Chapter 239: Magical weaving

Chapter 239: Magical weaving

While most of this information was not particularly useful it was academic gold and would make the report he needed to write much more comprehensive. But as he had only asked for the information on the culture and history of the merfolk from the mermaid that was also all that he got. Contrary to what the biased wizarding community thought merfolk were no less clever or intelligent than any human but merely had a more simplistic lifestyle. Nick didn't mind this as he wasn't biased himself after seeing three intelligent species of non-human creatures personally , specifically house elves , manticores and goblins.-

After getting nearly three pages of notes on the history of the merfolk Nick moved on to the sea rope weavers to try and learn from them. He was shocked to learn that despite how simple it may seem it was a very complex process. First the seaweed and kelp needed to be specially treated in order to smoothly allow magic to flow into the woven ropes without conflict. Nick eagerly set about learning the exact steps involved as this may solve a bunch of problems he had with organic smithing and maybe even crossed enchantments.- N0v3lRealm was the platform where this chapter was initially revealed on N0v3l.B1n.

"Not really , they aren't hideous exactly but definitely not beautiful either. They take after fish a bit too much for that in my opinion." he answered honestly. Luna looked disappointed at this information but Nick couldn't change reality and the appearances of merfolk weren't exactly secret either. "I actually wrote down all of their history that I got today as well if you'd like to give it a read." Nick offered pulling the three sheets of paper with his notes on it. Luna's face brightened up at this and she eagerly snatched the papers out of his hands and began to hungrily devour the information recorded on them.-

'Yep she definitely belongs in Ravenclaw alright.' he thought with a chuckle. He stood there for the next five minutes as Luna read through his notes carefully and with a look of amazement on her face. "Is all of this true?" she asked curiously after finishing them. Nick nodded "I got it straight from the leader or shaman of the merfolk in the lake so it should be mostly true. The part about them being descended from Oceanus is questionable at best but the rest of it is plenty probable." he said with a smile.-

"Did you know that everyone was looking for you all day but couldn't find you at all?" she asked changing the subject spontaneously. Nick wasn't caught off guard as she regularly did such things when they hung out. "I don't doubt it since it was a bit of a sudden choice on my part. It's not like it's a big deal though so I'm sure it will be fine." he said dismissively. Luna nodded "they didn't seem surprised so you are probably right. Want to walk me to dinner?" she asked with a smile. "Why it would be my privilege Mrs. Lovegood!" he said dramatically making her giggle.