Time flew by, and exam week arrived in the blink of an eye.
June was the most pleasant time of year at Hogwarts. Sunlight warmed the waters of the Black Lake, and the Giant Squid occasionally surfaced to bask in the sun, draping its tentacles over the rocks along the shore and waving them lazily.
Every window in the castle stood open, and the scent of flowers drifted through the corridors.
For most students, however, the pressure of final exams completely overshadowed all that beauty.
The library seats were occupied from morning until night, and Madam Pince had to confiscate several piles of smuggled snacks every day.
Gerald was not particularly nervous.
Apart from History of Magic and Herbology, which required extensive memorization, the other subjects mostly had practical exams. Those were actually the easiest for him.
He spent two evenings going through his question-and-answer notes for History of Magic, linking the timeline to the names and events. With Cedric's help, he also organized several easily confused magical plants into a table for Herbology, making them much easier to memorize.
Flying Class was even less of a challenge, and he completed the exam with ease.
The Charms exam covered the Levitation Charm, Scourgify, and Three-Foot Push.
The students were divided into groups of three and took turns demonstrating their control of the spells before Professor Flitwick.
When Gerald's turn came, he used Three-Foot Push to knock the Training Dummy back to precisely the required distance. Even the ruler Flitwick had placed on the floor showed no discrepancy. Unsurprisingly, he earned an O.
The Astronomy exam was not much different from the basic astronomy he had studied in his previous life: identifying constellations and calculating planetary orbits. Only the part about explaining how lunar phases affected magical rituals was somewhat different.