A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 34: Rule Creation and Halloween

Through a message from a chatterbox named Chagus Gaunt, Felix confirmed that this ancient book came from a family called "Gaunt", or at least they had owned it for a long time.

Because the following notes are full of praise for this great-grandfather.

More than one.

This gave Felix the pleasure of reading the comments.

The rune product that Felix is ​​about to complete is also from this ancient book. The reason why it is called a "rune product" rather than an "alchemy product" is because its internal circuit is completely constructed of runes one by one. There is no trace of alchemy in later generations.

Many people can't tell the difference, but Felix is ​​just the exception - runes can be used in ancient magic, and can also be engraved on objects, because it is a language, a language with magic power.

Its essence is the exploration and summary of magic by ancient wizards.

But alchemy is different, they partly inherited the ancient runes, and developed on their own, with the purpose of "leaving magic power on objects and making them have special magical functions".

So the symbols used in alchemy cannot be called languages, but just magical symbols.

But it also has advantages. In order to leave magic power on various items, many great wizards have experimented with various methods, leaving behind many unimaginable enchanting techniques.

The master in this area is the French alchemist Nick Flamel.

Compared with alchemy, rune creation can be regarded as an "old antique". This is also one of the reasons why he believes that the notes are quite old.

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The rune product that Felix wants to complete is called "Vine of Binding", which uses the extended growth characteristics of magical vines to launch surprise attacks.

But if you really want to say how powerful it is, it's up to the beholder to see the wisdom. At least Felix has a question mark in his heart.

But he doesn't value power either. What he values ​​is the thoughts contained in it: one is the idea of ​​making rune products;

Unicorns represent purity and kindness;

The devil's net is an extremely aggressive magical plant. It always actively attacks various small animals and unlucky humans. Hunting is their instinct.

Under normal circumstances, the magical characteristics of the two are difficult to combine together. Felix refers to the practice of ancient books and uses the Whomping Willow to neutralize this opposition-although the Whomping Willow acts violently, it is actually It is an out-and-out neutral plant.

Felix waved his wand, scattered the unicorn hair mats, soaked them in clear water, and almost instantly, the clear water became pitch black.

Felix: "..."

He changed several basins of water before cleaning the unicorn fur and drying it with magic.

Until this time, the unicorn hair showed its original appearance, the soft and smooth long white hair was stretched freely, and the warm light flowed continuously, as if it was a creation of frozen mercury.

The other two main materials need time to cultivate. The devil's net needs to wait for it to grow a little longer. The branches of the whooping willow need to be soaked in magic power to make them more flexible before they can be easily transformed.

Felix estimated that preparations would not be complete until at least the end of November.

But I can think about how to optimize the rune circuit in advance...

As time passed, Felix completed the first large-scale unified examination for the fifth grade—this was the examination he had promised at the beginning of the school year.

On the weekend before Halloween, he was still busy grading test papers.

Fortunately, he is not alone, there is another assistant working overtime with him.

Ten o'clock in the evening.

Hermione covered her mouth and yawned, and took a sneak look at Professor Hemp.

"Professor, I have finished correcting."

Felix raised his head, "I still have some here, you go back first. Have a good Halloween party."

Hermione said goodnight and left the office. Walking on the road, she also had expectations for three days later. But what she is going to attend is not the party organized by the school, but the 500th anniversary of the death of the ghost of Gryffindor "Nick who is almost headless".

Back in the common room, many little wizards from Gryffindor were still making up their homework.

Ron let out a wail, eight inches short of his Potions paper and a foot short of his History of Magic paper.

"Why do I have to leave so much homework before Halloween!"

Ron called out the aspirations of many young wizards. They agreed with each other, and then continued to do their homework with their heads down.

Sitting next to Harry and Ron, Hermione said bluntly: "If you finish your homework earlier, you won't have so much trouble."

She is much busier than the others. Apart from homework, she not only has to complete her job as an ancient rune assistant, she also has to practice the rune taught by Professor Haipu. So far, she has mastered 19 runes.

Professor Haipu said that she has the opportunity to complete an alchemy product independently this year.

Ron said with a bitter face, "Stop rambling, and lend me the history of magic paper quickly."

"You have to do your homework!"

"I'm just a reference, aren't I, Harry?"

Harry nodded quickly.

In the end, Hermione lent them homework anyway.

In the next two days, the festive atmosphere on campus became more and more intense. Although it was pouring rain outside the window and the sky was black as ink, the house was bright and cheerful.

Professor Flitwick decorated the auditorium with live bats, Professor McGonagall transformed into huge colorful decorations, and Hagrid's huge pumpkins finally came into play. They were carved into hollow lanterns, enough to hold three Five people sat inside.

Rumors spread on campus that Dumbledore had booked a skeleton dance troupe to cheer for the festival.

Everyone is looking forward to the Halloween party.

Only Harry and Ron were unhappy, because Harry couldn't save face and agreed to "Almost Headless" Nick to participate in the 500th anniversary celebration, while Ron supported his brother and sacrificed his life to accompany him.

But the more they saw the lights and festoons in the auditorium, the more bitter their smiles became.

This bitterness finally reached its peak on the afternoon of Halloween.

At seven o'clock, the three of them walked straight through the doorway, ready to go to the dinner. When passing by the auditorium, there are lights and festoons ~IndoMTL.com~ Candlelight shines. Each of the huge pumpkin lanterns is the size of a carriage. Some little wizards have already chosen their seats and are talking and laughing.

When Harry squeezed through the crowd, he even saw one of the twins directing the ghost dolls, chasing up one little wizard after another, spraying black air on their faces, and the magic puppet made a ghostly cry of "creak creak" Voice.

Just the day before, Felix released the results and fulfilled his promise. The first place in each grade received a customized version of a magic puppet, which is more powerful and contains more "movements" inside.

And the first place in the fourth year is not one of the twins, but Cedric of Hufflepuff - he occupies the first place all the year round. However, when he was choosing the prize, he was fooled by the twins and chose the ghost doll.

Now he is sitting with his friends, but looking at a third-year Ravenclaw girl, he suddenly regrets, if he chose a beautiful young lady and gave it to this girl... ...

Cedric's heart was full of twists and turns, and the road under the feet of the three of Harry was also winding. They went straight down to the basement.

Passing through a cold corridor full of black candles, they saw "Nearly Headless" Nick standing at the door of a room to greet the guests. He was dressed up today and wrapped in a black velvet curtain.

"Welcome, my dear friends, it's very kind of you to come..."

Almost at the same time, Dumbledore also announced the official start of the Halloween party, and the cheers of the little wizards resounded through the auditorium.

The three of Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at each other. Under the light of the blue candlelight, their faces were gloomy, and the three walked in as if they were dead.