Professor McGonagall watched Hermione put the time turner around her neck, and then told her a few restrictions and taboos on its use. Hermione listened carefully and muttered the words.
"Yordle, I'm sorry, there is only one time turner. I plan to let Miss Granger keep it." After the instruction, Professor McGonagall looked at Tom, with a trace of apology in his eyes, "The Ministry of Magic is only open for one day."
They feel that the more they send out, the higher the risk of getting out of control, and the two of them can supervise each other when they use it together - they found out that you are from the same college."
Tom nodded, with no emotion in his heart. Whether he or Hermione kept it, there was essentially no difference.
Professor McGonagall sent the two of them out of the office. After leaving the office, the two walked together on the way to Ravenclaw Tower.
"Tom, if you want to hold it, I can give you this time turner." Hermione stopped Tom and took out the hourglass pendant from her chest.
"But Professor McGonagall asked you to keep it." Tom didn't care, but he was still very happy to see Hermione react like this. It was a happy thing that the two of them could maintain the same front.
Hermione's face turned red, "Rules are dead, but people are alive. If you leave them here, I won't have to worry."
Tom held the hourglass that was warm to his hands, looked at it for a moment, and then gently put it down, "What's the difference between you holding it and me holding it?"
[Time turner (four stars): A magical creation refined by an alchemist that can travel through time and space. Every time the hourglass is turned once, time will go back one hour. However, going back more than five hours will cause unpredictable harm. It is
An imperfect alchemical creation.
It's a pity that even the method of refining this imperfect time turner has been lost.
Note: People who try to use a time turner to change history are like people fishing for the moon in the water. People who use it are not so much changers of history as they are observers of history]
The two walked slowly in the corridors of Hogwarts.
"What happened to that newspaper on the train?" Hermione asked what happened on the train. She was also curious why there was a non-magical newspaper in Tom's bag, and it seemed to be relevant.
The adventures during the summer vacation are related.
Tom took out the newspaper from his arms and handed it to Hermione. There was a short message on it, probably about the discovery of an emerald slab among the treasures brought back by Dr. Hunter, with several words written on it.
It contains ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Many Muggle journalists immediately hyped this stone tablet as the Jade Record.
"But Jade Record and Menes are not from the same era at all," Hermione said with a frown.
Tom nodded, agreeing with Hermione's statement. When he first saw the news, he felt it was extremely ridiculous, and even thought these newspapers were clickbait.
What is the Jade Record? It is a jade tablet that records all the mysteries of alchemy. In 1900 BC, the Egyptian Pharaoh Hermes and his legendary father, the god Thoth, and Hermes' eldest son, the high priest Tat San
Humans merged into one body and became "God Hermes". This god condensed the knowledge of alchemy into 13 sentences, which were carved on an emerald slab and passed down to the world. People call this text "Jade Record"
.In the Middle Ages, alchemists would hang a copy of the Jade Book in their workshops, which was their final guidance in alchemy.
But the problem is that the Cuiyulu was produced in 1900 BC. Menes was active in 3100 BC. The First Dynasty he founded ended in 2850 BC. Even if the Second Dynasty, which also belongs to the Early Dynasty era, is included,
, it only extends to 2686 BC, which is still 700 years apart from the birth of Cuiyulu!
Well, the time when the Jade Record was born was classified into the 12th Dynasty of Egypt. How could the Jade Record be unearthed in the tomb of Menes? This is as outrageous as the discovery of the First Emperor's Imperial Seal from the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.
But when Tom thought about it again, he felt that there seemed to be a possibility. Because his idea just now had a premise, that is, the Jade Record was completed independently by Pharaoh Hermes - but what if not? What if Hermes
Did the Pharaoh refer to the works of his predecessors? Tom felt that the legendary Cuiyulu, like the "Book of Changes" and "Shangshu", was a summary of the wisdom of the predecessors by later generations.
The stone slab that Sarah brought out from the Pyramid of Menes is most likely the prototype of the Jade Record, which is consistent with his previous mission prompts.
He was also surprised before. The mission prompt said that it was possible to obtain the secret of alchemy by going to the ruins of the ancient city. However, he did not encounter the so-called "opportunity" in the pyramid. He also asked Menes about alchemy.
I, in the end, Menis told him that this was his talent - there was really nothing he could do about it, it was something he was born with. Just like when faced with a math problem, a top student can tell you the answer, but there is no way he can tell you the answer.
The ability to know what to do at a glance will also be taught to you.
But now it seems that things have turned around. Regarding the emerald slate, Tom decided to take it and ask Menis himself. This is also the simplest and most direct way. Although it sounds a bit strange, if you want to ask about the origin of the funerary objects, you can directly
Asking the owner of the tomb is definitely a good choice.
"Never mind it, just ask Menis later and prepare a gift before visiting him next time." Tom ended the topic.
"I don't really want to go back yet," Hermione said with her hands behind her back, one foot stretched out, drawing a semicircle on the ground like a compass, and she turned her head to look at Tom.
"Where did you hide the real Hermione?" Tom jokingly grabbed Hermione's arm and let her snuggle into his arms, "The real Hermione wouldn't hang out outside the lounge after curfew.
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"Oops!" Hermione squirmed, but after she couldn't break free, she just followed Tom's will, "There must be a lot of people in the bathroom now, and I don't want to squeeze in with them, so why don't I go back later."
The two walked to Ravenclaw Tower, but only went up the stairs, not to the door to the common room. They sat down by a small window and looked at the stars in the night sky.
"Is it cold?"
"It's not cold."
But Hermione still squeezed into Tom's arms.
"Can you find the Big Dipper?" Hermione glanced sideways at Tom, and without waiting for his reply, she pointed out the seven stars in the night sky and made two gestures.
"Tom, look, there are seven of them in a row, like--"
"Like a spoon."
"That's right!" Hermione laughed happily.
"You asked me a question, and I want to test you too," Tom's eyes were fixed on a star. "It ranks fifth in brightness in the night sky and is the second brightest star in the northern hemisphere. Which star is it?"