The man behind Hogwarts

Chapter 191 Proto-Indo-European

Hogwarts, Ravenclaw common room

A dozen Ravenclaw students gathered in the common room, chatting about an important festival coming up, and the male prefect Robert was also among them.

Robert was standing in the middle, holding a registration book, talking about something.

"Christmas is in two weeks. Let me count how many people go home and how many people want to stay in school for the holidays." He wrote in the notebook and said: "If you want to stay in school, you must ask your parents to provide a copy." consent."

"The school will hold a Christmas party on the 25th, and all students who remain in school can attend."

"If you want to be detained, please raise your hands."

In the common room, a few hands were raised.

The current members in the common room are not all first-year students, but based on the number of hands raised, there must be very few students staying in school, and there should be no more than 5 people.

Robert wrote down the names of those who raised their hands in the registration book, and then warned: "Remember to give me your parents' consent form within three days."

The two nodded.

On a sofa in the lounge, Evelin asked quietly: "William, isn't there anyone at home? How are you going to spend Christmas?"

She must be going home.

As early as early November, her parents sent several letters, asking her to go home for Christmas, revealing their deep longing for her.

The Evelin family is an ancient wizarding family.

In Evelin's generation, she was the only daughter in the entire family, and the whole family loved her like the apple of their eye.

William chuckled and said, "Although I don't have a family, I do have a home. My home is quite big. I just go back and see my old friends."

At the same time, you can also do some things that are inconvenient to do at school.

"Really, can I be a guest at your house?" Evelin said softly: "I will go to your house to have fun, and you will come to my house. We can spend Christmas together. Don't you like to study weird things? I have a lot of stuff at home."

"No problem, you are welcome at any time." William replied: "You also know the address of my home, and you can come and play at any time. But before coming, it is best to write to ask in case I am not at home."

"I may have to go out this Christmas, and I may not be able to spare time to visit your house."

Christmas is the most solemn festival here.

Both Muggles and wizards enjoy this holiday very much. During Christmas, many people visit each other as guests, so Evelin inviting William to be a guest is quite normal in the wizarding world.

The Christmas break at Hogwarts lasts for two weeks.

Robert explained before that during the two weeks of Christmas, there will be very few students staying in school.

If you choose to stay in school during the holidays, no matter whether you are a first-year, second-year student, or a higher-year student, you are not allowed to leave school without permission, not even Hogsmeade.

When she heard that William welcomed her to play, Evelin narrowed her eyebrows and smiled delicately.

"When the time comes, take Draco with you to William's house to spend Christmas with him."

"He had no family and must have been very lonely during the holidays."

Thinking in his mind, he added: "Flan and I have used up all the invitations we have, why did you only use one?"

"I didn't find anyone with any special potential, so I simply didn't send it out." William said leisurely: "The spot that was sent out was still given to second-year Fred, but I don't think he can pass the review."

"Fred?"

The name sounded familiar, so Evelin guessed, "Is it Fred Weasley from second grade? I've heard of them, they're quite famous."

Thinking of the deeds she had heard, she laughed secretly.

The Weasley brothers are indeed famous. Even Ravenclaw has heard of them and knows that these two are very keen on playing pranks.

Evelin continued: "Everyone who has been invited has already submitted their papers. When will the review be carried out?"

"In the afternoon, I'll talk to Cedric and the others later."

"Okay. I have to prepare well."

The review she mentioned was an internal activity of the Gem Club.

William had previously proposed a plan to recruit reserve members of the club, giving each person three invitation quotas. The invitees had to submit a paper within two weeks. If they passed the review of the four William members, they could pass and become a reserve member.

For this matter, Snape chatted with him twice and expressed his close attention to this activity.

Fortunately, the club deliberately controlled the impact, and the news only spread within a small area in the school.

After Robert's registration was completed, everyone dispersed.

William returned to the dormitory, took something out of the drawer, left Ravenclaw Tower, and walked towards the main castle.

Go up the castle stairs to the second floor, find an office, and knock on the door.

"Please come in."

A distant and hoarse voice came from the office.

"Professor Sinistra." William entered with a smile, greeted him familiarly, and then said: "Good morning, Professor, what shall we learn today?"

The owner of the office is actually the teacher who teaches astronomy: Aurora Sinistra.

Today, this situation often happens recently. After William has almost written his thesis, he often privately asks him for knowledge of astronomy to supplement the thesis.

"Sit down first." Sinistra turned around and pulled out a book from the bookshelf, carefully brushing away the non-existent dust.

"Read this book first."

Taking the book, William found that the book was a little old and there were signs of wear on the corners of the pages.

Apparently the book is so old that not even magic can restore it to its true form.

"The Secret of the 89 Stars"

Opening the book, the text used in the book is not English, but the rare Proto-Indo-European language.

Proto-Indo-European once had many branches, such as today's English, Russian, Persian, Bengali, etc. However, this language was gradually lost because it was too complex, and was replaced by English, Russian and other languages ​​with simpler and clearer vocabulary.

Originally, William didn't know this language, but he taught him some when he asked Sinister for advice.

After reading from the beginning, he put down the book and pondered for a moment, then looked at Sinister.

"Different stars have different appearance characteristics and movement patterns, which are then used in divination..."

"Professor, I only know a little bit of Proto-Indo-European, but I can't quite understand it."

Sinista smiled slightly: "Proto-Indo-European is simple. If you want to learn it, I will continue to teach you later. But you can learn this book first. The content in it will be very helpful for your thesis."

The Proto-Indo-European language, which was too difficult and was almost lost, turned out to be at the "easy" level in the conversation between the two.

William nodded and said nothing.

What he had previously asked Sinister for advice was purely astronomical knowledge.

Unexpectedly, today she suddenly gave herself a book about "divination". What did she mean?