When Professor McGonagall saw Lei Kaiming, Nanyang Magic School's champion, push the remaining box into the lake, she immediately turned toward Principal Li Jinglong beside her. He happened to look over at that very moment.
Professor McGonagall's eyes were full of amusement, while Principal Li Jinglong's expression was thoroughly awkward.
He had just been complaining at length about her students' lack of scruples, only for his own student to turn around and do exactly the same thing.
The other spectators had none of their mixed feelings and doubled over with laughter.
Back in the task, Harry and Ron had already begun assembling the magical automaton.
Of the three spells they had obtained from the clues, two were meant for assembling this magical automaton. However, the two of them needed to work together. One levitated a piece while the other held it steady, then the first levitated another piece and fitted it into place.
Each of the first four Magic Boxes contained six components. With the final core added, there were twenty-five pieces in total.
If these had been building blocks, a twenty-five-piece model would have been kindergarten level. Even the Lego that kindergarten children played with was more advanced than this.
But magical automata were another matter entirely.
For a start, before the components were activated with magic, there was no making sense of their shapes. They were simply a jumble of oddly shaped lumps.
At least, that was what the two from Nanyang Magic School thought at the moment.
Nanyang Magic School offered alchemy courses, but as a magic school in Asia, it was influenced not only by wizards from the Americas, but also considerably by the East Ancient Country.
Its alchemy classes therefore differed somewhat from those in Europe and the Americas. They focused more on studying medicinal