"New Spatial Displacement Device...
"Precisely regulating the immense Magic Power contained within the Sorcerer's Stone..."
Professor Babbling listened quietly to Loren's account, her gaze unfocused. As a professor, she had actually been held after class by a student—and the one asking questions had not even taken her course. She sighed so faintly it was almost imperceptible, feeling inexplicably helpless.
The facts proved that even among seventh years about to graduate, the differences between individuals could be greater than those between Rune characters. Some students were still fretting over prank items, while others had already received invitations from the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center and begun exploring fields that many old scholars had never set foot in.
Loren Morgan was an outstanding wizard with extraordinary magical talent. That was the consensus among Hogwarts professors.
Potions Master, Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts... Loren Morgan excelled in most of the courses Hogwarts offered. In the very few subjects where he had no grades, it was not because his talent fell short, but because he was too lazy to take them as electives.
Runes was one of them.
Thinking back to their adventure in Egypt several years ago, she had noticed Loren's talent for Runes and Alchemy even then. Over the past few years, she had exchanged ideas with Miss Granger, occasionally teasing the girl by saying that despite her boyfriend's talent, he refused to take Runes just so he could escape the endlessly questioning Miss Know-It-All and secure a little peace and quiet alone...
A few months earlier, an invitation from the Egyptian Alchemy Research Center had drawn her attention to the mysterious Loren Morgan again. Considering Beauxbatons's role in pushing things along, she had vaguely guessed who was teaching Loren Runes and Alchemy.
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