harry potter book of crimes

If a person does something suspicious and fails to give a proper explanation, it will often arouse suspicion from others. And if the person who is suspicious is a more careful person, then it is inevitable that the matter will be exposed.

Just like Enns, his nonchalant response quickly caught Alexander's attention.

"...Is this the one he was reading...at that time?"

The next day, when Enns took time to go to his old place to practice magic spells, Alexander saw the opportunity and came to the library. At this moment, he stood in front of a bookshelf that Enns often visited, and reached out to touch the bookshelf.

Slightly worn spine.

"It should be right..." He pulled out the book, glanced at the title on the cover, and then opened the pages, ""Detailed Explanation of Rune Translation"...'Anglo-Saxon-

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc? What kind of mess is this..."

Because ancient magic texts are difficult to get started and boring to learn, there have been few candidates for this course in the past. Alexander now feels these characteristics very clearly. After all, he flipped through the book and just read it.

When the paper was filled with densely packed words and symbols, I couldn't help but want to retreat.

Yes, even though the person teaching this course now is Maka, whom he respects, he still has some feelings of gratitude and insensitivity.

But……

"...I find it so boring, that Ens Tavon..." Alexander frowned while looking through it, and couldn't help but think, "Would he really be interested in this kind of thing?"

Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head.

"Impossible," Alexander whispered to himself, "How could a guy who can say 'I just want to learn something that works' learn this-"

Halfway through his words, Maka's face suddenly flashed through his mind, causing him to stop talking.

"No, maybe this is indeed a 'working' subject..."

Thinking of this, Alexander simply closed the book and walked straight to the borrowing registration office with it.

"Mrs. Pince, I need to borrow this book—"

"Write the title of the book here and sign... Remember, it is forbidden to damage the book. I will check it carefully when returning the book! If there is even a little bit..."

It is Mrs. Pince's duty as a librarian to manage the books in the library and ensure that the books are not stained or damaged by the little wizards. But as she loves the books to the extent that they are regarded as forbidden, it is inevitable

A little too much.

In fact, no matter who comes here to borrow books, she will never give them a good look.

Of course, Alexander didn't feel much about Mrs. Pince's verbosity. He just wanted to borrow this book and try to find some reasons for Enns's attitude to change.

…

"Tuk tuk tuk..." "Please come in."

Recently, it has become quite difficult to find him in Maka's office. But Alexander still did not miss a chance. Taking advantage of the short break before lunch, he quickly came to Maka's office with his book and typed

The door rang.

"Oh, Alexander?"

Even Maka seems a little tired due to the busy days. This kind of fatigue is mental. After all, it is very tiring to deal with a group of foreign wizards who may not all speak the same language all day long.

"...Come in! What's wrong? Do you have anything to do with me?"

Seeing Alexander panting, he knew that the other party must have come running over. But thinking about it, if it were any later, he would have to go to the side hall to entertain the guests, which would definitely be inconvenient for Hogwarts students to enter and exit.

When Maka invited Alexander into the office and planned to get him some water to quench his thirst, Alexander immediately refused.

"No, no need..." Alexander swallowed hard to relieve the dryness in his throat, "Professor MacLean, I want to ask you a question -"

As he spoke, he handed over the book in his hand and showed the cover in front of Maka.

"That's it...what kind of ancient magic script is the Anglo-Saxon-Footok script? And where does it usually appear?"

After hearing this, Maka lowered her head and looked at the book, but did not take it.

"Why, are you interested in the translation of ancient magic texts? This is rare among students..." Even Maka had to admit that simple translation of ancient texts was boring, "Strictly speaking, this is not ancient

Magic text is a deformed text deduced from runes. More than a thousand years ago, it was used for more daily writing..."

Having said this, he spread his hands and said: "In other words, this kind of writing is actually similar to the English we use now - they themselves do not have magic power."

"Uh... So, this is a simple ancient writing?" Alexander said with a depressed and puzzled look.

"Well, yes." Maka nodded, "As for where it will appear... I think there will be them in some ancient books and documents in the British area - that is, in our area, right?"

Seeing Alexander's vaguely disappointed expression, Maka changed her mind and thought that he had lost interest in this kind of ancient writing that did not have magical properties.

"Don't be disappointed, this kind of writing evolved on the basis of runes," he smiled and patted Alexander on the shoulder, "and runes are magical - if you want to learn better

Runes, it would certainly be helpful to study this more plain text first."

"Ah, um..." Alexander nodded and said, "So that's it... I understand. Then... thank you, professor! I'll go out first..."

The answer he got from Maka gave him some guesses. He thought that Enns might want to lay a solid foundation for his future courses first, and that step-by-step is undoubtedly a far-sighted learning method.

After sending Alexander out of the office, Maca returned to the desk and packed up some documents.

He didn't think much about Alexander's inquiry, because since he took up the post of professor of ancient magic texts, there have been a lot more students interested in this subject, and they often browse such books in the library.

Little wizard.

Of course, being interested is one thing, but not many students can persist.

Just like at the beginning, there were quite a few students who went to the Magic Text classroom to observe, but as the course continued to progress, most of the students who went to attend the class gave up.

His teaching methods and the latest courses on ancient magic texts he summarized are indeed more detailed and attractive than the past content. However, the learning process of this type of subject inevitably involves a lot of reciting and copying, and most students do not have the ability to do so.

That patience is also natural.

Without taking this matter to heart, Maka packed up the files, got up and left his office again. From beginning to end, he only stayed here for less than half an hour, and he was quite busy.

Got a glimpse.

Before rushing to the side hall, he had to go to the school gate to greet a group of guests from Egypt. The guests who arrived before this afternoon were not delegations from any country or region, but the International Federation of Wizards.

A team of judges will be invited from the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center.

The world's largest alchemical research institution was originally established under the banner of searching and excavating ancient alchemical documents and monuments. At the beginning, it was just an "ancient alchemy exhibition hall" with its own archaeological team.

However, since there has not been much progress in the archaeological operations, they simply changed their ways and began to study new alchemy on their own with a certain amount of ancient documents stored.

But now, the scale is much larger than before, and there are many alchemy product projects directly supplied to the Ministry of Magic in various countries.

It is worth mentioning that in the process from archeology to innovation, the Hohenheim family, as the leader, definitely played an indispensable role.

"You must be Mr. Alejandro von Hohenheim, the head of the research center, right? I am Maka McClain, the ancient magic text professor at Hogwarts."

Maka did not expect that the Egyptian side would arrive faster than he expected. When he arrived at the vestibule of the castle, he soon discovered that there was already a group of people at the school gate.

And more importantly, he also saw a particularly eye-catching fat man among the crowd, and Sarah Hohenheim standing next to the fat man.

The brother and sister reunited here again, and the fat man still put on a low-brow look. It was obviously because his father and sister, the two people who troubled him the most, were here today.

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of the brothers and sisters, Maka was stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward to say hello.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that the man who had Noah, a fat man, and Sarah, a little beauty, as his two children, would actually be a surprisingly strong muscular man. Even though this man was wearing a well-fitting suit, his strong

The huge muscles are still bulging, which can be seen at a glance.

"Oh! Are you Mr. McLean?" Mr. Hohenheim laughed generously, "Your book "The Secret of Ancient Runes" is very valuable, but it's a pity that you didn't put it on the market for public sale... I originally wanted to get it.

It took a lot of effort to get a copy!”

He was talking about the magic text textbook that Maka compiled in the past. In principle, this book can only be sold in the Hogwarts library. If outsiders want to get it, they can only rely on connections to find it.

Someone made a copy.

"This is just a textbook for teaching," Maka also said with a smile, "If you want it, you can actually just write a letter to me and ask for it... Come, Mr. Hohenheim, please come in first! Lunch

It’s ready for you all…”

It was obviously not a big deal to chat at the gate. After just a few words, Maka invited the other party into the castle, just in time to have a ready-made lunch.

Sarah and Fatty Noah were accompanying them silently.