Holidays are always a time of joy and relaxation.
This is especially true for students.
Despite having dreaded holiday assignments to complete, they couldn't dampen Albert's good mood.
In fact, Albert had already finished all his unfinished homework the day before the Christmas holidays.
A holiday without homework is undoubtedly a pleasant one.
During the Christmas holidays, I can sleep in late in the morning, eat breakfast, and then lie on the sofa to watch TV for a while. When I'm bored, I can play with the cat, listen to music, chat with Nia, play chess, or sit by the fireplace and find a book to savor.
However, shortly after Christmas, Albert found something interesting: after the town's library reopened, he went there to look for records related to the runic alphabet.
This stemmed from the fact that he had recently bought a book called "An Easy Introduction to Ancient Magic Runes," and it took him a lot of effort to finish reading it, but no skills related to ancient magic runes appeared on his skill panel.
Albert thought this situation was similar to alchemy, so he decided to deepen his understanding of the runes by reading more related books, and thus master them.
As for taking Ancient Magic Script as an elective in the third year?
Albert didn't have the patience to wait two and a half years. After all, he was a man with a skill panel; once the relevant skill appeared on the panel, the subsequent issues would become very simple.
There are few records of runes in the library, but Albert still found relevant records in Germanic mythology:
Runes, also known as runic alphabets, originated from Germanic mythology and are associated with Odin, the famous Allfather. Legend has it that Odin exchanged one of his eyes for the knowledge of runes.
Odin belongs to Germanic mythology, the runes belong to the Germanic language, and when it comes to Germanic people, the first thing Albert thinks of is the Germans.
Yes, that's right, it's the old-fashioned Germans. German is derived from Germanic languages.
However, there's a problem!
Albert vaguely remembered that the authors of Harry Potter used a lot of Latin when designing spells; however, Latin and Germanic languages are two different languages.
Albert never considered himself an archaeologist, much less a linguistics expert, and he never intended to solve these perplexing questions. He chose to record his doubts, hoping that as he gained more knowledge of the runes, the questions would automatically be answered.
Later, Albert actually found the connection between the two in the library: after the runic alphabet disappeared, Germanic languages also used part of the Latin alphabet.
This explains why Britain and Germany, which use the Latin alphabet, are classified as Germanic languages.
After several days of effort, Albert finally understood why Hogwarts offered an elective course in Ancient Runes.
Germanic mythology originated in Scandinavia, which is now Sweden.
According to Albert's research on Germanic languages, the languages of Denmark, Norway, and Iceland near Sweden all evolved from Germanic languages and belong to the North Germanic language family.
Old English, on the other hand, originated from the Anglo-Saxon Phrygian script, which belongs to the West Germanic languages and uses the runic alphabet.
Later, seemingly due to religious reasons, a large number of Latin letters were introduced. The whole of Europe was heavily influenced by Latin. Albert pondered that this might be one of the reasons for the disappearance of the runic alphabet.
However, one thing cannot be denied: runes possess magic. Ancient magical items are engraved with these ancient runes to enhance their magical power.
Albert believed this stemmed from runes, which were famous in the magical world in his previous life.
Although much of what he learned came from his own speculation, Albert remained passionate about it. He explored these ancient texts, touched upon them, and tried to learn to identify and understand them.
After consulting a large amount of material, Albert discovered that the records in Muggles were very limited.
To this end, Albert wrote to Truman for advice, and at Truman's suggestion, he bought the "Magic Phonetic Table" and the "Magic Dictionary" from Flourish and Blotts.
Compared to the ordinary world, the magical world has a better understanding of runes, since they originally belonged to the mystical realm.
During the rest of the holiday, Albert spent a lot of time trying to decipher runes, which was a difficult task, but his efforts eventually paid off. A skill called "Magic Runes" finally appeared on his panel. Although it was not quite what he had imagined, Albert still used the experience pool to level up the skill to level 1.
Soon, he found that he could finally barely understand runes. It was a wonderful feeling, and he could vaguely sense the magical charm of the ancient runes.
Albert continued to invest experience in "runes," and after leveling up to level 2, he found that he could read and understand most runes without the help of the "Magic Phonetic Table" and the "Runes Dictionary," and could even read them aloud.
This is a very interesting thing. Albert's knowledge of runes through the panel is undoubtedly correct, but when he looks at the "Magic Phonetic Table" and "Magic Dictionary" again through his own understanding, he is able to find some interesting errors.
Sometimes, written language cannot be used to clearly and accurately describe something in another language; errors are inevitable.
Especially those runes with religious connotations, most interpretations are actually somewhat wrong.
A rune can have different symbolic meanings, magical applications, symbolic functions, and divination interpretations.
If these things are mixed up, the final result will be biased.
After mastering the runes, Albert became passionate about finding fault, searching for mistranslations, and recording them.
Later, Albert began to try to design and study the magical uses of runes, and the amulets that had been previously forgotten became Albert's latest research topic. However, before he could finish working on the runes on the amulets, the Christmas holidays were already over.
Albert took the Express back to Hogwarts the day before school started.
As he expected, Fred and George did not make garlic crosses, but they secretly brought a bunch of garlic from their house, and Lee Jordan did the same.
Albert's eyelids twitched slightly as he looked at the pile of garlic in front of him; he had thought the three of them had forgotten about it.
"Have you finished your holiday homework?" Albert changed the subject; he really didn't want to dwell on the garlic issue any longer.
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"Oh, there's one more thing," Li Qiaodan said, eating a pumpkin pancake. "I'll go to the library to find some information later, and I'll be able to finish it quickly."
"We're all set," the twin brothers said in unison.
"Copying each other?" Albert saw through their trick immediately.
"No, this is called learning from others."
Li Qiaodan gave a disdainful snort and continued eating.