Chapter 313 The Crisis of Professor Binns

( ) "...Okay," Maca smoothed the student list on the desk, then raised his head and looked at the students in the classroom, "That's all for the roll call... But, before the class, I need to mention one thing……"

He paused, and then continued: "I believe other professors have already said that in June next year, the .Ls exam will officially start. I personally hope that everyone can get a satisfactory result in the exam. Achievement!"

"Of course, after that, if everyone is still very interested in ancient magic literature and wants to study it more deeply..." Maca said with a smile, "...Ancient magic literature class, everyone is also welcome to continue studying. "

"McLean...Professor, that—"

A Ravenclaw student who took Ancient Runes raised his hand hesitantly. It seems that everyone is still a little uncomfortable with the "professor" Maca-especially the change of title.

"Please tell me." Maca gestured nonchalantly.

"The one just now... um... the invisibility magic?" The student thought for a while, but found he didn't know how to put it, "I mean... if we choose to continue our studies, can we learn that as well?"

Maca nodded slightly, motioned him to sit down first, and then said: "It wasn't invisibility just now—although it does produce a visually similar invisibility effect, in essence, it is a kind of spiritual sympathy." qualitative."

"I believe it was mentioned in Professor Babling's class in the past that the ancient rune...especially the ancient rune that everyone focuses on learning is a kind of character that emphasizes 'meaning'. Behind a large number of symbols, Contains complex and mysterious symbolic meaning."

"So far, scholars of ancient magic literature have been studying various ancient documents, trying to understand the true face of ancient wizards and ancient magic."

"But in fact, the various ancient runes we have come into contact with are themselves a kind of ancient magic—including the spells we use now, which also evolved through the specific application of ancient runes."

Speaking of this, Maca took out some of the small pieces of paper on the table, arranged them on the desk in a certain order, and pressed one of them with one of his fingers.

Then, he took out a feather that had already been prepared, and placed it gently on top of the pieces of paper.

The moment he let go, the students were surprised to see that the feather was lifted by an invisible force, and it hung lightly in the unobstructed air.

"...as long as the meaning of each ancient rune is clearly understood,

And by sorting the required runes in a specific array, we can use magic power to make magic work. Maca looked around at the surprised faces in the classroom, showing a slightly satisfied smile.

Originally, he only cared about his own research, but he didn't expect that when he could share his research results with others, the sense of accomplishment he would get would be so fulfilling.

"M...Professor McLean, is this... the Levitation Curse?" Hermione, who was sitting in the front row, was the first to come to her senses, and she quickly raised her hand and asked.

Hermione, who had previewed over and over again, found that she had no chance to show her strengths at all, because what Maca told everyone was a new subject that was completely different from the past.

Her question, like a stone, broke the calm of the entire lake. After him, there was a burst of exclamation and questions in the classroom.

"Be quiet!"

Maca waved his hand, the students shut their mouths obediently, and the noise subsided almost instantly.

"Of course..." he said with a smile, "it's not a floating spell."

At this point, Maca waved his magic wand, and the few pieces of paper flew into the air, and then slowly fell on the first desk in each row.

At the same time, the feather lost its magical support and quietly settled on the podium.

"This is just a part of the 'Levitation Charm' - as we know, the Levitation Charm can make objects move in various ways according to the wishes of the wizard, not just 'floating'." Macaron said, "And, as you can see , the paintings on these pieces of paper are all ancient runes..."

"And the ancient runes are one of the many ancient runes deduced on the basis of the 'ancient Phoenician runes'. In terms of the degree of mystery and the difficulty of understanding, they are all the 'simplified versions' that are closest to our era. It's just runes..."

In the past, modern wizards' general understanding of ancient runes was still at the level of "ancient scripts". Although the wizards learned that the ancient runes contained magical powers by reading some documents, they did not know the details.

In the magic world where "knowledge is power", even if some wizards have researched some specific results, most of them will only be regarded as a kind of "inheritance" to be passed on to their descendants.

Because of this, the power of magic is not as good as one generation after another. Because even if some magic lost its inheritance, other wizards would have no way of knowing it, and could only let them rot in silence.

And the "magic literature" that was once brilliant in ancient times has evolved into the current "ancient magic literature".

"It can be seen that Rowena was also a researcher of magic literature, and the research has been quite in-depth. But why didn't Hogwarts leave any knowledge about magic literature?"

Maca has already had doubts about this issue. Perhaps the warning in the "Book of Sin" is correct. If Rowena is not as "great" as stated in the records, isn't it normal to cherish the broom?

However, there are still doubts about this issue, and Maca can't figure it out.

"...All in all, the mysteries of ancient magic literature are far beyond our imagination." After the explanation just now came to an end, Maca changed the topic again, "Next, we will start with the ancient runes that are easiest for everyone to understand. , slowly unveiling the mysterious veil of the ancient runes..."

Maca's ancient magic text class made the little wizards feel a different kind of novelty.

If the ancient rune classes in the past were as drowsy as the history of magic class, but the current ancient rune class really makes people feel "this is also a kind of magic".

Although in the specific study, everyone still can't avoid the boring of "reciting"-in fact, there are many more things to memorize than in the past-but everyone's interest has been suppressed by the magic that Maca shows from time to time. The text application is ticked.

Perhaps there will be a breakthrough in the number of students taking this course when today's sophomores move on to third grade...  

In the eyes of Professor Flitwick full of surprise at the back of the classroom, Maca's first class ended quietly.

However, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class ten minutes later, the mood of the fifth graders of Gryffindor and Slytherin had already fallen to the bottom.

...

In the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom on the second floor of the castle, the new professor Umbridge was sitting behind the desk, with a disgusting hypocrisy on his half-smile face.

On the blackboard in front of the classroom, there are these lines written:

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Course targets

l. Understand the basic principles of "defense against magic".

2. Learn to distinguish the specific occasions where "defense against magic" is legally used.

3. Evaluate the practical application efficiency of "Defense Against Magic".

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In the classroom, all the students need to do is to "read", "copy" and "recite" the "Theory of Defense against Magic" assigned by Umbridge, and that's it.

The content of this book is quite boring, and this supposedly lively and interesting course, under Umbridge's teaching, has replaced the Ancient Runes class and become a boring class comparable to the History of Magic class.

The vast majority of people feel that their concentration is diminishing every minute and every second.

Soon, everyone became in a bad state of "staring at a certain line of text and reading it repeatedly, but can only understand the first few words".

Almost ten minutes passed, and the whole classroom seemed extremely dull.

Harry was peeking left and right. On his left, Ron was always staring at the same place in the book, and he had nearly half of the quill in his hand ripped out.

Harry turned his gaze to the right again, and the numbness in his heart was suddenly swept away.

There, Hermione was holding her right hand high, her piercing eyes fixed directly on Umbridge's face. And the book on her desk seemed to have been turned over halfway.

Harry couldn't help shaking the quill in his hand slightly, and cast a questioning look at her.

Hermione didn't speak, she just shook her head slightly, and then looked at Professor Umbridge who was sitting behind the desk with a smirk on his face.

However, Umbridge's gaze also firmly ignored Hermione's raised right hand.

After a while, Harry wasn't the only student who noticed Hermione.

The Theory of Defense Against Magic was so boring that one by one the students turned their heads and looked at Hermione curiously, trying to see how she could "silently force Umbridge to react".

Obviously, this is much more fun than boring textbooks.

Slowly, more and more eyes moved back and forth between Hermione and Umbridge. When this number exceeded half of the people, Umbridge finally could no longer adhere to her principle of "just pretend not to see it" up.

"Honey, do you have any questions about the content of this chapter?" She squeezed out more fake smiles on her face, and pretended to have just seen her raise her hand.

"Yes, Professor," Hermione stood up, stared into Umbridge's eyes, and said seriously, "The chapter 'Basic Principles of Getting Started' that you asked us to read, I personally think..."

At this time, the faces of the students already had expressions of watching the show, but...

"... Personally, I think it's very exciting!"