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.
Kathleen would occasionally chime in with a sentence or two, and the atmosphere was very good.
However, the topic would always go awry as we chatted. Somehow the topic turned into Albert winning the International Wizarding Chess Competition, and then it turned into Nico giving up the Philosopher's Stone.
Nicholas expressed regret for this. When he was young, he also visited Mr. Nicol and regretted the decision of the greatest alchemist in history.
When she heard that Nico planned to teach Albert knowledge in the last few years of his life, the envy in Kathleen's eyes almost overflowed.
If possible, Kathleen also wanted to study with Nicola Flamel, but she couldn't say it anyway.
Say it, that is disrespectful to Grandpa Nicholas.
Nicolas naturally knew what his granddaughter was thinking, but he had no good solution.
He himself was not familiar with Nico, so it was impossible for him to write a letter of introduction to his granddaughter. What's more, after becoming his heir, Kathleen would need to take on responsibilities. She still had a lot to learn.
The chat ended with Nicholas inviting the two of them to his alchemy workshop tomorrow.
As the night got 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 "Chadwick's Magic". This book was written by the founder of the school, Chadwick Butt.
how to say?
The content isn’t bad, but it’s not great either.
Books written in the early 17th century, even if they were written by powerful wizards, would have some problems.
After all, Chadwick Butt is not a professional writer of educational books.
Of course, "Chadwick's Magic" will not be the one from the seventeenth century. This book has been rewritten and corrected many times by later generations.
The flaw is that this book of spells apparently has the same problem as Miranda Gorshak's "Book of Spells". Basically, the content of the curses in the book has been deleted.
How could an ancient book of spells contain no curses?
Those ancient books contain more or less strange spells, and those that can be used as teaching materials have been abridged and rewritten.
If you have to judge which magic textbook is better, it should be the "Standard Spells" series adapted from "The Book of Spells".
After all, this book is a book specially researched and carefully adapted by Miranda Gorshak.
Moreover, the fact that "Standard Spells" has become a textbook in many magic schools around the world can explain a lot of problems.
What interests Albert the most is the history of magic, or the history of magic in the United States. The history of this country is obviously not very long, but it turns out that the history of magic is very thick, at least it is the thickest book among the books that Kathleen gave herself. .
This book describes in great detail some of the famous history of the United States, such as the establishment of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Salem Witch Trials, the establishment of the Magical Congress of the United States, and the crimes of the Purifiers (committing murders and trafficking in wizards and human beings). , torture and other evil deeds), the birth of the Twelve Aurors in the United States, the history of the elimination of the Purifiers, the leak of the witch Dorcas Twelvetrees, and then the history of the five relocations in the United States, and Bigfoot Weird chaos.
In fact, as long as you read the history of magic in the United States, you will be able to figure out why the magic world in the United States is different from the magic world in other countries.
The culprit actually came from England and even the Puritans in Europe.
These remaining Catholic reformists had a low tolerance for faith after their exile in North America, and they caused a lot of trouble.
Though it was just some No-Majs that were unlucky, the relationship between wizards and No-Majs became quite sour.
In fact, this can be seen from the first line of the school song of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry:
We are united,
…
Later, the witch Dorcas Twelvetrees caused a lot of trouble because she was infatuated with the handsome horseman Thoromeu Barebone (who is a descendant of the Purifier).
Leading to the birth and implementation of Rappaport's Law, which completely separated the No-Maj and wizard societies.
The law prohibits wizards and witches from making friends or marrying No-Majs, and imposes heavy penalties on wizards who get too close to No-Majs.
The wand license also appeared in Rappaport Law.
The law stipulates that only witches and wizards who have reached the legal age (17 years old) can legally possess a wand outside of school, which is why the guy from the Ministry of Magic confiscated his wand.
As for the students of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they borrow their wands from the school before they graduate and leave their wands at the school during the holidays. Only graduating students can spend money to buy their own wands from the school.
The American wizarding community takes a very strict view of wand manufacturers.
In fact, No-Majs have looser control over firearms than they do.
The birth of Rappaport's Law further deepened the cultural differences between the wizarding world in the United States and Europe, which is the main reason why many wizards do not like to go to the United States.
Because you need to be especially careful, otherwise you may find yourself committing a serious crime for no apparent reason and be thrown into jail.
Later, the Magical Congress of the United States probably also felt that Rappaport Law was very undemocratic, so it abolished Rappaport Law in 1965.
Repeal of Rappaport's Law?
Albert's expression became even weirder when he saw this.
Yes, in order to demonstrate the freedom, equality and human rights of MACUSA, MACUSA announced the abolition of Rappaport's Law in 1965.
To be sure, MACUSA has abolished the term "Rappaport's Law".
It is not difficult to guess from the troubles Albert encountered when he came to the United States that most of the policies in Rappaport's law have been retained. For example, wizards need to have a wand license, and No-Majs and wizards cannot intermarry. 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 will be a felony.
Of course, as the United States is so big, there are always shadows that the MACUSA's glory cannot shine, but if these wizards living in the shadows commit serious crimes, they will be punished by death.
It is said that MACUSA upholds humanitarianism and carries out painless executions.
According to the book's records, Newt, the famous author of "Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them", almost lost his life in the United States. In the end, he helped MACUSA arrest the Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald to make up for his mistakes, and finally left this land of freedom alive. The land of democracy.
Albert closed the book and put the History of Magic in America on his 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 was Kathleen in pink pajamas.
"What's matter?"
"I see that you haven't slept yet, so I made you a cup of cocoa. This is my apology," Kathleen said, handing a cup of hot cocoa to Albert. "I'm sorry to bring you a cup of cocoa today." Trouble is coming,"
“Oh, I didn’t take it to heart. There are people like that everywhere.” Albert took the hot cocoa and took a sip, accepting the apology.
He really didn't take that matter to heart. Anyway, he would never come to the United States again, let alone see the other party again, so it was useless even if he took it to heart.
“Well, good night.”
“Thank you for the hot cocoa, it’s delicious!” After Catherine left, Albert closed the door and went back to bed to read for a while. After feeling sleepy, he turned off the light and took a rest.
(End of this chapter)