Tiller

As the airflow kicked up by Mantis Shrimp's drifting shattered the windows of the Transfiguration classroom, Kane entered the room almost at the same time as Professor McGonagall.

He hurriedly stuffed Mantis Shrimp into Little Pumpkin, then looked at Professor McGonagall's stern expression and quickly said, "The third bell hasn't rung yet, Professor, so I'm not late, am I?"

Professor McGonagall looked sternly at Kane. Well... if the Gryffindor team had not already been fully staffed, she would definitely have pulled Kane onto it.

A drift like that would have made him an excellent Chaser. What a pity the team did not need anyone right now. If they had been short a Chaser this year, like they had been short a Seeker last year, that would have been perfect...

Unfortunately, that was only wishful thinking. She waved her wand, repairing the glass Kane had shattered, then stood at the podium and looked at him. "Mm, you're not late."

After saying that, she put on a stern expression again. "We've already started falling behind in our progress!"

Kane felt that the first half of this lesson would be good for a light nap, but fortunately, Professor McGonagall merely talked about the results of her holiday inspections at Durmstrang Institute and Beauxbatons Academy.

She had found that not only did those two schools progress faster in their teaching, but their students were also more disciplined. The little wizards in the classroom immediately sucked in cold breaths.

Hmph. So what if they learned faster? Did they also have a Dark wizard disguise himself as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor every three years, only to get schemed to death by some random little wizard at the end of term?

Did they constantly put on unrestricted spell duels within the school?

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