Alchemy Black Technology at Hogwarts

Chapter 3 Hermes
William and Dumbledore sat in the office for a while longer.

The White Wizard casually asked William about his experience in Ilvermorny, and William gave a more "regular" answer.

It wasn't until the whole pot of tea was drunk that Dumbledore took a roll of parchment, wrote something quickly, and handed it to Phoenix Fawkes, who was watching with interest.

"Would you like to take William to Minerva?"

Dumbledore asked softly.

Fox nimbly picked up the parchment roll, landed on William's shoulder, and looked at him sideways.William noticed that, unlike his seemingly large body, Fox was quite light.

If he could not feel the strength of the claw on his shoulder, he would even think it was just a balloon.

"Thank you for your time, Professor."

William stood up and said goodbye to the White Wizard.Dumbledore got up as well, and escorted him out of the office.

"Yes, Professor"

Before closing the door, William stopped.

"what happened?"

Dumbledore waited patiently.

"You don't 'just' know 'Hermes' do you?"

William considered his language and asked word by word.

Hermes is one of his pen pals.

William still doesn't know the identity of the other party, only that he claims to be a genius in alchemy.But Hermes is also really powerful. When William was kicked out of Ilvermorny, it was he who wrote to him and asked William to come to Europe to find opportunities.

To be honest, William had only thought he was some overzealous old jerk, but this all-too-well interview had aroused his suspicions.

"Hermes? He was created by the ancient Muggles, the god of commerce, travelers, thieves and animal husbandry. Of course, some people think that he is actually a wizard, isn't it?"

Hearing his question, Dumbledore just raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't know why William mentioned "Hermes".

William has been watching Dumbledore carefully, trying to find any clues from his wrinkled face.

——But all he could find were wrinkles and a slightly sly smile like a fox.

Fox began to step on William's shoulder impatiently, which forced him to temporarily give up his plan to ask for clarification.

He closed the door, and walked downstairs with Fenghuang.

"Cunning old bee sure knows!"

William thought to himself, then pushed the thought out of his mind.

Until now, he still couldn't believe that he came to Hogwarts after going around.

But he didn't know that as soon as the door of the headmaster's office closed, Dumbledore's face became extremely serious.He strode back to the desk, took some strange-looking instruments from the table next to him one by one, and placed them on the table.

Standing behind the table, Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, then took his wand from the table again.

“Hinc lucem Pocula sacra”

Dumbledore shook his wand gently and murmured.

Accompanied by the soft sound of clanging silverware colliding, wisps of white smoke began to pour out of a tube-shaped instrument.There was more and more smoke, and a silhouette of a person was actually outlined in the air - looking carefully, the silhouette was still moving, raising the teacup with his right hand, drinking it, and even curled his lips in disgust.

"Why not? How can you not see through?"

The white wizard stared closely at the cloud of white smoke, muttering to himself almost silently.

The smoke began to dissipate little by little.

But he couldn't find what he wanted to see until the end. Dumbledore sighed softly, and waved his wand to erase the last trace of it.

The vaulted office fell silent.

"I thought you liked that boy, and that's why you put so much effort into bringing him out of that country of savages. Sophisticated, cunning, and full of secrets. I bet he's a pureblood."

Some greasy men's voices suddenly sounded.

The sound came from a painting on the wall.

Phineas Nigellus Black.

The most unpopular headmaster Hogwarts has ever had.

Naturally, William would not know how long ago, after receiving a letter from the United States, how long ago did Dumbledore send it to his old friend Newt Scamander, and Woolworth in New York. A letter was sent to each office in the Smith Building.

"Phineas, I thought you wouldn't recognize North American wizarding blood. You know his article? 'A little innovation in the use of the Existence Charm'."

Dumbledore didn't answer, but asked another question.He sat back on the high-backed chair with a tired expression, and looked up at the ceiling of the office.

As if there was something there.

"Of course, Everard has been bawling no. I mean working on it."

While Phineas was talking, another portrait stared at Phineas fiercely, making him shiver, and the words were much more "civilized":

"But at the end of the day, isn't that just an Existence Charm compounded with other spells? Just thinking about it, I dare say any qualified fourth-year Slytherin student can do it."

He added with great pride.

The Existence Charm is a very common spell.

Its role is to "make it happen".

This enchantment is usually not used alone, but in conjunction with other enchantments to make their effects permanent (or at least long-term)-such as making broomsticks, wands, magic carpets, etc. are inseparable from existence The use of mantras.

The use of the existence spell has a strict premise. It not only requires the object to which the existence spell is applied to have "speciality", such as a magic wand core, or wood specially prepared for making broomsticks, but also requires the wizard himself to be "special". The requirements are also very strict.

Making a wand is not as simple as just breaking a wooden stick from the street, splitting it, inserting a hair into it and sealing it.

Nor was William's innovation a groundbreaking change.

He adjusted the focus of the existence spell and combined certain "composite spells" techniques.Although the possibility of the "permanent existence" of the existence curse was completely sacrificed, the existence curse invented by William greatly lowered the threshold-it changed the subject of "energy supply" from a material to a wizard.

The effects of the spell last as long as the wizard himself remains in control of the spell.

In other words, as long as William understands the magic spell on the broomstick to fly and brake quickly, and he can also master them, he can really tear off a branch from the street and stuff it under his butt , It flew up like riding a broom.

"Phineas, even you... should at least know that the difficulty of the Existence Curse is not the continuation."

A female voice joins the discussion.

As long as the magic power contained in the wood is sufficient, the craftsman of the broomstick can spend a lot of time and insert countless spells on the broom, so that it can accelerate, brake, balance, and clean itself.

But if it is a wizard, even Dumbledore, the most powerful white wizard in the world, has limited spells that can be controlled at the same time.

At the same time, the wizard himself can easily achieve the same or even better effect through transfiguration and spells, so why bother to cast an existence spell on a wooden stick?

Therefore, in the eyes of many wizards, this innovation of "Heisenberg" is actually just a tasteless one.

"But what if you add alchemy to it?"

Dumbledore broke into their discussion abruptly.

"What if you add alchemy?"

Phineas repeated subconsciously.

He took a breath.

　The Existence Spell appeared in "Standard Spells: Intermediate", but the original text did not give an explanation of its specific use.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)