out for.

To be honest, Harry really should reflect on his own actions.

Because if you think about it calmly, he has indeed taken quite a few steps recently.

Perhaps it was due to his own increased strength, or perhaps it was because he had the support of two powerful figures, Nicolas Flamel and Rowena, that Harry felt he was strong enough to rival other players and was eager to rise to prominence.

But when he did these things, he didn't think about the people around him, whether they were prepared to face those complicated conflicts with him.

Humans cannot exist in isolation from a group, and Harry is no exception.

If, while he puts in the effort and strives to achieve his goals, he doesn't involve those around him, but instead ultimately chooses to abandon them...

So what is the essential difference between him and those notorious schemers and Dark Lord?

So Harry figured it out. Anyway, Peter Pettigrew was now in the Ministry of Magic's hands, so even if he had any schemes or plots, Cornelius Fudge and his gang would have to bear the consequences first, and he didn't need to care so much.

What I need to do now is to finish this year's final exams as quickly as Hermione has asked.

So, on this last weekend, Harry went to the library with Hermione for the first time in a long time to do their final review before the exams.

It was only then that he realized the immense pressure Hermione was under when she was trying to dissuade him.

The academic prodigy is a hard-working genius, not a monster like herself who has lived two lives and has cheat codes. She can't have a photographic memory, and she doesn't have the knowledge from her 'previous life' to support her... Everything she wants to achieve can only be obtained through hard work and sweat, step by step.

Seeing Hermione so focused, Harry suddenly realized that he really shouldn't be complacent about his past achievements.

Without his past life's experience as a forensic pathologist, without any special advantages or the protection of various "old masters," he might not have even survived the trial of the Obscurus, let alone achieved everything he has now.

So... maybe I really should calm down a bit first.

It's certainly good to be ambitious and enter the field, but it's perhaps more important to calm down and meticulously hone one's abilities and mindset.

With this in mind, Harry began to study seriously with Hermione and decided that this time he would no longer hold back and would go all out to deal with each exam to test his true level.

So, after the Transfiguration exam on Monday, Harry successfully angered Hermione...

"Second place... Damn it, I'm so angry!"

At lunchtime, Hermione angrily tore into the chicken leg in her hand, as if she were dissecting and grinding not food, but a part of someone's body...

She got a perfect score on the Transfiguration exam, but still only ranked second in the grade... Where can she go to complain?

In the third-year Transfiguration exam, Hermione was to transform a teapot into a turtle. Hermione's performance was absolutely perfect. Not only did she make the teapot look exactly like a turtle, but she even perfectly concealed the original willow leaf pattern within the turtle's shell. Professor McGonagall immediately announced that she had received a perfect score.

But when Harry took his exams, not only did he achieve a perfect Transfiguration like Hermione, he even used his wand to make the 'turtle' run around the table several times, and finally made it raise its tail and relieve itself on the spot...

Clearly, Harry not only perfectly altered the teacup's shape, but also endowed it with relatively complete internal features, even summoning black tea and transforming it into... well, you know, when a 'turtle' peees.

Professor McGonagall's face turned green after witnessing this scene.

However, she still gave Harry a score of 120, a score exceeding 100, and an O+ rating, and also gave Harry a serious warning that he should never again perform such 'realistic' things in class!

Also... she wants Harry to hurry up and take next year's Transfiguration O.W.L. Exam, get an O, and then immediately go to the advanced Transfiguration Class. He absolutely mustn't cause any more trouble for his classmates!

Sigh, Professor McGonagall is just too rigid. Look at Professor Flitwick this afternoon, he was much better at navigating social situations, giving Harry and Hermione a perfect score each without offending anyone.

As for Study of Ancient Runes, that's just a passing thought.

On Tuesday morning, Harry finally faced his first O.W.L. Exam.

The Ordinary Wizarding Levels, administered by the Wizarding Management Bureau of the Ministry of Magic, are undoubtedly the biggest hurdle for Hogwarts students during their fifth year.

It could even be said that the pressure of this exam is no less than that of the middle school or college entrance exams in China... When Harry audited fifth-grade classes, he witnessed many students suddenly burst into tears or even run away from the classroom during class.

Whenever this happened, the professors could only bring the students back and send them to the Hospital Wing, where Madam Pomfrey would administer Calming Draught.

In short, let's hope that no student suddenly loses control during the exam.

Fifteen minutes before nine o'clock, all the students taking the exam were already seated in the exam hall, and the proctors had appeared in front of the podium.

Generally, the theoretical exams for OWL are conducted by professors of the corresponding subjects from Hogwarts, so Hagrid would undoubtedly be the proctor for the course "Care of Magical Creatures".

He looked very nervous, and his forehead was covered in sweat, though this might be because he was wearing his thick mole-skin robe in the summer.

After standing in front of the podium, Hagrid took out an exquisite hourglass from his pocket and seemed to be trying to stand it upright on the table.

"Professor Hagrid, relax. You should announce the exam rules to the students first, and the hourglass shouldn't be erected until nine o'clock." Another proctor, seeing this, quickly spoke up to stop Hagrid.

He was an old, balding wizard who wore pince-nez glasses and spoke in a trembling voice.

However, his voice carried a special kind of kindness, and Hagrid calmed down after listening to it.

Even some of the students below, who had been tense, seemed to gradually calm down.

"Oh... alright, students, I'm Rubeus Hagrid, and Professor Tofty and I will be proctoring this exam. I must remind you that your papers have been subjected to the strictest anti-... uh, Anti-Cheating Charm, and... oh dear! This stuff is so hard to memorize! Your own house heads should have already explained these rules, right? If you really can't... I could have Harry explain it to you!"

The last sentence Hagrid spoken pitifully to Professor Tofudi.

The latter smiled kindly and nodded, then cast a look of approval at Harry.

It seems this old professor highly regards Harry.

Chapter 472 Harry's exams were progressing at a breakneck pace.

"Alright, in addition to the Anti-Cheating Charm Professor Hagrid mentioned, candidates are strictly prohibited from bringing items such as Auto-Answer Quill, Remembrall, Detachable Cribbing Cuff, and automatic error correction ink into the examination hall... Students who have brought any of these items must hand them in before the start of the exam."

Seeing Hagrid's distressed expression, Harry couldn't help but chuckle and kindly recited the exam rules for him.

Hagrid's literacy and spelling have never been very good, so he can only memorize these rules by rote, which is a real ordeal for him.

"Finally, almost every year at least one student thinks they can escape the Wizarding Examinations Authority's regulations, but without exception, they are caught red-handed. Therefore, I once again advise all students whose cheating skills are not up to par... your future is important, please do not take risks in the exams."

"Haha! That's right, Harry said exactly what I wanted to say. Now, let's begin the exam!"

After Harry finished explaining the exam rules, Hagrid finally laughed with relief and busied himself distributing exam papers to everyone. At the same time, he could finally set up the hourglass he had been wanting to work with.

After receiving the exam paper, Harry immediately began writing furiously. Care of Magical Creatures was his forte, so these questions were naturally no challenge at all.

He even had the leisure to circle some of the oversights and outdated knowledge points in the questions after writing down the correct answers, and then add notes on the standard answers given in the latest version of <Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them>.

Two hours passed quickly, and Harry finished handing in his paper with relative ease.

As for grades, he believed that unless the people at the Wizarding Examinations Authority were brain-dead, they would never be so stupid as to limit themselves in this regard.

"Hey Harry, you must have done well on the test, right?"

That said, Hagrid certainly couldn't read all of Harry's writing, since Harry had been grading most of the Care of Magical Creatures Class assignments this year.

However, he was very confident that Harry would achieve a score that would crush everyone else.

"You'd better do your best in the practical exam this afternoon too. Let them see just how amazing our best teaching assistant really is!" Hagrid laughed as he patted Harry on the shoulder, making no attempt to hide his praise for Harry.

"You must be Harry Granger, right?" Unlike Hagrid's excessive enthusiasm, Professor Tofudi's temperament was very gentle and calming. His rhythm of speech was also wonderful, always able to calm people down unconsciously.

"It's me, it's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Tofty," Harry replied politely.

"Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Hagrid both gave you very high praise. To be able to participate in the O.W.L. Exam in your third year is unprecedented. It seems you are indeed no ordinary student," Professor Tofty said softly. "Your performance makes me very much looking forward to the practical exam this afternoon."

"I will prepare well," Harry replied quickly and earnestly.

"Also, please don't worry too much about your OWL results." At this moment, Professor Tofty suddenly said meaningfully, "Although the Wizarding Examinations Authority is nominally under the Ministry of Magic, we will not allow anyone to act recklessly! I guarantee with my own position that the results of every student, including yours, will be absolutely genuine and valid!"

"Thank you so much!" Harry smiled and nodded. "After meeting you, I've started to believe in the fairness of the Wizarding Examinations Authority."

"That's truly my honor, Mr. Granger." Professor Tofty smiled upon hearing this, while casually glancing at Harry's exam paper. "Interesting, to offer new insights in an exam. Mr. Granger, if you encounter similar situations in other exams, please don't hesitate to share your experiences."

"It would be my honor as well." Harry readily agreed to the old professor's request.

He certainly didn't care about adding his own interpretations to the exam paper; it would just fill in the gaps in the plot and increase the word count...

No, Harry meant to advance academic research and, incidentally, separate truth from falsehood.

Time quickly passed to afternoon, and the practical exam on Care of Magical Creatures was scheduled to take place in a field near the Forbidden Forest.

The exam content was equally easy for Harry: treating the scales of Fire Salamander, performing painless tail docking surgery on a six- to eight-week-old Crup, and figuring out how to attract the timid Porlock and Bowtruckle —all tasks Harry was extremely familiar with.

Even at the very end of the exam, he completed a bonus task... riding Unicorn around the Hogwarts playground as a wizard.

His performance nearly made Professor Tofty, who had always been calm and collected, drop his jaw in astonishment.

Other exam content could be described as "nothing special, just practice makes perfect," but Harry's final bonus point was something that no male student could possibly achieve so far!

In short, to Professor Tofty's astonishment, Harry's first O.W.L. Exam came to a successful conclusion.

Wednesday's exams went smoothly. In the morning's Astronomy written exam, Harry drew a star map of Jupiter almost with his eyes closed.

In the afternoon, while taking the Herbology with Hermione and the others, Harry, along with Neville, not only finished the exam but also worked together to prepare some cooling ointment. They then distributed it to the students, applying it to the back of their necks to prevent them from getting sunburned by the scorching sun.

This action earned them both extra points in addition to full marks, and it also made the third-year students who took the exam with them no longer dare to underestimate Neville, who was usually a bit slow to react.

He's a genius who can score 120 on tests, just like the freakish Granger. Who would dare think he's just an idiot?

On Thursday, Harry faced what was perhaps the most difficult Potions of All Time (OWL) test yet. Snape had a dark expression throughout the test, and before leaving, he poked several holes in Harry's exam paper with a quill.

Of course, Harry knew he had actually done quite well on his written test.

Snape was in a bad mood probably because he was annoyed that Harry was 'daydreaming' during the exam.

Harry's injection had hospitalized Lupin, forcing him to use the Time-Turner during the Potions exam and distract him by proctoring the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam for the younger students...

This is absolutely taboo for Severus Snape; it would infuriate them to the point of wanting to poison Lupin.

Incidentally, this year's Defense Against the Dark Arts exams across the school added the Patronus Charm as a bonus point. Lupin had emphasized this charm in the second and third semesters, so many students used it to get high scores they never dared to dream of before.

And so, the week-long scorching bombardment is finally coming to an end.

Harry, unleashing his full potential, performed absolutely flawlessly in these exams.

Chapter 473 Trelawney made another Prophecy.

Friday is the last day of exams for Hogwarts students. After they finish their last two subjects, the school year will be officially over.

But for Harry, his exams were not completely over.

The OWL exams last for two weeks. Even if Harry doesn't take all the subjects, he will inevitably be tested on subjects scheduled for the second week, such as History of Magic.