A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 257 Kettleburn's Reply
At the end of the banquet, Felix got up with his firecracker top hat and was about to leave. He saw that Hermione did not go with his companions, but stayed alone.

"Is there something wrong, Miss Granger?" He thought Hermione was looking for him.

"Oh, Professor," she hesitated, "I have something to say to Professor McGonagall."

"Is that so..." Felix nodded, "Then I'll go first. By the way, I like the music box you gave me. It doesn't seem like a pure alchemy product?"

Hermione's worried expression melted away, and she said happily: "I brought it from home, and I used the original mechanical structure to recast the spell. For the music part, I referred to the scroll of Parseltongue, and the rune circuit that stores the sound on it is very useful... ..."

Felix understood that after the Chamber of Secrets incident last year, Harry still spent a few days supplementing the pronunciation of the Parseltongue. After sorting it out, Felix converted the corresponding syllables into a book and kept them in the Thinking Cabin.

For a while, he did see Hermione pondering alone with the scroll, and asked him some production skills...

Back in the office, he took the time to reply to several letters, and one of the official letters caught his attention.

"It turned out to be a letter from the Ministry of Magic."

Felix looked at the logo on the letter and guessed what it would be. Could it be his memory therapy thesis?But he only sent it yesterday, when did the Ministry of Magic respond so quickly.

Opening the letter, he first glanced at the signature at the bottom, which was Walsh Cedric from the 'Minister of Magic Advisory Office', and then he looked at the text.

'Dear Mr. Hype: Some of my colleagues have noticed that your new book "Magic" in the Muggle World has been listed as recommended by the Ministry of Magic of twelve countries, plus two Muggle books you have published in the past A monograph on the study of melons shows that you have a very deep understanding of the Muggle world, and we invite you to give an internal lecture to the Ministry of Magic...

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The time is tentatively scheduled for the first Thursday after the Christmas holiday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in the living room No. [-].If you have any objection, or the time arrangement is inconvenient, please contact me in time.

your faithful
Walsh Cedric, Office of the Adviser to the Minister for Magic. '

The following is a long list of departments who, if he accepts, are the audience for his speech, including: Muggle Conciliation Committee, Muggle Liaison Office, Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division, Reversal of Accidental Magic , Amnestic Logout Command, and interested parties.

"It's reasonable, they are departments that often deal with ordinary people."

Felix thought for a moment, he was still willing to publicize his ideas, and he also wanted to know more about the actual situation of the Ministry of Magic. Among the people he has dealt with so far, Fudge is a standard politician, and Umbridge is also Not to mention much, the degree of nausea is even worse, Kingsley Shacklebolt is calm and capable.

Some of the remaining people either didn't know each other, or only communicated through letters, so they couldn't form an accurate judgment.

He took out a piece of parchment and wrote with a pen: Dear Mr. Cedric, I am very happy to accept your invitation, but in terms of time, I hope to move it to Friday, and I have no class that afternoon...

After the letter was sent, all that was left was to wait.In the last few days of the vacation, he didn't spend time in the library or study rune creations in the office, but formed a new habit.

There are always a few rune symbols on his hand, only the size of a little finger, and he picks them up and plays with them from time to time, even eating and sleeping as much as possible.

At this point in his life, simply increasing the number of runes is not very effective. The ancient runes he has learned from many ancient books and alchemy items actually do not have a deep understanding.

He decided to take the time to sort out what he had learned. If he could complete a book of runes, it would definitely be better than mastering hundreds of new practical runes.

He also visited several ancient rune experts-his friends in this area are pitifully few, and even Tofudi, who is the most talkative, has quite limited understanding of this area.

In Felix's view, he might as well pretend to be an alchemist and get involved in the alchemy circle.Nick LeMay introduced several people to him before, and he also wrote a few letters to express his thoughts on communication, but then it gradually faded away, because the two parties focused on completely different things, and it always felt awkward to communicate.

Alchemists pay more attention to the selection and ratio of alchemy materials, as well as the fusion of different properties. A rare formula may sell for sky-high prices, or become an untold secret.They also focus on so-called alchemical formulas, especially the way unique functions are implemented.

Felix exchanged some knowledge with them, then maintained the communication on a lower frequency.

He wasn't in a hurry either, he built one himself if he didn't have a suitable circle: eight or nine of the students who graduated last year still kept in touch with him by letter, and the girl surnamed Vera had the most positive attitude.

She has become a Gringotts spellbreaker. Cursebreakers are a very dangerous and serious profession. They may be killed by ancient jinxes, poison curses or curses during their work, but the corresponding rewards are also very rich.

Keremi Vera wrote to tell him that she was currently working in Egypt, where there are a large number of ancient tombs and historical sites, and her colleagues are very friendly.

She even discovered an application scenario of practical rune - many ancient defenses and traps are inseparable from alchemy, and practical rune has superior magic performance and can carry more magic power than other alchemical symbols.Therefore, it was often chosen by ancient wizards as the core of the entire defense and counterattack system.

In a recent operation, Vera accidentally discovered a practical rune hidden in the pattern used for decoration in the pit. She used this to avoid a sinister curse, and thus successfully became a regular.

Felix was not stingy with giving pointers. In his reply, he pointed out that for some alchemy entity traps that are not very aggressive but difficult to crack for a while, you can try to connect a rune circuit to draw out the magic power and let it run out quickly energy.

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On the other hand, Harry, Ron and Hermione were not idle either. Ever since Hagrid wrote to Professor Kettleburn asking for help, they would go to Hagrid's cabin every day to see how things were going.

He had business to do, which also reduced Harry's resentment towards Hermione from the side. He knew that Hermione had good intentions, but the Firebolt he just got was taken away by Professor McGonagall to check for possible black magic and curses. And he has to endure the old comet series, which has to make him full of grievances.

Until the start of school was approaching, Hagrid finally received a reply.

"Read it, Hagrid, read it!" said Harry impatiently.

Hagrid tore open the letter and cleared his throat, "Hagrid, I'm glad to hear from you, and I feel sympathy for what happened to Buckbeak, but there's nothing I can do. I really don't have any contacts in the Ministry of Magic. You can't count on one There's no good relationship with a bad old man who stayed in school 62 times and only got a reward before retiring, unless you want to make a troll friend or two-"

The expressions of the three of Harry were very strange. They regretted that Professor Kettleburn was not helpful, and couldn't help laughing at his humorous self-deprecation. They looked like they wanted to laugh but tried their best to hold back. Ron's eyebrows It's about to fly to the head.

"Then how do we—"

"Don't worry, there's more to come." Hagrid said, "I'll keep reading—however, I recommend you someone who has enough prestige in the field of magical creatures, and it just so happens that he's very fond of hippogriffs." Interested, it is said that he was influenced by his mother. I enclose the address, you can write to him soon, and I will write a letter explaining the situation. Your faithfulness, Sylvanus Kettleburn." Hagrid finished reading the letter and looked up at them.

"Who? Who did he recommend?" Hermione asked hoarsely, she had a cold recently.

Hagrid lowered his head again, looked at the bottom of the letter, stared and read out a name, "Newt Scamander."

　The third is that it may be after twelve o'clock, or it may not be finished, and it will be moved to the next day.You don't have to wait.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)