The young oriental professor walked up the slope and greeted Dumbledore enthusiastically, "Headmaster Dumbledore, I'm Dumstrong's new black magic professor, Ang Chen …"
Dumbledore nodded and replied, "Welcome, friends of Dumstrong. Hogwarts welcomes every friend who comes from afar … May the young wizards of Dumstrong gain friendship here."
"And knowledge …" Chen Ang added with a smile.
Dumbledore laughed, "Yes, and knowledge!"
"Chen …" Dumbledore turned around and asked in a low voice, "Can I call you that? I remember that you Asians often have your first name at the end, so I should call you … Chen Ang? " Chen Ang nodded. Dumbledore smiled and said, "I know this secret from the pronunciation of your name. One of my students is a third-year witch from Ravenclaw … She should be like you, you are both Chinese."
Chen Ang nodded slightly, but in his heart, he was thinking, Has this old bee really targeted me?
"Is Professor Igor okay?" Dumbledore asked, "He asked someone to contact me about the exchange between our two schools, but he didn't show up himself. This time I thought he would come in person … "
"Headmaster Igor is not very convenient," Chen Ang replied, "You should know that there are rumors that Voldemort is back. The Death Eaters are moving around, and Professor Igor is very uneasy, so he reduced his movements. The Death Eaters hate him to the core, but London is the Death Eaters' headquarters … So, Headmaster Dumbledore, you definitely won't see him step into London! "
Dumbledore stopped and looked at Chen Ang's calm expression, his eyes a little deep. He pondered for a while like an old man, as if he was recalling something. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Igor … Professor Igor had a bad experience in the past, but he made the right choice later. He should have come here! "
Chen Ang said faintly, "People always have to take responsibility for what they have done … No one can escape from this."
Dumbledore invited the Demstrong students to live in the Hogwarts dormitory, but Chen Ang politely refused. He transformed the boat they came from into a villa, and brought the Demstrong students to live in it. Harry heard Professor McGonagall whispering to Dumbledore, "That's a very difficult transformation spell …"
She seemed to notice that Harry was listening and added, "The bigger the object, the more magic it takes. Few people can make a house in one breath … very few!"
Dumbledore laughed softly and said, "Professor Mileva is one of them …"
"I can do it, but the difficulty of the spell has nothing to do with the amount of magic power consumed." Professor Mag was silent for a long time before he added, "Without the help of the magic text and potions, I won't be able to hold on for long."
Before Harry could hear the rest of the conversation, Ron whispered, "I saw Wickdol Krum."
"Who?" Harry asked.
"Wickdol Krum, the new ball-seeker for the Bulgarian national Quidditch team … People say he is the most talented ball-seeker in the history of the Bulgarian team, the star of the future. Although he is not that famous now, he is widely praised. Maybe I can get an autograph from him," Ron said.
Ron sighed. "Their red robes are much more conspicuous than our black robes …"
When they went down for breakfast the next day, they found that the hall had been decorated overnight. Huge silk banners hung down from the wall, and on the left were the representative colors of Hogwarts: a red golden lion, a green silver snake, a blue golden eagle, and a yellow black badger, all surrounding Hogwarts to form the destruction of Hogwarts.
On the right was the emblem of the Byzantine Empire, which represented Slavic and Northern Europe, and even Germany. Its wings were spread out, and below it was the skull of a goat, which represented black magic. Together, they formed the emblem of Durmstrong.
Harry and Ron saw the exchange students from Durmstrong at Gryffindor's table. They had taken off their heavy leather coats, revealing the blood-red robes underneath. They would greet Gryffindor's students warmly when they saw them, but somehow, Harry could not forget their pale and lifeless faces when he saw them on the ship.
Chen Ang and Dumbledore sat at the staff table. Chen Ang had met most of the Hogwarts professors yesterday, but because it was at night, they only met briefly. Chen Ang had to bring the students back. This time, sitting at the staff table with most of the Hogwarts professors, he could have more in-depth contact.
The Lord God's mission was completed last night when he met Dumbledore.
It seemed that the Lord God did not have any specific requirements on how to 'enter' Hogwarts. Even if Chen Ang was just an exchange professor from another school, he had reached the minimum requirement to complete the mission.
On his left was Dumbledore, and on his right was the old bat, Snape. Although Chen Ang wasn't too particular about it, but was it really appropriate for Dumbledore, this old bee, to arrange a bat that liked to spit venom and didn't care about his appearance beside a guest? Hermione noticed this problem. She lowered her head and whispered to Harry, "That Durmstrong professor seems a little uncomfortable sitting next to Professor Snape."
Ron said gloatingly, "No one would want to sit next to that greasy old bat."
Dumbledore seemed to have noticed the 'staff' in the hands of the Durmstrong exchange students. It was as tall as Durmstrong's chest, and as thick as a duck's egg. It was actually a stick, and it had the luster of a log … This thing was not light, it was actually made of iron birch.
This wood was used in the Muggle world to replace steel to make ball bearings. It was a good product from the cold Siberian highlands.
Dumbledore even noticed that the males of Durmstrang had a thick layer of calluses between their thumbs and forefingers. Even the witches, under their youthful and beautiful appearance, had thick, muscular arms and legs. Especially their leader, Wickidor Krum. The way he walked while holding a stick would make any Muggle who knew Eastern Martial Arts exclaim in admiration, "He must have practiced the art of the stick to his bones!"
Dumbledore did not have any martial arts attainments, but he was no fool. Of course, he could see the ferocity of these Slavic barbarians.
He asked in a low voice, "Professor Chen, I wonder what the Durmstrong students are holding in their hands?"
Chen Ang smiled. "That's their new wands … Durmstrong is launching a reform campaign. We noticed that the wizards' reliance on wands may be abnormal. Most wizards now can't use any magic without the help of wands. You have to know that wands were originally just an auxiliary tool … We realized that this tool may be suppressing the wizard's potential for development. "
"Especially when young wizards are growing up, the help of wands may cause dependence, leading to a decline in the wizard's ability to control and stabilize magic. This made us very worried. It is worth noting that only European wizards use wands. The Uagadou School of Magic in Africa does not use wands. Instead, they use hand gestures to stabilize the magic power of their spells. "
"This may be directly related to the amazing talent of the Uagadou School of Magic in Transfiguration. According to our tracking research, the students of Uagadou are able to perform well in spells that require control and stability. The reason why this problem has not been discovered is that they do not use wands to cast spells. Therefore, when it comes to spells that require control, their performance is mediocre compared to ours who use wands."
"But when it comes to spells that cannot be performed with the help of wands, such as the self-transformation spell, Animagus, this can be clearly seen. The recent performance at the International Animagus Conference is proof of this. Those fourteen-year-old wizards and witches have frightened the adult Magi in Europe! "
"This is worth our attention." Dumbledore's face became serious. He whispered, "This is a valuable discovery … But the connection between wizards and wands is very complicated. Every wand and wizard is closely connected. First, there is mutual attraction, then mutual adaptation. In this process, the wand learns from the wizard, and the wizard also learns from the wand."
"Yes." Chen Ang nodded and said, "Without the guidance of the wand, when the wizard grows, the turbulence of magic will not be eased. We have noticed that this process of communication between the wand and the wizard plays an important role in the growth of the wizard's magic power."
"So while we keep the traditional wand of the students, we are also looking for a replacement."
Dumbledore's eyes were bright, and he asked curiously, "Have you found it?"
Chen Ang nodded and said, "Found it, the same magic material that is suitable for communication with wizards — gems, various colored crystals and different gems. They also have the same complex 'personality' as the wand, and are very suitable for mutual attraction with wizards. We use the most stubborn wood — iron birch as the material for the wand. Its characteristics are well-known for its stubbornness and stability. This can maintain the role of magic power dissipation in the wand and train the control of magic power in casting spells. "
"Then inlay a gem at the head of the wand, replacing the ability of the wand and the wizard to learn and communicate with each other with the gem."
"Finally, use hand gestures to assist in casting spells. Those complex spells that require the help of the wand will be cast with a combination of hand gestures and wand. For this, we specially developed a set of one-handed hand gestures to accompany this kind of wand casting."
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