A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 668 Practice Assessment Content
As soon as Snape caught the Elder Wand, there was still wonder in his eyes. He could feel the magic power in his body becoming lively and increasing in strength. The Elder Wand seemed to be silently urging him to cast some spells.

Resisting the urge in his heart, he walked slowly over and placed the Elder Wand on the desk.The wand rolled around on the table a few times and hit the silver base on one side. After trembling for a while, it gradually quieted down.

"Is that all right?" Snape licked his lips, his voice a little hoarse.

"That's fine." Dumbledore nodded and said, "The Elder Wand is the most emotionless, calm and cruel wand. It only considers ability. It follows power. Now I have not only been 'disarmed' , and are no match for you in mana, so you deserve the wand."

"But I can't have it," said Snape coldly, his eyes still fixed on the elder wand.

"Severus," Dumbledore sighed, "I would rather never own it. Countless people in history have been obsessed with the powerful power of the Elder Wand, but how many have achieved happiness? None! "

Snape froze for a moment, looking away.

"Fawkes will take you home," Dumbledore said softly at last.

The phoenix on the perch spread its wings and flew straight towards Snape, its golden claws lightly grabbing his shoulder.Snape turned his head, and there was a brief silence.

"Who do you want that wand to end up being passed on to, and against whom?"

"That's your business." Dumbledore said calmly: "I hope that one day it will never be used, and it is best to become a permanent mystery, which means that there will be no major changes in the wizarding world."

Snape stared and didn't say anything for a long time, Fox on his shoulder made a "click-click" sound with its beak boredly.

"—It also means that you have found something for that kid Snape to do, so that he doesn't have to look dead all day." When a person and a bird turned into flames and disappeared in the office, the portrait of Headmaster Black on the wall Said slyly, "When are you going to hang yourself on the wall, Dumbledore? I want to visit you - ouch!"

An extremely thick wand appeared in his frame and began poking at him.

"How dare you say that! Irresponsible! Talk!" a witch said aggressively.

Amidst a burst of "dong dong" and screams of pain, Dumbledore smiled slightly and lowered his head to caress the resurrection stone ring, then took out a quill and parchment and began to write a letter. The letter was very short, and he waited for the ink after writing. to dry.

With a soft flare, Fox returned.

"Give the letter to Babajid," Dumbledore said to it cheerfully.

……

the next morning.

"I still can't believe it," Harry whispered at the table, glancing over the bench where some professors were having breakfast, Professor Bagshot among them.

Would such a man have started the Wizarding-Muggle Wars half a century ago?Harry tried hard to read the traces of youth in Professor Bagshot's wrinkled face, and his eyes fell on the gray hair. Was it brilliant gold before?
"Dumbledore knows about this, Harry, and he personally recruited Professor Bagshot into the school, so whether it is that person or not is not as important as the next exam." Hermione persuaded: "We have already done it yesterday." To waste an entire evening discussing it without getting anything done is a crime."

Ron, who was originally excited and ready to join the discussion, immediately propped his chin on one arm and turned over the fried eggs on the plate.But Hermione didn't let them go, she said with high spirits: "Be sure to review well on the weekend. Because of Animagus, we are two weeks behind the normal schedule!"

"Speaking of which, I'm going to fill out a form in Professor McGonagall's office tonight," said Harry despondently.

"Oh, well, it will take about two hours," Hermione said with great experience: "Professor McGonagall will teach a series of regulations on behalf of the Ministry of Magic, such as the occasions and places where Animagus is prohibited, a total of 47 ..."

"Stop it, Hermione, I'm going to have a nightmare," Ron muttered.He suddenly looked at the long dining table opposite, "Hey, I don't know when they became so close."

Harry looked up to see Neville and Hannah with their heads together, eating and talking.

"Hannah lent Neville the Transfiguration lesson notes, and maybe helped him make up lessons by the way." Hermione said disapprovingly.Neville is not eligible for the Advanced Transfiguration class this semester, but he plans to take the make-up exam this year.

"Neville can let us borrow notes," said Ron immediately.

"Oh, Ron, you fool."

Harry found, regrettably, that the conversation had been cut short, and perhaps he could give Ron a hand in making him less direct.After eating, they went to the last ancient runes class of the week.Before leaving the auditorium, Harry cast another glance at the teacher's bench.

Hermione followed his gaze and said sadly.

"Oh, how sad Neville would be if Professor Bagshot really was...that man."

"Yeah, I would be uncomfortable if I had been intimate with two black wizard professors in a row," said Ron, who would not turn on the pot, "Looking at it this way, Professor Slughorn is a little In the eyes of power, there are no other shortcomings."

"What an amazing discovery," said Hermione.

At the dinner table, another exchange of verbal exchanges ended, and Felix had just shared his teaching experience with several professors.

"Thank you, Felix." Professor McGonagall held back a few times, but she still couldn't hold back. She protested, "I don't think it's a responsible way for senior students to give questions to lower grades."

"But we have to admit, Minerva," said Slughorn, who seemed persuaded, "the lessons for the lower grades are very simple, and the content is nothing new. From the perspective of efficiency..."

Professor McGonagall glared at him immediately, and Slughorn wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Minerva," Felix said unhurriedly, "more than half of the students in grades six and seven are adults now, we can't just treat them as students, experience some things, take some responsibilities—"

"At the expense of giving up part of my responsibilities as a professor? I'm surprised." Professor McGonagall said fiercely.

Felix shrugged, turned his head and saw Grindelwald with a mocking expression, he immediately turned his gun, "Professor Bagshot's final exam paper should be finished, I guess? After all, there is only one grade."

As we all know, Grindelwald only teaches grades six and seven, and the Ministry of Magic is responsible for the NEWTs exams for grade seven.

"I'm going to submit it together with the detention report." Grindelwald said, "What's the word? Keep improving...Professor Bubbaji?"

Keridi Bubaji raised his head and pointed at himself suspiciously.

"I've written several papers on Muggle studies, and I'm going to find someone to correct the format. I can't think of a better candidate." Grindelwald said, bowing slightly.

"Oh, yes, I'd be happy to help," said Professor Bubaji enthusiastically.

"Can I have a look?" Dumbledore interrupted suddenly.

"No problem," Grindelwald said lightly, "I have to admit that some of my views were extreme in the past, and there is room for correction... Muggles also have merits. For example, the gun ban bill they came up with recently—— Can you pass me the raspberry jam?" Dumbledore froze for a moment, and immediately handed him the jam plate, "Thank you—" he continued: "I've been paying attention to this information: the new legislation is officially in effect, Ma The Melonian government has confiscated more than [-] guns..."

"I remember it was reported in the newspaper that it was a Muggle wand?" Professor Flitwick asked with great interest.

"Almost, but that thing has only one function, killing." Grindelwald said softly: "During the time I was active, this kind of thing was flooding everywhere, and Muggles didn't stop, desperately researching various more efficient ways of killing, They're incredibly talented at that."

"Oh, oh." Professor Flitwick was a little absent-minded, "I don't understand why some people specialize in this."

"The misuse of magic can also cause serious violence," Dumbledore warned.

"But there's more to magic than violence," Grindelwald said calmly. "We grow crops with it—" He looked at Bubaji, who smiled; Livi nodded, and Flitwick put down his fork politely; "And the pursuit of truth—" His eyes flicked to Felix, who looked back curiously; "Of course, there is also love."

His eyes turned around and finally fell on Dumbledore.

"Love is a great magic. That's your opinion, isn't it, Headmaster Dumbledore?"

"That's right." Dumbledore had a surprised expression on his face.

"How amazing," Grindelwald said with emotion: "I often imagine recently what kind of scene the communication between wizards and Muggles would be."

Felix put down the knife and fork, looked at Grindelwald intently, wondering what he wanted to say?As a result, Grindelwald's words surprised Felix.

"... Intimacy, learning from each other, wizards don't have to be afraid, and Muggles can also benefit from magic... But I think that communication is not achieved overnight, and it is not full of goodwill from the beginning. There will inevitably be twists and turns, and we must be more proactive. In the future... in this process, the old methods will no longer work—that Voldemort’s approach is very unpopular—and we can only unite all possible forces to ensure that internal chaos does not occur.”

Several professors were impressed by this insight.

They had more or less heard of Professor Bagshot's hostility towards Muggles, but judging from his speech today, Professor Bagshot seemed to have perfected his thinking.Professor McGonagall even offered to hand him a small plate of pastries.

"You can try this, Professor Bagshot," she said politely.

"Thank you." Grindelwald said politely: "These are the thoughts I had during the teaching process, and those slightly immature thoughts also promoted my transformation..."

After a few minutes, the professors left to teach the students.

Felix tries to fill in the gaps in Grindelwald's words - which is necessary because Grindelwald's words were addressed to him and Dumbledore, or more precisely, prepared for Dumbledore of.

He mentioned that he used to have extreme views...Of course, otherwise he wouldn't have gathered the saints to fight against the orthodox wizarding world; and then Muggle weapons, does it matter?Maybe it's just an introduction to the next topic, paving the way for the real focus:
Exposure to the magic world is inevitable, and the only way to unite all forces that can be united.

And the saints... are an important force.

When pushing open the door of the ancient rune classroom, Felix roughly sketched an outline in his heart:
As the school year draws to a close, Grindelwald's short exile is coming to an end. If he does not want to continue to return to the cold Fort Nurmengard to serve his sentence, he must save himself.Even though Grindelwald has been stable for more than half a year, he is very clear about his situation.

The past half a year or so was enough for him to see the changes in Dumbledore over the past half century.

He also finally took out his weight today in late April.He is willing to accept the conditions offered by Dumbledore and become an important force to stabilize the wizarding world.

The question is, what would Dumbledore do?
Below the podium, the students whispered.

"Professor Haipu is distracted again?"

"Ahem, keep your voice down, don't be overheard."

"Do you think the professor knows the truth?" Harry asked quietly. "I'm sure." Ron said firmly. "Maybe he's thinking about it now, but unfortunately I don't know Legilimency... What do you think, Hermione?"

"Maybe the professor is thinking about how to fly to the moon." Hermione said with a soft snort.

"Ha, you've become humorous."

Felix cleared his throat, and the students fell silent.

"I suddenly thought of the practical exam questions for this year's final exam, do you want to hear it?"

The students stared at him, somewhat bewildered.

Hermione held her forehead.

"If Professor McGonagall heard it, he probably wouldn't be happy."

"Who cares!" Ron said happily, with a big smile on his face, and Harry smiled too, which meant that he could get good grades in at least two subjects, one was Ancient Runes and the other was Defense Against the Dark Arts surgery.

Oh, yes, and Transfiguration, he's an Animagus now too.

He was envious of Hermione's recent progress in Transfiguration.She's always at home when learning techniques that require delicate magical manipulation, and her advanced body transformation is almost the same as Tonks' Disguise Magus, except that she must use a wand to cast spells.

At this moment, the students finally came to their senses, and one of the girls suddenly shouted excitedly: "Professor, I love you so much!" The classroom roared with laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, and several boys followed suit.

"Very interesting," Felix said solemnly, "I'll look through the cards I received on February 2th when I get back, and if I don't find your names—" He clicked the bold words with his chin. students, "I will find an opportunity to give you detention."

"Let's get back to the point," he said, taking a black wizard chess piece out of his pocket, "I don't mind withstanding the pressure of the Ministry of Magic's Wizarding Examinations Authority and giving more than half of the students an 'excellent' grade. Evaluation, as for the excellent standard is very simple:”

"Take the exam date as the node, and improve my level to a certain level that satisfies me before then."

"The questions are naturally more difficult. This is the price of knowing the content of the test in advance."

But the students stared at the knight chess piece in his hand, intentionally or unintentionally ignoring Felix's words, thinking to them: This is simply too good a deal.

Felix spread out his palms, a flame erupted from the chess pieces, and a swift with golden-red flames appeared.The students watched in amazement as it circled overhead, and a moment later the Swift was back in the professor's hands, transformed into a wizard's chess piece again.

"It's so cool." Ron's eyes lit up with excitement, and he couldn't help moaning in a low voice, "I'm willing to exchange a hundred gold galleons, as long as it allows me to get a wizard chess set like this. No, I can Give out two hundred pieces!"

Harry and Hermione grinned, the professor's demonstration had hit Ron's favorite.

Felix continued with his lessons.

"It doesn't need to be to my level, but the idea is the same. Use ancient runes to piece together a completely closed structure, and at the same time show a certain amount of magical ability—let's review the No. 14 rune rule. "

Several students raised their hands.

"Miss Greenglass...very good, five points for Slytherin."

"Ancient magic is a combination of magical characters with a special order and special magical functions, that is, the rune sequence; this means that there are still a large number of character combinations that have no practical meaning in the world, and they cannot be called magic. The text sequence has nothing to do with ancient magic."

"For example, what you saw in the practical class..."

Immediately, dense runes as thin as stitches appeared in front of Harry's eyes.

"Think about it, build rune symbols like building blocks, it can be some kind of strange creature, a golden trophy, or a beautiful house, of course it can also be this little chess piece in my hand... I ask you to subtly integrate the rune circuit into it during this process."

"For example, Luna Lovegood in fifth grade once cobbled together a rune goblet of fire that does something similar. It releases a blue flame that doesn't do much damage, but it's interesting, isn't it? You can consider that the threshold of 'excellence'."

Hermione raised her hand.

Felix nodded at her.

"Miss Granger?"

"Hmm—professor? Is this chess piece in your hand also integrated into the rune circuit?" Hermione asked. She was too familiar with the golden flame on Swift, which was the first ancient magic she mastered.

"More than that," Felix said with a smile: "The structure of this chess piece is actually very complicated. It includes rune sequences, rune circuits, and meaningless magic characters that fill in the positions. Together, they form a complete structure. Individuals, and finally form what you see." His last sentence was said to the whole class.

In fact, Felix also omitted the role of memory magic, but the effect was not great.

"...I don't ask you to incorporate ancient magic into it, it would be too difficult, but since Granger mentioned this, I'll just say by the way, if someone does it, there will be extra points."

(End of this chapter)