Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 353
After the conversation in the headmaster's office, Scott is ready to fully prepare for the production of the promotional video for Ravenclaw College.

In this school year, he not only focused on studying for a long time, but also experienced a lot of mentally exhausting things. The production of the promotional video this time can be regarded as a period of fun for him to relax his tense mood.

After dinner, he and Eddie and the Weasley twins came to the studio in the secret passage again.

Eddie kept looking at the twins in surprise, and finally couldn't help but ask, "You guys survived the potions class in the afternoon?"

A smug expression immediately appeared on Fred's face, and he said, "We have a lot of experience in this kind of thing."

George also raised his chin and said, "Even that old bat, Snape, can't do anything about us."

Eddie asked with a smile, "You didn't fall asleep in class? Did you blow up the cauldron?"

"Of course not, and we didn't miss class," Fred said.

"How did you do that?" Eddie was amazed.

Fred and George smiled smugly at him, but said nothing.

Scott looked at the energetic appearance of the two, and asked, "Is it an energy potion or a time converter?"

Fred and George shrugged simultaneously.

"Well, a Time-Turner," said George. "We've been wanting to try it since we saw Hermione and Harry save Buckbeak with a Time-Turner last term."

Fred said with a smile: "We stole Percy's time-turner before the afternoon class started, and went back to the morning and slept well all morning."

"Is it okay?" Eddie was a little annoyed, "I knew I would have taken a few more courses, so I could get the Time Converter to play with."

Fred and George looked at him disapprovingly.

"It's not a good thing."

"Not everyone can study all the courses at the same time like Percy. You know, even Hermione can't bear it anymore."

"Okay." Eddie also shrugged, "I'm just talking."

The four chatted and laughed, Fred and George continued to study the set of rune circuits deciphered from the panoramic telescope, and Eddie was busy designing his brochure.

Scott decided to improvise a tool that would record sounds.

He asked Fred and George, "What materials do you think carry the sound better?"

"What do you mean?" Fred raised his eyebrows, "Isn't your [magic mirror] okay? I remember that the rune circuit was inscribed with the blood of the witch bird?"

Scott said: "I need a better one to capture sound and make promotional films."

"It's good enough," said George, "but you can add crystal powder."

"Good idea." Scott nodded.

Crystals can conduct magic very well and can enhance the effects of many magic materials. In the theory of alchemy, crystals are a common and effective additive.

Scott took off his shapeshifting lizard skin bag from his belt, and took out a few materials to be used.

This time, he decided to use Transfiguration to make a sound-collecting tool.

With a flick of his wand, he tapped a small piece of brass on the table, turning it into an eagle with outstretched wings.

The eagle is about the size of a thumb and looks like a brooch.

At the same time as the overall deformation, tiny rune circuit grooves appeared on the eagle's body.

Next, he mixed the blood of the wretch bird with crushed crystal powder, and added a little mercury.

Waving the wand, the mixed liquid in the glass bottle turned into a filament and flew up, inserting itself into the tiny rune circuit groove on the brass eagle.

Once this was done, Scott tapped the eagle again with his wand, turning it into an eagle brooch.

"Finished?" Eddie looked at the small brooch curiously, "Try the effect?"

Scott smiled and put the brooch in his hand.

The eagle on the brooch moved, opened its mouth and said, "Finished? Try the effect?"

Exactly the same voice as Eddie.

Scott smiled in satisfaction, and waved his wand again, pulling out an illusory silver filament from the brooch and throwing it into the [Magic Mirror].

Then he stretched out his finger and swiped a few times on the mirror.

"Finished? Try the effect?"

The sound is successfully "imported" into the magic mirror, and the "play" effect is normal.

"We need the lion brooch," said Fred at once.

Eddie also hurriedly said, "I need an eagle brooch, and I'm also the producer of the promotional video."

So Scott made another eagle brooch and two lion brooches for the three of them.

He told the trio: "We'd better find cheaper materials to make a simple player for sale later."

He clicked [Magic Mirror], and continued: "The cost of this thing is not cheap, not many students in Hogwarts can afford it."

Eddie immediately agreed, "You're right, look at the materials you used to make [the magic mirror], the blood of the kitty and the witch, the boggart powder, all expensive things."

"Can't all use mercury directly?" George asked. "If it is necessary to engrave the rune circuit, this is the most common and cheapest material, although the effect may not be very good."

"Give it a try," Scott said. "It's pointless if it's too bad."

He found a smaller mirror and began to write runes with a quill pen dipped in mercury.

After all the rune circuits were successfully activated, he used his magic wand to "import" a sound and image.

After the playback started, all four of them frowned.

"No." Fred looked at the mirror in Scott's hand, "The picture and sound are too blurry."

Eddie suggested, "Try it with crystal powder?"

Scott accepted his suggestion and tried to make a new [Magic Mirror] again.

Judging from the results, the combination of mercury and crystal is indeed much better. Although it is not as good as the original [Magic Mirror], it is barely enough.

"The problem is that crystals are not too cheap, even crystal powder." George was a little dissatisfied. "If it is produced on a large scale, it will cost a lot of money."

Eddie laughed, "Let me solve the crystal problem. Anyway, we only need crystal powder, and I can get it for free."

Both Scott and the twins looked at him curiously.

Eddie said: "My dad has a crystal jewelry processing factory. The fines and powder produced during the crystal cutting process are enough for us to use."

"Then I'll leave it to you!" Fred happily patted Eddie on the shoulder.

Scott also joked with a smile, "It seems that Mr. Carmichael's business is doing very well."

"It's nothing." Eddie said modestly, "It's just some jewelry business."

After solving the problem of conveniently recording the sound, Scott and Eddie started the production of the promotional video for Ravenclaw College.

"Let's get started, we will make a promotional video for Gryffindor College later."

"Of course, we will invent the magic camera that collects sound and image together before doing it."

Fred and George said confidently.

Scott didn't spend time researching the magic camera.

He was originally just for fun, and the combination of a panoramic telescope and a brooch can also complete the production of a promotional video.

In the next few days, the students of Ravenclaw College were quite strange to see Scott and Eddie wandering around holding a panoramic telescope.

Great Hall, Library, Ravenclaw Tower, Common Room, House Library, Quidditch Pitch, Classrooms...

They often appear in every corner of the castle, aiming their telescopes at the students of Ravenclaw College.

Whenever students curiously asked what they were doing, Scott and Eddie always laughed and kept silent.

Out of curiosity, the well-informed Roger and Milton, as well as the Weasley twins, also get together with them from time to time.

Roger and Milton helped, while Fred and George followed them to gain experience in making promotional videos.

It took Scott and Eddie a week to "shoot" the material, and another week to edit and score.

In the end, they decided to hold the premiere on a Saturday night in the Ravenclaw common room.

The premiere used a huge [magic mirror] made of a huge full-length mirror, which Scott hung horizontally on the wall of the common room.

Saturday, September 1994, 3.

From the morning, the large mirror hanging on the wall of the common room attracts everyone's attention.

Students who walk into the common room will be attracted by a beautiful melody and look at the big mirror.

In the mirror, some images that Scott did not cut into the promotional film are playing in a loop. These images are all from the daily life of the students of Ravenclaw College.

The students looked at the image in the mirror and talked a lot.

"Ha, Dylan, is this you?"

"Of course, you're here with me, Kayla."

"Oh no, I'm still inside, I actually have ink on my face, I remember I was writing a thesis at that time!"

"Is this a Quidditch match?"

"Where did this photo come from? Why is there a photo of me being hit and flying on a broomstick!"

Not long after, more and more students gathered in front of the big mirror.

Scott, Roger, and Milton were sitting on the sofa beside him watching this scene, while Eddie was already standing by the mirror with his head held high.

A few lines of large characters soon appeared on the mirror.

Some of the onlookers read aloud——

"Receive video and sound, record our Ravenclaw, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Ravenclaw's first promotional film - "Extraordinary Wisdom"."

"Producers: Scott Trollope, Eddieka Mitchell, Roger Davies, Music: Milton Graves, Consultant: Filius Flitwick, Assist: Ravenclaw All teachers and students, produced: Ravenclaw House!"

“1994年3月14日，星期六晚上8:00，敬请期待？”

"what is this?"

"Eddie! You boy, tell us about it."

Everyone asked about Eddie who was standing in front of them proudly.

"Students, of course, please listen to me!"

Eddie clapped his palms and said loudly.

"This is a promotional video we specially made to promote our college, so that everyone can more clearly understand the ideas and spirits that have been passed down since the founding of Ravenclaw College..."

Scott, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn't help laughing at this scene.

He said to Roger and Milton: "Look, Eddie is right for this kind of thing."

"Scott!" Luna ran to sit down opposite Scott, looking at him curiously, "Is this the result of your time?"

"That's right." Scott nodded.

"It's fun." Luna looked back at the image in the big mirror again, and couldn't help laughing.

"Scott, who are you?" Jacob also walked up to Scott and asked, "Do you want to give other colleges a good look? If nothing else happens, this year's College Cup is also ours."

Scott laughed helplessly, "I didn't think so much, it was just for fun."

"Yes, this is a very interesting thing." Luna echoed.

Looking at the scenes in the video where many students accidentally made embarrassments, she still couldn't stop laughing.

The expression on Jacob's face was a little bit astonished, and then he also laughed, "It's because I thought too much, it's really fun."

At this moment, Eddie's promotional speech had come to an end, and he announced loudly, "Today's premiere at 8 o'clock in the evening, our head of Ravenclaw College, Professor Flitwick, will also come to the common room and Let's watch together!"

Hearing what he said, everyone cheered a few times with great dignity.

After the fun, everyone dispersed.

Scott still went to the Room of Requirement after breakfast.

He used the [Magic Mirror] in his hand to play the completed promotional video to Ravenclaw and Helena in the painting.

By the way, in this promotional film, the portrait of Ravenclaw also appeared.

Scott had a word with her during production, and the portrait of the academy founder readily agreed.

The promo comes to an end as the music gets louder and louder and quieter again.

"Interesting!"

In the painting, Helena leaned against Ravenclaw and said happily: "After reading it, it makes people feel very proud and touched. What do you think, mother?"

Ravenclaw nodded slowly with a reserved smile on his face, "Very good."

She looked at Scott with obvious admiration.

"I didn't expect..." she said softly, "but I think this kind of interesting whimsy is enough to change the lives of wizards."

Of course Ravenclaw is smart enough.

Scott shook his head, not taking credit.

"It's just a learned imitation," he said to Ravenclaw. "This form of entertainment has long been popularized throughout the Muggle world. I just did it with magic and they did it long ago." what happened."

Ravenclaw in the painting raises her eyebrows slightly to express her surprise.

"No wonder you used to say that Muggles are developing much faster than wizards." She said with a sigh, "In my impression, Muggles are still very ignorant and backward, they can only be used as sheep herding by the Holy See, Living a far worse life than wizards."

When Ravenclaw lived, Muggles hadn't mastered the power of science, and they were indeed very ignorant and backward.

Scott said: "At that time, Muggles hadn't discovered the way to understand the world, and they didn't have the power to change the world. But it's not the same now, they already have some powers that wizards don't have."

Ravenclaw discussed with Scott quite qualitatively, and even asked Scott to tell her in detail the modern and modern history of the rapid development of Muggles.

"Extraordinary wisdom is the most precious wealth of human beings."

Ravenclaw said with a sigh that this famous line came from her own.

"My words used to only point to wizards, but now it seems that the importance of wisdom is the same for all human beings."

Helena's complexion changed, as if she remembered something, she couldn't help asking Scott, "Is this why Medea made those points?"

In the past chats, she learned from Scott about the banners and ideals that Medea is now playing.

Scott nodded, "According to Medea herself, she traveled to the Muggle world after leaving Hogwarts, and the changes in the whole world shocked her a lot."

"Perhaps what she said is right, and it's not alarmist talk." Helena hesitated, "Magicians should indeed speed up their own development as she said."

Scott did not refute, but said: "Of course her words are right, only the right concept will make so many people voluntarily gather around her to be used by her."

Helena asked curiously, "Since you also think her words are right, why don't you want to go to her side and help her?"

Scott smiled, "The right people will say the right things, and the wrong people will say some right things for some purpose to achieve their own wrong goals."

Helena nodded knowingly, "Oh, you still can't believe her. Of course, thinking of her past performance, I can't believe her either."

Ravenclaw was listening to the conversation between the two with a smile all the time, so he also asked Scott, "So, do you think Medea's real purpose is not here?"

Scott admits, "Maybe she does have the right ideals, but I can't really believe it."

Ravenclaw smiled meaningfully when he heard the words.

"It's right to be vigilant," she said. "I said the same thing when Salazar left Hogwarts, but Godric and Helga believed him."

Both Scott offscreen and Helena in the painting look at her curiously.

Ravenclaw continued: "Due to differences in teaching philosophy, Salazar was unable to teach the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. He told us he was leaving, and he promised to protect the school secretly, and he did. But he hasn't come back since he left."

Having said that, she patted Helena's hand lightly.

"Later, Godric and Helga believed that part of the reason for his departure was to facilitate the teaching and research of black magic, but I don't think so. I always thought he had hidden and unknown purposes."

Scott rolled his eyes and asked, "Do you think Medea's current behavior has something to do with Salazar Slytherin?"

Ravenclaw didn't answer directly, she just said: "When Medea was young, she didn't change the ideals and minds of the entire wizarding world. Of course, maybe she has grown up in her later life."

Although this was tactful, it still meant that she didn't quite trust Medea.

Anyway, Scott believed in Ravenclaw's vision.

He has always felt awkward about Medea's affairs. Although Medea's slogan was loud, he never believed it, probably because of the same reason.

Regardless of whether it was because of preconceived impressions or not, in short, he never thought Medea was the kind of person who cared about the world.

Medea's initial impression on him was simply too strong.

She used the magic oath to plunder other people's talents to strengthen herself, and she did not hesitate to sacrifice the lives of others, and even killed her husband who had lived with her all her life.

These things were completely different from what she later said.

And this time Ravenclaw talked about Salazar Slytherin again.

Scott could see that his mentor held a certain vigilance towards Salazar Slytherin, which has not been eliminated until now, and even passed on to her portrait.

In the afternoon, Scott, who had completed his learning tasks for the day, left the Response Room.

At the long dinner table, Scott found Ravenclaw students discussing the upcoming promotional film, which made him a little happy.

With a few exceptions, the students of the other houses were confused by the lively discussions of the Ravenclaws, and they obviously did not understand what the Ravenclaws were discussing.

It seems that Ravenclaws didn't talk to the students from other houses about the promotional film.

"They're going to watch it first." Eddie said to Scott, "Only after they're sure that our promotional video is really exciting enough, will they want to go to other colleges to show off a little bit."

After dinner, the Ravenclaw students couldn't wait to return to their common room under the surprised eyes of others. Even the Quidditch team led by Roger canceled the training plan.

At this time, although the repeated content was still playing in the big mirror on the wall, everyone who had watched it several times watched it with gusto.

Half an hour before 8:00 in the evening, Professor Flitwick walked into the common room.

His presence silenced the students.

"Good evening, everyone."

Professor Flitwick went to sit on the single sofa reserved for him.

Students sitting near him started asking him about the promo.

"I like the promotional video made by Scott and the others very much." He said to the students, "This is a very good idea."

His words aroused everyone's curiosity, so they wanted to see it even more quickly.

"Get started, Scott!"

"That's right, although it's not yet the agreed 8:00 p.m., since everyone has already arrived, let's just let it out!"

"Eddie, let it go!"

The students all began to urge them.

Scott didn't care. The reason why he decided the time with everyone was because he didn't want anyone to miss it.

When he was about to stand up and agree, Milton stopped him with his hand.

"Wait a moment." He said, "Since the time is set, arrange it according to the time."

He still pays great attention to the sense of ritual in life.

Scott satisfied his OCD and sat down firmly again.

This made the others even more anxious.

Eddie hurried forward to say something nice.

Professor Flitwick looked cheerfully at the urging scene, neither agreeing nor objecting.

(End of this chapter)