A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 255: Kettleburn’s reply
At the end of the banquet, Felix got up with his firecracker top hat and was about to leave. He saw that Hermione did not go with his companions, but stayed alone.
"Is there something wrong, Miss Granger?" He thought Hermione was looking for him.
"Oh, Professor," she hesitated, "I have something to say to Professor McGonagall."
"Is that so..." Felix nodded, "Then I'll go first. By the way, I like the music box you gave me. It doesn't seem like a simple alchemy product?"
Hermione's worried expression melted away, and she said happily, "I brought it from home, and I used the original mechanical structure to cast the spell again. For the music part, I referred to the scroll of Parseltonus, which stores the rune circuit of sound. Very useful..."
Felix understood that after the Chamber of Secrets incident last year, Harry still spent a few days supplementing the pronunciation of Parseltongue. After sorting it out, Felix converted the corresponding syllables into a book and kept them in the Thinking Cabin.
For a while, he did see Hermione playing with the scroll, and asked him some production skills...
Back in the office, he found time to reply to several letters, and one of the official letters caught his attention.
"It turned out to be a letter from the Ministry of Magic."
Looking at the logo on the letter, Felix guessed what it would be. Could it be his memory therapy thesis? But he only sent it yesterday, when did the Ministry of Magic respond so quickly.
After opening the letter, he glanced at the signature at the bottom, which was Walsh Cedric from the Office of the Minister of Magic's Advisor, before he read the text.
"Dear Mr. Hype: Some of my colleagues have noticed that your new book, 'Magic' in the Muggle World, has been recommended by the Ministry of Magic of twelve countries. The two monographs on Muggle research all show that you have a very deep understanding of Muggles. We sincerely invite you to give an internal speech for the Ministry of Magic...
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The time is tentatively scheduled for the first Thursday after the Christmas holiday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the living room No. 2. If you have any objection, or the time arrangement is inconvenient, please contact me in time.
You are faithful
Walsh Cedric, Office of the Adviser to the Minister for Magic. "
Below is a long list of departments who, if he accepts, are the audience for his speech, including: Muggle Conciliation Committee, Muggle Liaison Office, Misuse of Muggle Substances Division, Reverse Occasion Magical Incidents Team, Amnestics Command, and interested parties.
"It's reasonable, they are departments that often deal with ordinary people."
Felix thought for a moment, he is still very willing to promote his ideas, and he also wants to know more about the actual situation of the Ministry of Magic. Among the people he has dealt with so far, Fudge is a standard politician, Umm Rich also did not give up much, and his disgust was even more three-pointed, while Kingsley Shacklebolt was calm and capable.
Some of the remaining people either don't know each other, or have only communicated through letters, so they can't form an accurate judgment.
He took out a piece of parchment and wrote with a pen: Dear Mr. Cedric, I am very happy to accept your invitation, but in terms of time, I hope to move it to Friday, and I have no class that afternoon...
Once the letter has been sent, all that is left is to wait. In the last few days of the vacation, he didn't spend time in the library or study rune creations in the office, but formed a new habit.
There are always a few rune symbols on his hand, only the size of a little finger, and he picks them up and plays with them from time to time, even eating and sleeping as much as possible.
At this stage, simply increasing the number of runes is of little use. The ancient runes he has learned from many ancient books and alchemy items actually do not have a deep understanding.
He decided to take the time to sort out what he had learned. If he could complete a book of runes, it would definitely be better than mastering hundreds of new practical runes.
He also visited several ancient rune experts - his friends in this area are pitifully few, and even Tofudi, who is the most talkative, has quite limited understanding of this area.
From Felix's point of view, he might as well pretend to be an alchemist and get involved in the alchemy circle. Nick LeMay introduced several people to him before, and he also wrote a few letters to express his thoughts on communication, but then it gradually faded away, because the two parties focused on completely different things, and it always felt awkward to communicate.
Alchemists pay more attention to the selection and ratio of alchemy materials, and the fusion of different properties. A rare formula may sell for a sky-high price, or become a secret. They also pay attention to the application skills of alchemical symbols, especially the way of realizing unique functions.
Felix exchanged some knowledge with them, and then maintained the communication on a lower frequency.
He wasn't in a hurry either. If he didn't have a suitable circle, he would build one himself: Eight or nine of the students who graduated last year still kept in touch with him by letter, and the girl named Vera was the most positive among them.
She has become a Gringotts spellbreaker. Cursebreakers are a very dangerous and serious profession. They may be killed by ancient jinxes, poisons or curses during their work, but they should The rewards are also generous.
Keremy Vera wrote to tell him that she is currently working in Egypt, where there are a large number of ancient tombs and historical sites, and her colleagues are very friendly.
She even discovered an application scenario of practical runes - many ancient defenses and traps are inseparable from alchemy, and practical runes are often chosen by ancient wizards for their superior magic performance compared to other alchemical symbols. To serve as the core of the entire defense and counterattack system.
In a recent operation, Vera accidentally discovered that a practical rune was hidden in the pattern used for decoration in the pothole. She used this to avoid a sinister curse, and she successfully turned positive.
Felix was not stingy with giving advice. In his reply, he pointed out that for some alchemy entity traps that are not very aggressive but difficult to crack at the moment, you can try to connect a rune circuit to draw out the magic power and let it Runs out of energy quickly.
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On the other hand, Harry, Ron and Hermione were not idle either. Ever since Hagrid wrote to Professor Kettleburn asking for help, they would go to Hagrid's cabin every day to see how things were going.
Having business to do, this also reduced Harry's resentment towards Hermione from the side~IndoMTL.com~ He knew that Hermione had good intentions, but Professor McGonagall took away the Firebolt as soon as he got it, and took it for inspection There may be black magic and curses, and he has to endure the old comet series, which has to make him full of grievances.
Until the start of school was approaching, Hagrid finally received a reply.
"Read it, Hagrid, read it!" said Harry impatiently.
Hagrid tore open the letter and cleared his throat, "Hagrid, I'm glad to hear from you. I feel sympathy for what happened to Barcobeak, but I can't do anything. I really don't have any contacts in the Ministry of Magic. You always You can't expect any good popularity from a bad old man who stayed in school 62 times and got a reward before retirement, unless you want to meet a troll friend or two-"
The expressions of the three of Harry were very strange. They regretted that Professor Kettleburn was not helpful, and couldn't help laughing at his humorous self-mockery. They looked like they wanted to laugh but tried their best to hold back. Eun's eyebrows were about to fly to his forehead.
"Then how do we—"
"Don't worry, there's more to come." Hagrid said, "I'll keep reading—however, I recommend you someone who has enough prestige in the field of magical creatures, and it just so happens that he has a lot of knowledge about hippogriffs." The Winged Beast is very interested, said to be influenced by his mother. I enclose the address, you can write to him in the near future, and I will write a letter explaining the situation. Yours faithfully, Sylvanus Ketelber Hmm." Hagrid finished reading the letter, looking up at them.
"Who? Who did he recommend?" Hermione asked hoarsely. She had a cold recently.
Hagrid lowered his head again, looked at the bottom of the letter, stared and read out a name, "Newt Scamander."