A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 52 Persuasion and Research

"The prejudices of the human mind are a mountain, Harry."

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When Harry walked out of the ancient rune office in a daze, he was still echoing what Professor Haip had said to him.

Two hours ago, he tried to dispel the professor's "terrible" thoughts, but two hours later, he was already holding a magic scroll and began to think about how to translate the evil language of "Parseltongue".

He even thought he was benefiting the entire wizarding world.

"Harry, I think Professor Haip's point of view is good. A person's talent is not important, what matters is what kind of person he chooses to be!" As a person who listened to the whole conversation, Ron quoted Professor Haip a sentence.

"What's more--Professor Haipu's gift is also very generous." Ron added, and he looked at a magic puppet in Harry's hand with envious eyes. It was a magic puppet with ice-blue hair.

That's what Professor Hemp paid for the whole deal—one of the most advanced magical golems in his private collection, which, according to Professor Hemp, could "easily beat a seventh-year graduate".

Harry's memory went back to two hours ago...

"Harry, we always easily label others and unfamiliar things, but as long as you know a little bit, you will find that this approach is quite one-sided. For example, Principal Armando Dippet, who did There are many facts, but what people can remember are just some absurd rumors, which have been distorted by those who want to..."

Professor Haip put the "Armento Dippet: Master or Idiot?" on the table. " Summoned over, the book turned to the middle page with a "crash", allowing the three of them to see the contents above.

"Principal Dippet improved Hogwarts' school rules and abolished most corporal punishment... At the same time, he also rejected the Dark Lord's job application and spared Hogwarts students from his influence-this is Ordinary people’s opinion, but is this really the case? With the idea of ​​exploring the truth, the author sees a completely different logic from it. It is a dusty history that has been covered up, full of political filth..."

Felix said calmly: "This book, full of lies and twisted facts, has been on the bestseller list for a long time."

Harry is full of disgust for this woman named "Rita Skeeter", and at the same time sympathizes with what happened to Principal Dippet-they are all misunderstood, but he is because of Parseltongue.

Out of a feeling of common hatred, he quickly agreed to Professor Haipu's proposal.So Professor Haipu threw him a dictionary and asked him to translate it.

Ron and Hermione watched curiously. After the initial shock, they developed a strong interest in the matter itself. In Ron's words, "This is the process of uncovering the secrets of Parseltongue. We are witnessing history." !"

But this process was not easy. Harry turned to the first page of the dictionary, held back for a long time, but couldn't say a word.

"Professor, I can't do it."

Felix thought for a while, "Your Parseltongue is not proficient, maybe you lack direct stimulation." He waved his wand and cast a detection-feedback magic on the magic dictionary.

The effect is that when someone is reading the book, it feels like they are facing the face of a snake.

Now Harry quickly entered the state. After skipping the first and second useless words, he made a hoarse and eerie voice, which startled Ron and Hermione next to him.

"This voice is too evil." Ron shuddered, his whole body was cold.

"This is serious magic research, Ron." Hermione was also frightened.

"What word is it?" Felix asked.

Harry pointed to the third word in the dictionary, "It's this, [stay away]."

"How many sounds can you make on this page?"

Harry tried again, moving his fingers across the dictionary, allowing the other three to judge his progress.

But then, Harry either held his face and couldn't speak, or normal English words popped out of his mouth.Ron reminded him more than once, "Harry, you speak human language", "Harry, we can understand".

Until the last word on the page, Harry finally said it in Parseltongue, "The word is [eat]," he said excitedly, "I'm familiar with this word, I heard it on Halloween."

Felix rested his chin on his fingers, "That is to say, one page, to be precise, has 23 words on the left and right pages, and only two of them can be converted into snake-like language."

"Professor, what does that mean?" Harry asked.

"Ah, the language of animals is always not as rich as that of humans, and it is still very vague. For example, for the concept of 'eat', we have more than a dozen words with similar meanings, which are very rare in the languages ​​of other intelligent creatures."

Felix thought for a while, "Let's pause first, I need to make some changes to the dictionary."

The three of them followed Professor Haipu to the workbench. It was a very large "concave" table with a smooth wooden texture and waxed surface.

From Harry's point of view, Professor Haip tapped on the dictionary with his wand, and the tip of the wand emitted lights of various colors. The professor was sometimes silent, and sometimes muttered words. It took 10 minutes before he stopped.

"Professor?" Harry was about to ask him what he did, but then he opened his mouth wide.

The words in the dictionary suddenly "live".

Literally, the surface of the pale yellow page was rippling like water, and the title words of each entry began to twist, as if they had hands and feet.Then they struggled to break free from the dictionary and appeared in the three-dimensional world.

Then the pages of the dictionary clattered, and the "title words" were thrown out one by one. They fell on the surface of the workbench, and the black hollow lines wobbled and bounced.In less than 1 minute, the number reached several thousand.

This scene was extremely shocking, and the two-dimensional plane suddenly came to the real world.

"Professor, am I dreaming?" Harry asked innocently.

"It's magic," Felix said quietly.

Hermione's eyes burst out with a strong brilliance, this is magic... She always believed that magic is something concrete, such as spells, potions, or moving portraits, but Professor Hape told her with practical actions that magic can It does much more than that.

Magic is the unknown, the possibilities.

Felix glanced at the army of "words" in front of him with satisfaction. They were temporarily activated. He swung his wand violently, and the suitcase in the corner opened with a "bang", and pieces of parchment flew out from inside. .

Felix raised his wand aloft and drew a circle, connecting them end to end, and the parchments were magically glued together.

Afterwards, Felix's wand hit the table, and the army of "words" on the workbench melted into the parchment one after another, and each word emerged on it, and they were arranged in an orderly manner.

When it was all over, the long parchment, or parchment, rolled itself up and became a magic scroll.

"Clap!"

It falls on the workbench.

"Here, Harry, fortunately I know a lot of unpopular magic." Felix smiled.

"How is this going to be used, Professor?"

"It can store your snake language pronunciation - of course, you need to click the corresponding content with the wand before using it. Moreover, I have also eliminated some English words. You know, there are tens of thousands of words in the dictionary, but many things It doesn't help at all."

So in the remaining time, Harry spread out the scroll and translated word by word—this time the translation progress was much faster.

Throughout the office, a hoarse and eerie voice could be heard every few tens of seconds.

And Ron and Hermione also went from the initial discomfort, to getting used to it, to numbness, in less than an hour.

At nine o'clock, Professor Haipu sent the three of them out, "Harry, you can usually find a place where no one is around to record, and if you encounter any problems, just come to me."

Then he said to Hermione, "Tomorrow's rune study is temporarily canceled, and I have something to deal with temporarily."

"I'm going to meet someone," said the professor.

(End of this chapter)