Magical Studies at Hogwarts

"Crunch, crunch"

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

Stuart, Terry, Michael, and Anthony all looked frightened as if they were looking at monsters. Morag, Mandy, and Padma turned their heads away early, covering their mouths, their stomachs churning.

"Oh my god! I shouldn't have given this to you!" Stewart tried to grab the paper bag, but was hit with a combination of leg locking spell and floating spell, and he swung his legs and hands in the air for a while.

"Okay, okay, I won't eat." Ike threw another cockroach into his mouth and casually lifted the spell.As soon as Stewart's feet landed on the ground, he rushed up and punched Ike several times, neither lightly nor hard.

Ike didn't hide, he grabbed a handful with a smile and was about to throw it into Stuart's mouth. Stuart was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated. Terry and others who were watching the excitement were also panicked. Morag even screamed and ran to the entrance of the dormitory. , with only three small heads exposed, watching Ike slowly approaching the corner of the wall like a bully, the four Stewarts.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore." Ike put the pile of cockroaches back into the bag. "I'm going to the library to check something out later. Does anyone want to go with me? I'll show you my transfiguration homework."

Everyone shook their heads, and then heard Terry explain: "We are going to watch Quidditch later. Roger said that they have recently prepared a new tactic and are preparing to fly it to see the effect."

"Okay, then I'll go to the library by myself." Ike still had no feeling for Quidditch and couldn't understand the charm of it.

After putting the pile of cockroaches back in the dormitory drawer and locking it, Ike went straight to the library and found the book "Mind: What You Don't Know", plus a thick copy of "The Evolution of Magic", holding the two books in his arms He sat in his usual seat.

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

"The Evolution of Magic" is a history book dedicated to introducing magic. From the beginning of mythology, to the wizards who destroyed the world in ancient times, to the era of the Big Four at Hogwarts, and now, magic has gone from being rigorous and rigid to being casual now. , a clear development path unfolded in front of Ike.

The myth is too old, and there is not much credible information left in ancient times. However, starting from Merlin, it can be found that the power of magic is getting smaller and smaller, and human power can no longer compete with nature. Moses' deeds of dividing the sea have disappeared.

This process is also a process of magical simplification.This can be seen from the difficulty of learning the ancient magic script, that is, the rune magic script.Legend has it that the ancient magic text is the rune text that Odin obtained 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 the elves, and even originated from the ancient wizard's observation of magical animals.The specific source is no longer reliable, but there is no doubt that ancient magic texts have magical effects.

If you engrave specific magic words on an item, the item will have specific magical properties.Reading several or dozens of magic words in a specific order will also produce special effects.

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

However, many ancient magic texts have been lost, and the existing magic texts are not fully understood by wizards.Just like Oracle, many times we can only guess what it represents and what it means, and very little can be truly determined.

Most modern magic in Europe comes from Latin. Whether the same magic is released in English, French or German, it will produce the same effect.From this perspective, Latin is the standard spell language of modern magic. The magic released by spells recited in Latin is indeed more effective.

If the lighting spell cast in English is a 15-watt light bulb, the Latin one is 20 watts.The difference is not big, but it is real.

An interesting theory is also mentioned in "The Evolution of Magic". The book believes that modern wizards' use of magic is crude. Most magic relies on the wizard's own magic power. As the wizard becomes more proficient in the use of magic, To perform specific magic, you no longer need magic wands and other magic tools. This is the origin of silent spell casting and weaponless spell casting.

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

In this regard, we can see a hint of the magic of ancient wizards in the Fierce Fire Curse. After all, theoretically speaking, Fierce Fire can turn everything on the earth to ashes.

Ike once read "Mind: What You Don't Know". This book made him understand the decisive role of the soul in magic, and also let him know that many magics nowadays are the product of "taken for granted".

"I want" there to be bright light, so a soft white light appears on the tip of the wand; "I want" to make things disappear, so there is a disappearing spell.

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

So the question is, why are magic circles, magic wards, magic rituals, and curses that must abide by fixed principles such as the Red Pill Loyalty Curse so "rigorous"?

After flipping through the two books again, Ike still had no clue.After scratching his hair, Ike closed the book in frustration, rested his chin on the book, and stared at Hermione opposite who was still writing seriously.

The little witch was so frightened by Ike's stare that she raised her head and glared at Ike. She pointed at the book under Ike's chin with her 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 and stared at Ike fiercely.

The two stared at each other, no one said a word or moved.

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

"What?" Hermione was stunned when asked, "Magic is magic!"

"No...what's unscientific is magic." Hermione nodded and replied.

"That's right..." Ike thought thoughtfully.

He found that he was stuck again. At this stage, there was actually no need to study the nature of magic or the nature of magic. He only needed to continuously improve his control over magic, learn spells from easy to difficult, and improve his magic level. These problems were always will know the answer.

For now, the answer "What's not science is magic" is enough for Ike.

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