Chapter 380 Opening the Door to a New World

"Hermione, please wait!" Rice stopped the hurried Hermione, intending to have a good chat with this little girl from a Muggle family.

"What's the matter?" Hermione stopped and turned back to look at Les with doubtful eyes.

"There is a rather special concept that I want to tell you about. Have you heard of the Internet?" Rice told Hermione about the Internet he read about in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

The little girl blinked: this was the first time she had encountered a wizard outside the Weasley family who was so interested in Muggle inventions.

"We can talk some time." She agreed to introduce the new gadget to Les.

"That's great." Les responded happily.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Hermione came to the long table in Slytherin House.

"Are there any classes in the morning? If not, let's go to the library together?" Hermione came over, naturally planning to discuss the Internet with Rice.

Les raised his head and gave her a strange look.

Hermione's appearance also attracted the attention of Daphne and Astoria, who were extremely curious as to why this brown-haired Ravenclaw girl came here and invited Les to go to the library with him.

The two of them had indeed interacted with Hermione several times before, and they were not strangers. However, after the start of school this year, the frequency of contact between this guy and them dropped significantly, which made the two of them alienate from her.

"Well, let's go, there are no classes this morning." Les recalled his class schedule and found that there was indeed "no class" in the morning, so he accepted Hermione's invitation and planned to go to the library with her to discuss Let’s take a look at the “advanced” inventions of Muggles.

Upon hearing Les's answer, Daphne and Astoria looked at each other, and their curiosity was completely aroused.

Rice and Hermione chatted for a few words, and then left the auditorium directly after making sure that the other party had time. Daphne and Astoria were a little hesitant, not sure whether they should follow to see the situation - in fact, they would not object to Les if they followed. This kind of change in the non-magical world should allow more people to follow. Know.

When the two were hesitant, Malfoy appeared. He looked around furtively and saw that there were few people around. Les Lint had left again, so he decisively came over.

"Hi, Daphne!" He pretended to be natural and sat down next to Daphne.

Seeing that the person coming was Malfoy, Daphne's face suddenly darkened and she asked angrily: "What's the matter?"

Malfoy had boasted to his friends long before the holidays that he would convince his father to buy him a Firebolt. However, what he didn't expect was that he would fail at his mother's level after convincing his father.

After being vetoed by one vote, it was no longer possible for him to get the Firebolt from his parents. If he returns empty-handed, he will definitely be ridiculed by his friends. More importantly, he didn't have a Firebolt, while Potter and Diggory did. There is no doubt that he will be at a disadvantage in the competition with them.

If the team loses the game as a result, it will be even more disastrous. So even though Malfoy could feel Daphne's rejection of him, he still had the courage to ask: "Um... I heard you have an unused Firebolt there..."

Speaking of this, he really had stars in his eyes.

Idle Firebolt! This is simply a crime! Why did Professor Flitwick do this? Give such a great broom to a person who can't fly, and let the world's most advanced broom lie in the cold broom room eating ashes, and then gradually become backward under the baptism of time...

Malfoy disapproved of this behavior from the bottom of his heart and thought it was such a waste.

"Impossible. No borrowing." Daphne only heard the first half of the words and understood Malfoy's intention.

Even if she had no prejudice against Malfoy and others, she didn't want to lend her broom to a boy. She felt sick just thinking about it.

"Why?" Malfoy didn't expect that he would be rejected directly. He also planned to offer some benefits, "I didn't borrow it for free, I paid for it - Daphne, for the sake of Slytherin House, you Just rent me the broomstick. With the Firebolt, we have a better chance of winning the Quidditch Cup, and the Quidditch Cup accounts for a lot of points in the House Cup competition. That's not me. It’s a personal matter, it’s about the honor of the college.”

Daphne's eyebrows rose.

It was okay not to mention the academy, but the anger in her heart was rising even more when she mentioned Slytherin.

Protecting the honor of Slytherin House? Do you deserve it? ! Your withdrawal from the house is the best way to protect Slytherin's honor.

"Are you using the academy to pressure me?" Daphne suppressed her anger and asked, staring into Malfoy's eyes.

Malfoy looked away, not daring to look at her, but he was not idle: "That's not what I meant, but the lack of Firebolts does have a great impact on the game. I think a person with the Slytherin spirit A true Slytherin would never stand idly by at this time."

Daphne became even more angry.

"Ha! What a real Slytherin. A real Slytherin will not lend his broom to you clowns who don't train seriously and hope to borrow a broom before the game to turn the tables! Malfoy, listen up You are the least qualified person to discuss the spirit of Slytherin with me. If Salazar Slytherin is resurrected, you will be the first person he fires!"

Daphne's voice was loud, attracting frequent glances from the people around her. Malfoy's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He stood up from his seat suddenly, took two steps back, and then lowered his voice and said angrily to Daphne: "Even if Slytherin is resurrected, he has no power to expel me! If he wants to expel a student, he must go to the school board first. Shut it down!”

After saying these words, Malfoy ran away quickly, fearing that Daphne would react and catch up to him and give him a hard slap.

Daphne really wanted to cast a vicious curse on him, but Astoria stopped her—it was too conspicuous to do it in the auditorium, and he would definitely be imprisoned. If her sister was really unhappy with him, You can punish him at another time and place.

"He was really given an advantage." Daphne said bitterly as she watched Malfoy leave.

She suddenly remembered something and turned to look at her sister: "I remember the Quidditch Seeker of Ravenclaw Academy is that Qiu?"

"Yes." Astoria also remembered the name her sister mentioned. It was a fourth-year Ravenclaw student who was very beautiful.

"I have decided." A determined look appeared on Daphne's face, "I will lend that broom to Qiu Zhang for free."

Astoria raised her eyebrows but made no objection.

The broom is my sister's personal property, and it's up to her to decide what to do with it.

As for Daphne, she felt that she was happy to do anything that could cause trouble for Malfoy.

In the library, Les and Hermione had found a table to sit down at.

"I don't know much about the Internet." Hermione got straight to the point, saying that she only knew a little about this novel gadget. She only knew that her father's clinic would use it to receive appointment emails.

"The Internet connects computers together - it's a virtual connection. To describe it in detail, it's a bit like the Floo Network, except that the fireplace is replaced by a computer, that is, a computer. Information is like a person jumping into the fireplace The same is sent to the other end. On the contrary, the message being sent may also be hijacked midway..."

When Hermione said this, Rice's understanding of the Internet deepened.

"Through the Internet, patients can make appointments for dental appointments more conveniently - of course, calling is still the main method. You should know what a phone call is, right?"

Les nodded. Although he didn't understand the principle very well, he knew that the telephone was a device used by Muggles for long-distance communication, and he could use it.

"Then how does the Internet achieve all this?" Les asked confusedly. He wanted to understand the principles of the Internet and then try to reproduce it in Hogwarts.

Hermione shook her head. This question is still too high-level for a fourteen-year-old girl, especially since she has focused most of her energy on learning magic in the past few years.

"Maybe it works the same as a telephone?" she said to Les uncertainly.

Les: "Then what's the point of the phone?"

Hermione: ...

She thought for a moment and told Les that the sound was transmitted via vibrations. You connect the two cups with a thin wire and then stretch the wire straight. After that, two people can talk to each other through the cup even if they are tens of meters apart.

Les:!

He felt like Hermione had opened a door to a new world for him.

"Of course, modern telephones do not rely on these sound transmissions. They rely on electricity. The book I read during the holiday mentioned that vibration converts sound waves into electrical signals, and then the electrical signals are transmitted through telephone lines, and finally used. Convert to vibration to restore the sound."

Les:…

"Sorry, can you repeat that?" He felt like he just took an extra breath and couldn't understand what Hermione was saying.

Hermione patiently took about half an hour to explain the rationale to Les.

"Magical!" Les only knew that lightning could cause huge damage, but he didn't expect that it actually contained such magical knowledge.

How on earth did Muggles do it? ! Why can they think of this knowledge? Not only the use of electricity, but also the means of storing electricity. If I could store magic power in a certain medium like Muggles store electricity in batteries...

Novel ideas popped up one after another like bubbles in champagne, echoing in Les's mind.

This is the effect of being exposed to the wisdom accumulated by Muggles for thousands of years. Any flash of light can turn into a lightning bolt of inspiration in the mind of Les, an "old antique" when he sees it.

Rice firmly believes that combining Muggle wisdom and magic may lead to unlimited possibilities, which will completely subvert the wizarding world.

This is the future of magic.

And after learning about the various inventions of Muggles, Rice found a way to completely counter Muggles. A wizard who has understood the field of "electricity" is probably the wizard who can bring the greatest suppression to Muggles in the first place - the water, fire, earth and wind between himself and his old friends are actually just small scenes, the field of electricity is real It can bring an unimaginable blow to Muggles.

"You know so much!" Hermione's explanation opened Les's eyes, and he couldn't help but praise this knowledgeable little witch.

"It's nothing, I just read through those public school textbooks during the summer vacation." Hermione was a little embarrassed by Rice's direct compliment.

"You actually still have the energy to learn some Muggle courses on your own during the holidays?!" Les asked in shock.

It was the first time he met such a studious person. Except for Hermione, no one else in Hogwarts could do that, right? There were many young wizards from Muggle families in Hogwarts, but they would hardly touch the knowledge of the non-magical world because it was useless to them.

Do you know about electromagnetic waves and can recite the periodic table? Will it help your O.W.L.s test scores? No. The examiner will not give you an excellent score just because you know a lot about Muggle knowledge - unless you are taking Muggle Studies. But this course is also very abstract. Any young wizard from a Muggle family who has taken this course will be very curious about what wizards are studying. The content of the Muggle Studies textbook is simply like a dream.

"Your future is limitless. You are a real Ravenclaw." Rice gave his highest evaluation of a Ravenclaw student.

The study of Muggle science lasted for a morning.

When lunch was almost here, Hermione couldn't help but ask Les, "Did you have no classes this morning?"

"I skipped History of Magic." Les didn't care about Hermione's shocked look and told her that in his eyes, there was no class this morning.

"I won't go to classes that I don't think are valuable." Les instilled his "violent theory" into the little girl. At this point, he paused because he suddenly remembered something.

"Hey, do you have Defense Against the Dark Arts this morning? Is it really okay to skip such a class?"

When he was working for Helga, he had seen her schedule. He remembered that she had a class with third-year Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students this morning.

He felt that something was a little strange in the hall before, and he didn't react until Hermione asked him about this just now.

Les felt that with the relationship between him and Helga, he couldn't skip classes. Hermione actually skipped the Hufflepuff class in order to "make up lessons" for herself. I guess she will be severely punished afterwards?

Hermione's face changed immediately.

"Don't ask so many questions... It's okay." She hesitated and responded vaguely.

Hermione's facial expression changed, which made Les aware of the problem.

This girl is not right, she is hiding something from me. Les quickly came to a conclusion.

A small note turned into a paper bird and flew out of the library, and soon brought back the information Les wanted.

[Miss Granger is not absent today - White]

Les's eyebrows raised.

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