A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 197: Ancient and modern

Hermione seemed to think of something, "Professor, did you use this rune in last year's public class?"

"No, the demonstration in the public class is the real ancient magic, but it is based on this rune." Felix said.

He looked at the time and said gently: "Today is almost over. As for how to discover the power of a single rune, I will arrange this part for tomorrow. You can try it yourself after you go back, there is no danger , but it may cause you some trouble."

"Troubled?"

Felix raised the corner of his mouth: "If I remember correctly, the effect of a rune I taught you is very interesting. I wonder if you can find it?"

Hermione felt a little resentful, and the professor's bad taste appeared again...

At this point, Hermione almost understood the logic of the entire practical ancient rune system - if it was an analogy, she thought of the radio she had disassembled herself.

The rune is the foundation of everything, and its status is equivalent to the electronic parts in the radio;

But whether it is a single rune or an electronic component, they are relatively independent and can show their own characteristics, such as the heating of the resistor, the light of the small light bulb, and the rune that the professor showed that means light.

These characteristics are not good or bad in essence, but after adding human subjective judgment, there is a difference: the luminous characteristic is obviously more useful than the heating characteristic...

The rune circuit corresponds to the circuit in the radio. At this time, the rune has been combined to form a circuit with specific magical functions, such as the burst rune circuit that the professor demonstrated a long time ago.

She still remembers that Professor Haipu described it as "very unstable", which shows that it is difficult for a single rune circuit to be applied stably.

Only when multiple rune circuits cooperate with each other can a fully functional rune creation be created, just like her beaded pouch.

As for ancient magic, she doesn't have much information, so let's assume it's the same.

Hermione thought it would be easy to understand with such an analogy. She told the professor what she thought, and looked at him expectantly, "What do you think?"

Felix gave him an approving look, "It's very vivid, Miss Granger. For you at present, it can be understood in this way."

The little witch nodded. She has come into contact with too much new knowledge today, and she needs to reorganize it when she goes back.

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When Hermione left, Felix sat on the sofa. What he had gained tonight made him think more deeply about the similarities and differences between ancient magic and simplified magic.

His previous thinking was that ancient magic was powerful but difficult to control; as for simplified magic, its power was not outstanding, but it was still sufficient. Its biggest advantage was that it was easy to learn and less likely to lose control.

But in fact, it is almost inevitable that simplified magic will replace ancient magic——

Simplified magic can basically be regarded as a collection of spells + casting actions + magic mobilization.

'Spell' represents the power of the mind, which can be omitted after proficiency, that is, silent casting;

The latter two - 'casting action' and 'magic mobilization' can be confused in most cases.

This is because under the simplified magic system, the casting action and the mobilization of magic power are bound one by one, and a casting action corresponds to a way of mobilizing magic power. This is the essence of the entire simplified magic system.

The benefits of this approach are amazing:

Wizards don't need to spend a lot of time learning how to mobilize and control their own magic power. This part of knowledge is naturally integrated into the teaching system of Hogwarts.

Theoretically speaking, as long as you have learned the regular casting action, you are qualified to master most of the spells under the same system.

The reason why it is not all spells is because some unpopular spell-casting actions have been deleted from the existing textbooks of Hogwarts, which means that young wizards cannot grasp the magic mobilization method behind these spell-casting actions.

However, if the professor wants to teach extra, he can spend more time on the new spell-casting action while explaining the spell. At most, the little wizard thinks this spell is a bit difficult and not very handy.

It is precisely because of the close combination of casting action and mobilization of magic power that many young wizards only know the former and have no concept of the latter, but this does not affect their use of magic in the slightest.

An extreme example would be:

Some wizards with outstanding talents can master the corresponding magic by relying on the other party's spells and spell-casting actions just after seeing someone else's spell-casting.

What's more convenient is that when one is familiar enough with the spell, the casting action can also be omitted, and everything seems to return to the mobilization of magic power itself.

It's just that most wizards haven't seen this process clearly from beginning to end.

If you are not satisfied with the teaching content of the school, the Hogwarts library also has a lot of information for young wizards to refer to and study in depth, provided that you choose the right book.

The above thinking can be regarded as the advantages of simplifying magic - it is easy to learn, self-contained, and still retains the possibility of continuous improvement.

This is far superior to ancient magic.

You must know that ancient wizards did not even have a standard and unified spell-casting action~IndoMTL.com~ Every learning of ancient magic means an adventure. They naturally tend to the same type of magic to reduce the risk of learning new magic.

In addition, the ancient wizards followed the master-apprentice teaching system, and the communication was not as convenient as it is now, which also led to their serious partiality. Many wizards only mastered a few flame magics in their lifetime.

According to Felix's speculation, only when he has mastered a large number of practical features of ancient runes and the combination of runes can he truly display the power of ancient magic.

Even with a few fire spells, he can start a fire.

Simplified magic is not all advantages——

This approach has resulted in an inevitable result: for today's wizards, the older the magic, the more difficult it is to master.

This is because some ancient magic has inherited the understanding of magic from ancient wizards, but this understanding is incompatible with the current magic system.

For example, the Patronus Charm, which focuses more on the use of spiritual power.

And its method of mobilizing magic power is not within the basic spell-casting actions taught by Hogwarts, which means that you have to re-learn several, or even more than a dozen methods of mobilizing and controlling magic power, which is almost impossible. It stumped more than 90% of wizards.

Felix realized this very early on, and also thought of getting rid of the shackles of the simplified magic framework.

He first read books in the library to learn more ways to mobilize and control magic power.

He also tried to discover powerful magic from various ancient books, master and control them.

In fact, this is also the choice of many wizards - in the pursuit of powerful magic, to improve the control of magic and the understanding of magic.

Later, Felix aimed at the practical ancient runes that he believed pointed directly to the essence of magic, and developed all the way to today.