Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 515 A 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 would occasionally interject a sentence or two, and the atmosphere was very good.

However, there will always be deviations in the topic of chatting. Somehow, the topic has become Albert's winning of the International Wizard Chess Championship, and then it has become the matter of Nico giving up the Sorcerer's Stone.

Nicholas expressed regret for this. When he was young, he also visited Mr. Nico, and regretted the decision of the greatest alchemist in history.

When I heard that Nico planned to teach Albert knowledge in the last few years of his life, Catherine's eyes almost overflowed with envy.

Catherine also wanted to study with Nicole Flamel if she could, but she couldn't say it anyway.

Having said that, 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 Nico, so it is impossible to write a letter of introduction to his granddaughter, not to mention that after becoming his heir, Catherine needs to take responsibility, and she still has a lot to learn.

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

As the night was getting darker, Albert leaned on the pillow, not feeling sleepy, so he used the lamp in the room to read the books he borrowed from Catherine.

The spell book of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is called "The Magic of Chadwick", which was written by the founder of the school, Chadwick Boot.

how to say?

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

Books in the early seventeenth century, even if written by powerful wizards, will have some problems to some extent.

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

Of course, "The Magic of Chadwick" will not be the one in the seventeenth century. This book has been rewritten and corrected many times by later generations.

The flaw is that this book of spells obviously has the same problem as Miranda Goshawk's "Book of Spells", and the content of the curses in the book has basically been deleted.

An ancient spell book, how could there be no evil spells.

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

If you have to judge which spell textbook is better, it should be the "Standard Spells" series adapted from "The Book of Spells".

After all, this book is Miranda Gosack's dedicated and well-adapted book.

Moreover, "Standard Spells" can become a textbook in many magic schools in the world, which can explain a lot of problems.

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 it is the thickest book among the books Catherine gave herself. .

This book describes in great detail some of the famous history of the United States, such as the founding of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Salem Witch Trials, the founding of the Magical Congress of America, the crimes of the Sweepers , torture, and other evil deeds), the birth of the American Twelve Aurors, the history of the eradication of the Scavengers, the witch Dorcas Twelve Tree leaks, and then the history of the five moves in the United States, and the history of Bigfoot Strange chaos.

In fact, as long as you roughly read the history of magic in the United States, you can figure out why the magic world in the United States is different from that in other countries.

The culprit actually came from Britain, and even the Puritans in Europe.

After these Catholic remnants of reformers went into exile in North America, their tolerance for faith was very low, and then they caused a lot of trouble.

Although it was only some No-Majs who were unlucky, the relationship between wizards and No-Majs has become quite bad.

In fact, it can be seen from the first line of the school song of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:
we are united,
against the puritans

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Later, the witch Dorcas Twelvetrees caused a lot of trouble because of her obsession with the handsome weasel (Tholomew Barebone, a descendant of the Scavenger).

It led to the birth and implementation of the Rappaport Law, which completely separated the No-Maj and wizarding society.

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

Wand licenses also arose in Rappaport law.

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

As for the students of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they all borrow their wands from the school before they graduate from school, and they leave their wands at school during the holidays. Only students who graduate can spend money to buy their own wands from the school.

The American wizarding community takes wand makers very seriously.

In fact, No-Maj has even looser control over firearms than they do.

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

Because, you need to be very careful, otherwise you will find yourself inexplicably committing a felony and being caught in jail.

Later, the Magical Congress of America probably also felt that the Rappaport Law was very undemocratic, so it abolished the Rappaport Law in 1965.

Repealed Rappaport Law?
When Albert saw this, his expression became more and more strange.

Yes, in order to demonstrate the freedom, equality and human rights of the Magical Congress of America, the Magical Congress of America announced the abolition of Rappaport Law in 1965.

To be sure, the Magical Congress of America repealed the term "Rappaport's Laws."

It is not difficult to guess from the messy things that Albert encountered in the United States. Most of the policies in the Rappaport law have been retained. For example, wizards need to have a wand license. Making friends, like wizarding families can't keep magical creatures...well, those are all felonies.

Well, all wizards who enter the United States need to be supervised by the Magic Congress, otherwise it is also a felony.

Of course, the United States is so big that there are always shadows that the magnificence of the Magical Congress of America cannot shine, but if these wizards who live in the shadows commit serious crimes, they are punished by death.

It is said that the Magical Congress of America upholds humanitarianism and executes painless death sentences.

According to the records in the book, Newt, the author of the famous "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", 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 his mistakes and left this land of freedom alive. land of democracy.

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

When he picked up the Defense 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 Catherine in pink pajamas.

"What's matter?"

"I think you haven't slept yet, so I made you a cup of cocoa, which is my apology," Catherine said, handing a cup of hot cocoa to Albert, "I'm sorry to bring you a cup of cocoa today. Here comes trouble,"

"Oh, I didn't take this matter to heart. There are people like that no matter where you are." Albert took the hot cocoa, took a sip, and accepted the other party's apology.

He really didn't take that matter to heart, anyway, he would never come to America again, let alone see each other again, even if he took it to heart, it was useless.

"Then, good night."

"Thank you for the hot cocoa, it's delicious!" Albert closed the door after Catherine left, went back to bed and read a book for a while, and turned off the lights to rest after feeling sleepy.

(End of this chapter)