A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 517

"Clown, warrior, lion, firebird... what do they refer to?" Ms. Burns asked tentatively.If the first two sentences opened the curtain of the era, then the last four sentences are obviously important roles on the stage.She actually had some guesses in her heart, and now she wanted to get confirmation from Dumbledore and Felix.

"Before things really happen, we can only get guesses." Dumbledore shook his head slightly.

"But, some things—such as the firebird's nirvana, don't they refer to the Phoenix? Or someone related to the Phoenix?" Ms. Bones said, looking at Dumbledore unabashedly.

The headmaster of Hogwarts is known to have a phoenix named 'Fawkes'.

"This is one of the disadvantages of prophecy," Dumbledore said with a smile, "when you try to explore the 'truth', you are already deeply involved-I can think of a dozen wizards related to 'Firebird', If you count foreign countries, there will be more. It may represent a certain magical animal, such as a phoenix; or some magic, such as a unique patron saint, transfiguration; it may even represent a state, a type of quality... What we're guessing right now is what we expect to see."

……

Time passed day by day, and Felix took the time to visit the Ancient Rune Association. Led by Keremi, they arrived at the office of the president of the Ancient Rune Association unimpededly—in fact, it was an independent study room. It is full of various stone tablets, manuscripts and ancient writings.

Felix saw old Vera at a glance. He was leaning over the table with a row of rune cards on it, chanting words.

Keremi coughed twice, but the people at the table didn't react.

Keremi had no choice but to walk over, knocked on the table with her fingers, and reminded: "Grandfather, Professor Haipu is here..."

"Who's here?" Old Vera looked up at her in a daze, her attention seemed to be still on the table, "Forget it, don't worry about that, first help me to understand how to understand here?" He waited After a few seconds, there was no response, so he raised his head casually, and when he met Felix's gaze, his eyes suddenly widened.

"I heard from Keremi that you have time recently, so you came here suddenly." Felix said with a smile: "I have read a few books you wrote recently, and I have some questions, and I want to discuss them with you. ..."

Facts have proved that no matter how stubborn a person is, when someone takes the initiative to hand out the ladder, he will half push and half go down.

At least Old Vera is such a person, he has actually compromised long ago, and he doesn't care about embarrassing him again.

At the beginning, Felix asked a few symbolic questions, which just happened to talk about the pride of old Vera. He began to talk at length, but within ten minutes, it turned into him pulling Felix asked about rune cards.

"I want to compile an order according to the level of difficulty, as a reference for learning." Old Vera said.

Felix was a little surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect that he was thinking about the textbook.

"Although I study theoretical runes, they also have something in common." Old Vera reluctantly 'quoted' the definition proposed by Felix, explaining: "As long as I want, I can learn dozens of runes a day. Practical rune is not a problem at all, but writing and cognitive habits need to be adjusted.”

Felix understood that this was a trick.As the old Vera said, there is indeed some overlap between the two—theoretical runes and practical runes at the same time, the speed of learning must be very fast, but the rest will take a lot of time.

According to this idea, those old antiques in the Ancient Runes Association who have studied theoretical runes for a lifetime can actually master hundreds of runes casually, and the follow-up learning will not be too slow.

Of course, there are not so many practical runes on the market for them to learn.It's all in Felix's hands.

"Mr. Vera, I have one thing to ask of you." Felix said, "This year's Hogwarts ancient runes course will be reformed, divided into a theoretical part and a practical part, and the two parts will be tested separately. Theoretical Part of it is okay, but the practical part needs to re-plan the textbook-I think what you are doing now is very helpful for writing textbooks."

"You mean to let me participate? Are you willing to give up this part of the rights?" Old Villa looked quite surprised.

"The decision is definitely still in my hands." Felix said calmly.

The ancient rune has been developed to the present, and it is no longer his own, and there is no need for it at all.He only needs to keep an eye on the most important places without making mistakes, and it is enough not to let the development direction deviate from expectations.

……

Before the start of school, a piece of good news finally came from the sword castle.Anti-thief waterfall is complete.

"It seems to be different from Gringotts?" Sirius looked at the products in the laboratory.

In front of him is an arched door with straight sides, no different from a normal door frame, except that there is a half-arc on the top, and a thin water curtain hangs from the arc, Sirius and Ms. After that, she looked at the hazy figure of the other party through the water curtain.

"The principle has changed. I incorporated some rune circuits to replace the part of the goblin magic." Felix said. "The effect is similar. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

"What are we going to do? Is anyone carrying Polyjuice Potion?" Sirius looked at the others inquiringly, and they all shook their heads. He looked at Felix again, and Felix looked at him with a smile on his face. he.

Sirius was a little dazed for a moment, what does this mean.But suddenly he woke up.

"Animagus?"

Felix nodded at him, yes, that's what you think.

Sirius didn't refuse either, and his body quickly turned into a big dog covered in black fur.It has sleek fur and a large, bear-like body.

Sirius in Animagus form seemed a little excited, barked twice, wagged his tail, and circled around Harry who came with him, looking extremely happy.

Ms. Burns' thick eyebrows twitched violently.She had to clear her throat—the big black dog had its front paws on Harry's shoulders by then. "Oh, Sirius, Ms. Burns seems to be calling you." Harry said with some effort, almost being thrown by it.

The big black dog circled the arch twice, and then slipped in from one side. The water curtain on the arch rippled in circles. Harry suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if seeing something incredible.

The same is true.That thin layer of water curtain seemed to have another secret. Half of the head of the big black dog disappeared from one side, but did not appear on the other side immediately.It was completely unaware of all this, and walked forward on its own. When only two hind legs were left, half of its head appeared on the other side of the arch, as if the body of Sirius was taken by someone. After walking for a while, it looks very funny.

Harry shrugged his shoulders and suppressed a smile, and the corners of the mouths of the others present, including Ms. Burns, were also raised.

But in the next second, the funny scene turned into a horrifying one. The head of the big black dog began to be forced to shrink and deform, and the black hair quickly faded away. Then his shoulders, arms and body parts returned to human form.

Sirius shook his head, seemed to have no idea where he was, and took a few seconds to wake up.

"It's amazing." He clicked his tongue in amazement, circling the arch, his appearance was the same as when he was transformed before, he put one hand into the water curtain, and then pulled it out again, the water curtain had no obvious response this time .

There was a burst of neat applause in the laboratory.

……

A week before school started, Felix got his new wand.Thirteen inches, of ebony, with a core of his own hair.When the fingers touched the wand, the fingertips suddenly felt hot, and the wand vibrated slightly, as if jumping and cheering, eagerly waiting for his first spellcasting——

Felix held his wand and sliced ​​through the air like a sword—Ollivander watched intently—the 'crack' seemed to connect to another place, and expanded rapidly, sucking in the surroundings.The small wand shop seemed to change places suddenly, appearing in an overgrown and desolate place.

Everything seemed so real, the dim light, the swaying bushes, the whimpering sound, Mr. Ollivander also smelled the smell of fresh earth being blown by the wind, he tried to take two steps forward, but bumped into something things, but there was clearly nothing there.

"An illusion? No, it's more real than an illusion..."

He plucked a handful of weed from the ground and watched it become dots in his hands.

The next second, the entire illusion disappeared, and they were back in the wand shop.Felix nodded with satisfaction. Although the specific effect has yet to be verified, the magic of the thinking cabin alone has made significant progress. He can more easily make the memories in his head appear in reality, "It's much better than I expected. Thank you Mr. Ollivander, you are the best wand master I have ever met."

"It's you who matches the wand," Mr. Ollivander said with a wry smile. "Even if you change the person or the material, it won't have the effect."

Afterwards, Felix paid enough.

"And I must thank you, too," said Mr. Ollivander, "for reminding me of two groups of sneakers."

"Death Eaters?"

"Maybe," Mr. Ollivander himself was not sure. "Those people are hiding their heads and showing their tails. Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic has issued alarms to every shop. Just click on the Aurors patrolling the street and they will quickly catch up." Well, they didn't have time to do anything."

……

"Remus, nice to meet you, I thought you forgot us." Sirius hugged Lupin, pretending to complain.

"He may not have forgotten you, but he must have forgotten me, the boss." Felix said quietly from the side.

"Ahem——" Lupine looked away guiltily.

"What the hell is going on?" asked Sirius, as they sat in the living room of Black's old house, waiting for the meeting to be assembled.

"Encountering a closed and exclusive community," Lupine explained. "It's unwise to risk contact with the outside world under the noses of a group of sensitive werewolves. I stayed until the end of the matter." He had a lingering expression on his face, "One or two times I almost thought I wasn't coming back."

Sirius didn't say anything more, just slapped him on the back twice.

Kingsley and Emmeline Vance came, and there was a warm welcome to Emeline's recovery, the taciturn witch kept smiling.

Soon, Snape also appeared.Everyone entered the meeting room one after another. "Don't count on eavesdropping, I can do magic," Mrs. Weasley warned the children.

"Sounds like it's the first time you've done it," Fred muttered.The door slammed shut in front of him.

In the conference room—

Snape was the first to speak.

"What I am going to read next is a top-secret document. At the request of Principal Dumbledore, it is not allowed to be mentioned publicly on any occasion, and it is not allowed to be disclosed to non-members of the Order of the Phoenix." He deliberately glanced at Sirius, Sirius There was a "cut".

"According to credible information, the Dark Lord—You-Know-Who," Snape changed his expression expressionlessly, "has a strong interest in something in the Department of Mysteries, and is sparing no effort to search..."

"After Thieves Falls?" interrupted Sirius.

"...you'll find that that thing can't stop him." Snape said lightly.

"I know what he's capable of, I've fought him—"

"You mean run away?"

Snape and Sirius were almost at each other's throats, causing everyone else quite a headache.

"Okay, we can put the greeting after the meeting," Kingsley said.

"...Given the failure of using the Imperius Curse to control the Silent Man Broderick Bird for the first time, he may send Death Eaters to gather information-he has a shortcoming in this regard, and has worked in the Department of Mysteries Death Eater August Rookwood has been imprisoned in Azkaban again..."

"...The Anti-thief Waterfall is not omnipotent. It cannot detect people's hearts. Whether it is willing, forced, or inadvertently revealing secrets, it cannot detect or warn..."

After Snape finished speaking, he leaned back in the chair without saying a word.

"Hey, let me continue with this topic," Kingsley said calmly, "We have already prepared for this. That kind of thing has been cast with complicated protection magic, and the silent people who can come into contact with it in normal ways will be strictly controlled." However, there may be loopholes during the time after work, and Dumbledore persuaded Ms. Burns to let the Order of the Phoenix take on the protection task, because the reason is to avoid leaking information."

Not everyone in the Order of the Phoenix knew Voldemort's goals, so they always used 'something like that' when they talked about the Prophecy Ball.

"I don't have anything to say here," Sirius said, "We are somewhat relieved to have the Anti-Thief Falls. Amelia decided to install one in Azkaban, and the time is tentatively scheduled for the day after tomorrow..." He His tone suddenly became complicated. If he had had this thing a few years ago, he would definitely not be able to escape.

Snape looked up, his eyes twinkling strangely.He said softly, "Azkaban? Are you here too? Yes, I don't think you will miss it. You met a lot of friends there..."

The meeting room almost turned into an arena.

……

After the meeting was over, members of the Order of the Phoenix who had no mission stayed to enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea, while Snape and Professor McGonagall had their own business to leave.Felix stared at Snape's disappearing figure, and asked Mr. Weasley, "Has he been this busy?"

"Maybe, he won't stay much on weekdays." Mr. Weasley muttered.They came to the living room to sit down, and after a while Mrs Weasley and Tonks appeared with some dessert plates, "Watch out for the last step," Mrs Weasley reminded.

"Oh, yes," said Tonks, before banging his head against the umbrella stand and the plate came out of his hand.

Felix moved his fingers and let the plate fall on the table.

"Thanks, I keep forgetting there's something here," Tonks said distressedly.

"The umbrella stand was actually moved here from the hallway two days ago," said Ginny oddly behind her, "because you keep bumping into it when you come back from get off work..."

Tonks raged and covered Ginny's mouth, and she ran away screaming.

"Where's Frank and Alice?" asked Felix, who hadn't been here in a while.

"They've traveled a long way, and they should go to the giant's territory." Mr. Weasley said.

On the other side, Bill was chatting with Sirius and Lupine.

"The goblins are angry, you know, about the Thieves Falls." Bill said the information he had scouted in the office.

"Bad excuse, they don't want to support either of us," said Sirius.

"If you have dealt with them, you will find that goblins have a different concept than ordinary people, and to be precise, they are different from wizards." Bill shrugged and said: "They are really angry, thinking that wizards have stolen their technology... ...But you're right, they really don't intend to side with us..."

"When are you going to leave the Ministry, Sirius?" Lupine asked.What he asked was not when Sirius was off duty at the Ministry of Magic, but when he would withdraw. According to the plan, Sirius would become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts in the new school year.

"Maybe the day before school starts." Sirius said hesitantly.

"You won't be reluctant, will you?" Bill said with a smile.

"Ha, what a joke, I wish I could leave sooner."

(End of this chapter)