A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 705 TV Interview
The news that the wizard was about to be interviewed hit the headlines of the newspapers early, and the preview was broadcast on the TV in a loop two days in advance. When the scheduled time came, countless people stood in front of the TV and waited for the live broadcast to start.

The three guests sat in turn, Slughorn sitting alone in a large chair, dressed in magnificent emerald green wizard robes, next to him Mr Weasley and Hermione, the former wearing a taupe suit , with sparse red hair sticking to his forehead, the latter looked like a student who had just graduated from the middle school next door and rushed over non-stop, his body movements revealed a trace of restraint.

The host who took today's interview task sat diagonally across from the curved table. He looked capable and energetic. He kept using hand gestures to make the final communication with the audience. The audience in the audience whispered and looked at the three of them curiously. The audience is carefully selected from thousands of applicants, and the test proves that there are no extreme ideas.

After the usual opening remarks, the interview officially began.

"...Thank you for the introduction of the three special guests. They belong to different age groups and play different social roles - there are school teachers, government workers, and students. What thoughts will their thoughts bring to the audience? We Let's start with Mr. Slughorn..."

"How do you do, Mr. Slughorn, what subjects do you teach at school?"

"Potions," said Slughorn.He briefly introduced the basic concepts about potions, which was very easy for him with decades of teaching experience.The dialogue unfolded in a pleasant atmosphere, and the audience listened with gusto, except for the names that popped up from time to time, which made people a little confused.Slughorn talked eloquently, and casually introduced the names of some Jane's potions, such as potions for treating boils, cold potions, euphoria potions, and vitality tonics. Then, at the request of the audience, he mentioned several more complicated ones. Potion.

"A potion that can bring luck to people, a potion that grows bones overnight, a potion that makes people think clearly, a potion that makes people look beautiful..." the host said in a daze, But his professionalism quickly brought him back to his senses, "Well, I think there is a question in everyone's mind now, can these potions be mass-produced?"

"I'm afraid it won't work," Slughorn frowned slightly. "Many potions require magic power to participate. This includes taking potions."

The host's expression suddenly became as disappointed as that of the audience.

"However—ahem, my student, Severus Snape," said Slughorn, "has been assigned by the Ministry of Magic to simplify potions so that some potions can be used in Not a wizard. I heard that Future World Company did some homework in advance, but this kind of thing must be left to professionals..."

He speaks eloquently, trying to direct the conversation into familiar territory.

"...The effect may be slightly discounted, but it still retains the most magical characteristics. Severus has this ability. He recently won the Order of Merlin, First Class. Do you know what the Order of Merlin is? Only the best Only wizards will be honored with this honor, and I have been honored to teach a few." He muttered a few names triumphantly, looked at the host helplessly, as if waiting for him to ask who they were, and then continued after a while.

"Of course, I will also give guidance, which is limited to theoretical and directional discussions-after all, time is not forgiving. I am over a hundred years old, and my energy cannot keep up with young people."

This statement gives the impression that if he was 20 years younger, he could solve all problems by himself.The eyes of those present were shining.

"Have you lived to be a hundred years old?" The host asked in surprise, "You can't tell at all."

"I usually pay more attention to maintenance." Slughorn said, "I have a lot of secrets in this area, even Dumbledore asked me for advice..." He sighed, "Live too long because of this The downside is that fewer and fewer people are familiar with it, a common problem of the elderly.”

"I'm sorry—I wonder, do wizards generally live longer? It is said that Mr. Dumbledore was over 110 years old before his death..."

"110-six," Slughorn corrected, "wizards of his caliber tend to live longer, and I suspect that with him and Nick coughing—" he coughed violently, "I Meaning - I suspect he was badly wounded fighting two Dark Lords, otherwise he might have lived to 200 years. Like Felix, he was destined to live a particularly long life, which is a lucky thing, both for wizards Yan is still an ordinary person.”

Slughorn wiped his sweat with his handkerchief.

He almost revealed Nick Flamel's name just now, and the secret about the Philosopher's Stone is a legend even in the wizarding world.Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that Felix Haip had inherited all of Nick Flamel's knowledge of alchemy. Even if he started from scratch, with his talent, he still had the hope of forging a brand new piece of alchemy before his lifespan ran out. The Sorcerer's Stone, not to mention that he is now a top alchemist - a title that Felix himself doesn't care much about.

"You mean Mr. Felix Heap?"

"Obviously, isn't it?"

The host is keenly aware that there are secrets to dig out here, but he was warned when he came that today's interviewee is not a third-rate star, nor is he looking for gossip, so he decisively interrupted the topic and switched to Looking at Mr. Weasley.

"We know that Mr. Weasley participated in the cabinet meeting before. As Minister Burns' deputy, do you have anything to share with us?"

Mr. Weasley's mouth was open and his ears were a little red, which was a sign of stress.

Merlin, two years ago, he was still in a department with only two people, no one cared about him, spending his whole day with the biting teapots, the scary posters, packaging bags and Clay figurines deal.However, as Ms. Burns came to power, the status of his department has been significantly improved. This time, he participated in the negotiations as an expert because of his experience in compiling laws.

"Well... I would say that the so-called technology was an eye-opener, yes, I would say an eye-opener," said Mr. Weasley gravely. "It's so delicate and mysterious. I'm still not sure about the principle of the card insertion machine. It's hard to imagine that the combination of some plastic sheets and metals will have such a magical function..."

The host had to remind him. "I think it may be because of the use of computers."

"Computer?" Mr. Weasley blinked. "Is there someone who can count?"

"Oh, no, it's not," the host laughed, and he repeated the pronunciation. "It is a device. Some people say that the computer is the greatest invention of this century. Although it can also be used for calculations, we have the ability to make it perform more complex operations, such as controlling machine tools. It is used in personal computers and mobile phones. inside……"

Mr. Weasley listened with a smile, and when the host finished speaking, he said frankly: "It's amazing, I only have access to mobile phones. One of your ministers enthusiastically demonstrated it to me."

In the following time, the host seemed to have a strong interest in Mr. Weasley's family, and the two kept asking and answering questions. At first, Mr. Weasley was worried that he might say something wrong, but he found that all the questions he asked were inappropriate. It was some trivial matters, and he gradually became talkative.But as everyone knows, what he thinks is ordinary is exactly what ordinary audiences are interested in.Ratings continued to rise.

At this time, a staff member of the TV station handed the host a stack of cards full of handwriting.The host turned over and said:

"Many viewers who watched TV programs dialed the hotline, and our recorder selected some messages from them. Mr. Weasley, would you like to answer a few questions?" Mr. Weasley said cautiously: "I think so. But ——" "Excellent." The host picked and picked, and asked with a card: "Mr. Duncan who lives in Surrey asked, why does the life of a wizard seem so primitive?"

The host cleared his throat, "I think the audience is referring to the fact that wizards still use owls to mail letters and packages—speaking of which, this is indeed surprising, have wizards thought about introducing advanced technological products, such as mobile phones? Telephone?"

"That's the general idea," Mr. Weasley said seriously. "The life of a wizard is not primitive, it's just two different attitudes to life. We do use owls to send letters and packages, but we also exchange information in other ways, such as Floo, apparition, knight bus, etc., and in recent years, something similar to mobile phones has appeared, called the sound transmission mirror."

Thanks to the Hogwarts students who are still tirelessly writing letters to the Muggle newspaper, the two sides have tacit understanding; in addition, the government spokesperson will occasionally release some wizard information, so that the audience can roughly understand what Mr. Weasley said , many people are deeply impressed by the knight bus that travels across the country and automatically avoids all obstacles wherever it goes. They hope to experience it for themselves, but some people are skeptical and think that they can jump like a toad There is no means of transportation for tens of kilometers.

"Sound mirror," the host repeated in astonishment, "You mean that this thing functions like a mobile phone?"

Mr. Weasley nodded.

"It was invented by my two sons, Fred and George, and it's really handy."

"Uh, your two sons? Call—" The host frowned, "Fred and—"

"George," said Mr. Weasley patiently, "they are twins."

The host looked at him in disbelief, and asked a question that everyone present was curious about, "How old are they?"

"I just celebrated my 19th birthday three months ago," Mr. Weasley puffed out his chest proudly. "They are my fourth and fifth sons."

"It's unbelievable," the host said to the audience, "It seems that the principles of magic and technology are completely different, and it's hard to imagine this kind of thing happening in reality. I don't know if you are looking forward to seeing the real thing...Let's listen to the next viewer My message: Mrs. Beverly asked, why does magic seem to be omnipotent, but wizards have the same troubles as ordinary people?"

Mr. Weasley said gravely:
"Magic is not omnipotent. We also need a long study to master specific spells. From what I have observed and learned so far, the lives of wizards and Muggles are similar-except for magic. We all need to study and work, have families, If you have friends, you will worry about money and various trivial matters in life, there is no essential difference." He finally emphasized again, "Except for magic."

"... Our viewers have another question, that is the status of the secrecy law that you mentioned repeatedly. Is it similar to a country's constitution? If this is the case, doesn't it mean that wizards all over the world share A constitution?"

"I don't know how the Constitution defines it, but I understand the Law of Secrecy, not so much to restrict wizards, as it is to restrict magic from appearing in the public eye. We have a special department, the Office for Prohibiting Misuse of Magic..."

When the host turned his gaze to Hermione, almost an hour had passed, and the expression on Hermione's face was a little stiff.

"Miss Granger, I read your name in the newspaper, are you still a student?"

"Yes, I'm still a year away from graduating," said Hermione somewhat stiffly.

"Oh, I think you must be very good, that's why you were selected for the interview."

"I, uh," Hermione shook her head, "I'm not the best, I think maybe it has something to do with my expertise in the history of magic - that is, the history of wizards - and my identity -"

"identity?"

"My parents were Muggles, that is, normal people."

"Wow, so you didn't know magic existed before you started school? How did you accept that magic is real, I mean, the average person may feel that they have encountered a liar?"

Hermione pursed her lips, seeming to think of something interesting.

"I really thought so, but some strange things happened to me when I was a child. I remember it very clearly, so I sent a letter to the school. It was later proved that it was unnecessary. The professors in the school would take the initiative to visit children from non-wizard families. wizard."

"Which professor convinced your parents?"

"It convinced me," Hermione corrected.

"How did you do it?" The host glanced at the audience's reaction and realized that he had captured another topic of public interest.

Hermione looked at him hesitantly, and the host said encouragingly, "It's okay, our audience is very curious - no one can predict whether the child in the family will become a child in the future."

Hermione stretched out her hand, and the cup on the table immediately turned into a palm-sized beaver. She didn't even use a wand. Perhaps no one in this world knew the structure of this creature better than her. Spend half an hour turning into a beaver activity.

Everyone stared at the nimble creature on the table without blinking, trying to distinguish whether they had been deceived.The host held out a hand, but Beaver nimbly avoided it.It became a cup again.

The host raised the cup and looked at it carefully, imagining how it could run and move.Everyone moved their eyes with his arm movements.

"This should be one of the disciplines, called change, change—"

"Transfiguration."

"That's right, besides Transfiguration, are there any other subjects?"

"Spells, potions, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbalism, History of Magic, Ancient Runes, Protection of Fantastic Beasts..."

"The magic that day in front of the Houses of Parliament belonged to—"

"An entry-level ancient rune magic."

……

The topic became more specific. The host was good at dancing and kept asking various questions. He gradually discovered the differences between the three.Slughorn likes to talk about social relations, and the audience can weave a huge web in his mind, like a naturalist; but the old man has a bit of bragging.

Mr. Weasley is very familiar with the Ministry of Magic, but he is more willing to talk about non-dangerous topics, such as family and friends; the host understands his concerns and intends to guide them in this direction, and the two have a good chat.

As a student, Hermione Granger surprised the host the most. When talking about the history of wizards, she talked for 10 minutes in one breath, and seemed to predict that few people here might be good at historical years, so she posted Xindi used the British history of the same period as a supplement after finishing her speech.

For example, Henry VII actually recruited real wizards as court mages.Of course, the two sides have a tacit understanding on the issue of witch hunting, and no one has discussed it.The host privately felt that with the continuous disclosure of wizard information, people with a slightly normal mind would have doubts about that period of history:
How many wizards were really burned to death in history?Speaking out about this ratio may make many people despair, and the silence of domestic religious groups may have something to do with it.

"Miss Granger, what do you think of wizards being exposed to the world? As someone who understands both sides, which side do you personally lean toward?"

"I agree to solve the problem through negotiation, and the two sides coexist peacefully." Hermione said evasively.

"But now the negotiations have reached an impasse, and wizards are unwilling to abide by modern laws. You should understand the risks, right?" the host asked. He didn't mean to make things difficult, but the little girl opposite showed a keen sense of politics. .

"Wizards have their own laws, which have worked well before." Hermione emphasized, "Now the new laws have not yet appeared, and the old laws must continue. Moreover, the new laws are not made from the standpoint of one side. They are all convinced and recognized - there is a professor who taught me in the third grade, he said - well, the meaning of the existence of the law is to use limited words to clarify our expectations of this society."

Hermione said carefully:
"In my opinion, the law cannot fully account for human behavior, and there will always be new challenges, such as the situation we are facing now-these problems are difficult to solve in the short term, but the relationship between the two must not stand still. A good way is to stop and think carefully about what we want, conflict or peace? If we can’t figure it out, even if we draw up a thousand or ten thousand laws, it’s useless.”

"It's a collision of two ideas."

Hermione finished speaking heartily, this was her truest thought, and now she finally said it out in one breath.There was no sound at the bottom, she subconsciously looked at the reaction of the audience, suddenly her eyes widened, her heart almost jumped out of her throat - there was a familiar face sitting in the crowd.

It's Professor Haipu!Wearing a bright blue suit and crisp, striped trousers folded together, he was smiling and clapping, as if to say, "Nice job."

She quietly looked left and right, and no one at the scene noticed anything unusual, but seemed to be infected, and applauded accordingly.The host asked another question, but she didn't pay attention at all.

"Miss Granger? Miss Granger?" the host called her.

Hermione quickly looked away and apologized in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly?"

The audience laughed lightly.

"Oh, my question is, you seem very confident about the future?"

Hermione seemed a little embarrassed by the panic just now, but her heart was surprisingly calm. She stroked her hair subconsciously, and replied seriously after a few seconds:

"...Yes, I think it is a necessity. There are several periods in history when ordinary people and wizards are mixed, so that we do not make history, but intercept a section from many years and inherit it. The problem is, Should we choose misery or the more promising path, though both are fraught with thorns. My companions and I are ready..."

Felix was in a daze.I don't know how many people can realize that the old people always remember the past, and the young people dream about the future, because the young people themselves represent the future.Magic is the power that directly reaches the soul. In this magnificent era, how many wizards will stand out?

He seemed to see the curtain slowly opening, it was not a drama of one person.

(End of this chapter)