This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 244 Alchemy and Dumbledore
"That's what you did, Taylor!"

Hal stared at Andrew in the dormitory and asked him, but soon he shook his head and denied it - because Andrew shrugged his shoulders with an innocent look.

"That's not right. You're extremely busy right now, but Professor Lockhart's club has nothing to do with you. How is that possible?"

"Of course I was busy writing the manuscript... It wasn't easy, but I finally sent it out..."

After running frantically to meet the deadline, Andrew finally had time to care about his vacation - there were still two extremely precious days left, he planned to take a day off, and use the remaining day to study Mr. Nick's Introduction to Alchemy.

Combine work with rest, he thought as he lay down on his bed, his fingers accidentally tapping on the thing that looked straight but was actually extremely bent.

Dumbledore's original intention was for him to master the rules of changing his own rules under the rules of others - no, mastering is an overestimate, it should be adapting.

But he did a good job and even mastered the rules of creating illusions, which really made him very happy.

'Wandless casting... too far away...'

He thought about Dumbledore's spellcasting process and was extremely envious, but he had a strong enough self-awareness - his magic power could not even support silent casting, and the wandless casting was really too outrageous.

'However, I can still feel the impact of each stimulus on its rules... Maybe I underestimated the value of the homework assigned by the principal.'

He struck the stick, feeling the power of perfect change.

"What a weird thing... Andrew, there's a reading club in the academy this week. Are you going to join it?"

"Book club?"

Andrew put down what he was holding, “What?”

"The reading club started to take shape this semester, and then it was organized before Christmas, and then it was finalized."

"How come I don't know anything about it?"

Andrew pointed at himself - he hadn't seen the report, nor had he heard anyone talk about it!

He was so angry that he was shaking. How did Ravenclaw become like this? There was actually a secret organization that he didn't even know about!

"It's normal that you don't know... This is this year's mutual aid group, and the hospital has allocated funds..."

The dean even took the hospital funds!

Andrew perked up, "Who's leading this?"

Bah bah…why does it sound weird?

"Lead... um, I don't remember, but wasn't there a single scholarship at the end of the last school year?"

"Yes," Andrew nodded, and then began to think quickly, "So, this is a reading club where everyone helps each other and strives to get first place?"

"It's more or less like this. It's an organization where the students who are most likely to get first place in a few subjects share their study progress for the week."

Hal nodded, and that was it.

"And me?"

"Aren't you always ranked first? I remember when we were just forming the team, the sixth-year Ravenclaw saw you practicing and cursed you in despair, and then they didn't call you..."

...

Isn’t this excuse a bit too much?

Besides, who can predict things like exams? What if I'm careless and lose a point, and Miss Granger beats me to get first place?
She is the one who can aim to be the best in all subjects! You are bullying!
But Andrew could even partially understand this. It was fine that he could not be found all day long, but this reading club probably had not been established for long - in Ravenclaw, it was incomprehensible that reading needed to be encouraged.

If it weren't for the first crazy increase in college points and scholarships, the dean would not have used the funds in the college to support such a thing.

Are you kidding? The donors will go crazy!
Since when did Ravenclaw students need others to reward and guide them in their studies? This is degenerate, shameful, pathetic, and disgusting!
If a new dean is appointed, there might even be a bunch of howling letters or something - although the composition of Ravenclaw students is complex, those who are willing to learn knowledge and go to the library will not be targeted.

Even if some people think that it would be better to do some fancy things, or even think that those people are wrong in private, such an outrageous idea is absolutely impossible to implement.

But the Fudge Scholarship last school year changed everything, and the reading community began to unite...

The first place in a single subject was singled out, with honor and reward, and with the support and encouragement from both the Ministry of Magic and the school, students naturally turned their attention here.

This is guidance, and it can even become some indicators - previously using funds to encourage some students to study would be questioned, but now you can directly say that they have won school scholarships and awards from the Minister of Magic.

Although it's a bit tacky, it's really useful. After all, elegance is too far away and not as real as this.

Being first in a subject brings knowledge and glory, and that is change...

Even those who were involved in messy societies had to admit this - Percy did not cut off their funding, but they began to restrain themselves a lot.

After working hard for a long time to go to the Ministry of Magic and study hard to become the first to be awarded by the Minister, damn, the latter is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

"I will go, I will definitely go, I am also a student who loves learning..."

Andrew nodded happily - although the scholarship system was not invented by him, he was the one who handled the connection with the Ministry of Magic. A small suggestion at the beginning caused such a big change, which really made people feel comfortable.

"Okay, I'll call you on the weekend."

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"Interesting, very interesting, metallurgy has become a professional discipline, the use and transformation of metals alone, just replacing some materials has caused such a big change..."

Dumbledore was in his office, reading - he had even paused in his research on Tom's backhand.

"It's different, completely different... I've missed so much in the past few years because of him..."

He even felt that the limits of his transfiguration and alchemy were being broken - this was not an illusion.

He studied alchemy for a long time, but after the battle of the Order of the Phoenix, he realized that it could not limit Tom and gave up his research.

Nick has reached the limit of alchemy, and there is almost no way forward.

As for Transfiguration, he had reached his limit, but he was also unable to make any major changes - so he was forced to use all his strength to find out what Tom was hiding.

But a whole new field that can support...

Alchemy, Transfiguration, Muggle knowledge... He saw a path he had never noticed before.

'Tom, wait and see, surprises and changes... I give you...'

Dumbledore smiled, put the book away, and started to enjoy his dessert.

'Taylor's vision... but he still needs to learn, as for him...'

Dumbledore nodded, then shook his head. "It's vicious, but I still see too little of it...too little..."

(End of this chapter)