A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Meanwhile, the Ancient Rune Office.

Hermione held three bright rune symbols in her hand, watching them keep spinning, her eyes glowing.

Leaning on the desk, Felix was reading a test paper, his fingers lightly rubbed the last word, dragging out light traces of ink, and his eyes became strange.

He looked at the time, it was exactly eight o'clock, and the rune teaching had just begun.

'So, was she in a hurry just after finishing the exam paper? Or—' Felix thought to himself, 'In this castle, there are two Grangers at the same time? ’

He was a little itchy. What would happen if he summoned the Patronus to deliver a message to another Hermione, such as asking her to bring Harry's pocket mirror by the way?

Felix waited silently for two minutes, Hermione was still enthusiastically practicing the rune symbols in the air, without stopping, patted her forehead and said: Oops, Professor, I almost forgot, It's the looking glass you asked me to bring here...

'I know too little about the workings of the time-turner, and it's hard to avoid it. But if I am in a loop of time, there must be a beginning and an end, and when the end is reached, the two Grangers must return to the same place. ’

Felix pondered silently, he still couldn't make a test, because he didn't know the consequences of doing so, presumably, this is the reason why Granger didn't suddenly take out a speculum from his pocket...

It's not his style at all.

"professor--"

Felix's spirit was shocked, he looked up, the little witch was pointing at a sea-blue rune symbol in his hand, "I think there is some problem here, the conversion of magic power is not very smooth?"

He was slightly disappointed, but still explained gently: "This rune symbolizes the flow of water, but also the ocean and the heart. You have to try to understand its meaning deeply. This is a wonderful feeling. Sometimes you are I understood right away."

"But anyway, rune meaning is a key to understanding rune."

"I see, Professor!" Hermione said happily. "I have some ideas. When I was a child, I saw many rivers, lakes, and seas with my family. It must be helpful?"

"Yes, you can access this part of the cognition," Felix agreed.

The next rune instructed everything as usual, but Felix had different expectations in his heart, and from time to time he would look up at the wall clock on the wall.

It's half past nine, and tonight's class is almost over, but Felix couldn't help but say: "Miss Granger, you're already very tired, why don't you have some snacks and watch an episode of animation? Movie?"

If Hermione agrees, he will politely remind her to pay attention to the time and see how she reacts...

Hermione had a heart-wrenching look on her face, but she glanced quickly and covertly at the time, "Oh, no, Professor, I have something to do. Before nine-fifty..." Her breathing stopped, "I mean, ten o'clock. It's the lights out whistle."

Felix nodded, "I was negligent." He watched Hermione leave, it seemed that the guess was true, he was really in a time loop, and, most likely, his little assistant was in nine The time converter used at 5:00 has returned to two hours ago.

That is to say, she went back to 7:50, took the test paper with the ink still dry, and came to his office to report...

After thinking for a while, he cast an illusion spell, silence spell, concealment spell, no peeping spell for himself... After making all preparations, he stepped out of the office.

Felix followed Hermione far behind, like a real ghost, and after seven or eight minutes, outside the Gryffindor lounge, he saw Hermione hiding behind a goalpost.

'She picked a good place and there were no portraits around. ’

Soon, a person emerged from the common room, the second Hermione Granger!

Felix couldn't hide the shock in his heart. Although he knew that Hermione would have a time shifter as early as the beginning of the school year, or even the last school year, this was the first time he had seen its effect intuitively.

He dismissed his impetuous thoughts again, watching her walk past the doorpost without squinting, and the other Hermione hurriedly hid.

In his sight, Hermione Granger, who had just come out of the lounge, stood in the corner, turning a golden timer. She turned twice, and with the slight sound of gear turning, her figure was abrupt. disappeared.

Felix's eyes were about to pop out, but he found nothing, as if he was observing a mass of air, and everything just now was a memory he weaved for himself.

Hermione stuck her head behind the doorpost and hurried back to the lounge.

Felix could still hear the grumbling of the portrait of the fat lady at the door: "Why did you just go out and come back, you little wizards..."

"Good luck." Hermione said the password quickly, and the Fat Lady reluctantly stepped aside.

Felix returned to the office lightly under his feet, and the shock in his heart did not diminish at all. This was the power he had never touched, the mystery of time.

"Time, time! I should be in awe of time, this matter will stop now, and I can't take risks." Felix warned himself that his assistant was very serious and responsible, but he couldn't fool her.

If because of his mistake, the little witch was thrown into the chaos of time, where would he find it?

But his mind quickly floated, and he couldn't help thinking: "If I could get a time-turner from somewhere else, would it be all right? The Ministry of Magic, the ancient pureblood family, or the ancient The tomb of a wizard has such a possibility... This matter must be carefully planned and cannot be acted rashly!"

...

The next day, Felix went to St Mungo's as usual.

The old lady Longbottom combed Alice's hair carefully, but there was still a lot of hair sticking to the comb, she said with a wry smile: "I really hope they get better soon, they will get rid of the side effects of the Cruciatus, is not it?"

"Yes," Felix said. "They are like walking dead now. They can't control the magic in their bodies. Once their memory is restored, many methods can be used."

Old Lady Longbottom breathed a sigh of relief.

During the period, Meliam, the therapist of the Longbottoms, came to visit. She was a very friendly witch, but she still looked at Felix suspiciously.

'The "conditioning expert" that Mrs. Longbottom hired is too young, but it does have a little effect...'

Meliam tentatively asked about the topic of conditioning magic, and Felix casually mentioned some superficial knowledge of blood magic, which made her look dazed.

"...I'm trying to awaken the subconscious that remains in their bodies, and coordinate with them to mobilize their own magic..." Felix said eloquently, in fact, this is not wrong, but he played a trick and didn't say that most of his time are fiddling with their memories.

After Meliam left, Felix said to Mrs. Longbottom: "The first paper has been sent, and it may be brewing for a while."

The old lady Longbottom said puzzled: "Felix, I have always wanted to ask you, why don't you post it later, until the end of the treatment?"

"Because I can't hide it," Felix explained. "According to my estimation, the reaction of Frank and Alice will be obvious at the end of next month at the latest. It is impossible for St. Mungo to not find out."

"While it is possible to tell the truth, we still have to consider the worst-case scenario where St Mungo's vetoes my treatment and Frank and Alice are currently inseparable from St Mungo's care...

You can also think that I am used to doing some preparation in advance - although my thesis only has a theoretical part, few people can pick it wrong. "

"But once someone does it, it's groundbreaking and St Mungo's will happily keep us," Felix said with a smile.