Chapter 11: Astronomy Lessons and Beast Tides
After a Quidditch battle, the students of the two schools were much more motivated, which made the exchange much calmer. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Later, Alan finally got to see the course that Uagadou students are most proud of - astronomy.
Hogwarts astronomy class was held in the Astronomy Tower, and on Wednesday evenings, a group of young wizards climbed the high stone steps up the school's tallest building, the Astronomical Tower, to record the changes in the heavens in the bitter cold wind, draw them on parchment, and turn them in as homework.
It's not a pretty bad thing, especially since Hogwarts is half-surrounded by a lake, and the cold wind with its thick moisture will break down the last layer of clothing on your body, giving you a new experience of a lone wolf in the north being frozen into a dog in the winter in the south.
This led many students to buy a miniature astrometer to escape the chore - which led Alan to suspect that Comrade Filch, the administrator, had a dirty γγγγγγ with the astrometer store
Ahem, stop, Mr. Filch has nothing wrong with it other than the common aise of school administrators who are hated by their pupils and the inappropriate hobby of corporal punishment, though that is already a big problem.
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Alan and a group of wizards of the same age, led by the leading teacher, traveled along the mountain path to the top of the mountain, and after about twenty minutes of marching, they reached the summit, and after passing through a short tunnel, they reached their destination.
It was a large cave, with only a few sapphires emitting a faint glow, and at its highest point Alan saw a line of large letters spelled out of diamondsβnow reflecting the blue light from the gemsβand the words on it were: Only the stars and knowledge live forever.
In the following time, Alan felt the charm of astronomy class for the first time - with the wave of the teacher's wand, the rock on the top layer gradually lost its heavy earthy yellow color and turned into a transparent glass-like substance.
There was nothing to marvel at, both the halls of Hogwarts and the common rooms of Alan's own house had such a dome, even permanently, and did not have to be opened before use, as was the case with Uagadou.
But it is not the transparent dome that is important, but the transparency of the rock overhead, and the ground is lit up - it is a cluster of stars spelled out of various colored gems on the ground, and corresponds to the brightest constellation in the sky - from this point of view, they definitely have the ability to rotate at the same time as the stars, otherwise it would not be possible to be exactly the same as the corresponding constellation in terms of position and angle as it is now.
"Professor, when are we going to learn astrology? I think I've mastered the names of these constellations. "The speaker was a boy with messy curly hair, and judging by the professor's kind gaze, he was definitely the best in this class.
"Oh Slot, don't worry, though the stars live forever and reveal the hidden secrets for us, impatience will cause us to miss out on the secrets. β
The professor paused, then continued, "As we said, the secrets brought by the stars are always hidden, and this is when we need a little help. With that, he glanced at Allen, which was specifically addressed to him, and the other students had definitely heard of this theory.
With the finger of his wand, a faint cloud of green smoke rose from a stone basin in the corner that had been ignored by Alan at first.
The smoke is not choking, but rather smells of grass in the sun.
"The smoke of the grass is the best helper, it can both calm us and create fog for us, the latter of which is crucial. β
"The smoke obscures our vision, but it also blocks out the brightest of the stars that obscure the other stars, which allows us to see more of what is hidden. β
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It feels like it's powerful, but I don't understand it.
However, looking at the confused faces of the other little wizards, Alan discovered the truth of the matter - although the professor told him the correct knowledge, judging from the reactions of the group of young wizards, it was obvious that this thing was too advanced for them to understand - so the professor was giving him a.
No way, as the youngest Hogwarts exchange student who forcibly brushed his face in Quidditch, the professors had little reason not to remember this person, and naturally, in order to convince this exchange student, it was also appropriate to show his hand.
Otherwise, why would the professor be in a hurry and let out smoke? From its effect, Alan could clearly know one thing - this thing is definitely not cheap.
Since I don't understand it, I have to appreciate it.
Just as Alan looked around with this thought, the child who had complained at first was screamed.
"Slote, what do you mean by the sudden extra dark star in the constellation of Capricorn?"
When most of the people looked confused, Slote stood up with confidence and said:
"Professor, if we're mistaken, you taught in the first class, it means the coming of the beast tide. β
What the hell?
Why do I understand every word you say, but I can't understand it when you connect it?
But the surrounding students apparently understood the meaning of the word, and their faces were filled with joy.
"That's right, great boy - oh, yes, maybe the friends at Hogwarts don't quite understand what the beast tide is, you can explain it to him. β
"Yes, Professor, I'd love to. Slote turned slightly, facing Allen.
"The beast tide is brought about by those magical creatures who live freely. Although they have a long breeding period and different growth periods, one thing they have in common is that when a new star emerges in Aries, a wave of young animals will grow up. β
"This will lead to a serious shortage of living space, and a large number of kills will begin, but the magical creatures at the top will cause a lot of harm because they have no natural predators - in fact, after each beast tide, there will be a large number of magical creatures hurting people, and at the same time, the middle-level magical creatures will also be unable to recover for a short time due to their hunting and the normal proportion of low-level creatures. β
"Therefore, one of the great responsibilities of Uagadou is to kill the excessive number of top-level magical creatures when the beast tide occurs, and control the number of low-level creatures. β
"Therefore, every time a beast tide occurs, we will stop the course and go on a hunt for a period of time to achieve the effect of controlling the magical creatures. β
"Am I right, Professor?"
"It's great, it's perfect, I don't have anything more to add, now, after class, it's time for me to talk to the principal about going down the beast tide. β
ps: First, today's update is very late, I'm sorry, and the other person who can't wait can go to sleep first.
Second, if nothing else, the cover will be there the day after tomorrow, because I really don't think the cover is ugly today, so I can't laugh if it's too ugly.
Third, yesterday's Connor was an anime character, a cute oriental dragon, and you who said that I died in the house were also exposed!
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