Chapter 88: Eagle Heritage
There are still two and a half weeks until the summer vacation.
During this time, Xie Ling decided to retreat. He hid in the secret room of Ravenclaw and studied hard every minute and every night. He used expensive nutritional potions to replace three meals, used stimulant potions to replace sleep, wore the crown of wisdom to improve his intelligence, and with the extra time given by the hourglass, he read and studied the books in the secret room of Ravenclaw one by one.
The advantages brought by Xie Ling's super high comprehension and super strong mental power were fully revealed at this moment. After drinking the Bafe brain-stimulating potion, his reading speed was almost three times faster than before. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could read ten lines at a glance. He could read at least thirty books in a day.
The most amazing thing is that he not only remembered everything, but also could immediately organize and summarize the messy information in his mind, analyze and edit it, integrate it, and transform it into useful knowledge, and even comprehend his own opinions.
(Note: Although Schelling also read 30 books in the public area of the library every day in his first year, Ravenclaw's collection of books is obviously more profound and difficult)
Ravenclaw is the most knowledgeable and research-minded of the four founders. The books she collected and compiled were the most precious collections at the time, which contained her various studies on magic in various fields and her unique insights. Schelling unexpectedly got another big surprise among the many books in his collection!
["Abatayr Volume 2" is obtained! ]
Abatayr is an all-encompassing magic book. This book was split into eight fragments due to a war in the Middle Ages, and each volume corresponds to a magical field. At that time, the Malfoy family obtained the first volume on mental magic, which led to the rise of the family and brought glory to the family. From the fact that Malfoy's secret spells focus on mental magic, it can be seen how important this book plays in the inheritance of the Malfoy family.
The Abatayr fragment collected by Ravenclaw corresponds to the curse magic.
The curse magic mentioned here is not the same as the so-called curse in black magic - the curse often mentioned in black magic is actually a more powerful evil curse. Curse magic refers to the planting of magic on something at a distance through some invisible link.
(Note: In black magic, there are evil curses such as Jinx, Hex, and Curse, which are classified according to the strength of the power of the spell, but the boundary is very vague. After all, it depends on the user's own magic and control.)
For example, what Voldemort planted on the position of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is a kind of curse magic; and what Voldemort planted on the Gaunt family heirloom ring is also a kind of curse magic. But these are not as good as the most evil curse in the world - the blood curse. The blood curse will not end with the death of the host, but will be inherited from generation to generation in the host's descendants. It is very vicious.
The longer the curse exists, the stronger its power will become over time. This is why Borgin and Burke's likes to recycle old black magic items, such as opal necklaces. The curse power on them has reached the point where touching them will kill you, so they will be more valuable.
Another example is the Egyptian pyramids. Warlocks in ancient Egypt buried a large number of curses in the pyramids. After thousands of years, these curses have become unimaginable, so Gringotts has a great demand for curse breakers.
Schelling learned from a research note of Ravenclaw herself that Ravenclaw herself was once a host of blood curses.
The blood curse she carried was "absolute rationality", that is, she had no normal emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
Ravenclaw devoted her life to studying ways to break the blood curse. Although she finally found a theoretically feasible way, her husband's death touched her grief (her husband was Mr. Ravenclaw, not other founders), so she solved the curse by herself. Therefore, her idea of breaking the curse has always been just a theory on paper, and has not been confirmed in practice in reality.
Of course, this is an unrepeatable coincidence. After all, Ravenclaw's own strength is extremely amazing, enough to resist most of the power of the curse, so it can only be successfully removed in one go under intense emotional stimulation.
(Note: The strength of the cursed person is also one of the factors that affect the power of the curse, otherwise Voldemort could have directly cursed the position of Hogwarts principal, and the whole play ended)
Although Ravenclaw finally removed the curse, because she was an adult at that time, the demon buried in her heart by the blood curse had already taken shape, and this demon left an invisible magic crack in her heart. That is why, when she faced her daughter's betrayal (her daughter Helena stole her crown), she lost control of her emotions for a while, became depressed, and eventually died of "Broken Heart".
(Note: Ravenclaw's blood curse was invented by the author; although she could not feel "love and happiness", she still tried hard, and marrying Mr. Ravenclaw is an example)
(Note: Ravenclaw's death from a "broken heart" is an official setting, and the author privately added a demon in his heart as an explanation, otherwise it always feels that such a powerful wizard died too easily)
The densely packed notes are all her various research and ideas on the blood curse, and it is repeatedly noted that many of her ideas and inspirations come from "Abatail Volume 2".
She repeatedly emphasized in her notes that her successor must read Abatyr carefully in person, because it contains very important theoretical knowledge that can supplement her own ideas in more depth. In addition, on the last page of the notes, Schelling saw Ravenclaw sighing with regret that Abatyr is indeed an ancient wonder book. She was very eager to take a peek at the eight volumes of Abatyr, but unfortunately she could only take a peek at one volume in her lifetime.
[Ravenclaw's blood research notes obtained! ]
In the wizarding world, research on blood power is as rare as phoenix feathers and horns. However, Schelling first read Merlin's research notes in the forbidden book area of the library, and then got the research notes of the Greengrass family. Now, with the research notes of Ravenclaw, his knowledge in the field of blood power can be said to have reached an astonishing height.
Although he still has no idea about how to stimulate the potential blood power in his body in the short term, he has a lot of ideas about how to transform the blood of species and how to break the blood curse.
Another book that surprised Schelling was "The Secret of Space".
The only well-known space magic in the magic world is the "Traceless Extension Spell" that can expand the volume of space and three types of magic shifting. But Schelling knows that space magic is more than that. For example, the Room of Requirement, the Vanishing Cabinet, the Screwing Mirror, etc., all show more complex and advanced space magic principles. And this book directly involves the essence of space magic.
(Note: The Screwing Mirror is not a spyglass, but a mirror that can peek into the distance, similar to a mobile phone connected to a closed-circuit television screen. It is sold in the Ganus Magic Mirror Shop in Diagon Alley. Because this mirror is likely to be abused, the author sets it to be strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic) (How to abuse? Do the men need the author to say it?)
Space magic involves a field that is regarded as one of the top secrets in the magic world - Limbo. The only time this space was mentioned in the original book was when Graham Montague was stuffed into the broken Vanishing Cabinet.
(Note: People's Publishing House did not translate Limbo. This word has two sources in the original book. One is the place where Harry went after his death, which is translated as "Netherworld" in this book; the other is the gap between the walls of space, which is translated as "empty space")
At that time, when he tried to deduct the points of the Weasley twins, he was forcibly grabbed by them and stuffed into the Vanishing Cabinet. At this time, the Vanishing Cabinet was broken by Peeves and could not teleport Montague to another Vanishing Cabinet.
As a result, he was trapped in a dark and empty space, unable to move his whole body, but his consciousness remained clear. He could hear the movements of Hogwarts, and at the same time, he could hear the voices coming from Borgin and Burke's.
(Note: No one in Hogwarts knew how to use the Vanishing Cabinet for a long time, which is unreasonable. The author believes that this is because the one in Borgin and Burke's broke down in the early days, and was sold to Borgin and Burke's by its original owner at a low price many years later. It was then repaired by Professor Burke around 1992, and Peeves broke the one in Hogwarts in the same year, so the two paired Vanishing Cabinets were never in good working condition at the same time)
It was not until the next day that Montague saw that he had no hope of escaping, so he used Apparition to escape - he failed the Apparition test and got stuck in a toilet on the fifth floor of the castle. In the following weeks, Montague was in a trance and confused, and he did not recover from the shock of being stuck in the toilet.
Void space is the gap between space and space. There is no light, no sound, and no flow of time. The so-called magic teleportation is to use the void space to link two teleportation points. The transmission route can be determined by thought (apparition), or through pre-linked magic channels (floo network, vanishing cabinet), or through the guidance of the location of anchored objects (portkey).
The advantage of apparition is convenience. It can be done anytime and anywhere, but the distance of apparition is limited, and it is also quite dangerous to bring other people with you.
Floo powder overcomes this problem, but it can only go from a place with a stove to another stove connected to the Floo network, and its convenience is far less than that of apparition.
Portkey overcomes the limitations of Floo powder, and can also safely teleport a large number of people at the same time, but it needs to touch an object to start the teleportation. It is precisely because of this that it is strongly controlled by the Ministry of Magic. After all, there is no shortage of bastards in the wizarding world who can make portkeys to trick Muggles, and it is even possible to trick other wizards. Imagine that you accidentally touched a fallen Galleon and were transported to a cage with lions...
After understanding the nature of the void, Xie Ling realized that wizards' use of space magic was still at a very superficial stage - they did not use the characteristics of the void in battle at all. Think about it, even if facing Avada Kedavra, which is said to have no counter-spell, wouldn't it be enough to use space magic to transfer the spell to another location? If the control is precise enough, it can even send the Kedavra back to the caster...
[Obtain "The Secret of Space"! ]
Ravenclaw has about 500 books in his collection. Due to limited time, Xie Ling can only try to select the books he is most likely to use and read them first to enhance his strength as much as possible. However, he did not forget the rewards that Aquila promised for reading all the books.
After two weeks of hard work, Schelling has finished reading most of the books in his collection.
Before leaving, he used the copy spell to copy all the books in his collection and put them in his private library. The remaining unread books can be left for summer vacation to study. Now, his private library has the Malfoy family collection, the Black family collection, the Druella family collection, the books given by professors and girlfriends, etc., and the number has exceeded one thousand.
As a bookworm who loves books, Schelling looked at the shelves full of books, admiring his collection, and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment came to his heart.
[Ravenclaw's collection of books is obtained! ]
The real "Arbatel de magia veterum" is a textbook on mysticism published by an Italian publishing house in the 15th century. It is written in Latin and the author is unknown. It is currently speculated that it was completed by multiple authors. The concept of the content of the book is full of Paracelsus (the celebrity of the chocolate frog picture) theory.
In the setting of this book, the original text of Abatyr appeared long before the founding of Hogwarts, but after a great war it was divided into eight volumes and scattered all over the place, and only the fragments flowed into the Muggle world.