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Bab 40: Chapter 40: Lockhart’s Way of Reading

Lockhart's office.

Lockhart sat at the desk in his office, slowly flipping through the thick list of Hogwarts books on the desk. He felt very excited and had a bright smile on his face. Although Ms. Pince did not understand Lockhart's request, when faced with a very reasonable request from a professor, she pulled out a carefully compiled list of books. This is the basic quality of a professional librarian. Well, it was definitely not because of Lockhart's handsome appearance, but simply because she was moved by his enthusiasm for knowledge.

After Lockhart got the list, he thanked her, returned to his office, and studied it slowly. As a university professor, he read a lot of books. He understood very well that entering a library and finding a place to sit down and read a seemingly high-end book was inefficient. In his eyes, it even felt like a waste of time. When he reads a book, he first looks at the author. What kind of research results has this author had? What great things has he done? If so, it means that as long as the author writes the book carefully, it will at least be of high quality.

Secondly, he looks at the table of contents of the book. The quality of a book can largely be judged by its table of contents. Through the table of contents, he can quickly understand what the book is about and what it involves. Even the essence of a book can be judged by the table of contents.

Through the list, he can quickly learn about the entire collection of Hogwarts library books. More importantly, he can completely understand the changes in the wizarding world over the past 1,600 years through this list. Whether it is in the fields of magic, potions, alchemy, etc., he can judge the development of wizard civilization over the years by the titles of the books.

Because the title is a core introduction to the entire book!

For example, just now Lockhart saw a book from 1340, "Subverting the Concept of Potions - The Importance of Wizards' Will," written by the famous potion master Susanna Gina. A brief look at the title of this book shows that in the 14th century, wizard civilization probably had a breakthrough development in the field of potions. Let's look at the potion books written before 1340: "18 Techniques for Refining Potions," "Detailed Explanations of 72 Kinds of Potions," "Seizing the Timing of Refining Potions," etc. It soon became clear that before the 14th century, the refining of potions was probably limited to techniques and medicinal materials, not much attention was paid to the wizard's emotions and will.

Nowadays, emotions and will are important to wizards. Even Lockhart, a novice in potion-making, understands their importance. This is the change of the times and the development of history. From this list of famous books, Lockhart can completely estimate the development and changes in various fields of the entire wizarding civilization, and can even simply speculate on future development trends.

This is the difference between a specialist scholar and an ordinary person reading books. It's completely an iteration of concepts, a dimensionality reduction attack on cognition. If an ordinary wizard saw so many books, he would be dazzled. He might become addicted to the ocean of knowledge and be unable to extricate himself. In the end, even if he walked out of the entire Hogwarts library, he would probably gain very little.

After all, there are too many books and too much knowledge. There is infinite knowledge in the world, only similarities and differences!

Hogwarts, Headmaster's Office

Dumbledore wore half-moon lenses and sat at his huge desk, silently listening to Professor McGonagall, in her dark green wizard robes, report on the start of the school year.

"Gryffindor House has been at the bottom again, and the reason is still the Weasley twins," Professor McGonagall complained, then continued to report, "Headmaster, the school has just started, and the school's food fund reserve currently totals 146 gold Galleons. The Ministry of Magic and the school board will allocate 600 Galleons at the end of the month, which is enough for all the students for the year, with some left for the cultivation of magical plants."

Seeing Dumbledore's gentle nod, Professor McGonagall continued, "Regarding teachers' funds, each professor's monthly salary is 50 gold Galleons. At the end of the year, there will be a bonus worth 100 gold Galleons." Professor McGonagall continued expressionlessly, "Headmaster, should the year-end bonus be paid directly in gold Galleons or should we purchase the corresponding items?"

Dumbledore thought for a while and said gently, "Let's change it to gold Galleons this year. We distributed items last year, and I felt that Snape's attitude was not great."

"Okay, Headmaster." Professor McGonagall picked up the quill next to her and quickly took notes before continuing to report, "Regarding Professor Lockhart, during class, he asked the students to take a test and reward outstanding students. He told me that he would personally prepare the rewards. However, Lockhart said that if the school is willing to provide a production fund, he would not mind."

After hearing this, Dumbledore smiled, nodded silently, and said nothing. Professor McGonagall did not repeat it and continued to report on matters related to the start of school. Regarding Lockhart's request, Professor McGonagall thought: He still wanted the school to provide funds for what he had promised, and the gold Galleons at Hogwarts were not easy to get. That money was donated by the Ministry of Magic and the school board. Besides, he himself said that he wanted to reward outstanding students, so of course, the school welcomes it. But since he said it, he shouldn't expect the school to bear this responsibility. Otherwise, in the future, whatever the professors say casually will be expected to be borne by the school—what kind of loss would the school suffer?

Professor McGonagall, who has always acted rigorously and is known as the Vice-Principal of Hogwarts, takes an attitude towards school funds: she will take it very seriously and will not let a single gold Galleon go to waste. Well, as long as it didn't cost Hogwarts money, she always had a favorable attitude.

Then, Professor McGonagall reported to Dumbledore one by one the matters and problems related to the start of school. Basically, she came with her own solutions to most problems, and Dumbledore did not veto them but silently nodded in agreement. Professor McGonagall is very accustomed to Dumbledore's attitude—because it has been this process for all these years. Everything in Hogwarts, big and small, basically passes through her hands. When problems arise, she reports them to Dumbledore for the final decision. Dumbledore trusted Professor McGonagall so much that he basically stayed out of Hogwarts-related affairs. However, Professor McGonagall still expressed her respect for the principal and would report to Principal Dumbledore at the beginning of every month.

Suddenly!

Dumbledore heard Professor McGonagall say, "Ms. Pince said that yesterday Professor Lockhart asked her for a catalogue of library books. She believes that the book list can be made into a magic item, which can automatically tell the corresponding location of the books according to the professor's needs, which can reduce her work. So, I want to apply to the school to refine these magic items. I personally suggest that you do it. It will be a bit difficult for the school library to be managed by Ms. Pince alone."

After Dumbledore heard this, he did not make any move and kept squinting in thought. Professor McGonagall was a little surprised by this. Such a thing should be worth doing. It would only benefit the school and not cause any harm.

Then she heard the first question Dumbledore asked today:

"You just said that Professor Lockhart asked Madam Pince for a catalogue of library books, right?"


Bab 41: Chapter 41: Violating the Laws of Historical Development?

"You just said that Professor Lockhart asked Madam Pince for a catalogue of the library books, right?" Facing Dumbledore's question, Professor McGonagall nodded and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Headmaster? Is there a problem?" "No problem, keep going, Minerva," responded Dumbledore with a gentle smile, motioning to continue the report. During the subsequent reporting time, Professor McGonagall clearly felt that Dumbledore was a little absent-minded, but then he refocused on what Lockhart was doing. She suppressed the thought deep in her heart and simultaneously paid more attention to Lockhart. However, what Professor McGonagall didn't notice was that the portrait of the principal next to her opened its eyes, as if it had also noticed Dumbledore's earlier question. There wasn't much to do at the start of the school, and Professor McGonagall quickly finished her report. After declining Dumbledore's invitation for a glass of honey tea, Professor McGonagall left the principal's office. Boom! With a roar from the stone statue, the door closed. The portrait of Principal Armando Dippet next to Dumbledore made a sound. "Dumbledore, Gilderoy Lockhart wants a list of all the books in the library. This matter is worth investigating. Don't you worry that he might be looking for some dark magic book? You know who the last person was to do this. Although he was looking at the Durmstrang Library." Dumbledore heard Principal Armando Dippet's words but did not reply and remained silent. He just took out a thick book with a dark blue cover, a large number of patterns engraved on it, and a bronze book frame on the edge. Subconsciously touching the lower right corner of the book, there was a hint of nostalgia in his eyes. Where he touched, that is, in the lower right corner of the book, there was dark red signature-like writing: "To my dear friend Albus Dumbledore." The book cover read: "A Brief Discussion on the Development of the Wizarding World" - written by Gellert Grindelwald. At this moment, Lockhart was in his office, reading the list of books he had received from Madam Pince. At the same time, there was a gray notebook placed next to the book, which recorded the ideas he had come up with from the list of books he read.

Wizards in BC rarely used magic wands. They seemed to cast spells easily. Many advanced magic spells were created in BC.

The Patronus Charm has been passed down since ancient times and has great potential for exploration. It is recommended that one must master it to explore its effect.

A disaster may have occurred in the wizarding world in the third century AD because almost no writings were produced during that period.

It seems that the further time passes and the closer to modern times, the lower the frequency of magical works produced. This is not in line with the law of historical development. According to common sense, the closer to modern times, the more advanced magic should be, and the higher the frequency of magical works.

The closer we get to modern times, the newly created spells tend to be attack spells, and they seem to be closely related to emotions and will. Lockhart let out a breath, slowly closed the list of books he had obtained from Madam Pince, then picked up his gray notebook and slowly reviewed the 87 ideas he had compiled. As he looked back, the sense of dissonance in his heart became stronger. He discovered that there were problems in the wizarding world, big problems. He carefully arranged the list of books he had just read and interpreted them from the perspective of the development of the times. As a result, he suddenly discovered something that went against the laws of historical development!

According to common sense, the accumulation of knowledge is gradual at first and will develop explosively later, then return to the cycle of gradual-explosive-gradual. Just like in the past life in the East, knowledge slowly accumulated for hundreds of years, and then suddenly exploded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the accumulation of knowledge began to be gradual again. The same is true for the Renaissance in the West. There was accumulation some time ago, and then suddenly reached a period of explosion. Then it enters the stage of gradual accumulation. Moreover, the closer they get to modern times, the intervals between this gradual and explosive cycle will become shorter and shorter. For example, Lockhart's previous life may have initially taken hundreds of years to experience an explosive cycle, but in modern times, it may only take decades or even more than ten years of accumulation to trigger an explosion. It is also commonly known as the Big Bang of Technology.

The wizarding world is completely different. It seems that it has not experienced the cycle of gradualness and explosion at all. In other words, it has been in a gradual state, that is, the wizarding world has been developing slowly. There was no period of rapid growth or magic explosion. In other words, there seemed to be a magic explosion period before BC, but the accumulation of knowledge became flat after AD. Occasionally, some more subversive concepts appeared, but they did not promote a new round of magic explosion. For example, the wand can be said to have updated the way wizards cast spells. But it seems that it has not greatly promoted the research of magic. It only allows wizards to transform from the previous wandless spellcasting to the current wand spellcasting. At best, there were a few books on wand casting during that period, but not much else. Lockhart puzzled over all this, but he was not prepared to delve deeper. He was not a person who wanted to get into trouble. He put this question deep within himself and started preparing for his lesson. In the afternoon, he had a Defense Against the Dark Arts class for second-year wizards. Well, in this class, he would meet the golden trio.

In the afternoon, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, the young wizards from Gryffindor and Slytherin quickly found their seats and chatted in whispers. This was their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class since they became second-year wizards. There was a new teacher this year - Professor Lockhart. They had high expectations for Professor Lockhart. They had heard from the first-year wizards that Professor Lockhart would show shocking special effects magic. As for the fourth-year seniors, although they complained about Professor Lockhart's first-day quiz, they still talked about the rewards that would be given by the professor. Not only were there snacks, but there were also magic items. All this always made them look forward to it. At this time, Harry, Hermione, and Ron gathered together to discuss quietly. "Hermione, I heard that you saw Professor Lockhart on the Hogwarts Express before. How did you feel?" "Professor Lockhart is a very nice person, very handsome, and very patient in answering questions." "Harry, can you lend me your magical amulet? It was given to you by Professor Lockhart." "Okay, Ron, but you have to be careful not to break it." "Don't worry, Harry." Draco Malfoy, who was not far away, saw Harry and others whispering. He snorted and turned to discuss with his two followers. Although Lockhart seemed to have had a small conflict with his Lucius, this did not affect his expectations for Professor Lockhart's reward. He also really wanted to have his own magical amulet like Harry Potter. Well, no matter what, he couldn't lose to Harry. As the bell rang, they saw Professor Lockhart walking towards the podium carrying a suitcase.


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