Chapter 448： Game

In the office of the potions professor, Felix and Snape were playing a game of wizard chess.

Felix started the game with the white king pawn, and Snape started with the black Sicilian defense. The chessboard reached the middle game. You come and go with each other, but both of them are not fully on the chessboard.

"How is the slime effect of the snail larvae?"

"It's not bad, it seems that some unknown change has occurred. I personally think it is benign..." Snape commanded his black **** to step forward and said softly, "This may be a way of thinking, using magic with different attributes to process materials. In order to'kill' certain unnecessary but stubborn material qualities."

"Isn't there the same situation in the potion where the materials neutralize each other? Oh...I understand." Felix said, and at the same time directed his queen to advance two squares, sweeping the black **** out of the chessboard.

Snape unhurriedly dispatched the bishop, "Most mediocre wizards can't tell the difference between the nuances, and this is an important factor in determining whether he can achieve success on the potion journey..."

Felix's white knight shivered under the threat of the black bishop, and kept shouting at Felix: "Come and save me! Come and save me!"

Felix gave the command coldly, and his white king walked forward three squares without expression, his eyes moved back and forth between the two black pawns diagonally and vertically. Snape contemplated for a few seconds before giving up the vertical black pawn.

At this time, Felix moved the white knight into the black territory. "Charge!" the chess piece shouted enthusiastically.

"That's right," Felix said, responding to Snape. "However, we must also consider the basic deviation of some newly enrolled little wizards."

"I have considered it. The potion ratio in the first year is extremely simple, leaving them plenty of time to adapt." Snape said slowly, "unless they are illiterate or have no logic at all. ability."

Felix recalled for a while, it was indeed the case. There were not a few formulas in the potions textbook for the entire first grade. Most of them were introductions to common potion materials, precautions and common magic The characteristics of the medicine are summarized and so on. Even if there are only a dozen potion formulas, the operation steps are described in great detail. Even after a few times of stirring, the reaction is explained in detail, and there are common mistakes and corrective measures at the back of the page.

At this time, Snape's black knight approached the center of the board and launched an attack towards the center. Felix mobilized the castle to fight. The smell of gunpowder on the chessboard is getting stronger and stronger, but the two people outside the chessboard are chatting casually.

"Recently, many students are discussing the use of ancient magic texts to augment modern magic. Some students have already researched a lot of things." Snape said softly.

"I know..." Felix stared at the chessboard, feeling that the center **** was wrong. After a moment of indulgence, he keenly discovered a hidden trap. He glanced at Snape and wanted to distract me with words?

He decisively told the white knight to retreat. The black **** immediately followed, the white bishop stepped forward to sweep away the black pawn, and the black knight counterattacked and ate the white bishop. At this time, the white queen suddenly smashed and ate the black knight. The remaining white soldiers ate the black queen.

After a fierce exchange, Felix let out a long sigh of relief.

"In fact, the fusion of ancient magic texts and modern magic is a dead end."

"Dead end?" Snape looked at him suspiciously, ignoring the chess pieces in his hand.

"Well," Felix thought about it seriously, "It's more accurate to say... a fork in a road, like a tributary branched out by a river, at the end, it still has to merge into one."

"I've never heard of that." Snape said slowly, with a struggling black knight twisting in his hand.

Felix smiled and explained in detail: "Take the'flow of water' magic text and the water-making spell as an example. Some of their magic concepts overlap, so the magic text has a strengthening effect on the spell, but you will find that this increase It’s impossible to fit all spells, and I guess the specific effects will vary from person to person..."

"Differs from person to person?" Snape pondered the word.

"Yes. For example, the level of mastery of magic texts, a deep understanding of magic texts is the most basic premise. Although it can be tricky, someone must be willing to teach...and choose the appropriate spells. The students are experimenting with it, it should be possible Try to get some results before the enthusiasm is exhausted...There are also the casting time, the timing of activation, etc., all of which are problems."

Felix continued: "This is just a fusion of a single magic text and modern magic. What will happen afterwards? Two or three magic texts? The magic text circuit, the magic text sequence, the ancient magic? The heavier the magic text is, so it doesn't make much sense."

"Then why are you?" Snape took a breath.

"I was thinking about things in the past," Felix said calmly, "I want to climb up and appreciate the mysteries of higher places. Some obviously unsuitable routes are naturally discarded. For example, I know this idea. The follow-up and the end of the project transformed modern magic into ancient magic, breaking through various tangible and intangible limitations. But obviously, this is not what I want."

Especially after the book of magic text. Felix thought.

Snape was silent for a while. "So, do you think it would be better to take it out now?"

"It was Diggory who reminded me that I am also pushing the boat along the way." Felix shook his head slightly, stared at the chessboard for a moment, looked away and said, "Of course, when you think about it, it is really great for me to promote ancient magic texts. benefit…"

The situation on the chessboard entered the endgame stage, and the scene began to become clear. The Zili competition just now took a lot of his thoughts, especially since he didn't plan to cheat with the Mind House or Mind Accelerated Magic.

Felix leaned lazily on the back of the sofa, watching Snape contemplate intently, and continued the topic just now: "Although I don’t need it, Diggory’s accidental discovery also reminds me of one thing: the ancient magic text may come from To me, but I hope that after me, a hundred flowers will bloom, so I encourage them to contribute to the magazine."

Snape raised his head sharply and looked at him in surprise.

"Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the combination of ancient magic texts and modern magic, as well as some good cases...I designed a set of the structure of the paper, they completed it in this way, and with a little luck, they could be published in the magazine. "Felix explained. "Of course, I mean the members of the Mowen Club." He added. At the same time directing his white soldiers forward, the white soldiers drew out a scimitar to exaggerately threaten the opposing knight. "I also suggest that the students send it out in two parts, and one is designated to be sent to the Ancient Mowen Association."

Snape showed a clear expression.

The relationship between my own student and the Ancient Magic Script Association has not been very good. Those old scholars who have studied the changes in the shape and meaning of characters for a lifetime have difficulty accepting Felix’s theory. Their general view is: Ancient Magic Script is a language. It just borrowed some "shapes" from the predecessors.

Now it seems that when these students grow up, it is not impossible to form a "New Ancient Magic Association". In other words, it is almost inevitable. More than half of Hogwarts graduates this year have selected ancient magic texts, and more than one-fifth of the entire grade has taken the ancient magic texts improvement class. Their knowledge of ancient magic texts and previous years are Felix’s I hope so.

A terrible fact is that Felix has only been employed for less than three years. In other words, the students who graduated in the past two years did not follow him to study at all. According to this standard, only those in the current fifth grade are preparing for the OWLs exam. The students were the first to receive Felix’s ancient magical education from the third grade.

And those old scholars can only speak up in the corners of some newspapers, denounce this behavior, or consider breaking up the ancient magic texts that are “practical” in name and not admitting their existence. , One is divided into two, anyway, the proportion of this part of ancient magic text is not large...

This should be the best way. Snape thought to himself, it was like a gecko with a short tail surviving. Although it looked ugly, it saved itself somehow.

Felix fiddled with a chess piece and smiled and said, "I have recently made new discoveries. Some magic texts that we thought were purely translational may be some kind of simplifications and deformations of practical magic texts, um, maybe distortions. The degree is relatively large..."

This is also the sentiment brought to him by the Book of Mowen.

Snape was speechless.

Even the last step was blocked, except for obediently surrendering, does the Ancient Magic Association have any other methods?

…

The headquarters of the Ancient Magic Association.

Compared with such large organizations as the Extraordinary Apothecary Association and the Saint Mungo Magical Medical Association, the resident of the Ancient Magical Association looks particularly shabby. All the members add up to only 30. The results accumulated over the years.

"Have you seen it? It is normal that a valuable article has been published in the field of ancient magic texts in a few years, but in the past half month, six or seven very groundbreaking papers have been sent to me..."

"Does the stuff they study have anything to do with us?" A grumpy old man patted the table.

"Old Vera, don't bring personal emotions. Your granddaughter goes to work in the "Future World" company. In any case, it can't affect the fairness of our association."

The old man looked at his friend angrily.

"You have to think about it. UU Read . These papers were published in the Daily Prophet and the Wizard Weekly, and they even attracted the attention of the Ministry of Magic."

"What's their business?" the old man asked with wide eyes.

"Ha! This incident involved at least three departments, the Experimental Spell Committee, the Wizarding Examination Authority, and the Auror Office." The person said slowly, "I heard that they are also planning to work with Felix Hap. Under the leadership, a booklet about ancient magic texts was assembled, so it might attract the attention of the publishing department..."

"The people from the Wizarding Examinations Authority should also pass?" the old man asked.

"Originally, Gusrda was very patient and planned to see the results this year... But things changed so fast that she couldn't sit still anymore. This is almost a subversion of the modern spell!"

"Is it that exaggeration?" The old man looked unbelievable.

"At least it's a supplement, I have already backed down a step, you can't refute it!" The visitor said with a beard and staring.

"Okay," the old man smacked his lips, and did not move for a while, "Do you know Professor Macchiban? Let her take me one!"