"Crunch, crunch"

Chewing on the cockroach pile, feeling the little claws of the cockroach pile constantly scratching in his mouth, the sweetness exploding in his mouth, Ike narrowed his eyes in enjoyment.

Stewart, Terry, Michael, and Anthony looked like monsters, and Morag, Mandy, and Padma turned their heads early, covering their mouths, their stomachs churning.

"Oh my God! I shouldn't have given this to you! Stewart tried to snatch the paper bag, but he was hit by a combination of a leg-locking charm and a levitation charm, and his legs and hands were drawn in the air for a long time.

"Okay, okay, I'm not going to eat it." Ike threw another cockroach into his mouth and unwrapped the spell. As soon as Stuart's feet hit the ground, he rushed up and punched Ike several times.

Ike didn't hide, he grabbed a handful with a smile and was about to throw it into Stewart's mouth, so frightened that Stuart hurriedly retreated, and Terry and the others who saw the excitement were also panicked, and Morag screamed and ran to the entrance of the dormitory, only showing three small heads and watching Ike slowly approach the four Stewarts in the corner like a bully.

"Okay, I'm not going to tease you." Ike stacked the cockroaches back in the bag, "I'm going to go to the library to check things up later, is there anyone going with me?" I'm going to show you my Transfiguration homework. ”

Everyone shook their heads again and again, and listened to Terry explain, "We're going to see Quidditch later, Roger said that they have recently prepared a new tactic, ready to actually fly, and see how it works." ”

"Okay, then I'll go to the library myself." Ike still doesn't have any feelings for Quidditch and doesn't understand the charm.

Stacking the cockroaches back in the dorm drawer and locking it, Ike made a beeline for the library, found the copy of "The Mind: What You Don't Know" again, plus a thick copy of "Evolution of Magic", and sat down in his usual place with two books in his arms.

Hermione, on the other side, didn't even raise her head, scribbling down her notes. Ike didn't say hello either, and opened Magic Evolution to himself, and there was a question he needed to find the answer to in these two books.

"The Evolution of Magic" is a history book dedicated to magic, from mythology, to the ancient wizards who destroyed the world, to the time of the Hogwarts Four, and to the present, magic has evolved from rigorous and rigid to the current casual, a clear development line is unfolded in front of Ike.

The myth is too far back, and there is not much credible information left in ancient times, but starting with Merlin, it can be found that the power of magic is getting smaller and smaller, and human beings can no longer compete with nature, and the deeds of Moses dividing the sea have disappeared.

This process is also the process of magic simplification. This can be seen in the difficulty of learning the ancient magic script, that is, the runi demon script. Legend has it that the ancient magic script is the rune script that Odin got after hanging himself upside down on the World Tree for nine days and nine nights, and there is also a theory that it is a script used by elves, and even originated from the observation of magical animals by ancient wizards. The exact source is no longer reliable, but there is no doubt that the ancient magic scripts have magical effects.

Engrave a specific inscription on an item, and the item has specific magical properties. Several, dozens, and more than a dozen scripts read in a specific order will also have a special effect.

Ancient magic texts are widely used in alchemy items, and they are also the things that appear the most on the so-called artifacts that have been handed down from ancient times to the present. What is certain is that the ancient magic script does have the same properties as the rune script, and can also be used as a spell to cast special magic.

However, many of the ancient scripts were lost, and the existing ones were not fully understood by the wizards. Just like the oracle, many times you can only guess what it represents, and there are very few that can be really determined.

Modern magic in Europe is mostly derived from Latin, and whether the same magic is cast in English, French, or German, it will have the same effect. From this point of view, Latin is the standard spell language of modern magic, and the magic released by pronouncing spells in Latin is indeed a little more effective.

If the lighting spell cast in English is a 15-watt light bulb, in Latin it is 20 watts. The gap is not big, but it is real.

An interesting theory is also mentioned in "The Evolution of Magic", which argues that the use of magic by modern wizards is crude, and that most magic relies on the magic power of the wizard itself, and that as the wizard becomes proficient in the use of magic, there is no longer a need for magic wands and other spell-casting tools to cast specific magic, which is the origin of silent spell casting and non-battle spell casting.

This was not the case with the ancient wizards, who used their magic to communicate with nature, making spells more powerful and effective than ever imagined.

At this point, you can see a hint of ancient wizard magic in the Fierce Fire Charm, after all, in theory, Fierce Fire can turn everything on the earth's land into ashes.

Ike had read "Mind: What You Don't Know", which taught him the decisive role of the mind in magic, and also made him know that a lot of magic is the product of "taking it for granted".

"I thought" there was a bright light, so a soft white light appeared at the tip of the staff; "I want to make things disappear," so there's the vanishing charm.

Transfiguration is a representation of "take it for granted" magic. There is no logic to "I think" that "what something becomes, it will become."

So the question is, why are magic arrays, magic enchantments, magic rituals, curses such as the Loyalty Curse that must adhere to fixed principles, so "rigorous"?

After flipping through the two books again, Ike still didn't have a clue. Scratching his hair, Ike closed the book a little dejected, his chin resting on it, his eyes fixed on Hermione, who was still writing seriously.

The little witch was furious at Ike's staring, raised her head and glared at Ike, and pointed to the book under Ike's chin with a quill, signaling him not to disturb herself.

Ike squinted and continued to stare at Hermione. Not long after, Hermione closed the book and stared at Ike fiercely.

The two of them stared at each other, neither of them made a sound, and neither of them moved.

After a long while, Ike whispered, "Hermione, what exactly do you mean magic?" ”

"What?" Hermione was stunned by the question, "Magic is magic!" ”

"That's not right...... What is not scientific is magic. Hermione nodded back.

"To ...... too," Ike thoughtfully.

At this stage, there is no need to study the essence of magic and the essence of magic, he just needs to constantly improve his control of magic, continue to learn spells from easy to difficult, and improve his magic level, these questions will always know the answers.

Now, the answer "what is not scientific is magic" is enough for Ike.

Of course, some preparations still have to be made in advance, after all, some opportunities, if you miss them, you really miss them.