A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

Office of the Ancient Rune Professor.

Felix was grading his homework, which was so boring that he had the illusion of counting 1 plus 1 and repeating it hundreds of times. Fortunately, when he handed over the job to Hermione, who had just knocked on the door and didn't know what was going on, he was completely freed.

"It's mainly the fifth and seventh grade papers, which are mainly based on the translation of choices and short sentences, and it is relatively easy to correct - you just need to compare the correct answers and mark the wrong ones."

And Hermione lived up to her reputation as a scholar and quickly entered the state, and she was very good at this type of work.

Felix flipped through Hermione's revised paper - this was going to be published in an academic journal by Professor McGonagall, and he had to strictly check it. However, he did not revise it simply and rudely, but kept making comments and giving the page numbers of the reference books.

He thought it would be more helpful to Hermione this way.

Half an hour later, the two finished their work at about the same time.

"Okay, let's get to the topic."

Before Hermione was doing her assistant duties, now it was up to Felix to fulfill her promise.

The two sat on the sofa facing each other, with a low table in between, Felix summoned two glasses of juice with his wand. He tried to make Miss Granger relax, but she still seemed restrained.

"It can be seen from your thesis that you already know enough about the history of ancient Rune, even if you haven't started learning, but I can assure you that your progress will be very fast."

"Professor, I'm reading "Easy Introduction to Ancient Rune", and I also learned how to consult "Rune Dictionary", "Magic Symbol Collection", including the book list you gave me before, but I don't fully understand most of them ." The little witch sat up straight and quickly introduced her latest learning progress.

Felix was stunned for a moment, "Very good, but I won't spend too much time discussing how to translate with you, at most I will give you some advice."

"You can start from around 900, that is, the time when Hogwarts was founded. The four founders are great people who have inherited the past and connected the future. They have translated many manuscripts of their predecessors, and left a lot of legacy. The research materials that later scratched their heads filled the earliest libraries."

"However, this part of the information is now placed in the forbidden area, and Ms. Ravenclaw has the most complete preservation, while most of Slytherin's information has been lost. It may be that after he split with the other three, he was in a fit of anger. Take away your own research results..."

Felix narrated a piece of history, which made Hermione fascinated, "However, it is also possible that the content of Slytherin research is not suitable for the library, who knows."

"If you need it, I can give you a slip."

Felix stood up, motioned for Hermione to follow, and the two came to his workbench.

"My research is not in translation, but in discovering the power of the rune itself. Like this—"

He picked up a piece of chestnut wood the size of a slap on the table, injected magic power into the carving knife, and carved runes on the surface of the chestnut wood. When these runes were first written, they quickly burst into a scorching red light, but soon extinguished and turned into pitch-black lines.

For the first time Hermione saw this sight, and she watched intently as she searched and tried to decipher what the professor was doing, but found nothing.

Felix finished engraving the rune and handed it to Hermione, "You can feel it."

She stretched out her hand to take the chestnut wood piece, and without rubbing it, she was keenly aware of the magic fluctuations on it, her fingers swiped across the dark rune, and a warm touch came from her fingertips.

"The rune can store magic power for a short period of time, but if it is not processed, the magic power on it can last for up to three days. This is still the result of the superposition of the characteristics of chestnut wood itself."

Hermione nodded. As a wand material, chestnut wood has an excellent ability to carry and conduct magic power.

"There are also many solutions to this defect, such as—"

"You can connect them to form a loop, which greatly prolongs the retention time of magic;"

"Special protective magic can also be applied;"

"Or add a storage and conversion loop..."

Hermione's little brain was desperately trying to remember, and she could not wait to pick up the parchment immediately and record every word that Professor Hepp said.

Felix's explanation process is actually a process of reorganizing his own knowledge system. Unlike the previous three years of "not enough food", he now has too many choices, and he must choose carefully.

Therefore, giving a lecture to the little witch is a matter of the way. At this moment, he fell into thinking and muttered: "However, these methods are only for maintenance. In thirty or fifty years, they will eventually decay with time."

Why is the sound so small? Hermione quickly pulled the distance between the two of them, stretched her neck and listened hard.

"Are the heroes and creatures in mythology conjecture or real?"

"Are they powerful wizards?"

"If so, how did those magical creations that have been passed down for thousands of years achieve immortality?"

Watching the professor fall silent, Hermione guessed, "Maybe they themselves provide a steady stream of magic power."

Felix laughed dumbly, "How is this possible, they are not creatures."

"What about the Sorting Hat? The Sorting Hat has existed for thousands of years, and it can communicate with people and has its own wisdom." Hermione tried to give an example to support her guess, "And the portraits of the previous headmasters in the headmaster's office, I heard Harry mention it. Pass."

"Miss Granger, the portrait itself is an exquisite magical creation that can carry a person's mind. And as far as I know, the longevity of a magical portrait requires regular maintenance, although the interval may continue. decades..."

"However, the Sorting Hat," Felix pondered, "I did ignore it. I don't know much about it. Maybe I should find a chance to re-introduce myself to it?"

"Okay, Miss Granger, let's stop our brainstorming journey. Next—"

Felix took a palm-sized piece of chestnut wood from Hermione, "Next, I will connect these runes to make them form a loop, you should pay attention."

This work is quite delicate. He carefully pulled out the lines and connected them to each other, explaining while operating, "This step is very important. Many alchemy creations have complex functions."

After ten minutes, he handed the chestnut wood chips to Hermione to let her feel the difference.

"I feel the magic power flowing, there are fluctuations and ups and downs, they... they seem to be resisting me." Hermione expressed her feelings somewhat puzzled.

This is really incredible.

Felix understood, "The reason you resist is because it is a rough semi-finished product, and the magic fluctuations spread freely, and you feel it."

"Of course, this also shows that you are very keen, and your talent in magic spells must be very strong."

Hermione's face turned red.