Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Hermione soon discovered that she was thinking too much. The moment she opened the door of the Ancient Magic Office, she even forgot about her worries just now, and focused all her attention on the magnificent scenery in front of her.

The entire office turned into a view of the bottom of the lake. The edge of the lake was inlaid on the edge of the door frame, and not a trace flowed outside. Of course, this was not real water. Hermione had seen it as early as the first ancient magic class.

She had to go through the illusion created by the magic ball, otherwise she would have screamed out loud.

But this time the fantasy was completely different from the last time. What they saw in class was the lake and the water monster, but this time it was a real lost city - this was the first time Hermione had seen it in a book.

The city under the lake described is not only extremely old in style (far inferior to Hogwarts Castle, let alone ordinary houses today), but the entire city has long been turned into a ruin, and the walls are covered with green algae and

Water plants.

Professor Heimer was standing in front of a house in the lake. This house was made of a huge stone. It was obviously the power of magic that was used to fuse the stones into one.

Hermione saw a faint magic circle imprinted on the wall of the stone house, which was almost unclear and somewhat incomplete.

"This magic circle appears the most often in the city of Loch Ness."

Toby, who had his back to Hermione, suddenly said: "Miss Granger, you should know the function of this magic circle."

Hermione quickly answered: "I guess it's a magic circle to avoid the current, Professor, otherwise wizards wouldn't be able to live underwater for a long time."

Toby turned around with a smile, and the illusion around him gradually dissipated, turning back into a magic ball floating around him.

Al, who was sitting on his shoulder, nodded affirmatively.

"correct answer."

Toby walked behind the desk and sat down. Hermione sat opposite him as usual, and soon a stack of parchment floated in front of her.

But Hermione didn't pick it up and read it immediately. She first glanced at the howling potted plant, and the black armor next to it disappeared as Ron said.

When she looked back again, she found Professor Heimer looking in the same direction.

"It seems that Mr. Weasley is observing very carefully."

Toby simply thought about it and knew the reason why Hermione did this: "The two confinement experiences were indeed worthwhile for him. At least he was deeply impressed by the layout of the office."

Hermione didn't know if Toby was teaching Ron a lesson. Judging from the expression on the professor's face, it didn't seem like that.

The next time was spent in silence, with only the sound of Hermione flipping through parchment and Toby's continuous writing as he prepared more course materials in the office.

As for Al, he is the most laid-back, sitting on the flying carpet and flying around, or jumping on the collections and wiping them carefully with a handkerchief - the house elves responsible for cleaning are extra

I have ordered not to tamper with these collections, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

After checking all the typos in the first draft and memorizing the above content many times, Hermione said "Good night, Professor." and left.

Hermione was walking alone in the long corridor, and she suddenly realized that she didn't worry about voting later because Professor Hemmer never asked her about it.

Professor Heimer seems to have indeed changed, just as reported in the interview. He no longer exudes that oppressive atmosphere.

This is also how the students felt the next day.

"Starting today, we will learn more about the magic circle."

Toby looked at the students below and said: "You have mastered a partially complete magic circle and its composition, but this is only the beginning."

"You've already seen the magic ball."

The silver ball with golden patterns floated above the podium, and there was countless yearning in the eyes of the little wizards. They had long wished that they could have a magic ball, so that they would not have to worry about homework or before class.

Detected.

"The magic ball is an extremely complex creation and is almost impossible to reproduce. This also leads to the limitations of the magic circle - for example, it cannot be used in duels. After all, the enemy will not wait for you to finish drawing the magic circle before attacking.

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"But you can still create your own 'magic ball'. It doesn't have to be spherical. It can also just have a few magic circles engraved on it. As for the specific materials - my personal suggestion is to use the ones you can use first.

Let’s start with the wood for making wands. It’s best to use a wand that matches yours, that is, your own wand wood bought from Mr. Ollivander’s. This wood is the most suitable for you.”

"But I don't want you to provoke the trees in the school, especially the Forbidden Forest, because of this. I also don't want to see you carving magic circles on your bodies. Don't forget, once the carving is wrong, the magic circle is very likely to explode.

Yes, this behavior is no less dangerous than creating a spell."

After giving the warning, Toby carefully observed the students' reactions. Their little faces were pale with fright, and most of them were imagining the scene of them suddenly exploding. That was really disgusting.

"Very good." Toby said with a satisfied smile: "It seems that you already know the taboos in the application of magic circles, so I don't need to show you similar pictures."

Any pictures?

Several students were stunned, and more were restraining themselves from continuing to think about it.

"However, apart from taboos, magic circles are still widely used. For example, the collection boxes placed in various common rooms are made of magic circles and can bite the wrists of disobedient students."

"Furthermore, in the magic circle system, as long as you can engrave a small enough magic circle, and then put all these magic circles on a wand wood - think about what you can do, a fully automatic

The magic wand is just like this, no wand gestures or spells are needed, just the simplest infusion of magic power, and you can successfully cast any magic."

A wand that casts magic automatically?

The little wizards were all shocked. This is a problem that the magic world has never been able to completely solve. It has existed for thousands of years. Since the birth of the magic wand, there have been wizards longing for a wand that can fully automatically perform magic.

magic wand.

After seeing the reactions of the little wizards, Toby's smile suddenly became more satisfied.

"So, do you want to learn more about magic circles?"

The little wizards nodded repeatedly for fear of falling behind.

"Do you want a wand that casts magic automatically?"

The young wizards nodded as fast as ever, but the expressions on a few people's faces suddenly froze - why did this series of questions and answers feel so familiar?

"very good."

Toby showed a big smile: "Then let's start with the relationship between the size and power of magic arrays. This also includes the fact that the composition of magic arrays of different sizes is not exactly the same. There will be more knowledge to learn later.

——The cooperation and coordination between different magic arrays transforms all existing spells into the form of magic arrays..."

He listed a lot of knowledge points, and the faces of the little wizards were even uglier than when they heard that they might explode.

One of the little wizards raised his hand tremblingly and asked: "Excuse me, Professor, do you need to learn all this knowledge in one semester?"

"No no no no no."

Toby shook a finger from side to side: "This knowledge is too advanced for you, just a brief taste is enough. It would be great if you can make a bite box during the exam - oh no, it is a collection box.

"

Although they unexpectedly learned the true name of the collection box, the students still discovered that Professor Heimer was unexpectedly nice today. Not only did he not leave a lot of homework for them, but he also canceled the pre-class test and also responded to the questions asked by the students.

Almost all questions were answered, showing extraordinary patience.

Toby's assignment today is to hand in a paper on a creative application of a magic circle, no matter what it is - a toy, a crucible, or the fully automatic magic wand taught in class.

Exuding imagination is much more interesting than looking up information. They watched Professor Heimer walk out of the classroom, and many people couldn't help but cast their eyes on the calf under the witch robe - they had all read the interview and knew that Heimer

There were countless injuries on the professor's body, and many girls were still secretly discussing whether to catch up so they could ask Professor Heimer how he took care of his face.

Toby walked back to the office with a smile. He was very satisfied with the results of today's course. The application of magic circles must always radiate imagination and cannot be as strict as before, otherwise it will restrict the students.

While pushing the door open, Toby sighed to Al: "I am really a good professor, better than Severus -"

"What's wrong with me?"