A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

In the afternoon, Harry followed the team to practice at the Quidditch pitch.

During the short Christmas vacation, Wood thought out three more targeted tactics to deal with the new characteristics and new tactics shown by other academies this year.

Others returned to the castle to do their homework.

As evening approaches, the ancient Rune office.

Felix is ​​checking on Hermione's learning progress - she's been working on improvements and upgrades to the Beaded Pouch for a while now.

"You've learned all the runes you need to upgrade the beaded bag, and the next step is to learn how to build a rune circuit."

"Professor, what's the difference?" Hermione asked.

"The description of a single rune is relatively simple, but if you want to connect them into a loop, you need to consider the stability and balance of the rune as a whole - this is a very test of your ability to control magic."

Felix's fingers kept twitching, dragging a string of letters out of the air. The letters were divided into three rows, each row was slightly different in brightness and size.

"If this is the rune you have completed at different times, the brightness represents how much magic you have injected."

Hermione looked at the letters, and then, under the control of Professor Hepp, they were arranged in a row out of order.

The rearranged letters appear cluttered, with bright, dim, large, and small jumbled together, looking chaotic and awkward.

She suddenly understood what Professor Hepp meant by 'stability and balance' - every rune in the circuit, the magic power used should be as consistent as possible.

"Even the slightest difference in magic can make the circuit useless," Felix said.

"Professor, what should I do?"

"There are two methods. The first is to complete the writing of the rune at one go. If you do it in one go, your magic will be more consistent. Of course, it still requires a lot of practice."

"But in this way, you need to actively adjust the structure of the rune and make some slight deformations... This is not something you can do now."

"But won't doing this make the rune itself invalid?" Hermione asked in surprise. The information she came into contact with was to write the rune in an orderly manner, and no change was allowed.

"That's what makes it fascinating." Felix gave an example: "This process is a bit like the process from letters to words. When we learn letters, we will ask for standards and norms as much as possible, but when we need to When you combine letters into words, you make subtle adjustments to the letters to better match the flow and beauty of the writing.”

"This method tests your understanding of Rune." Felix said implicitly.

To put it bluntly, you don't have a deep understanding of Rune, so don't play any tricks.

Hermione nodded understandingly.

"There are also some techniques here, which we will talk about later. The second method is to draw out the magic lines after completing a single rune, and open them one by one to form a closed and stable loop."

Hermione had seen it this way a few times, and she was no stranger to it.

"Let's try-"

Felix and Hermione came to the workbench and took out a few pieces of chestnut wood.

He opened an exquisite tool box, which was lined with seven large and small carving knives of different materials - metal, wood, and those with invisible materials.

"Is this a professional rune tool? Where can I buy it?" The little witch couldn't help but ask.

In her mind, these carving knives have been equated with magic wands, and they have become an essential tool for her to learn ancient Rune.

As a result, Professor Heppe said with an amused expression: "I made these myself, um...except for the metal one."

He was not in a hurry to continue the topic just now, but placed the carving knives in front of her one by one.

"First of all, I want to remind you that there are no specific tool requirements to draw Rune. A knife, a wand, or a finger can be used. The important thing is the magic power and your understanding of Rune. But—"

"If there is a more convenient tool, why refuse it?"

Hermione nodded in understanding. Like some wizards who are proficient in wandless casting, they never refuse to use a wand. Because tools can help them with more elaborate operations.

There were a total of seven carving knives in front of her.

The first is a metal carving knife. The silver-white blade is streamlined, with a clear arc at the handshake, and the tip seems to be made of other metals.

Felix said: "I bought this piece from a micro-engraving merchant. It is the metal material that I have compared repeatedly and is the least repellant to magic."

Hermione took the knife, which looked heavy, but unexpectedly light.

"I told you that there is no unique way to describe the rune. You can use writing to leave rune on the surface of objects, or you can use engraving to leave marks on the material."

He picked up a piece of chestnut wood and injected magic power into the metal carving knife. The tip of the metal carving knife burst into a small but scorching red light, leaving a rune on the chestnut wood chip.

"You see, its surface is not flat."

Hermione touched the surface of the rune with her fingertips, and she could clearly feel the traces of the chestnut wood denting downwards - this was the knife mark left by the metal carving knife.

"This method is especially suitable for inert magical materials, such as Muggle items, ordinary stones, or, the scales of some magical creatures, etc."

Hermione understood a little. For inert magic materials, magic power is not easy to maintain. You can use engraved traces to strengthen the shape of the rune.

"Actually—" Felix added: "This process is separate—sculpting and infusion of magic power. I'm just very proficient in this process, so I put these two steps together. When you practice, it is still to do it separately."

One of his successors: 'Felix's Wisdom Teeth', was done just like that.

Hermione nodded.

Felix took out five wooden carving knives in a row. It looked a bit like an alternative wand. Hermione had only seen the twins' fake wands during the day, and was impressed.

"These carving knives are made of the same materials as wands, and their properties are similar to when they were made into wands." Felix pointed to them one by one——

"The Goretochi wood carving knife is very difficult for beginners to use. It is very sensitive to magic power. In fact, it is too sensitive. But once you master it, it will quickly adapt to the master's magic power and become extremely personal. Not available;"

"The ebony wood carving knife is outstanding in depicting aggressive runes. Of course, it is not easy to control it. It will cooperate with those masters who have the courage to be themselves and not follow the crowd;"

"Red oak carving knife, I personally think that it has a certain degree of memory, and when you are proficient, it will actively guide you to complete the rune;"

"The chestnut wood carving knife, the favorite of beginners, has no preference, and of course, there is no bonus;"

"The laurel wood carving knife, uh, I don't like this kind of carving knife very much. You have to use it often, otherwise when you think about it for a long time, it may send a lightning attack to you when you inject magic power..."

After Felix finished explaining, Hermione curiously picked up these knives and looked at them repeatedly. The more she looked at them, the more she liked them. She said cheerfully: "Professor, when will I have a knife like this? I mean... I am willing to pay..."

"You don't have to think about these for now, the chestnut wood carving knife is for your practice." Felix said: "In a few years, you will need to consider the issue of exclusive carving knives."

"By the way, what material is your wand made of?" Felix asked.

"It's vine wood," said Hermione. "The core is a dragon's heartstring, twelve and four-fifths of an inch."