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Chapter 199 Learning Ancient Magic?

"Can Fantastic Beasts cast spells?"

Professor Flitwick showed a surprised expression, looking at Tang Sen who was sitting on the sofa opposite his desk, "This is a very novel angle, how could you have such an idea?"

"I had a whim during the meal." Tang Sen said, "I was thinking, since many magical animals have special abilities, then they must also have magical powers, right?"

"During the meal." Flitwick recalled the recent news about this oriental man's recipe, showing an indescribable expression.

"I don't have much research on magical beasts. You can ask Hagrid or write to Professor Newman about this."

He said: "But I have indeed read some materials, and it is a proven fact that magical animals have magical powers."

"Since they have magical powers, why have they never heard of magical animals casting spells?" Tang Sen asked.

"The ability of magical animals to use themselves is also a kind of spellcasting. For example, the Hungarian Horntail has the ability to breathe fire, and the Phoenix can apparate and rebirth from the ashes. These abilities are passed down in their blood, and they are born I know it."

"However, if you're talking about casting spells like wizards, it's impossible for magical animals to do so."

"Casting spells is a complicated matter." Professor Flitwick explained: "Possessing magic power is only a part of casting spells, and even a small part of the conditions. What is more important is knowledge and will."

"Even with this series of prerequisites, not every wizard with magical powers can successfully cast spells."

"Don't look at the fact that even young wizards can cast simple spells, but these spells have been perfected and simplified by generations of wizards, and with the help of wands-this is very important, there is no magic wand , most wizards can't even cast the basic levitation spell."

"If wizards are like this, let alone those magical animals, many of them can only rely on instinct and do not have too much wisdom. Naturally, it is impossible to learn magic."

Tang Sen nodded, and said: "So, if a certain magical animal possesses human-like intelligence, then it has the conditions to learn magic knowledge. If it happens to have a magic wand, maybe it can become a capable animal." A magical animal that learns and casts spells?"

Professor Flitwick shook his head again and again, looked at Townsend in surprise, and said firmly, "Of course it's impossible!"

"There are many magical animals with the same intelligence as humans, but no magical animal can cast spells like a wizard."

As he said this, he even stood up and explained: "The magic of magical animals is completely different from that of wizards. The magic of magical animals only has a certain quality, while the magic of wizards is more comprehensive and malleable. Modern magic Curses are almost always systems created from the magical powers of wizards."

"If, I mean if, even if a magical animal tries to learn modern spells, the effect he releases is likely to be only the ability of the magical animal itself. Of course, this kind of thing is unlikely to happen."

Tang Sen suddenly realized.

Professor Flitwick is worthy of being a master of spells. He has a very thorough understanding of spells and magic power. Although it is only a hypothesis, there is no doubt that the situation he said is almost the same as that faced by Townsend.

Even if a fire dragon learns the spell, the only thing it can release is flames, which is determined by the nature of the fire dragon's magic power.

This is not good news for Tang Sen. It means that no matter how many magical animals he eats, he can only acquire the abilities of those magical animals, and has no chance with many magical spells in this world.

"I thought the essence of magic power was the same." Tang Sen said, "You're laughing, I don't have much research on magic spells."

"I'd be happy to discuss these interesting topics with you." Professor Flitwick said nonchalantly: "Actually, there are fewer and fewer wizards who are willing to think and study. Although the modern spell system is simple and perfect, But it also makes wizards accustomed to casting spells conveniently, and they no longer care about the essence of magic—"

He said with regret: "There are even many wizards who think that without the wand, wizards are no different from Muggles. They also don't think about it. Didn't wizards cast spells before the wand was created?"

"The essence of magic?" Tang Sen raised his eyebrows.

"Magic is inconceivable." Professor Flitwick said with a hint of longing in his tone, "With magic power as the starting point and will as the bridge, wizards can change the world. I have always believed that in the world of magic, anything is possible. Of course, it also includes the interesting topic you just mentioned."

"But you said that the magical powers of Fantastic Beasts aren't as malleable as wizards—"

"Under the premise of modern spells." Professor Flitwick corrected: "It is impossible for magical animals to release modern spells, because that is tailor-made for wizards."

"But if you think about it, the evolution of magical animals to modern times is not static. Some of them have evolved and some have degenerated. In the process, they have gained some abilities and lost some abilities."

He said with great interest: "For example, the thunderbird, maybe a long time ago, it was just an ordinary bird, until it realized the ability to use lightning. A more obvious example, the basilisk is obviously not a natural magical animal , According to the data, it is more like a terrifying creature created by magic means, and its ability must contain some traces of ancient magic experiments."

"These evidences prove that even though the magical power of magical animals is single, it is not static. Those evolved magical animals may have learned the mystery of a certain kind of magic by chance and let it spread in the blood of instinct."

"Of course, these are all areas of ancient magic."

"Ancient magic?" Tang Sen's heart, which was originally disappointed by Flitwick's deduction, suddenly became active again. He looked calm and casually discussing, "What is ancient magic?"

"This is a more complicated subject. Although I have been researching it, I still don't know much about ancient magic." Professor Flitwick said modestly:
"The only thing we can know is that ancient magic is more powerful, but it is also more uncontrollable. Learning ancient magic is a very dangerous behavior. It is not as light as the failure of young wizards to cast spells. It may lead to loss of control of magic power and even death."

"Is this also the reason why modern spells are popularized and used?" Tang Sen said.

"That's right." Professor Flitwick agreed, "However, modern spells are like a flying broom. Any wizard can use it, and even use it well, but they will never know how to make one." Flying broom. If you want to explore the mysteries of magic, exploring ancient magic is essential."

"Unfortunately, the threshold for ancient magic is too high. At the very least, you must learn ancient runes. This is a more complicated subject. It contains many kinds of ancient characters. At present, the only ancient runes that can decipher most of the meanings are Ancient Runes"

"However, not all ancient books are recorded in runes. We can only rely on speculation about the characters of many books, and some of them have completely become dead characters. Even the best existing ancient magicians, It is also impossible to know what is recorded in those books, let alone find out the magical knowledge that people need in them."

Tang Sen's heart skipped a beat.

It seems that this is not a problem for me.

"That's a pity." Tang Sen sighed, "I'm very curious about how the ancient fortune-tellers got omens from the future."

"It must be more primitive and dangerous, maybe through some bloody sacrifices." Professor Flitwick made a joke that was not funny, and then said: "If you are interested, the library has the most complete library in the whole of Britain and even the whole of Europe. The ancient books, of course, are all in the restricted area. I can take you to meet Professor Babling of the Ancient Runes class, and she may be able to give you some help."

"If there is an opportunity, of course I would be happy." Tang Sen stood up and said apologetically, "I have delayed you for too long, Professor Flitwick, thank you very much for answering my questions."

"This kind of communication makes people feel happy, Professor Tang." Professor Flitwick said with a smile: "I appreciate your whimsy, British wizards are always very rigid, they can't think of such an interesting topic, if You can come to me anytime you want."

Walking out of Professor Flitwick's office, the corridor was a little quiet. Tang Sen hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the direction of the library.

This conversation was of great help to Tang Sen, at least it saved him a lot of time——

There is no need to waste time in the framework of modern spells, as my current situation does not apply to modern spells at all.

"Hogwarts is such a wonderful place."

Tang Sen sighed: "If you don't take advantage of the convenience of your status to make a good profit, you will fail to come to this world."

(End of this chapter)