Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

After returning to the principal's lounge and saying hello to the portraits in the office, Russell began to decorate the room according to his own ideas.

The principal's lounge is much larger than outsiders think. In addition to the office where portraits of past principals are placed, there is also a bedroom and a magic laboratory inside.

Russell searched carefully, trying to find a book similar to "Two or Three Things I Must Say About Grindelwald".

But in the end it was all in vain. Dumbledore cleaned up very cleanly and left no personal belongings behind.Not even one of Fox's bird feathers was left.

After everything was arranged, he turned on the magic radio and listened for a while. The radio was urgently broadcasting the news that Russell had replaced Dumbledore as the principal of Hogwarts. Russell went to bed with satisfaction.

Early the next morning, he snapped his fingers and asked the house elf in the kitchen to bring breakfast. After eating and drinking, Russell went directly to the library and plunged into the forbidden book section without any hesitation.

The collection of books at Hogwarts is a huge treasure for any wizard.

Especially the forbidden book area contains magic books collected by the four founders of Hogwarts and past principals. Even methods for making Horcruxes can be found in them.

If Russell wants to carry out educational work better, continuous learning is very necessary.

On the first day of school, there were not many people in the library, and Russell was the only one in the restricted book section. Soon he found the book he wanted, "The Origin of Magic: From Runes to Spells" and started reading it.

A banned book is a banned book, and even Russell found it eye-opening.

There are many ways to use ancient magic in this book, but Russell doesn't care.

The world of magic is actually constantly developing. Except for some special spells, most ancient magic is actually inferior to modern general magic.

However, there are very interesting speculations and arguments in the introduction to many magic development processes. Russell also started to combine his own knowledge.

In ancient times that cannot be verified, just as flames were accidentally discovered and used, magic was also accidentally discovered among some special groups of people and then began to be used.

Ancient wizards relied on their own instincts to use magic. They did not have wands and did not use specific spells or gestures.

If there was a magic spell at that time, it was that if you clap your hands, you can cast whatever spell you want!

Later, through long-term practice, the wizards first discovered that some special patterns could store magic power and use magic.

These lines later evolved into magic text.

The golden age of magic texts was in ancient Egypt. The pharaohs and priests of ancient Egypt were actually ancient wizards. They controlled the power of magic texts and built many miracles.

So far, the archeology of the Egyptian pyramids has been a top priority in the magical world.

According to Russell's knowledge, Bill Weasley of the Weasley family, a Gryffindor wizard one year older than him, worked in Egypt after graduation.

The long-term inbreeding between the Egyptian pharaohs and the priests has resulted in more and more squibs among their descendants, and the ancient magic texts have gradually been lost.

Most of the ancient magic texts have become legends in the eyes of modern wizards.

It is said that the goblins of Gringotts were slaves of the pharaohs and priests in ancient Egypt.

This may explain why goblins are so proficient in alchemy. After all, modern magic alchemy developed from ancient magic texts.

Russell looked at the contents of the book and confirmed it with the author of the knowledge in his mind. He felt that the book was very credible and continued reading.

The emergence of modern magic, especially the emergence of modern magic in Europe, is due to two things:

The first was the invention of the wand, which made casting spells much easier.

With the blessing of a magic wand, the threshold for casting spells has been greatly lowered. Even a child in his teens can easily use some simple magic.

The second was the invention of the Charm, which made casting spells more explicit.

Magic is no longer a state where whatever you think comes to you as soon as you clap your hands, but each spell corresponds to its own effect, and the purpose is very clear.

Since then, magic has entered a more popular and safer period.

According to the speculation in this book, wands and magic spells should have been first born in the Mediterranean region.

Because the emblem of the Ollivander family, the oldest wand maker in the world, is an olive tree, the word "Ollivander" means "the person who owns an olive wood wand" in ancient Latin.

The olive tree is a tree native to the Mediterranean region. This book speculates that Ollivander's ancestors arrived in Britain with the Romans and set up a stall (later developed into a shop) to sell goods that could only be used at that time. Wands were sold by British wizards who made crude and inferior wands.

Russell is not very sure about this statement. He doesn't know much about the past events of the Ollivander family, but he still thinks this book is really a good book.

Not only because of the content in this book, but more importantly because of the logic of this book.

Russell is full of desire for knowledge about the magical world, but also full of contempt for various books about the magical world.

The knowledge in these magic books is great, but the writing logic is extremely confusing, and it is worse than that of a junior high school student in the previous life.

Generally, it is just a fact and an inference, with no argument process, no reasonable analysis, and no experimental experience.

If the graduation thesis of undergraduate students in the previous life was written like various academic papers in the wizarding world, I am afraid that 90.00% of them would have been postponed.

After spending a whole morning in the library, Russell felt a lot benefited from reading the book "The Origin of Magic: From Runes to Spells".

Although it cannot directly help him enhance his magical ability, it can help him understand the nature of magic better.

With the golden finger of the "study hard and make progress every day" system, the more Russell understands magic, the easier it will be to teach others, and the stronger his own strength will be.

It is indeed the library of Hogwarts, with profound foundation and well-deserved reputation.

It wasn't until almost noon that Russell stood up with his book in his arms and prepared to return to his office.

Russell found a familiar figure in the Restricted Book Zone - Hermione Granger.

There is a book on the table, which is Russell's unpublished book that he handed over to the three study committee members yesterday - "Magic Learning, From Beginner to Mastery".

There were several pieces of parchment spread out on the table. Hermione was holding a quill in her hand, reading and taking notes on the parchment.

Russell nodded with satisfaction. Regardless of Hermione's talent, at least her attitude towards learning was in line with the standards of a good student.