Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

"After one last round of combination, your personality number will become seven! Let me check what the number seven represents..."

"Highly introspective and analytical...pursues truth and wisdom...has a deep interest in knowledge and the spiritual world...enjoys exploring the unknown and possesses strong intuition and insight!"

Setima Victor toured the area, answering the students' various questions, and finally came to Vizette and Michael.

She looked at the two students' answers regarding the names and nodded in satisfaction. "Excellent! Add five points to each college!"

"There's still some time..." she murmured. "Today's assignment is... to discuss your views on arithmetic divination and to imagine... what else it can do!"

"You all did very well today. Use the remaining time to finish this assignment... and hand it in at the end of get out of class!"

"There's no need for too much pressure. Just like what Headmaster Dumbledore said yesterday... complete your assignments comfortably and to your own satisfaction!"

Chapter 151 How to judge the effectiveness of lesson preparation?

Compared to other magical subjects, arithmetic and divination classes are much more boring;

At least on the surface, this subject doesn't require much magic; in fact, it takes more time to write.

Unlike transfiguration magic or potion-making, it doesn't allow you to directly perceive changes, such as transforming objects yourself or brewing highly effective potions.

Students need to use pen and paper to convert various information into numbers, and then use various number tables from "Number Divination and Graphics" to complete the arithmetic divination process.

This process involves mathematics and calculations, and after two years of study at Hogwarts, most students are no longer proficient in these subjects.

Regaining mathematical and computational skills is undoubtedly a tedious process.

Setima Victor had a pretty good feeling about her first class of the new semester.

The students were more cooperative than expected. Faced with the tedious process of calculation, no one showed any impatience and they all diligently completed the tasks she assigned.

Hermione Granger left the deepest impression on her;

Hermione was faster than the other students in both converting and calculating numbers.

If she wasn't mistaken, Hermione had at least read through "Numbers and Symbols" once, otherwise she wouldn't be so proficient and able to find the corresponding content so accurately.

Wizette Lovegood, on the other hand, although she recognized the "Kabbalah Tree of Life" at first glance, her subsequent behavior was similar to Hermione's.

During meals, the professors would also chat with each other;

Setima Victor has heard discussions about Vizette Lovegood more than once at the dinner table;

Both Flitwick and professors of other subjects spoke highly of Wizette Lovegood.

Even Snape let slip, casually saying, "If it were Vizet, I wouldn't need to repeat myself. What's wrong with losing a few points?"

In addition, Flitwick and other professors would also mention Wizette Lovegood when exchanging their lesson preparation experiences;

In their view, if Wizette is involved in a class, there is a set of standards for judging the effectiveness of lesson preparation;

If Wizette comes to ask questions after class, it means the lesson preparation was effective and sparked Wizette's thinking. Otherwise, the professors will review it again and optimize some of the knowledge points.

……

Is the lesson not engaging enough?

Therefore, it failed to stimulate Wizette's thinking?

Is that why he didn't have any particularly outstanding performances?

Setima Victor frowned slightly and continued to patrol the classroom;

Once a student raises a question, she will answer it immediately to help the students complete their homework, and gradually forget about the few questions that arose earlier.

It is precisely because not many students choose arithmetic divination that such detailed tutoring can be provided in the remaining class time.

When the bell rang, the students filed out of the classroom and headed to the classroom for the next class.

Michael Corner picked up "Divination and Graphics" and said, "Vizet, I'm going to the Charms class to reserve a seat."

"Okay!" Vizette nodded, still writing something with his head down.

Michael stepped forward and handed two parchments to Setima Victor.

During her previous rounds of inspections, she had already seen most of the students' assignments;

Only Michael and Wizette remained unchecked, as neither of them raised any questions, and she was answering other students' questions.

Michael and Wizette didn't ask any questions, and she was busy answering other students' questions, so she didn't pay attention to Michael and Wizette.

Michael's assignment was very well written; he incorporated all the key points from class without being asked questions.

If I had to point out some flaws, it would be that the order of some knowledge points is incorrect, and they seem to have been added later.

If Setima Victor is not mistaken, Michael must have had Wizette check his assignment before submitting it, adding the relevant knowledge points, which is why there were some errors in the order.

Wizette's assignments are very easy to read; both the organization of knowledge points and the choice of words are written like a rigorous academic paper.

This is quite normal, after all, in the last academic year, Wizette had already written a paper that won the "Most Promising Newcomer Award" from Transfiguration Today.

During the meal, Professor McGonagall mentioned this to the other professors, saying that revising Wizette's paper was probably the easiest thing she had encountered in recent years.

……

Thinking about this, Setima Victor had a question...

Now that the assignments and papers are finished, what is Wizette still busy with?

Just as she stepped forward to speak, Vizette put down her pen, let out a long breath, and a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

Vizette noticed Setima Victor's arrival, stood up with the parchment in hand, and said, "Professor Victor, I'm sorry to take up your time... Could you please take a look at this for me?"

“I tried to combine the ‘Kabbalah Tree of Life’ and ‘Name Numerology’ to reinterpret the ‘Magic Illumination Charm’ from the perspective of ‘arithmic divination’.”

"'Name Numerology' and 'Kabbalah Tree of Life'..." Setima Victor was somewhat surprised, "This is already quite far in the content..."

The conversation during the meal made her think of a possibility: "Mr. Lovegood, are you trying to understand 'Name Numerology' and 'Kabbalah Tree of Life' based on ritual magic?"

“Yes!” Vizette nodded slightly. “I happened to have learned a little bit of ritual magic, so I tried to ‘apply it by analogy’…”

"I only try to preview the later content after I've finished my assignments and papers. But I found it very interesting, so I just followed along with the analysis."

“Of course, I’ve read your paper, it’s excellent!” Setima Victor nodded upon hearing Vizette’s sincere explanation. “Let me take a look!”

"If you want to become a spellbreaker, mastering 'arithmetic divination' is essential. It can indeed break some spells through the magic of numbers..."

"The Illumination Spell... Excellent topic! It's a very simple spell, so it's unlikely to make mistakes in the analysis..."

"That's the right approach... People might use different names for magic due to certain habits, but the incantations used to cast spells are usually quite fixed..."

She squinted slightly, examining and analyzing the process on the parchment more carefully, “L and U correspond to 3…M corresponds to 4…O corresponds to 6…S corresponds to 1…”

"Combine them, then simplify and reconstruct... finally arriving at the number 8... then, following the instructions in the book, analyze it from the 'Kabbalah Tree of Life'..."

“The ‘essence’ associated with 8 is ‘glory’, very perceptive… Did you extend the basic characteristic of ‘glory’ based on ritual magic, and then associate it with the characteristic of ‘radiance’?”

Chapter 152 The Magic Illumination Spell of "Glory"

“Yes!” Vizette nodded. “I was studying magic during the summer vacation and happened to come across this property, so I wrote it down.”

In order to truly complete the "Guardian Angel Healing Spell", he would often visit bookstores during his travels, not only to broaden his knowledge through daily reading, but also to specifically seek out relevant books.

The information about "glory" and "splendid" came from a point he discovered while reading these books at home.

“Exactly! A very good habit!” Setima Victor exclaimed. “Arithmetic divination is just such a subject!”

"You need to constantly read books and collect information to improve your knowledge base before you can apply it proficiently! It's really excellent!"

She hadn't praised a student like that in a long time;

It seems that there is indeed nothing wrong with my course. The knowledge points I mentioned during the lecture were still very useful and could inspire Wizette's thinking.

Setima Victor continued, “The content of Numerology and Graphics mainly focuses on ‘interpreting oneself’.”

"Therefore, the so-called 'glory' is a characteristic of oneself, and can also be understood as a lofty state of mind..."

“Soul and body?” Vizette murmured, recalling the blood magic Salazar Slytherin had taught him, which included the connection between the soul, blood, and body.

"Because the 'glory' of one's own soul, after being transmitted to the outside world through a spell, becomes 'radiance'... Professor Victor, can I understand it that way?"

“That should… be the interpretation…” Setima Victor nodded slowly. “Do you also… know about bloodline magic?”

……

“I’ve only dabbled in it a little.” Vizette nodded. “Arithmetic divination is truly amazing… understanding the Illumination Charm from this perspective…”

"Almost everyone has a concept of 'honor' or something related to it, which is why... wizards all know this magic..."

“It’s a subconscious feeling, but if you consciously control it, you can make the ‘glory’ in your heart more obvious…” Vizette murmured, “Professor Victor, may I conduct an experiment?”

With a goal in mind, Wizette can follow the clues and find the knowledge points she needs.

"Glory" is not a single emotion, but a complex state of mind and emotion that can extend not only outwards to "glory" but also inwardly.

Pride, gratitude, satisfaction, awe, inspiration, confidence, belonging, responsibility... all these can be categorized under the broad category of "glory."

Setima Victor said, "Of course! What are you planning to do?"

Vizette drew her wand and said, "I want to try to enhance my 'Glory' to strengthen the effect of the Illumination Charm."

He turned slightly to the side, not casting the magic illumination spell in front of Setima Victor.

"Lumos!"