A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 598 Wizard Level Exam (seeking monthly pass)

In classroom No. [-], Felix sat on a swivel chair, lost in thought.

The place he was on was a circular platform, and the ground seemed to be carefully polished with a complete black gemstone, and the figure could be clearly seen.

Floating in the air in front of him was a vague book of uncertain size and shape, but when Felix looked over it became what he wanted.

He waved his wand, and a silver physical Patronus was condensed.

It was a small swift. When it appeared, it quickly flew around the circular room, circled twice, and landed directly in front of Felix, as if it had never moved.

Felix swung his wand a second time, and a plump, blue, fluffy bird jumped down. Mao's acromantula appeared out of thin air. This terrifying creature seemed more pleasing to the eye in the Patronus state. Next, Felix kept waving his wand, and one after another magical animals appeared beside him.

There are long-horned water snakes with long horns on their heads and emerald green all over their bodies; there are golden phoenixes with two slender and beautiful feathers; there are tall and fierce fire dragons with different shapes; The Thestral stretched out a pair of bat wings. If you look carefully, you will find a dementor mixed in. Even in the state of Patronus, it looks like a piece of black and gray rotten cloth.

Compared with it, the old dishcloth in the Hog's Head is a hundred times better.

Felix sat in the center, like the director of a magical zoo, staring at these strange patron saints.

He looked at them over and over again.

These creatures seem to have their own 'personality', and they vary.

For example, thestrals are less courageous, and their silver-gray eyes without pupils are preserved, while the ball-stalking bird and the unknown white mink seem to be full of curiosity, jumping around; as for those few Fire dragons—they have been roaring, their eyes are full of anger, but they are not tens of feet tall now, and they look not much bigger than a fiery red lizard lying on the ground, so when a pocket Hungarian hornet raises its neck When it roared dryly, the coiled bird and snake next to it jumped up suddenly, knocking the fire dragon staggeringly.

Not far away, a long-horned water snake jumped into the smooth floor like a calm lake, swimming freely in it, then poked its head out from the other side, and looked at the dazed griffin.

……

If they had one thing in common, it was that both had been carefully studied by Felix.In other words - at least in theory, he could easily become their kind.

There was a loud knock on the door, as if a giant monster was standing outside and slamming a wooden stick on the door.

Of all the professors in Classroom [-], the only one who can do this kind of thing is—well—himself, Felix pouted, golden lines emerged on the wall of the circular room, and the lines twisted into a door In the next second, the door was pushed open from the outside.

"Wow!"

The memory whistled, and the whistle echoed on the smooth ground. He looked around, "Can you do this now? Hey~ I really want to have this part of knowledge!" into a silvery transparent state, with both legs covered in mist, pretending to be a Patronus,

"Hi, big man, I'm your companion," the memory introduced itself to a tall Thunderbird, "I," he pointed to himself, "and you—" He drew a horizontal circle with his hand , circled all the magical animals present, "It's the same."

Thunderbird squinted at him with his eyes, motionless.

Felix rolled his eyes.

"Be careful, it's 'pride' incarnate."

"What's the role? Pretending to be a statue?" The memory circled around the Thunderbird cheerfully. The Thunderbird, which was a head taller than a normal person, flapped its wings and blew the memory away. He floated to Felix as if weightless. before.

Eyes met, Memory cleared his throat.

Felix suddenly thought of something, and said to his memory, "I have a question, and I need your help for reference." He said slowly: "There is a flaw in Voldemort's soul, and my idea is to work hard on it, but Playing with the soul is a more taboo and evil field than time, and public information is scarce...

I can change the time of an apple, but I cannot change the soul of a thorn.

Soul, memory, emotion, these three intersect, if you give me enough time—" Felix frowned.

Memory has an expression of listening carefully.

"Go on!"

"—Don't interrupt." Felix said: "Whether it's the time domain or the soul domain, what I came into contact with at the beginning were some scattered points..."

For the former, Felix has the research materials of the Silent Men copied from the Department of Mysteries in his hands, and the Hour Reversal Curse is one of the achievements;

He still has plenty of time and energy.

The so-called 'sufficiency' is only a relative term. This thing is like a dementor. Once put into research, the number will decrease sharply, and it will never be enough.

As for the latter—the realm of the soul, Felix also occupies a few insignificant footholds, such as the Unforgivable Curse, and the Thestral perspective.But to create a soul cage with these isolated points, it can only be said that it is very difficult.

Fortunately, Felix is ​​very good at memory magic, and has in-depth research on one of its branches - emotions.His busy work during this period is also related to this topic: using memory magic and emotional magic as a springboard to intervene in the realm of the soul.

His increasingly spooky Patronus is a combination of the two.

In addition to the Patronus, Felix must also thank the Dementors for their contributions with their lives.

Dementors are not real life. They have some similar characteristics to Voldemort's remnant soul. If the Patronus can trap a dementor, can it trap Voldemort's remnant soul?
That's what Felix is ​​doing.But he is a little hesitant now, not knowing who should be the main force.

"Which emotion do you think Voldemort is least resistant to?" Felix asked.

"Hmm..." the memory pondered.

"It can't be those negative emotions," Felix said to himself, "then they are positive emotions? But can confession be classified as positive emotions? It may play a role in the 'prison reform' later. It plays an important role, but it is used to arrest..."

He shook his head, maybe the effect would not be very good.

"I think..." Memory opened his mouth.

"...But I can't say for sure," Felix's attitude wavered again, "'Repentance' is an emotion that Voldemort would never spontaneously produce. His self-proclaimed noble status does not allow him to do so, so this emotion may It will cause him great pain."

"I said, why don't you put them together?" After being interrupted a few times, the memory said in an aggressive tone.

"Together? Throw it all together?" Felix blinked.

"Yeah, surge up." The memory nuzzled at the complex patron saints, "You have a whole army of patron saints."

Felix used his brain, it's not like he didn't think of similar ideas, but the Patronus is not used for fighting, but to trap Voldemort, as a kind of cage.In essence, it is no different from a dementor cage - at most, the cage holding Voldemort must be stronger...

He was about to explain, when a strange idea suddenly appeared in his mind, and he was fascinated by this idea.

All at once?No, creating some sort of cycle.

……

When he saw Sirius again the next day, he seemed less than happy.

"I don't know what the old man's tendon is wrong." Sirius said with a sullen expression, "I ran to my office last night to ask questions, and urged me—" He suddenly stopped, and changed the subject bluntly: "By the way, did you provoke him? He kept arranging you."

"I'm more curious, how did he get to your office?" Felix asked.
He looked around the auditorium. There were two distinct atmospheres in the school. One group was naturally the students who were in class as usual, and the final exam had not yet started, so they were still in the mood to discuss whether breakfast was delicious, while the other group—the fifth and seventh graders The student's face was pale and he couldn't eat.

A seventh-year Ravenclaw girl stared blankly at the vegetable soup, while her companion scrutinized a half-baked strawberry pie, as if worried that there was poison in it—or vice versa, Felix Adams guessed.

Anyway, they hadn't done anything for a full 2 ​​minutes.

"Because I moved his portrait there," said Sirius sullenly, as if regretting his hasty decision, "just the day before my inauguration. Help out in the kitchen, there's no reason to keep him in the big house."

"So you agreed?" Felix asked with some amusement. "You should know his emotions aren't real. He's not your great-grandfather either."

"Yeah, I know, although I haven't learned this knowledge, if you are faced with those stiff-responsive, poor-speaking ancestors' portraits from childhood, you will also be as self-taught as I am. This." Sirius said with a gloomy face: "The portrait of the headmaster of Hogwarts is more realistic at best, but their reaction can't go beyond the initial setting..."

"Like my mother," he said sullenly, "she really left all her resentment on that portrait."

That's the sad thing about portraits.

They are like a well-written program, which will mobilize the pre-stored memory before reacting-they are not living people, but objects that give feedback according to the old rules.Moreover, it is also difficult for them to change their own inherent concepts. Sirius will always be the "unworthy descendant who shamed the family" in Mrs. Black's population, and he will never be forgiven.

However, from another perspective, their reactions are also the most authentic. If Phineas Black's portrait shows enough importance to Sirius, it is also likely to be the same when he is still alive.

Perhaps in the eyes of Sirius, although it is only a portrait, it is indeed a rare thing related to the Black family that can communicate normally.

……

The Wizarding Rank Exams will last for two weeks.

If there is any difference between Felix's exams this year and the past three years, it is that he has become a non-staff examiner-in his free time, he will work with the examiners of the Wizarding Examinations Authority to maintain the discipline of the written exams.

In previous years, these tasks belonged to the four deans.

Felix had a great sense of anticipation as he had managed to invigilate the exams on the first and last day, but of course the last day was significant - the day when Dumbledore and Voldemort dueled.

His partner is Professor Tofudi.When Felix ushered the fifth grade students from the foyer into the auditorium, many students were surprised to find that the four long dining tables had disappeared and were replaced by many small tables for one person.

"This exam is the theory of spells. The test paper, quill and ink are all on the table. Well, you can start."

Professor Tofudi finished speaking at the slow pace of the old man, and nodded to Felix, who turned a giant hourglass upside down.

The students opened the test paper and began to answer.

Felix was standing on the podium. To him, this exam was like a highly condensed microcosm of the real society. The expressions of the students were all kinds of strange, and the reactions were very interesting.

Somewhat frowning—Felix reckoned the student must be unprepared;
Of course, there are also relaxed expressions.As time goes by, the emotions of these people will go to two extremes. One kind of people looks more and more dignified, with a pimple between their brows; the other kind remains the same from beginning to end.

Here, Ron Weasley's performance is enough to be included in the case analysis, and it is still NEWTs difficulty—if Felix plans to conduct research in this area—his expression changes back and forth, between excitement and hesitation at a high speed switch.In a short period of time, Felix could only think that he might know a little bit of every question, but only a little...

There are also some students who showed surprise expressions, which is the reaction only when they encounter knowledge points that they are good at in the exam.For example, Harry, he swore he would never forget the Levitation Curse in his life, and he believed that Ron was the same, after all, not everyone had the opportunity to stun a crazy troll neatly.

The second question was the solution to the Eye Sickness Curse, which Harry could easily answer.

The third question is a bit difficult, and it describes in detail the relevant knowledge of the restoration spell.

Harry had carefully read Hermione's Charms Notebook before the exam, so what appeared in his mind at this moment was not the block lettering in the textbook, but Hermione's handwriting.

He first wrote the definition of the restoration spell, "a spell that...can be used...to repair...damaged objects..." Why is there such a thing as a definition?Harry thought about it while writing, and the memory behind it was a little fuzzy, and he could only summarize it in his own words.

After checking it he added an adjective after 'repair', 'mostly'.

Then what?Harry looked up and thought, and he saw that Hermione, who was sitting a few seats in front, had never raised her head, and the quill was spinning like a top.He stared blankly at Hermione's matted hair, what would happen if he cast a Restorative Charm on them?Inspiration suddenly flooded into his mind, he lowered his head and wrote quickly: "Contraindications...cannot be used on people...doesn't work on the liquid in the container either."

Very well, Harry thought, that's enough foreshadowing.

He was just about to write a specific spell, when he thought of another knowledge point that could be written - the inventor of the spell.So he picked up the quill. "This spell is forbidden to misuse—"

Harry stopped.

He only remembered that the spell was invented by a witch in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, but he couldn't remember exactly which department, and he tried to use elimination method, it was unlikely to be Mr. Weasley's office, because Harry thought How can this spell be associated with Muggles if I don't understand it, maybe it's because wizards don't understand the increasingly complex Muggle tools?
He didn't use this line of reasoning in the end, because he hadn't heard a similar story from Hermione.

So he crossed out the words and summed it up simply as "This spell was invented at work by a witch from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." When he finished, Harry stared at the short sentence 'at work', and he Not really sure, but he thought it was worth the risk.

Next, he quickly silently wrote down the incantations and casting actions of the Restoration Curse, and described his feelings when casting the spell in a lot of space.

Harry continued to answer the questions. He particularly liked questions [-], [-] and [-] because they were all about summoning spells, and Harry had successfully summoned a broom from the castle bedroom to the Forbidden Forest. It was for a vicious Hungarian Horntail.

The No. 20 questions were about the Patronus Charm. Harry wrote a long article, and finally filled all the places that could be answered.

When he came out of the examination room, Harry relaxed a little. He felt that he could at least get a 'good'. Judging from Ron's expression, he had a good answer, but neither of them was interested in checking the answers with Hermione.

"I know we made mistakes and missed a lot of points, but let's feel the satisfaction of the moment when the results come in." Ron told her firmly. Harry thought Ron's tone was like Very much a prisoner awaiting the outcome of the trial.

Even Death Eaters probably don't discuss their crimes with fellow prisoners before trial.thought Harry.

(End of this chapter)