Chapter 51： Persuasion and research

"The prejudice of the human mind is a big mountain, Harry."

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When Harry walked out of the ancient magic text office dazedly, his heart was still echoing what Professor Haipu said to him.

Two hours ago, he tried to dispel the professor's "terrible" thoughts, but two hours later, he was already holding a scroll of magic and began to think about how to translate the evil language of "Snake Guy".

He even thought that he was benefiting the entire magical world.

"Harry, I think Professor Haipu’s point of view is good, a person’s talent is not important, what matters is what kind of person he chooses to be!" As the person who listened to the whole conversation, Ron quoted Professor Haipu A sentence.

"What's more-Professor Haipu's gift is also very generous." Ron added, he looked at a magic puppet in Harry's hand with envious eyes, it was a magic puppet with ice blue hair.

This is also the price Professor Haipu paid in the entire transaction-one of the most advanced magic puppets in his private collection. According to Professor Haipu, this puppet can "easily defeat a seventh-grade graduate."

Harry’s memory goes back to two hours ago...

"Harry, we always label others and unfamiliar things easily, but as long as we understand a little bit, we will find that this approach is quite one-sided. For example, Principal Armando Dupete, who is doing this on duty There are a lot of facts, but what people can remember is only some absurd rumors, which have been distorted by those who are interested..."

Professor Haipu puts "Amando Dupete: Sea water or an idiot?" on the table. "Summoned over, the book "Walala" turned to the middle page, and the three of them could see the content on it.

"Principal Dippet improved the Hogwarts school rules and abolished most of the corporal punishment... At the same time, he also rejected the Dark Lord's job application, freeing Hogwarts students from his influence-this is Ordinary people’s opinion, but is this really the case? With the idea of ​​exploring the truth, the author sees a completely different logic from it. It is a covered up piece of history, full of political filth..."

Felix said calmly: "This book, full of lies and distorted facts, has been on the bestseller list for a long time."

Harry was full of hatred for this woman named "Rita Skeeter," and at the same time empathized with the experience of Principal Dippet-they were all misunderstood, except that he was because of the snake tongue.

Out of a certain hatred of the enemy, he quickly agreed to Professor Haipu's proposal. So Professor Haipu threw him a dictionary and asked him to translate it.

Ron and Hermione watched curiously. After the initial shock, they became very interested in the incident itself. In Ron’s words, “This is the process of uncovering the snake tongue. We’re witnessing history. !"

But the process was not easy. Harry turned to the first page of the dictionary, and after holding back for a long time, he couldn't say a word.

"Professor, I can't do it."

Felix thought for a while, "You are not proficient in the vibe, maybe you lack direct stimulation." He waved his wand and applied a detection-feedback magic on the magic dictionary.

The effect is that when someone is reading this book, they will feel that they are facing the face of a snake.

Now Harry quickly entered the state. After skipping the first and second useless words, he made a hoarse, gloomy voice, which frightened Ron and Hermione next to him.

"This sound is too evil." Ron shivered, cold all over.

"This is serious magic research, Ron." Hermione was also very frightened.

"Which word is it?" Felix asked.

Harry pointed to the third word in the dictionary, "This is it, [away]."

"How many sounds can you make on this page?"

Harry tried again, moving his fingers across the dictionary, allowing the other three to judge his progress.

But then, Harry was either suffocated and unable to speak, or normal English words popped out of his mouth. Ron reminded him more than once, "Harry, what you are talking about is human" and "Harry, we can understand".

Until the last word on this page, Harry finally said it in a snake-like voice, "This word is [eat]," he said excitedly, "I am familiar with this word, I heard it on Halloween."

Felix’s finger rested on his chin, “That is to say, one page, to be precise, there are 23 words on the left and right pages, and only two can be transformed into snake language.”

"Professor, what does this mean?" Harry asked.

"Ah, the language of animals is always not as rich as that of humans, and it is also very vague. For example, the concept of'eating', we have more than a dozen words with similar meanings, which are very rare in the languages ​​of other intelligent creatures."

Felix thought for a while, "Let’s pause first, I need to make some changes to the dictionary."

The three people followed Professor Haipu to the workbench. It was a very wide "concave" table with a smooth wooden pattern on the surface, which was also waxed.

In Harry’s perspective, Professor Haipu tapped a little bit on the dictionary with a magic wand, and the tip of the stick glowed in various colors. The professor was silent from time to time, sometimes chanting words. After ten minutes, he stopped.

"Professor?" Harry just wanted to ask him what he did, and he opened his mouth wide.

The words in the dictionary suddenly came alive.

is completely literal. The surface of the pale yellow page is rippling with water-like ripples, and the title of each entry begins to twist, as if it has hands and feet. Then they struggled free from the dictionary and appeared in the three-dimensional world.

Next, the dictionary flipped through the pages, one by one the "title words" were thrown out. They fell on the surface of the workbench, and the black hollow lines shook and bounced. In less than a minute, the number reached several thousand.

This scene was extremely shocking, and the two-dimensional plane suddenly came to the real world.

"Professor, am I dreaming?" Harry asked foolishly.

"This is magic." Felix said calmly.

Hermione’s eyes burst with a strong brilliance. This is magic... She has always believed that magic is a concrete thing, such as a curse, a potion, or a moving portrait, but Professor Haipu told her with practical actions that magic can be It's far more than that.

Magic is unknown, there are many possibilities.

Felix glanced with satisfaction at the army of "words" in front of him They were temporarily activated. He shook his wand violently, and the suitcase in the corner opened with a "bang" and flew from inside. Take out sheets of parchment.

Felix held up his wand and drew a circle so that they were connected end to end. These parchment papers were glued together under the effect of magic.

Then, Felix's wand hit the desk, and the "words" on the workbench were melted into the parchment, and words appeared on it, and they were clearly arranged in an orderly manner.

When all this is over, the long parchment, or parchment roll, rolls itself up and becomes a magic scroll.

"Pattern!"

It fell on the workbench.

"Here you are, Harry, fortunately I know a lot of unpopular magic." Felix smiled.

"How do you use this, professor?"

"It can store your snake language pronunciation-of course, you need to tap the corresponding content with your magic wand before using it. Moreover, I also excluded some English vocabulary. You know, there are tens of thousands of words in the dictionary, but there are many things. It's useless at all."

So in the remaining time, Harry unrolled the scroll and translated word by word—this time the translation progress was much faster.

Throughout the office, a hoarse, gloomy voice will be heard every tens of seconds.

And Ron and Hermione also went from the initial discomfort, to habit, and then to numbness, less than an hour before and after.

At nine o'clock, Professor Haipu sent the three out, "Harry, you can usually find a place where no one is to record it. If you encounter any problems, please come to me."

Then he said to Hermione, "Tomorrow's magic text study is temporarily cancelled, I have something to deal with temporarily."

"I'm going to meet someone." The professor said.