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That's right, when Umbridge was a student in Slytherin House, she had never thought of taking the ancient magic class.

At this point, even if she studied magic literature overnight, I'm afraid it wouldn't be of much help.

That's why she stood up to criticize before Maka gave a lecture; therefore, when she heard that Maka wanted to change to "an example with a more ancient magic literature atmosphere", she couldn't help but feel guilty.

However, when Maka knocked on the blackboard with her backhand, and a big character appeared on it, Umbridge breathed a sigh of relief.

She even felt a little angry: Does this hateful kid completely look down on me?

What appears on the blackboard is the character "i" called "the foundation of foundations" in ancient runes.

This character with only two-syllable pronunciation is not only simple and clear in writing, but also claims to be "the only basic character among runic characters that has only a single interpretation meaning."

Not to mention wizards who have never taken an elective course in ancient magical literature, even children who have not yet reached school age and have only read fairy tales from the magical world at home probably recognize it.

The little wizards in the classroom were all worried about Maka.

"What is that guy doing? There's no way he doesn't know it! If he uses the character 'i' to test that woman on this occasion, what on earth is he thinking!"

Hermione, who was sitting in the middle of the classroom, winked vigorously, trying to attract Maka's attention.

But unfortunately, although Hermione succeeded in letting Maka catch a glimpse of her expression, she seemed to have completely missed the meaning behind her anxiety, and managed to smile at her calmly.

"Still laughing! Why are you laughing? Just go with it, hum!" Hermione turned her head away angrily.

"I see..." The smile on Umbridge's face gathered again, "I have long heard that this kid is a Mudblood... Since he is a Mudblood, he naturally does not know the 'real' wizard life.

Yes, isn't it?"

Umbridge, who thought she had figured this out, flicked the curly hair on her forehead. She probably felt that she had finally discovered Maka's weakness, so she couldn't help herself...

She had been carefully maintaining her iron mask, but inadvertently there was a hint of contempt in her sweet smile.

If Umbridge is to climb up the ranks of the Ministry of Magic, she relies on her hypocritical mask and vicious and mean methods. Although she is generally despised, she still has abilities.

But today, under Maka's repeated beatings, her true emotions had leaked out inadvertently.

"So fast?" Maka was naturally paying attention to Umbridge's face. At this time, he secretly shook his head, "I thought her mask could last a little longer..."

While Maka was thinking about it, Umbridge couldn't bear it anymore and was about to speak.

"Of course I recognize this...what, is there something wrong with this rune character?"

Regarding Maka's question, Umbridge slyly asked back, seemingly trying to lure Maka into taking the bait by pretending to evade.

"Can you read 'it'?" Maka said very cooperatively, "Of course, by the way... I think it would also be good if Senior Investigator Umbridge could explain what it means!"

When Umbridge heard this, her mouth almost reached her ears.

"Well..." She pretended to pause, and then said in her girlish voice, "It's pronounced 'isa', which means 'ice', and it has and only this one representative meaning... I don't know.

, am I right?”

"Yes, that's very correct!" Maka suddenly smiled and even clapped, "If you want to remain a student of Hogwarts, I can't help but give you 5 more house points.

La!"

Umbridge's expression suddenly changed, and a chill rose behind her. However, even though her mind was thinking at lightning speed, she still could not figure out where the problem lay.

While she was dazed, Maka did not look at her again, but looked around at the little wizards sitting in the classroom.

"Whether it's the elective students in my ancient magic text class or the other students who came to listen out of interest, they all must know this character, right?"

At Maka's gentle inquiry, the little wizards all nodded subconsciously, and responded one by one.

"So... do you still remember what I said before?" Maka said with a smile, "It's hard to say whether this kind of 'magic knowledge' is deep or shallow!"

"Just like this character, in the wizarding world, everyone is much more familiar with it than powerful wizards like Dumbledore and Voldemort. There are even traces of it in fairy tales... I

Is that correct?"

"That's right!"

Probably guessing that Maka still had a backup plan, all the students felt at ease and responded in unison.

"But there is such a character that even children who have not yet reached school age know. As long as you understand it deeply enough, thoroughly enough, delicately enough, and sincerely enough, it will become your most powerful weapon!"

Speaking of this, Maka's face showed a sincere and sincere expression, and he said particularly seriously:

"Today, I will take this opportunity to teach you a truth: as long as you sincerely explore the mysteries of magic, even if you just study such a basic character, it may make you proud for a lifetime!"

Before he finished speaking, he waved his wand suddenly, and the character on the blackboard flipped over and floated out. The biting chill made everyone except Maka shiver.

The next second, a beam of ice-blue light suddenly shot out from in front of the characters, silently leaving a large hole full of ice slag on the wall facing the outside of the castle.

If you were standing outside the castle at this time, you would undoubtedly see a straight beam of light breaking through the wall of the castle, leaving traces in the minds of those who witnessed it that could not be dissipated for a long time.

"I also want to tell Senior Investigator Umbridge something..."

Maka's wand flickered slightly, and the flipping characters floated to Umbridge's eyes quickly and easily. It was still exuding an icy cold air, but there was a little bit of it on her forehead.

beads of sweat.

"...Perhaps there should be a 'limit' regarding magic education! But unfortunately, given my level, I still don't understand where that 'limit' is."

"If you know, please tell me so that I don't have to spend so much energy and time researching it."

After saying these words, Maka erased the characters and then ignored Umbridge who was standing there blankly.

He casually threw a repair spell on the wall of the castle, and after restoring the damaged wall, he began today's formal lecture under the gaze of many bright eyes.

In fact, after seeing the wonderful performance in today's class, many students have become extremely interested in magic.

Just as Maka wants to express, the real magic in this world is actually a fairly balanced thing. In essence, there is no so-called high or low depth.

It's a pity that "magic" is not difficult to distinguish, but "spell" is.

In order to let more people learn magic, the ancestors of wizards simplified it, but this behavior made the essence of magic more and more incomplete.

To be honest, Maka is not sure whether what she did today was right or wrong.

But just as Muggles pursue science and use science to bring progress to the world; he would rather believe that real magic will bring immeasurable strides to the world.

This class ended with the enthusiasm of the students.

Maka picked up the textbook on the desk, nodded to the little wizards in the classroom, and then walked quickly out the door. As for Umbridge, she had brought a

The blank writing board left with no words memorized.

No one noticed her leaving, let alone whether she would leave, because that was no longer important at all.

…

On the other side, Dumbledore stood on the top of the Astronomy Tower, the highest point in Hogwarts, looking at the distant sky without much fluctuation in his heart.

Of course he saw the commotion Maka made, and even smiled slightly.

During this period of time, Dumbledore has not been out. No matter what happened in the outside world, he always looked calm and calm.

Even Moody's disappearance and Kingsley's accident did not move him.

When he has nothing to do, he hangs out in the school, admires the flowers, weeds, goes to the lake behind the castle to see the fishman and the giant octopus, or reads his favorite book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard".

These trivial and leisurely things are what he likes to do recently.

If we want to say when did Dumbledore start "enjoying life", it was undoubtedly the time when he and Voldemort officially met.

"Thanks to that kid Maka, I finally understand - but Tom, do you understand?"

He once said so.

"...Sometimes, people...should be more selfish..."

He also said so.

No matter which sentence, it makes people confused. What happened to Dumbledore is probably only known to him.

Just as Dumbledore was staring at the green sky wall, a figure suddenly walked up the stairs behind him, walked to and stood behind him.

"What on earth are you doing that for?" The man frowned behind Dumbledore, with an unconcealable irritation hidden in his voice.

But the old man in front of him did not answer his question directly.

"This child Maka is really growing up." Dumbledore said with a smile, "He is stronger than me."

"So what?" the man said impatiently.

Dumbledore shook his head and then sighed.

"I should thank him personally," he said. "Without him, I probably wouldn't be able to be 'selfish' in my life, right?"