บท 22: More Question than Answers
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After a few seconds of thinking, he replied: "Why don't you fix the problems yourself?"
However, Snape just looked at him plainly before answering: "There is no need to mock me. If I could solve the problem myself, I would not have asked you!"
"Why can't you solve the problem yourselves?" continued Edward.
"Isn't it obvious, Mr. Bones? I do not understand any of these muggles' so-called science and technology."
"Why don't you solve the problem using magic?" asked Edward back while looking directly into Snape's eyes.
"What do you mean?" asked Severus with a confused look on his face. "If you have something to say, please be blunt."
"You are an excellent potion master, have you thought about using magic potions to solve the problem?"
Snape had a pensive look on his face for more than half a minute before he asked: "How would I go about doing that?"
"Simple," replied Edward with a smile on his face. "Since we know that the problem lies with the clone's DNA, what you have to do is invent a potion that stabilizes the DNA.
"You can acquire a bunch of magical herbs or plants, then have muggle prisoners eat them and observe the different effects on their bodies--especially the DNA. Then, with your expertise as a Potion Master, it should be quite easy for you to create a potion that can stabilize the clone's DNA after a few trial and errors."
Severus Snape took a few seconds before calmly nodding in acknowledgment of the idea. However, despite his serious face, Edward swore that he saw sparkles in Snape's eyes after hearing his idea. Or maybe, it was just in his head.
After this brief conversation, Severus left to prepare for the potion. Meanwhile, Edward was thinking of something completely different.
He walked to one of the clones and took out his wand, "Resero Codexvita". Then, the Life Code of these clones appeared in front of him. This spell was the result of his research in the last month during vacation.
It allowed him to access the Life Code of any human, wizard, or animal without any machines or applying countless ocular spells on himself.
(AN: As you can imagine, this is not a canon spell, but one created for this fiction. I thought that I would use Latin to make the story more authentic, but you guys can tell me whether to continue doing so or just use English words like in the previous chapters.)
As expected, the Body Section of these people's Life Code was as unstable as their DNA. However, Edward was not paying attention to this.
What he was wondering about was the fact none of the clones had a magic core and magic powers; so technically speaking, they were muggles.
After their souls are placed back on their bodies, would something change or would they remain the same?
According to Edward's understanding, bloodline was responsible for granting wizards magic powers, and none of these clones had any bloodline according to their Life Codes. Additionally, a person's soul is connected to their bloodlines?
So, would they regain their magical connections after their soul returned to their bodies? After all, souls have been seen to perform magic. A perfect example of that was when the souls of Harry Potter's parents and Cedric Diggory managed to use magic for a brief moment when Voldemort tried to kill Harry Potter in the grave after his resurrection.
Another example is the fact that Voldemort was able to use some sort of magic to possess Quirrell's body while he was still in the shape of a soul.
If it is proven that the soul can indeed use magic, Edward then wondered whether a muggle would acquire magical powers after the soul of a wizard occupied his body?
Although Edward has deep research in the soul, he never actually thought of these questions until now. Unfortunately, for him, it will take quite a while before he finds the answers to the questions. His study of the Life Code has just begun and he has many things to learn.
After dealing with the problems at the Cloning Research Lab. Edward returned to the castle. He first tried to find Helena, however, he did not see her as she seemed to be avoiding him.
Then, he took the opportunity to read the book that Neville gifted him this morning. This was a book about Herbology. After reading it, Edward discovered that this was a very old book and a very precious one too; he guessed that it might be one of the family heirlooms of the Longbottom family.
This book includes the names of some very old and extinct magical herbs and plants, and their functions. It even describes other herbs that can be used as replacements for the extinct one, and more importantly, possible theories on how to re-cultivate these lost herbs.
In general, this book was quite informative to Edward.
However, he was quite surprised that he did not have this book in his collection. During his days as a thief, he also visited the Longbottom family. Of course, due to their relationship, he did not steal anything and chose to copy all their books.
Surprisingly though, he did not have this book. It was then that Edward realized that maybe these families may have kept their most precious things somewhere else--possibly in Gringotts.
'Maybe I should pay a visit to Gringotts one of these days,' secretly thought Edward to himself. Then, he fell asleep after reading the book. He wanted to go to bed early as tomorrow was his first day as a professor.
บท 23: First Day of Class
The next day, Edward got ready and went to his first class. He was teaching 3rd year first, while he had another class in the afternoon and the rest of them were scattered throughout the week.
After entering the class, Edward saw all his students were already there waiting for him.
"Good morning, class."
"Good morning, Professor," replied all the students in the class in unison.
Edward then took out his wand, and with a wave of it, the pile of books on his desk floated from their places and each student had one book flying to them. The books were called:
"Introduction to Alchemy, written by Edward Bones."
After each student had a book of their own, Edward started to introduce the study of Alchemy:
"Alchemy is composed of two categories: the first one is the study of the four elements and their composition, the study of the transmutation of metals into gold, and the search of a panacea rumor to be able to cure any malady.
"The second category is the study of the invention of magic items. This class will only focus on the second category as only some of the most powerful Alchemists can study the first category, not to mention the number of resources needed to do so.
"Professor, can you turn metals into gold? After all, you are a Grand Alchemist," suddenly asked one student, who did not raise his hand.
Edward looked over at the person who asked the question and saw that it was two of them.
"You guys must be the Weasley Twins!"
"Have you heard of us?" asked both Fred and George at the same time.
"Of course," replied Edward. "Professor McGonagall did warn me about you two's antics. Additionally, I knew your brother Bill when I was in school. Although I was two years older than him, we often talked and he mentioned some of the things you guys have done back home."
"Fred, it seems that our legendary escapades are known far and wide," proclaimed one of the twins while looking at the other.
"That's true, George. Even the famous Edward Bones knows about them."
"Okay, you two need to calm down so that I can continue with the class."
"But Professor, you have not answered the question," said another student. But this time, it was one from Ravenclaw.
"I will answer the question, however, from now on, if anyone has a question or wishes to say something, please raise your hand first."
All the students quieted down and began to listen. After organizing his words, Edward continue:
"Yes, I have managed to turn all kinds of metals into gold. Unfortunately, this change has never been permanent. It can only last for up to 6 months. According to my knowledge, there is only one Alchemist alive that is capable of doing a permanent change of matter."
"Yes, Mr. Davies, any question?"
"Is that Alchemist Professor Dumbledore?" asked Roger Davies from Ravenclaw.
"No, it is not the headmaster. And if any of you are curious, go find the answer in the library. Now, let us get back to class."
"To make any magic items, you first need to understand all the different materials and how conductive they are, and how to process them. However, this aspect of Alchemy is pure memorization, and we will deal with the procession another day.
"Today, I will guide you to the creation of your first Alchemical Item."
With a wave of Edward's hand, two things appeared in front of each student. One of them was a circular plate, while the other resembled a quill-like object.
"Who among you knows the Protego Charm, raise your hand?"
Only three people in the entire class raised their hands: the Weasley Twins and Cedric Diggory.
"I completely forgot that under Minister Fudge's rule, the education at Hogwarts has been quite subpar recently. Well, you guys should know the Levitation Charms, right? If I remember correctly, that is the first spell that you learn in the first year."
All the students nodded their heads.
"Okay, what I need all of you to do is to take your Enchanting Quills, and write the incantations for the Levitation Charm--Wingardium Leviosa--on the circular piece of metal. Remember, when you are writing these words, do not forget to remember the feeling you have when you use the spell."
After saying these words, Edward did a demonstration to the students; he engraved the word [Wingardium Leviosa] on the metal. Following this, the metal plate started to levitate on its own.
The students became excited and decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, they soon realize that things were more difficult than they imagined.
For once, the enchanting quill did not always write the words that they wanted it to. They had to concentrate deeply before it could function properly. Secondly, if the magic power was interrupted during the process of writing, then all the previously written words would be wiped away.
Not to mention that the students have to deal with certain resistance from the metal plate itself.
As such, Edward walked around the classroom, giving pointers and pointing out the mistakes the students made. However, despite the many failures, they seemed to be having fun.
By the end of class, many of the students managed to finish their engravings, thus making their metals plate levitate from the ground. Of course, the majority of them only levitated a few centimeters, while the best of them could only levitate a few inches.
After class, Edward did not give them parchment papers for homework, but gave them the metal plate and enchanting quill and asked them to practice on their own. Furthermore, he also asked them to learn the Protego Charm as this would be their next practice.
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