Chapter 370
: Unknown Difficulty
Chapter 370: Unknown Difficulty
"Subtraction?"
Vader was silent for a moment, lost in thought.
Then he took a piece of paper from the desk and started writing and drawing.
Professor Murray looked at it for a while and gave a relieved yet complicated smile.
Casting magic on alchemical works is not simply a matter of adding spells one on top of another; spells can conflict, weaken, and cancel each other out.
Therefore, most alchemists can only cast one or two spells. For example, an ordinary invisibility cloak only has the Disillusionment Charm, which will gradually lose its effect over time and can be broken by spells or sharp weapons.
Vader had a rare talent for stacking multiple spells, and Professor Murray was often amazed by this, not understanding how he could combine so many spells so skillfully.
He did not voice his shock, just as he had never told Vader how difficult it was for others to perform the overlapping spells.
It was a cold and damp October night. Professor Murray took out his wand and pointed it at the fireplace. A ball of fire suddenly ignited the birch wood in the hearth.
The flames danced wildly, the wood crackled, and a faint fragrance filled the air.
Professor Murray looked at the wand in his hand, smiled, folded his hands on his abdomen, and stared at the dancing flames in a daze. His shadow was projected on the opposite wall, like a giant.
It was not until Wade put down his pen that Professor Murray reached out and picked up the few pieces of paper he had just written, looked at them carefully for a while, and nodded slightly.
"Ved, your design of the communication bean is very innovative, but when it comes to alchemy, you should remember one thing—"
Vader looked up and listened carefully.
“Being perfect in one aspect is more meaningful than being perfect in general.”
Professor Murray said: "You need to make a communication tool that is more convenient and simpler than the friend book, but most importantly, stable and reliable, and can achieve information exchange across long distances. Otherwise, it is just a toy."
Vader nodded thoughtfully.
"And..." Professor Murray continued, "Waterproof, moisture-proof, and defensive. These three spells can actually be integrated into one. When I was traveling in Egypt, I learned a spell..."
Recently, when Wade was taking classes with Professor Mori, he would read a book on alchemy in advance and then ask Professor Mori about the parts he didn't understand.
Ancient alchemists always gave alchemical materials all kinds of strange names, and the alchemical process was also accompanied by some inexplicable rituals, such as dancing and bathing in the moonlight before alchemy.
Professor Murray is knowledgeable. He can always eliminate the redundant and erroneous parts and make the obscure knowledge easy to understand. Even if he just sits and chats for a while, Wade feels that he has benefited a lot.
In fact, it has been a long time since we have had such simple teaching.
"The last Vanishing Charm was used very well, but the spell can be modified like this -"
Professor Murray changed the positions of two magic runes on Wade's magic circle.
Vader asked doubtfully, "What effect will this have?"
"You can expand the range of the Vanishing Spell... Vader, you only want to make the key part inside the bean disappear to prevent others from cracking it. This approach is too gentle."
Professor Murray smiled and said, "How can it be enough to just make the beans disappear? After the first failure, the cracker will definitely try to remove the vanishing spell first - it's like a castle that only defends but does not attack. No matter how strong it is, it will be broken by the enemy sooner or later."
"This modification will make the Vanishing Spell more violent and unstable. So anyone who tries to crack it will have to pay with a part of their body."
"It could be a finger, or it could be a whole person - I can't be sure how much damage it can cause." Wade looked at Professor Murray with a flat tone and was speechless.
I always feel like the professor has revealed something terrible.
He paused, then silently added the modified magic runes to his own design.
……
At the end of October, it was the first Hogsmeade weekend at Hogwarts, and all the third-year students submitted their application forms.
So on the morning of Halloween Eve, the students got up early, had breakfast, put on scarves and gloves, and went to Hogsmeade to play.
But for the SSC group, Hogsmeade was not that attractive - they had been to this wizarding village many times before, so they were naturally not as excited as others at this time.
When Wade and Michael arrived at the auditorium, most of the students had already finished their meal and left, and the long table was a mess.
Fortunately, the house-elves in the kitchen were always paying attention to the students who were eating breakfast. When Wade sat down, he saw that the few remaining baked potatoes on the plate in front of him had disappeared, and were replaced by a plate of sandwiches with sausages next to them.
"I'm going to go to Honeydukes to buy some more candy. I heard that the Condiments and Jokes Shop also has some new items. Finally, I'll go to the Three Broomsticks for a couple of drinks. Wade, what are your plans?" Michael asked.
Wade picked up the sandwich and said, "I have to go to Remus's house first, and then I have an appointment with Marchionne."
"Oh... the one at Aslan's magic workshop..." Michael suddenly realized, and then said, "Then we will split up when the time comes. When you are done, see you at the Three Broomsticks?"
"Okay." Wade nodded.
After breakfast, the two arrived at the school gate. Filch was checking the list of people entering and leaving the school, guarding against those younger students who took the opportunity to slip out.
Several girls were queuing up to pass through the gate. One of them saw Michael and Wade approaching and suddenly raised her voice:
"Honestly, Parvati, there's nothing much to look forward to at tonight's feast. Do you remember the last dance at Sam's house? I thought it was awesome!"
"I remember that boy named Charlie asked you to dance!" Parvati giggled. "He was so nervous that he almost tripped over himself!"
"Yeah, don't you think he's cute?" Padma said, glancing at Michael behind her out of the corner of her eye.
Wade looked to the side and saw Michael staring straight at Filch, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.
"pass."
Filch said with a gloomy expression. Padma snorted and pulled her sister Parvati towards the carriage next to her.
Several girls left in the same carriage, and some turned around and waved to them.
"What's going on between you and Padma?" Vader asked at this time.
Michael sighed, "Do you know Eric from seventh grade? He published a paper in Transfiguration Today and was so happy that he held a small dance in the common room a few days ago. Many people attended."
"and then?"
"Lydia from the fourth grade asked me to dance—"
(End of this chapter)