Magical Studies at Hogwarts

The beginning of a vacation is always leisurely.

There is no homework during the summer vacation at Hogwarts, so the little wizards can enjoy the happy holiday life. It is also rare for Ike to relax and not think about those troublesome problems.

Of course, it was only a short three days. On the fourth day after returning to Santa Maria, Ike devoted himself to the research of the Philosopher's Stone.

The Philosopher's Stone can be said to be the highest product of alchemy, even though it has existed for who knows how many years, it is still the same. In fact, even Nico Flamel himself cannot create another one. This is what he has been doing for centuries.

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As for whether it is true or false, only he himself knows.

It is impossible to understand the mystery of the Philosopher's Stone with Ike's current knowledge of alchemy, but this does not prevent him from using the Philosopher's Stone. There are two most well-known uses: turning stone into gold and the elixir of immortality.

The latter is Nicolas Flamel's secret, but the former can be tested.

The method is also very simple and completely fool-proof.

Prepare the metal to be converted, such as an iron rod, and then stick the magic stone on the iron rod. Imagine the look of gold in your heart, slowly inject your own magic power into the magic stone, and then you can see the iron rod change from the metal rod to the iron rod.

The point where the magic stone came into contact slowly turned into a golden stick.

It's simple and quick, but it consumes a lot of magic power. Turning a half-meter-long iron rod into a golden rod made Ike feel the emptiness in his body.

But in terms of income, it is still very considerable.

In addition, the magic stone itself is an alchemical product with magical power, which can replenish the magic power consumed by the wizard. However, these magic powers cannot stay in the wizard's body forever and need to be consumed within a certain period of time, otherwise it will cause harm to the wizard.

Bad effects include, but are not limited to, aging, weakness, magic backlash and death.

The result of Ike's experiment is that there are many gold products in the room, and the gold is very shiny and beautiful.

The wizard turns stone into gold - without magic - absorbs magic from the magic stone - turns stone into gold, to a certain extent, given enough time, the entire earth can be turned into gold.

Of course, this is impossible. The magic stone has a limit. If the magic power in it is excessively consumed, a wizard will be needed to replenish it.

"In other words, this is equivalent to a power bank?"

Ike was spinning a gold pen in his left hand and playing with the magic stone in his right hand. He already had the most basic understanding in his heart.

As for the elixir of life, Ike didn't think about it at all. Even if there was a formula, a potion of this difficulty was not something he could brew now.

Moreover, Ike only had just over a month of research time. Whether it was converting gold products or exploring the secret of eternal life, it was better to use the magic stone to study alchemy.

Knowledge is eternal.

Hogwarts does not offer alchemy courses, but there are many related books in the library. Before leaving school, Ike borrowed some alchemy books, "Mysterious Alchemy", "Precision, Control, Change" and "Medieval Alchemy Directory"

"Alchemy: From Beginner to Master", "A Complete Collection of Simple Alchemical Products Making Methods", etc., and even got the "Hermetic Document" from the forbidden book area.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as one fully understands these books, it is enough for a person to become the best alchemist in the world. However, it is a pity that the "Hermetic Documents" are entirely written in ancient magic script.

None of the text has been deciphered, and only a very small part can be truly understood.

It's too hard to aim too high. "Hermetic Documents" only gives Ike a goal, but he still has to start from the basics.

Just like this, entering July, Ike also had a basic understanding of alchemy. To a certain extent, alchemy is the "science" of the magical world, and it is a rigorous subject.

To make an alchemy product, raw materials, magic texts, and magic circles, any one of them will almost fail, especially for the alchemy formula handed down from ancient times.

Generally speaking, alchemy can be divided into two categories: granting and transformation. The former is represented by various alchemical gadgets and puppets. Through alchemy, an ordinary thing has magical properties and can act according to established rules or act according to the wizard's will.

; The latter is to completely transform one thing into another thing, such as turning stone into gold.

There are two things in common between the two: magic text and magic circle.

"It seems that I will study ancient magic texts next semester." Ike secretly made a plan.

Magic text is the key to giving magical properties. The simplest alchemical items often only need to be engraved with a specific magic text to be successful. For example, if you engrave a magic text that represents "sturdiness" on a cup, you can get a cup that cannot be broken.

The cup and magic circle are more used in complex alchemical products, such as the refining of puppets, which requires a transformation circle.

Compared with the magic text, the magic circle is a little more complicated. The main reason is that there is not much coverage of this part of the content in the basic books, but it is in the "Hermetic Document". You only need to memorize the lines of the magic circle.

But if you don't understand the magic text, you don't know what each magic circle does.

Ike doesn't dare to try it, who knows what will happen.

In the second week of July, Ike began to try to make some simple alchemical products, such as cups that could not be broken, pens that kept sticking out, and notebooks that could not be torn.

That's right, Ike can only give an item the "sturdiness" attribute, but he can't do anything else yet.

With half a month left, Ike finally focused his research on the magic stone.

With a certain knowledge of alchemy, you will have a different feeling when looking at the Philosopher's Stone.

This magical stone was engraved with densely packed magic words. Ike could only identify a few dozen of them, and this was just a drop in the ocean.

These magic words are all written with the blood of a magical creature. Because there are too many and too dense, it looks red. Ike guessed that it may be the blood of the phoenix. After all, the phoenix is ​​a kind of creature that can continue to nirvana.

Existence may be the key to the ability of the magic stone to refine the elixir of immortality.

Of course, it may also be a mixture of the blood of multiple magical creatures. Only Nico Flamel knows the secret.

In addition to the magic words, magic circles are also engraved on the flat part of the magic stone. Ike counted them several times, and there are thirteen in total. These thirteen magic circles and magic words make up the surface of the magic stone. As for its main body

What kind of substance was it? Ike could only distinguish mercury and gold from it, but couldn't identify the rest at all.

The Philosopher's Stone is worthy of its status as the ceiling of contemporary alchemy. Even if only a small part of the knowledge contained in it is understood, Ike's alchemy level has been greatly improved, and he has a deeper understanding of the combination of multiple magic texts.

understand.

On July 29th, Ike finally completed another alchemy item: a small wooden cart that could run on the ground by itself.

It's about the size of a palm, runs very fast and silently.