A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 347: The end of modern magic?
Chapter 349 The end of modern magic?
Professor Beauxbaton failed to find out any news, and seemed a little disappointed. In fact, Felix could hear a hint of an alliance. He, who is both a Hogwarts professor and a director of Beauxbatons, should be the most suitable person to bridge the gap.
But at present, I don't even know what the competition is, so I am eager to help, I can only say that I think too much.
He doesn't intend to get involved.
If talking about these two schools, he had to choose one side, without a doubt Hogwarts. Just like asking Nick LeMay the same question, his answer will definitely be Beauxbaton.
In the next few days, Felix stayed in Beauxbaton's library, looking through interesting materials to fill his knowledge base.
His greatest achievement is not a specific magic, but a novel perspective on knowledge.
Felix first discovered the anomaly from the alumni book donation area in the library: Like Hogwarts or Beauxbatons, they actually buy new books every year to fill the library, but in addition, they also We will accept gifts from alumni, including some precious ancient books, as well as the academic achievements of well-known alumni.
For example, Professor McGonagall's transformation experience, Flitwick's research on spells, and Snape's potion formula, if no heir is designated, they will all stay in Hogwarts in the end.
Felix found that, in terms of understanding of the same magic, Beauxbaton's collection of books had slight deviations from what he knew, not individual deviations, but overall deviations.
This feeling cannot be described in words, but it really exists. It's like two compasses, one is offset by 0.01 degrees to the left and the other is offset by 0.01 degrees to the right.
In the middle, Beauxbatons and Hogwarts are separated.
……
One late night, the sky was as pure as a black velvet cloth, and the full moon had only passed for a few days.
In a temporary office, Felix spread out a piece of parchment, trying to record the sudden inspiration——
‘If you put a veil on your eyes, you will naturally turn a blind eye over time. It does not affect your vision, but it really exists.
If you use color to express the difference, Hogwarts is transparent silver white, while Beauxbaton is sea blue-it doesn't matter which color, but everything you see is stained with this color. kinds of colors. ’
"Maybe this is the difference in perception of magic brought about by the subtle differences between cultures, which does not affect spellcasting, but..." He stopped and thought carefully.
Felix couldn't help but reflect on whether he was too sensitive, but he quickly found a way to verify this conjecture.
The next day, he borrowed a stack of thick books from the Beauxbaton Library.
Afterwards, he used Occlumency to temporarily block his knowledge of the Iron Armor Curse, including derivative spells such as the Humanoid Iron Armor Curse and All Protection, and even sealed up all the magic knowledge related to the spells, and then picked up a book Thick book, open the above introduction about the Iron Armor Curse, and learn it from the beginning.
This process is really awkward. Whenever old magic knowledge appears, he will immediately block this one, treating himself as a blank parchment, a little wizard who knows nothing.
What he wants to do is to temporarily put aside his previous knowledge of magic and the shackles of experience, start from the most basic foundation, relearn the Iron Armor Curse, and eliminate the previous interference as much as possible.
He didn't know if it would be useful, but his intuition told him that it would be a good way to experience magic.
He actually tried to start with the simplest 'Luminescence' spell, but unfortunately, this thing has become his instinct. He can block tangible magical knowledge, but he cannot block instinct.
After weighing, he chose the Iron Armor Curse. As one of the sixth-level magic mastered, its potential is also extremely strong, unlike some simple spells, no matter how practiced, the effect will be the same.
It took less than an hour for him to master the spell again, and a thin magic barrier appeared in front of him.
Felix couldn't help complaining to himself: "I've never cast such a weak Iron Armor Curse, it can be broken with a flick of a finger." But this is actually the first time he successfully cast the Iron Armor Curse when he was not in school. level.
It's just that the memory is too long.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had this exciting feeling. I hope it can give me a surprise. Next, it’s the process of getting familiar with the magic. In addition to a lot of practice, there is also the analysis of the spell.” Felix is familiar with this process , He looked at the stack of books in front of him, these were books related to the Iron Armor Curse.
He opened one of the books, read the content carefully, and after understanding it, he adjusted his movements according to the above statement, stopped for a while and continued to read the book, and continued to practice after reading it, repeating the cycle.
His understanding of the Iron Armor Curse continued to improve at an astonishing speed, and the power of the spell continued to increase, and soon reached the second, third, and fourth levels, and he gradually noticed the difference.
The color of the new version of the Iron Armor Curse is getting darker and darker. It is no longer colorless and transparent, but a rusty dark red and iron gray color intertwined. There is also a brass metallic luster at the fracture.
"What's the situation?" Felix felt a little confused for the first time.
That's right, he practiced according to Beauxbaton's collection of books. Anyone who can leave his experience in the library will not be too bad at it, at least he will not give wrong answers.
He has some guesses in his mind. In fact, after everyone learns magic, the external characteristics of spells will be different, but these details... No one cares about them, and they all boil down to normal phenomena.
Even if the same person casts the same spell, it cannot be the same every time. In the eyes of most wizards, this is not a problem at all.
The casting distance, spell power, flying speed, etc. will all vary from person to person. These are common sense in the magic world, and no one will ponder them carefully.
Felix expected that it might be different, but he didn’t expect the difference to be so big after the end of the same starting point——
The Iron Armor Curse he learned from Hogwarts, practiced to the sixth level, is to outline a golden half-body armor from the air, of course, it can also be a shield; but the Iron Armor Curse learned from Beauxbatons , when it reaches the fourth level, it is like a piece of rusty broken iron sheet.
"I seem to have discovered something extraordinary." Felix's eyes became brighter, and he decided to temporarily put the original Iron Armor Curse on hold, and practice Beauxbaton's version of the Iron Armor Curse to six in a short time. Level up the spell and see what the result is.
He has another very interesting idea——
If the understanding of the two six-level Iron Armor Curse is combined into one, will it take it to a whole new level? And is this the level reached by the four founders of Hogwarts?
"Magical creatures, magical creatures..." Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw's words, he always remembered.
How to do it, but he had no idea before.
Now I finally have an idea. Combining the understanding of the two iron armor curses together, it may be possible to reach a seventh-level curse.
Will this be the case, he is actually not sure, but it is worth a try.
The power of the seventh-level spell is still second. Felix probably won't be stronger than the ancient magic he has mastered, but maybe he can take this opportunity to glimpse the true face of the Iron Armor Curse?
Yes, true colors.
He has always been curious about one thing, will modern magic come to the end, will there still be many restrictions on casting spells? Or to put it another way, is the end of modern magic the instinct to turn magic into a wizard and control it freely?
Just like what he told the little wizard at the Rune Club, "Maybe we are just getting back the instinct to cast spells."
It’s like simple magic like fluorescent flashes and clear water like a spring. Felix only needs to think about it in his mind now, and he can do it.
This process does not require any spells, that is, he simply 'wanted' the cup to come over, so the magic was done for him, and when the little wizard who did not go to school was in danger, he did all kinds of incredible things with his powerful emotions similar.
It's just that Felix's magical instinct is stronger, and he doesn't need to amplify his emotions.
He once read a sentence in a book, "The magic riots of little wizards may not be very powerful, but every time it is a feast of magnificent compound magic. At the moment when the magic power blooms, they are omnipotent God."
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Felix thought about it for a while, and felt that the reason why he learned the same spell in two different ways was probably because he was always in the state of the blind man touching the elephant, and only touched the real corner of magic.
It’s like two people climbing a mountain. They started from the same place ~IndoMTL.com~ and then chose different fork roads. In other words, they met on the mountainside, and then cooperated with each other to complete the last part of the journey.
He recorded these conjectures and put them in the thinking hut. These things are completely fantasy to the little wizard, and can be equated with "The Adventures of Mick the Little Wizard". But for those old wizards who study magic theory, it is definitely a treasure.
On the day before the start of school, Felix bid farewell to Madam Maxime. The students of Beauxbatons would not go to Hogwarts until October, and he promised to clean up the dust for everyone at that time.
He went to Diagon Alley first, entrusted Lupine with the company's affairs, and returned to Hogwarts before Lupine drew out his wand and cast a curse on him.
Back to the long-lost ancient rune office, he felt surprisingly relaxed. He took out a silver pocket watch from his pocket, let Niuxiu Varen come out, and said with a smile: "This is your new home."
Xiuxiu had a Merlin Medal hanging around his neck, holding an hourglass in his hand, and kept looking around. That means, can I poke a hole here and find a baby?
Felix glanced at it, a quill on the table suddenly jumped up and transformed into a small bench, Varun straightened up reflexively, waved his hand, and sighed.
(end of this chapter)