The Rune Mage Starting at Hogwarts

"Let's eat first, and then go to Professor Babling to absorb some curse energy."

Chapter 22: The Gift of Divination

In the afternoon, in the office next to the ancient magic script classroom.

As Babling flipped through the ancient texts in her hand, she asked Ravenclaw, "You said you had a dream last night where Ravenclaw was standing on a tower, sighing?"

"Yes, I could feel that she was very sad, and at the end of the dream, it seemed that we made eye contact. The dream was so real, and I still remember it very clearly. It was not like an ordinary dream at all, which is why I thought of consulting you, Professor."

Of course, I also come to your office to absorb some of the curse energy.

Rizzi thought to himself.

As a professor of ancient magical script, Professor Babling's office is filled with many antiques unearthed from ancient ruins.

Naturally, there will be no shortage of things here that carry curse energy.

Of course, anything that was too dangerous or whose curse had not yet been broken was stored in other, safer places and not kept in the office.

Ryze looked closer at the strange sculptures and magical artifacts he couldn't name displayed in the cabinets in his office.

Very well, there are indeed some remaining traces of the curse.

The absorption rate with Professor Baburin was similar to that with Hagrid, basically increasing by about 0.1 every ten minutes.

So Ryze, who had only come to say hello at the start of the semester, decided to stay and soak up some more curse energy.

In doing so, he also recounted his dream from the previous night, informing Professor Babling that he might have awakened his prophetic talent.

Sure enough, Professor Babling quickly gave a reply.

"It sounds a bit like a precognitive dream, but precognitive dreams usually involve seeing future scenes. It's rare to dream about the past like you have. However, it's true that some secrets of ancient magic were unlocked through the predictions of fortune tellers. I've been trying to collaborate with Sibyl (the fortune teller, Trelawney) before, but I haven't succeeded yet..."

Babling put down her book, rested her chin on her hand, and recalled the past. After a while, she stood up and picked up a book from the bookshelf next to her to look at it.

"Yes, the prophecy book does mention similar situations. Some people dream of their ancestors burying treasure, and when they wake up, they go to that place and dig up the treasure."

"And this one, which looks even closer to your situation, is about a hundred years ago around the 17th century. A diviner in Northern Europe and a diviner in Central Asia met and communicated in a dream, and after waking up, they recorded their respective gains. It wasn't until many years later that the two records were collected together and exposed, thus confirming the event."

Professor Barbling frowned in thought: "Ravenclaw, who founded Hogwarts based on the guidance of dreams, was undoubtedly a powerful prophet, but I don't recall any fortune tellers from the Black family in recent centuries... Could it be from your mother's side of the bloodline?"

Good analysis, Professor Barbling.

Ryze also felt that it was quite reasonable for his divination talent to be inherited from his mysterious mother, whose information was shrouded in unknown magic.

It will be difficult to uncover the mystery of Al-Fard's disappearance for at least the next few years.

However, he honestly admitted that this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and it had never happened before.

As her thoughts gradually cleared, Babuling waved her hand: "That's not surprising. Fortune tellers are always mysterious. Sibyl has hardly ever made a proper prediction in her life. She basically just talks nonsense in class... Don't say that out loud, it'll have a bad influence."

She coughed lightly: "In short, there are several types of fortune telling. One type uses common methods, such as tarot cards and crystal balls, to perform simple divinations. The results are not clear and cannot be guaranteed to be accurate."

Another type is true prophecy, based on talent and bloodline. These prophecies have an extremely high accuracy rate, and their contents are even sealed away in the Ministry of Magic. This type of prophecy is not something that can be done casually; it is mostly made suddenly under some kind of stimulus in a rather hasty situation.

"What did you do last night? Besides being assigned to Ravenclaw, did you come into contact with anything related to Ravenclaw? Think carefully about the reason that made you dream about Ravenclaw?"

Ritz felt that Professor Barblin's understanding of fortune tellers might be even deeper than that of Rilloni.

It can only be said that ancient runes are indeed a very profound subject, and studying this stuff sometimes requires the help of prophetic abilities.

He recalled for a moment, and then naturally thought of the Sorting Hat's words.

"The Sorting Hat thought about you for six minutes, so that's why..." Barbling looked at the young yet mature Ridge in front of her.

Indeed, both the Tonks family and she, in their interactions with Ryze over the past month, believed that Ryze, who grew up in an orphanage, was extremely mature and stable, and there was no need to worry about him doing anything dangerous.

I never imagined that the other person had such a strong sense of heroism hidden deep inside; I couldn't have seen it at all.

This is probably the price of precociousness; children who yearn for heroes are forced to become more realistic.

"So the Sorting Hat actually had such an opinion about Ravenclaw... It's just a pity that the era of the four founders is too far removed from now. Even though the Hogwarts tradition has not been interrupted, a lot of information about them has been lost in history due to various accidents."

"So, it's possible that you received a rating similar to the Sorting Hat, which is why you met Ravenclaw in the dream... It doesn't sound impossible?"

As she said this, Barbling patted Reese on the shoulder: "We can't be completely sure yet that you really met Ravenclaw from a thousand years ago in your dream. If you continue to have similar dreams in the future, you can try to ask her some questions about Ari... Oh, besides Ari, I also have some good questions here. You can write them down now. If she can answer them all, then she must be the real Ravenclaw!"

Professor Barbling rummaged through a drawer under her desk and quickly found a stack of yellowed parchment scrolls.

Rizzo moved closer.

Very good, he doesn't recognize more than 90% of the characters.

"This is ancient magic that my teacher's teacher started researching back then. It's a pity that I haven't been able to fully understand it yet. You don't need to memorize everything, just remember this part. If you meet Ravenclaw in your dreams, just ask her for me."

Professor Babling carefully turned to the middle page of the parchment scroll and pointed to a certain section within it.

It was still something completely incomprehensible, but Professor Babling made a copy of it and placed it on a blank sheet of paper before solemnly handing it to Ritz.

“If you have the same dream again, remember this and let me know immediately.”

Ritz felt that Professor Barbling was using him to complete her own research project.

But this is indeed a very good way to verify.

He knew best whether Aery was ancient magic or not. Even if it were the real Ravenclaw, he would probably have to study Aery, this magical creature from another world, for quite some time.

But the words and graphics provided by Professor Babling should indeed have been a piece of cake for the intelligent Ravenclaw.

Not to mention that Ravenclaw must possess even more ancient magic. Even if he only learned a tiny bit from him, it would probably be enough for him to study for a long time.

Chapter 23: The First Raven Mission

Half an hour before the afternoon classes began, Reese walked out of Professor Babling's office.

The harvest at noon today was quite good.

On the one hand, it was to find an excuse for his sudden talent for divination, and to lay the groundwork for finding Peter Pettigrew and getting his cheap cousin out of prison later.

On the other hand, he had already absorbed all the curse energy for today.

Moreover, it seems that the curse energy there hasn't been completely drained yet; it's just that once the curse energy is full today, it will stop absorbing.

"Hagrid's Hut and the Ancient Rune Office will be my regular daily haunts until I find a more stable source of curse energy."

Ryze nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the slight increase in spell power on his stats panel.

The increase wasn't much, but being able to clearly see himself getting stronger little by little was enough to give him hope for his future.

Because the curse energy was full, Riz originally didn't plan to bother with the herbal class in the afternoon and just listen to the lecture.

But it seems some people don't think that way.

Although the herbal medicine class has a dedicated classroom, Professor Pomona Sprout, who teaches the class, has a practical teaching style.

Professor Sprout was not tall and always wore a thick gray hat covered in patches. His body and hands were covered in dirt.

She didn't even go into the herbal medicine classroom; she just clapped her hands at the door and had everyone take their books, paper, and pens and follow her to the greenhouse outside the castle.

"The herbal medicine class is held in the classroom during final review sessions, but we usually have classes in the greenhouse outside the castle. From now on, we can just go there for classes."

She led more than sixty students along the castle.

Slytherin and Ravenclaw were taking this class together.

Normally, there is no conflict between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Even if there is some competition, it is a respectable competition between "nobles" and "intelligent people", and there are almost no violent incidents.

At least that's what they think.

After graduation, Slytherin students, with the help of their family's power and their own ambition, would find it easier to rise to high-ranking positions in the Ministry of Magic and then embark on a political career.

A significant portion of Ravenclaw's graduates go on to become high-ranking civil servants or advisors within the Ministry of Magic.

From this perspective, the relationship between the two colleges can even be described as relatively "harmonious".

Ritz himself didn't have much prejudice against Slytherin.

Ryze possesses qualities like the pursuit of power, ambition, and shrewdness.

However, the Slytherin of this era have indeed not been able to shake off the influence of the pure-blood ideology and the supremacy of strength left by Voldemort.

Moreover, in the original work, the Malfoys, who appeared most frequently as Slytherins, were just a bunch of dim-witted fools who would lose their minds whenever they encountered Harry Potter. They only gained popularity because the actors in the movie were good-looking.

However, he himself had no interest in getting involved in the love-hate relationship between De Ha and others, and was only prepared to watch the show from the sidelines.

But Malfoy seemed somewhat dissatisfied with his cousin, who was not even three generations removed from him by blood.

On the way to the greenhouse, the other person's gaze kept lingering on him, and they would occasionally chat with their followers around them.

Those brainless lackeys then stared at him with disgust, making it easy to guess what bad things Malfoy was saying to them.

Even Anthony and Terry noticed the problem and asked Rhett in a low voice, "Why were those Slytherin guys pointing fingers at you over there? Do you have some kind of grudge against Malfoy?"

“We’re not close. I’ve only met him once. He’s the son of one of my other cousins. He might have some mental issues. Just ignore him. If he can’t hold back, he’ll probably come looking for trouble on his own,” Ryze shook her head slightly, telling her roommate not to worry about them.

"Hey, you and that Malfoy are still in this kind of relationship?"

Anthony exclaimed in surprise.

He knew that Malfoy was a pureblood wizard, and from one of the wealthier and more powerful pureblood families, so his mother must also be a witch from a pureblood family.

During their chat last night, they briefly mentioned their respective family information.

Rizzi said that his parents disappeared and he grew up in a Muggle orphanage. A year ago, Ariel found him with a wand, making him realize that he was special. However, it wasn't until a month ago, when he received his Hogwarts acceptance letter, that he found his cousin through Hogwarts and learned about his background.

Now it seems that Ryze's cousin is a wizard from a pure-blood family.

"That's how it is in terms of bloodline, but my father and cousin were expelled from the family more than ten years ago for being so-called 'not pure enough,' so we have no connection with them anymore."

As Raz said this, they had already walked to the edge of the vegetable garden greenhouse outside the castle.

Looking at the greenhouse not far away, Ryze's eyes suddenly narrowed.

A black crow emitting a red glow stood quietly on the railing in front of the greenhouse, waiting to be discovered.

As soon as the ravens with special effects appeared, Rizzi forgot all about Malfoy.

A mentally challenged nephew is no match for a crow.

Before entering the greenhouse, Rizz reached out and touched the crow on the railing, and the next moment he saw the conditions for collecting the crow.

[The student who received the most bonus points in this herbal medicine class (0/1)]

After issuing the request, the raven spread its wings and flew into the sky, circling around. It seems that once it completes this task, the collection will be completed automatically.

"So that's all the mission I was looking for. I thought it would be some kind of riddle like the eagle-head door knocker," Ryze muttered.

This task does feel a bit like playing a game; you can get rewards for doing well in class.

"However, Herbalism and Potions are indeed my weakest areas right now, and it won't be easy to get extra points."

During the summer vacation, he realized that his progress in learning herbs and potions was significantly slower than that in learning spells and transformations.

He didn't experience the same enlightening feeling as when he practiced magic in these two courses. Instead, they brought back memories of memorizing biological genetic laws and chemical reactions in high school in his previous life.

He had read through all the textbooks and supplementary materials, including "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms" and "Magic Potions and Elixirs," and had summarized the key points.

Theoretically speaking, it's alright; doing more practice problems and reading more books is helpful.

However, due to a lack of practical experience, he was quite unfamiliar with the various ways of growing and cultivating these herbs and the methods of handling them.

Nymphadora's performance in both subjects was only so-so; at the very least, she wouldn't dare let Rhett handle herbs and brew potions alone in the hut.

If there's anything Ryze has to offer in these two courses, it's probably that he's quite skilled in cooking in both his previous lives, and he has a good grasp of seasonings and techniques for handling common ingredients.

Hopefully, his cooking skills will help him in these two classes.

Fortunately, this herbalism class was with Slytherin; otherwise, if it had been with Gryffindor, where Hermione was a theoretical expert and Neville was a herbalist, the difficulty of Rhett completing the task would have doubled.

Rez stretched his shoulders, preparing to be alert and compete with the other top students in Ravenclaw in this class.

Chapter 24: Malfoy's Provocation

In order to complete the ravens mission, Rizzi was very active in the herbal medicine class. He would raise his hand to answer any questions Sprout asked.

However, most of the students at Ravenclaw prepared well for the herbal medicine class, and the first lesson was not difficult, so many people raised their hands.

Professor Sprout had a very fair approach; she called on everyone who raised their hand in turn, and added a point to their college for each correct answer. In one class, Reese was only called on twice and earned two points.

Although he did have the highest score, three other people had the same number of points as him.

If Professor Sprout continues to call roll in this way next class, Ryze will really have a hard time completing this raven task.

For the time being, Rez didn't know how to get Professor Sprout to answer the questions himself a few more times.

“Do you really enjoy Herbalism class? I didn’t see you being this enthusiastic during Charms class this morning,” Michael said, clearly noticing the stark difference in Ryze’s demeanor between the morning and afternoon.

Rizz sighed and replied, "Because I'm not very good at herbs, I have to use this method to improve my concentration."