Mysterious Journey

Chapter 478: All the Professors Have Been Recruited

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As the cornerstone of modern magic, the study of ancient runes has never been a niche field.

At Hogwarts, students interested in this area can choose the "Study of Ancient Runes" course after entering the third year. They will learn about the translation of ancient runes, the decryption of Norse scripts, and techniques for using ancient magical spells and mental power that have been passed down.

However, that's about it. Strictly speaking, it's closer to ancient philology than magical literature.

As Grindelwald once said in Nurmengard Castle, with the passage of time, the complete meaning and magical power of most runes have disappeared into the river of history for various reasons.

Apart from a few wizarding families who have mastered the inheritance of ancient runes, few people in the magical world today know that each byte of those ancient characters with strange pronunciations actually hides considerable magical power.

Understandably, as a blockhead, Hannah at this moment wouldn't realize how precious the things Grindelwald taught her were – if we were to explain it in terms of item drops in a game, this knowledge would theoretically only randomly drop in the epic-level dungeon [Unify the Magical World].

"Speaking of which, have you looked at that magical brand?"

Ellie carefully examined the silver fork Hannah was holding. It didn't appear to be bent, nor did it have any fingerprints on it.

It seemed that the iron-headed girl had just mentioned it casually and hadn't really activated the magical effect – which made sense, as such a short amount of time wouldn't even be enough to learn the healing application.

"Yeah, I've seen it." Hannah nodded. "But it's so difficult. I can barely remember it now. According to Professor Apocalis, it will take a long time to adapt before I can successfully release it. But the professor said that you've mastered it very well and told me to practice it a few more times before going to bed at night – Ellie, you'll definitely help me, right?"

"Heh, heh... of course."

Ellie's mouth twitched, and she glared fiercely at the first-generation Dark Lord, who was eating "senior nutrition" at the staff table in the distance, nodding with a grave expression, and agreeing in a tone as if she was about to sacrifice herself.

No one knew better than Ellie how unstable and terrifying it was during the initial period of mastering "ur" and "rua". A little carelessness could crush the plate or chop the kitchen knife into the hard bluestone cutting board.

This also meant that if Ellie didn't want to accidentally have a few ribs broken by Hannah, it would be best not to think about sneaking onto the little iron girl's bed after the "rune training" before bed every night.

"But Hannah, you must promise me first. No matter what Professor Apocalis says in the future, you have to tell me and not collude with him to hide it from me... otherwise... otherwise I'll ignore you!"

"Yeah, don't worry, I'm smart!" Hannah nodded seriously.

"Luna said that Professor Apocalis seems to be hiding something. My uncle said that anyone who is secretive is generally not a good person, so you must always be vigilant."

Ellie carefully observed Hannah's expression, confirming that there was no hesitation or dodge in her expression, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Huff... thankfully, the iron head is not so easily turned.

Although she wasn't very clear about Grindelwald's purpose for the time being, since he was willing to impart his knowledge, she naturally wouldn't stop Hannah from mastering new skills – even if it was sugar-coated bullets, with her wisdom, she could make Hannah only swallow the sugar coating and throw the bullets back.

But...

Speaking of which...

Just then, Ellie thoughtfully shifted her gaze to the other two little witches next to her.

"So, Hermione, Luna, did Professor Dumbledore have anything important to discuss with you today?"

"Yes! Professor Dumbledore gave me this hand-copied spell心得."

Hermione nodded happily, taking out a particularly crude booklet from her arms. It looked as if it was formed by flatly tying together pieces of cut parchment, forming a "stall secret manual": 《Partial Common Spell Improvement and Power Control Techniques》. (Spell心得 = spell insights)

"I roughly flipped through it, and it contains unusual derivative branch introductions from the most basic Lumos to the more advanced Bombarda – I didn't expect the field of spells to be so wonderful. Just by slightly modifying a few syllables and gestures, as well as a little attention to the casting, the effectiveness of the spell can undergo earth-shattering changes."

Hermione spoke quickly, the brilliance in her eyes becoming brighter and brighter, making people want to...

Ellie was not unfamiliar with this state. Hermione usually entered this high-speed, excited mode when discussing textbook knowledge and textual content that she was interested in. It was best not to interrupt her easily at this time.

"Professor Dumbledore told me that based on his observations, he believes that my learning ability is quite good and that I can learn a little relatively complex and in-depth spell knowledge. Well, just like he usually tutors you privately, Ellie."

"Eh? Usually? Private tutoring?!" Ellie's eyebrows twitched unconsciously.

"Yes, don't hide it. Professor Dumbledore told us everything!"

Hermione shook her head rather helplessly, looking at the confused Ellie and said seriously.

"Ellie, you've already mastered the Bombarda spell that is only learned in the higher grades, right?"

"In addition to that, there are several powerful variant spells derived from the Bombarda. Professor Dumbledore specifically said that he is worried that you will be in danger when you are thinking about and improving spells alone, so he hopes that I can also try to maintain a similar spell learning progress as you, so that we can supervise and promote each other."

"...Hehe, is that so? I really thank the professor."

The Veela hybrid nodded with a forced smile, squeezing out a voice from between her teeth.

Sure enough, in terms of shamelessness, Grindelwald was at least a big rank behind Dumbledore – in this world, any hero who can defeat the Dark Lord face-to-face is absolutely at the pinnacle of shamelessness.

Without a doubt, Dumbledore should have deciphered her previous 【Bombarda-modified】 using the magical world's method and translated it into a patterned result that could be achieved through subtle adjustments of spells and gestures.

In this way, as one of the "tutoring classmates", Ellie would inevitably be pulled by Hermione to discuss the release心得 of these spells from time to time, and to verify and exchange the learning progress of some high-difficulty over-syllabus spells. (release心得 = insights)

Dumbledore, as the mastermind behind the scenes, would naturally be able to monitor her spell mastery in a reasonable way – even under the guise of checking learning progress?!

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Only one chapter today~ Three updates tomorrow to make up for it~ I worked overtime until so late, no time to write, wuwuwu~

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