Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 206 Ritual Magic Continued

Harry generally understood.

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

In order to avoid causing accidents to the students, or to enable smooth teaching in the future - in short, Professor Heimer has been laying the groundwork for ritual magic from the very beginning.

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

As long as you can pass the first level of the exam in the second semester, you will be able to meet the prerequisites for summoning the patron saint - being focused enough and having a positive emotion can reduce the risk of learning ritual magic.

It's just that Professor Heimer repeatedly emphasized his resentment towards Black, plus such 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 really seems like a tough talk.

Harry didn't dare to refute, so he asked: "Then what devil are you talking about?"

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

Harry shook his head honestly, he had not formally studied this content yet.

Toby explained: "Non-beings, also known as non-human supernatural phenomena, are a type of magical creatures. They themselves transcend life and death, and have no counterpart in the Muggle world. Muggles can only perceive the current situation through indirect means.

All non-existence known.”

"Since non-beings are beyond life and death, they are neither born nor die. Non-beings arise out of human emotions and feed on these emotions. They will always keep appearing. In short, they will be like fungi

The same grows in rotten places."

"Furthermore, all known non-beings are capable of flight without physical assistance, something wizards are nearly impossible to achieve."

"In today's magical world, there are three most well-known non-existences - Boggarts, dementors, and poltergeists. Among them, Peeves in the castle is the poltergeist."

"Non-existence is an extremely critical part of ritual magic. What I mean by devil is 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 practice ritual magic.”

At this point, Toby's tone suddenly changed: "Actually, it's not just right and wrong, but also the emotions of some dark creatures, such as the chaos and brutality of werewolves, vampires' desire for blood, and five-legged monsters - you know the five-legged monsters?

A foot monster? It is a magical animal transformed by a wizard. It is as dangerous as a fire dragon, but after the transformation, they resist returning to their human form. These common emotions may be related to ritual magic. I also

Under research.”

"Dobby." Harry suddenly whispered.

"Do you need help?" Dobby shouted cheerfully while making a cocktail.

"No." Harry shook his head and said. He looked at Professor Hemmer and asked in a low voice: "Is the allegiance of house elves to wizards also related to ritual magic?"

"It's hard to say." Toby sighed: "There are too few records handed down, not only about house elves, but also about goblins' knowledge of wealth, and the stubborn traditions of centaurs 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.”

"No matter what, it looks like the wizard is the final winner, even though there are still some idiots who believe in pure-blood supremacy, but..."

Harry didn't seem to see Professor Heimer's unkind gaze. He 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 the devil is not a simple magic. It is as difficult as summoning the Patronus, so I

I didn’t regard this as the main teaching content at the beginning. You are the only special case. If it weren’t for Sirius, I wouldn’t teach you this magic specifically.”

"And compared to wands, using magic circle items to perform ritual magic has another advantage."

Harry's heart beat loudly as he heard Professor Heimer say an astonishing fact: "That is to prevent underage wizards from being tracked by traces. This sounds amazing, doesn't it? It seems that the Ministry of Magic does not

The knowledge related to magic circles 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 recorder is here to deal with him, so there is no need to worry about the Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards Act."

"In general, you can do what your mother did during the holidays - use magic outside of school without being punished."

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

"I know, Professor." Harry said frightenedly.

After all, he still underestimated Professor Heimer.

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

But now that he had reached this point, Harry had a new idea.

He had personally seen the magic circle on Professor Heimer's body during a solitary session last semester, and he remembered that Professor Heimer's way of controlling the magic ball was very strange, and there was no need to use a wand to activate it.

Facing Harry's question, Toby simply replied: "Yes, the magic ball was also used as a [scepter] by me. The magic circle engraved on my body is the content of the ritual. When you learn more and improve it, you can also

You can use the same method to play the recorder, and the same goes for other students."

But Professor Heimer was not without reservations.

Harry had already understood that the professor only told the content of the ceremony and did not express his emotions clearly.

What could that be?

Harry couldn't guess.

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No matter what, the holiday tutoring for the ancient magic class has officially begun.

What Harry needs to remember is his resentment towards Black, and then use the magic circle item in his own way - the recorder given to him by Hagrid for his birthday.

At the beginning, Harry wanted to use this recorder to play the school song to the rhythm of "Symphony of Destiny". It was the tune that Principal Dumbledore used to appease the three-headed dog Luwei, which left a deep impression on Harry at the time.

impression.

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

.

But we can't deal with it like this now.

According to Professor Heimer, because each student's magic array 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 recorder normally.

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

"Well"

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

Dobby was left in charge of Harry's daily life, for which Professor Heimer paid a certain amount of money. Harry originally wanted to pay the money himself, but Professor Heimer graciously refused him and only asked him to use

Write a report related to ancient magic in your 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 published.

This is an article about Harry's journey of making a recorder, including the continuous failures at the beginning, and then how to correct the magic circle with the help of Hermione to avoid the result of the recorder exploding, and how to get Ron's piece

The prank sweater is also written on it - the original intention was to make the sweater smaller, but it ended up getting bigger and bigger, tripping the wearer in a stupid way.

Judging from Mr. Ayre's feedback, this article is unusually popular, but I don't know if it's because the name Harry Potter plays a role, or because Ron's story is so funny.

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

The sales of the book "Ancient Magic and Magic Circles" have not increased much. It is said that this made Professor Hemmer so angry that he cursed these wizards as ignorant guys, and even had a bad face when teaching Harry.

Fortunately, it was said to be tutoring, but the formal class did not take long, because only Harry could figure out how to use the recorder correctly. Professor Heimer could only explain to him some additional knowledge related to ritual magic, and the rest

The ones that fall are free-range.

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

This is why Harry is worried now.

But he really has no right to complain - the conditions of this [classroom] are really good, not only Dobby's attentive service, but the illusion at the beginning has also changed - it has turned into a lush forest and the sun is shining brightly, haha

Leigh is now sitting on the soft grass.

This is all because he has not slackened in maintaining the idea of ​​hating Sirius, which makes his own face not very good-looking, so Professor Heimer will change the environment while teaching, so as not to let Harry sink deeper.

There was no way to escape in time.

"well."

Harry sighed, fell backwards, and dropped his arms.

Dobby also followed his example and lay down, and at the same time asked thoughtfully: "Would you like something, Mr. Potter? Professor Hemmer recently got a barbecue grill, and Mr. Al will be here soon."

"Then come on." Harry turned over and put the flute in his mouth. No matter how hard he played, he would always play the tune of "The Wedding March".

Dobby had already gone to make a fire to bake the pre-pickled food. Harry wanted to help, but gave up after Dobby's excited refusal several times in a row.

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

This is the place where he recently lived. It was left to him by Professor Heimer. It is said that Professor Heimer used to occasionally use it when doing archaeology. There are also many weird souvenirs in it, such as a mirror that glows, and a mood.

The better it is, the brighter the light will be.

It's just that the mirror has become much dimmer recently, and Harry doesn't dare to look up when washing his face.

After a while, Mr. Al also arrived, still sitting on his little flying carpet, floating to the barbecue grill, smelling the smell, and then nodded with satisfaction, and asked Dobby to put some food on the plate and handed it over.

into the hands of the skeleton that came with the piece, and waved it away with the plate.

"Professor Heimer won't eat with us today either?"

Harry sat over and asked.

Al picked up his fork and ate a small piece of chopped lamb chops. He nodded under Dobby's expectant eyes and answered their questions at the same time.

It tastes good, and I really don't want to eat with them.

Harry only knew that Professor Hemmer was busy, but he didn't know what he had been up to recently because he couldn't go out.

Harry is grounded.

Overall, this was the only shortcoming in this tutoring, but Harry had no choice but to agree, because he suspected that Professor Hemmer did not submit an application to stay in school for him, so he was even more afraid to run around.

In order to avoid encountering the principal and not knowing how to explain it, he stayed in the classroom all day studying the recorder.

After finishing the meal, Al did not leave immediately. He winked at Harry, and Harry understood immediately.

"Want to play Quidditch? Sure!"

This can only be regarded as one of Harry's many recreational activities recently. He had a great time here, not only because he could experience all kinds of beautiful scenery, but also because Mr. Al often came to play with him.

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

Join Harry.

Quidditch is the longest lasting game. Nimbus 2001 was given 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

With an additional magic circle applied to it, Al could fly upside down many times without falling.

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 yeah!"

Al held the Quaffle, kept a long distance away from the panicked Dobby, and then turned sideways, narrowly avoiding Harry's outstretched arm, as if he had planned it in advance.

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

"ah--"

The flying carpet slowly descended to the same height as Harry. Al looked at him in a condescending manner and shook his head disdainfully.

As for Dobby, he didn't cause trouble, but he really didn't have much effect, and he wasn't even qualified to be ridiculed.

After losing many times in succession in his best events, Harry no longer felt disappointed at the beginning, and now he was only amazed.

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

Al happily agreed.

So the tutoring completely turned into a game. This was simply the happiest time Harry had ever had. Compared with the Dursleys, the recorder was certainly not that annoying.

Until Professor Heimer's appearance interrupts the game.

"Sorry, Professor." Harry fell down on the grass in despair, and stood tremblingly with Dobby.

Professor Hemmer strode up to Harry and waited for Al to put away the Quaffle and the ball frame.

"Mr. Potter!"

Harry shivered with fright.

He quietly raised his head and was surprised to see a smile on Professor Heimer'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 didn't remember it, but your friends all remembered it."

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

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

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

Next up is Hermione's.

She was really smart. She immediately thought of Professor Highmore tutoring students in the Burrow, and then thought of Professor Highmore who appeared at the Dursleys. There was envy between the lines, and she complained that Harry should not hang up the phone so quickly.

. And by the way, I was worried that I had to write two more pieces of parchment for my homework.

The gift from Hermione was a broomstick care kit. Harry was so excited when he saw it that he couldn't wait to take good care of his Nimbus 2000.

But before that, he still needed to open other packages.

It was sent by 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 discovered that Hagrid's gift was a biting "Book of Monsters", all the strange thoughts in his heart disappeared, leaving only panic, and it took a lot of effort to tie the book with his belt.

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Finally, the Hogwarts letter.

This is also very strange.

Receive a letter from Hogwarts at Hogwarts.

It is the start of school notice, plus a list of books needed for the next semester, and a permission form for third-year students to go to Hogsmeade on the weekends.

Harry saw that Uncle Vernon's name had been signed on the form. This was definitely not forged by Professor Heimer. It seemed to be Professor Heimer's birthday gift to him. Harry felt happy and relaxed at the same time.

At last, he no longer had to worry about it.

Just as Harry was about to reply to Ron and Hermione and discuss the meeting in Diagon Alley in advance, he suddenly noticed that the door was opened again, and Al and Dobby staggered in holding a huge figure.

"This 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. It was a note from Professor Hemmer.

[I think appropriate indulgence is excusable. 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 for his birthday.