RNP Chapter 11 School Opening - On the Train
Chapter 11 School Opening - On the Train
Time flies, and September 1st has arrived in the blink of an eye.
New students enroll, and returning students return to school.
Ryan also finished repairing the Adventurers' Guild... Adventurers' Club.
During this time, Hagrid, a reclusive billionaire from Hogwarts, came to visit and brought him many special products from the Forbidden Forest.
These are the materials he will use for his next magical experiment.
Ryan couldn't accept using the magical energy source of magical creatures directly as materials; he planned to use other materials from magical creatures to replicate the external magical device.
Perhaps because he had been "beaten" by the professors, he had a very stable mindset after observing several professors performing spells: failure is not important, success is better.
noon.
Ryan went to the headmaster's office to ask Dumbledore about alchemy.
Since Dumbledore put him in charge of protecting the Philosopher's Stone, he has come to understand many things and has become bolder in his actions, often seeking out the heads of departments and principals to discuss some rather pointed issues.
"Headmaster, do you think my idea of first using magical materials to craft a magical container is correct?"
"Ryan, this is uncharted territory. In the long history of alchemy, such techniques have only appeared briefly. My past alchemy skills cannot offer you any advice."
Dumbledore had already finished reading the documents that Lane had collected over the past few days and had even given Lane some explanations.
"Actually, I don't recommend this approach; there's no need to put your energy into it."
He crossed his arms, his tone calm: "Ryan, think about it. This alchemical concept was designed to expand the amount of magic power available, creating external magical devices. Especially considering the original author used lives as a price..."
"I believe you wouldn't do that. However, changing the recipe to use insignificant magical materials is undoubtedly a very difficult thing to do."
"Furthermore, think about it carefully. Isn't this just a simple magic stone, a simple magic stone that can only provide magic power?"
Ryan understood Dumbledore's meaning. As the highest achievement in alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone could undoubtedly provide its holder with powerful magic, and it was clean, hygienic, and harmless, and would not cause any harm.
What Dumbledore was trying to say was that as long as he focused on the study of orthodox alchemy, one day he, Lane Welsh, would be able to forge his own Philosopher's Stone, and there would be no need to study this "heretical art".
Ryan: "Headmaster, you and Mr. Nicolas Flamel are arguably the most powerful alchemists in the world right now. We can't just dampen the students' enthusiasm like this, can we?"
He and Dumbledore exchanged a knowing smile, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Dumbledore laughed for a moment, then said, "Ryan, isn't this what you really wanted to achieve?"
"Alright, I'll write to Nico. Also, you can try using magical materials that can complement each other to build a stable alchemy system first."
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"Oh, it's Dumbledore."
Ron, with his red hair and freckles, shares a chocolate frog with his destined best friend Harry.
He was the one who was shared.
Harry rarely has a friend his own age with whom he can talk about the wizarding world.
The two, both Muggle-born and afraid of falling behind in their studies, talked about Quidditch from morning till night.
Along the way, he met Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger.
The only problem is that the way we communicated might not have been very pleasant.
"It's unbelievable that you haven't read the book that records your own life."
"Do you know which house you'll be sorted into?" Hermione asked, after recovering from her shock that Harry hadn't read the book that described his situation.
"Anywhere is fine, as long as it's not Slytherin," Ron said, poking Scabbers with his wand, looking quite frustrated.
"I...I won't go to Slytherin," Harry said firmly.
"Why?" Hermione pressed.
"I met Ryan in Diagon Alley, and he made a prophecy that I was destined to be with Courage," Harry said. "But I don't know what that means."
"Merlin!" Ron exclaimed in astonishment, "Ryan Wales made a prophecy about you! He said you were destined to be with courage!"
"Ryan Welsh, mentioned in the supplementary appendices to *Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century* and *A History of Modern Magic*. He was a prophet, but not as famous as Harry Potter. Was he also a student at Hogwarts?" Hermione rattled off a string of book titles.
"Merlin! Right now, every wizard in the entire wizarding world hopes to receive a prophecy from Lane Welsh. There are many famous people who have achieved success because of his prophecies, and several new shops in Diagon Alley have been able to establish their reputation and gain a foothold because of his prophecies!"
"And the prophecies he gives are entirely based on his mood, or on whether the future achievements of the person being prophesied will benefit the entire magical world."
"At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Magic offered 1,000 Galleons in hopes of obtaining his prediction of the new Muggle protection laws that the Ministry was about to introduce!"
"One thousand Galleons!"
Ron repeated the words "one thousand Galleons" heavily several times.
Hermione and Neville were both deeply moved.
For Harry, who owns the Potter family's coffers, a thousand Galleons is no small sum. After spending eleven Sickles and seven Nats on food, Harry recalled the gentle yet mysterious boy and his spirited demeanor in Ollivander's wand shop.
"Ron, what does it mean to be accompanied by courage?" He felt a warm glow in his heart, a feeling he hadn't had before when he received Hagrid's first birthday present in eleven years.
"Yes, I should have known when you mentioned the mysterious man's name that someone with that kind of courage would definitely go to Gryffindor," Ron said.
"No, Ron, I just didn't know that this name can't be spoken. Many Muggle-born young wizards will just say this name when they first learn it."
Harry refuted Ron's point: "True courage is like Senior Lane, who, after so many years in the wizarding world, still dares to call someone by their name."
"Courage is Gryffindor?" Hermione said from the side.
“Yes, yes, I’ve heard it from my grandmother,” Neville said. “The symbol of Gryffindor is a lion, a fearless lion.”
"Isn't Ryan Welsh Ravenclaw?" Hermione frowned; she remembered seeing Ryan's information in the appendix of the book.
"Is Ryan a Ravenclaw?" Harry was also surprised. Hagrid only said that Ryan was the bravest and most talented wizard he had ever met, without mentioning which house Ryan was in.
"I heard from George and Fred that Lane Welsh was indeed a Ravenclaw, and the only person they trusted and respected," Ron recalled of his two brothers' assessment of Lane.
"Percy doesn't really like him. Or rather, he desperately wants to beat him, but he's never succeeded."
Inside the carriage, the four young wizards continued their discussion, but they deviated from the original Sorting House and instead focused on who was the best student at Hogwarts.
The discussion turned to the Hogwarts prefecture system.
At that moment, Harry suddenly spoke up: "Ron, you said your brother Percy became a Gryffindor prefect, so what about Ryan? Could he be a Ravenclaw prefect?"