A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

In the Rune Club, the little wizards sat in a relaxed mood on large and small sofas, chatting enthusiastically and discussing what to do during their vacation.

"The World Cup is definitely going... I will also visit relatives with my family. My uncle has a monster with a high back and a pair of long horns..."

In the corner of the sofa, Hermione whispered, "I guess he's talking about horned llamas. They are usually found in the mountains, with purple bodies and very aggressive personalities—"

"Oh, Hermione, we've all finished our exams," said Ron.

"That's not the test content—"

"I know, you were just so excited that Mr. Newt Scamander wrote you back, so you got all his information and memorized it," said Ron.

Harry couldn't help laughing, and Hermione gave them an embarrassed look.

Harry was playing with a heptagonal Muggle coin, and Professor Hepp told him that he could only use Apparate outside the house of Requirement if the whole coin was brightly golden, but it was still missing a corner, Harry had been hoping to fill it up before the holiday.

Ron glanced at the coin enviously. When he practiced with Harry, he also tried several times, but he never succeeded. He always had a wish to learn this magic before the twins, and then laugh at them. .

"Harry, when is Professor Lupin's farewell party, are you sure?" Ron asked.

"The day after tomorrow," Harry said, "just a small dinner, some professors...and us."

"It's weird," said Ron, "I thought Snape was going to be—ouch!" Harry stomped on him in a panic, and he came to his senses, "I mean, take Snape to Lou Professor Ping's attitude, definitely don't mind revealing his secrets..."

Hermione said: "Professor Snape knew it, from the start, that he couldn't have done it."

"I mean--"

"Maybe he's embarrassed," Harry said thoughtfully, "Professor Lupin helped him, right? He doesn't know the Patronus Charm." Even so, he couldn't be sure that the day Snape got Was the silver light he saw on the wand his own illusion?

Or, is it just magic that has nothing to do with the Patronus Charm?

At this time, Professor Hepu came over, holding a shallow stone basin in his hand, and the little wizards watched curiously.

"This is... a Pensieve?" a sixth grader exclaimed, excitedly, "Professor, is this a Pensieve?"

"It's just an imitation." Felix said with a smile, and he placed the stone basin on the low table so that everyone could see it. "We'll use it later."

In the gray stone basin, there is some silver substance, which looks like a liquefied cloud, and also like melting silver, slowly rotating.

Harry remembered that in his first Ancient Rune class, the professor had introduced this ancient magical creation, which could store and observe memories. He thought of his untitled book, and couldn't help guessing, maybe it was a similar effect?

Felix sat down and looked at the crowd with a smile, "Many people know that I will teach you an ancient magic in the last part of the school year, and I'm glad to see that you have all mastered the runes to use. ."

"Illumination - I named it myself, I originally thought it could be used for lighting, but I found out a while ago that it also has a great restraint on dark creatures, and can also dispel the dark fog caused by magic... In short, It's good magic, and can be classified as defensive magic."

As he spoke, Felix uttered a strange syllable and grabbed his finger forward. He deliberately slowed down the process to make everything traceable. The little wizards tugged their necks and looked around, for fear of missing a detail.

One after another, the ancient magic papers appeared empty, as if they had always been there, but were invisible before. They are smaller than the tip of the little finger, and these ancient runes overlap each other to form an intricate pattern. In the next second, a milky white light ripples and blooms from the professor's fingertips.

"I'm just demonstrating the process of casting, not showing its power. In fact, it's hard for you to assess the upper limit of this magic." Felix said with a smile: "But I don't think anyone is bored enough to run out of magic— —"

He stopped suddenly, because more than one little wizard was eager to try, he put his forehead, well, he wanted to go wrong, for him, this is a boring thing, but for a little wizard, it is quite Fun entertainment.

So he warned again: "Although this magic is safe enough, the biggest danger is nothing but the discomfort after draining the magic power, but that feeling is very uncomfortable, I can only say that if you pass out, you will be happy for yourself. "

The professor's serious attitude made the students a little restrained. Felix continued: "The power is huge and difficult to control. This is the characteristic of ancient magic, but why is this? Has anyone thought about it?"

The members of the club discussed at length. After more than half a year, they were no longer novices in ancient Rune. When it came to practical Rune, they were the strongest group of people in the magic world.

Although in Felix's point of view, it is still very weak.

"Because it requires a lot of magic power?"

"Obviously not. I guess when the runes converge into a pattern, they will explode if something goes wrong."

Draco Malfoy said suddenly: "My father said that ancient magic is very evil. Once it takes shape, it has its own mind, and it will extract the magic power of the caster, even life..."

The discussion faded, and everyone looked at him with flinching eyes.

Felix clapped his hands, "Well, Malfoy, to a certain extent, I can't say you're wrong. This involves a problem, how can we master an ancient magic..."

"First of all, the first step is to master all the ancient runes corresponding to magic, preferably to the level of mastery, that is, to master the magic symbol of the rune itself;"

Runes appeared in the air in front of him, these magical cultures took various forms, and then disappeared silently.

"Take Illumination as an example, there is only one core, which means light, and six sub-core runes, representing its different characteristics; and outside, there are seventeen less important runes."

Felix showed all these runes, and everyone present had mastered them. At least the core seven runes had reached a proficient level.

"The second step is to combine the runes in a specific order. In ancient times, this was a wizard's biggest secret, and it would not be easily revealed unless a close relative..."

"The reason is very simple. The amount of magic that the wizards mastered at that time were not many, and they were often similar. Once it was leaked, it was easy to be targeted by the enemy."

"To complete this step, although it is not easy, it is not difficult. The best way is to practice a lot. Except for some obscure ancient magic, this step is not very dangerous, especially the lighting technique we are going to talk about today. "

Hermione kept nodding on the side, and her practice process was relatively smooth. Even if the rune sequence collapsed, it was just turned into pure magic power-every time she finished her practice, she would write down her specific experience and read it on weekdays.

"Finally, it's the key point, where the characteristics of ancient magic are also vividly reflected - shaping."

Felix glanced around, watching with satisfaction that all the students listened intently, he continued: "The form of ancient magic is not fixed, the same magic, some people use it as a fire phoenix, while others are a fire bird and a salamander. , Fire Crab..."

He gave an exaggerated example, and the little wizards laughed lowly.

"Malfoy's first half sentence is right. Once ancient magic takes shape, it seems to have its own mind. It will instinctively extract the magic power of the caster and grow itself, just like a greedy monster. At this time, you must have enough the ability to control his own magic against this attraction;"

"Besides, ancient magic has no fixed form, so you have to let it obey your commands and run according to your will... How much magic power do you want to invest? How long does it last? What form does it take? What qualities do you strengthen? How to make it end?"

Felix asked a series of questions and waited quietly for a few seconds. He spread his hands and said, "Unfortunately, there are no fixed answers to all of these. It is up to you to judge."

"So once you learn powerful attack magic, you can imagine what happens when it gets out of hand."

Harry followed the professor's train of thought and imagined that if it was ancient magic like flames, it would be better if it didn't take shape. Once it was successfully performed by luck, it turned out to be uncontrollable, and the magic power was drained. It is estimated that he could only watch the magic devour himself... …

"But fortunately—" Felix raised his voice, waking up the little wizards who had fallen into terrifying hallucinations, "The lighting technique you are about to learn is not dangerous, at least you don't have to worry about being burned into ashes by the flames and corroded by the poisonous mist. Pus, split into mummified corpses by lightning..."

The little wizards all widened their eyes, they really didn't get much comfort from the professor's mouth.

"Does anyone know what this tells us?"

"Don't let it take shape," muttered one of the twins.

"That's right," Felix gave him an approving look, and Fred opened his mouth wide, saying nonsense.

"Don't let your ancient magic take shape easily, and repeat the second step until you feel very skilled, and then you can move on to the next step."

"Each of you will be tested before leaving school. I will also write to your parents to explain the situation. Private practice is strictly prohibited. Even draining the magic power is stupid, understand?"

The little wizards were silent. The professor had never been so strict before, and they nodded their heads as they pecking at the rice.

"Very well, you have about a week to master the lighting technique," Felix pointed to the stone basin, "use it."

Felix stood up and looked around: "Who wants to be the first to go in? Although it's an imitation, I retain some of the features of the Pensieve, and the way to enter is a bit like diving, which I personally find interesting."