'Shining entrance~ Leave the healing to me, I won't disappoint you!'
Saying this line with a very cute and energetic tone allows one to gain experience points for Healing magic, and the amount of experience depends on the level of trust people have in your words when they hear them.
In other words, when the conditions are met and this line is recited, only a basic value of 1 point can be obtained.
However, if there are outsiders present and they have a certain level of trust in your Healing magic, then experience points will be acquired proportionally to that trust.
Although one could slowly grind by reciting it repeatedly when alone or in the dormitory, according to the conditions for gaining skill experience, it is necessary to treat an injured person and gain their trust in your Healing magic to accumulate experience and level up faster.
How could Clarence not feel ashamed? When he was muttering it to himself, his toes were practically digging through his shoe soles from embarrassment. If he were to do this in front of people or in a crowded place...
As Clarence was feeling self-conscious, Madam Pomfrey had already completely healed the young Gryffindor Wizard, and even treated some of his other minor ailments.
Then she turned to him and said, "Alright, you can take him back to the common room, or he can go straight to class, there's no problem at all."
"Okay, thank you, Madam Pomfrey." Immediately after, before she could turn back to her desk, Clarence eagerly asked again, "Um, Madam Pomfrey, I'd like to ask, if I want to become a Healer like you in the future, what all is required, or could you recommend some materials or something? I can look them up in the library!"
Clarence's question, no, rather, his idea, piqued Madam Pomfrey's interest. After all, very few young Wizards, especially those currently enrolled in school, aside from the upper years, know about the profession of a Healer.
And even among upper-year students, very few would want to become a Healer after graduation.
Healers in the Magic World are like doctors in the Muggle world; they are an indispensable and extremely important profession. However, most magic schools do not offer basic courses for the Healer profession.
Perhaps it's because the difficulty of applying for this profession is too great, meaning the barrier to entry is too high. Wizards without talent in this area must spend a lot of time studying to barely meet the basic requirements and conditions to become a Healer.
Therefore, even among the upper-year students at Hogwarts, very few would set the Healer profession as their goal.
At this moment, Madam Pomfrey, hearing that this handsome young Wizard was seemingly very interested in this profession, naturally hoped that he could become a true Healer in the future.
So, she unreservedly told Clarence the requirements for becoming a Healer, recommended many materials, and even signed a note for him.
She explained that some materials in the library are not accessible to young Wizards, just like the dangerous magic books in the Restricted Section, so a note is required to view them.
Clarence could take this note directly to the librarian, who would proactively gather all the materials for him and handle the borrowing procedures.
After thanking her, Clarence carefully put away the note, then helped the Gryffindor student leave the infirmary.
Once outside, he asked whether he wanted to be taken back to the Gryffindor common room or go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class classroom together.
The little guy's choice was naturally the one that allowed him to spend more time with Clarence, so he could only support the boy, asking the paintings or occasionally passing ghosts along the way, until they arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts Class classroom.
Unfortunately, upon entering, they found the classroom empty; not only were there no other students, but even the Professor hadn't arrived yet.
Having no choice, they found a seat and waited. Clarence handed some candies to the Gryffindor boy who had been looking like he wanted to say something but wouldn't, hoping to shut him up and prevent him from disturbing his reading and pre-study.
Although Clarence had already memorized all the content in the first-year textbooks, this did not prevent him from reviewing it again.
However, the idea was good, but in reality, the few candies Clarence gave out did not keep the boy sitting next to him quiet for long before they were all eaten.
Afterward, he resumed his earlier hesitant expression. Although his expression and gaze didn't affect Clarence's reading, for the sake of his own persona, he had to look up and ask what the other person wanted to say.
Actually, the boy's thoughts were very simple; besides liking Clarence's appearance, it was also due to inner curiosity that he had such an expression.
As for what he was curious about?
Naturally, it was about Clarence's incredibly skilled use of the Levitation Charm during the previous Charms Class, to the point where even the Professor had him temporarily act as a teaching assistant, helping to instruct the first-year students.
So, his curious question was whether Clarence had already started learning the magic spells from the textbooks before even enrolling in Hogwarts?
There was no need to hide such a question. Clarence nodded directly, indicating that not only had he started learning magic spells before enrolling, but he had also memorized all the first-year textbooks.
This answer earned him the other party's adoring gaze, and the boy even asked Clarence if, since they weren't in class yet, he could give him a preview of the content of this Defense Against the Dark Arts Class and the magic spells involved.
To this, Clarence agreed without a moment's hesitation. However, the situation with Defense Against the Dark Arts Class is special, so the Professor does not actually teach according to the textbook's sequence.
Of course, this special situation isn't entirely due to Lord Voldemort's curse; it's also because some parts of this course require teaching materials, specifically various dangerous creatures, and these are not easy to capture and bring back as teaching aids.
So, usually, when the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor obtains some dangerous creature, he will directly skip any un-taught lessons and first teach knowledge on how to deal with or defend against that dangerous creature.
In short, Clarence himself wasn't entirely sure what exactly would be taught in today's Defense Against the Dark Arts Class.
However, although Clarence wasn't clear about the content of today's class, he had summarized some general theories, techniques, and magic spells from the first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook.
These so-called general techniques are only for ordinary dangerous creatures. If one encounters a special one, such as a Boggart, a unique creature that can manifest a person's deepest fears, those general techniques cannot be used. Instead, a specific spell, the Boggart-Banishing Spell, is required to deal with it.
But Clarence didn't think that on the very first class, and especially with newly enrolled first-year young Wizards, the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor would bring out such a dangerous creature as a teaching aid.
After all, it involves the realm of the mind and psychology, especially the most important emotion of fear. One wrong move could ruin a normal young Wizard.
So, it's estimated that most of the first-year class content will only be theoretical and technical knowledge, not yet involving magic spells or practical application.
Especially regarding understanding and dealing with dangerous creatures!