Wizardry System - Chapter 70

When Chris woke up, he was in the waiting room.

“Oh god,” Chris mumbled. “Did I just die?”

“Indeed you did,”

Prometheus showed up in front of Chris.

“I did not think he would use the killing curse on me,” Chris said. “I guess he just didn’t care anymore,”

“So I’m guessing I passed the test,” Chris said.

“Yes, you have,” Prometheus said. “You have passed Gryffindor’s test. He will have a couple of words with you,”

Like Slytherin, Gryffindor’s hologram appeared in front of Chris.

“Well done boy,” Gryffindor said. “The best choice for you to survive would have been to split up and run into the forest. The chances of Voldemort catching your friends that have run away was close to zero. However, you decided to sacrifice yourself not to give Voldemort that sliver of a chance. You have also realized that being brave doesn’t mean you have to be stupid. The fact that you decided to sacrifice a group alongside yourself was smart. Brave but stupid people would’ve done a solo suicide mission and that’s not what I want. I want brawn and bit of a brain. That’s enough for me. Good luck on your next two tests. The only two remaining are Helena and Rowena’s,”

Gryffindor’s hologram disappeared.

“So ready for your next test?” Prometheus asked.

“No!” Chris said. “I just died 5 minutes ago. Not even Gryffindor can be ready after dying,”

“Alright, I’ll give a bit of time to rest,” Prometheus said.

Chris sat for a while constantly thinking about how he was killed.

“So how are the girls doing?” Chris asked to stop thinking about his death.

“Kristine passed the Slytherin test. She went on to the next test. She’s doing alright. Doing what a Ravenclaw should be doing,” Prometheus said.

“Wait Ravenclaw? I was doing Gryffindor,” Chris said.

“The test is different for each person so the order can also be different as well. Slytherin was the only exception as his test allowed you to have knowledge that it was a test. You can’t fake resourcefulness, but you can fake bravery, kindness, and in a sense wisdom especially because it is a test. If you knew that the battle in the forest was test for Gryffindor, you would’ve just forced everyone to leave and go on a suicide mission. That’s not brave. That’s just you trying to pass,”

“Wait so then how come you said that you couldn’t pass the third test?” Chris asked. “If it’s all arbitrary then you shouldn’t know the results,”

“Oh, pretty fancy word you used there for a kid. Sorry, I can’t really answer that,” Prometheus said.

“Ok. It was not even a hard question, but I guess I’ll move on,” Chris said looking at Prometheus with a funny look. “So what happened to Hermione?”

“She failed Slytherin’s test. That doesn’t mean she’s unintelligent. She is very intelligent. However, for now, she is only extremely smart with books and the likes. Her knowledge of taking advantage of others and etc. are lacking. She needs to grow a little more,”

“Then how did Kristine pass?” Chris asked. “She doesn’t seem to be the ‘taking advantage of others’ type,”

“Talent. More than her skills in learning from books, she is better at being resourceful. She tried her hardest and just absorbed all the knowledge she possibly could and bȧrėly did it,” Prometheus said. “It’s quite unfortunate you couldn’t see it. Perhaps she could tell you about what happened,”

“Huh, I guess I’ll do that later. Well, I’m ready for the next test,” Chris said. “Perhaps I can do it even faster than the Gryffindor test. I mean the test only lasted a couple hours long compared to the weeks I had to spend in the Slytherin one,”

“Well that all depends,” Prometheus said. “It’s just a matter of if you have the trait or not. If you do, it can last very shortly. If not, then tough luck because you’ll eventually fail. In the Slytherin test, you could learn how to become resourceful, but you can’t really learn how to be brave or how to be kind. Well the next test is ready for you. Good luck,”

Chris closed his eyes as he readied himself for the ride to come. Soon he lost consciousness.

…

“I was so close to passing the Slytherin test too,” Hermione said as she started to tear up a little bit.

Rowena noticed Hermione who started to silently sob.

“Child do not cry,” Rowena said. “I am proud to have a student like you in my house. You have done very well in the test. Perhaps it was not enough right now, but people in my house get resourceful and a bit cunning after they age a little bit and those two in the test simply just did a little better than you have. In fact, out of the three of you, I would think that you are the best for the Ravenclaw house. Your thirst for knowledge and your absorption of that knowledge is the best,”

Hermione looked at Rowena with a shocked look and wiped the tear off her face. She then smiled the best she can and thanked Rowena. Seeing how Hermione cheered up, Rowena smiled and looked back at the mirrors with a serious gaze.

‘Hopefully, the two of them pass my test,’ Rowena thought. ‘While knowledge is the main part of being in the Ravenclaw House, wisdom is another part and wisdom might mean coldness. Hopefully, those two kids have what it takes to be cold and calculating,’

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