Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 145 The vacation is over
The notebook given by Professor McGonagall was actually written by Dumbledore?

Mike was so excited when he discovered this that he almost jumped up. As Dumbledore was recognized as the strongest white wizard in the wizarding world, there was no need to explain the value of the notebook he wrote personally.

Excited Mike couldn't wait to flip through the Transfiguration notebook.

The notebook was not thick, and Mike finished reading the whole notebook in one morning. But what disappointed Mike was that this notebook should be the experience notes written by Dumbledore when he was studying Transfiguration in school. Most of the records in it were some basic Transfiguration, and there was no advanced knowledge that Mike expected at the beginning.

It can be seen that Dumbledore was definitely a fanatic fan of Transfiguration in his many years. In addition to the Transfiguration class notes, his notebook also recorded many anecdotes about Transfiguration.

For example, the notes clearly record that Transfiguration was originally a crude version of an alchemical spell invented by an alchemist for use in combat and daily life. However, after being supplemented and expanded by countless wizards in later generations, Transfiguration has been separated from the alchemical system and has become an independent spell subject.

Although this notebook cannot make Mike's strength increase rapidly in a short period of time, many tips recorded in it have benefited Mike a lot. There are even some training methods that can improve the deformation accuracy in the long term.

But these methods require persistent training, so Mike can only take it slow.

Compared to the long-term Transfiguration Notes, the "Flame Master's Guide" given by Professor Flitwick seems a bit simple and violent.

The Fire Master's Guide is a series of books written entirely by Ace-d-Newgate, known in modern times as the Fire Master, with the help of his father, Edward Newgate.

Edward Newgate died before the book was published, and Ace Newgate died a few years after it was published.

When this book was first published, it caused a sensation in the entire European wizarding world. Before that, although many powerful wizards understood the power of the fire spell and often used it in actual combat, no one was willing to teach this knowledge to ordinary wizards.

Therefore, "The Fire Master's Guide" became a sacred book for ordinary wizards, and Ace Newgate and his father Edward Newgate were both given the title of Fire Master.

But if you think that "The Guide to the Master of Fire" is just a cheap welfare for the common people, you are wrong. In fact, the Newgate family sells the "The Guide to the Master of Fire" at a very high price. A set of seven books costs a total of 1000 gold galleons. If you buy them separately, you will need 200 gold galleons per book.

The Newgate family has made a fortune from this set of books over the past few decades. Shortly after the book was published, Hogwarts discussed with the Newgate family about including "The Fire Master's Guide" in the school library, but was rejected by the Newgate family because doing so would affect sales.

Mike couldn't help but curl his lips after learning about this history. This was because the headmasters of Hogwarts over the past few hundred years were relatively gentle. If Ms. Ravenclaw was still in office, the Newgate family would have probably died out long ago.

But having said that, although it is so expensive, "The Fire Master's Guide" is worth the money.

This set of books records in detail the various variations of the fire spell, including the exploding fireball and incendiary fireball that Mike had used.

This set of books gave Mike a lot of inspiration. Before this, Mike was a fireball maniac who only knew how to use fireballs to blow people up. But after reading this set of books, Mike truly understood the art of fire. The damage caused by fire is not limited to burning and explosion. Fire consumes oxygen while burning. As long as this feature is used well, it can cause creatures to enter a state of suffocation.

And when the flame burns, it will heat the air. The hot air rises and the cold air falls. The interaction between the hot and cold air will form wind, and the wind will intensify the fire. This will form a virtuous cycle and infinitely enhance the power of the flame.

But it is easier said than done. To achieve this requires extremely strong control and countless times of practice. Even though Mike's magic control has made great progress after the Ravenclaw Trial, it is still not easy to do this.

Mike spent the rest of the Christmas holiday in the Room of Requirement, practicing the subtle control of the fire spell so hard that he forgot about time.

It wasn't until Penelope appeared in front of him that he realized the Christmas holidays were over.

"Why are you here?" Mike looked at Penelope in surprise and asked, "Oh! Christmas vacation is over, right?"

Penelope realized what was going on when she saw Mike looking as if he didn't know what year it was. She sighed and said helplessly, "You started it again. You taught me not to practice spells too hard not long ago, but now you're practicing to the point where you've even forgotten the time.

You can't even take care of yourself after I left. You look so miserable, you must have missed your meals in the past few days."

Mike rolled his eyes, raised his hand, cleaned himself up and released himself, restoring his messy hairstyle and clothes to the way they were before he entered the Room of Requirement.

"You're still not happy. You didn't come to dinner tonight. Luckily I brought you some food." Penelope put a few plates of food in front of Mike and said, "Eat quickly. The first round of the duel competition is about to begin tonight. I have to go to participate in the competition later."

As she spoke, Penelope's hand stroked her long hair intentionally or unintentionally, revealing the emerald earrings on her ears.

Seeing this, Mike knew what Penelope meant. Although he was hungry, he didn't even look at the steaming food on the table. He stepped forward, hugged Penelope's waist and said, "My taste is not bad, do you like my Christmas gift?"

Penelope didn't resist Mike's embrace. She took the ends of her hair and twirled them around her fingers, looking thoughtful. After a while, she said coquettishly, "Well, it's okay."

"Hey, as long as you're satisfied." Mike heaved a sigh of relief when he saw a smile on Penelope's face. He returned to the table and started to eat voraciously. "Let me eat a few bites first. I'll go to the stadium with you in a moment."

Penelope didn't say anything else. She smiled and came behind Mike and rubbed his shoulders.

As Penelli rubbed the skin, he seemed to have discovered something. He suddenly increased the strength of his hands, pinched the numb tendons on Mike's shoulders, and asked in a sharp voice, "Where is the scarf I gave you?"

(End of this chapter)