Chapter 285 Ancient Runes and Professor Babling

Although Rita Skeeter's report caused quite a stir, it didn't last long.

Mainly because it had been raining at Hogwarts since the second week.

The gloomy weather and continuous rain made everyone unhappy, and the damp cold penetrated into the castle, and many young wizards caught a cold.

Madam Pomfrey had to prepare a large amount of refreshing potion in advance. Although this potion has an immediate effect, people who drink it will have white smoke coming out of their ears for several hours.

George was also infected, and he said self-deprecatingly that he was like an old steam train now.

Fred found it very interesting, and he also asked Madam Pomfrey for a bottle of refreshing potion even though he didn't catch a cold.

Then the two of them smoked together...

Under such circumstances, Kyle finally waited for the first ancient runes class.

The ancient runes classroom is on the third floor of the West Tower. The professor in charge of this course, Bathsheeda Barbling, is a witch with gray pupils and about 40 years old.

But there are rumors that she has been a professor at Hogwarts for more than 50 years, and it is not known whether it is true or not.

As the most difficult subject in Hogwarts, there are very few people in the Ancient Runes classroom, only 16 people.

Because the number of people who choose this course is too small, this is all the people from the four colleges.

After the class, Professor Babling looked at everyone and was a little surprised.

"Are there so many people this year?"

Her voice was very strange, as if it came from a long tunnel.

"This is still a lot..."

Kanna, who also chose this course, muttered softly: "Are there so few people who choose this course?"

Although her voice was very small, Professor Babling heard it.

"Last year there were nine, and the year before last there were even fewer... only seven." She said, "This classroom is rarely filled with ten people."

Professor Barbour was not as serious as she looked. After answering Connor's doubts, she half-jokingly said, "Sometimes I even wonder if I can have five grades take classes together, so that I only need to take one class a week, and the rest of the time is just enough for me to go on vacation to other countries.

Unfortunately, your Headmaster Dumbledore always disagrees."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

After everyone quieted down, Professor Barbour said, "Okay, now who can tell me what ancient runes are."

Qiu, who was sitting next to Connor, was the first to raise his hand.

"Ancient runes, also known as ancient magic research or runes, were used in many books before the Middle Ages.

In addition, different runes can produce specific magic when arranged into special symbols, so it is also widely used in alchemy."

"Absolutely correct, two points for Ravenclaw."

Professor Babling said: "The application of runes in alchemy involves more complex knowledge, so in most cases, it is usually used to translate those ancient documents.

But if you want to learn..."

She knocked on the table.

On the wall of the classroom, several symbols suddenly lit up, and then a bright ball of light appeared in the center of the ceiling.

"...I can teach you too."

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately.

Being able to cast spells without a wand is simply the skill they dream of.

"Professor, I want to learn this!" A Gryffindor student said excitedly.

"Do you think so too?" Professor Babling asked.

Everyone nodded together.

"Well, I can teach you some basics, but you have to be prepared." Professor Babuling smiled and glanced at all the students.

"Let's start, I can't wait..." The other party patted his chest confidently.

But half an hour later, he regretted it.

It's too difficult!

There are a lot of magic words, and each magic word represents at least five or more meanings, and some even have more than a dozen.

Just remembering these things has made his mind a mess.

In addition, if you want to arrange them correctly into those special symbols, it will be even more complicated.

It's obviously the same magic word, but according to different meanings, the way of writing is also very different.

After half a class, he felt like he didn't remember anything, or what he remembered before, he forgot it completely after a few minutes.

Sure enough, there is a reason why this class has few people.

It's too complicated...

After waiting for the end of the get out of class, he finally raised his head from "Ancient Magic Words Simple Introduction", his face was full of a confused expression... Who am I, where am I, what did I just see.

Of course, the others were similar.

"That's about it for its application in alchemy."

On the podium, Professor Babu Ling smiled and said, "But normally, in our class, you don't need to remember the order and writing method. You just need to understand the meaning of each magic word.

This is much simpler for you."

The classroom was silent. Obviously, the students' understanding of "simple" was somewhat different from that of the professor.

Just as everyone quietly packed up their things and prepared to leave the classroom, Professor Babu Ling suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing."

She said casually: "If you feel that this course is not suitable for you, you can also go to your respective dean to apply for a course change... I will agree to it before October."

Some people looked happy and suddenly showed expressions of thinking.

After leaving the classroom, Kyle looked at Kangna and Qiu and asked, "How do you feel? Do you want to change classes?"

"Of course not," Connor said without hesitation.

"That's right, why do you want to change courses?" Qiu said with a smile: "Although it is a bit difficult, Magic Text is really interesting. No wonder Cedric would strongly recommend this course to me, and..."

She looked at Kyle and Connor, raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm a Ravenclaw, I can't lose to you Hufflepuffs."

"Hey, the academy attacks, right?" Kyle said angrily.

"Of course not." Qiu said with a smile: "I mean, Ravenclaw has never been afraid of knowledge. The more complex the content, the more interested we are."

"That's true..." Kyle shrugged.

Half of those sixteen people were Ravenclaws.

"However, I always feel that something is wrong with Professor Babuling."

Kangna said thoughtfully: “In other courses, the first class is the easiest, but she did the opposite.

I have read "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Magic Texts" before. The issue of writing magic texts in it is the last thing that needs to be learned, and it is only briefly mentioned. "

"That's right..." Qiu nodded, "Normal ancient runes are not that difficult at all, and Professor Babuling's last words... I always feel that she wants students to change courses."

"However, there are very few people choosing this course."

"It's just that we think it's less."

Kyle whispered: "Don't forget what she said before class...There are rarely more than ten people in that classroom."

"Perhaps we can ask Cedric and Fred. Maybe they were like us when they took the ancient runes class for the first time."

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Thanks to Sheriff Black Cat for participating in the starting point coin reward