Unlike the transformation test, Iven was the last one to hand in his paper for the magic history test.
He wrote for two and a half hours. By the end, all the young wizards in the class were staring at him in shock. Even the ghost, Professor Benz, was shocked.
They did not know how Elwyn could write so much. It was beyond their imagination.
Normally, the exam could be finished in an hour, but the last question about the burning of witches in the fourteenth century caught Elwyn's interest.
He had discussed this with Harry during the previous summer break.
His recent research on magic passed down from the Middle Ages had given him a deeper understanding of the subject.
Usually, the world of magic thought that burning witches was meaningless.
In the Middle Ages, the Muggle were especially afraid of magic and witchcraft.
However, they were not good at recognizing magic. They only caught wizards or witches occasionally, and burning them did not have much effect.
When a wizard or witch was being burned, they would cast a basic spell to freeze the flames. They would enjoy the gentle tickling sensation of the flames while pretending to scream in pain. The fortune-teller, Wendlyn, loved to be burned. He had once been caught in various disguises by people, and he had done it forty-seven times.
These were the exact words of the historian of magic, Bashida Bashart, in his book on the history of magic. It also represented the opinion of most people.
Elwyn would get full marks if he wrote this on his paper.
However, through his recent research, he felt that Bashat's analysis was very one-sided.
The Witch Hunt led by the Church was not as simple as the world of magic thought. Elwyn felt that it was a conspiracy.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Europe entered the darkest Middle Ages.
Humanity fell, morals collapsed, and productivity slowed down. The Muggle's fear of the unknown and witchcraft reached an all-time high.
The holy and ancient empire split into many countries, and the forces of magic also split. Many heretical spells related to the ancient warlocks and wizards spread throughout Europe.
The constant battles between the Muggle led to the rapid development of magic, especially dark magic. Among them, the Necromancy Magic, which was led by the traditional wizards of the Church, and the Demonic Magic, which was led by the rising dark wizards, developed the fastest.
According to the traces left behind, these two types of magic needed a large number of human souls or corpses as the basis for casting.
The souls and corpses of underage women were the best materials for casting spells.
As mentioned before, the witch hunt did not kill many real wizards, but the female Muggle were persecuted on a large scale.
The movement lasted for hundreds of years and eventually turned into a terrorist act. Many Muggle girls, who were called witches, were sent to the Inquisition.
They were sentenced to death, but their souls and corpses were secretly collected by the dark wizards.
Ironically, although the out-of-control Witch Hunt could not hurt the real adult Sorcerers, it caused the young Sorcerers who had just awakened their powers to suffer a disaster. Many Muggle children who had just shown their talent for magic were brutally murdered by their relatives. The Muggles claimed that this was the power of the devil.
The Muggle claimed that it was the power of the devil, which reduced the number of wizards to fewer and fewer.
More and more ancient wizard schools went extinct because they could not find suitable successors. The powerful spells of the ancient times became the dust of history one by one.
The magic world became more and more depressed, and the status of pure-blood wizard families became higher and higher. Three hundred years after the witch hunt broke out, with the rise of colonialism and the introduction of mysterious witchcraft from the New World and the East, this terrorist act gradually stopped.
The International Secrecy Act, which was signed in 1689, was considered an important milestone in the development of the magic world. Necromancy and Demonic Black Magic were listed as taboo and were not allowed to be studied. All magic books were destroyed, and wizards went into hiding.
They no longer participated in the war of the Muggle, but developed independently.
Because of the limited time for the exam, Elwyn could only write down the results of his research.
Even so, his answer still shocked everyone.
No matter how they looked at it, it was enough to shake the magic world.
If it was not because the topic of black magic was too taboo, Elwyn could even provide the evolution of hundreds of black magic spells as a basis.
Even so, Professor Benz was stunned for a long time after seeing Elwyn's exam paper.
Because he was too excited, his translucent ghost body turned pale red.
The other wizards looked at him, wanting to see what Elwyn wrote on the exam paper to make Professor Benz lose his composure.
Because of the research value, Elwyn scored 120 points in the magic history exam. The extra points were a reward from Professor Benz. This action of setting a record in the history of the Hogwarts became the hottest topic in the castle.
Of course, this was a story for later. Elwyn was walking with Corin to the hall.
Unlike before, the third-year students were all in high spirits and looked very excited.
Hermione's prediction was very accurate. Professor Flitwick used the Happy Spell as the third-year exam topic.
Elwyn did not see Harry and Ron. Hermione told him that it was because Harry had gone overboard in dispelling nervousness. Ron had been laughing hysterically. For the sake of the exam results, Professor Flitwick had to bring them to his office and let them calm down until Ron could chant the Happy Spell on his own.
Harry and Ron barely made it to the auditorium in the middle of lunch.
They looked very haggard, not at all like they had just cast the Happy Spell.
"It's not good," Ron said, shaking his head. "Maybe the laughter used up too much energy, or maybe I was too nervous to cast the spell alone. Anyway, my Happy Spell didn't work. Harry was just pretending to be happy. Professor Flitwick obviously saw through it. "
"Don't take it to heart. This spell is very difficult." Harry said weakly, "I did feel happy at the time, but it wasn't as strong."
Harry's words were not convincing. He did not look happy at all.
"I told you before that when you cast the spell, you waved your wand in the wrong direction," Hermione said, looking at Ron. "Obviously, you didn't listen to me."
"But when I used this spell before, it worked. I thought..."
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