Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 206 Ritual Magic Continued

Harry roughly understood.

Ritual magic is mainly divided into ritual and emotion. It is an ancient form of magic. It has many similarities with today's spells, but it is much stronger and more dangerous.

In order to avoid causing accidents to the students, or to teach the class smoothly in the future—in short, Professor Highmore has been laying the groundwork for ritual magic from the very beginning.

The magic circle item in the first semester can replace the role of the scepter and be used to cast ritual magic.

The content of the exam in the second semester, as long as you can pass the first pass, you can meet the prerequisites for summoning the Patronus—sufficient concentration and positive emotions can reduce the risk of learning ritual magic.

It's just that Professor Highmore has repeatedly emphasized his resentment towards Black, and with such a dangerous magic
Harry hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Is this dark magic, Professor?"

"No." Toby said decisively: "This is just ancient magic, remember! This is just ancient magic!"

It looks like it's too hard mouthed.

Harry didn't dare to refute, he continued to ask: "Then what is the devil you are talking about?"

"It's very simple." Toby: "Do you know non-existence?"

Harry shook his head honestly, he hadn't formally studied this content yet.

Toby explained: "Non-beings, also known as non-human paranormal phenomena, are a category of magical beings. They themselves are beyond life and death, and have no counterpart in the Muggle world. All non-existence known."

"Because non-beings are beyond life and death, they are neither born nor die. Non-beings are born of human emotions and feed on them. They are ever-present. In short, they will be like fungi grow in rotting places."

"Furthermore, all known non-beings are capable of flight without physical assistance, something wizards can hardly do."

"In today's wizarding world, there are three most well-known non-beings - boggarts, dementors, and mischievous elves. Among them, Peeves in the castle is the mischievous elf."

"Non-existence is an extremely critical part of ritual magic. The devil I'm talking about refers to non-existence-born from the emotions of individual wizards, but it is difficult to appear for a long time, because the number of wizards who provide emotions is very small-only Individual wizards who perform ritual magic."

Speaking of this, Toby's tone suddenly changed: "Actually, it's not just non-existence, it also includes the emotions of some dark creatures, such as the chaos and brutality of werewolves, vampires' thirst for blood, and five-legged monsters—you know five Is it a foot monster? It is a magical animal transformed by a wizard. It is as dangerous as a fire dragon. However, after the transformation, they resist returning to human form. These common emotions are probably related to ritual magic. Under study."

"Dobby," Harry murmured suddenly.

"Do you need help?" Dobby called cheerfully as he was making a cocktail.

"No." Harry shook his head. He looked at Professor Highmore and asked in a low voice, "Is the house-elf's allegiance to wizards also related to ritual magic?"

"It's hard to say." Toby said with emotion: "There are too few records that have been handed down, not only the house elves, but also the goblin's perception of wealth, and the stubborn tradition of the horsemen in the Forbidden Forest—by the way, there are also Giants, they have low intelligence, but they have great strength, it's hard to say."

"Anyway, it seems that wizards are the final victors, although there are still some idiots who believe in pure blood supremacy, but well."

Harry pretended not to see Professor Highmore's unfriendly gaze, and asked with some concern, "Do all students have to learn ritual magic?"

"Of course." Toby said decisively: "I know what you are worried about, Mr. Potter. But what I want to tell you is that even summoning a devil is not a simple magic, it is as difficult as summoning a patron saint, so I I didn't make it a major part of my lectures at first. You're the only exception, and if it wasn't for Sirius, I wouldn't be teaching you this magic."

"And compared to the magic wand, there is another advantage in using magic circle items to perform ritual magic."

Harry's heart was pounding, and he heard Professor Highmore say the startling fact: "That is to prevent underage wizards from being tracked down. Sounds amazing, doesn't it? It seems that the Ministry of Magic has no Knowledge related to the magic circle, so it can only be used for ordinary spells evolved from ritual magic—but these things have nothing to do with you, all you need to know is—once Black finds you again, you can use The clarinet is on him, and there's no need to worry about the Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards Act."

"In general, you can do what your mother did during the holidays - use magic at will outside of school and get away with it."

"Remember to keep it secret, Mr. Potter."

"I see, Professor." Harry said frightened.

After all, he still underestimated Professor Highmore.

This seems to be against the entire magical world, and it will pose a serious threat to the "Secrecy Act".

But now that it's been said here, Harry has a new idea.

He had personally seen the magic circle on Professor Highmore's body during a confinement last semester, and he remembered that Professor Highmore's way of manipulating the magic ball was very weird, and he didn't need to use a wand to activate it.

Facing Harry's question, Toby replied bluntly: "That's right, the magic ball was also used as a [scepter] by me, and the magic circle engraved on my body is the content of the ceremony. When you learn more and improve it, you can also use it as a scepter." The clarinet can be activated in the same way, and so can the other students."

But Professor Highmore is not unreserved.

Harry already understood that the professor only spoke out the contents of the ceremony, but did not express the emotions he placed.

What would it be?
Harry couldn't figure it out.
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No matter what, the vacation counseling for the ancient magic class has officially started.

What Harry needs to remember is the grudge against Black, and then use the magic circle item in his own way-that is, the clarinet that Hagrid gave him for his birthday.

At the very beginning, Harry wanted to use this clarinet to play the school song in the rhythm of "Symphony of Destiny", which was the tune used by Principal Dumbledore to appease the three-headed dog Lu Wei, which left a deep impression on Harry at the time. impression.

However, in the later first-grade exam, Harry could only play "Wedding March", which was considered a failed magic array item, but Professor Haimer still gave him an E (good), second only to O (excellent). .

But now you can't deal with it that way.

According to Professor Haimer, because each student's magic circle items are different, the way to successfully perform ritual magic is also different. This requires each student to explore by himself, and it is difficult for others to help busy.

It would be nice to have a real scepter, but unfortunately it was a failed attempt, so Harry had to figure out how to use his clarinet properly.

This will also be the main course content of the next semester - to allow students to have a deeper understanding of their magic array items, and turn these items into real [scepters].

"Well"

Harry stared at the recorder worryingly, and Dobby the elf stared at it without blinking.

Dobby was left in charge of Harry's daily life, for which Professor Highmore paid a fee.Harry originally wanted to pay the money himself, but Professor Highmore graciously refused him, and only asked him to write a report related to ancient magic under his own name and publish it in "The Quibbler".

Harry didn't refuse, he didn't even pay the professor's tutoring fee, how could he have the nerve to refuse.

So the article "Harry Potter and the Magic Circle" was officially released.

This is an article about Harry's mental journey of making clarinets, including the continuous failure at the beginning, and how to correct the magic circle with the help of Hermione, avoiding the result of the clarinet exploding, and returning Ron's piece The prank sweater is also written - it's meant to make the sweater shrink, only to get bigger and trip the wearer in a stupid way.

According to Mr. Al's feedback, this article is unusually popular, but I don't know if it is because the name Harry Potter works, or because Ron's story is just too funny.

It can't be because of the magic circle, right?

The sales volume of the book "Ancient Magic and the Magic Circle" has not increased much. It is said that Professor Highmore was so angry that he scolded these wizards as ignorant guys, and even gave Harry a bad face when he taught them.

Fortunately, it is a tutorial, but the official class time is not long, because only Harry himself can figure out how to use the clarinet correctly. At most, Professor Highmore just explained to him some knowledge related to ritual magic, The next thing is to stock up.

During this period, Harry even had the idea of ​​playing the clarinet himself, but he gave up after persisting for a while. His musical talent was nothing.

That's why Harry was worried now.

But he really has no right to complain—the condition of this [classroom] is really good, not only Dobby’s considerate service, but also the illusion at the beginning has changed—it has become a lush forest with bright sunshine, haha Leigh was sitting on the soft grass now.

It's all because he didn't slack in maintaining his hatred of Sirius, which made his own complexion not very good-looking. That's why Professor Highmore would change the environment while teaching, so as not to make Harry sink deeper and deeper. Couldn't get out in time.

"Ugh."

Harry sighed and fell backwards, his arms hanging down.

Dobby also imitated him and lay down, and at the same time asked intimately: "Would you like something, Mr. Potter? Professor Highmore recently got a barbecue grill, and Mr. Al will come over soon."

"Then come on." Harry turned over and put the flute in his mouth, no matter how he played it, the tune of "Wedding March" would come out.

Dobby had already gone to light a fire to bake the pre-marinated food. Harry wanted to help, but he gave up after Dobby refused several times in a row.

Harry turned his gaze to the corner of the forest, where there was a magic tent with all the facilities inside, even more luxurious than the Dursleys' house.

This is the place where he lived recently. It was left by Professor Haimo for him. It is said that Professor Haimo used it occasionally in archaeology. There are many weird souvenirs in it, such as a luminous mirror. The better the light, the brighter it is.

It's just that the mirror has been getting dimmer a lot lately, and Harry doesn't dare look up when he's washing his face.

After a while, Mr. Al also arrived, still sitting on his little flying carpet, floated to the side of the barbecue grill, smelled the smell, then nodded in satisfaction, asked Dobby to put some food on the plate, handed over Go to the hand of the skeleton who came along, and wave it away with the plate.

"Won't Professor Highmore eat with us today?"

Harry sat up and asked.

Al picked up a fork and ate a small cut of lamb chops, nodded under Dobby's expectant gaze, and answered both of them's questions at the same time.

Tastes good, and really don't eat with them.

Harry only knew that Professor Highmore was busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with recently, because he couldn't go out.

Harry was grounded.

Generally speaking, this is the only shortcoming in this tutoring, but Harry has no choice but to agree, because he suspects that it is true that Professor Highmore did not submit an application for staying in school, so he dare not run around In order not to encounter the principal but not knowing how to explain it, he would stay in the classroom and study the clarinet all day.

After eating, Al didn't leave immediately, he winked at Harry, and Harry immediately understood.

"Want to play Quidditch? Yes!"

This can only be regarded as one of Harry's many recent entertainment activities. He is very happy here, not only because he can experience all kinds of beautiful scenery, but also because Mr. Al often comes to him to play.

I have to say that Mr. Al is indeed very powerful.They just played wizard chess at first, but after winning dozens of games in a row, they found it boring, so they switched to other games, and Dobby also joined in, and was assigned to play with Harry.

Quidditch is the game that lasted the longest. Nimbus 2001 was distributed to Dobby, Harry used his own Nimbus 2000, and Al used a small flying carpet—but Harry seriously doubted that this small flying carpet was The one who was additionally given a magic circle flew backwards many times without letting Al fall.

Then, after banning such difficult moves, Mr. Al still fought back and forth with them, and his speed remained at the same level as Nimbus 2000, which was not as good as Dobby.

"Yeah!"

Holding the Quaffle, Al threw a long distance away from the screaming Dobby, then turned sideways, narrowly avoiding Harry's outstretched arm, as if it had been calculated in advance.

In the end, it threw the Quaffle into the ball frame floating in mid-air. The game ended with 150:90, and Al won.

"ah--"

The flying carpet slowly descended to the same height as Harry, and Al looked at him with a condescending attitude, shaking his head disdainfully.

As for Dobby, he didn't make trouble, but it really didn't play a big role, and he didn't even have the right to be ridiculed.

After losing many times in a row in the best project, Harry has long since lost the initial disappointment, and now he is only amazed.

"How did you fly there just now? Can you teach me, Mr. Al, I want to learn too!"

Al readily agreed.

So the tutoring turned into a game, and it was the happiest time Harry had ever lived, and the clarinet certainly wasn't such a nuisance compared to the Dursleys.

Until the appearance of Professor Haimer interrupted the game.

"I'm sorry, Professor." Harry fell to the grass disheveledly, and stood with Dobby tremblingly.

Professor Highmore strode up to Harry and waited for Al to put away both the Quaffle and the hoop.

"Mr. Potter!"

Harry shuddered.

He raised his head quietly, and was surprised to see a smile appear on Professor Haimer's face.

"Happy birthday."

Toby put a stack of letters and packages into Harry's hands, and said with a smile, "Today is your birthday. It seems that you don't remember it, but your friends do."

"Take the rest of the time to yourself, Al and Dobby, follow me."

After all three of them left, Harry stood there blankly for a while, and immediately opened the top envelope impatiently.

This is a letter written by Ron. In the letter, he kept asking how Professor Highmore appeared in his house, mentioned the trip to Egypt by the way, and gave Harry a looking glass as a gift.

Hermione's next.

She was really smart, and immediately thought of Professor Highmore tutoring students in the Burrow, and then thought of Professor Highmore who appeared in the Dursleys' family, and she was envious between the lines, complaining that Harry shouldn't hang up the phone so quickly of.And by the way, I was worried about my homework that I wrote two extra sheets of parchment.

Hermione gave a broomstick care kit as a gift, and Harry's heart skipped a beat when he saw it, and he couldn't wait to take good care of his Nimbus 2000.

But before that, he still needs to unpack other packages.

It was from Hagrid.

This made Harry feel weird. He was in the castle, not far from Hagrid, but he had to communicate in this way.

Then when he found out that Hagrid's gift was a "Book of Monsters" that could bite people, all the weird thoughts in his heart disappeared, only panic, and it took a lot of effort to tie the book on his belt .

Finally, a letter from Hogwarts.

This is also very strange.

Received a letter from Hogwarts at Hogwarts.

It was the start of term notice, plus a list of books needed for next term, and a permission form for third year students to go to Hogsmeade village on weekends.

Harry saw that Uncle Vernon's name had been signed on the form. It must not have been forged by Professor Highmore. It seemed to be a birthday present from Professor Highmore. Harry was relieved while feeling delighted. In one breath, he finally didn't need to worry about it.

Just as Harry was about to write back to Ron and Hermione to discuss the meeting in Diagon Alley in advance, he suddenly noticed that the door was opened again, and Al and Dobby staggered in with the support of a huge monster.

"It is." Harry said in surprise.

Dobby lifted the cloth cover, revealing the full view of the Mirror of Erised.

Al handed a note to Harry, which was a note from Professor Highmore.

[I think, proper indulgence is justifiable.Even if the picture in the mirror is false, the feeling is real. 】

Harry put away the note, walked to the mirror alone after the two left, and looked at the figure in the mirror.

This was the first time in his life that he was happy about his birthday.

(End of this chapter)