Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

But she has some illusions: If she really gets to this point, is it better to tell the whole story, or desperately to hide it?If you force yourself to the point where you can't help but face the situation, you should have to move forward.

"Me? Sewing ghoul with a chain saw." In the end, she could only pretend not to answer.

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The ancient magic text course has always been one of the popular courses in Hogwarts elective courses, and will choose this course, mostly students who want to improve their studies, or are very interested in this course itself .Zoe once heard Luna say that when she is in third grade, she will choose this course.

Zoe looked around and found that although there are people from the four major colleges, it is clear that Ravenclaw students account for the vast majority. This is also in line with the original impression given by this college-the unremitting pursuit of truth and knowledge.She didn't come too early, and most of the classroom was full, so Zoe found a corner to sit down.

She didn't find Hermione, and the girl probably hadn't come yet, because Zoe couldn't find any reason why Hermione didn't choose the ancient magic text.The classroom seemed a little noisy, and all the children present were young children. Even if they were eager for knowledge, they would unconsciously talk with their peers or students from the same college.The professors of the ancient magic text have not arrived yet, and they have no reason to restrict their free nature.

Chapter 24 Welcome Ceremony

Hermione almost stepped into the classroom one after the other with Barbara. Her condition seemed a lot better than in the morning, perhaps because Zoe helped her to organize the materials to lighten her a bit.Hermione is in a hurry, especially when she enters the classroom and finds that all the places around her are occupied, her face is even more anxious.

Zoe waved at her when she looked over here.When Hermione saw her, she trot over here.

"Why is it so late?" Zoe asked her in a low voice.

"Professor Barbara stopped me and told me to wait for her after class." Hermione also replied with the same volume.

Barbara drifted past like a ghost, and stopped in front of the table in the middle of the classroom.Zoe noticed that she had taken off her big hat, her hair pouring down like a waterfall, her always sleep deprived face was still drooping sleepily, and the students in the first row were whispering.

"Well... the first time I met, I am Barbara, you can call me Professor Barbara. Every year this course will attract many students who are also interested in ancient magic texts. This is very good, although you Most of them will not have the perseverance left in the end. I will not pretend to be your teacher, at most as your predecessors, together as an explorer of the ancient magical path towards the fascinating unknown." Barbar Pulling out the magic wand, she seemed to be writing, one by one, the runes glowing with blue light jumped out from between the sticks, and formed a shallow light circle around her.

She waved her magic wand again, and the light strips of runes left her and followed each student's line of sight around the classroom, sliding past each student.A Hufflepuff student tremblingly stretched out his hand to touch, the palm of his hand penetrated the halo of the rune, he opened his eyes wide and watched the light of the rune slip through his palm.

The halo also came to Zoe and Hermione. Hermione stared at it interestingly. Zoe found that he actually understood some of the runes: one of the runes represented welcome and acceptance, and the others She can also vaguely guess that most of the expressions are festive.This is just a kind welcome, like using eye-catching dazzling tricks to ignite the interest of the students and lead them on the road of ancient magic texts.

But when she saw that at the end of the long string of runes, there was a word that obviously had nothing to do with welcome, the change also occurred: intentionally or unintentionally, Zoe was the last person the light belt passed.The blue light flickered and shook suddenly, and Zoe recalled the feeling of the potion boiling when he was in Snape's office, as if the light began to boil.

Immediately after the red light masterpiece, the original warm blue suddenly changed to hot red. The entire rune chain was instantly disrupted and reorganized in an instant. Zoe had read the textbooks of ancient magic courses in advance, an ordinary entry-level book It is just a reference book, which records the appearance and meaning of some common runes in the runes they are going to learn this semester. There is no deep-seated thing, as if it is just a dictionary, which can be consulted at any time.

Of course it is impossible for Zoe to write down all the contents of the book, this is Hermione's talent, not hers.But just like the hallucinations, dreams, and visions that often occur during summer vacation, she has recently begun to perceive their existence.When she saw the blue band of light, she could intuitively understand part of the meaning, knowing that she had never systematically touched the ancient magic text before that.It is very difficult to learn this course by yourself, not only because the literature left over from the ancient magic texts is difficult to understand, but also because without the teacher who led you in, you would just turn around like a blow fly.

The rune continued to change, and Zoe opened her eyes wide. She found that she had no intention of avoiding it, even though she had seen dangerous offensive words such as "flame" and "burn" in the rune.But her instinct made her even want to reach out.

Until a great force came from her right, it directly dragged her back and knocked her head directly on the table behind.

"Pain." She yelled in a low voice, and as soon as she turned her head she saw Hermione looking at her condemningly, with an expression of fear on her face.

"Why are you standing there stupidly, you almost got burned to death by that firebird!"

"No need to worry." She said softly, with joy in her tone, "Barbara, she didn't add the element of'destruction' to the flame. The'flame' itself has the duality of'sacred' and'destruction'. Sexually, just as the flame of a phoenix can burn evil, it can also be reborn in the flames. This is also one of the ways to use Runi characters, because they are all powerful characters."

"So what's your conclusion?" Hermione said grimly. She seemed a little concerned and confused, so that she didn't understand the meaning of Zoe's words, "You are just a human being, not a phoenix!"

"I mean that flame will not hurt me, because its connotation is not used to destroy, it is just a bit of a bad-hearted welcome ceremony." Zoe Wen said, "but I'm very happy that she looks so powerful. Improved a lot."

"What? What are you talking about?" Hermione asked in astonishment, but Zoe stopped talking. She rubbed her head with a slightly surprised expression.

The firebird formed by the change of runes stopped in the air and flapped its wings. The students around it gathered their robes and feet and hurriedly avoided, for fear that the surging heat wave would turn into flames and burn them all. Yes, the classroom was caught in an obvious panic, showing a whole unmanned circle centered on the rune firebird.The firebird flapped its wings, and no one noticed that Barbara waved her wand again, and the firebird spread its wings upwards, as if a really red arrow rushed towards the top of the sky.

When it reached the top, it exploded with a bang.Countless sparks rained down and fell gently, but it seemed as if a big hand was controlling it invisibly, and the red runes converted to each other again, turning back to a warm blue, which appeared on the top of the students.

"If there is really eternal truth, it should be a constant search for the unknown."

"Ah!" Some students whispered out of nowhere.They have not seen this kind of ceremony. Except for the annual compulsory courses and a few quirky elective course professors, the elective course professors are always willing to bring some surprises to the students in the first course.

Zoe remembers that in the first astronomy class, Sinistera once brought them an opportunity to get in touch with the stars. Zoe and Hermione thought afterwards that it should be a very precise way to blindfold, but when you If you actually come into contact with the Big Bear (it really looks like a two-meter-high brown bear with a cub on it, probably a Little Bear) walking around you, you will really have a kind of creepy feel.

Of course, not every professor’s welcoming ceremony is pleasant and surprising. Hermione once complained about Professor Trelawney’s first class, especially when her most respected Professor McGonagall once told her calmly : Sybil Trelawney predicts the death of a person almost every year, but so far no prediction has been fulfilled.Later, Hermione even took this passage as evidence that Professor Trelawney was a liar, and she was very disdainful of her.

"Flap! Pop! Pop!"

The slow but loud applause awakened the sluggish students. They turned their attention to the tall black figure on the stage, and Barbara’s young and unpretentious decadence also seemed to bring a kind in their hearts. The mysterious feeling gave them a kind of curiosity.

"The reason why I play this trick is not because I want to show something. To be honest, I have had some colleagues and students who are interested in this course, but most of them... Choosing to give up, they did not continue to delve into and unearth the deep charm of the ancient magic texts, even though they performed very well in the courses... The ancient magic texts were not cool and popular (when she said the word , The expressionless and weak face caused the first two Gryffindors to chuckle.) Subject, even if countless people choose this course every year, even if I can use runes for you to create this This kind of welcome ceremony-but the real ancient magic literature is the travel of the lonely, you are likely to use the existing unearthed text to translate ancient articles, and you will not find interesting things." When La said this, he paused.

"I have been studying it since I was studying at Hogwarts, and have never stopped for decades. But even then, I can only use a little bit of it. Most of the time, the effect of using it is not as good as that Play your magic wand. For me, the biggest role of this kind of text is to connect and communicate, and to give play to its power as a language and text itself. But this is my own thing, and I can't teach you directly. "

"Before you enter the door, I use its best side to persuade you, hoping to give you a little bit of hope. But what I want to say is that even the NEWTs (the ultimate wizard rank test) will only ask you to take it. The translation of ancient texts is only much more obscure. Legends have long been the glory of the past, and the current runes cannot have the power to shake the world."

Zoe felt that Barbara glanced to her side. She had planned to treat it improperly or as a coincidence, but she heard Hermione whisper in her ear: "Professor Barbara just looked at us. Side?"

Zoe's ears were itchy, and she nodded gently.

"I think you should have an initial impression of this course." Barbara yawned and then floated behind the podium like a ghost, because she walked lightly and there was no sound at all.

"That's great, now take out your textbooks, let's learn the first lesson first."

Chapter 25 The Girl Who Pursue X (3)

Max still remembered that the atmosphere when he first met Margaret was terrible.

At that time she distracted the people around her, enjoying the rare loneliness.It was originally just a whim. Once a good person shows proper kindness, they will attract many followers. They gather closely around the center, as if they can draw a little light they admire.

But when there are more and more people like this, when her reputation in the college becomes bigger, and even people from other colleges are willing to have more connections with her, she feels more and more bored. .There is always a group of people around me all the time. This result does show that she deliberately disguised herself well enough, so that even if someone sees something that shouldn’t be seen, people are more willing to trust the glamorous person on the surface. testimony.

But when you are always surrounded by a group of people, it means you have lost your freedom.She does think that it is very interesting to talk to different people. This is completely different from being alone in the castle. Now she does not say that she eats alone, and some people even secretly try to sit next to her. duel.

But when the freshness is over, loneliness is like a shadow.The people who always smiled and followed her didn't really make her happy. The flames of irritability would occasionally ignite. Even though the surroundings were extremely lively, her heart remained in the ice cave.Not to mention that they followed her, all because of her "care" and "gentleness", making those people feel that even a genius like Max is not an unreachable star, she is a legend that can be touched, she Their care and closeness are the reasons why they are really addicted to it.

But what they need is not a freak, what they need is not someone who can kill animals without changing their faces.What they need is a kind genius, someone who may be a bit tough but doesn't treat anyone differently.Even Lucius, who had grown up, seemed to have a fixed understanding of her, and was unwilling to really look at her.

Of course Max couldn't condemn anything about it, all this was her own choice.Whether she chooses to face her desire directly or pretend to be a positive image in front of others, it is her decision after thinking.It's not a big deal, in fact the intense heart palpitations are only fleeting.More often, she would find it very interesting to stand in the crowd and observe all kinds of people.

At that time, she liked to wander around the academy very much, looking for the various hidden institutions of this long-established school, like expeditions, and it really made her find a lot of things.She slowly climbed to the eighth floor. As a Slytherin, she must be very conspicuous on this floor, because the eighth floor leads to the Gryffindor lounge, and almost everyone who appears here is enthusiastic and reckless. lion.

But at this time there are the fewest people in the hallway on the eighth floor. After many times of experience, most people will eat in the restaurant or chat enthusiastically in the lounge. In short, they will not sneak around in the hallway. .

But she was wrong.

"Hey, Slytherin over there! Stay where I am!"

It was a very arrogant, imperative tone, without looking back, the owner of the voice was obviously a very self-conscious person.She heard very steady footsteps behind her, with great momentum. She spent a few seconds thinking about the next strategy, but the first thing she should do is to dispel the other party's suspicion.

She turned around, and the smile on her face was as gentle and refreshing as ever.Seeing the face of the person who was approaching her, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, but did not feel surprised.

Although the visitor also has long blond hair, it is different from her slightly curly hair. It is soft and shiny long straight hair. The roots of the hair are tied up grass and grass with a rubber band, but this usually makes people feel casual. Sexual tying on this person will only make people feel sassy, ​​maybe because this person's eyes always give people a dazzling feeling.

The girl's badge told Max that she was a Gryffindor and a prefect, and that shiny badge was pinned to her chest.In this way, the girl's grade must be older than her. She is only in the fourth grade this year, and the selection of the deans will not start until the fifth grade.

Of course she can definitely be the prefect, whether it is from study or from the perspective of others, she will definitely be the female prefect of Slytherin next year.The chairperson of the Slytherin College Student Union who had been with her once told her with a smile that as long as her name was mentioned in the meeting, she would definitely be approved.At least academically, Max is absolutely unrelated to humility.Of course she knew that she was a genius, and she would never deny her talents, she would not even have verbal humility, and she was strong and confident in her own opinions.

In fact, even if she abandoned everything she said before, she knew who this senior sister was.Margaret R. Wellington, in the entire Hogwarts like a strange existence.Her way of living is simply the opposite of Max, she puts her arrogance on her face completely, she never says a word to anyone who disdains to associate, she just shows herself the truest side of herself, never compromise.

For the professors, she was a headache that she couldn't control, because even Dumbledore's face, as long as Margaret didn't think it would work, she would ignore it.She sticks to her own values, and maybe not everyone agrees with her approach, but she always implements it stubbornly.Of course, this has brought her a lot of attention.