If a person does something suspicious and fails to give a proper explanation, he will often attract suspicion from others. And if the person who suspected it was a more careful guy, then it would be inevitable for the matter to be exposed.
Just like Enns, his matter-of-fact response quickly caught Alexander's attention.
"... Was this the one he was reading at that time?"
The next day, when Enns took time to practice magic spells at his old place, Alexander saw the opportunity and came to the library. At this moment, he was standing in front of a bookshelf that Enns often visited, reaching out and caressing the slightly old spine of the book.
"It should be right..." He pulled out the book, glanced at the title on the cover and opened the pages, ""Detailed Explanation of Rune Translation"... 'Anglo-Saxon-Foto' Anglo-Saxon Futhorc'? What kind of mess is this..."
Since ancient magic texts are difficult to get started and boring to learn, there have been few candidates for this course in the past. Alexander felt these characteristics very clearly now. After all, when he flipped through the book like this, he couldn't help but want to retreat just when he saw that the paper was full of dense words and symbols.
Yes, even though the person teaching this course now is Maka, whom he respects, he still has some feelings of indifference.
But…
"...I find it so boring, that Ens Tavon..." Alexander frowned and looked through the pages, and couldn't help but think, "Would he really be interested in this kind of thing?"
Thinking of this, he quickly shook his head.
"Impossible," Alexander whispered to himself, "How could a guy who can say 'I just want to learn something that works' learn to do this-"
Halfway through his words, Maka's face suddenly flashed through his mind, causing him to stop talking.
"No, maybe this is indeed a 'working' subject... "
Thinking of this, Alexander simply closed the book and walked directly to the borrowing registration office with it.
"Mrs. Pince, I need to borrow this book—"
"Write the title of the book here and sign... Remember, it is forbidden to damage the book. I will check it carefully when returning the book! If there is even a little bit..."
It is the responsibility of Mrs. Pince as the librarian to manage the books in the library and ensure that the books are not stained or damaged by the little wizards. But her love for books to the extent of treating them as taboos is a bit too much.
In fact, no matter who comes here to borrow books, she will never give them a good look.
Of course, Alexander didn't feel much about Mrs. Pince's verbosity. Now he just wanted to borrow the book and try to find some reasons for Enns's attitude to change.
…
"Tuk-tuk-tuk..." "Please come in."
Lately, it had become quite difficult to find him in Maka's office. But Alexander still didn't miss an opportunity. Taking advantage of the short break before lunch, he quickly came to Maca's office with his books and knocked on the door.
"Oh, Alexander?"
Even Maka looked a little tired due to the busy days. This kind of fatigue is mental. After all, it is very tiring to deal with a group of foreign wizards who may not all speak the same language all day long.
"... Come in! What's wrong? Do you have anything to do with me?"
Seeing Alexander panting, he knew that the other party must be running over. But thinking about it, if it were any later, he would have to go to the side hall to entertain guests, which would definitely be inconvenient for Hogwarts students to enter and exit.
When Maka invited Alexander into the office and planned to get him some water to quench his thirst, Alexander immediately refused.
"No, no need..." Alexander swallowed hard to relieve the dryness in his throat, "Professor MacLean, I want to ask you a question -"
As he spoke, he handed over the book in his hand and showed the cover in front of Maka.
"That's it... What kind of ancient magic script is the Anglo-Saxon-Footok script? And where does it usually appear?"
After hearing this, Maka looked down at the book, but did not take it.
"Why, are you interested in the translation of ancient magic texts? This is rare among students..." Even Maka had to admit that simple translation of ancient magic texts was boring. "Strictly speaking, this is not an ancient magic text. Chinese characters are deformed characters derived from runes. More than a thousand years ago, they were used for more daily writing... "
Having said this, he spread his hands and said: "In other words, this kind of writing is actually similar to the English we use now - they themselves do not have magic power."
"Uh... So, this is a simple ancient writing?" Alexander said with a depressed look on his face.
"Well, yes." Maka nodded, "As for where it will appear... I think there will be them in some ancient books and documents in the British area - that is, in our area, right?"
Seeing Alexander's vaguely disappointed expression, Maka changed her mind and thought that he had lost interest in this kind of ancient writing that did not have magical properties.
"Don't be disappointed, this kind of writing evolved on the basis of runes," he smiled and patted Alexander on the shoulder, "and runes are magical - if you want to learn the rules better, Niven, it would certainly be helpful to study this more plain text first.”
"Ah, um..." Alexander nodded and said, "So that's it... I understand. So... thank you, professor! I'm going out first..."
The answer he got from Maka gave him some guesses. He believes that Enns may want to lay a solid foundation for his future courses first, and step-by-step is undoubtedly a far-sighted learning method.
After sending Alexander out of the office, Maka returned to the desk and packed up some documents.
He didn't think much about Alexander's inquiry. Because since he took up the post of professor of ancient magic texts, the number of students interested in this subject has gradually increased, and there are often young wizards browsing such books in the library.
Of course, being interested is one thing, but not many students can persist.
Just like at the beginning, there were quite a few students who went to the Magic Text classroom to observe, but as the course continued to progress, most of the students who went to attend the class gave up.
His teaching methods and the latest courses on ancient magic texts he summarized are indeed more detailed and attractive than the past content. However, the learning process of this type of subject inevitably involves a lot of memorization and copying, so it is natural that most students do not have the patience.
Not taking this matter to heart, Maka packed up the files, got up and left her office again. From beginning to end, he only stayed here for less than half an hour, and his busyness can be seen.
Now before rushing to the side hall, he has to go to the school gate to greet a group of guests from Egypt. The guests who arrived this afternoon were not delegations from any country or region, but a team of judges invited by the International Federation of Wizards from the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center.
The world's largest alchemical research institution was originally established under the banner of searching and excavating ancient alchemical documents and monuments. At the beginning, it was just an "ancient alchemy exhibition hall" with its own archaeological team.
However, since there has not been much progress in the archaeological operations, they simply changed their ways and began to study new alchemy on their own with a certain amount of ancient documents stored.
But now, the scale is much larger than before, and there are many alchemy product projects directly supplied to the Ministry of Magic of various countries.
It is worth mentioning that in the process from archeology to innovation, the Hohenheim family, as the leader, definitely played an indispensable role.
"You must be the head of the research center, Mr. Alejandro von Hohenheim, right? I am Maka McClain, the ancient runes professor at Hogwarts."
Maka didn't expect that the Egyptian side would arrive faster than he expected. When he arrived at the vestibule of the castle, he soon discovered that there was a group of people at the school gate.
And more importantly, he also saw a particularly eye-catching fat man among the crowd, and Sarah Hohenheim standing next to the fat man.
The brother and sister reunited here again, and the fat man still put on a low-brow look. It was obviously because his father and sister, the two people who troubled him the most, were here today.
Looking at the middle-aged man in front of the brothers and sisters, Maka was stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward to say hello.
To be honest, he really didn't expect that the man who has Noah, a fat man, and Sarah, a little beauty, as his two children, would actually be a surprisingly strong and muscular man. Even though this man is wearing a well-fitting suit, his extremely strong muscles are still bulging, which can be seen at a glance.
"Oh! Are you Mr. McLean?" Mr. Hohenheim laughed generously, "Your book "The Secret of Ancient Runes" is very valuable, but it's a pity that you didn't put it on the market for public sale... I wanted to get it in the first place. It takes a lot of effort to write one book!”
He was talking about the magic text textbook that Maka compiled in the past. In principle, this book can only be sold in the Hogwarts library. If outsiders want to get it, they can only rely on connections to find it. Someone made a copy.
"This is just a textbook for teaching," Maka also said with a smile, "If you want it, you can actually just write a letter to me and ask for it... Come, Mr. Hohenheim, please come in first! Lunch is already Ready for you all…”
It was obviously not a big deal to chat at the gate. After just a few words, Maka invited the other party into the castle, just in time to have a ready-made lunch.
Sarah and Fatty Noah were accompanying them silently.