Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 64 References and Citations

After returning to the Gryffindor common room, Albert made himself a cup of milk tea and asked his roommates again if they wanted to go to the library to do homework for the Charms class. After being rejected again, he packed his schoolbag and went to The three waved goodbye and went to the library.

   During class time, there are not many people in the library. When Albert walked into the library, he immediately saw Shanna who was flipping through the books to find information. He walked towards the girl, gently opened the chair and sat down, and whispered, "I hope I'm not late?"

   Albert came on time, it's exactly 2 o'clock.

"No, the homework for Charms class is a bit difficult, and I didn't find much useful information." There are a few books next to Shanna. She has come half an hour early, but still hasn't found any useful information. .

  Albert flipped through a few thick books on the table, shook his head, and directly called Shanna to go to area c, looking for the books he needed from the fifth row of bookshelves.

   By the way, the "Anthology of Curses in the Nineteenth Century" that I borrowed last time has not yet returned.

  However, I have almost finished reading that "Anthology of Curses in the Nineteenth Century", so I should read it quickly, and it would be better to bring it, after all, the time to borrow books is coming soon.

   Albert pulled out the found "Spell Achievement" from the bookshelf, and handed it to Shanna next to him. The young witch looked at the book Albert handed to herself in astonishment.

   Soon, Albert pulled out the "Anthology of Curses in the Eighteenth Century" he was looking for, and returned to the desk with Shanna.

"How do you know that this book contains what we are looking for?" Shanna was surprised to find that the two books Albert picked contained the information they were looking for, and then felt depressed. .

"The book "Spell Achievement" is actually very useful, at least for the written test." Albert explained, "The luminous spell was invented in the 18th century, so it should be included in "Spells of the 18th Century" relevant information can be found.”

   "Your brain is so good, why didn't you go to Ravenclaw?" Shanna asked suspiciously.

   "Who knows?" Albert shrugged and said softly, "Maybe, the Sorting Hat thinks I'll have a better life in Gryffindor."

  Find the information, the next step is actually very simple, that is to extract the appropriate sentence:

   For example, the Luminous Charm was invented in the 18th century (1772) by a witch named Levina Monkstanley, who used to be the Reticent in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic.

Discovery of the Wand Glow Charm: One day, while looking for a lost quill in a dusty corner, Levina surprised her colleagues by lighting the end of her wand, who thought the spell was very interesting. Useful and documented...

  A passage of Barabara's text is an excerpt anyway.

  For some reason, Albert suddenly missed the copy and paste function on the computer, and he didn't know if magic could do it.

  If you can, it will be much easier to write papers in the future.

"well!"

  Albert sighed softly, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he was distracted and actually wrote the wrong word, and he couldn't help but feel a little entangled.

  He crossed out the wrong word, dipped the quill into the inkwell, and continued copying. In fact, the content of the thesis is very simple. It is to simply copy "Spell Achievements" and "Selected Spells of the Eighteenth Century", and then write down some problems that I encountered when practicing the luminous spell, and then write it down. A solution to a difficult problem.

   Albert found that after writing these contents, he had already occupied a large part of the parchment, and Shanna, who was still flipping through the book, was stunned.

   "What's wrong with you?" Albert asked in confusion.

   "You..." Shanna pointed to the parchment.

   "Want to see it?" Albert didn't mind, he handed the parchment directly to Shanna, and he looked through the content of the extinguishing curse, which was not in "Anthology of Curses in the Eighteenth Century". However, Albert still found relevant records in "Spell Achievement", then found related books from the bookshelf, and continued to copy.

  Shanna looked at her article that she didn't write much, and then at Albert's neatly planned thesis, and suddenly felt a strong sense of frustration.

   It turns out that papers can still be written like this!

   Shanna also knows that most of the content in this paper is copied from a book, but so what.

  Ebert said that this is called borrowing and quoting.

  If you squeeze it yourself, you may not be able to squeeze out a 3-inch paper.

   It took an hour and a half for Albert to finish writing this paper on the glowing spell and extinguishing spell of the wand.

Although half of the thesis is copied, many of them are based on the various problems and solutions that Albert encountered when he was learning the spells. The final summary is Albert's in-depth exploration of the spells. For example, you can make the light at one end of the wand leave the wand, store the light of the glowing spell, and other coquettish operations. Or, apply the extinguishing spell, the wacky idea of ​​controlling the lights around you.

  Then...combine the two to create a Deluminator.

  Bah, it is the idea of ​​the magic lamp. If you can use the lamp-off spell and the glow spell to create a magic lamp with the effect of a Muggle lamp, wizards will no longer need to use oil lamps!

   These are the last remaining ideas, and they are just some assumptions. Albert wrote them in the paper, in fact, he wanted to use Professor Flitwick's hand to help him complete it.

   After all, Professor Flitwick is an expert in charms, maybe this ingenuity can attract his interest.

  The mission of the magic lamp has not been completed yet!

"How about?" Albert waited for the ink on the parchment to dry, then used the copy spell to copy a copy and handed it to Shanna, and pointed to some places, telling the other party to write according to their own experience, as for everyone The information found is naturally inserted into the paper as an introduction and polish according to one's own meaning, which makes it even more noble.

   "I thought it would take a long time to write!" Shanna looked at her parchment and said with emotion.

   Now, she somewhat understands why Albert said that writing this essay was to deepen her understanding of the luminous spell and the extinguishing spell.

  The situation is indeed like this.

  From looking for information, to transcribing sentences in books, to writing a thesis. At least, she knows when the spell was invented, who the inventor was, what impact it caused after the invention, who made improvements and innovations on the spell, what problems she encountered while practicing the spell, how to solve them, and her own desire for light. The Prospect and Prospect of Mantra…

  Anyway, after writing this pile of things, it must be more than three inches, so I don’t worry about not being able to write that many numbers.

   Moreover, the ultimate thing is that if you don't know the luminous spell and the extinguishing spell, you really can't write this pile of things.

  (end of this chapter)