Professor Binns's Glorious Career
Peeves is a very annoying guy, especially for freshmen. This is even more unacceptable than encountering two locked doors and a staircase full of traps.
He might dump a wastebasket on your head, pull the rug off your feet, throw chalk at you, or sneak up behind you and, when you can't see him, grab your nose and scream, "I've got your nose!"
Fortunately, these unfortunate experiences never happened to Harry and his friends; they only learned about how annoying this "ghost" was from snippets of conversation between the Weasley Twins.
This was all because of Ryan. Peeves probably didn't even realize it himself. He subconsciously avoided Ryan's location, and since Ryan often followed Harry and his friends, this led to one thing: Harry and his friends became the only freshmen among the four houses who weren't tricked by Peeves.
This also led to Harry's reputation as the Boy Who Lived becoming even more widespread. In almost everyone's eyes, it was all due to the power that caused Voldemort's demise when Harry was still an infant.
When Peeves found out, he was speechless and repeatedly tried to attack Harry to prove himself, but subconsciously stopped himself.
Now, even Peeves believes this claim.
Actually, this is due to two reasons. First, Ryan is now at level 4 Phoenix Metamorphosis. At level 4, Phoenix Metamorphosis no longer needs additional ignition to activate. Ryan only needs to imagine himself as a Phoenix, and even his physical body can be hidden in the Phoenix formed from his consciousness.
The Phoenix's magic is one of the purest and most powerful, so it's normal that Peeves instinctively doesn't dare to provoke it.
Secondly, there is the main god, the Furnace Core of Smith Castle. It is of the same kind as Peeves, an existence enslaved after being refined by Ryan. The current main god, in the terminology of fantasy novels, is Ryan's second Primordial Spirit.
The Peeves would naturally instinctively run away.
This is why, even now, Ravenclaw freshmen still go to and from school together.
After breakfast, upon learning that he would be getting a new wand, Ron Neville beamed with joy and excitedly led the way, completely forgetting that they didn't know the way and couldn't read the map.
It was almost 9 o'clock. Ravenclaw's first class was A History of Magic. Some upperclassmen had already hinted that they could read or sleep during this class, but Harry and his friends, still freshmen, arrived early at the A History of Magic classroom on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle, full of anticipation, waiting for the appearance of the only ghost professor.
"Have you read 'Hogwarts: Hogwarts, A History'? You should know that Professor Binns is the oldest professor, having existed since the school's founding," Lisa Turpin said excitedly.
"Professor Binns became a ghost because he was sleeping in the Staff Room one night and didn't even know it was on fire."
"The next morning, he got up stupidly and went to class, leaving his body behind and forgetting to take it with him."
"It's said that he was already quite old at the time and didn't even realize he was dead," Terry Boot added, adding some gossip he'd heard from other houses.
"Professor Binns has served as the Professor of A History of Magic since the founding of Hogwarts. His quick mind and clear thinking have been praised by Slytherin. Therefore, he was invited and rightfully became the Professor of A History of Magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Wizardry."
"Hogwarts: A History describes it this way: As lunchtime approached, the students reluctantly left Professor Binns' classroom, each one appearing very excited. The species transformation had given them their first glimpse of the wonders of magic, and Professor Binns' A History of Magic filled the children with endless imagination about magic." Hermione recited the relevant description of Professor Binns verbatim.
"Ah, I heard from my George and Fred that this class is the best time to catch up on sleep. Professor Binns just reads his own words all the time and can't even remember the students' names. He doesn't care about dozing off or sleeping."
"But they often say things that seem correct and joke with me," Ron said, frowning, worried that it might be another joke his brother was playing on him, while Hermione was convinced that what was written in the book was definitely true, looking as if Ron had been fooled again.
Soon, amidst everyone's anticipation, 9 o'clock arrived, and a pearly white, semi-transparent ghost emerged from the blackboard, holding a notebook.
Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, he gave a dry greeting and began to discuss today's topic: a famous figure in the wizarding world.
The two most easily confused are undoubtedly the villain Morwick and the Uric the Oddball.
Now Ron finally knew that his brother hadn't lied to him. Before he could even rejoice, Professor Binns's panting, drawn-out voice made him drowsy, and he could only force himself to stay awake.
Professor Binns looked at his notes and read them aloud in a dry, low, monotonous voice, like an old-fashioned vacuum cleaner.
Finally, the whole class was drowsy, occasionally snapping back to reality to copy down a name or date before falling back into a semi-sleep state. Hermione also drifted off from time to time, while Ryan, having anticipated this, took the pillow he had prepared in advance and drifted off to sleep.
Two hours passed quickly, and before we knew it, it was 11 o'clock.
"It's unbelievable that Professor Binns would do this." Hermione puffed out her cheeks.
"But it was a really good sleep," Ron yawned.
"I guess it's because he's been teaching for too long. After all, Hogwarts has been around for over a thousand years," Harry suggested.
"Didn't you all notice? Professor Binns explained things in great detail and got straight to the point. Apart from his long-winded speech that made people sleepy, he didn't have any other problems." Ryan rubbed his head, looking like a good student who had listened attentively to the lecture.
Then he took out his notebook, which automatically recorded Professor Binns' voice and converted it into text, and showed it to Hermione.
"It's unbelievable! I didn't even realize that I'd misremembered so much!" Hermione flashed her mouse teeth, looking adorable.
"Ryan, let me copy this down," Ron said quickly, and Harry nodded.
To be honest, Ryan thought that the way the A History of Magic classes were structured, and that the classes were all in the morning, was probably intentional on the part of the headmasters.
This method of combating sleepiness by taking notes is the best way to train willpower. Moreover, for history class, you only need to circle the key points and review them on your own, which will not delay your studies.
Amidst the noisy crowd, everyone arrived at the Great Hall and sat down at Ravenclaw's table. Seamus from Gryffindor turned around and complained to everyone about Quirrell's unreliability in Defense Against the Dark Arts, suggesting that plugging one's nose would make one feel better.
She added that she no longer wants to smell or eat foods containing garlic.