Rubik’s Cube of Heavens

Chapter 33: The nature of the curse

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In the afternoon, after Charms class was over, Cowen, who added five points to Gryffindor again, did not leave the classroom immediately.

When he came to the desk, Ke Wen asked politely to Professor Flitwick, who was standing on top of a stack of books behind the desk, "Professor, may I ask you a question?"

"Of course, of course." Professor Flitwick stopped packing up the textbooks, and said enthusiastically, "Xiao Kewen, is there any problem that stumps you, a young genius?"

"I'm not a genius." Ke Wen quickly denied, and then said: "It's such a professor, I found that most of the spells follow the same law."

"What rule?" Professor Flitwick interrupted immediately without waiting for Ke Wen to finish speaking, with expressions of joy, surprise, and anticipation on his face, and the expression changed very quickly.

Of course, Ke Wen noticed the changes on Professor Flitwick's face, but now is not the time to worry about those, so he continued: "I found most of... I mean the spells I know now."

"Most of these spells seem to be one word, but they are all composed of a part of ancient Latin and another part of ancient English."

"Keep talking! Keep talking!" Professor Flitwick became even more excited, his eyes were almost shining, his hands were on the podium, his upper body leaned forward, and his tone was urging expectantly.

"Well... that's it." Ke Wen didn't understand why Professor Flitwick was so excited, and continued: "In my conclusion, the ancient Latin part of these spells is responsible for triggering the magic effect, while the ancient English part , then trigger the control effect on magic."

"Go on!" Professor Flitwick urged again, moving his fingers with excitement.

"Let's use the levitation spell as an analogy." Ke Wen nodded slightly, and continued: "The first half of the spell is pronounced in ancient English, which means commanding and elevating, and the second half is in ancient Latin, symbolizing the concept of floating. .Together, it is to command the object to float.”

"The same is true for other spells, such as the Flying Curse. The whole spell is the concept of 'Flying' in ancient Latin, and the English-designated items are added in front of it. The combination is the complete Flying Spell."

"Genius!" Professor Flitwick suddenly yelled in admiration, startling Cowen.

"Genius! Little Kewen, you are a genius!" Professor Flitwick was very excited, and after a long time he calmed down a little, and said to Kewen: "You summed it up correctly, most of the spells are indeed like this, but there are other combinations , not just the combination of Old English and Old Latin, but also magic in other ancient languages."

"Ancient Dongba, ancient Chinese, ancient Egyptian, ancient Maya, ancient Atlantis, etc., etc., etc.!" Professor Flitwick chanted: "All ancient characters have magic power! Curse! Magic Curse! The essence is the power of language!"

"But it's a pity..." Professor Flitwick sighed at this point: "Thousands of years have passed, and many ancient characters have been lost. Even if the characters are written, they still don't know the correct pronunciation. The oldest complete Language, only the runes are left. Of course, I highly recommend you to take this course in the third grade."

"I will take it as an elective." Ke Wen confirmed, and then asked: "Then, professor, so, can I develop some spells by myself according to this rule?"

"Development spell?" Professor Flitwick was surprised.

"That's right. For example, I used ancient Latin to inspire the concept of 'frost'." Cowen said as a metaphor: "Then use English to manipulate this concept, such as using the word explosion."

"Oh no! Absolutely not!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed immediately, startling Cowen again.

"What?" Ke Wen asked in surprise, puzzled.

"Don't! Listen to Xiao Kewen! Don't experiment and develop magic spells indiscriminately!" Professor Flitwick exhorted loudly and solemnly.

"Good professor." Seeing this, Kewen agreed no matter what, calmed Professor Flitwick's excitement a little, and then said: "I don't have the idea of developing experiments privately, so I came here to ask you for advice. "

"Very good, little Kewen! Your approach is very correct!" Professor Flitwick praised, and then said with some fear: "As I said just now, the spell is the power of language, and the correct language inspires the correct one. power, and wrong language..."

After a pause, Professor Flitwick continued, "Let me also use the 'Levitation Curse' you just mentioned as an analogy."

"In the floating spell, if the pronunciation of S is changed to F, then what is cast is not a floating spell, and it will become an uncertain spell! Many people have mispronounced this spell. The one with the lightest backlash was hit by an old cow that suddenly appeared, smashing ribs and internal organs!"

"Therefore, little Kewen!" Professor Flitwick exhorted solemnly: "Don't experiment with spells indiscriminately, even if you pronounce the spells correctly, even if the tone is different, it will be fatal. The expected consequences!"

"Okay, I will keep your teaching in mind." Ke Wen said obediently.

"Very good! Very good little Kewen!" Professor Flitwick finally smiled again, leaned forward from behind the podium, raised his hand and patted Kewen on the shoulder and said, "In any case, you are a genius! I think I can Twenty points to Gryffindor for your question!"

"Thank you, Professor Flitwick." Ke Wen said with some embarrassment: "Thank you for your praise, and thank you for your extra points."

"It's a pity." Professor Flitwick shrank back, shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity why did you go to Gryffindor?"

"I..." Ke Wen was a little shy.

"Needless to say, I know." Professor Flitwick said with a funny smile: "After the sorting, I asked the Sorting Hat specifically, after all we all thought you would come to my Ravenclaw."

When Professor Flitwick said this, he was a little helpless, and he couldn't help but said: "I didn't expect you to ask to go to Gryffindor because you like to save trouble."

"Uh this..." Cowen was embarrassed.

"You don't know." Professor Flitwick said amusedly, "After that, how long did your Professor McGonagall show off in front of us silently?"

"If you can change the college..." Cowen said tentatively: "I want to go to your Ravenclaw even more now."

"Oh~ boy, that won't work." Professor Flitwick shook his head helplessly: "Once the college is assigned, it cannot be changed."

"Why… "

Professor Flitwick and Kewen both sighed at the same time, then looked at each other and laughed...

(end of this chapter)