Ted took a deep breath and asked, "Can you tell me about the Boy Who Lived, Neville Longbottom? You know, I used to live in a Muggle orphanage, and I only heard about him recently."
"Oh~" Old Tom shrugged his eyebrows, "Yes! The savior, the Boy Who Lived, thanks to him. Otherwise, I don't know what he would be like now."
"He survived that disaster and defeated the mysterious man in some unknown way. After all, he was only one year old at that time..."
"I heard that he didn't perform very well, and was even a little, a little... unsatisfactory. So some wizards thought he was just a fluke..."
"But no matter what, it was because of his mysterious man that he fell. We can sit here and talk about this, instead of being shrouded in darkness and panic all day long. We should all thank him."
After returning to his utility room, Ted did not continue to learn spells, but picked up a second-hand "History of Magic" that he had never read.
The previous owner of this second-hand book may not have been a good boy, and many characters on it were painted with graffiti such as mustaches.
But it is not cheap after all, and does not affect its use.
Ted turned directly to 1970, starting with Voldemort leading the Death Eaters to openly confront the Ministry of Magic.
Because I don’t know what happened in the original work in the past ten years, I don’t know if there have been any changes.
But in 1981, the situation was different.
The book records that Voldemort seized the opportunity to raid the safe house of the Auror elite Longbottom and his wife. The Longbottom couple clearly had a chance to escape, but they chose to fight and die because they wanted to protect their children.
Then Voldemort had an accident when he was planning to kill Neville Longbottom. As a result, he left an "S" shaped scar on Neville's forehead, and he "died"!
After Voldemort "died", the world quickly experienced the second conjunction of stars.
If we say that the first conjunction of the stars mainly brought about a huge impact on astrology, climate, and even animals, plants, and monsters from many other worlds.
The second conjunction of the stars brought about an intelligent race from another world.
Elves, dwarves, gnomes, and demi-humans are currently the races recognized as "humans" and accepted by the magical world.
Murlocs, kobolds, goblins, bugbears... are regarded as humanoid monsters.
Although they have their own rudimentary civilization and their own language, they are cruel and ugly...
It seems like this world should be renamed "Neville Longbottom"!
Voldemort chose Neville as his archenemy, and the savior changed.
The two celestial star conjunctions have caused the world to be filled with many unknown magical creatures, and we don't know what impact it will have.
My biggest advantage of knowing the plot was gone.
"Oh~ OK!" Ted put down the "History of Magic" that was worn to the edges.
Not allowed to live anyway?
Regardless of whether it's Neville or Harry, don't you have to learn magic and become stronger?
I still have a golden finger, so what are I afraid of?
It’s not like I’m abusing the mainstream…
He opened "Theory of Magic" again.
The book was written by Adebe Wulfling, a British wizard who studied magical theory and was credited with writing "all magic". Wofflin is considered more or less the "Father of Magical Theory", as every modern wizard has read his works.
Wofflin summarized the basic rules of magic and wrote The Theory of Magic, a book that is still used as a textbook for young wizards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to this day.
This is the character who got the wizard card in the Chocolate Frog Candy.
After Ted learned a few simple spells, he started reading this book.
After all, this is the basis, giving a certain explanation about what magic is, what the spell does, etc.
If you want to make a difference in magic, you must learn these basic theories sooner or later. It even needs to be explored in depth.
Knowing this and not knowing why, it is not impossible to simply use magic.
But in that case, you can only become a powerful elite Auror in the end. It is impossible to become a magic master like Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort.
According to the statement in the book that has been recognized by the wizard public, magic is formed by wizards controlling magic power with their own thoughts.
The final effect of magic is closely related to the wishes of the caster.
The movements of magic spells and wands are only auxiliary means for performing magic.
After all, the little wizards don't have wands or spells during the magic riot, but they can still directly cause magical effects.
It's just that the primitive method is too uncontrollable and is extremely difficult and even dangerous for most wizards.
That's why wizards two thousand years ago figured out magic spells and wands. The purpose is to "standardize" magic, reduce the difficulty of casting spells, and learn more magic.
At that time BC, the magic mastered by each wizard was very limited. It depends on talent.
For example, a kind-hearted and compassionate wizard may only have a few healing spells. It's useless to fight.
Another example is some witches who have grown up in the countryside. They may be best at brewing potions, while others can at most use black cats and crows as spies. It doesn't have much fighting power when fighting.
There are those who are only good at transformation, and there are those who are only good at long-range curses... Otherwise, the witch hunt would not be so effective.
In short, it is already a great progress.
Ted picked up another book he borrowed from the bookstore, "Control Your Magic - A Must-Read for Little Wizards."
This book briefly teaches young wizards how to control their magic power to avoid huge riots.
Although the content is simple, it is especially suitable for novice wizards to learn.
In addition, Ted also has a copy of "The Power of Will" in his hand.
This is the advantage of working in a bookstore, it is that you can buy books for free~
Deep in the warehouse of Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore, there are many books that have been accumulated over the years. They are the remaining books that were not sold out in those years, and there are still some books that no one has bought.
Ted even found a copy of "The Invisible Book of Invisible Monsters".
It is said that the bookstore bought a few copies that year, but because they couldn't be found in a blink of an eye, they were never sold.
These are all free treasures, and Ted has detailed reading notes...
If he had had this energy back then, Ted would have graduated from Tsinghua University long ago.
Now, there is another skill in the skill bar of his character interface: Magic lv1.
It seems that he is a beginner when it comes to magic spells.
He can be said to have looked away - no matter how the world changes, one's own strength is fundamental.
Maintaining the status quo!
…
The next day Ted still went to the pharmacy to process the herbs.
Now he can handle more than a dozen kinds of herbs, which can be said to be a rapid progress.
This kind of thing all depends on whether you pay attention to it or not. Ted wrote down everything Mr. Giggs said about potion ingredients in his notebook and would review it at night.
Basically there is no need for Mr. Giggs to say it a second time.
Now Giggs has also felt the benefits of having a reliable "child laborer" in the store, which has really reduced most of the tedious and repetitive work with little added value and having to deal with low-grade materials.
Giggs went to stock up and came back with a backpack. There was obviously a traceless stretching spell cast inside, and he successively took out items five times the volume of his backpack.
"What are these herbs?" Ted asked.
"Hehe! These things are not easy to handle! They are all new varieties that appeared after the intersection of the stars. These have been confirmed to have medicinal value after long-term experiments..."
Giggs began to show off, "Look at this..." He picked up an ordinary white flower, "This is called the Ningshen flower, and it can make healing potions."
Ted was stunned, the name seemed familiar.
Giggs continued: "Unlike Bai Xian, the therapeutic medicine can also effectively treat many internal injuries, which Bai Xian cannot replace."
"And this, silver-leaf grass, this earth root... they are all herbs that appear after the stars converge."
"As for this~" Giggs took out a large glass jar, filled it with liquid, and something like a pig brain floating in it.
"This is the water ghost brain, the brain of a water ghost. Water ghosts are also monsters that appear after the stars converge. If you go to the water in the future, be careful. This thing is very dangerous!"
Ning Shenhua? Silverleaf grass? Mulch?
Isn’t this the herb from World of Warcraft? Is Azeroth connected to the world?
What about the Burning Legion? !
As for the water ghost, Ted thought it was the legendary water monkey at first!
As a result, when I mentioned the water ghost, I remembered it. Isn't this the monster material in "The Witcher 3" or the Witcher world?
What are the intersections of Tianxing and Xingxing?
Although Ted gained a lot of experience today because he learned new knowledge about herbalism and potion materials. But he couldn't be happy.
There is no Well of Eternity in this world, so it shouldn't be taken seriously by the Burning Legion, right?
