A Hogwarts Love Game

The starlight that penetrated from the forest canopy was like a piece of floating dust, dim and inconspicuous. When it shone on the slender fingers of the black-haired boy who was constantly turning the pages of the book, it seemed to make the knuckles of his fingers faintly reflect light, which was repeated in Furong's sight. The shaking is hard to ignore.

But what made her frown even more than the other person's beautiful fingers was that the new friend in front of her, whom she had met for a short while, was reading too fast. It took a few seconds to read a page, and it didn't look like he was seriously reading at all!

"Are you looking up information?"

Finally, after watching for a long time, she couldn't help but ask.

As a teacher (the two of them had just agreed), she believed it was necessary to track Izawa's study progress and, if possible, answer some questions for him - after all, this was her family's collection of books, and she still read more or less. A bit too much.

"No, I'm reading a book."

Mellen answered without looking up.

"Are you really reading?" the girl asked in disbelief.

Often the other person would turn the pages before she could see clearly what was written in the book. How could this look like reading a book?

Was he trying to get my attention this way?

Fleur looked at Mellen with a hint of suspicion.

She had encountered this kind of thing before. Some boys of the same age or even older could not help but show off all kinds of things that she thought were extremely boring in front of her... Couldn't this guy in front of her be so childish?

"of course."

Meren didn't know what the girl was thinking about, so he responded without raising his head after hearing this. He put down the book he had finished and picked up the second one.

This made Fleur frown again, and then said a little unhappy: "Then tell me, what was written on the penultimate page of the book just now?"

She hoped that her new friend would be honest and forthright, and more importantly, not ruin the good impression she had on him, and not turn into someone who seemed to her to be very stupid and boring.

"About the three preparation methods and the best time to use the smooth hair spray." Meren answered the girl's question.

"Well..." Furong blinked when she heard this, a little surprised that the other party seemed different from what she thought?

"Where's the seventh to last page?"

"Morning dew and moonstone can be used to brew any type of potion."

"...Page [-] of the text?"

"Some boring nonsense about how to soothe fairy wings so they don't get angry after you take them off."

“I think if you’ve never been exposed to this type of content, it’s best to practice it before questioning an author who has published a book.”

The girl finally had something to say, and she said sincerely: "What I mean is that being able to publish a book proves that the author often has authority and expertise in a certain field that ordinary people do not have."

Because of her mother, she always believed that most published writers were a very powerful group of beings, so of course she would not accept the criticism of this new friend in front of her.

But now she is no longer disappointed with her new friends, but she suddenly feels a little ashamed.

The other person's reading speed is several times faster than hers, and his memory is even more amazing...

In this case, how could she still act like a teacher?

It felt a bit embarrassing, and the girl wanted to speak out to try to save her. However, Meren didn't know what little idea the little guy was currently thinking about.

"Even if I don't practice it, I can still tell that what I said in that paragraph is complete nonsense."

He said matter-of-factly: "I don't think even a pig, let alone a magical creature, would be willing to have its limbs chopped off and then forgive the murderer for grunting happily."

"..."

Fleur was speechless.

Fairies are little people with big palms and transparent wings. They like to live in the forest. Although they are not very intelligent, they love their wings very much. It is obviously impossible to forgive the guy who took off their wings, so Mellen said It makes perfect sense.

But this was not the main reason why Furong was silent. What made her feel complicated at the moment was the performance of the person in front of her.

Not only does he have a good memory and read books quickly, but on top of that, he actually takes the time to use his brain to analyze the contents of the book and make accurate judgments?

Although normal people can easily come up with this analysis without thinking too much, the premise is that they are not doing other things that require their brains urgently...

"Is it true that I am stupid, and all the words my mother has praised me for being smart these years are just to comfort a poor fool?"

Furong unconsciously began to doubt her life.

They are the same people, but the other party is still a squib, why are they so different?

She didn't speak again for a while.

The surrounding atmosphere fell into a strange silence, which made Meren feel a little puzzled. He couldn't help but look up at the girl. Seeing the look of self-doubt on her little face, he couldn't help but be startled, and then he reacted.

"It's not as exaggerated as you think," he comforted, "I just skimmed through most of the content, and I felt like I could skip it if it wasn't what I needed."

"A cursory reading? Does that mean a quick glance?"

The girl asked with some uncertainty, "But the normal scanning speed is not as fast as yours?"

"Using one's brain appropriately is a subject that some Muggles have studied deeply."

Mellen explained: "Our eyes can actually hold a lot of information in one moment, but this requires certain skills and a period of practice."

He didn't want to say more, because speed reading was already a bad thing in the previous life. It had many shortcomings and was not suitable for all books.

But Fleur, who had never heard of such a thing, was obviously very new to it.

On the other hand, she was always full of initiative when it came to things she was interested in, so she started asking questions like a barrage.

Meren didn't hide his clumsiness about this, and he didn't think of treating certain techniques as secrets for his own use only. He would answer whatever the other party asked.

This is not just limited to speed reading. After the topic unfolded, he also talked about how to define several levels of reading, what is inspectional reading, how to do analytical reading, how to read history books, how to read philosophy books, drama How to read storybooks...

They are all reading skills that make it easier for you to master the knowledge content in a book. In fact, there is not much theory, and there is more that requires practical practice.

So this did not delay him and continued to flip through the book.

Then, when the girl who was also flipping through a book found that not to mention the skills that sounded very complicated, she couldn't seem to learn speed reading in a short period of time, she couldn't help but feel frustrated.

"It's just reading, everyone can do it, why make it so complicated..."

Even though she muttered like this, she was very unwilling to do so.

"After learning these things you said, can I be like you?"

"what you mean?"

"Memory."

"It will significantly improve your memory and understanding of a book, but to reach my current level, you still need certain memory skills."

"Memory techniques?"

This is another area that Fleur doesn't understand at all, which sounds very confusing.

"The general principle is to visualize boring content, so that your brain can store knowledge more easily. There are many memory methods derived from this. I use the hook memory method, the chain memory method, and the position memory method. and the more complex Memory Palace. The specific method you use depends on what aspect you want to remember.”

"Oh……"

Furong nodded as if she understood something, feeling like she understood something. After thinking about it carefully, her mind was empty.

It's just that she hasn't learned the previous reading skills, so Mellen doesn't plan to talk about memory methods anymore, and he doesn't feel the need to show off his erudition in front of a little girl.

Looking away, Meren turned his attention to the map at his feet.

His cards are always unfolded on the map, and Meren can intuitively see that in his ability column, the new line of text that appeared before has been replaced by another line of text at some point——

[Potion Science (Comprehensive lv.0)]

After touching it, the item disappears, and a large string of text information extends out.

［反青剂制作lv.0］、［大笑药水制作lv.0］、［巴费醒脑剂制作lv.0］、［防火药剂制作lv.0］、［迷情剂制作lv.0］、［憎恨魔药制作lv.0］、［锁喉毒气制作lv.0］、［缩身药水制作lv.0］……

They were all potion recipes that Mellen had seen before and remembered how to brew them, which made him squint his eyes unconsciously.

A level of zero seems to mean that you are learning, but it doesn't prove anything.

But if it was completely impossible for me to refine the magic potion as mentioned in the previous book, would the corresponding information still be displayed in the ability column?