"...Okay," Maka smoothed the student list on the desk, then raised her head and looked at the students in the classroom and said, "That's it for the roll call... But, I need to mention one thing before going to class... "
He paused and then continued: "I believe other professors have already said it - in June next year, the OWLs exam will officially begin. I personally hope that everyone can achieve a score that satisfies you in the exam. !”
"Of course, after that, if you are still interested in ancient magic literature and want to study more in-depth..." Maka said with a smile, "In my NEWTs ancient magic literature class, you are also welcome to continue learning. .”
"McLean...Professor, that-"
A Ravenclaw student who was taking Ancient Runes raised his hand hesitantly. It seems that everyone is still a little uncomfortable with Maka as a "professor" - especially the change of title.
"Please tell me." Maka gestured nonchalantly.
"That... um... invisibility magic?" The student thought for a while and found that he didn't know what to say. "I mean... if we choose to continue studying, can we also learn that?"
Maka nodded slightly, motioning for him to sit down first, and then said: "That was not invisibility just now - although it does produce a visual effect similar to invisibility, in essence, it is a kind of spiritual homogeneity. change."
"I believe Professor Babuling has mentioned in her class in the past that ancient runes...especially the ancient runes that everyone focuses on learning are a kind of characters that focus on 'meaning'. Behind a large number of symbols, there are hidden meanings. It has a complex and mysterious symbolic meaning.”
"So far, scholars of ancient magical 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 magic texts we come into contact with are themselves a kind of ancient magic - including the magic spells we use now, which also evolved through the specific application of ancient magic texts."
Having said this, Maka 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 her fingers.
Then, he took out a feather that had been prepared and gently placed it directly on top of the pieces of paper.
The moment he took off his hand, the students were surprised to see that the feather was held up by an invisible force and hung lightly in the unobstructed air.
"... As long as we clearly understand the meaning of each ancient magic text and sort the required magic text in a specific array, we can use magic to make the magic take effect." Maka looked around at the surprised faces in the classroom , showing a slightly satisfied smile.
Originally, he only focused on his own research, but he never expected that when he could share his research results with others, the sense of accomplishment he would get would be so fulfilling.
"Ma...Professor Maclean, is this...a levitating spell?" Hermione, who was sitting in the front row, was the first to come to her senses. She quickly raised her hand and asked.
Hermione, who had previewed it over and over again, found that she had no chance to show off her talents at all, because what Maka told everyone was simply a new subject that was completely different from the past.
Her question was like a stone, breaking the calmness of the entire lake. After him, there was a burst of exclamations and questions in the classroom.
"Quiet!"
Maka waved her hand, and the students shut their mouths unusually obediently. The noise calmed down almost instantly.
"Of course..." he said with a smile, "it's not a levitating spell."
At this point, Maka waved her magic wand, and the pieces of paper flew into the air, and then slowly landed on the first desk in each column.
At the same time, the feather lost its magic support and quietly settled on the desk.
"This is just a part of the 'Levitation Spell' - we know that the Levitation Spell can make objects move in various ways according to the wizard's wishes, not just 'float'." Maka said loudly, "And, as you can see, The drawings on these pieces of paper are all ancient runes..."
"The ancient runes are one of the many ancient runes deduced on the basis of the 'ancient Phoenician runes'. In terms of mystery and difficulty of understanding, they are the 'simplified version' that is closest to our times. It’s just magic text…”
In the past, modern wizards' general understanding of ancient magic texts was still at the level of "ancient texts". Although the wizards understood that the ancient magic texts contained magical power by interpreting some documents, they did not know the details.
In the magical world where "knowledge is power", even if a wizard develops some specific results, most of them will only treat them as a "legacy" and pass them on to their descendants.
Because of this, the power of magic becomes less powerful from generation to generation. Because even if some magic is lost and inherited, other wizards have no way of knowing about it and can only let it rot in silence.
The "magic literature" that was once glorious in ancient times has thus evolved into the current "ancient magic literature".
"It can be seen that Rowena was once a researcher of magic literature, and his research has been quite in-depth. But why didn't Hogwarts leave any knowledge about magic literature?"
Maka already had doubts about this issue. Perhaps the warning in the "Book of Sin" is correct. If Rowena is not as "great" as described in the record, wouldn't it be normal for the broom to be precious to itself
However, there are still doubts about this issue, and Maka 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, Maka changed the topic, "Next, let's start with the ancient runes that are easiest for everyone to understand. Slowly unveiling the mystery of ancient magic texts..."
Maka's ancient magic text class gave the little wizards a different kind of novelty.
If the ancient magic text class in the past was as drowsy as the history of magic class, then the current ancient magic text class really gives people a real sense of "this is also a kind of magic".
Although in the specific study, everyone still cannot avoid the boring "recitation" - in fact, there are many more things to memorize than in the past - but everyone's interest has been attracted by the magic text applications that Maka shows from time to time. Hooked up.
Perhaps, when today's second graders reach third grade, there will be a breakthrough growth in the number of students taking this course...
Under Professor Flitwick's surprised gaze at the back of the classroom, Maka's first class ended quietly.
However, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class ten minutes later, the mood of the fifth grade students in Gryffindor and Slytherin had already hit rock 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, her half-smiling face filled with a disgusting hypocrisy.
On the blackboard in front of the classroom, there are these lines:
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Course objectives
l. Understand the basic principles of "Magic Defense".
2. Learn to identify specific situations where "magic defense" is legitimately used.
3. Evaluate the actual application efficiency of "magic defense".
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In the classroom, all the students need to do is to "read", "copy" and "recite" the "Magical Defense Theory" designated by Umbridge, and that's it.
The content of this book is quite boring, and this course that was supposed to be lively and interesting, under Umbridge's teaching, replaced the Ancient Runes course and became a boring course on par with the History of Magic course.
Most people feel that their attention span is dwindling every minute.
Soon, everyone fell into the bad state of "staring at a certain line of text and reading it repeatedly, but could only understand the first few words."
Nearly ten minutes passed, and the whole classroom seemed extremely dull.
Harry was secretly looking around. On his left, Ron was always staring at the same position in the book. He had already pulled out nearly half of the feathers from the quill in his hand.
Harry turned his eyes to the right again, and then the numbness in his heart suddenly disappeared.
There, Hermione was raising her right hand high, with a pair of piercing eyes fixed directly on Umbridge's face. The book on her desk seemed to have been mostly flipped through.
Harry couldn't help but shake 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 turned her gaze to Professor Umbridge, who was sitting behind the desk with a fake smile on her face.
However, Umbridge's gaze also firmly ignored Hermione's raised right hand.
After a while, Harry was not the only student to notice Hermione.
The book "Magical Defense Theory" was so boring that the students turned their heads one after another 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 were wandering back and forth between Hermione and Umbridge. When the number exceeded half of the number of people, Umbridge finally could no longer stick to her principle of "just pretend you didn't see it". .
"Dear, do you have any questions about the content of this chapter?" More false smiles appeared on her face, and she pretended to look like she had just seen her raise her hand.
"Yes, Professor," Hermione stood up, stared into Umbridge's eyes, and said seriously, "The chapter of 'Introduction to Basic Principles' that you asked us to read, I personally think..."
At this time, the faces of the students already showed expressions of watching a good show, but...
"...I personally think it is very exciting!"