A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 237 The Rune Club Gathering

At the end of November, the weather had turned very cold, the castle windows were covered with thick frost, several snowfalls, and the mountains around Hogwarts put on snow caps.

In a small classroom, it was as warm as spring, and the firewood in the fireplace was burning.

Felix sat relaxed on a sofa, and smiled as he looked at the little wizards of different grades and colleges in front of him. They sat around a dozen sofas, with novelty and longing in their eyes.

"Today is the first meeting of the Rune Club. Very good, everyone is here."

"I was busy some time ago, and now I finally have time to think about the club's affairs." Felix was playing with a dark green coin with a unique thick luster, and the little wizards looked at it curiously. .

The coin is not of any known coinage, not copper nats, silver Sickles, or gold Galleons.

Felix flicked his fingers to bounce the coin.

Under the watchful eyes of the little wizards, the coin was thrown into the air, and suddenly transformed into a long and thin snake covered with scales, and then expanded suddenly. The little snake twisted its body and twisted its dark green snake body. , it swallowed its own tail in one gulp, forming a standard ring.

The little wizards stared at the weird little snakes that were constantly circling in mid-air—many of them had never been exposed to this pattern before.

But Geoffrey, the seventh year and the prefect of Slytherin, said in a low, fervent voice: "Ouroboros."

"That's right, Ouroboros. If you've ever dabbled in magical symbols, you won't miss this ancient symbol. It represents many things and is widely used in alchemy, ancient runes, and ancient seal studies, even in the non-magic world , Ouroboros is also quite famous, but people tend to call it an occult symbol."

"Many see ouroboros as a symbol of reincarnation, infinity, rebirth..."

Felix narrates the history of the Ouroboros logo, and when he pauses, sixth grader Pat Selton asks.

"Professor, how do you think about it?"

Pat Selton, with her long braids, Felix had the impression that she had blindly bought an onion-smelling amulet before her OWLs last school year.

Felix explained: "I used to use it as a symbol in alchemy. At that time, I thought it represented the archetype and cycle of everything, the reciprocation of construction and destruction... In a way, it expressed the alchemist The quest for perfect alchemy;

Later, I studied magic theory deeply, and believed that it contains vitality, which symbolizes the alternation of death and new life.In ancient times, many ancient wizards would engrave it on tombstones;

When I came into contact with the ancient runes and used them as my ruler to measure magic, I thought it represented infinity and self-growth. "

Felix said leisurely: "Miss Selton, can you understand what I mean? People's ideas are always changing, and people have different perspectives on things at different stages."

He raised his head and looked at the ring snake, and said with emotion: "Everyone's views will not be completely consistent. I hope that one day, you will have your own views. It's not just copying what others say, but careful thinking after learning."

The little wizards listened with half understanding. In the Rune Club, there were students from the third grade to the seventh grade. Not everyone could understand these words and Felix's state of mind.

After waiting quietly for a while, while the firewood in the fireplace was still burning, Felix raised the corners of his mouth: "Okay, little wizards. I didn't bring you together for small talk. Frankly speaking, I There's a lot to do, but that doesn't include discussing trivial matters."

"The sorting hat sorts you into different houses according to your most prominent qualities, such as Ravenclaw—" His eyes flicked to Qiu Chang, Penello, Walton Pardis, Eddie Camille Che, Marietta Ackmore, Michael Corner, Padma Patil...

"Slytherin—" He looked at Geoffrey, Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass, Pansy Parkinson...

"Hufflepuff—" He gestured to Cedric, Justin Finchrey, Susan Burns, Pete Selton...

"And Gryffindor." He glanced over the three of Harry, the Weasley twins, Percy, Alicia Spinnet...

Felix smiled and said: "Your characteristics together form the different ethos of the four colleges. But in fact, the ethos of the four colleges affects you in turn, aggravating this characteristic-sometimes I just need to talk to others Just a few words, you can roughly determine the academy he came from."

Felix smiled, "As an aside, for a certain period of time, I will play this kind of game consciously, and the success rate is very high."

"Back to the topic. There are good and bad ways of doing this. The good thing is that each college has its own good morals that it values. Once the atmosphere is formed, it is easy to be driven forward; the bad thing is that some people don't learn it. Well, instead, I have all kinds of shortcomings and don’t know it.”

Penello said thoughtfully: "Professor, just like Ravenclaw advocates knowledge and maverick, the students are smart, wise, far-sighted, and full of curiosity...but sometimes because they are too self-centered Center, but out of tune with the outside world, and even hurt some people?"

Felix nodded approvingly, "Very insightful and courageous, Miss Clearwater."

"The headmasters of Hogwarts realized this very early on. Some of you may have had such a question. Many of your classes are taken together with other colleges, and it is not a fixed one. For example Example - Miss Granger?"

Hermione raised her head, and whispered nervously, "We are with Hufflepuff in herbal medicine class, with Slytherin in potions class, and with Ravenclaw in astronomy class."

"What about after fifth grade?" Felix looked at Jeffrey again.

Jeffrey replied: "Most of the four colleges teach together."

The other little wizards couldn't help thinking about this question.

Felix said: "This approach is to allow you to see another group of different types of people and learn from each other's excellence while getting to know each other."

"The club magnifies this advantage, which is what I like. So in the future, when it comes to cooperation, I will let you choose students from different colleges as partners."

Harry looked to Ravenclaw's Cho Chang almost immediately, but to his heartbreak, her gaze was on someone else.He turned his head and saw the tall and handsome Cedric.

His heart was instantly filled with a feeling of frustration and loss, and his long-standing sense of anticipation was like a soap bubble being punctured.

Malfoy glanced at Harry, then at the others, wondering what he was thinking.

Percy and Penelope smiled at each other.

"Next, let me talk about the Rune Club itself—" Felix knocked on the armrest of the sofa, calming down the restless little wizards.

"First of all, the club's teaching is mainly based on practical rune, and you will learn a lot of practical rune knowledge;"

"Secondly, you will participate in some of my research, be responsible for providing some data, or form a research team to complete some experimental subjects;"

"Sometimes, we might simply sit down and chat, and discuss some interesting topics that have nothing to do with runes, such as—why we can unconsciously cast spells when we were young, but we can't after entering school, or... it's difficult ?”

Harry suddenly remembered some miraculous experiences he had before entering school. For example, his hair always grew crazily. Within a few minutes of coming out from the barber shop and returning home, his hair turned back to its original shape, as if it had never been cut. ;
Or when Aunt Petunia tried to put an ugly sweater with orange balls on him, he resisted so much that the sweater shrunk and shrank until it could only be worn by a puppet;

And when he was in Muggle school, he was chased by his cousin Dudley and his gang, and he tried to jump over a dustbin, only to find himself sitting on the chimney for no reason;

He also lost the protective glass in the zoo, and let go of a boa constrictor...

(End of this chapter)