Hermione asked, "Professor, what does this rune circuit do?"

Felix waved his wand, and the chestnut wood piece floated from her hand and flew into the air, and the two people's eyes moved with it.

"There is only one explosive rune circuit on this chestnut wood piece, which is very unstable. As long as I guide it slightly, like this..." He snapped his fingers lightly.

"Bang!"

The chestnut wood piece suddenly exploded, accompanied by strong flames and roars, which scared Hermione.

Then Felix demonstrated several rune circuits to Hermione, giving her a basic understanding of the professor's research field.

"That's it for today. Tomorrow I will really teach you ancient runes."

Unknowingly, the time was already half past nine.

Hermione returned to the common room and saw Harry lying on the table covered in dust and tired, fiddling with a wizard chess piece. The "humiliated" knight kept stabbing Harry's fingers with the miniature spear in his hand.

Ron was making up for his Potions homework, and there were three reference answers in front of him at the same time.

Seeing Hermione coming back, Harry couldn't help asking, "How do you feel about your first day as an assistant in the Ancient Runes class?"

Hermione smiled, "Great!"

Ron was a little curious about her work content, "What did you do? Did you mark the papers?"

"Well, I was only responsible for some of the fifth and seventh grade papers. You know, there are not many students in the sixth and seventh grades who choose Ancient Runes. They have classes from four colleges together."

Ron suddenly beamed with joy, "If I were you, I would definitely deduct the Slytherin's paper points."

Hermione's face instantly became serious, "Ron, I must be responsible for my duties."

Ron collapsed on the table like a deflated ball.

"Harry, how about you? How is your Quidditch training?" Hermione asked.

"It's still the same, especially Fred and George got information from Slytherin. The speed of Nimbus 2001 is so fast that I can't see their faces clearly." Harry looked pessimistic.

Hermione couldn't do anything about it. The whole school had no confidence in the first game between Gryffindor and Slytherin. The Eagles and Badgers wanted to see the actual combat power of the Nimbus 2001 through this game, so as to conduct targeted training.

The morale of the team was not high. Wood secretly said to Harry: "Our brooms are not as good as Slytherin's, but as long as you are fast enough and catch the Golden Snitch in advance..."

This put more pressure on Harry.

...

On Sunday evening, Hermione came to the ancient rune professor's office again.

From a distance, she suddenly saw Malfoy's figure coming out of the office. Hermione quickly hid behind a pillar. She saw Professor Happ and Malfoy said something, and Malfoy nodded repeatedly.

Her mood suddenly became complicated.

In the office, Hermione sat quietly on the sofa, watching Felix wave his wand and pile a dozen parchments on the table into the corner.

Could it be Malfoy's thesis?

Various thoughts turned in Hermione's head. She wanted to ask Professor Happ why Malfoy was here, but she wisely did not say it out loud.

Just like yesterday, Felix sat on the other side of the low table. In front of him were ten chestnut wood chips, each with a rune engraved on it.

"Today we are formally learning practical ancient runes." He emphasized the word "practical".

"The magical meanings of these ten runes are different. For example, this one," he pointed to the first chestnut wood chip, "represents the meaning of connection. Specifically, it can connect runes of the same category, such as liquid and flow; or general relative concepts, such as explosion and stability..." "

In practical applications, I found that its form can be transformed into seven types, which are suitable for..."

After talking for an hour, Felix's mouth was dry.

"Next, we will conduct a practical exercise."

Seeing Hermione take out her wand, Felix smiled, "We don't need a wand for our practice."

"I once told Professor McGonagall that I have special teaching skills." Hermione was

still a little confused, but Felix had already leaned over and gently tapped the wand on the little witch's forehead, while whispering a spell.

She suddenly felt her vision blurred. The furnishings in the office shook and twisted like water, and various colors blended together, making her feel as if she was in an abstract oil painting.

But soon, the distorted environment recovered.

She was surprised to find that she and the professor were still sitting on the sofa, but the small low table between them was the dividing line, and the whole room was divided into two. The half belonging to the professor was filled with various books, with thousands of volumes.

These books were divided into more than a dozen piles, which seemed to represent different categories.

But the most eye-catching thing was the ancient magic runes jumping on the books. They were of different colors, bright red, emerald green, cypress blue, metallic luster...

Hundreds of ancient magic runes were like little elves, running around in half of the room.

Hermione couldn't help but stand up. She glanced at Professor Hepp, and the young professor waved his hand slightly to indicate that she could visit at will.

The little witch crossed the invisible barrier, and an ancient magic rune flew in front of her. Hermione couldn't help but hold the little guy and let it jump in her palm.

It was not until the little guy jumped away that she reluctantly turned her eyes away. She walked and stopped among the books, browsing them in a hurry, and quickly scanned their names -

"Ancient Magic Rune History", "Ancient Magic Rune Exploration", "Ancient Alchemy Exploration", "Spell Principles", "High-level Magic Spell Analysis", "Transfiguration Selection", "Dueling Book", "The Art of Dueling", "Ravenclaw Manuscript (Volume 1)", "Dangerous Magical Creatures Illustrations", "Magic", "Ancient Magic Rune Advanced", "The Charm of Alchemy"...

There were too many, and they were all big books. Hermione even saw a two-foot-high book that was half a foot thick.

Even as a top student, she couldn't help but feel inferior. She secretly made up her mind that she would read so many books in the future...

She stepped over a pile of books and avoided the dark green curtains that were blowing in the wind. In front of her was a pile of Muggle books: "Thinking Experiments", "Secrets of the Human Brain", "Mind Analysis", "A Collection of World Jokes"...

She even found a complete set of "Encyclopedia Britannica", which was her childhood favorite!

In addition to these relatively normal books, there were seven or eight books scattered in a corner of the room, which constantly emitted black air. If you stared closely at them, you could faintly hear the wailing of a male wizard.

Could it be that these were books on dark magic? The little witch was a little dumbfounded, and she secretly glanced at the professor.