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Chapter 248 Chestnut Plate
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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The professor's office looked a bit messy, with two piles of Christmas presents in the corner, one of which is scattered with partially opened boxes.
The large workbench is also cluttered with odd items, a palm-sized silver plate with runic symbols around the edge, a dozen dark green coins with a heavy metallic sheen, disassembled golems, a stack of parchment, a few chestnut wood plate-shaped objects, and a rune carving knife, and two or three books.
Felix noticed Hermione's gaze, "It's all about what we've been working on in recent times, some of which you've been involved in."
Hermione nodded, the silver plate is Pensive that Professor found, need to be repaired; as for the coin she had also seen at the Magic Rune Club assembly, can turn into a dark green snake, she just did not expect there would be So many, is it a new teaching tool?
Or, maybe it is prepared for the Magic Rune Club?
"Sit down for a moment, as I change my coat." Felix went into the bedroom and changed into a loose navy blue jumper, and when he came out, he found Hermione holding a small dark green snake in her hand and teasing it with her other hand.
Hearing footsteps, she explained in some panic: "Professor, it's the coin you put on the table, I tried to sense it with my magic - and it became like this."
Felix smiled and said, "You can put your wand against its head and silently chant: infinity."
Hermione looked down at the small snake in her hand, it does not look hideous, there is no reptile kind of slimy feeling, but rather like some kind of metal craft, dark green scales embedded in a layer by layer, all the way to the tip of the tail.
The snake's eyes were deep and bright, swaying with her sight.
She drew out her wand and gently tapped the snake with the tip as she whispered, "Infinity."
The little snake nodded at her very humanely and immediately moved up. She felt some tickling in her palm and then its head and tail linked on the little finger of her right hand, then morphed into a ring and remained motionless.
"This is - the Ring of Ouroboros Serpent?"
"That's right, it's sort of the symbol of the Magic Rune Club, and will be given to you at the assembly after Christmas. It has two forms - the coin and the Ring of Ouroboros Serpent, it will replace the Fever Knut."
Felix joked, "More than one person told me that the Fever Knut is too easy to be mistaken as money, and you have to be mindful every time that you don't pay it out."
Hermione, interested in studying the snake ring on her hand, soon found the trick, she waved her hand, the ring moved, re-transformed into a small snake, and then the small snake's body coiled together in a single piece, becoming the original coin.
Hermione put the coin back on the workbench and pointed at the chestnut wood disk-shaped object and asked, "What is this? It looks a little like the Pensieve."
"Close enough, the process of studying Pensieve did not go well, nevertheless I did imitate some gadgets - of course, it is not comparable to the Pensieve, but in some people's eyes, it should be interesting."
Felix gestured for her to try it out, and many times Hermione, who is an assistant in the Ancient Runes class, is the first person to try out the runic creations he makes.
Hermione walked over and carefully examined the chestnut wood disk-shaped artefact, which looked very similar to the shape of the Pensieve, only slightly smaller, and at the edges were runic circuits clearly carved with a carving knife, and these circuits were layered and interlocked, so it looked very complex.
What she didn't notice before was that the chestnut plate is covered with a thin layer of fine silver sand. When gently shaken, the silver sand flowed like mercury.
"This silvery stuff-"
"Blank pieces of memory, you can see them as necessary filler material."
Thinking about it, Hermione touched the edge of the chestnut plate with her wand, and one by one the runic circuits around the plate lit up, and the fine silvery sand squeezed together by invisible hands, floating up to a foot high, forming a slowly rotating cloud.
She suddenly remembered the bronze-colored smoke that Professor Flitwick had shown in one of his dueling classes, that miraculous magic could also be moulded into various shapes, only it required human manipulation.
The silvery, fine sand-bonded cloud in front of her looked a little more delicate, like a silvery liquid light, stretching and floating with ease.
"What should I do?" Hermione asked.
"Imagine a memory, hint at it, not too private, because it can read your thoughts."
Hermione got startled, but since it had been created by imitating a Pensieve, it must have something to do with memories. She recalled a memory in her mind, and then she extended a finger, pointing at the silver cloud.
The cloud began to churn, silver sand fell like rain, gradually, they gathered on the silver plate and produced a three-dimensional model: it's the second year memory, she together with Harry and Ron in the chamber fighting with the basilisk scene.
Hermione put her head on the table, carefully examine the chestnut wood plate, there is barely half an inch sized "Hermione", it is difficult to describe the strange feeling in her heart. Similarly, Harry and Ron are only slightly larger, the basilisk is half a foot long, is desperately wriggling its body, tail smashed into a "large" stone, looked very vivid.
The Chamber of Secrets structure is also replicated, including the Slytherin statue, the open space in front of the statue, around the snake stone pillar ... which looks small.
Everything on the chestnut wood plate is like a pocket-sized sand model, only when they move. From this perspective, the original dangerous scene also became cute.
Hermione stared dazedly, "the story" is going exactly as she remembered, until Harry leaped down from the Slytherin statue, the small Gryffindor sword thrust in the head of the basilisk, the scene stopped.
Hermione stared blankly at the fine sand slowly spinning on the chestnut wood plate, and did not regain consciousness for a long time.
"This can be, this can be ..." she racked her brain trying to describe her feelings, and finally could only say dryly: "It's amazing."
Felix shook his head, he is not really satisfied, because this thing is not useful to him at all, at most helped him to develop a new way of thinking.
"That's because you have not used the Pensieve before, which can recover all the details in your subconscious mind. If you experience it, you will be surprised to find that your memory contains such a wealth of content, and you know nothing about it ..."
"What you just saw, in fact, Just the chestnut wood plate reading your recollection, and then show it, many places will not be clear."
Hermione recalled the scene she saw, and gradually understood the professor's meaning: "Indeed, I did not see you, Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore, but in fact, you were also in the chamber at that time. Also, some places are blurred, only too minor I did not notice it, such as the Slytherin statue."
Felix nodded and smiled: "You will find that you, Harry and Ron are the clearest, because you are most familiar with them, followed by the basilisk, which gave you a deep impression, and finally the surroundings, speaking of which, your memory is good enough, if you let someone with a slightly poorer memory use it, the surroundings may be a blurred area, or simply can not be visualized."
Hermione concluded, "So it just extracts what we recall on our own and shows it, without being able to reach the subconscious."
"You've found the key, Miss Granger." Felix said praisingly.
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> Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) > Chapter 249 Demonstration of Ancient Magic
Chapter 249 Demonstration of Ancient Magic
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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Felix and Hermione sat opposite to each other, he tapped his index finger on the arm of the dark sofa, and the young witch who is separated by a small low table found herself in the thinking room without a sound.
''The professor's casting is becoming more and more untraceable.'' Hermione thought to herself, it had been over a year since she had first entered this place, from the very beginning when the colours and shapes were distorted and reversed, to the point where she could now be dragged in without a word, the professor's mastery of this magic spoke for itself.
Hermione is very familiar with the place, she easily surveyed the furnishings of the room, and then, her brow furrowed.
The professor's half of the space has not changed much: brown, black, dark green, interspersed with beige and soft gray, giving people a rich colour and highlighting the feeling of calm and heavy.
The dark chestnut brown carpet is soft and comfortable, with thousands of large books stacked on it, which complement the black wall-to-wall bookshelves, the square table with its dull sheen, and the heavy dark green drapery.
Of course, there is a growing amount of ancient rune symbols of various colours, they are like the rhythmic sprites throughout the house, bringing vitality and magical visual enjoyment.
Hermione can imagine what it was like when the professor came to the room alone - sinking himself into the soft sofa, beckoning a book, a mischievous rune symbol jumped in front of his eyes, he curled his fingers and flicked it away ...
But now she always felt that something is not right today, is it the colour of the carpet under the feet darkened, or the green drapery that occasionally rolls up a corner becomes quiet?
Perhaps it's just her seeing things?
"Miss Granger?" Felix gave a strange look at his assistant, who nervously looking around as soon as she entered.
Hermione is rather puzzled as well: "Professor, your thinking room gives me a strange feeling, like - thicker? Or solemn--" She stood at the junction of the two minds and looked suspiciously at the half of the space that belonged to her.
It had distinctly modern decor, with sunlight softly spilling down, light brown carpet, goose yellow curtains, and two pots of greenery on a small circular table in the center, nothing had changed from a year ago.
'The weirdness is more obvious when you look at it this way in contrast.' Hermione thought, and she also finally came up with a word to describe her feelings: "Dark style?"
Felix laughed dumbly, "What makes you think that?"
Hermione shook her head, "It just suddenly occurred to me, and it looks like nothing has changed, but some details make a difference."
Felix understood somewhat, he said thoughtfully: "You have reminded me, this place is the external mapping of our inner world, it so happens that I have recently gained a new insight in this magic a few days ago."
"Let's begin today's lesson, Miss Granger."
Hermione put aside her doubts for the moment and sat back in her seat as she and Felix began to explore the succession of runes.
"Professor, starting from individual runes, to runic circuits, and the complex loops I've seen on the runic spheres, and today's chestnut disk runes that overlap and nest with each other, does this mean there are more advanced runic structures the more complex they are?"
"If we look at the functional implementation, it is indeed true. Individual runes have single properties, and we humans always want to realize more and more complex functions, so we have no choice but to desperately study how to combine more runes together."
"Let me give you an example," Felix held a rune in his hand, "the flame, this magic rune itself contains quite a lot of possibilities, the effect I can produce with it, and you can produce with it must be completely different, because we have different levels of understanding of it."
The magic rune in his hand kept transforming rapidly between rune and flame.
Hermione also quickly build a flame rune, her transformation speed is obviously more than a step slower, and after two or three changes, the structure of the rune is no longer stable, and finally, with a "snort" it turned into smoke.
"This understanding of rune itself, it is difficult to cheat, comprehension is comprehension, there is no shortcut. But if you simply want to increase the power of the flame, there are actually many ways -"
Felix grabbed some runes from the air, "For example, I want to enlarge the flame--" a magic rune connected to the initial one that signifies flame, the original palm-sized small fire instantly swelled to the size of a pumpkin.
"I also want to make it burn more violently ..." he grabbed one more magic rune to add, as if fuel is poured, the pumpkin-sized ball of fire began to burn violently, accompanied by a "crackling" sound.
"By this point, this magic is already difficult to control, and I must emphasize that the thinking room is not real, what I can do here does not mean that I can replicate perfectly in the outside world ... Back to the point, I also want to raise the temperature--"
A new magic rune is combined and a surge of magic is poured into the flame. The orange-red flame became vivid, quickly transformed to bright yellow, bright white, and then turned into one with a hint of blue.
Felix said in a relaxed tone: "If it is in reality, without any protection, we might have combusted ourselves, so the saying that ancient magic is dangerous is not false, from what I have seen in ancient books, too many people have been ruined by their first successful spell casting."
"Moving on - actually at this moment we have acquired a powerful enough magic, but obviously we want more: to make it controllable, to accumulate power in magic, or to shape it ..."
"If you understand magic well enough and are very skilled at mobilizing magic, some steps can be omitted. Theoretically, all magic in the world is the product of magic mobilization and transformation. But most people, including you, and also me, are far from being able to do it at will."
Hermione looked nervously at the blue ball of fire that had reached a meter in diameter in the professor's hand, the surrounding air began to distort, and despite knowing that everything here is constructed by thought, she couldn't help but feel trepidation.
Felix waved his hand and made the blue fireball disappear, "Well, the fun is over. What you just saw was nothing more than a demonstration in thought, I couldn't do it so easily in reality, I hope I didn't give you the wrong idea."
" I will repeat, ancient magic is very dangerous."
Hermione obviously now accepted this statement, next, she practiced the ancient runes step by step, in addition to learning new content, she also needs to deepen her understanding of the runes, one of the criteria for understanding, is " you can convert the runes into the corresponding magic meaning."
She counted on her fingers, and only a few of them really reached the level of "understanding", such as "Wild Bull Strength", "Light" and "Fire".
There is a long way to go!
Felix encouraged her by saying, "In the next Magic Rune Club assembly, I will disassemble ancient magic into small parts and integrate it into the teaching. If you progress fast enough, I will teach you that ancient magic part by part. The same goes for everyone else."
Hermione's heart pounded, but she knew that the professor had been very cautious about ancient magic, and the two had had only a few discussions about ancient magic in the past year or so.
Did this mean that the professor had recognized her ability regarding her studies and her level of magic manipulation?
She began to think about it: in her second-year first semester, she had been learning translation and practical magic runes, and had been exposed to runic circuits in the next semester, even managing to repair the broken beaded pouches before the end of the semester.
During the summer, she had been practicing engraving magic runes and runic circuits with a rune carving knife.
At the beginning of the new school year, she had already been exposed to the knowledge of rune transformation, focusing more on the understanding of magic rune itself, and she couldn't help but fantasize: by the end of the third year, is it possible for her to master ancient magic directly?
Seeing Hermione's energetic look, Felix added: "It's the simplest ancient magic, don't imagine anything lethal from it." But this did not discourage her in any way.
Towards the end of the session, Hermione, in a rare moment of exhaustion, stood up and moved around, her eyes skimming over the room, the weirdness still so obvious, the more she looked at it, the more uncomfortable it became.
'Although the professor said it is due to the change brought about by the new perception, but it still looks gloomy.'
She decided to change her mind and stood in a corner of the room and kept surveying it. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she picked up a pot of plants and placed it on the professor's square table that is stacked with books, she then narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"This will look much smoother."
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0451· May 22, 2024
That last paragraph seems like foreshadowing Blob Hmm
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Chapter 250 Reasons to Laugh at the Pureblood Family
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL) by Crazy_Darkside_Cat
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Felix looked up from the dark book 'Magic Traits', "Miss Granger, you are working in vain, this is an external mapping of the mind, not the mind itself, and everything will disappear when the magic is cancelled."
The little witch said cheerfully instead, "At least it looks good, doesn't it?"
Felix shook his head and buried his head behind the book, but the corner of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, it still felt good to be cared for.
And then there are those presents he opened today, which also put him in a happy mood.
Although tomorrow is Christmas, some friends who are far away have already sent gifts early, but he wondered why Belby would even consider giving him a bottle of wolfsbane potion.
Belby had already sent it once, didn't he? Do I look like a werewolf? Even if Belby had written on the note that he was "most satisfied with this work so far", what did that have to do with him?
The only consolation is that Little Red Book and L.C.A. Comic Company sent their latest split, adding up to 8,000 galleons.
The bulk of the revenue this time went to Andys, who wrote a letter that mentioned that the book is "selling like crazy" and the rest of the words were explicitly hinting to him to "hurry up with the new book!"
Felix tossed that letter aside, joking, one book a year is enough, more is not necessary. By the time his reputation as a master of memory magic became widespread, he had the intention of stretching the frequency of his books to two - three years.
Well, if he thinks about it, he should publish his new thesis, which contains the treatment data of the Longbottoms and a set of simple treatment methods, and he believes that the whole wizarding world will dance to his quill.
However, this time, he should find a professional publication. The Daily Prophet had no brand name at all ...
As for Neville, he also sent him a gift, as for how it's will turn out, he had no way of knowing it.
Hermione's figure gradually became transparent, somewhat like the ghost in the castle, which is a sign of overuse of the brain, she can no longer steadily maintain her consciousness.
Felix cancelled the thinking room magic.
"There is no need to be anxious, Miss Granger, you already have more 'time' than others." He said suggestively while beckoning some bottles and jars, "Pumpkin juice, butterbeer, honey water, fruit juice, take your pick."
Hermione poured herself a glass of juice, then added two drops of Invigoration Draught to it, and took a big sip, which made her feel alive again.
Hermione couldn't help but ask, "Why do I feel like I'm running out of time?"
Felix looked at her, wondering if it had anything to do with him, because he had given her all the ancient rune test papers for a third-fourth year, and on second thought, it indeed isn't good, his little helper has been very busy this year.
He mused that perhaps he could move some paperwork to the members of the Magic Rune Club? The sixth graders are quite idle...
"Have a little snack - it's a holiday, you don't have to buy yourself extra time, do you?" Felix said.
The effect of the Invigoration Draught helped Hermione to relax her frown, "There are new things added in ah, I have to find information for Hagrid's hearing to defend Buckbeak, the Ministry of Magic can be worse in this area if you don't investigate ..."
Felix's expression froze, "When did this happen?"
" In the last two days," Hermione said, "it is said that Lucius Malfoy knew about Draco Malfoy's injury and took Hagrid to the Ministry of Magic and demanded the execution of Buckbeak, oh dear, Hagrid was very sad when we went to see him ..."
"Didn't Hagrid ever think of paying a fine?"
"A fine?" Hermione visibly froze, "I did see examples of fines in the material, but anything that is assigned to the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures Committee--"
"The Disposal of Dangerous Creatures Committee? It is not supposed to be that department ..." Felix furrowed his brow, "You tell me more about this."
Hermione said, "Oh, well - it was the first day of the holiday, Harry was in a bad mood, and Ron and I thought it might be a good idea to go see Hagrid ..."
"Harry was in a bad mood?"
"That's right, because the day before he was at the Three Broomsticks - ahem!" She suddenly coughed violently, "I'm sorry, Professor. I mean, Ron and I overheard the conversation between Professor McGonagall, and Rosmerta on our trip to Hogsmeade before the holidays, and they talked about Harry's dad, along with Sirius Black, and mentioned a lot of things ..."
Felix wondered about something as he nodded, "And then?"
"And then, er ... Harry was in a bad mood - we went to Hagrid's hut and Hagrid made a mess of himself by being drunk, and he showed us a letter from the Ministry of Magic along the lines of accepting Lucius Malfoy's offer of a formal complaint and referred the matter to the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures."
"The hearing is on April 20th, at the London offices." Hermione finished, and watching Professor Hap in deep thought, she added, "Hagrid said that the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures Committee are a bunch of weirdos!"
Felix laughed, "How to say ...? All of them are edge characters, doing disagreeable jobs. You can tell by the name, the odds that the magical creatures being put there will not be spared is high."
"Then, then, isn't Hagrid doomed to lose?" Hermione said angrily.
"Nothing is absolute, but I know at least one thing, the procedure is not correct."
"What?"
"The procedure is incorrect, Miss Granger. Normally, I mean, according to the laws set by the Ministry of Magic, even if someone appealed, the matter would first go to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures - the parent department of the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures - who would then be responsible for it. Unless the case is more severe and there is little room for consideration, then it will be referred to them. And this practice is the outcome because this department isn't very pleasant ."
Hermione remained silent for a few seconds and said angrily, "It's Malfoy! They influence the Ministry's decision, and I've heard that the Malfoy donate a large sum of money to the Ministry every year!"
"Fair enough speculation." Felix said with a nod, taking a sip of his butterbeer, "There's no need to get upset, purebloods have always had an extraordinary amount of influence over such insignificant little things."
Hermione stared at him blankly, the professor seemed to look down on the purebloods?
"The pureblood family is like a group of spiders, weaving a huge web by years and years, so they know a lot of information, have many eyes and ears, and accustomed to seeing the situation, when they encounter some small bugs, even some smaller birds they will devour them cleanly ... even if they encounter the danger that they cannot fight, they would be able to hide in the shadows in the corner and quietly wait for the danger to pass."
"Professor, you are saying that they are simply incapable of fighting against huge creatures?" Hermione felt she understood the professor's train of thought.
"No, I'm mocking them for not thinking ahead and making the webs indestructible and formidable."
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