A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 450
In the potions professor's office, Felix and Snape were playing a game of wizard chess.

Felix started the game with the white king pawn, and Snape started with the black Sicilian defense. The chessboard reached the middle game, and the game was exchanged, but both of them were not fully focused on the chessboard.

"What about the slime effect of the snail larvae?"

"It's not bad. It seems that some unknown change has taken place. I personally think it's benign..." Snape commanded his black pawns to step forward, and said softly: "This may be a way of thinking, using magic with different attributes to process materials , in order to 'kill' some unnecessary but stubborn material idiosyncrasies."

"Isn't there also a situation where the ingredients neutralize each other in potions? Oh... I understand." Felix said, and at the same time commanded his queen to advance two squares, sweeping the black pawns off the board.

Snape dispatched the bishop unhurriedly, "Most mediocre wizards can't distinguish the subtle differences, and this is an important factor in determining whether he can succeed in potions..."

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 the order coldly, his white king moved forward three squares blankly behind him, his eyes moved back and forth between the two black pawns diagonally and vertically.Snape contemplated for a few seconds before abandoning the vertical black pawn.

Only then did Felix move the White Knight deep into Black's territory. "Charge!" Chess shouted enthusiastically.

"Exactly," said Felix, responding to Snape. "However, we must also take into account the deviation of the foundation of some newly enrolled young wizards."

"I've thought about it, the potion ratios for the first year are extremely simple, leaving them plenty of time to adapt." Snape said slowly, "Unless they are illiterate, or don't have the slightest logic ability."

Felix thought about it, and it was indeed the case. There were not many recipes in the potion textbook of the first grade, and most of them were introductions to common potion ingredients, as well as precautions and common potion recipes when cooking potions. Summary of the characteristics of the drug and so on.Even for the remaining dozen or so potion formulas, the operation steps are described in great detail.Even after stirring a few times, the reaction after that is described in detail, and common errors and corrective measures are attached at the back of the page.

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

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

"I know..." Felix stared at the chessboard, feeling that the pawn in the center was not in the right shape. After pondering for a moment, he keenly discovered a hidden trap. He glanced at Snape, trying to distract me with words?

He decisively made the white knight back.The black pawn followed immediately, and the white bishop stepped forward to sweep away the black pawn, and the black knight counterattacked and ate the white bishop. The remaining white pawns eat the black queen.

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

"Actually, the integration of ancient runes and modern magic is a dead end."

"Dead end?" Snape looked at him suspiciously, he didn't care about the chess pieces in his hand.

"Well," Felix thought about it seriously, "It's more accurate to say...a fork in the road is like the tributaries of a river. At the end, they still have to converge into one."

"I've never heard of such a claim." Snape said slowly, twisting 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 magic concepts overlap, so the rune has a strengthening effect on the spell, but you will find that this increase It is impossible to be suitable for all spells, and I guess the specific effect will vary from person to person..."

"Varies from person to person?" Snape pondered the word.

"That's right. For example, the degree of mastery of the rune, a deep understanding of the rune is the most basic prerequisite. Although it can be tricky, there must be someone willing to teach it... and choose the right spell. The students are experimenting in a hurry. It should be You can try out some results before the enthusiasm is exhausted... There are also casting time, activation timing, etc., all of which are problems."

Felix continued: "This is just a fusion of a single rune and modern magic. After that? Integrate two or three runes? Rune circuit, rune sequence, ancient magic? You will find that the further you go, the ancient magic The heavier the proportion of runes, the less meaningful it will be.”

"Then why did you—" Snape took a breath.

"I thought about it in the past," Felix said calmly, "I just wanted to climb up and appreciate the mysteries of higher places, so some routes that were obviously not suitable were naturally discarded. For example, I know this line of thinking. The follow-up and end point of this project—transforming modern magic into ancient magic, breaking through all kinds of tangible and intangible restrictions. But obviously, this is not what I want.”

Especially after having the Book of Runes.thought Felix.

Snape was silent for a while, "So, you think it would be better to take it out now?"

"It was Diggory who reminded me, and I'm going with the flow." 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 really has 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 sub-force competition just now took him a lot of thought, especially since he didn't plan to cheat with the thinking cabin or the speed-up magic.

Felix leaned lazily on the back of the sofa, watched Snape contemplate, and continued the topic just now: "Although I don't need it, Digory's accidental discovery also reminded me of one thing: the ancient rune may come from For me, but I hope that a hundred flowers will bloom after me, so I encourage them to contribute to the magazine."

Snape looked up sharply, looking at him in surprise.

"Discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the combination of ancient runes and modern magic, as well as some good cases... I designed a set of thesis structure, they completed it in this way, and with a little luck, they were able to publish it in the magazine ’” explained Felix. "Of course, I mean the members of the Rune Club." He added.At the same time, he commanded his own white soldiers to advance, and the white soldiers drew out their scimitars to exaggerately intimidate the opponent's knights. "I also suggest that students send it in two parts, and send one part to the Ancient Rune Association."

Snape showed a knowing expression.

The relationship between my student and the Ancient Rune Association has never been good. It is difficult for those old scholars who have studied the changes in the shape and meaning of characters all their lives to accept Felix's theory. Their general view is: ancient rune is a language, It just borrowed some "shape" from the predecessors.

Now it seems that it is not impossible to form a "New Ancient Rune Association" after these students grow up.In other words, it is almost inevitable.Among the Hogwarts graduates this year, more than half have chosen ancient runes, and more than one-fifth of the entire grade has attended ancient runes improvement classes. Their knowledge and understanding of ancient runes is what Felix learned. as hoped.

A frightening fact is that Felix has only been employed for less than three years. In other words, the students who graduated in the past two years did not follow him at all. According to this standard, only the current fifth grade—those who are preparing for OWLs The students who take the exam are the first batch of people who have received Felix's ancient rune education since the third grade.

And those old scholars can only speak out in the corners of some newspapers, denouncing this idea, or consider splitting those 'practical' ancient runes in name, denying their existence , divided into two, anyway, the proportion of this part of the ancient magic text is not large...

This should be the best way.Snape thought to himself, it was like a gecko with a short tail to survive. Although it looked ugly, it managed to preserve itself.

Felix fiddled with a chess piece and said with a smile: "I recently made a new discovery. Some of the runes that we thought were pure translations may be simplifications and deformations of some practical runes, um, maybe deformations. To a greater extent..."

This is also the perception brought to him by the book of magic text.

Snape was speechless.

Even the last step is blocked, besides admitting defeat obediently, is there any other way for the Ancient Rune Association?
……

The headquarters of the Ancient Rune Association.

Compared with such large organizations as the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association and St. Mungo's Association of Magical Medicine, the residence of the Ancient Rune Association looks particularly shabby. There are only a few dozen members in total. This is because the association has repeatedly relaxed its requirements. The results accumulated over the years.

"Did you see it? It's normal for a valuable article to be published in the field of ancient runes in a few years, but in the past half a month, six or seven very groundbreaking papers have been sent to me..."

"Does what 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 at the 'Future World' company. No matter what you say, 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 the Wizarding Weekly, and even attracted the attention of the Ministry of Magic—"

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

"Ha! This matter involves at least three departments, the Experimental Spells Committee, the Wizarding Examinations Authority, and the Auror Office." Under the leadership, assemble a pamphlet about ancient runic texts, so it may attract the attention of the publishing department..."

"People from the Wizarding Examination Authority are going there too?" the old man asked.

"Originally, Geselda was very patient, and planned to see this year's results before talking...but things changed too fast, and she couldn't sit still. This is almost a subversion of the modern mantra!"

"Is it that exaggerated?" The old man looked in disbelief.

"At least it's a supplement. I've taken a step back, and you can't refute it!" the visitor said with a beard and a glare.

"Okay," the old man smacked his lips, and there was no movement for a while, "Do you know Professor March class? Let her bring me one!"

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

　　
　
(End of this chapter)