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The winter snow is gradually disappearing, and new sprouts are gradually sprouting on the lawn in front of Hogwarts Castle, revealing the thriving business. The sky is clear and clear, as blue as the jade lotus.
Withdrawing his gaze from the window, Verne accelerated the speed of grading his homework, planning to take a walk by the lake later to enjoy the rare sunshine. But at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of his office. Verne put down his quill, rubbed his sore wrist, and said, "Please come in."
The wooden door was slowly pushed open, and a thin middle-aged woman with a long and narrow hooked nose came in. She said: "WellVerne, are you busy?" The woman scratched the corner of her robe, as if she was a little embarrassed.
Verne smiled slightly, stood up and said, "I happen to have nothing to do. Is there anything you need my help with, Mrs. Pince?"
"Thank you, Verne." Mrs. Pince noticed the piles of parchment on the other party's table and said apologetically: "Hogwarts has received a batch of new books, and some of them are quite difficult to deal with, so I thought Please helpOf course, if you"
Verne waved his hand to stop Mrs. Pince from continuing, "I said, I just have nothing to do now." He looked at the other party with a slightly reproachful look, "Mrs. Pince, even if I become 'Kay' Professor Demon, I am still the same Verne as before."
Mrs. Pingsi was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief and said, "I have never doubted this!"
The two of them walked towards the library together. Along the way, Mrs. Pince complained that Verne had not been to the library for a long time, and advised him not to be proud and self-respecting even if he became successful and famous, but to continue to study. She also cited McGonagall and Flir. Professor Wei and others made an example, which made Verne smile bitterly. After all, he had "Infinite Treasure House", so he didn't need to go to the library to look up the book. However, the kindness of the other party still made it difficult for him to find it for a while. Reason explanation.
In this way, Verne listened to Mrs. Pince's chatter along the way. It wasn't until the library was right in front of him that he took a chance and interrupted: "Mrs. Pince, you haven't told me what's wrong with those books." .¡±
In the magical world, books are not all dead objects. It is often seen that certain books have their own unique shapes, reactions, layouts, and even curses, just like Verne's "The Infinite Treasure House". If the side is too noisy, or People who scream when they turn the pages too roughly, Hagrid's beloved "The Monster Book of Monsters" will bite people, or "The Witcher's Fourteenth", which is said to have made people speak only in five-line limericks for the rest of their lives. Poetry" and so on.
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot" Mrs. Pince rubbed her hooked nose in embarrassment, "As you know, the school council launched a fund-raising event a while ago, and many pure-blood wizard families donated some Second-hand books for Hogwarts, probably more than a hundred, for me and Argus Oh, Filch is almost too busy recently"
Hearing this, Verne snickered secretly. Argus was Filch's name. When he was studying at Hogwarts, Mrs. Pince was so unfamiliar that she only called Filch by his last name. Now, in Verne, There was talk in front of Na, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was making great progress.
Because they had known each other for a long time, Mrs. Pince could easily see through Verne's thoughts and glared at him angrily, looking like an old vulture looking for food.
Seeing this, Verne laughed loudly, and Mrs. Pings was so angry that she screamed: "Okay, it seems you have forgotten the smell of my feather duster!" This threatening voice caused the students passing nearby to look sideways. Mrs. Si admired her "courage" so much that she even dared to threaten the professor.
Verne laughed even louder, "How dare I forget? This has always been the dream in the hearts of all the students who often go to the library Ahem!" After catching a glimpse of Mrs. Pince's frowning expression, he automatically He silenced the last word "nightmare" and said, "Thiswhat's wrong with those books?"
Mrs. Pince raised her eagle nose, snorted heavily, and said: "Originally, those books were closed quietly and nothing happened, but just now 'Filch' accidentally knocked over a stack of books when he was teaching the students. books, causing three of them to start causing trouble, and I couldn¡¯t stop it, so I had to come to you for help!¡±
"Oh, is there a fuss? What are the names of those books? I think you should have done bibliographic registration, right?" Verne asked with interest.
"There was a book called "The Book of Babble Spells", which asked Filch how to pronounce the "Levitation Spell". As a result, Filch had just finished answering, and the layout of the words in the book was messed up"
"Mr. Filch answered the question about the spell?" Verne raised his eyebrows in surprise. Others may not know, but he knew very well the nature of the other party's "squib".?? points.
"So what if he answered it?" Mrs. Pince stared at Verne threateningly, her hooked nose raised again, "I heard that his reading was quite standard!"
"Mrs. Pince, you also know that I have no ill intentions" Verne explained helplessly.
Mrs. Pince knew Verne's character. She withdrew her gaze and said: "This book is still the best one to solve. At least it is not noisy or noisy. If it were not for the fear that subsequent borrowers would not be able to understand the content, even You can ignore it.¡±
"The second book is called "Private Treasures of Moms from All Over the World". As soon as this book was opened, it emitted a disgusting smell like rotten eggs, which made everyone almost vomit out, even if I used 'Clean it up' 'It wasn't of much use. As for the 'air filter', it made the book make a strange explosion sound and made the smell even worse." Mrs. Pince showed a look of regret on her face, "After that, Filch tried to force the book to use brute force. He closed the book, but it turned out that the book was made of who knows what, and was very slippery. As soon as Filch applied force, the book jumped out and hit him in the face with the page, causing him to slip up to his waist."
"Now the library is full of stench. Most of the students studying have fled, and the rest are huddled in the corner on the other side, refusing to help. Alas" Mrs. Pince sighed deeply, "That's fine. Although this book is very annoying, at least if you don't touch it, it will stay in place and the damage can be easily controlled. However, the third book "Three Hundred Questions on Magic Expert Knowledge" is a big trouble. "
Mrs. Pingsi paused, pushed open the door of the library and then said: "It is jumping around and pestering everyone to ask questions. If it cannot answer, it will"
"Hahaha, you idiot! You don't even know what floo powder is made of!" Before Mrs. Pince could finish her words, there was an arrogant sarcastic voice in the library. At the same time, Mrs. Pingsi shook her head helplessly.
"I, I know who invented floo powder" A shy girl's voice insisted: "In 1227 AD, Ignatius Wellsmith invented flying"
"So what! I'm asking about the composition of Floo powder! Composition!" The arrogant voice continued: "Idiot, you can't even understand what the question I asked is! I really doubt how intelligent the wizard is now. Low, at least the troll still has 40, and youI'm afraid you don't even know what IQ is or how to spell it, let me teach you, i-n-t-e-l-l-i"
"Shut up!" the girl screamed, followed by the other party's wild laughter.
"Well, that's it. That book likes to ask all kinds of strange questions, covering everything from the history of magic, spells, and potions. But as long as others can't answer its questions, it will use various methods to humiliate them. If you want it to close its 'mouth', it will also hurt people with acid secreted from nowhere" Mrs. Pince sighed.
After the two entered the library, Verne also saw clearly which two were talking just now. He saw Hermione angrily pulling her messy hair, while a thick-spine book that looked like some history was in front of her. Jumping away from her, leaping and laughing loudly.
Then, the book jumped in front of Harry who was at a loss and asked arrogantly: "Black-haired brat, it's your turn to answer my question. I ask you who was the leader of the goblin rebellion in 1612. This was my former master. Tell her the bedtime knowledge of a three-year-old child, and don¡¯t tell me that you are worse than a three-year-old child!¡±
Harry took a step back in panic and turned his eyes to Hermione for help. Unfortunately, the other party was still deeply affected by the blow and had not yet recovered.
"I know the answer It's the stinky and tough Macon in name, but it's actually the dwarf Keeland." Hearing the sound, Harry looked aside in shock and found that Verne was facing Walking slowly towards him.
"Tsk, what a big man." The thick-spine book quickly turned to face Verne, opening and closing the pages like a crocodile that only chooses people to eat. "Your family education is really worthy of 'praise', and you actually interrupted Consider it a ¡®virtue¡¯!¡±
Verne smiled gently and said: "Sorry, I'm just anxious, because there is a question that has been bothering me, and I want to ask Mr. "Three Hundred Questions on Magic Expert Knowledge."
"Tell me what you want." The thick-spine book jumped onto the long table, finally getting closer to Verne's height. "I'm a magic expert, not a giant monster like you!"
"I would like to ask" Verne bent down, put his face close to the thick spine book, and smiled lightly, "Where is the knowledge hidden?"
As soon as these words came out, both the surrounding students and the book were stunned.
"This, this"
At this moment, Verne did not give the thick-spine book any time to continue thinking, and directly revealed the answer to the mystery: "Knowledge is hidden deepin the sea of ??humility."
There was a banging sound, and the thick-spine book suddenly closed.?, there was no more movement.
Everyone around looked at all this with their mouths open, their eyes full of confusion and confusion. Until a long time later, Ron, standing next to Harry, asked: "Professor, what is going on"
Verne smiled and explained: "There is a famous saying in the Soviet Union: 'The shallower the knowledge, the deeper the self-confidence.' After seeing the performance of "Three Hundred Questions on Magic Expert Knowledge" just now, I think it is not difficult for you to understand this sentence The truth. Knowledge, knowledge, when wisdom is unable to control it, will overthrow its rider like a stubborn horse."
"Knowledge makes the wise smarter, and the ignorant more stupid. There are many experts in the world who are obviously not knowledgeable, or are only expert in a certain field, but they always like to talk, as if they know everything, and they look down upon everything. The 'ordinary people' around him never thought that those 'ordinary people' might be better at dancing than him, better at Quidditch than him, or even know how to make a cup of delicious hot milk tea, etc., but these are just Isn¡¯t it ¡®knowledge¡¯?¡±
¡°Isn¡¯t it worthy of the admiration of so-called experts?¡±
"Besides, when you faced its aggressive questions, didn't you think of one thing Why didn't I ask it, but let it ask me, who prescribed this?" Looking at the students around him, Seemingly lost in thought, Verne smiled happily and said, "I am often stumped by your questions. You are not afraid of professors anymore. How can you still be afraid of a 'book'? It can't deduct your points!"
After a while, Ron asked hesitantly: "So Professor Caedmon, is the key to this book the question of humility?"
"No" Verne shook his head, "From the introduction given to me by Mrs. Pince and the questions it just asked, I found that he only asked some standard questions with standard answers in serious books. Not good at divergent thinking, just like many 'experts and scholars'"
"No philosophical thinking." Verne blinked at the students, and then opened the thick-spine book in a hurry.
"Which came first, the phoenix or the egg?"
"Uh" The thick-spine book shook and then closed with a bang.
Then, Verne said again: "I don't know how to deal with brain teasers."
He opened the book again and asked: "Why do girls throw cream out of the window? (www.piaotia.comdow?)"
"I, I don't know" After saying that, the thick-spine book was tightly closed, and no matter how hard Verne exerted force, he could not open it.
"It seems that this book is quite shameful." Verne shrugged to everyone, and then the students who were originally annoyed by the thick-spine book gradually began to applaud warmly.
When the applause died down, a Ravenclaw student suddenly asked: "Professor, do you have the answers to those two questions just now?"
Verne glanced at the other party and said with a smile: "Wanting to seek answers to all questions, maybe this is a shortcoming shared by Ravenclaws, right?"
"The reason the girl threw the cream out of the window was because she wanted to see butterflies flying." Verne showed a fox-like evil smile, "As for which came first, the phoenix or the egg"
"Go check the genealogy, the Phoenix must be pure blood anyway!" He was not interested in giving everyone a philosophy class in the library, or Darwin's theory of evolution.
Although this answer was made as a joke by a pure-blood wizard, the nearby pure-bloods and even the Slytherins did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, they laughed along with the others.
When everyone stopped laughing, Verne said with a magnetic voice: "The accumulation of knowledge does not make it a stepping stone for arrogance, but uses it to expand the valley of humility. Please remember, no matter what our status is, we are all He always beats others, and he alwaysis not as good as others."
At this moment, all the students present lowered their heads in thought as if they had some enlightenment, and Hermione, who was originally biased against Verne, began to look at him with a new eye, until
"Haha, Hermione, did you hear that? You should copy these words a hundred times!" Ron suddenly leaned into Hermione's ear and said.
"What?" Hermione didn't understand what Ron meant.
"Miss Know-It-All, don't you think you are very similar to that book?" Ron suddenly raised his voice and imitated Hermione's voice: "Oh, isn't this common sense that every wizard should know I thought everyone had read this bookOh, you don't even know thisMerlin, you really should read this book, otherwise I'm worried about you" Ron said Before he could finish speaking, he was pushed hard by Hermione.
"Ronald de V¨¦sile!" Hermione clenched her fist angrily, wanting to punch the opponent, but at the same time she didn't forget to look back and glare at the innocent Verne hatefully.
WhereErner naturally didn't know that he had offended someone again. At this time, he had already reached the no man's land at the other end of the library, where a silver-edged book lay alone on the ground. The smell was overwhelming and intoxicating. vomit.
When he was still five or six yards away from the book, Verne only smelled the scent for less than a second, and took three steps back with a strange bitter smile on his face.
"Verne, do you know what to do about this?" Mrs. Pince asked in a low voice. The students in the library also followed her as if watching the fun, but this time they were a little far away.
"You said this book is called "The Secret Treasures of Mothers from Various Countries"?" Seeing Mrs. Pince nodding, Verne asked again: "You said that using 'air filtering' will make this book make a weird explosion sound. , and its appearance is still slippery?¡±
"That's right. The surface of this damn book was so slippery that it even made Argus jump up to his waist and had to go to Madam Pomfrey's." Madam Pince accidentally slipped up again.
Verne did not tease Mrs. Pince again this time. He just lowered his head and thought for a moment. Then holding his breath, he approached the silver-edged book and said loudly: "Swedish pickled herring."
After the snapping sound, the silver-edged book suddenly closed, and then the silver on the edge of the book gradually receded and turned into a dark color.
Then, Verne took out his magic wand, summoned a whirlwind, and blew the stench out of the window before he regained control of his breathing.
"Verne, what's going on?" Things changed so fast that Mrs. Pince was confused for a moment. The problem that she thought was difficult to deal with was solved in an instant.
"In Sweden there is a canned food called 'pickled herring'. Every year from April to June when the herring spawn, Swedish fishermen pack a large amount of the herring they catch, and some of them are thrown into thick salt water and cooked over a slow fire. Put it into the can and let it ferment. By mid-August, the herring in the can will begin to ferment and become thick and juicy. At the same time, the gas will expand, making the can bulging. At that time, it means 'delicious' It's ready to serve." Although he said "delicious", Verne showed an expression that was almost disgusting.
"In fact, pickled herring, a traditional Swedish delicacy, has been rated as 'the smelliest food in the world' by many countries. Some people say that it is as smelly as rotten eggs and smelly ditches. Perhaps only Swedes in the world can bear it. It" Speaking of this, Verne added as if he had thought of something: "No, maybe even most Swedes can't stand it. After all, I heard that the Swedish Muggle government has special regulations that prohibit citizens from Opening herring cans in residential areas.¡±
"I see, I think I understand" After listening to Verne's explanation, Mrs. Pince speculated: "So you guessed from 'Private Treasures' that this is the smell of food, and the slippery cover of the book refers to fish. On the body surface, the silvery edge that just faded is the color of herring, but why does it make a weird explosion sound when using the 'air filter'?"
"Remember what I just said about the pickled herrings that will bulge in the can after fermentation? This kind of can is very interesting. Once the atmospheric pressure around it changes, it can easily explode and become a safety concern. ." Then, Verne casually cast an 'air purifier', "Many people think that 'air purifier' is a kind of purification magic, but in fact it is not. It is more of a basic spatial magic. Yes, the smell containing harmful factors is discharged into a different space, which also causes the atmospheric pressure to change, which indirectly prompts "Mothers from Various Countries' Secret Treasures to Appreciate" to simulate the sound of an explosion."
Although most of the students didn¡¯t know what ¡°atmospheric pressure¡± was, they still nodded in understanding. At this time, Hermione also noticed the confused expressions of Harry and Ron. She was about to explain out of habit, but suddenly remembered Ron's teasing just now, and immediately shut up again, but she looked a little anxious and didn't want to vomit. An unhappy look.
"The professor is really knowledgeable. I didn't expect that he even knew these cooking knowledge." The Ravenclaw who asked the question before praised him. At the same time, other students also showed respect and admiration.
Hearing the praise, Verne did not show any complacency. Instead, he smiled slightly and said: "If the Christmas gift you received last year was this kind of can, I believe you will never forget it."
"What?" Hearing this, everyone was shocked and couldn't imagine that someone would use such disgusting pickled herring as a Christmas gift.
"Professor Caedmon, who is playing such a prank?" Ron always moved his mouth faster than his head. As soon as the words came out, he remembered that among the people he knew, there were two people who were very likely to do such a thing©¤©¤
Fred and George!
Verne looked at Ron with a half-smile and asked, "What do you think, Weasley?"
Afterwards, Harry, Hermione, and a few quick-thinking Gryffindors burst into laughter on the spot.
I don¡¯t know if there is one in the libraryThe trend of getting louder and louder, or out of some small thoughts, Mrs. Pince suddenly turned serious, waved the feather duster, and drove the students back to their seats, or expelled them from the library, and then received Following Verne, he arrived at the third problematic book.
Mrs. Pince pointed to a thin book with a playful young male witch on the cover, and said: "This is the Book of Babble Spells. You can open it and have a look."
Verne opened the thin book and read for a moment, his brows gradually furrowed. After a long time, he suddenly asked: "Mrs. Pince, do you still remember how Mr. Filch recited the 'Levitation Curse'?"
"Isn't it just 'Yungadim-Leviosa'? He pronounced it correctly!" Mrs. Pince said with a serious face.
Verne did not feel dissatisfied at all with Mrs. Pince's fierce reaction. Instead, he felt relieved and felt happy for Filch.
"You misunderstood, I never meant to look down on Mr. Filch at all." Verne explained, "It is this book that shows that Mr. Filch may have mispronunciation."
"What do you mean?" Mrs. Pince stared at the content of the book, but she didn't see any words about Filch.
"This" Verne looked hesitant, as if he had something to hide.
"What, is there anything you can't say?" Mrs. Pince's face became more and more gloomy, and she became more and more certain that Verne looked down on Filch's identity as a squib.
"Okay, okay, don't look at me like this I'm just making inferences. After all, I haven't heard Mr. Filch recite the curse himself, so I can't make a correct judgment." Verne pointed to the first page in the book. Xing said: "Actually, the confusing layout of this book has a deep meaning. Many people only remember to say the word 'gar' properly for the floating spell 'Yugadim-Leviosa'." It¡¯s long and clear, but I forgot the n sound of Yu. You see From a semantic point of view, this word actually means then, but now it has become the, and besides"
Verne suddenly began to imitate Filch's speaking tone: "According to my observation, Mr. Filch, perhaps because of his malocclusion, often slurred the sound of (i), or pronounced it directly. 'Uh', so if you look at some words such as this, it becomes thus. As for other questions, I can't see it yet, but I think I can ask Mr. Filch 'privately' later. solved."
Afterwards, seeing Mrs. Pince nodding silently, Verne said again: "By the way, there is one more thing I want to trouble Mrs. Pince, that is I hope you can pretend not to hear what I just said."
"What?" Mrs. Pince was stunned at first, and then her stern face softened. She figured out why Verne didn't want to explain just now, and why he asked her to pretend not to hear this speculation. These are all It was to protect the self-esteem of Filch, who was a squib. As for the "malocclusion" theory, it was probably based on this reason. After all, she had known Filch for more than ten years and had never discovered this problem.
"Thank you, Verne." Mrs. Pince showed a rare gentle smile.
"It's nothing, that's what it should be. Mr. Filch used to take very good care of me." Verne showed a nostalgic look. He recalled that ten years ago, when he had just started working under Filch, he was stained with contaminants. Because of his cat odor, he was given nicknames such as "Little Filch" and "Cat Man" by students from other colleges. When Filch found out about this incident, although he didn't say anything on the surface, he always said it in Vern. Before leaving get off work, Verne sprayed "Mrs. Skol's Universal Miracle Deodorant" on him. Although the smell of the medicine was a bit unpleasant, Verne never forgot to be grateful.
After dealing with the trouble of these three books, Verne simply stayed and helped Mrs. Pince register the books donated by outsiders one by one, and put them on the cabinets by category.
After being busy like this for almost an hour, Verne unexpectedly ran into Hagrid in a narrow aisle of bookcases.
"Hagrid, long time no see." Verne first said hello with a smile. He found that Hagrid was still wearing a moleskin coat, which seemed a bit out of place.
"Uh, helloProfessor." Hagrid returned the greeting somewhat reluctantly, and at the same time hid a book behind his back as if he was guilty.
Verne subconsciously glanced at the bookcase and found that this area was filled with books about magical animals. Some of them told how to raise a cat, or how to take care of the Glaling Pegasus, and some were even messily turned over. dragon breeding manual.
Immediately afterwards, Verne suddenly realized that this was probably a plot passage in the volume of "The Philosopher's Stone".
"Could it be that Quirinas has deliberately lost a dragon egg to Hagrid and found out how to subdue Lu Wei?" Verne recalled the plot. He always thought that the time of this incident wasAt the end of the semester, I didn¡¯t expect it to happen so early.
In his lost state, Verne didn't notice that Hagrid was trying to go around him. Unfortunately, his body was too big, and Verne was also a tall man. This kind of aisle between bookcases could not be used by even two people. No matter how much you turn sideways to avoid it, you can't change your position.
As a last resort, Hagrid had to call Verne a few times, but unfortunately the other party did not respond, which made him feel angry and asked loudly: "Cedmon, what are you going to do to stop me?"
At this time, Verne only felt his eardrums shaking, and finally came to his senses, saying apologetically: "I'm sorry, Hagrid, I just thought of something and accidentally started to be in a daze. I'm really sorry."
Hagrid muttered a few words, but didn¡¯t say anything more and simply turned around and left.
When Hagrid turned around, Verne also caught a glimpse of the book he had hidden. The title of the book was "Raising Dragons for Fun and Profit", which was originally Hagrid's "Book for New Mothers".
He watched Hagrid leave with some confusion, until he saw Hagrid step out of the aisle, Verne suddenly raised his voice: "Hagrid, it turns out you also like these books about the breeding of strange animals I always thought that "For "Raising Dragons for Recreation and Profit" is not a good book because the method of raising dragons it introduces is too hasty, using dead mice as food to increase the toxicity of dragon teeth, and using brandy to induce the breath of young dragons. temperature."
"This may make the young dragon grow very fast in the early stage, but it is not conducive to its development as an adult. Of course, this is not a problem for businessmen who specialize in selling dragon-related products. After all, what they want most is to be able to pick them out early. Dragon teeth, extracting dragon blood, and even cutting up dragon flesh.¡±
Hearing Verne's comments, Hagrid froze on the spot and did not react for a long time. He was worried that Verne would see that he wanted to raise dragons illegally, but he did not want his future baby dragons to be stunted. After a long battle between heaven and man in his mind, he finally turned around and said hesitantly: "I'm just curious and want to read this kind of book, butbutsince you want to read a book, you should read one with more accurate content." , so, so"
"Do you, do you, do you have any recommended books?"
At this moment, Verne's mouth curved slightly and he said: "The Guide to the Healthy Growth of Dragons, a book published in the seventeenth century, is a bit old, but I believe it is suitable for you!"
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