Though both spells are basic, those two were proven to be useful. Ethan picked up his quill again and scribbled down more notes on his notebook, even if he already has notes about them from previous terms. Getting that task done, the Slytherin closed his notebook in a hurried fashion, and tossed all of his writing implements into his bag.

Non-verbal Banishing Charm for them, eh? Shouldn’t be too hard. He had extra practice during summer, taking advantage of the fact that he can do magic outside school seeing that he’s already legal to do so.

“Depulso.” Ethan murmured as he practised the wand movement without his wand first. With his current mood, he might accidentally banish someone out of the classroom if he had his wand in his hand. That wouldn’t be a good first impression with the new Charms professor, eh? Yep. He thought so.

Alternating the wand movement and incantation in his head, he stood up from his seat and was tempted to use the banishing charm right then and there. Keeping his mouth shut, he pushed back his table and chair, and stood at the very back of the classroom and waited for practice to commence.