From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 167 Self-Study Test
"It's unbelievable, Mr. Doom." Professor Bathsheda Babbling looked at Ivy with a look of doubt from behind her glasses.

Just now, she watched Ivy finish the ancient rune test paper that she had spent a whole summer on in less than ten minutes.

"One summer vacation" is just an exaggeration, because people are always happy to exaggerate their efforts. In fact, Professor Barbling just made the test paper when she submitted a paper to the Ancient Rune Research Association.

Studying a dead language is not an easy thing, because language and characters will undoubtedly solidify memory with continuous use. This is why everyone says that the best way to master a new language is to live in a country where it is the native language for a period of time.

Apparently, no country's people still use ancient runes. Without the environment for use, even those senior wizards who have studied this subject for many years cannot use the knowledge in their heads to solve problems as easily as Ivy.

"Great potential!" Professor Barbling nodded frequently. "Are you interested in submitting an article to the Ancient Rune Research Association? Can I help you think of a few topics? I believe that these are no problem for you. They are simple things and will be very helpful to your future career path."

Ivy smiled. "Does that mean I passed the test?"

"Of course! No surprises!" Professor Babel put away Ivy's test paper. "I forgot that you are going to participate in OWLs this year. Haven't you talked to the dean about employment? I sincerely recommend the position of Ancient Rune Researcher. You can get a lot of research funds from the Ministry of Magic! If you like a more exciting life, the curse breakers at Gringotts are not bad. There are often some very mysterious magic in the pyramids of those Egyptian pharaohs. But they all use hieroglyphics as magical writing. Although it is not the same system as ancient runes, it is actually not much different. Do you understand? The relationship between symbols and magic?"

Professor Babel looked only about 30 years old, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and her skin was pale from not seeing the sun for a long time. Her office was filled with parchments with various symbols, large and small stone tablets, and piles of rune stones engraved with ancient runic letters. It was obvious that she loved this job, and once she talked about a topic that interested her, she could not stop.

"If you don't mind, I still have to take Professor Kerry Di Bubbaji's test." Ivy didn't continue to discuss the topic of ancient runes with Professor Babeling, because Ivy had long discovered that these dead words were meaningless to wizards. They could neither use ancient magic like himself nor really make the rune stones produce corresponding magical effects. They were just a symbol used by wizards in the past. Perhaps this topic could write many papers, but it could not change the fact that ancient runes had few application scenarios.

If ancient magic could be learned simply by knowing ancient runes, it would not have been lost.

"It's a heavy workload, isn't it?" Professor Babel smiled. "If you want to find someone to discuss ancient runes, you can always come here to find me! Now, please, Mr. Doom."

Professor Caridi Burbagi's test was not difficult. In her words, "The Ministry of Magic's understanding of Muggles seems to be stuck in the past one hundred years! They should really take a good walk on the streets of Muggles and see for themselves, then they will understand that they are not the only creatures in the world who can use their brains."

"Your view on Muggles seems to be different from the mainstream view in the wizarding world?" Ivy asked with interest. "Think about the subject I teach, Mr. Doom." Professor Bubbage said in an almost complaining tone, "Anyone who has studied this course seriously knows that it is not wizards who rule the world, but Muggles. I don't understand why wizards can't treat them equally. Is it because 'cleaned up' is more noble than a rag soaked in detergent?"

"It's true that few wizards can realize this, especially those half-baked ones who can't even recite the cleaning spell properly." Ivy admitted that sometimes he also thought so. Magic is a luxurious and arrogant thing. You must do every step to the best, and it will respond to you. As long as you are a little unconfident in your spell, magic will jump up and slap you hard. Maybe it's because of this that wizards think they are nobler than Muggles.

"You're right." Professor Bubbage nodded. "From this paper, it seems that you no longer need to take this course. However, in OWLs, Muggle Studies also has practical parts, such as matching a typical Muggle outfit."

"Let me ask you a few more popular questions, which are things that Muggles have just researched not long ago." Professor Bubbage showed a deliberately embarrassing smile, "I am hesitating whether to include them in the final exam... Of course, this has nothing to do with the test you took before. Even if you can't answer them, I promise that you can study on your own."

Did the professor know what a computer was? Ive began to recall what computers looked like in the 20s, and in the end he could only think of a large square monitor.

"Do you know 'electricity'?" Professor Bubbage asked an unexpected question. "Since Muggles discovered 'electricity', they have created many machines related to electricity. If you can name ten machines that use 'electricity'... maybe five will be enough?"

It was not a new thing for Muggles to invent electrical appliances. Ivy was sure that there were electric lights on the streets of London at least a hundred years ago. It seemed that even the enlightened Professor Bubbage was too backward in his understanding of Muggles.

"Electric light?" Ivy answered tentatively, and then he saw an encouraging smile on Professor Bubaji's face.

"Telephone, refrigerator, hair dryer, electric water heater?" Ivy mentioned four electrical appliances in a row, which made him begin to suspect that he was attending a Muggle kindergarten, not the only school in the British wizarding world.

"Wait, what is a hair dryer?" Professor Bubaji asked with interest.

"Uh... a combination of an electric fan and an electric water heater? But the thing that's heated is no longer water, but air. Muggles use it to dry their hair that's wet from bathing." Ivy thought about its principle and tried to explain it clearly.

"Oh my God! You're just like a real Muggle!" Considering that Professor Bubbage teaches Muggle Studies, maybe this is a compliment?
(End of this chapter)