Chapter 680

If a person does something suspicious and doesn't give an appropriate explanation, it will often arouse the suspicion of others. And if the skeptic is a more careful guy, the exposure of the matter will become inevitable.

Like Ernst, his coping response soon caught Alexander's attention.

"... was this the one he read at that time?"

The next day, when Ernst took time to practice the spell in the old place, Alexander saw the opportunity and came to the library. At this moment, he stood in front of a bookshelf that Ernst often went to and stroked the slightly old spine.

"It should be right..." he pulled out the book, glanced at the title on the cover, and then opened the page on the spot. "Detailed explanation of the translation in RuNi... 'Anglo Saxon Futhorc'? What's all this mess..."

Because ancient magic writing is difficult to get started and boring to start, there are few candidates for this course from the past. Alexander now felt these characteristics very clearly. After all, he couldn't help but want to retreat when he opened the book and saw that the paper was full of words and symbols.

Yes, even if the teacher of this course is Marca, whom he respects, now there is a little sense of disrespect.

But

"... I feel so boring, that NES Taron..." Alexander frowned and looked at it, and couldn't help thinking, "will he really be interested in this kind of thing?"

At this thought, he soon shook his head.

"No way," Alexander whispered to himself. "How can a guy who can say 'I just want to learn to work' learn this --"

Halfway through the conversation, Marca's face flashed in his mind, making him stop talking.

"No, maybe this is really a 'useful' discipline..."

At this thought, Alexander simply closed the book, took it and went straight to the borrowing registry.

"Mrs. pince, I need to borrow this book -"

"Write down the title of the book here and sign... Remember, it is forbidden to damage the book. I will check it carefully when returning the book! If there is a little..."

It is Mrs. pince's duty as a librarian to manage the books in the library and ensure that the books are not dirty and damaged by little wizards. But her love for books to the extent of being regarded as forbidden, she inevitably went too far.

In fact, no matter who comes here to borrow books, she never gives a good face.

Of course, Alexander didn't feel much about Mrs. pince's wordiness. Now he just wanted to borrow the book and try to find some reasons for the change in Ernst's attitude.

……

"Benedictine..." "please come in."

Recently, it has become quite difficult to find Maka in his office. But Alexander didn't miss a chance. Taking advantage of the short break before lunch, he came to Marca's office with books and knocked on the door.

"Oh, Alexander?"

Even Maka seems a little tired because of her busy days these days. This kind of fatigue is spiritual. After all, it's still very troublesome to deal with a group of foreign wizards who don't necessarily have the same language all day.

"... come in! What's the matter? What can I do for you?"

Seeing Alexander panting, he knew that the other party must have come. However, if he came later, he would have to entertain the guests in the side hall, which must be inconvenient for Hogwarts students to get in and out.

When demaka invited Alexander into the office to get him some hydrolysis to quench his thirst, Alexander immediately refused.

"No, no..." Alexander swallowed hard to ease the dryness of his throat. "Professor McLean, I want to ask you a question --"

As he spoke, he handed out the book in his hand and showed the cover in front of Marca.

"That's it... What on earth is Anglo Saxon votek ancient magic? Where does it usually appear?"

When Maka heard the speech, she looked down at the book, but didn't take it.

"Why, are you interested in the translation of ancient magic texts? This is very rare among students..." even Maka has to admit that the simple translation of ancient texts is boring. "Strictly speaking, this is not ancient magic texts, but deformed characters deduced from runic. More than a thousand years ago, it was used for more daily written writing..."

At this point, he spread his hands and said, "in other words, these words are actually similar to the English we use now - they don't have magic in themselves."

"Er... So this is a simple ancient writing?" Alexander said with a depressed face.

"Well, yes," Maka nodded. "To say where it will appear... I think there will be them in Britain - that is, some ancient books and documents on our side?"

Seeing Alexander's faint disappointment, Maka thought that he was not interested in this ancient writing without magical characteristics.

"Don't be disappointed. This kind of writing evolved on the basis of runiwen," he smiled and patted Alexander on the shoulder. "Runiwen is magical - if you want to learn runiwen better, it will be helpful to study this more simple writing first."

"Ah, um..." Alexander nodded. "So... I see. So... Thank you, Professor! I'll go out first..."

The answer from Maka made him guess more or less. He believes that Ernst may want to lay a good foundation for his future courses. Step by step is undoubtedly a visionary way of learning.

After sending Alexander out of the office again, Maka returned to her desk and picked up some documents.

He did not think much about Alexander's inquiry. Since he became a professor of ancient magic literature, more and more students are interested in this course. Usually, there are little wizards who turn over such books blindly in the library.

Of course, interest is one thing, but not many students can stick to it.

Just like at the beginning of junior high school, a considerable number of students went to the magic Literature Classroom to listen, but with the continuous progress of the course, most of the students who went to the class gave up.

His teaching method and the latest course of ancient magic prose summarized by him are indeed more detailed and attractive than those in the past. But the learning process of this kind of subject, after all, will inevitably have a lot of recitation and copying. It is natural that most students don't have that patience.

Without taking this matter to heart, Maka packed up the documents and got up and left her office again. From beginning to end, he stayed here for less than half an hour, and his busyness can be seen.

At present, before rushing to the side hall, he has to go to the school gate to meet a group of guests from Egypt. The guests who arrived this afternoon were not delegations from any country or region, but the jury team invited by the International Federation of wizards from the Egyptian alchemy research center.

The world's largest alchemy research institution was originally established under the banner of searching and excavating ancient alchemy documents and monuments. At the beginning, it was just a "ancient alchemy exhibition hall" with its own archaeological team.

However, because the archaeological action has not made much progress, they simply changed their face and began to study new alchemy under the condition of storing some ancient documents.

Now, on the contrary, the scale is much larger than before, and there are many alchemical products directly supplied to the ministries of magic of various countries.

It is worth mentioning that the hornheim family, as a leader, has definitely contributed to the process from archaeology to innovation.

"You must be the general director of the research center, Mr. Alessandro von hornheim? I'm Marca McLean, Professor of ancient magic at Hogwarts."

Maka did not expect that Egypt would come faster than he expected. When he came to the castle vestibule, he soon found that there were a group of people at the school gate.

More importantly, he saw a particularly striking fat man in the crowd and Sarah hornheim standing next to the fat man.

The brother and sister meet again here, and the fat man still looks like a low brow. It is obvious that today, dad and sister, the two people who most block his heart, are here.

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of the brother and sister, Maka was stunned first, and then came forward to say hello.

To tell the truth, he really didn't expect that the man with Noah, a fat man, and Sarah, a beautiful woman, as a pair of children, was a surprisingly strong muscular man. Even if the man is wearing a suit that fits, his strong muscles are still bulging, which can be seen at a glance.

"Oh! Are you Mr. McLean?" Mr. hornheim smiled forthrightly. "Your book the mystery of ancient magic is very valuable, but it's a pity that you didn't sell it on the market... I spent a lot of effort to get one at the beginning!"

What he said was the magic text textbook compiled by Maka in the past. In principle, this book can only be sold in the Hogwarts library. If outsiders want to get it, they can only find someone to copy it.

"It's just a textbook for teaching," Marca smiled. "If you want, just write a letter to me... Come on, Mr. hornheim, please come in first! Lunch is ready for you..."

Greeting at the gate is obviously not a matter. After just saying a few words, Maka invited the other party into the castle, just in time to have a ready-made lunch.

Sarah and fat Noah were accompanied silently.