Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Chapter 21 Rigorous and Taken for granted
"crunch, crunch"

Chewing the pile of cockroaches, feeling the small claws of the pile of cockroaches constantly scratching in his mouth, the sweetness exploded in his mouth, and Ike squinted his eyes in enjoyment.

Stuart, Terry, Michael, and Anthony looked terrified as if they were looking at a monster, while Morag, Mandy, and Padma turned their heads away early, covered their mouths, and their stomachs were churning.

"Oh my god! I shouldn't have given you this thing!" Stuart wanted to snatch the paper bag, but was hit by a leg-lock spell and a levitation spell, and slapped his legs and hands in the air for a while.

"Okay, okay, I won't eat." Ike threw another cockroach into his mouth, and broke the spell casually.As soon as Stuart's foot hit the ground, he rushed up and punched Ike several times.

Ike didn't hide either, he grabbed a handful with a smile and was about to throw it into Stuart's mouth, which made Stuart back away in a hurry, Terry and others who were watching the excitement were also panicked, Morag screamed and ran to the entrance of the dormitory , Only three small heads were exposed, watching the Stuart four who were slowly approaching the corner like Ike like a bully.

"Okay, I won't tease you." Ike put the cockroaches back into the bag, "I'm going to the library to check and write something later, does anyone want to go with me? Show you my transfiguration homework."

Everyone shook their heads again and again, and Terry explained: "We're going to watch Quidditch later. Roger said that they have recently prepared a new tactic, and they are going to actually fly to see the effect."

"Okay, then I'll go to the library by myself." Ike still didn't feel anything about Quidditch, and couldn't understand the charm of it.

Putting the cockroaches back into the dormitory drawer and locking them, Ike went straight to the library and found the "Mind: What You Don't Know", plus a thick "Magic Evolution", holding two books He sat where he usually sits.

Hermione on the opposite side didn't even raise her head, she was writing notes quickly.Ike didn't say hello either, and opened "Magic Evolution" by himself. There was a question he needed to find the answer in these two books.

"Magic Evolution" is a history book that specially introduces magic, from the beginning of mythology, to the ruined wizards in ancient times, to the era of the Hogwarts Big Four, and now, magic has changed from rigorous and rigid to the current casual , a clear line of development unfolded in front of Ike.

The myth is too old, and there is not much credible information left in ancient times, but starting from Merlin, it can be found that the power of magic is getting weaker and weaker, manpower can no longer compete with nature, and the story of Moses dividing the sea has disappeared.

This process is also a process of magic simplification.This can be seen from the difficulty of learning the ancient rune, that is, the rune rune.Legend has it that the ancient rune is the rune text that Odin got after hanging himself upside down on the world tree for nine days and nine nights. There is also a saying that it is the text used by elves, and it even originated from the observation of magical animals by ancient wizards.The exact source is no longer reliable, but there is no doubt that the ancient rune has a magical effect.

Engraving a specific rune on an item gives the item a specific magical property.Several or more than a dozen magic words are read out in a specific order, which will also produce special effects.

Ancient runes have been widely used on alchemy items, and they are also the most frequently seen items on the so-called artifacts handed down from ancient times to the present.What is certain is that the ancient runes do have the same characteristics as the runes, and they can also be used as spells to cast special magic.

However, many ancient runes have been lost, and the existing runes have not been fully understood by wizards.Just like oracle bone inscriptions, many times you can only guess what it represents and what it means, and there are very few people who can really be sure.

Modern European magic mostly comes from Latin, and whether the same magic is released in English, French or German, it will produce the same effect.From this point of view, Latin is the standard language of incantations in modern magic, and the magic released by reciting incantations in Latin is indeed stronger.

If the illuminating spell cast in English is a 15-watt light bulb, the Latin one is 20 watts.The difference is small, but it does exist.

An interesting theory is also mentioned in "The Evolution of Magic". The book believes that the use of magic by modern wizards is rough, and most magic relies on the magic power of the wizard itself. Casting specific magic does not require magic tools such as wands, which is the origin of silent casting and weaponless casting.

But the ancient wizards are not like this. They will use their own magic power to communicate with nature, making the power and effect of the spell reach an unimaginable level.

In this regard, we can see a trace of ancient wizard magic from the Fierce Fire Curse. After all, theoretically speaking, Fierce Fire can turn everything on the earth into ashes.

Ike once read "Mind: What You Don't Know". This book let him know the decisive role of the mind in magic, and also let him know that a lot of magic nowadays is a product of "taking it for granted".

"I think" has light, so a soft white light cluster appears on the tip of the wand; "I think" makes things disappear, so there is a disappearing spell.

Transfiguration is a representative of "taken for granted" magic. "I think" what a thing becomes, it will become what it is, there is no logic at all.

So here comes the question, why are magic circles, magic barriers, magic rituals, and curses that must abide by fixed principles such as the curse of loyalty? Why are they "rigorous"?

After re-reading the two books, Ike still had no clue.Scratching his hair, Ike closed the book a little discouraged, resting his chin on the book, staring at Hermione who was still writing seriously opposite.

The little witch was frightened by Ike's stare, raised her head and gave Ike a look, and pointed to the book under Ike's chin with a quill, signaling him not to disturb her.

Ike narrowed his eyes and continued to stare at Hermione.Not long after, Hermione also closed the book, staring at Ike fiercely.

The two of them stared at each other, neither made a sound nor moved.

After a while like this, Ike said softly: "Hermione, what exactly is magic?"

"What?" Hermione was stunned by the question, "Magic is magic!"

"No... What is unscientific is magic." Hermione nodded back.

"That's right..." Ike thought about it.

He found that he was on the edge of a dead end again. At this stage, there is actually no need to study the essence of magic and the essence of magic power. He only needs to constantly improve his control over magic power, learn magic spells from easy to difficult, and improve his magic level. will know the answer.

For now, the answer "what's not scientific is magic" is enough for Ike.

Of course, some preparations still need to be made in advance. After all, if you miss some opportunities, you will really miss them.

(End of this chapter)