Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 102: Alchemy

Albert is sitting in the corner of the library, chin tugged in one hand, casually flipping through the catalogue orders at Fengya Wizard's Clothing Store, trying to pick a suitable Christmas present.

Originally, he planned to create an amulet for Nia himself, but after reading several books on alchemy, he temporarily gave up this idea.

Albert found that his original idea was unrealistic. Although wizards can cast spells on items to give them some magical properties, the magic on items usually doesn't last long and disappears over time. .

In Albert's opinion, it makes more sense to buy a scarf for Nia than to make a soon-to-be-expired amulet for her birthday.

Creating a powerful and durable magical item is never easy.

First of all, you need to use some items that carry magic power as raw materials, and in the entire manufacturing process, you need to cast spells on those raw materials to make them. After the work is completed, there is also a process of casting a spell on the finished product. Whether the caster is strong enough and whether the use of magic is skillful will determine whether the magic item is strong enough and durable.

In ancient times, wizards would engrave runes on magic items to further enhance the effects of magic. However, there are very few wizards who can do this today, and those ancient skills that have remained are mostly lost.

Using this complex and tedious process, the result is often a powerful and durable magical item.

Of course, there are places called alchemical items.

To be honest, the British wizarding world doesn't pay much attention to alchemy.

The concept of alchemy originated in ancient Greece and Egypt, and was introduced to Western Europe in the 12th century.

Early wizards were so vague about alchemy that they didn't even know what it was.

Albert had read the famous ancient Egyptian "Cuiyu Lu" in the library, but he didn't understand the meaning of the above. The first sentence of the book translated means:

As it is above, as it is below; thus fulfill the miracle of the One.

The second sentence is: All things are originally the One, created from the One through differentiation...

After forcibly reading it and remembering it, Albert put the "Jade Jade Records" together and put it back on the bookshelf. Old books are often full of complex and esoteric concepts that make it difficult to understand.

Albert's only understanding after reading the two sentences of "Jade Jade" is, is he talking about the universe or something? He really didn't think about the meaning of the book. Maybe, one day he learned alchemy, maybe he would suddenly have an epiphany?

Anyway, early alchemy involved multiple fields.

What is the mystery of exploring magic, the form of matter, and early cosmology, anyway, a bunch of things are integrated into alchemy theory.

Alchemy later became obsessed with smelting metal, which is why some metalsmiths were crowned as so-and-so alchemists in later generations, although they might have preferred to call themselves metalsmiths.

After centuries of development, alchemy was established after the study of great alchemists such as Albert, Thomas von Aquinas, Roger Bacon, Arnold von Wilanova, etc. the concept of material transformation,

Raymonds Luhrer even put forward the hypothesis of the Philosopher's Stone, also known as the Philosopher's Stone, based on the theory of "understanding, decomposing, and reconstructing".

This assumption was made by Nicole Mailer,

Through the Philosopher's Stone, also known as the Philosopher's Stone, the earlier idea of ​​completing transformation by adding "seeds" to "transformation" was realized, and the elixir of immortality was successfully produced, and any metal could be turned into pure gold.

Niko Mailer, who created the Philosopher's Stone, is also regarded as the ancestor of European alchemy, standing on the peak of alchemy overlooking all alchemists.

However, through the ages, the idea of ​​transformation of matter eventually gravitated towards potions.

Although metal craftsmen are also crowned with the title of alchemists, however, this group of people obviously do not have that kind of self-consciousness, and the branch of alchemy falls on the occult.

Making magic items is what metal craftsmen often do. They are good at using magic to process metals and create magic items with hidden magical powers.

Goblins are the best among them. They are good at sterling silver products made of goblin magic, which is similar to mithril in the magical world in this world.

However, over a period of time, the goblin forging sterling silver technique has also been lost, and only a small number of goblin craftsmen can forge goblin iron.

After the profession of metal craftsman gradually disappeared, alchemy completely moved closer to the occult. However, most alchemists did not admit that those items that were simply casted could be called alchemical items.

However, there are some guys who call themselves alchemy now, and the book "Simple Alchemy" that Albert once read is one of them.

After learning more about alchemy, Albert has a new reply to making amulets. He needs to find a bunch of magical materials with protective meaning, and put them together to make amulets. The amulets produced in this way will greatly strengthen the protective magic that Albert finally releases on the amulets.

For example, the magical protector tree or yew tree, the garnet known as the stone of life and the stone of amulet... Use the EIHWAZ symbol of protection and defense in runes, and The use of other runes in combination can strengthen the protective power of the amulet.

Unfortunately, although the idea is very bad, the reality is cruel. Albert needs more knowledge to help him complete this structure, and he himself has basically no understanding of Runic ~IndoMTL.com~ aka Ancient Rune.

The records of ancient runes are more about interpretation and understanding, but not related to deeper things. Maybe, Dumbledore has studied these things, but the wizards who really know how to use them have already Less and less.

Albert threw the idea of ​​making the amulet as a gift to the back of his mind, in fact, he already had a more suitable choice, and he was almost done.

A Gryphon symbol of Gryffindor.

This was Albert's inspiration while practicing basic movement magic, using wood, gear and magic to create a moving griffin.

What got him to do it was the model of the dragon on the goblet of fire, a scaled waving model.

That's right, since he acquired a few levels of economics-related skills, various tricks began to appear in Albert's mind, such as the idea of ​​selling models of various magical creatures in the future, maybe he could make a lot of money or something. .

After all, he could find someone to work with, start a company or something, and invest and provide the technology himself.

In order to carve a griffin, Albert went to the spiral staircase of the principal's office on the third floor, observed a statue of a griffin for a long time, and took several pictures from all aspects and angles. photo.

He also upgraded his carving skills by one level, using the wood of the protector tree provided by Hagrid, and pieced together a griffin. Basic movement magic can even make it flap its wings. As for whether it can fly, Of course it's not possible at the moment.

As for the future, Albert believes he can do it and perfect it. After all, he has a panel, how could he not be confident!

As for who to work with, Albert has even prepared candidates, such as some unlucky guy who was overwhelmed.