Chapter 297：

The next day, Thelma approached Sean with a few pictures.

Not black-and-white photos of characters in the wizarding world, but static color photos.

"About a spell?" Sean took the picture suspiciously.

Thelma explained: "You know, my parents are archaeologists, and many of the ruins are actually related to wizards, and they sometimes come into contact with these things during the archaeological process."

Sean nodded, archaeologists should be the profession that has the most intersection with wizards among Muggles, to be precise, the most intersection with wizard ruins.

The group of wizards began to have large-scale colonies from the Middle Ages. Before that, the largest group of wizards was often just a family or a circle of acquaintances.

This also leads to the fact that there are many ruins left by wizards after death, which are often first contacted by Muggles.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary wizard relics will not cause disasters and accidents. After all, ordinary wizards will not be idle to set up defense and trap magic in their homes for hundreds of years. If there is an accident, the Ministry of Magic will send staff to solve it. .

As far as Sean knows, many museums have wizard objects in display cabinets, and they are no different from ordinary cultural relics.

Take the Egyptian pyramids, for example, there are wizards in them, but the actual development and excavation were first started by Muggles. At the beginning of archaeology, many archaeologists and staff suffered terrible accidents, and then gradually became folk myths and legends. It's a magical accident that nobody handles.

Later, the Egyptian Ministry of Magic and the highest levels of the Egyptian government cooperated to open the harmless pyramids to tourists, while some of the pyramids that were still dangerous or retained the creation of wizards were closed.

Likewise, there are still many undiscovered wizarding sites, large and small, around the world.

And the first contact is often the archaeologist.

The photo Selma handed over showed a brownish-yellow weathered stone surface with a raised hollow hemisphere in the center. The hemisphere was shiny, with a dark gray metallic color on the surface, and the blue lines in it could be vaguely seen.

"This is... the magic metal created by alchemy, and the main body should be made by goblins." Sean squinted his eyes to observe, and then said.

The characteristics of magic metal are obvious, and the weathering degree of that wall should be hundreds of years ago, and the hollow craftsmanship can only be made by goblins at that time.

Selma nodded: "Yes, it should have been left by a wizard."

"What about the spell... oh... has been revealed?" Sean paused and reacted.

This unknown magical creation is apparently a trigger state.

"Yes, the spell is revealed above the hemisphere, and the camera can't capture it, it can only be seen with the naked eye at a close distance from a certain angle," Selma said.

The inherent magic of avoiding observation and magical records is one of the characteristics of the orthodox creations of ancient wizards.

"It was discovered by my parents during an expedition over the summer and it was taken over by the local Ministry of Magic, and because I was a wizard, they were not erased, they were only asked to keep it secret. My parents remembered that one, though. The font shape of the spell, which I researched for a while, was a Swedish-Norwegian rune script, and the interpretation was a spell."

Sean looked at Selma suspiciously: "Uh, you know, I haven't even stepped into the threshold, and Professor Babrin should be better at this kind of question, right?"

Selma looked a little excited: "It's just a spell, not an ancient spell, but a spell written in rune script, if you cast it in the way of ancient magic, that spell will not works."

Now Sean is interested, the spell mentioned by Selma should be the universal spell, also known as ancient magic. Ancient magic is different from ancient magic. This kind of spell has not changed much from ancient times to the present, and modern wizards can cast them without the cooperation of rune symbols.

This kind of magic is either extremely versatile, or the casting conditions are very harsh, and few have been handed down in the modern wizarding world.

Sean had guessed that the love magic that Lily casts in the original book is one of these ancient magics.

"Then why are you looking for me?" Sean didn't understand it anymore. This kind of spell can be answered by going to Professor Flitwick.

Thelma showed a thief-like expression for the first time. She looked around and made sure that there was no one around before leaning over to Sean and whispering.

"I suspect that it is a black magic."

Black magic... Sean nodded knowingly, this is also the little nine-nine of Ravenclaw students. The attitude of the little eagles towards black magic is not as repulsive as the little lions.

When they were in Nurmengard, the little eagles always progressed faster than other academies in the course of magic attack and defense.

Selma got a little closer, her eyes burning: "Sean, no, President—hehe, I know, you know a lot of black magic. In the magic attack and defense course, you are always the one who masters the fastest, Like the Blood Loss Curse, which is obviously an improved version of the Black Magic Boiled Blood Curse. The initials and roots of the spell have changed, the pauses have changed a bit, but the wand movement has changed very little.

"In the big class, that Professor Gu Lei called you up to demonstrate that the blood loss curse has a downward pressure on your hand. Although your movement is very fast, I still see it. You habitually start with the movement of your right hand. , that's actually the starting action of the blood-boiling spell, right? Removing the pressing action has no effect on the spell itself, but will only increase the wizard's initial magic power output. This must be done by those who are familiar with the blood-boiling spell. Actions…"

Looking at the excited Selma, Sean tried to blink innocently. She was right. When she was familiar with it, she also found out that the Blood Loss Curse was an improved version of the Blood Boiling Curse. Those who were familiar with the spell would naturally omit the nonsense. necessary action.

"No, wait..." Sean narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Miss Murphy, are you familiar with it too?"

Selma's face froze: "Uh, this..."

"uh-huh?"

The face of the fifth-grade senior sister changed, and finally she lay on the table with a broken jar: "Okay, I have practiced black magic secretly - but I can't help it, as the daughter of an archaeologist, Isn't it necessary to be curious about something mysterious?"

"And..." Selma's expression was distressed or what, "I seem to be quite gifted at learning black magic..."

Coincidentally, I am also very talented, especially the kind of gifted...

The two looked at each other awkwardly, and finally reached a consensus.

"It doesn't matter if you understand it, you must pay attention when using it."

Back to the spell, Thelma wrote the spell on parchment.

"Pure the heart, purify the body, enter the body with holy blood, and be reborn from the cocoon."

Sean looked at the spell with some doubts. Just looking at the meaning of the word, it seemed to be some kind of enhancement magic. The root of the word was redundant, but it was also in line with the long spell of ancient magic.

"Looking at the meaning of the word, the spells that generally involve blood are related to black magic, so I don't dare to experiment. You are more experienced, and you have also studied with Mr. Grindelwald for a while. How is it? Do you have any clues?" Selma asked eagerly.

"It doesn't seem like black magic..." Sean muttered.

He glanced at the system panel just now. With his current talent in black magic, even if there is only a spell, he will quickly understand the effect of this spell.

But no new spells appear on the panel.

"Is there a wand gesture?" he asked.

"No, that's all I translated, no gestures."

"Well, where did your parents see it?"

"Huaxia Kingdom. They weren't actually on the scene. The wall was removed from the site. The local archaeological experts in Huaxia were the first witnesses at the scene. Well, here are some pictures of the scene." Selma put the other The photo was handed over.

From my hometown... Sean took the photo and observed it.

A few photos do not show the original appearance of the site, but it can only be seen that the site is located in the mountains and forests.

"To be honest, this should not be black magic, I think it may be some kind of ritual." Sean said.

Selma leaned over and took a few glances, then raised her head and asked in confusion, "Why do you say that."

"If it was ancient magic, your parents wouldn't have had access to these pictures. Thinking about it now, it might have been some kind of ritual or some kind of method. This kind of thing exists all over the world, but the times have changed, and only the ritual has remained. In this sentence, the materials of the ceremony and the effect of the ceremony are all unclear. This thing is basically useless. As far as I know, there should be many such 'ceremonies' preserved in the International Federation of Wizards, but under the current conditions, it is basically impossible. It has been achieved, so it is provided to the wizards of various countries for research."

"Ah, it's not black magic..." Selma sighed regretfully.

Sean threw the photo back and smiled: "There's no need to be so disappointed. It's not black magic, so don't worry about it."

"I'm just a little disappointed... I could understand a kind of magic at first, and this ritual has no beginning or end. I can't understand it if I want to understand it."

"There are many such rituals. If you need it, I will find it for you, and you can study it." Sean remembered that there was a ritual record on the bookshelf in Grindelwald's office, but it only recorded some of the ritual. As a result, many of the ritual materials in it are now lost.

Grindelwald also told him that it is not top secret at all, but there is no public information on the market.

Selma came to the spirit: "Really?"

"Of course."

"Okay! If you have any doubts in the future, run to me at any time!"

"Then it's settled... Huh?" Sean was answering with a smile, but his eyes suddenly floated to the photo on the desktop.

He reached out and put the two photos together diagonally.

Selma saw his movement and moved her head, and then found that the edges of the two photos seemed to fit together into an area, and the corner of the mountain that she had never noticed before was spliced, and a fuzzy creature shape appeared. .

"Your eyes are so good, you," Selma tilted her head and scrutinized it carefully, "It looks like an elk? But there's still a little bit missing in the middle, so I can't tell... eh, those are scales? And why does the tail look like this? "

On the two photos spliced ​​diagonally, the approximate shape of a creature appears, and most of its head is hidden in the forest. The only thing that can be seen is its body that resembles an elk. The strange thing is that the body of the creature is not covered with fur but Scales, the tail is similar to the long-finned snake tail, and the tail hair above is stretched.

Tsk, looks familiar... Sean held his chin and pondered.

"Is that a magical animal from the East?" Thelma asked.

Sean nodded: "It should be, but I haven't seen it before."

There are also many unique magical animals in the East. The ancients even recorded some species in books such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, such as the famous benevolent beast like Zou Wu, which is actually a big cat in essence.

"Then maybe you can discover a new kind of magical animal." Selma said with a smile, she was not so interested in magical animals.

"Maybe." Sean shrugged.

Coincidentally, in the afternoon, there will be the first class on the protection of magical animals.

After the Paris Incident, there was always something weird between Sean and Newt. To be precise, it was Sean's one-sided awkwardness.

Newt was like nothing, he kept his promise and gave Sean the powder formula that had hypnotized Dave, and an additional stone wall net.

However, since knowing that there was a high probability that two old men were acting that night, Newt, who acted according to Dumbledore's orders, seemed innocent.

Sean also tried to dig out some news of the night from the other party's mouth, but Newt said that all his actions that night were all done according to Dumbledore's instructions.

Sean could only give up in the end, but the relationship between the two returned to their former acquaintance.

In the afternoon, when they came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Newt and Hagrid were already waiting there.

"Welcome to the new classmates. I'm very glad that you have taken this course. I hope that in the following studies, you will be able to appreciate the fascinating beauty of magical animals. By the way, our hunting ground caretaker Hagrid will serve as my assistant."

Hagrid was a Sean taller than Newt, and he stroked his chest in embarrassment, but pressed Newt under his elbow.

In the laughter, Sean and others still gave Hagrid a rather warm applause.

"Oh, our gamekeeper is full of enthusiasm—" Newt shook his head, then beckoned the students to follow. "Come on, boys, look at our little ones for our first lesson."

They walked along the edge of the Forbidden Forest and stopped shortly after a particularly dark wood.

There are already sharp-eyed students who have discovered the little guy on the tree, which is a group of tree guards.

Newt smiled and raised his right hand, and Pickett crawled into his palm.

"This is the creature we will learn in our first class, Hushuluoguo."

Pickett stood in Newt's palm, it looked around, and then immediately locked onto Sean in the crowd.

"The sorrel is a hard-to-find, palm-sized, insect-eating animal, and they—hey, Pickett, I'm lecturing." Pickett burst into excitement halfway through his sentence. . Click to download this site APP, massive novels, free to read!