Magical Studies at Hogwarts...

Chapter 104 Some Speculations about Timelines

Wizards are a very closed-off and arrogant group. For a long time in the past, wizards walked the earth as "gods." Even though the wizarding community has become isolated for various reasons, this sense of superiority is still very evident.

For example, the term "Muggle" actually carries a somewhat derogatory connotation.

This sense of superiority was even more pronounced in the Muggle Studies class.

Perhaps because almost everyone in the ordinary world has imagined what it would be like to have magic, wizards born into ordinary families are unconsciously assimilated after entering Hogwarts. Even though the arguments presented in the Muggle Studies course seem ridiculous to Ike, it doesn't stop some young wizards from ordinary backgrounds from listening with great interest and nodding from time to time.

However, there are still some merits. At least in Ike's view, the most important thing for Muggle students studying this subject is actually the perspectives of wizards and ordinary people on the same thing, and the methods they use to deal with the same thing.

It is undeniable that many things are indeed more convenient to handle with magic.

But as the saying goes: magic only works on a select few.

This is not universally applicable, which may be one of the reasons why wizards now isolate themselves.

After finishing his Muggle Studies class, Ike ran straight to the left-hand corridor on the fourth floor. Instead of walking over casually, he cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself and hid at the very back of the corridor.

Just as I hid, I saw another version of myself hurriedly walk in, push open the wooden door, and go inside.

The next second, a strange sense of fatigue surged up, and a little while later, the fatigue doubled.

"Indeed, each of the three quarters is better than the last..."

Ike sighed, took a few deep breaths, and then headed back to his dormitory.

The accumulation of fatigue confirms one of Ike's points: the time converter cannot create new timelines, but rather folds and layers the same timeline.

In short, each use of the time-tamper leaves a node on the timeline, and this node is automatically loaded. That is, at the same node, both "leaving" and "returning" can occur simultaneously. On the entire timeline, there is only one Ekko jumping left and right.

It's like listening to the chorus of a song three times over. The song is still the same, but from Ike's perspective, it sounds like he's listening to a song with two more choruses.

Ekko's own timeline was repeated twice, and it could continue to repeat.

As long as he chooses to use the time converter again.

"This is definitely worth studying..." Touching the time converter inside his clothes, Ike felt full of energy and his enthusiasm was ignited.

Since "parallel universes" don't exist, Ike decided to escalate his efforts. He turned back to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor halfway there and used the Time-Turner again to go back two hours to when his morning Charms class had just ended.

They spent about 10 minutes at the Room of Requirement, which is the time it takes for the young wizards to walk from the classroom to the Great Hall. Then they left, heading straight to the library, where they found a corner to start their homework for the day.

As he expected, around 1:50 a.m., Ike felt his fatigue build up again.

This time, things were getting a bit tough. All told, Ike had been studying for over 250 minutes straight, a full four hours.

Normally, it should be time for dinner.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

Back in his dorm, he took out the cockroach pile he had treasured the night before, ate a few to stave off his hunger, and then went to his usual spot in the common room, where he quietly started reading a book.

That evening, Ike unusually avoided the restricted book section. Firstly, it would be inappropriate to break school rules on the first night of formal classes; secondly, he was simply too tired.

Learning can be enjoyable, but staying up late can be exhausting.

It can also cause hair loss.

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The next day, Friday, Ike's schedule was even more packed.

In the morning, there was a course on herbalism and transfiguration taught by all four departments. In the afternoon, there was a class on arithmetic and divination, followed by Defense Against the Dark Arts.

There's not much to say about herbalism. Professor Sprout led everyone to plant a very ferocious magical plant called "Balgam Beans." Once the Balgam Beans have passed their juvenile stage, if they are not divided into separate pots or containers, they will fight each other, with the winner eating the loser, until only one remains in the pot.

During this process, even wearing dragon-skin gloves carries the risk of being bitten or having bones broken, as these brutal magical plants will remove the gloves. Therefore, Balgan sweet beans are separated into different pots when they are in their juvenile stage, that is, when they have just sprouted.

This time will probably be the following week.

Professor McGonagall remained strict during her Transfiguration class. She first checked the material covered in the previous two years, and after reprimanding several young wizards who had forgotten everything, she began the new lesson.

The difficulty has increased considerably.

Previously, things like turning matches into needles or beetles into buttons were just changes in form and nature. This year, changes in size and quality have also been added.

Each person was given a button, and then they turned them into a mouse the size of a palm...

Without exception, even Ike messed up in this class. By the end of get out of class, Ike had only managed to turn the button into a mouse, but it was still as light as a button.

The afternoon arithmetic divination was arguably the least magical course at Hogwarts. This method of divination, originating from ancient Greece, required only a piece of paper, a pen, and the ability to spell and perform addition and subtraction, making it very scientific and materialistic.

Unlike divination classes, arithmetic divination requires memorizing a large amount of text, which contains the meanings and symbols of each number in different divination questions. It should be noted that arithmetic divination has a history of more than two thousand years. In such a long time, countless divination questions have arisen, and for each question, one must memorize the symbolism of each of the nine numbers from 1 to 9.

Just by glancing at the reading list for third-grade students handed out by Professor Victor, the arithmetic and divination professor, Ike felt a bit bald on his head.

Fortunately, arithmetic divination wasn't too difficult. Following Professor Victor's pace, Ike only tried it briefly, and the words "Arithmetic Divination LV1 Acquired" appeared on the useless notebook system.

It's a classic case of being easy to get started but difficult to master.

After finishing his arithmetic and divination class, Ike went straight to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom on the fourth floor.

The classroom was already full, but no one seemed to be expecting Professor Lupin to teach them anything.

The painful experiences of the previous two years have made almost everyone lose hope, after all, the unreliability of Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts class is notorious throughout Europe.

Ignoring Stuart and the others' speculations about how Lupin would embarrass himself in front of everyone, Ike was wondering if he would face Boggart in this class as he remembered.

And what is the thing I fear most?

(End of this chapter)