Section 333

"Rune is an ancient magical power. If you want to fully explain its origin, I'm afraid it will take many classes. I don't want to take away Professor Binns' job."

Amidst the knowing smiles of the students, Bathsheda Bablin waved the "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes".

"Therefore, we will take the "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" as the standard and just remember the overview in it. The reason why we need to remember these contents is because it is a required question during the exam."

Hermione seemed to wake up suddenly, straightened up subconsciously, and muttered in confusion: "Exam?"

"Merlin's beard!" Anthony said with disbelief in his tone, lowering his voice to Wizette and the others, "Hermione actually dozed off!"

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Bathshedda Bablin said: "Runees are very ancient. They have accompanied almost the entire development process of wizards and have always played various roles..."

"In fact, it has been integrated into every aspect of life, but you may not have noticed... Who can tell me where it plays a role?"

"Those magic props?" Anthony raised his hand slowly, with a bit of uncertainty in his tone, "I remember they said... if you want to make magic props, you often cannot do without runes."

"Very good!" Bathshedda Bablin affirmed, "This is the most important part! Five points for Ravenclaw! Does anyone else want to answer?"

Hermione also raised her hand at this moment, "I once... saw some rune symbols on some magic buildings... Way... they told me that those runes are the basis of the entire magic building."

"Very careful! Very careful! Five points for Gryffindor!" Bathshedda Bablin nodded, "All kinds of magic buildings also need to use runes!"

"If you dare to take down a piece of Hogwarts masonry and study it like Fred and George did, you can observe the runes on it as long as you use the right techniques."

Accompanied by a burst of laughter from the students, she continued: "Through Mr. Goldstein and Miss Granger's descriptions, have you discovered the application rules of runes?"

The laughter subsided and the students tried to flip through the textbooks to find answers.

"Does anyone know?" Bathshedda Barblin waited for five minutes and finally saw Wizette raise his hand, "Mr. Lovegood!"

Weizet said: "Usually, runes are used on various physical objects, ranging from small magic props to large magic buildings. However, it seems to be very rare to be directly used in magic."

"As far as I know, the reason why this happens is because the power of the runes themselves... requires a 'medium' to function better."

The reason why he noticed this was because of "Thunder" in "The Wizard's Practical Guide" and the petrification spell he obtained;

In order to study the "?" presented by the Petrification Spell, he consulted many related books in the library, and finally found something in "Develop Yourself, Engraving Runes in Your Internal Organs";

The original runes were difficult to control, and had to be improved by generations of wizards before they evolved into the later widely used versions;

In the process of improvement, many excellent related materials were produced, which is also the main goal of the ancient rune class - to learn how to translate these materials.

"Ten points for Ravenclaw!" Bathshedda Bablin said with a smile, "Rune characters are mostly used for real objects, and they are very concise summaries."

"Mr. Lovegood is right. Runes need the help of a 'medium' to better help wizards and achieve the effects they want."

"Let's open "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" and turn to page 12. This lesson will start with this rune."

She wrote a rune "?" on the blackboard and told what the symbol meant and what it was used for.

"The effect of this rune is very obvious. It has the magic of protection and can bring you unexpected good luck. Can you think of where it can be used?"

A Hufflepuff student raised his hand and said tentatively: "Professor Bablin, when brewing potions...can I use this rune?"

"Of course!" Bathshedda Bablin said, "Brewing the potion does require some luck, and you also need some protection to prevent accidents in the crucible."

"Can be used to brew potions!"

When the students heard this sentence, they stared at the rune with wide eyes, as if they wanted to engrav it directly in their minds...

Chapter 158 Magic Circuits and Runes

The ancient runes class is similar to the arithmetic divination class. Compared with the magic class and other courses that require practice, it is a relatively boring subject.

There are many things that need to be paid attention to when translating runes. Even with the help of reference books such as "Rune Dictionary" and "Magic Symbol Collection", you may still get confused;

In Weizet's view, the process of translating ancient runes seems to be somewhat similar to "solving puzzles";

Hogwarts has a large collection of books, so these ancient books and scrolls written with ancient runes also come from various sources, involving different historical periods and regions, and the writing directions will be different.

The first step in translating ancient runes is to determine the writing direction of the corresponding scroll, whether from left to right or from right to left;

Or the "right-row and left-row alternating writing method", that is, one line is written from left to right, and the next line is written from right to left, alternately writing content;

Once you get the direction wrong, you may spend a lot of time but end up with a mess of translation.

After determining the writing direction, you also need to consider the "et" to which the runes belong, so as to "set the tone" for the corresponding content;

The rune alphabet is usually divided into three parts, each part is called an "et", and the runes in the corresponding "et" usually have similar meanings;

By identifying the "et" to which the data belongs, you can better understand the data and clarify the specific meaning of the runes in a specific context;

This is why Vizette believes that translation is a puzzle. As long as you can find the right clues, the answer will be revealed.

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"????……????????..." Vizette flipped through several reference books and looked for the corresponding annotations, "??????……??????……???????..."

"Focus and courage are the key to casting the levitation spell..." He let out a long breath and copied the content on parchment, completing the translation.

He still agreed with the translated passage;

At the same time, he could understand why Bathsheda Baburin said at the beginning: "Through the study of runes, the secrets that have been sealed by time can be revealed."

Using concentration and courage to cast the levitation spell is the "secret sealed by time". Being able to understand this little trick is still very helpful for improving one's magic ability.

But Vizette must also admit that this is a time-consuming and laborious job;

Even if he knows a little bit of magic prop making skills and has a little knowledge of runes, it still took a lot of time to translate it.

After completing the translation, Vizette took out another notebook with various graphics recorded on it;

These graphics are magic circuits, which he observed from various magical animals through "Ancient Magic: Soul Control Spell" and Magic Eye.

There are some similarities between magic circuits and runes, but compared to magic circuits, runes are obviously more concise, just like the "hieroglyphics" that Vizette understands.

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In fact, this is true, which is also the reason why runes have multiple meanings;

The most typical example is the rune numbers;

These numbers are not the original runes, but they are the best runes to understand today, because they are simple enough to understand the meaning from the representation, but can also interpret deeper meanings;

The prototypes of these rune numbers are all magical animals, such as the magical animal represented by "0", which is the invisible beast;

On the surface, the invisible beast is invisible when it is invisible, it just disappears, and therefore it is "0";

But combined with the magical ability of "invisibility" possessed by the invisible beast, in fact, the rune number "0" expresses the meaning of "invisibility".

Another typical example is the rune number "4", the prototype of which is the wicked bird;

On the surface, this number can refer to the rune number "4" because the wicked bird has four colors of feathers;

But the deeper meaning of its evolution into the rune number "4" is because its "high-pitched, chirping cry will make people who hear it lose their minds".

There are evil birds in the Forbidden Forest. When Vizette and Luna were playing in the Forbidden Forest, they had studied them.

Evil birds of different colors have different negative effects on people.

For example, the evil birds with lime green feathers will make people feel fearful and gradually lose their reason.

And the evil birds with orange feathers will make people feel nervous and uneasy, and the final result is still to make people lose their reason.

Vizette looked at the magic circuits and runes one by one, and suddenly understood something.

"Transfiguration magic can be like a pair of hands, changing from the outside to the inside, shaping the corresponding shape, this is the way Professor McGonagall taught..."

"And the runes and magic circuits tell me...it can actually be transformed from the inside to the outside, which is somewhat similar to the so-called 'putting on a layer of clothes'..."

"The difference between the two methods is...one is to slowly achieve the final result, while the other is to know the final result and deduce the whole process from the back to the front..."

He finally reacted, "This is the role of the magic eye! I have realized before that I can reverse the process from the result, but I didn't make any further associations!"

"It's even more than that... ...including some spellcasting gestures and potion brewing techniques, which can also be understood from this perspective!"

"Sure enough, I still need to learn more!" He patted his forehead, "There is such a way, but I haven't fully utilized it! I still have a lot to learn!"

Seeing Vizet's actions, Bathsheda Baburin, who happened to be patrolling nearby, stepped forward and asked with concern: "Mr. Lovegood, is there a problem with the translation?"

"No! No!" Vizet waved his hands repeatedly, "I have completed the translation."

"Oh? Already completed the translation?" Bathsheda Baburin looked at the parchment placed aside.

On the parchment, there were not only neat runes, but also fluently written translations.

The translation was very detailed and well-organized, which showed that Vizette did not know the sentence in advance and then directly applied it to complete the translation.

"Focus and courage are the key to casting the levitation spell." Bathsheda Baburin read aloud, "I didn't expect... you actually translated the whole sentence."

According to her original idea, being able to translate the half sentence of "Focus and courage" was already an over-fulfillment of the task;

She just wrote down the whole sentence because of her writing habits;

The unfinished translation content can be used as homework for students to complete, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Vizette drew a relatively simple magic circuit, "Professor Baburin, I actually have some questions and would like to ask..."

Chapter 159 Accidents in the Care of Magical Creatures Class

Based on the magic circuit and combining his own thinking about runes, Vizette told Bathsheda Baburin his general idea.

"Hmm..." Bathsheda Baburin looked at the magic circuit with a thoughtful look, "Interesting idea... Where did you get this?"