Chapter 297: “Allergic To Runes”

“Professor, I didn’t mean to disrespect you and this class. I really have a problem with it.” Sean explained with a headache.

Professor Babbling glanced at him. Perhaps it was because of Sean’s distress. She narrowed her eyes slightly, “Mr. Wallup, do you understand what you are talking about?”

“Uh, Professor? I really don’t understand what you mean.”

Professor Babbling glanced at the time on her watch and sped up her speech, “I told you in class that one of the key points of ancient runes is the rules. Do you understand the specific meaning of the rules?”

“I did not…”

“Rules are not only reflected in the way of learning and using ancient runes. The runes themselves are words that follow the rules.”

“In other words, there is no threshold for runes. As long as you can master the correct usage of runes and use the correct arrangement when using them, then you can use this effect to produce something. The instability we mentioned before comes from the effect brought by the magic power output.”

Sean was still suffering from a headache and couldn’t react a bit. He hesitated and asked, “Does this have something to do with what I said?”

“I ask you, Mr. Wallup. Do you know any other foreign languages?”

“I know some Chinese, Latin, Spanish.”

“Is there a threshold for learning these languages? Or, in your normal learning process, will there be the situation you just described?”

“No…” Sean frowned.

Professor Babbling took a piece of parchment, glanced at it, closed the book, and stood up.

“Runes are equal to everyone, at least in the basic stage. If everyone has talent points, this value ranges from one to ten. A normal wizard’s charm talent may be one or ten, but their talent in runes is absolutely impossible to be less than five points. Everyone has enough to learn the basics of the runes. As long as they are studying hard, they can do it, and you, Mr. Wallup, I just saw your last semester grades.”

She pushed her glasses, “O in all subjects, which proves that your intelligence is normal or even better than the average level. I can’t think of other reasons except for illness and not being serious enough.”

Sean was dumbfounded. According to what Professor Babbling said, everyone’s rune talent can’t be lower than five points.

He still clearly remembers that his rune talent was zero when he first started. The current two points are added up from the lottery item.

Seeing the Professor who had already gotten up and walked towards the classroom door, Sean quickly called her, “Professor, you mean, in terms of rune talent? Wizards are average and above by default?”

“Not average and above. It’s called normal. This is a common perception in the academic world, including Professor Dumbledore, who also agrees with this conclusion. I once taught a student with a brain injury. His learning speed was very slow. He failed other subjects all year round, even though he worked very hard. However, his speed in learning ancient runes was even higher than that of other students. It was not that he was different from ordinary people but that he had put more effort into studying. In other words—”

Professor Babbling took one last look at Sean as he walked out of the classroom, “Runes never refuse anyone.”

After saying this, she left the classroom without looking back. Only Sean and Hermione, with a worried face, were left in the empty classroom. Until the end of dinner, Sean was still thinking about Professor Babbling’s words.

Rune never rejects anyone, but he knows his own situation. He is healthy and energetic, and there is nothing in his studies. However, dizziness and headaches always came up to him.

In other words, the rune that never rejects anyone rejected himself.

“Damn it…” Sean ruffled his hair in annoyance. He was holding an ancient rune book in his hand.

He originally thought that the ancient runes were a very difficult thing to learn, but today, he learned that it is indeed very difficult to master the runes. But there is one thing, it does not have any threshold, and there is no barrier to entry, just like learning a foreign language in the Muggle world.

This made Sean feel very frustrated.

The same goes for the potion class, with only two points. His learning speed is also slow, but as long as he is willing to put more energy into brewing potions, he will always be able to see some results.

But ancient runes are different.

At this time, Daisy walked over from the side lightly. She and Hermione looked at each other, pursed their lips, and shook their heads. She just went to find out about the situation of many seniors who have taken ancient runes.

No one was in a similar situation to Sean, and everyone gave the same message. Although it is difficult, as long as you study hard, you can master the runes at the basic stage as usual. Sean saw the two girls, and he also understood the meaning.

Sighing secretly, he smiled at the two of them, “It’s not a big deal, don’t look at me like that.”

Hermione raised her eyebrows, “Of course, it’s not a big deal, and with me here, it’s only a matter of time before you catch up with the progress.”

“Yes, yes.” Daisy nodded her head.

He’s afraid that isn’t the case, and they don’t know what’s going on with him. Professor Dumbledore also agrees with Professor Babbling’s theory, so it can only prove that he has a problem.

The biggest difference between himself and others is that something is living in his body, which is probably the reason. But what Sean didn’t quite understand was why this something would cause his rune talent to be so abnormal. It’s not a matter of being low, it’s a matter of being completely different from everyone else.

At this time, he suddenly missed Grindelwald very much. Dumbledore has been avoiding himself. Maybe only Grindelwald can tell himself the answer to this question.

However, he might just use the lottery items for now.

Minds of the Ancients (Golden): Within two hours after use, the user’s comprehension ability of ancient runes will be greatly improved. The Cooldown is 720 hours.

Because the Cooldown was too long, Sean didn’t use the Cooldown in ordinary introductory courses because it was too long. But he wanted to use it now. He had to see how much help this so-called ‘greatly improved’ could bring him.

There was no class in the afternoon of the second day, so Sean found Selma, a member of the Golden Dawn and a fifth-grade Ravenclaw senior.

After hearing Sean’s explanation, Selma was obviously confused, “Professor Babbling is right. Even if you don’t have any talent in other magic, you can at least do runes.”

“The reality is, I did encounter a big problem with runes…” Sean said with a wry smile.

The two have become quite familiar with each other after several gatherings in Golden Dawn, and Selma knows him quite well. She knows he is not the kind of person who doesn’t work hard and likes to complain.

She habitually touched the scarf that she wore all year round and said slowly, “Professor Babbling’s teaching speed is really fast. If it’s just for getting started with basic runes, I can teach you in a slow way of explaining.”

“Thank you so much.” Sean was overjoyed.

Although the archaeologist’s daughter seemed to move slowly and gracefully, she acted decisively. She also had no class in the afternoon and took Sean directly to a study room where no one was there.

Selma handed over a notebook in the empty study room, “These are the notes I took in the third grade. It should be helpful for you.”

“Thank you again.” Sean took the notebook as if he had found a treasure, and he didn’t forget to take a look at the system.

Selma Murphy’s notebook (Purple).

Sean sighed and then chose to use the lottery item. A strange coolness from nowhere slowly flooded into his mind.

Selma said softly, “Let’s just start with the basics.”

“Yeah.” Sean nodded emphatically.

“Let’s start with the first character.”

Two hours later.

There was doubt in Selma’s eyes, “Eighteen letters, your mastery is quite good.”

The item really worked, and Sean’s eyes brightened.

Selma’s teaching method is more detailed and considerate. He didn’t suffer from headaches and dizziness this time, and he understood the meaning of the characters much faster.

The smoothness when learning magic has finally come. Although his speed of absorbing knowledge is not as fast as learning Transfiguration, it is better than nothing. In other words, the item provided him with at least five points of talent.

He has already begun to have vague inspirations for casting ancient spells. Hearing her words, Sean smiled embarrassingly, he couldn’t say that he was cheating.

Just when he was hesitating how to answer, suddenly, severe headache and dizziness came again.

“Damn…” Sean gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

Selma was even more puzzled, “Is this the situation you said?”

“Yes…” Sean answered with difficulty.

“If I didn’t know who you are, I would definitely feel that you are playing with me.” Selma said softly.

It seemed that the pain and dizziness that should have come slowly had accumulated all of a sudden, and Sean even felt like his world was spinning. Sean swears a lot of swear words that will be silenced and doesn’t look up until the uncomfortable feeling has eased a little.

There was doubt and worry in Selma’s eyes, “Is it better?”

“It’s a lot better than before. Well, this is my situation. I may be in a better state today. I can usually study for half an hour to an hour, and my learning speed is very slow. Today, I probably hit a big one. But the negative effects are equally severe.” Sean forced a smile.

“This is very weird,” Selma said softly. “This has never happened in history. To be precise, there has never been any record of how difficult it is to get started with runes.”

She rested her chin and stared at Sean, “It’s weird. It’s like you’re allergic to runes. Well, I have an idea. Do you want to try it?”

“What?”

“Testing it. I know an ancient spell, the kind with a very weak effect. You can try it on you.”

“Well, okay then.”

She pulled out her wand, a wand over fifteen inches long, with a side bend at the handle that looked like an archaeological staff instead. She took out another box, dipped her finger in some gold powder, and drew a rune symbol in midair.

After reciting the spell easily, she pointed to Sean.

“This is a very weak healing spell, and the magic power I put in is very small.” She explained.

However, Sean immediately felt his stomach start to churn, and the feeling of nausea and vomiting came up.

Selma immediately stopped the spell, “Are you all right?”

“I’m alright…” Sean shook his head. As soon as the spell ended, the uncomfortable feeling disappeared immediately. What’s even more strange is that his headache just now also eased a little.

In other words, he got the healing effect of this spell and, at the same time, got the negative effect from the runes. He told Selma how he felt, she became completely curious now, and she kept looking at Sean with excited eyes.

“You may actually be allergic to runes. I can’t find another way to say it, and this one is probably the most accurate way of explaining it.”

Sean smiled wryly, “Selma, is there a way to improve it?”

“Not that I know of,” Selma shook her head, “Maybe you have to go to Professor Dumbledore. He is a master of ancient runes and knows a lot of ancient materials that the academic world doesn’t know. “

Sean sighed, hearing this.

“I’ll try to find out what the problem is. Thank you for today, Selma, and you can come to me anytime if you need my help.”

“I can?” Thelma blinked her big sad eyes.

“Of course.”

“When you get better from your headache, can I ask you a favor?”

“Sure.”