"I feel like you guys have been acting all mysterious lately."
As soon as Albert entered the dormitory, he noticed that Fred and his two companions, who had been talking quietly, suddenly fell silent, clearly not wanting him to know something.
"How dare you call us mysterious?" George suppressed the urge to retort and rolled his eyes at Albert.
"Yes, that's right!" Fred nodded in agreement.
"What are you doing at Professor Brod's place?" Li Qiaodan asked back, clearly trying to change the subject!
"I'm helping Professor Brod organize some documents. As you know, my ancient runes are quite good." Albert wasn't lying; he just phrased it vaguely.
"I'd never believe you!" Fred scoffed.
"What were you talking about just now?" Albert asked in return.
"you guess?"
"Are you planning to go find Gryffindor's secret treasure?" Albert looked at the group suspiciously, not forgetting about the Gryffindor treasure map.
"Um, do you want to come along?" Li Qiaodan asked.
"You traitor!" Fred waved his little fist at Lee Jordan with displeasure.
"With Albert's help, our chances of success will be greater. The Forbidden Forest isn't very safe." Li Jordan disagreed with the two's views. In his opinion, Albert was more reliable than the twins.
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"Let's forget about it!" Albert shook his head and refused. "I think you should stay out of the woods. Hagrid looks very angry. Be careful you don't get locked up."
"I told you he wouldn't be interested," George muttered. "As long as Hagrid doesn't spot us when we go into the woods."
"I knew you'd say that, but don't go too far. I heard there's a breeding farm for giant eight-eyed spiders in the Forbidden Forest. Be careful not to feed them." Albert wasn't surprised at all and casually reminded him.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute," Fred complained, always accurate when it came to bad things.
"Okay." Albert took out McDougal's notebook from his pocket and began to read it.
"What is this?" George asked, leaning closer.
"Professor Broad's friend lent me his notebook; it's about ancient runes." Albert flipped through a few pages and found a letter from Professor Broad to McDougall pasted on it. McDougall had known Professor Broad for a long time.
"I feel like that Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is really nice to you." Li Qiaodan was a little jealous.
"We do have a good relationship."
"No, no, it's scary how good it is," George corrected.
"Oh." Albert nodded to indicate that he knew.
However, Albert believed that the relationship between the two depended on the exchange of knowledge. Two people who were equally proficient in ancient runes communicated with each other, and the other, as an older senior, offered some kind of help to the younger one.
As Professor McGonagall said, he maintained friendly correspondence with those famous wizards, and his relationship with Professor Brod was just a step further.
After all, there is also a professor-student relationship between the two.
It's easy to see from this notebook that Professor Broad's relationship with McDougal is similar to his own. The notebook contains discussions of ancient runes in their correspondence, as well as related content from exchanges with other wizards.
This part of the content wasn't too difficult for Albert, but it was novel and broadened his horizons.
By the time we get to the latter half of the notebook, several years have passed, and McDougal has long since graduated from Hogwarts.
McDougall recorded that he was suddenly told he had been given a special identity, the right to read a bunch of ancient documents, and that he had begun to learn some ancient spells.
"A special identity?" Albert continued reading.
McDoug has begun to master how to use ancient runes to chant spells.
"I can sense its special nature!"
McDoug left this sentence in his notebook.
"It's so late, aren't you going to sleep?" Fred mumbled sleepily. "Be careful you won't be able to get up tomorrow."
"I'm going to sleep too, goodnight." Albert covered his mouth to stifle a yawn, turned off the light, and lay down on the bed to fall into a deep sleep.
The next day, Albert woke up at 10 a.m.
Everyone else in the dormitory had left. Albert stretched, leaned against his pillow, and picked up the notebook he hadn't finished reading the night before to continue flipping through it.
McDoug began to learn some ancient magic; the spells were powerful, but not particularly sophisticated.
The notebook contained the names of spells, but not the incantations or hand gestures used to cast them, which left Albert a little disappointed.
The following pages all discuss this topic, as well as McDougal's speculations about ancient runes.
From the records, it is easy to see that McDougal was researching and exploring the special features of ancient runes, but he came up with nothing.
Albert noticed something in the correspondence between McDougal and Dumbledore, in which they discussed the topic of Dumbledore making his Patronus speak.
Unfortunately, there was no further development, and subsequent written records never mentioned the matter again. Moreover, this notebook ended there, with no further developments; it's possible there was another one.
"Can I sense its peculiarity?" Albert quickly got up and went to Professor Brod's office.
McDougall did arrive, but he looked a little tired.
"Have you finished reading?" McDougal noticed Albert holding his notebook.
"Yes, I've finished reading it, but unfortunately, I still haven't found what I'm looking for. There should be another half of the notes, right?" Albert asked tentatively.
"No more," McDougal said, shaking his head.
"That's all?" Albert was taken aback. The other party actually said that there was nothing left?
"Okay, I was just kidding," McDougall said with a laugh. "But it's true, there isn't. You know, why are runes considered to have magical powers?"
"You mean, magic was infused into it during the carving process?" Albert offered his guess.
"Yes, but not quite," McDougall said softly. "I can't tell you the real answer because my understanding is based on my comprehension of runes. If you can't reach that level, it's hard to understand and use them."
Albert fell silent, listening quietly as McDougal continued.
"You need to be very proficient in runes, and secondly, you need to have a strong foundation in magic. Thirdly, you need to be skilled in ancient spells," McDougall said. "These are the three stages I went through."
"You've taken the first step, but your magical power isn't strong enough, and you're not familiar enough with using ancient runes. But luckily, you've touched that hurdle, and you're not far from crossing it."
Albert's lips twitched; he hated such vague language.
You're not a charlatan.
Explain this to me clearly!
Or, we could just invest the experience into the rune skill and level it up to level 3 directly, then we wouldn't have so much trouble.
Just then, Albert suddenly remembered something else. "Professor Brod, could you give me a certificate? I would like to borrow books on ancient runes from the restricted section."
"Alright!" Professor Brod actually agreed. He turned and wrote on the parchment: "Mr. Albert Anderson is permitted to borrow books on ancient runes from the restricted section. Bard Brod."
"Good luck," Albert muttered, taking the note from Professor Broad and leaving.
"Why not tell him?" Professor Brod asked, puzzled.
"What's the use? Didn't I tell you that before? You still haven't learned it and you still think I'm fooling you." McDoug glanced at Professor Broad and continued, "Albert is a genius. We just need to give him some guidance. You should trust your own judgment."