Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 514: A very thick history of American magic

After signing the contract, Albert returned to the villa, sat on the sofa in the living room, and chatted with others about alchemy.

Catherine occasionally interjects a sentence or two, and the atmosphere is very good.

However, the conversation always goes wrong, and somehow the topic turns into Albert winning the International Wizarding Championship, and then Nicole giving up the Philosopher's Stone.

Nicholas regrets this. He also visited Mr. Nico when he was young and regrets the decision of the greatest alchemist of all time.

The envy in Kathleen's eyes almost overflowed when she heard that Nicole planned to teach Albert in the last few years of his life.

Catherine would also like to study with Nicole Lemay if she could, but she wouldn't say it anyway.

Said, that is disrespect to Grandpa Nicholas.

Nicholas naturally knew what his granddaughter was thinking, but he didn't have a good idea.

He himself is not familiar with Nicole, and it is impossible to write a letter of introduction to his granddaughter, not to mention that Kathleen needs to take responsibility after becoming his heir, and she still has a lot to learn.

The chat ends with Nicholas inviting the two to his alchemy workshop tomorrow.

As the night got darker, Albert leaned on the pillow and didn't feel sleepy, so he read the book borrowed from Kathleen with the help of the lamp in the room.

Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's book of spells is called "The Magic of Charwick," written by the school's founder, Charwick Boot.

How to say it?

The content isn't bad, but it's not great either.

Books from the early seventeenth century, even if written by powerful wizards, have more or less problems.

After all, Chawick Boot is not a professional writing educational books.

Of course, "The Magic of Charwick" will not be the seventeenth century book, which has been rewritten and corrected many times by posterity.

The flaw is that this book of spells apparently suffers from the same problems as Miranda Goshak's Book of Spells, where the spells are basically deleted.

How could there be no evil spells in an ancient spell book.

In those ancient books, there are more or less strange spells, and those that can be used as teaching materials are all deleted and rewritten.

If I had to judge which spells textbook was better, it would be the "Standard Spells" series adapted from the "Book of Spells".

After all, this is a book that Miranda Goshak specializes in, and is well-adapted by.

Furthermore, the fact that The Standard Spells can be used as textbooks for many schools of magic around the world can say a lot.

Albert is most interested in the history of magic, or the history of magic in the United States. The history of this country is obviously not very long, but the history of magic is very thick, at least the thickest books Catherine gave her. 's one.

This book describes in great detail some of America's most famous histories, such as the founding of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Salem Witch Trials, the founding of the Magical Human trafficking, torture and other evils), the birth of the Twelve Aurors in the United States, the era of the eradication of the purgers, the Witch Dorcas Twelve Tree leaks, and then the history of the five moves in the United States, Chaos with Bigfoot.

Actually, as long as you read about the history of magic in the United States, you can understand why the magic world in the United States is different from the magic world in other countries.

The culprits actually came from the Puritans in England and even Europe.

These remnants of the Catholic Reformers, after exile in North America, had a very low tolerance for faith, and then caused a lot of trouble.

While it's just a few No-Majes that are unlucky, the relationship between wizards and No-Maji has gotten pretty bad.

Actually, it can be seen from the first sentence of the school song of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:

We are united,

Against the Puritans

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Later, the sorceress Dorcas Twelve caused a lot of trouble because of her obsession with the handsome mammoth, Tolomius Baripone (descendant of the Purifiers).

It led to the birth and implementation of Rappaport's law, which completely separated No-Maji and wizarding societies.

The law prohibits witches and wizards from befriending or marrying No-Maji, and imposes heavy penalties on wizards who are too close to No-Maji.

The wand license also appears in Rappaport Law.

The law states that only witches and wizards of legal age (17) can legally hold a wand outside of school, which is why the guy at the Ministry of Magic is taking his wand.

As for the students of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they borrowed their wands from the school before graduating from the school. They kept their wands at the school during the holidays. Only after graduation students could spend money to buy their own from the school. wand.

The American wizarding community takes wand makers very seriously.

As a matter of fact, the No-Majes have even looser control over firearms than they do.

The birth of Rappaport's Law further deepened the cultural differences between the American and European wizarding worlds, which is the main reason why many wizards do not like to go to the United States.

Because, you need to be extra careful, or you'll find yourself guilty of a felony for no apparent reason and you'll end up in jail.

Later, the Magical Congress of the United States presumably thought Rappaport's law was undemocratic, and repealed it in 1965.

Repealing the Rappaport Law?

Albert's expression became more and more strange when he saw this.

Yes, the Magical Congress of the United States announced the repeal of Rappaport's Law in 1965 in order to demonstrate freedom, equality, and human rights in the Magical Congress of the United States.

To be sure, the Magical Congress of the United States has repealed the term "Rappaport's Law".

It's not hard to guess what happened from Albert when he came to the United States. Most of the policies in Rappaport's law were preserved, such as the need for wizards to have wand licenses, such as No-Maj and Wizards Can't intermarry, make friends, for example, wizard families can't keep magical creatures... Well, these are all serious crimes~IndoMTL.com~ Well, all wizards who enter the United States need to be supervised by the Magic Congress, otherwise it is also a serious crime.

Of course, the United States is so big that there is always a shadow that the Magical Congress of the United States cannot shine, but if these wizards living in the shadow commit a serious crime, it is the death penalty.

It is said that the Magical Congress of the United States upholds humanitarianism and carries out painless executions.

According to the book, Newt, the author of the famous "Where are the Fantastic Creatures", almost lost his life in the United States, and finally helped the Magical Congress of the United States arrest the Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald to make up for it and left alive. This land of freedom and democracy.

Albert closed the book and put the history of magic in the United States on the desk, and sure enough, it would be better for him to stay away from the United States in the future.

As he picked up the Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Albert put the book on the table, got out of bed and walked towards the wooden door.

Outside the door is Kathleen in pink pajamas.

"Is something wrong?"

"I think you haven't slept yet, so I made you a cup of cocoa, which is my apology," Kathleen said, handing a cup of hot cocoa to Albert, "I'm sorry about today's affairs. caused you trouble,"

"Oh, I didn't take this to heart, there are people like that everywhere." Albert took the hot cocoa, took a sip, and accepted the other party's apology.

He really didn't take that to heart. Anyway, he won't come to the United States in the future, and he won't see each other again. Even if he takes it to heart, it's useless.

"Good night then."

"Thank you for the hot cocoa, it's delicious!" After Kathleen left, Albert closed the door, went back to bed and read a book for a while, and turned off the light when sleepy. rest.