"Can magical beasts cast spells?"

Professor Flitwick looked at Townsend on the couch across from his desk, "This is a very novel angle, how can you have such an idea?" ”

"A whim during the meal." Tang Sen said: "I was thinking, since many magical beasts have special abilities, then they must also have magical powers, right?" ”

"When you eat." Flitwick remembered the news that had recently circulated about the Oriental man's recipe and gave him an indescribable expression.

"I don't have much research on Fantastic Beasts, you can ask Hagrid or write to Professor Newman."

"But I've certainly read some information that it's been proven that magical beasts have magical powers. ”

"If you have magical powers, why have you never heard of magical beasts casting spells?" Townsend asked.

"Magical beasts use their own abilities, which is also a kind of casting, for example, the Hungarian tree bee has the ability to breathe fire, and the phoenix can phantom and regenerate from fire, these abilities are passed down in their bloodline and are known by birth."

"But if you're talking about spell-casting like wizards, there's no way magical beasts can do it."

"Spellcasting is a complicated thing." Professor Flitwick explains, "Possession of magic is only part of the casting, even a small part of the conditions, but more important is knowledge and will. ”

"Even with this set of preconditions, not every wizard with magical powers will be able to cast spells successfully."

"Don't look at the fact that even young wizards can cast simple spells now, but these spells have been refined and simplified by generations of wizards, and with the help of a wand - this is important, without a wand, most wizards can't even release a basic levitation charm."

"Wizards are still like this, not to mention those magical animals, many of them can only rely on instinct, and they don't have too much intelligence, so naturally it is impossible to learn magic."

Tang Sen nodded and said, "So, if a certain magical beast has the same intelligence as a human, then it has the conditions to learn magical knowledge, and if it happens to have a magic wand, maybe it can become a magical beast that can learn and cast spells?" ”

Professor Flitwick shook his head repeatedly, looked at Tang Sen in surprise, and said categorically: "Of course it can't be! ”

"There are not many magical beasts with the same intelligence as humans, but no magical beast can cast spells like a wizard."

As he said this, he even stood up and explained: "The magic of magical beasts is completely different from the magic of wizards, the magic of magical beasts only has a certain quality, while the magic of wizards is more comprehensive and malleable, and modern spells are almost all systems created based on the magic of wizards. ”

"If, I mean, even if there is a magical beast trying to learn modern spells, the effect he will unleash is likely to be only the ability of the magical beast itself, of course, this kind of thing is unlikely."

Townsend was stunned.

Professor Flitwick was a master of spells, and he had a thorough understanding of spells and magic, and although it was only hypothetical, there was no doubt that the situation he was referring to was not far from the one that Townsend was facing.

Even if a fire dragon learns a spell, all it can release is fire, which is determined by the magical nature of the fire dragon.

This is not good news for Town, which means that no matter how many magical beasts he eats, he will only gain the abilities of those magical beasts, and he will not have anything to do with many magical spells in this world.

"I thought the essence of magic was the same." Tang Sen said: "Laugh, I don't have too much research on magic spells. ”

"I'd love to talk to you about these interesting topics." Professor Flitwick said disapprerovitically, "Actually, there are fewer and fewer wizards who are willing to think and study now, and although the modern magic system is simple and perfect, it also makes wizards accustomed to convenient spell casting, and they no longer care about the nature of magic-"

He said regretfully, "There are even many wizards who think that if they lose their wands, wizards are no different from Muggles. They also didn't want to wonder if wizards didn't cast spells before wands were created. ”

"The nature of magic?" Townsend raised an eyebrow.

"Magic is incredible." Professor Flitwick's tone was slightly yearning, "With magic as the base and will as the bridge, wizards can change the world, and I have always believed that anything can happen in the magical world, including this interesting subject you just mentioned. ”

"But you said that the magic of magical beasts is not as malleable as wizards—"

"Under the premise of modern spells." Professor Flitwick corrected, "It's impossible for Fantastic Beasts to cast modern spells, because they are tailor-made for wizards. ”

"But if you think about it, the evolution of magical beasts to modern times is not static, some of them have evolved, some have degenerated, and in the process, they have gained some abilities and lost some abilities."

He said with great interest: "For example, the Thunderbird, maybe a long, long time ago, was just an ordinary bird, until it comprehended the ability to use thunder and lightning, for a more obvious example, the basilisk is obviously not a natural magical animal, according to the information, it is more like a terrible creature created by magical means, and its ability must contain some traces of ancient magic experiments." ”

"All this evidence proves that even if the magic of magical beasts is single, it is not immutable, and those magical beasts that have evolved may have learned the mysteries of a certain magic by chance and let it circulate in the bloodline of instinct."

"Of course, these are the realms of ancient magic."

"Ancient magic?" Townsen's heart, which had been disappointed by Flitwick's reasoning, suddenly became active again, and he looked immobile on the surface, looking like he was casually discussing, "What is ancient magic?" ”

"It's a much more complex subject, and although I've been working on it, I still don't know much about ancient magic." Professor Flitwick modestly said:

"The only thing we can know is that ancient magic is more powerful, but it is also more uncontrollable, learning ancient magic is a very dangerous behavior, it is not as trivial as the failure of young wizards to cast spells, any mistake in learning ancient magic may lead to the loss of control of magic and even death."

"That's why modern spells are being popularized and used, right?" Townsend Road.

"That's right." Professor Flitwick agreed, "However, modern spells are like a broomstick, any wizard can use it, and even use it, but they will never know how to make one. If you want to delve deeper into the mysteries of magic, exploring ancient magic is essential. ”

"It's a pity that the threshold for ancient magic is too high, at least you have to learn ancient magic scripts, this is a more complex discipline, it contains many ancient scripts, and the only ancient magic script that can decipher most of the meanings at present is ancient runi script"

"However, not all ancient books are recorded in Rune, and many of them have words that we can only rely on speculation, and some of them have become completely dead, and even the best surviving ancient magicians have no way of knowing what is written in those books, let alone finding out what people need about magic in them."

Tang Sen's heart moved slightly.

It doesn't seem like it's a bothersome thing for me.

"That's a shame." Townsend exclaimed, "I wonder how the ancient soothsayers obtained the signs from the future."

"It must be more primitive and dangerous, perhaps through some bloody sacrifices." Professor Flitwick made a joke that wasn't funny, and then said, "If you're interested, the library has the most complete collection of ancient books in England and even in Europe, and of course, it's all in the forbidden section. I can take you to meet Professor Barburing from the Ancient Magic Scripts class, and she may be able to give you some help. ”

"If I had the chance, I'd love to." Townsend stood up and said apologetically, "I've delayed you too long, Professor Flitwick, and thank you for answering my questions. ”

"It's a good exchange, Professor Tang." Professor Flitwick smiled, "I appreciate your whimsy, British wizards are always very rigid, they can't think of such an interesting topic, if you want, you can always come to me." ”

Walking out of Professor Flitwick's office, the hallway was somewhat quiet, and Townsend hesitated for a moment before walking towards the library.

This conversation helped Townsend a lot, at least it saved him a lot of time-

There is no need to waste time in the framework of modern spells, which, in their current situation, simply do not apply to modern spells.

"Hogwarts is such a great place."

Tang Sen sighed: "If you don't use the convenience of your identity to get a good wool, you will be disappointed to come to this world." ”

(End of chapter)