Chapter 70: The first rune in Grimoire

Chapter 70: The first rune in Grimoire

Neville was having a very relaxing time on the first day. Surrounded by his friends and no longer pretending to be a dull or silly child, he enjoyed the first period of Professor Sprout. For Professor Sprout and her teachings, Neville was always attentive.

He may not become a herbologist like her in future but the knowledge about plants was very important considering his affinity and charms.

Hermione listened to his advice and made some distance with Harry and Ron. In this way, he was sure that she will not be dragged into their future adventures.

After the Herbology, it was time for the second class of Transfiguration. Professor McGonagall has high expectations this year from the students. After all, these were the students who won the most points last year and brought her the house cup she has been waiting for last seven years.

She gave them the difficult task of transforming beetles into buttons. Harry found this almost impossible but for Ron, this was surely impossible. Ron broke his wand in the accident with the car and used some spellotapes to bind it.

However, every time he used the charm, there were only some sparks, a thick dark fog that smelled like rotten eggs and then some strange results. In the end, he squashed his own beetle and had to borrow another one from Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall ignored Ron and focused her attention on the group of four students. Neville, Hermione, Dean and Seamus.

Neville turned his beetle into a silver button with intricate patterns and it looked novel.

Hermione turned her beetle into a button that had the logo of Hogwarts on its top making it look like a symbol of her school.

Dean also followed their steps and changed his beetle into a golden button with a knight's helmet design on it making it similar to his Shacklebolt family crest.

Seamus was the most particular one. He was able to finish the task in the last place in this group, but his button turned into a glowing red button that let out some sparks from time to time indicating it can burst at any moment. Thankfully, the sparks disappeared, and Professor's lips finally loosened.

The final class was in the afternoon and there was still time for it. Neville decided to head towards the ROR and meet his favourite Professor, Professor Ravenclaw. He still needed to ask some questions before etching his first rune in the Grimoire.

However, he had to wait for some time alone before Professor Ravenclaw joined him.

"Hello, Neville. It is pleasant to see you back in Hogwarts." She welcomed him with a slight smile and motioned him to sit in front of her.

Neville took his seat and started asking questions about rune.

"Professor, I already found one empty Grimoire, but I am not sure which runes should I start with? It would be great if you could point in the correct direction."

"Oh! And what rune do you think is the most suitable and should the first one to be inscribed in the Grimoire?" Professor Ravenclaw asked Neville instead of giving a direct reply.

"Hmm. I think---It should be the rune of gathering the magical energy. The one we found on the outside walls of Hogwarts. In this way, this rune will help boost the power of other runes and will act as the common base for all."

Neville shared his thoughts and Professor Ravenclaw felt satisfied with his answer.

"Correct. It is often the supplements that are more important than the main runes as they often act as a bridge between them and help in producing varied results we never expected."

With the advice of Professor Ravenclaw, Neville finally decided to inscribe the first rune in the empty Grimoire. Taking out the references and after practising on some papers, he finally picked the brush, dip it in the sap and blood mixture and started etching at the last page of Grimoire.

This was the stacking method where supplements were always inscribed on the bottom pages while the main runes were on top.

Thankfully the entire process was smooth and there was no mistake. Neville felt immense gratification in writing his own Grimoire. Now, he needs to sort out the main ones and supplement ones and fill the blank pages in future.