Chapter 33 – First Day at the School of Magic(3)

'Please stop fighting. Alexander, first of all it is not nice to offend. Please, in my class speak only if I speak to you. And please never offend anyone again ..."
Miss Harmony stood up from her desk and got close to the boys.
'Did you hear about Merlin?"
'Of course I did ... I read a lot of books written by him. About magic, potions and more. Anyone heard about him," Alexander the "wise" smiled.
'But did you know that at first, before he became one of the most well-known wizards, he was responsible for growing herbs and cleaning potions? This is how he became the most skilful wizard when it comes to potions and elixirs."
Alexander stopped smiling.
'As for being a caregiver, it means more than you think, it means to have a lot of knowledge. To learn a lot ... In the world of sceptics, this means being a kind of vet. But in our magic world it means much more and it is much harder. You must know everything about mystical and non-mystical creatures. Absolutely everything. To know everything you need when an ice dragon's scales melt, or when the gills of a sea eagle are clogged with algae."
Alexander was as red as a beetroot ... He wanted to say something more, but his words couldn't leave his brain to his mouth, so the only thing he could say was ... silence. Miss Harmony made him feel ungrateful. That's how he was at that moment, actually.
'So Johnny, I really want you to become a caretaker of mystical and non-mystical creatures. But even for that you have a lot to work."
"Thank you, Miss Harmony," Johnny said with a big smile, feeling like a real winner.
'As I told you, depending on how diligent and hardworking you are and you will be ... your achievements will be the consequence of your work. You can be laborious, active students, to become Magic Architects, herb Growers or even potion Creators, Caretakers of mystical or non-mystical beings, or you will learn to be the best. Guardians and Fighters of magic."
'Is Mr. Knudlac a Guardian?" asked Jasmine Thompson.
'Yes, dear. He is as well Magic Knight of the Empire in the Order of the Magic Knights, Magic Duke of Elmbridge in the Chamber of Magic Lords, Member of the Magic Consulate, Director of the Elmbridge School of Magic ... and many more."
'Are you a herb Grower?"
"I am a potion maker," replied the professor with the same smile.
'I also want to be a potion maker. In no case grower ..."
'To be a grower requires as much study and commitment. If you do not know how to grow the howling cucumber, and you do not know when to change its layer of sand, to be similar to that at the bottom of the sea, which is salty and dry and wet at the same time, the cucumber will scream so loud that it will break any stone, including the walls of our school. Or, if you don't water the flying grass properly, at noon and in the evening, just as much as the dew in the morning used to water it, you risk affecting the flight system in the Pegasus horses that eat it, to never fly again. So..."
'I want to be a grower, so that bad things don't happen," rushed the little girl.
'I hope you become a very good grower ..."
The woman smiled at the children.
'In fact, let's see what each one wants to become."
At each desk, she asked each kid what they wanted to become. She listened to them calmly and gently and wished them luck. And of course she urged them to study hard and smart.
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The children enter very quietly in the classroom. It was the first lesson with Mr. Knudlac for Elizabeth and for many others.
"Please sit down," Knudlac told the children. And open the magic book ... on page 4.
On each desk where two students were seated, a volume of How to use a wand - Lessons for beginners, Get busy and make it snappy by Paula Brown, appeared for each student.
'Today we talk about how to use the magic wand. The magic wand is ... the extension of a wizard's hand and it is normal to be the first thing we learn to use. Today if we have more time after reading, we practice defence against the attack of the opponent... How to disarm your wand attacker," said the professor.
The boys were on top of the world. Bustle and noise among them, because it was clear they liked the subject they were to discuss at that course. What can be more fun for young people of their age than fighting with magic, to show which one is brighter.
'Quiet! just read what I asked," Mr. Knudlac frowned for just a moment, but enough to turn those little barbarians into little angels.
Everyone began to read as if they were soldiers in the army. The children began to read from the magic book, surprised at what they learned and repeated, in their mind or aloud, various words. A little girl, who seemed not to know the mysteries of magic as well as the others, like Elizabeth, however, managed to throw a colleague's wand from one of the desk to Knudlac's table, using the knowledge in the book.
The girl was embarrassed, especially because some of the kids who had private lessons with famous professors, to avoid making fool of themselves at the school of magic, like Alexander, started laughing loud at her.