A sharp Hogwarts

Chapter 108 The wizard’s knife!

"Huh? The second magic knife?!"

When Dahlia told Harry the reason for his detention, he looked particularly confused.

"Hogwarts...allows the possession of multiple magic knives at the same time?"

"certainly--"

Ron replied quickly, glanced at the shocked Harry, and spread his hands helplessly.

"Oh man, you don't think a wizard can handle all situations with just a magic knife, do you?"

"In the third grade, optional courses will be opened, and the magic knife dual-wielding license will be opened at the same time. According to your elective content, Hogwarts will issue you the corresponding magic knife purchase license certificate. And when you pass the OWLs - well, ordinary wizards After the level test, the number of magic knives we can hold will increase by one."

Ron looked at Dalia with envy, and continued to explain, "Moreover, with two magic knives, you can take the wizard level exam in advance."

"Strictly speaking, after passing the OWLs exam, the [types] of legal possession of magic knives will increase..."

Percy by the fireplace showed his face from behind "Transfiguration Today" and corrected him seriously.

So...the three-sword style is considered a qualified wizard.

Dalia rolled her eyes silently in her mind.

This is quite different from the original work, but if you think about it carefully...it makes sense, right?

In this magical world built on gourmet food, a wizard cannot conquer the world with just a chef's knife.

At the same time, Percy seemed to be intrigued by the discussion.

He put down the "Transfiguration of the Day" in his hand, sat up straight and explained to Harry and others.

"The chef's knife, this is the designated initial magic knife for junior students - well, Dalia, your knife should also count."

"The courses in the lower grades are carefully designed. All magic dishes and magic can be done with a chef's knife, but it is different starting from the third grade."

"Well... look - every wizard will carry at least two magic knives -"

Percy opened his wizard robe and showed Dahlia and others what looked like a row of knife-shaped keychains hanging on the inside of his robe.

"This is my current magic knife. I now have four knives, namely a butcher's knife, a chef's knife, and a carving knife——"

Percy pointed to the miniature "knife-shaped keychains" and introduced them to Dalia and others in detail.

"In Magical Creatures, we start working with butcher knives... Of course, the professors will say we're doing it for cutting up livestock, because it's used in feeding certain large, carnivorous magical animals. But it also applies to food processing - —Starting from the third-year course, professors will gradually reduce the proportion of processed meat ingredients. If we want to cook and learn a certain magic dish, then we must learn how to dismantle it from the complete state - of course, you You don’t have to choose the butcher knife.”

"Divination classes, arithmetic divination, and magic text research will require us to use carving knives. Although a chef's knife can be used as a substitute, the effect is not that good."

"Carving knife?!" Harry looked at Percy in confusion. "Aren't we studying magic food? Why do we use carving knives?"

In his understanding, the carving knife and the magic food seemed to have nothing to do with each other.

Wizards wouldn't use stones and statues to cook, right? !

"Divination and arithmetic will use bone fragments and animal skins for divination, as well as things like crystal balls and scent divination..."

Percy glanced at Harry, explained with a smile, and took off a knife from the inside of his robes.

As Percy took off the knife, it quickly grew in size as if inflated, and instantly turned into a carving knife the size of a dagger.

"Advanced Arithmancy in the sixth grade requires you to carve complex patterns on finger-thick bone fragments. An ordinary chef's knife cannot do this. I heard that the top Arithmancy masters and magic text masters can even carve out complex patterns on rice grains. Prayer, if you don’t have these basic magic knives, you can’t even take advanced divination courses.”

"But haven't we learned the art of transformation, can't we use magic to complete this carving?"

Hermione raised her hand, quickly discovered the suspicion, looked at Percy curiously and asked.

"Professor McGonagall said in class that advanced transfiguration can complete micro-sculpture——"

"But it cannot be used for divination, nor can it be used to study magic spells."

Percy put away the carving knife, shrugged and explained, "You can't use one magic to interpret another magic..."

"If you use 'bread transformation' when studying magic texts or divination, it is equivalent to you actively adding the 'bread' element to the result."

"It's okay in ordinary magic cooking and daily life, but in this kind of subtle magic research, a little bit of subjective magic will cause completely different magic distortions in the results. In fact, in the advanced magic class, You will know in class that the professors will require us to perform "transformation cutting" to the point where we can cast spells silently, preferably instinctively, so as to minimize the impact of additional magic on the target magic food... …”

"Of course, these are upper-level courses, so you don't need to understand these things for the time being."

Percy clapped his hands, looked at Hermione and Dalia who were thoughtful, and continued.

"All in all, in a magical society, only wizards who hold three or more magic knives can be regarded as qualified wizards."

"Wait a minute - so you can have more than three magic knives?"

Hermione looked at Percy in confusion, which also touched upon her intellectual blind spots.

"But I read in the book that..."

"These are not mentioned in lower grade textbooks."

Fred said with a wide grin as he and George played Gobstones on the small table.

It was an ancient, niche wizarding game that was played somewhat similarly to the Muggle pinball game.

The main difference is that when one side loses a point, those stones spray a nasty liquid in the face of the person who lost the point.

In addition, each wizard's gobstone chess piece sprays different juice, and the winner can take away other people's stones.

Some people choose mustard juice, some use chili pepper water, and of course I heard that there are also perverts who put feces juice and urine in it.

However, that kind of guy is generally rare in the European magic world, because the way to replenish the juice of Gobstone is to put the cleaned stones into the mouth, and let the "stinky juice" pour in along the magic channel through eating - this is also high The reason why cloth stones rarely cause conflicts is that you have to taste it yourself before spraying others with its smelly juice.

"What do you mean, there are always some students who are exceptionally good at school."

George pretended to think seriously for a few seconds, then imitated Percy's tone and said seriously.

"I'm very happy that you will consult me ​​on this issue. It means that you are starting to seriously plan your campus career-"

"Learning for the qualification of multiple magic swords, this is the starting point of the path to prefect——"

"Oh, that would be too bad...right? After all your hard work to acquire multiple magic knives, if someone told you you could be a prefect."

"Oh, shut up—Fred, George!"

Percy frowned and scolded somewhat displeasedly.

He turned his head to look at Dalia and the others, his expression suddenly became serious.

"That's right - theoretically you can get a fourth knife -"

"But it's not in school. Most people have to go to work to get permission."

Percy's expression became more and more serious, and he suddenly hesitated for a few seconds, as if he was thinking about how to express it.

"Actually, it's just a hunting knife——"

Fred said casually, looking at the Gobstone in front of him.

"The magical world outside is not safe. Wizards will fight many dangerous creatures."

"With permission, wizards can apply for offensive magical knives - they are knives for fighting and killing."

"On this basis, there will be various classification methods. I believe you must have heard it from Ollivander. For example, there are magic knives that are good at dealing with fish and birds, and hunting knives are used for Those who hunt these creatures - they're good at killing their counterparts."

Fred glanced at Ron and Dalia, who looked curious, and added an additional sentence with interest.

"Of course, I heard that the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic have another kind of hunting knife..."

"That's enough! Fred—this isn't something first-year students should know."

Percy Weasley suddenly raised his voice, startling everyone present.

"Alright alright--"

Fred shrugged, flicked the stone in his hand, and successfully pushed George's stone away.

puff--

Pebbles spurted pungent green juice at George.

George was stunned for half a second, wiped the juice from his face, and stared at Fred beside him sadly.

"Coriander juice?! Are you crazy?!"

"Oh, don't think I don't know that you also replaced your stones with this -"

Fred glanced at his twin brother and pointed generously at the stone closest to him.

As inseparable twin brothers, their tacit understanding of "hurting each other" is also online.

"Coriander is a good thing——"

At this moment, Dalia suddenly spoke.

"Where did you get it? Do you still have it? I happen to be using coriander for my Potions homework."

"Put devil's grass in your potions - you're going to poison Snape?!"

"Don't worry, it's just a pot of coriander and haggis soup..."

Dalia replied casually. As the course progressed, the homework of the Potions class became the students' own preparation of finished potions.

The Christmas homework that Snape left for everyone is to use "meat" as the theme to stew a pot of holiday potion that suits everyone's heart.

Dalia always regretted that there was no coriander in the Potions classroom, and there weren't many offal options either.

Maybe people like to eat turkey and suckling pig on traditional Christmas, but for Dalia...

The most suitable dish for the Winter Solstice is definitely a steaming pot of mutton and haggis soup.

more importantly……

"Secretary Fudge issued me an unlimited selection permit."

Dalia looked at her friends around and said, sighing in distress.

"Theoretically, as long as I can afford the price of the magic knife, I can take away any magic knife from Ollivander."

"What I'm hesitating about now is, what kind of magic knife should I choose as the second magic knife-"

"Unlimited... Magic Knife Selection Permission?!"

Percy's eyes widened, and this time, he also started to feel envious.

However, Dalia was not particularly moved - this was the reward given by the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore.

Or to be more precise... hush money and divination money.

At Dalia's prompting, Barty Crouch Jr.'s story was exposed, and he was thrown back into Azkaban Prison.

On the other hand, the gold cups and pendants left behind in Hogwarts have also returned to the castle.

"So……"

At this time, Percy pondered for a few seconds and suddenly spoke.

"You might consider a hunting knife—"

"Students at Hogwarts are not allowed to possess hunting knives, but exceptions are made occasionally."

"The hunting knife's magical effect is much stronger than the ordinary magic kitchen knife, and it can also occasionally play a role as a kitchen knife."