Chapter 338
Professor Baburin
Chapter 338 Professor Baburin
The students in front of the classroom display cabinet did not notice the extra person at the door. They were looking at the items on display curiously.
For example, the gem necklace placed in the third grid has a golden willow leaf with a pendant as big as an eye, which is inlaid with a circle of diamonds and a crystal clear ruby in the middle. It is still bright and shining after years of baptism, and is very eye-catching.
Unfortunately, this jewel necklace is covered by glass and cannot be retrieved.
Near the bottom, there is an arc-shaped white staff with fine magic runes engraved on it, exuding a mysterious aura.
Moreover, the cane was placed there openly without any protective measures.
Malfoy remembered that his father also had a cane, and subconsciously wanted to take it and have a look.
"I wouldn't touch it if I were you."
A cold voice suddenly sounded behind him, and Malfoy was startled and turned around quickly.
Behind him stood a lady with her fiery red hair tied up loosely at the back of her head. She wore a brown felt hat and had dazzling white skin. On the side of her brown wizard robe hung a thin gold chain with a gold pocket watch at the end.
This was a lady whose age could not be determined, as she looked as if she was only in her early twenties, but her eyes and temperament were like those of Professor McGonagall.
The lady looked down at Malfoy and said coldly, "This bone is engraved with the rune representing 'evil'. The person who possesses it will become terminally ill in a short time - class time has come, go and sit down."
Malfoy turned around and saw that the other students had already dispersed and sat down, so he quickly found an empty seat and sat down.
"I'm Bathsheda Baburin, professor of Ancient Magical Runes."
The red-haired lady opened her pocket watch and looked at it. She said:
"It took you seven minutes and fifty-three seconds to enter the classroom today, and the one who solved the puzzle was Vider Grey, who arrived last. It took you thirty-seven seconds to solve the problem I left behind."
Professor Baburin looked at Vader and asked, "Do you know where that sentence came from?"
"Yes, professor," said Vader. "It is said that Odin found runes on the world tree, and the poet wrote down his own words -
Sacrifice yourself to yourself, on a tree that no one knows about!
No bread to satisfy hunger, no drop of water to quench thirst.
I looked down and picked up the runes,
Picking it up and shouting, it fell from the tree.
In addition, the poem also says:
Each word can be used to draw inferences about other things, and these characters are full of meaning;
The characters are great and powerful, they were created by the God of Wisdom."
"very good."
Professor Baburin nodded with satisfaction, and the corners of her mouth seemed to lift a little bit, but she was obviously very reluctant to smile, and in the end there was no obvious change in her expression.
"Ved Grey."
"Yes."
"From now on, you are not allowed to solve the introductory puzzles - this is the task of other students."
Professor Babbling's words made all the students look miserable, while Hermione looked eager to try.
"There are several types of magical writing that have been handed down from ancient times to this day—" Professor Baburin continued, "the oracle bone script from the East, the seal script from the Ganges River Basin, the cuneiform script from the Mesopotamian civilization, the Egyptian hieroglyphics, and the runes from this land—these are what we call ancient magic scripts."
"In my class, you will learn to write, read, and translate runes. As Vader just said, these words represent magic and divine revelations and possess mysterious powers."
“A wizard who can decipher and master runes will possess greater magic power and wisdom.”
"But if you find the content of this class difficult to understand, or if you are unwilling to put in the effort to memorize the basic phonetic table and pictograms, I advise you to give up this class as soon as possible to avoid wasting our time."
“I only accept the smartest and most hardworking students!”
To be honest, unlike those students who chose courses randomly in the past, Wade's class knew the difficulty of ancient magic before choosing courses.
They dared to choose, naturally they were very confident in their IQ. Hearing the professor's words, the students' faces were full of eagerness to prove themselves.
Professor Baburin pointed with his wand, and a palm-sized wooden board flipped over and flew to the middle of the display cabinet, instantly enlarging to half a person's height, with a black symbol engraved on it.
Then, the symbol began to brighten and its color turned red as if a flame was burning. The temperature in the classroom seemed to rise by a few degrees.
"It's kenaz," Professor Baburin said. "It symbolizes light, fire, divine wisdom."
"It can also mean kindness, strength, healing, and warmth - why don't you remember that?"
The sound of flipping through the pages of a secretary's notes suddenly rang out in the classroom.
"The meaning of a single rune is complex. We need to determine its meaning based on its position and the text before and after it. Let's look at a few examples..."
After a brief preface, Professor Baburin quickly went into the main text without any nonsense, and the text was full of knowledge-intensive content.
The students were almost choked to death.
At first, some people were curious to look at the wooden board with runes, but later, everyone was busy writing, quickly filling up the paper with notes.
Of all the people, only Wade seemed relatively calm.
After all, he had memorized the entire runic dictionary, and he already knew most of what Professor Baburin was talking about, having used it countless times in practice, so he had no difficulty understanding it.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the ancient magic text class is meaningless to him——
In the past, Wade learned most of the ancient magic runes by himself. Professor Mori also talked about some of them when he was teaching him alchemy, but he only talked about them when they were needed. There was no systematic review, so naturally there were omissions and one-sidedness.
Professor Baburin not only explained the contents of the book in depth, but also expanded on a lot of knowledge beyond the book, which benefited Wade a lot. He even had more ideas about alchemy and the use of spells.
But most of the other people in the classroom began to sweat on their foreheads, their faces turned pale, and the more they listened, the clearer and more confused their eyes became.
After finally waiting for the get out of class to end, Professor Baburin waved his wand and several lines of ancient magic words appeared on the blackboard.
"This is an ancient document. Translate it when you go back. This is your homework. Don't worry, it's all very simple text and doesn't go beyond what we talked about today."
Professor Baburin waved his hand and asked all the wooden boards to return to the display shelves. Then he put away his wand and walked away with brisk steps.
After a while, a student in the classroom burst into tears.
(End of this chapter)