v2 Chapter 106： so-called treasure

Professor Babbling wrote a large vocabulary on paper and threw it to William for him to translate.

This woman didn't mean to teach him well at all.

In ancient times, it takes a year to get started. Even in the fifth grade o.w.l.s exam, most of the exams are vocabulary, and advanced classes only involve grammar.

She is usually impatient in class, and she is not in the mood to teach after class.

She wrote a lot of words just to persuade her to quit.

She doesn't believe that a second-year wizard can translate?

Unless the other party is like her, looks young but has a mature soul.

Babel didn't know where to find the eggplant-flavored potato chips, and happily ate them there.

She seems to be a drag queen. The long court dress just now disappeared and was replaced by skinny jeans.

She also asked with concern if Hermione would eat, but the girl refused her, which made her regretful.

In less than ten minutes, William translated all the five pages she had written.

The form of ancient rune is more inclined to the combination of hieroglyphs and ancient Germanic languages, the word creation is changeable and complex, and its meaning is closely related to ancient times.

For example, the abstract text of the invisible beast represents the symbol of the invisible ability of this animal as "0".

In the ancient rune, all magic related to invisibility contains the core word 0.

Another example is the unicorn, the horn of this animal symbolizes "1"; the horn of the horned camel beast symbolizes "2"; the three-headed creature like the Rune snake symbolizes "3"...

The basic vocabulary of ancient rune is extremely complicated, and William has been able to master it after a long period of hard study.

But he still can't understand sentences, only words, not grammar.

Babel didn't expect William to translate the vocabulary so quickly.

She carefully read everything William wrote before re-examining William.

Really a genius?

The woman seemed to have found something interesting. She smiled and said, "I can teach you, but you have to promise me one thing, um... not for you to do it now."

William smiled, let alone one promise, what about a hundred promises? Anyway, Professor Babbling has no memory.

Do you think everyone is Dumbledore?

William said without hesitation, "Okay."

Babu Ling looked like she had succeeded. She rubbed the amulet on her neckline and said with a slight smile, "Don't be too careful. I taught Dumbledore ancient runes back then, and he wanted to cheat later, so he had to help me obediently. ."

William didn't speak, but a storm surged in his heart.

Dumbledore is over a hundred years old, and William doesn't think that the Headmaster is the ancient Rune that he has only learned in the last ten years. He must have started contacting it when he was in school.

Emotional Babelin... is actually an old goblin who has lived for hundreds of years?

But he always wears an eighteen-year-old face?

Damn it, Treasure Grandma! William has to squeeze her dry!

Babu Ling coughed, snapped her fingers, and changed into a dark green robe.

But that color was too old-fashioned, even Professor McGonagall would have no problem wearing it.

Her white hair was also turned up into a bun, and the shape...the same style as that of Professor McGonagall.

However, with the two of them standing together, it is more than enough for Babel to be Professor McGonagall's granddaughter.

Babu Ling said sternly: "Since I said I want to teach you, let's understand one thing first."

"Why do we seldom translate ancient rune into languages ​​that we are familiar with, but try our best to understand its meaning?"

William shook his head.

"Have you seen the Slytherin statue?"

William looked up at the corner of the table, where there was a famous statue of Slytherin.

"Yes."

"Then have you seen what he looks like?"

William nodded. It was an old, monkey-like face, a long, sparse beard that dragged almost all the way to the hem of the stone wizard's robe, and two large grey feet stood on the smooth surface of the room. on the floor.

"Do you know why Slytherin is like this?"

William shook his head, he really didn't know.

"Because this is a mistranslation, a mistranslation of the image of Slytherin.

At first, the image of Slytherin was recorded only in the Slytherin family, but it was all in the form of ancient runes.

Later, Corvinus Gaunt, a direct descendant of Slytherin, translated this part into Latin.

But he mistakenly translated the ancient Rune 'Slytherin's face seemed to glow' as 'His face was like a monkey'.

Since then, artists and sculptors have begun to depict Slytherin as a monkey. "

"Wait, I seem to have heard the name Corvinus Gaunt."

William narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment.

"I remember that Corvinus Gaunt repaired the plumbing system at Hogwarts."

When William wanted to make a map in his first year, Professor Dumbledore recommended him to see the Hogwarts Castle structure.

There is a record of this passage there.

"That's right." Babelin said meaningfully, "yes, he repaired the pipes at Hogwarts again, and the repairs were very complicated."

"Okay, let's leave him alone. A simple mistranslation, and the result?

Since then, the great Slytherin has become the grotesque appearance he is now. "

"I mentioned the example of Slytherin," said Baabling, "to show that one word, one mistranslation, is enough to rewrite history."

"The meaning of ancient rune is often misunderstood, and it is impossible to accurately express its meaning We usually do not translate it, but treat it as a mother tongue to repeatedly speculate on the meaning."

"Boy, this is the first knowledge I taught you, and language can keep secrets very well.

And that's what ancient runes are like... Treasures! "

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Five hours later, William left the Ancient Rune's office.

He learned a lot today, and he decided to go back and digest it well.

Hermione had never been exposed to this aspect. It was like listening to a book from heaven. After lunch, she fell asleep.

Babelin proposed to let Hermione sleep here, but William refused directly.

These days, girls need to protect themselves when they go out, so Professor Babuling doesn't seem to be a serious person.

William carried the **** his back and walked towards the Gryffindor public rest.

But only after reaching the fourth floor, Hermione woke up.

The girl lay on William's back in a daze and asked, "It's over?"

"Um."

"Professor Babbling is a little strange..."

"So, in the third grade, you must never choose Ancient Rune." William said with concern.

Hermione quietly grimaced at William, put her little head on his warm shoulder, and asked softly, "Then...you teach me?"

"Um……"

William continued to walk with the **** his back. The sunset fell on the two of them, drawing a long shadow.

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(Thanks to "Feng Ling 15" and "20200" for the reward)

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