In the afternoon, Harry followed the team to Quidditch Stadium for training.

During the short Christmas holiday, Wood thought of three targeted tactics to deal with the new characteristics and new tactics that other academies have shown this year.

Others returned to the castle to do their homework.

As the evening approaches, the ancient magical literature office.

Felix is ​​checking Hermione's learning progress for the last period of time, and she has been working hard to improve and upgrade the beaded bags.

"You have learned all the magic texts you need to upgrade the beaded bag. The next step is to learn how to build the magic text circuit."

"Professor, what is the difference?" Hermione asked.

"The portrayal of individual magic texts is relatively simple, but if you want to connect them into a loop, you need to consider the stability and balance of the magic texts as a whole, which is a very test of your ability to control magic."

Felix's fingers kept twitching, dragging a string of letters out of the air, which were divided into three rows, each row had subtle differences in brightness and size.

"If this is a magic text you completed at different times, the brightness represents how much magic you injected."

Hermione looked at the letters, and then, under the control of Professor Hepp, they were arranged in a row in a disorderly order.

The rearranged letters appear chaotic, bright, dull, big, and small mixed together, looking both disordered and awkward.

She suddenly understood what Professor Heip said about "stability and balance" means every magic text in the circuit, and the magic power used should be as consistent as possible.

"Even a subtle magic difference can make the circuit useless," Felix said.

"Professor, what should I do?"

"There are two ways. The first is to complete the writing of the magic text at one time. If you finish it in one go, your magic will tend to be consistent. Of course, it still requires a lot of practice."

"But in this way, you need to actively adjust the structure of the magic text and perform some slight deformation... This is not what you can do now."

"But will this not make the magic text itself invalid?" Hermione asked in surprise. The information she came into contact with was to write the magic text in a regular manner without allowing any change.

"That's what makes it fascinating." Felix gave an example: "This process is somewhat like a process from letters to words. When we learn letters, we will ask for standards and specifications as much as possible, but when we need to combine letters into words, we will make subtle adjustments to the letters to be more consistent with the smoothness and beauty of the writing."

"This method tests your understanding of magic text." Felix said implicitly.

To put it bluntly, it means that you don’t have a deep understanding of magic literature, so don’t do any fun.

Hermione nodded in a vague way.

"There are also some techniques here, and we will talk about them later. The second way is to complete a single magic text, pull out magic lines from it, open them one by one, and form a closed and stable circuit."

Hermione has seen this method several times, and she is not unfamiliar with it.

"Let's try it out"

Felix and Hermione came to the workbench and took out a few pieces of chestnut wood.

He opened an exquisite tool box, which was arranged in seven large and small carving knives of different materials, made of metal, wooden, and even those with no material to be seen.

"Is this a professional magic art tool? Where can I buy it?" The little witch couldn't help asking.

In her heart, these carving knives have been equated with magic wands and have become her essential tool for learning ancient magical texts.

As a result, Professor Hayp said with a funny expression: "These are made by myself, well...except the metal one."

He was not in a hurry to continue the topic just now, but instead placed the carving knife in front of her one by one.

"First of all, I want to remind you that there are no specific tool requirements for portraying magic texts. Carving knives, magic wands, or fingers can be done. What is important is magic power and your understanding of magic texts. But"

"If there are more convenient tools, why refuse?"

Hermione nodded to show her clarity. Just like some wizards who are proficient in casting without a stick, they never refuse to use wands. Because tools can help them complete more refined operations.

There were a total of seven carving knives placed in front of her.

The first one is a metal engraving knife. The silver-white blade body is streamlined and has a clear curve at the handshake. The tip of the knife seems to be made of other metals.

Felix said: "This one I bought from the micro-carving merchant, and it is the metal material that I repeatedly compare and is the least repulsive to magic."

Hermione took the carving knife and looked a little heavy, but unexpectedly light.

"I told you that the form of portraying magic texts is not unique. You can either use writing to leave magic texts on the surface of objects, or use carving to leave marks on the material."

He picked up a piece of chestnut wood chip and injected magic power into the metal carving knife. The tip of the metal carving knife burst out with a small but scorching red light, leaving a magic text on the chestnut wood chip.

"You see, its surface is not flat."

Hermione touched the surface of the magic text with her fingertips, and she could clearly feel the traces of the sagging of the chestnut wood downward. This was the mark left by the metal engraving knife.

"This method is especially suitable for inert magical materials, such as muggle items, ordinary stones, or the scales of some magical creatures, etc."

Hermione understood a little that magic power is not easy to maintain for lazy magic materials, and the form of magic text can be strengthened by carving marks.

"Actually," Felix added: "This process is a separate carving and infusing magic. I am just very proficient in this process, so I put these two steps together. When you practice, you still have to do it separately."

One of his back-ups: ‘Felix’s Wisdom Teeth’, was done this way.

Hermione nodded.

Felix took out five wooden carving knives in a row, which looked a bit like an alternative magic wand. Hermione had only seen the fake magic wands of the twins during the day and was deeply impressed by this.

"These knives use the same materials as magic wands, and their own characteristics are similar to those when they were made into magic wands." Felix pointed at them one by one.

"The gee-toed wood carving knife is difficult for beginners to get started. It is particularly sensitive to magic, and in fact, too sensitive. But once you master it, it will quickly adapt to the master's magic and become extremely personal and cannot be used by others at all;"

"The ebony wood carving knife is outstanding in portraying aggressive magical texts. Of course, it is not easy to control it. It will cooperate with those masters who have the courage to be themselves and not go with the flow;"

"I personally think that the red oak carving knife has a certain degree of memory. When you are proficient, it will actively guide you to complete the magic text;"

"The chestnut woodcut knife is a favorite of beginners. It has no preference, and of course, no bonus;"

"Laurel woodcarving knife, uh, I don't like this kind of carving knife very much. You have to use it often, otherwise when you think about it for a long time, it may lightning attack on you when you inject magic..."

After Felix explained, Hermione curiously picked up the carving knives and looked at them repeatedly. She loved them more and more as she looked at them. She said happily: "Professor, when can I have such a carving knives? I mean...I am willing to pay..."

"You don't have to consider these for the time being. That chestnut wood-carving knife is for you to practice." Felix said: "You will only need to consider the exclusive carving knife after a few years."

"By the way, what material is your wand?" Felix asked.
Chapter completed!