A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 330 Gifts
After some bargaining, Felix each purchased three sets of equipment, and then he took Lupine and the twins through the streets of London, citing the names of Muggle companies and buying a batch of miscellaneous things.

Back at the Future World Company in Diagon Alley, Felix piled up these items in the lobby, forming a hill, attracting crowds of onlookers. The new employees of the company came here one after another, not only to see these strange things, but also to see The boss of the company who never showed up.

Felix led them to sit together and had a short meeting.

"I will live here for the next period of time, and work hard with everyone to make the company's first product." Felix said, "By the way, I will transform some magical machines."

Penello reminded him: "Professor Haip, oh sorry, boss—"

"It doesn't matter, you can still call me Professor, or Hep." Felix said with a smile.

"...Okay, professor," Penello said a little nervously, but she quickly entered the working state, "We need to consider the attitude of the Ministry of Magic, especially the Department of Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Items."

"You mean the department under Arthur Weasley?" Felix said pointedly.

Penelope blushed and pretended not to hear, "The responsibility of this department is to prohibit the use of magic on things made by Muggles, in case they return to Muggles' shops or homes."

Felix saw similar worries on other people's faces, he thought for a while, and replied seriously: "This is indeed a problem, but I have carefully studied this part of the law, and it doesn't affect us much. Report the engraving machines to the Ministry of Magic."

"Following this topic, you will find that the whole law is for one purpose, which is to prevent the exposure of the magic world."

"To sum up, the prohibition of misuse of Muggle items has three main meanings." Felix glanced around, looked at the bewildered crowd, and said with fingers, "First, it is forbidden to cast malicious spells and play tricks on Muggles; Second, the sale of enchanted products in the form of Muggle items is prohibited, especially their unique items, such as a toaster;" He smiled, "Of course, there are no absolutes. Not all of them are allowed."

"Third, it is forbidden to modify without permission and add other functions. The terms of this type of law are rather vague. It may be because, if we really want to investigate, many people have contraband in their homes, and they may not even know it. So there is only one thing worth noting—" He drew a long voice and said softly: "That is not to use it in front of ordinary people."

The Weasley twins looked at each other, and Fred snickered and said, "Dad's mind is clearly understood." He knew that this law was drafted by his father, and he was very aware of everything in the Muggle world. Curious, for which he left himself many back doors.

Before Arthur Weasley, there was a blank slate of Ministry of Magic laws, but with the increasing number of examples of misuse of Muggle items, the Ministry of Magic finally thought of making a law around it. Mr. Weasley is here Against this backdrop, he enacted laws and served as head of the department.

Felix continued: "One of our tenets is the improvement and transformation of Muggle items. What does this mean? It is not a simple copy, but a reference to the wisdom they show, not a specific thing;"

"For example, the magic lamp, its principle is completely different from the electric lamps used by ordinary people, the only thing in common is that they can all emit light."

Everyone laughed lowly, and the worries in their hearts dissipated. Most of them actually didn't have the courage to openly defy the Ministry of Magic.

"During this process, you will find that what we are using is a conceptual thing - a more convenient and practical lighting method. We don't need to study how to use electric energy, how to study the materials and principles of electric lamps, but It's thinking about how to use magic to achieve the effect we want."

Felix looked at everyone and said seriously: "I don't want to see everyone's prejudice against the non-magic world in the 'future world'. Any specific person or specific group, as long as it has obvious external characteristics , you will never be liked by everyone. To put it bluntly, some people see the advantages, and some people see the disadvantages..."

"I don't want you to be obsessed with these boring things. With an appreciative heart, you will find that in the past few hundred years, the outside world has also made remarkable achievements. In the process, they The wisdom, ideas and achievements displayed are all worth learning from."

For the next few days, Felix stayed in the vertical castle in the future world. Lupine, Penello, and several seventh-grade graduates who mastered the ancient magic of lighting technique completed the test of the magic lamp. design tasks.

The most difficult thing here is how to store the rune sequence of ancient magic on a specific object. Felix rummaged through the information left by Nick Flamel, and finally found an enchanting material like flowing mercury, which will They are shaped by magic.

This process required a lot of trial and error, so Snape came here to protest because he disliked the materials being consumed too quickly, so Felix dragged him into the research.

The basic chandeliers, candlesticks, and lantern-shaped magic lamps were successfully completed one after another. After that, a witch who graduated from Ravenclaw proposed to use transfiguration to design an eagle shape. When using it, you only need to pronounce specific syllables, eagle It will flap its wings, fly into the air, and spit out a bright ball of light.

This idea won the unanimous praise of 17 employees who graduated from Ravenclaw College. Later, more forms of magic lamps were proposed. The majestic lion with wake-up function can bounce around and follow its owner. Badgers, and snake-shaped magic lamps inlaid with green gems also appeared one after another.

Felix added several more dragon shapes, and used polymorphing to change the light emitted into the shape of a breath.

The purchased engraving machine also came in handy. Felix did not expect to use it so soon. He just made a simple modification, let the employees familiarize themselves with its operation in their free time, and tried to put forward suggestions for improvement.

But a wizard named "Fink David" came up with an idea. When he was playing with the engraving machine, a flash of inspiration flashed. He proposed that a batch of rune cards could be made by imitating the chocolate frog cards, and finally The basic engraving part is handed over to the machine to complete.

Felix was intrigued by the idea, and he took it a step further—using a machine to complete the engraving, and then coating the card with a layer of enchanting material, which wizards could hold and follow with their fingers. The rune corresponding to the imprint above is practiced.

Felix felt that there would be another teaching tool in his ancient rune class this year, so he gladly ordered a batch, giving the company its first business.

Soon, the first set of [-] rune cards was finalized. It can be regarded as a simplified version of Hermione's rune carving knife on the chestnut board. There is only one angle for reference, which is the stability of magic power .Once successful, the magic symbol corresponding to the rune will be displayed, such as a waterfall or a flame.Of course, this is just an illusion of magic.

The twins come up with a gag version where the card screams piercingly as soon as the magic breaks and taunts loudly the wizard who uses himself.

"This is the inspiration that life gives us." Fred said with emotion.

Felix was afraid that the little wizards would shut themselves down collectively, so he didn't use it. He valued the auxiliary role of the rune cards in learning rune cards, but the twins never tired of it. They also tried to add a few fake cards to the stack of real cards. , if you try to infuse it with magic, the card will transform into a nest of mice and scurry around.

"We can give it to Harry for his birthday," said George, grinning.

……

Early morning of July 31.

When Harry unwrapped the present, he was a little dazed. Professor Hype and the Weasley twins had given them exactly the same present, a stack of cards, and even the instructions were the same.

However, there was a weird smiling face drawn in the instruction manual of the Weasley twins, which made him a little flustered.

He curiously followed the instructions in the manual, trying to trace on the card with his fingers and inject magic power. The moment he succeeded, a green wand tree phantom popped out of the card, swaying gently, making a "rustling" sound. sound.

Harry stared at it for a while, and tried other different cards with great interest, and he got to know many strange runes through this.However, he finally discovered the difference between these two gifts.

After one failed attempt, the card popped, purple smoke exploded, and the card turned into five or six fat mice scurrying through the narrow crevices of the room, startling him so much that he tried to Get these little ones out from under the bed and they squeak even more.

When he heard Uncle Vernon's snoring, he didn't try to act aggressively, and waited quietly for a while, the fat mice ran out by themselves, gathered together, and after a puff of purple smoke passed, they returned to a card.

Harry unwrapped other presents. Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid gave him three super big cakes, which made Dudley's weight loss plan completely unaffected by him. In fact, except for breakfast, he usually slipped to In the house rented by Sirius, he stayed there until the evening before returning.

In addition to satisfying his desire for family affection, Harry discovered a previously unexpected benefit, that is, he could cast spells outside of school.Next door to Mrs. Figg, Harry had access to Sirius' spare wand—according to him, the wand he snatched from the Dark Wizard didn't go very well, and he went to Ollivander to get a new one.

And the dragon heartstring wand was held and used by Harry. In fact, he was not used to it. He always felt that it was not as easy to use as his own wand, but he was satisfied with being able to cast spells.He and Sirius were practicing duels in the house that had been cast with the Fixture Charm. It was originally just one afternoon, Sirius and Harry slumped on the sofa, protesting against the boring TV show, and it turned out that Sirius was unexpectedly keen on this game.

He taught Harry a lot of dueling skills, but he soon discovered that Harry had formed his own fighting style, although it was a little immature, it did exist.And Harry's level is very high, which makes the duel game between them closer to real battles.

Sirius called out Harry's father's name more than once, which made Harry feel sad and moved.

There was an episode in the middle, the Ministry of Magic sent him a letter, warning him of the fact that he was casting spells outside the school, and then Sirius sent back a roaring letter, and then the Ministry of Magic did not follow up.

Harry was a little apprehensive at first, but Sirius explained: "This law is aimed at Muggle-born students to prevent them from exposing themselves in front of Muggles, but do you think they will control children from wizarding families?"

Harry was happily persuaded, and he wrote the matter into the letter. Hermione said in the letter that she also wanted to learn from Sirius, and sent him a Howler letter. Harry smiled very brightly, but when he He couldn't stop laughing when Hermione mentioned that she was working on curses later in the letter.

……

In the bedroom, Harry opened Sirius' gift box, which was only the size of a palm and square. When he touched the lid, there was a sound inside.Harry froze for a moment, he wasn't worried about a curse, but worried about the weird gift Sirius sent him.

Harry had already discovered that his godfather was not as mature as himself in some aspects.For example, he can't cook for himself, and he's terrible with housework magic.If it wasn't for Kreacher, he figured Sirius would have moved in with the Dursleys and fought them that very day.

He opened the lid carefully, and a golden, round object flew out. Harry instinctively reached out his hand to catch it, his heart skipped a beat, and through the gap between his fingertips, he saw a beautiful glittering golden object. Snitch, Harry's eyes lit up, this gift was just what he wanted.

There was also a note in the box——

'Dear Harry
I've wanted to give you this gift for a long time, I found it from Felix's office with only one wing intact, I asked Felix to fix it and make some interesting changes, but to You find out for yourself that it's not interesting to tell all the secrets.

In addition, when he was in school, James often stole the golden snitch from the team for a period of time, and pretended to be cool to attract Lily's attention. It is strongly recommended that you try it.

Your godfather Sirius. '

Harry grinned, he let go of his clenched hands, the Golden Snitch slowly spread its wings, and disappeared with a "whoosh".Glancing left and right, he quickly caught sight of it and held it firmly as it flew past Harry's left ear.

Harry shook it vigorously, and the Golden Snitch calmed down, obediently stopping in his hand.He seemed to hear a small and trivial voice. He put the Golden Snitch to his ear and shook it gently. The voice was more obvious this time.

Harry pressed the surface of the Snitch, and its metal shell popped open. Harry noticed something was stuffed inside, and he tilted the opening towards the bed, "Crash!"

A pile of assorted treats littered the bed and rolled everywhere—chocolate frogs, cauldron cake, ginger newt biscuits, dragon's milk cheese, and a candy spree from Honeydukes.

"Wow." Harry said in admiration.

(End of this chapter)