A Certain Hogwarts Magician Professor

What is magic?

Magic, spells, gestures, emotions, thoughts, knowledge, wands, beliefs...

With the in-depth research, Felix eliminated unnecessary components step by step, getting closer to the essence of magic. At one point, Felix had the idea that magic is the foundation of all incredible phenomena, the source of miracles, and the heart points the direction of miracles.

When the two are combined, everything can be achieved.

The magic violence of the little wizards is the closest to this description. They did not master the profound spells, but under the guidance of strong emotions - in other words, a kind of spiritual power - they completed the advanced spell casting that many wizards could not do in their lifetime. .

Of course, at this time, it refers to the complexity of the magic operation, rather than discussing the size of the power.

When the little wizards entered the school, they began to systematically learn how to control the magic power, learn how to mobilize the magic power, so that the magic power can be used as an arm and a finger. This is actually a transformation from instinct to skill, and a process from wildness to rationality.

Magic naturally forms part of a wizard's cognition.

If one day, this part of cognition is destroyed, what will happen?

The scene in front of me seems to give the answer.

Felix stared at the hysterical Professor Bubagi. From his perspective, the magic in the professor's body was something he had never seen before - a mess, like a ball of wool that was randomly torn apart. But he was certain she was definitely not a Squib.

A real Squib lives in Hogwarts school, his name is Argus Filch, the keeper of the castle. Felix's eyes quickly glanced out of the crowd. Filch was standing in the doorway of the administrator's office next to the foyer, and there was a faint sound of a magic gramophone coming from the crack of the door that was not closed.

He looked stunned with a set of keys in his hand, with Lady Norris wrapped around his feet.

Felix retracted his gaze, and he once again got confirmation from Filch that the magic power in the two bodies was completely different. Of course, the Squib also has magic power, but it can hardly play a role, and because it has never been exercised, neither the quantity nor the quality is comparable to that of a normal school of small wizards. The magic power within them is extremely indolent, like a quiet pool of water... or more accurately, like a lifeless puddle.

"Professor McGonagall, it's best to take Professor Boubaji to the school hospital and ask Madam Pomfrey to examine her. She may have been hit by some unpopular curse." Felix reminded that this was of course an excuse, But some things don't need to be made public.

He can't give an accurate conclusion now, so instead of letting the students guess randomly, he might as well keep his mouth shut for the time being.

After all, ignorance is no different from chasing shadows. They are basically breeding grounds for rumors.

Professor Bubbage heard this sentence in a trance, as if grabbing the last straw, and said in a panic: "Yes, it's a curse! Those books—the books I brought back from the Muggle world— They messed up my brain! Oh my god! There's a vicious curse hidden in every word on it..."

There was a loud inhalation in the hallway.

"Muggle books hide a curse?" a student whispered.

"It's possible that Mum told me to stay away from everything Muggle," said the other student earnestly.

"Nonsense!" said Hermione domineeringly, and the man glared at her, turned his face away in dissatisfaction when he saw the prefect badge on her chest, and muttered in a low voice, "It's my mother. said."

"Keridi, let's go to the school hospital, and you'll be well," Professor McGonagall said softly.

But Professor Bubagi only focused on repeating these words, and occasionally stopped to sniff, Felix shook his head slightly, his eyes flickered, Professor Bubagi, who was close to collapse, slowly fell into Professor McGonagall's arms and lost consciousness.

The crowd was terribly quiet, as if the words she had just said were still floating in the air, turning into terrifying creatures and waving their claws at them.

Felix had to say aloud, "Everyone!" His voice came from a distance, and the students present put their eyes on him blankly. Even the professors who came over looked at him at the same time. Hope to get an answer.

It is because the news revealed by Professor Bubagi is too shocking: normal wizards become squibs? This is something that has never been done before.

"Professor Boubaji's body has a problem. There is no doubt about it. The reason is still unclear, so I need you to remain calm and have a little patience." Shrouded, the body radiates convincing power from the inside out.

"I don't want you to forget my other two identities - a Muggle studies specialist and a memory therapist, so Professor Bubagi's troubles happen to be my area of ​​expertise, rather than cranky, ask me, of course, after a consultation. "

He gave Professor McGonagall a look, she understood it, and hurried away with Professor Bubagi with her wand, and several professors followed. Snape stood by the wall, his black eyes rolled, and he also paced towards the school hospital.

The students looked at each other-

"Oh-oh-" Justin Finchley exclaimed suddenly, startling everyone, and the companion next to him slid aside and patted his chest exaggeratedly. "I remembered that there may indeed be cursed items in the Muggle world, but they all flow out from the magic world. Professor Hep also helped me check a vase made by goblins!"

"What's the matter?" asked his friend Susan Burns.

"I can testify," said Ernie McMillan, the just-frightened Hufflepuff student, trying to save his image.

The frozen air in the hallway melted, and the discussion heated up, and many little wizards crowded around Justin, wanting to hear more clearly.

...

The school hospital was full of people.

Almost all the professors came after hearing the news, and there were a lot of students standing next to each other under the school hospital. Professor McGonagall had to go outside every few minutes to maintain discipline. Add chaos.

Some people, like Hermione and Ron, got caught running up and down the corridors. In the chaotic atmosphere, Madam Pomfrey completed her examination.

"This is the strangest patient I've ever seen. Her body is fine, except for her magic power. Often this is the most difficult situation to deal with. Even if she loses an arm, I can cure her." She kept shaking her head, showing confusion With a puzzled expression, "I can't judge either, but it shouldn't be a squib, but this symptom—"

There was another commotion outside, and Professor McGonagall stood up suddenly, his chest heaving violently: "Those students can't watch the time! I must deduct points for them!" She angrily rushed to the door, opened the door, outside the door There stood a tall, thin wizard.

Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief. "You're here at last, Dumbledore. Caridy she—"

"I know." Dumbledore nodded at her, first looking around, his eyes seemed to have magic power, soothing the restlessness in the professor's heart, and then he strode to the hospital bed, leaning down to examine Keridi The state of the professor, the silver-white beard dragged onto the sheets.

For a long time, he straightened up, with a hint of confusion in his eyes. "I can tell she didn't turn into a Squib, and certainly not a curse—"

"Headmaster Dumbledore, is it possible that she is silent, I have read from books that the characteristics are very similar to the magic within her-" Madam Pomfrey asked.

"Absolutely not," said Dumbledore firmly.

He looked at the others present, and Professor Flitwick said sharply, "I didn't find a hidden spell." Snape stood in the corner and said blankly, "It's not the effect of the potion either." Snape Professor Lauter also said: "She has not been in contact with sneeze grass or bad blood grass recently."

"Maybe it's not magic." Trelawney, wearing large glasses, stuck her head out from behind the astronomy professor Sinista and the substitute professor of Fantastic Creatures Conservation Professor Graplan, and looked in the direction of the hospital bed.

"Thank you, Sybil," said Dumbledore briefly.

He looked at Felix, who had just opened his eyes and had an odd expression on the other side of the hospital bed, and asked softly, "How are you communicating with Keridi?" Several professors in the ward widened their eyes and stared at each other Looking at Felix's face, trying to see something.

Felix hesitated, "Albus, you'd better see for yourself."

Dumbledore met his gaze calmly, his blue eyes dazed under the semi-circular glasses for a moment, and then he found himself in a colorful and strange world: here, it is impossible to distinguish up and down, left and right, there is no foothold underfoot, and the surrounding is empty The dark scene is like being in the universe. Dumbledore looked around with interest, the twisted double helix structure formed a golden staircase, extending from the near to the end of the infinite line of sight. Immediately afterward, a large blue light ball was like lightning, radiating bright white currents, filling the only part of the gap. Gold and blue are intertwined with each other but distinct, forming large shadows of indeterminate light and shadow at the edges of each other.

"This is..." Dumbledore said slowly.

"Professor Bubagi's dream," Felix answered briefly.

During the conversation, a familiar voice sounded from somewhere, it was Keridi Boubaji, her voice was much more ethereal than usual, with echoes, as if from the wilderness, and her tone was full of confusion and fear, From all directions came: "Why...why is there no place for magic..."

Dumbledore looked solemn and explained: "During the summer vacation, there was an accident in Keridi, and she visited a dozen Muggle biologists one after another. The last time, she was very emotional, and maybe her body was already at that time. Something went wrong and the wand gave her an early warning, but unfortunately the Muggle professor she was talking to suspected she was hiding a gun, rushed up, knocked her unconscious, and called the police. When I brought her out, she became haunted… …”

"Minerva and I told me about it." Felix showed an expression of recollection: "At the International Conference on Muggle Studies two years ago, Professor Bubagi showed curiosity about biological knowledge, but What she was researching at the time was very basic, about a level similar to a 1st grade levitating spell? Her speech was interrupted unexpectedly when Ilvermorny students attacked the Boothrace Hotel...I haven't paid much attention to her since then Research areas and progress, but obviously Professor Boubaji has not given up, and her research has deepened in the past two years."

Dumbledore stared at the strange dream of Caridy Boubagi, "Can't she understand the new knowledge?"

"Worse than that - she understood, but couldn't fit into what she already knew," Felix said.

Dumbledore pondered for a moment, and turned a blind eye to Professor Bubbage's erratic voice, "Is it another system? Conflict with magic?"

"Magic and science." Felix said softly, "these two are like two circles, each of which has developed a completely different system for thousands of years. If you compare it: magic is perceptual, changeable; scientific rationality , rigorous, and more and more distinct from each other, forming two splendid flowers of civilization..."

"But unfortunately, our Professor Boubaji made a mistake and found the intersection of the two." Dumbledore said with emotion.

"That's it," Felix said. "She's too wizard-oriented, she's certainly qualified as a wizard, but on the other hand, IMHO, her scientific literacy is pitiful, but she It's hard to fail to use the wisdom accumulated from life to understand another logical behemoth."

"So it is." Dumbledore let out a sigh of relief, looking at the dream in front of him, "Now that you know the reason, it becomes easier to solve the troubles on Keredy - there may be more than one way, the specific use of Which, after we go out, let Keridi choose."

Felix nodded, and he thought about it too.

The most direct way is to let Keridi Boubaji forget this memory, and then treat her as a newly enrolled little wizard, and reorganize her magic power. The whole process is not difficult, of course, she may not be happy.

The other method is more difficult, without erasing the memory, she must re-accept the magic and stabilize her cognition in the case of interference.

But no matter what, Dumbledore must have warned her not to come into contact with this kind of "dangerous" knowledge in the short term.

Felix felt a little regretful that his Christmas present had not been delivered yet, but he didn't dare to send anything related to the Muggle world now, who knew if it would touch her nerves. This incident also reminded him that he had been secretly promoting the world fusion of wizards and ordinary people in the past, and now it seems that he still has a long way to go.

Perhaps a buffer zone should be established between the two, between open and closed, and a choice should be made carefully...

Limited opening? Felix pondered.

Dumbledore sighed, "She should be a wizard who has studied this knowledge to the extreme for hundreds of years."

"She is indeed a pioneer," Felix agreed.

"how about you?"

"I?"

"Your work in Muggle studies is equally astonishing," Dumbledore whispered. "I've read your book and it contains quite a bit of... Words express only a small part of his wisdom."

"Do you think that my research is deeper than that of Professor Boubaji?"

"That's what puzzles me the most. You don't seem to be bothered by this? And you can apply this idea to the company you create - it is said that a considerable part of Future World's expenditure is used to buy Muggles. Items, but these employees are not like Keredi...well, the only difference I can think of is a different field of study," Dumbledore said in a probing tone.

"There are indeed reasons for this," Felix said. "The development strategy I have developed for the company - at least the early research direction is to absorb the ideas and uses of Muggle technology products, and then try to replace them with magic. I did not ask them Master the principle, and the most important point is-" He clenched his fingers: "Mechanical structure, physics, chemistry... These concepts are either owned by the wizards themselves, or they are still blank, and there is no serious conflict with their cognition. Unlike Professor Boubaki, she has been involved in the most essential and violent whirlpools."

"As for me being unaffected, I think it may have something to do with my background, which makes me feel in awe of magic and science at the same time, and I don't think I can easily control the power of both by myself." Lix said.

Dumbledore smiled: "Ah, I have a wonderful association, just as your job advertisement in the newspaper said - what kind of spark will the combination of Muggle wisdom and magic collide?"

"Yes, I'll wait and see."

"You're too modest, Felix, if I had to find a word to describe it, I'd say: great results," Dumbledore said. In the dream, Keredy's voice was strong and weak, as if he had been wandering in the dream, seeking over and over again.

"Genes...information...evolution...why is there no place for magic here?"

"Have you thought about how to deal with this problem?" Dumbledore asked thoughtfully.

Felix miraculously understood what he meant: Dumbledore didn't ask for the answer itself, it wasn't realistic, and it wasn't an immediate answer. He just wanted to know, if wizards and ordinary people were destined to merge, how to deal with this kind of conflict of ideas and concepts.

"I didn't think about it before." Felix said bluntly.

"what about now?"

"Have some ideas!"

Dumbledore smiled at Felix. Felix seemed to have a delusion, as if he was back three years ago, when they were sitting in the round headmaster's office, and he was having a serious interview, not in the weird dream of a professor. question.

"In the short term, magic belongs to magic, science belongs to science, and a buffer zone is artificially drawn to give each other enough time to adapt." He said seriously.

The sound in the dream suddenly quieted down, as if Professor Bubagi's subconscious was also listening. The surrounding silence was terrifying. The blue light sphere and the golden double helix were separated a little bit, revealing a large black area in the middle.

"Limit communication to a certain range?" Dumbledore nodded, "That's a good idea, so who will be the bridge in the middle?"

Felix hesitated for a moment, but still expressed his thoughts: "The Ministry of Magic used to do this unintentionally, now it is the initiative of the Future World Company, and in the future, all the little wizards from Muggle families will work together... "

Dumbledore was noncommittal, and just said: "Let's go out first, people outside should be anxious... Speaking of which, I wonder if Keridi has a chance to get on the Chocolate Frog Card? What will her introduction be?"

"It's really exciting."

This chapter made me bald and wanted to ask everyone how you feel about it.