"You said so much. Are you trying to kick me out?" Elaine narrowed her eyes and asked.
Found out?!
Even if the other party was Elaine, she would not believe that "reading comprehension" was a kind of advanced magic.
However, Elwyn did not say everything. At least as far as he knew, in the distant Eastern Magic World, magic schools would systematically train wizards to master reading comprehension. They even invented many spells in this field. It was said that their Wizard Rank Examination was usually written, and the test paper was very difficult. There were a lot of magic analysis questions that were beyond practical application. If one could not quickly understand what the question maker was talking about, it would be very difficult to pass the Wizard Rank Examination.
Therefore, reading comprehension played a big role in this kind of purely theoretical exam.
Another reason was that the ancient civilizations in the Eastern Magic World were usually too old.
The magic books and materials they left behind were recorded in the ancient magic language and writing style of the past. They were also very esoteric and difficult to understand. Only those wizards who were very proficient in ancient magic language, ancient history, national studies, and reading comprehension could understand the true meaning of those ancient magic books.
Therefore, reading comprehension was really a very important skill, whether it was for Muggle or wizards.
As for Elaine's question, Elwyn thought about it and nodded. He wanted to kick the child out right now.
However, he was very suspicious that if he really said that, he might not be able to get rid of the trouble of Elaine for the whole day.
"Elaine, I'm very willing for you to stay and help," Elwyn said insincerely. "Hermione and I both think so."
Behind him, Hermione, who was curled up on the sofa, snorted heavily, as if she was protesting Elwyn's words.
Elwyn pretended not to hear it and quickly changed the topic. "You can stay. As long as you are willing, I will teach you reading comprehension. Just like the Brain Occlusion, this magic … skill first needs to be focused. You need to read a book carefully and maintain enough patience."
"Even if the book is very boring?"
"That's right. Even if the book is very boring, you have to try your best to read it." Elwyn nodded and said, "This is the first step to mastering reading comprehension. If you agree to stay, you have to do this. Don't make trouble, don't make any noise, and don't use the magic just now. Just sit quietly and read. Can you do that?"
"Hard to say!" Elaine thought for a while and replied, "If you can give me five bloody lollipops, I think I will maintain this patience."
"I can only give you one. Too much candy is bad for your teeth."
"No, at least five. You haven't given me any sweets since the day before yesterday!"
"Because you said you had a toothache," said Elwyn.
"This is a very dangerous signal." Hermione interrupted without looking up, "Elwyn is right. Elaine, you have to control the amount of sweets you eat. Merlin above, you simply eat too much sweets. I haven't seen you stop for the whole summer. My father told me that if you don't clean your teeth in time after eating sweets, the sugar in your mouth will easily turn into acid and cause corrosion to the teeth, so I think … "
As Hermione spoke, Elwyn nodded at Elaine.
Elaine opened her mouth, as if she did not know how to refute Hermione. She did not even know what acid was.
Countless past experiences told her that it was best not to argue with Hermione at this time.
Otherwise, the result would not be good.
Elaine did not speak. Instead, she stretched out her little open hand to Elwyn and made a "five" gesture aggressively.
"No!" Elwyn mouthed and pressed her fingers down one by one.
It was difficult to do so because Elaine looked at Elwyn with tears in her eyes, silently resisting as if he had done something very cruel.
Then, after Elwyn struggled to turn Elaine's little hand into a fist, she finally compromised.
She stretched out three more fingers and made a coquettishly begging for mercy.
Completely ignoring Elaine's aggrieved look, Elwyn firmly pressed her fingers down again.
"You have to listen to Hermione, Elaine. Her father is a dentist and has a lot of say in this area," said Elwyn.
"What is a dentist?" Elaine was puzzled.
"It's a Muggle profession similar to the therapists at St. Mungo's Magic Hospital. They specialize in treating teeth. They are experts in this area." Elwyn continued, "If you get a tooth, do you know how the Muggle therapists will treat it? They usually pull out your teeth one by one. "
"Pull out teeth?!" Elaine suddenly widened her eyes. "Why do they do that?"
"Because dentists believe that this is the most effective way to treat broken teeth," said Hermione.
"It's terrible!"
"You don't want to pull out teeth, do you?" After getting a positive answer, Elwyn continued, "So, I can only give you a bloody lollipop. This is for your own good. You can finish it here and use this … um," Devil's Advocate "to practice your reading comprehension."
"Aren't we looking for information about the home of the Houseelf? What's in "Devil's Advocate"? Is it a slug? "
"Mr. Lovegood has collected a lot of information. Maybe there's something we need in it." Elwyn said, stuffing the "Devil's Advocate" into Elaine's hand. He did not think that there would be any information about the home of the Houseelf in "Devil's Advocate", but at least this magazine would not be so boring. It could quiet Elaine for a while.
"Well, thank you for" Devil's Advocate "." Elaine accepted the magazine. "Give me the lollipop …"
At this time, the voice of the Houseelf Dobby sounded from above. He seemed to be running down the stairs.
"Young Master Elwyn, Young Master Elwyn …"
Hearing Dobby's voice, Elaine's eyes lit up and she hurriedly said, "I think I can go up and finish reading this magazine. Let Dobby come with me …"
"No, Elaine!" Elwyn shook his head and refused. "You stay here and read it. You're not allowed to go anywhere. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. I already know that you secretly let Dobby go to Hogsmeade to buy candy for you last semester. You're not allowed to do this in the future. Also, you have to return the money you used to buy candy to Dobby. That's his salary. "
Hearing Elwyn's words, the smile on Elaine's face froze. She looked quite surprised. "How do you know this? This is clearly between me and Dobby …"
"Dobby is an honest Houseelf. He never lies." Elwyn praised, looking at the Houseelf Dobby who appeared at the entrance.
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