A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

In the potions professor's office, Felix and Snape are playing a game of wizard chess.

Felix started with the white king soldier, and Snape started with the black Sicilian defense. The chessboard reached the middle game, and the battle was between you and me, but neither of them were all on the chessboard.

"What about the slime effect of the larvae of fried tail snails?"

"Not bad, it seems that some unknown change has taken place, which I personally think is benign..." Snape commanded his black pawn to step forward, and said softly, "This may be an idea, using magic with different attributes to process materials , to 'kill' certain unnecessary but stubborn material properties."

"Isn't there a situation where the materials neutralize each other in the potion? Oh...I see." Felix said, commanding his queen to move forward two squares, sweeping the black pawn off the board.

Snape unhurriedly dispatched the bishop, "Most mediocre wizards can't tell the difference in the nuances, and that's a big factor in determining whether he succeeds on his way to the potion..."

Felix's white knight trembled under the threat of the black bishop, and kept shouting to Felix: "Come and save me! Come and save me!"

Felix gave an order coldly, his white king moved forward three squares without expression, and his eyes moved back and forth between the two black pawns diagonally and vertically. Snape pondered for a few seconds and gave up the vertical black pawn.

At this time, Felix moved the White Knight and went deep into Black's territory. "Charge!" the pawn shouted enthusiastically.

"That's right," Felix said, responding to Snape. "However, the basic deviation of some newly enrolled little wizards must also be taken into account."

"It's been considered, and the potion formulations for the first year are extremely simple, giving them plenty of time to adapt," Snape said slowly, "unless they're illiterate, or have no logic at all. ability."

Felix recalled for a moment, and it was indeed the case. There were not many recipes in the potion textbook for the entire first grade. Most of them were introductions to common potion materials, as well as the precautions and common magic potions when boiling potions. A summary of the characteristics of the drug, etc. Even for the dozen or so potion formulas that remain, the operation steps are described in great detail. Even after a few stirs, the reaction is detailed, and common mistakes and corrective actions are attached at the back of the page.

At this time, Snape's black knight approached the center of the chessboard and attacked the center position, and Felix mobilized the castle to face it. The smell of gunpowder on the chessboard is getting stronger and stronger, but the two people outside the chessboard are chatting casually——

"Recently, many students are discussing using ancient rune to augment modern magic, and some students have already researched a lot." Snape said softly.

"I know..." Felix stared at the chessboard and felt that the central pawn was wrong. After pondering for a while, he keenly discovered a hidden trap. He glanced at Snape, trying to distract me with his words?

He decisively made the white knight back. The black pawns followed immediately, the white bishop stepped forward to swept the black pawns, the black knight counterattacked and ate the white bishop, then the white queen suddenly rushed out and ate the black knight, the black queen followed closely to fight, and finally Felix used only The remaining white soldiers eat the black queen.

After some intense exchange, Felix let out a long sigh of relief.

"Actually, the fusion of ancient rune and modern magic is a dead end."

"Dead end?" Snape looked at him suspiciously, ignoring the chess pieces in his hand.

"Well," Felix thought about it seriously, "a more accurate way of saying is... a fork in the road is like a tributary branched off by a river. At the end, it still has to merge into one."

"I've never heard of that," Snape said slowly, holding a struggling black knight in his hand.

Felix smiled, and he explained in detail: "Take the 'water flow' rune and the water-making spell as an example, some of their magical concepts overlap, so the rune has a strengthening effect on the spell, but you will find that this increase It can't be suitable for all spells, and I guess the specific effect will vary from person to person..."

"Everyone?" Snape pondered the word.

"That's right. For example, the mastery of Rune, a deep understanding of Rune is the most basic premise. Although it can be tricky, someone must be willing to teach it... It is also necessary to choose the appropriate spell. The students are experimenting vigorously. It should be You can try out some results before the enthusiasm runs out...and the casting time, the timing of activation, etc., are all problems."

Felix continued: "This is just a fusion of a single rune and modern magic, then what? Integrating two or three runes? Rune circuit, rune sequence, ancient magic? You will find that the further back you go, the ancient The higher the proportion of Rune, the less meaningful it is."

"Then why-" Snape took a breath.

"I've been thinking wrong in the past," Felix said calmly, "I've always wanted to climb up, to appreciate the mysteries of higher places, and some routes that were obviously inappropriate were naturally discarded. For example, I knew this way of thinking. The follow-up and end of the game - transforming modern magic into ancient magic, breaking through all kinds of visible and invisible limitations. But obviously, this is not what I want."

Especially with the Book of Runes. Felix thought.

Snape was silent for a while. "So, do you think it's better to take it out now?"

"It was Diggory who reminded me that I was also pushing the boat." Felix shook his head slightly, stared at the chessboard for a moment, then looked away and said, "Of course, if you think about it carefully, it does have a great effect on my promotion of ancient runes. benefit……"

The situation on the chessboard entered the endgame stage, and the scene began to become clear. The Zili competition just now took him a lot of thought, especially since he didn't plan to use the Thinking Cabin or the Thinking Acceleration Magic to cheat.

Felix leaned lazily on the back of the sofa, watched Snape ponder, and continued the topic just now: "Although I don't need it, Diggory's accidental discovery also reminds me of one thing: the ancient rune may have originated from For me, but I prefer to have a hundred flowers bloom after me, so I encourage them to contribute to magazines.”

Snape raised his head sharply, looking at him in surprise.

"Discussing the pros and cons of combining ancient rune with modern magic, and some good cases... I devised a structure for a paper, and they did it that way, and with a little luck, got published in a journal ," Felix explained. "Of course, I'm referring to the members of the Rune Club." He added. At the same time, he directed his own white soldiers to advance, and the white soldiers drew out their machetes to exaggerately intimidate the other knights. "I also recommend that the students send them in two copies, and one is destined to be sent to the Ancient Rune Society."

Snape made a clear expression.

The relationship between my student and the Ancient Rune Association has not been very good. Those old scholars who have studied the change of the meaning of the characters and characters all their lives have a hard time accepting Felix's theory. Their general opinion is: Ancient Rune is a language, It just borrowed some of the "shapes" of the predecessors.

Now it seems that it is not impossible to form a "New Ancient Rune Association" when these students grow up. Or rather, it is almost inevitable. Among the graduates of Hogwarts this year, more than half of them have chosen Ancient Rune, and more than one-fifth of the entire grade has attended the Advanced Course of Ancient Rune. Their knowledge and understanding of Ancient Rune is the same as Felix as hoped.

A terrible fact is that Felix has only been employed for less than three years. In other words, the students who graduated in these two years did not follow him to study at the beginning. If by this standard, only the current fifth grade-those who are preparing for O.W. The students who took the Ls exam were the first to receive Felix's ancient Rune education from the third grade.

And those old pedants can do nothing but speak up in the corners of some newspapers, scolding the idea, or consider splitting up those 'practical' ancient runes in name, not admitting their existence , divided into two, anyway, the proportion of this part of the ancient rune is not large...

This should be the best way. Snape thought to himself, it was like a short-tailed gecko surviving. Although it was ugly, it saved itself.

Felix fiddled with a chess piece and said with a smile: "I have made a new discovery recently, some runes that we thought were purely translational, may be a simplification and deformation of some practical runes, um, maybe deformation To a great extent…”

This is also the insight that the Book of Rune gave him.

Snape was speechless.

Even the last step has been blocked. Apart from obediently admitting defeat, is there any other way for the Ancient Rune Association?

...

The headquarters of the Ancient Rune Society.

Compared to such large organizations as the Extraordinary Apothecary Association and the St. Mungo's Magical Medical Association, the location of the Ancient Rune Association looks extremely shabby, with only 30 members in total. This is because the association has repeatedly relaxed its requirements. The results accumulated over the years.

"Have you seen it? It's normal for a valuable article to be published in the ancient Rune field for a few years, but in the past two weeks, six or seven very groundbreaking papers have been sent to me..."

"Does the things they study have anything to do with us?" A grumpy old man patted the table.

"Old Vera, don't bring your personal emotions into it. Your granddaughter went to work in the 'Future World' company. No matter what, it can't affect the fairness of our association."

The old man looked at his friend angrily.

"Think about it, these papers were published in the Daily Prophet and Wizards Weekly, and even got the attention of the Ministry of Magic—"

"What's the matter with them?" the old man asked with wide eyes.

"Ha! There are at least three departments involved in this matter, the Experiment Spells Council, the Wizarding Examinations Authority, and the Auror Office," the man said slowly, "I heard they're planning to work on Felix Hepp's as well. Under the leadership, a booklet about ancient runes is assembled, so it may also attract the attention of the publishing department..."

"People from the Wizarding Examination Authority are also coming?" the old man asked.

"Originally, Gesilda was very patient, and planned to see the results this year... But things are changing so fast that she can't sit still. This is almost a subversion of modern spells!"

"Is it that exaggerated?" The old man looked incredulous.

"At least it's a supplement. I've already made a step back, you can't refute it!" said the person who blew his beard and stared.

"Okay," the old man smacked his lips and didn't move for a while, "You know Professor Machiban? Let her bring me one!"

There is another chapter, which is expected to be published soon.