Section 165
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Chapter 103: Night Tour of the Forbidden Book Area
At the end of the meditation basin room, a whole wall looks like a mirror.
This mirror has magic, and it does not reflect the scene behind Vizette, but presents a deserted stairwell.
Vizette habitually casts the spell "Ancient Magic: Self-Shaping (Devil's Web State)", and after a simple exploration, he passed through the mirror and entered the deserted stairwell.
Compared to the warehouse room that is still kept tidy, this stairwell is obviously not cared for.
The stone stairs leading up are damaged in many places, broken bricks and stones are scattered all over the ground, there is a thick layer of dust on the ground, and spider webs are hanging on the ceiling.
Vizette looked at the ground, and just took two simple steps, and the dust on the ground was already raised.
I am afraid that if he takes a few more steps, the effect of "cloudy mist" will be formed.
He walked up the broken stone steps. For the sake of concealment, he did not clean up the dust in the stairwell.
Before he pulled the door and left the stairwell, he cast a repair spell to wipe away the footprints on the ground and try to keep everything the same.
Vizet suddenly had an idea. Perhaps the guardians who entered the stairwell had similar ideas, which caused the dust in the stairwell to accumulate more and more.
Outside the stairwell, there is a spiral staircase going up. At the top stands a statue, with floating flames dancing on the statue, emitting bright yellow light.
Occasionally, a few candlesticks will appear on both sides of the spiral staircase, with flames also dancing on them.
"The candles have not decreased, and no wax has been produced..." Vizet also became very interested in these candlesticks.
"If few people come here... and the flame has never gone out, it must be a magical flame... It's really interesting!"
"How do you keep the flame from going out? What kind of magic is used? What are the spells and casting gestures? Maybe it's ritual magic? Or maybe the candlestick is a magic prop..."
In an instant, many ideas came to his mind.
He reached into his pocket to make sure that the newly acquired notebook was still in his pocket.
With the notebook in hand, it was relatively easy for him to return to the Pensieve room, so he could study the magic flames later.
Going up the spiral staircase, Vizet discovered that the statue was really unique, with four human-faced goats with their tails touching each other.
He gently pushed open the door at the end of the spiral staircase and entered a room that was also covered with dust and cobwebs;
Bookshelves and cabinets of various styles were attached to the wall, and strange-looking masks were hung on the wall;
The bookshelves were filled to the brim, and spider webs hung on the piles of books on the floor;
On the mahogany bookcase opposite, there was a transparent cover with an inverted bat specimen inside;
There were many books here, and one of the piles of books was crooked and almost reached the ceiling;
Right above the mahogany cabinet, there was a portrait of a wizard wearing a red pointed hat, nodding his head constantly, as if he was dozing off.
Vizet slowed down his pace and tiptoed away from the figure painting to avoid the wizard in the painting waking up and making any noise.
This should be a room where miscellaneous items are piled up. Various things can be seen everywhere on both sides of the slightly crowded passage.
There are not only rusty armor, dusty porcelain, globes, table lamps, telescopes, but even wooden mechanisms similar to torture instruments...
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It was not until Vizet pushed open another door that he really knew what area of Hogwarts he was in.
"This is actually the restricted book area... It's great that the room with the meditation basin can be here!"
He couldn't help but smile. If this happens, he will have to go out at night frequently.
Vizet rarely enters the restricted book area. The air here is a bit weird, with various smells mixed together.
Some smell like rust and copper, some smell like coagulated blood, some smell like moss and soil, and some smell like burnt eggs...
Compared to the books in the public area outside, these books in the restricted book area are obviously more restless.
Some cabinets are more like cages than bookshelves. The books inside are like gladiators, hitting the bookshelves again and again, trying to get free.
Some books are even more ferocious, and even need to be locked with chains and then firmly fixed on the bookshelf.
Despite this, these books did not give up struggling, and the bookshelf kept shaking and making tiny noises.
"The Most Toxic Magic", "The Secret of Cutting-edge Black Magic", "Powerful Potion", "The Untold History of Magic", "The Secret of Shadows: The Rise of Black Wizards"...
"Develop Yourself, Engrave Runes in Your Viscera", "Empty His Head, Ingest Delicious Pain", "Merlin Ambrosius Said"...
In the forbidden book area, a large part of the books are closely related to black magic.
Just like the "The Most Toxic Magic", Vizet held it in his hand and could clearly feel the strange touch.
The cover seemed to be made of human skin, which was extremely cold but one could feel the beating of blood flowing through the blood vessels...
In the book "The Most Toxic Magic", he saw two familiar black magics - the Sickness Curse and the Neck-hanging Hissing Curse.
Since he already had it in his hands, there was no reason for Vizette to put the book down.
He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and read the entire book "Poisonous Magic". After confirming that the corresponding book appeared in his mind, he put it back on the bookshelf.
He collected all the books that could be picked up and read without having to unchain them, and arranged them all in his mind. He gained a lot.
In addition to books related to black magic, there are also some books related to magical animals, which gives Wizette an eye-opening feeling.
Compared with modern wizards, ancient wizards were obviously more crazy in their exploration of the magical world.
Not only will they observe magical animals to study magic, but they will also study magic directly with magical animals;
Through some sudden whim, the wizard combines himself with magical animals to quickly obtain some magical talent.
This combination may be to perform ritual magic and capture the magical gifts of magical animals;
Or combine them in a more simple and crude way, so that future generations can obtain some kind of magical talent.
Books sharing relevant experiences can be found everywhere in the restricted book area.
In fact, the success rate of this type of research is not high. Only a few wizards can achieve their goals, and more wizards will lose themselves, thus giving birth to new magical creatures.
Some of these magical creatures are just short-lived, leaving a mythical allusion for Muggles. If they can multiply and survive, they will become new magical animal species like the Sphinx.
Weizet understands more and more the significance of the existence of the restricted book area. Some books are indeed not suitable for premature reading. It is easy to be influenced by some ideas and make some crazy actions...
Chapter 104 The Original Book of Spells
Faced with this taboo knowledge, Vizet would naturally not try it easily.
There are people worth caring about around him...many people worth caring about.
At least you must have more means to avoid the risks of magic experiments before you can truly study these contents.
Therefore, his current plan is to focus on the theoretical level for the time being.
If you have the right opportunity, you can seek advice from knowledgeable professors to gain more experience and prepare for actual research in the future.
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In addition to books related to black magic, the Restricted Book Zone has many surprises for Wizette.
He found a normal book on one of the relatively normal bookshelves - "The Book of Spells".
Based on the book's fire dragon skin cover, as well as the handwriting and signature inside, he speculated that this book should be the original, so it was stored in the restricted book area.
"This spell book allows you to use some not-so-basic spells to make your life richer, safer and more colorful."
That's the first sentence inside, and underneath it's a signature: Miranda Gorshak.
Miranda Gorshak is also a student at Hogwarts,
The birth of "The Book of Spells" is of milestone significance. It was a great success once it was released and triggered discussions among wizards.
Many magic schools abandoned their original spell teaching materials and chose "The Book of Spells" as their new teaching material.
The Book of Spells was released in the 1950s, which is also a noteworthy time.
If you combine this with major events in the magical world, you will find an interesting thing - the magical world that has experienced the Wizarding World War is more able and willing to accept new things.
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This book not only contains fire-making spells, cutting spells, descaling spells, lock-picking spells, summoning spells and water-making spells, etc., magic that Wizette has mastered;
Also recorded are magic spells such as the Iron Armor Curse, the Shattering Curse, and the Patronus Charm, which are more complex and difficult to master.
In addition, students who have read this book have also recorded some additional magic in the corners of the book.
For example, a magic called the Bubble Head Charm can create a bubble around the head, which can be used for underwater breathing or to assist breathing in a dirty environment.
Magic similar to the Bubble Curse also includes the Illusion Curse, the Copying Curse, and the Thousand Bullet Salvo Curse, etc., all of which are of great research value.
The "Book of Spells" in his mind only retained its original content, so Weizet quickly took out his notebook and copied down the various notes and spells in the book for future reference.
After doing all this, he left the forbidden book area with some unfinished thoughts.
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Entering the public area of the library, there are more portraits around.
It was already late at night, and the portraits did not open their eyes, they were all nodding and snoring.
"Open the Alaho hole!"
