Harry Potter: A Fan Fiction - Volume 1 Chapter 20 Subjects
That was truly an unexpected find during his History class.
After summoning it, only now was he able to glimpse at some information specifically about the black ring.
He did try material analysis and physical inspection at some point but nothing notably special comes up with any of the trials he has performed, and he was unable to get anything at all from these researches.
Great Merlin’s ring! Literally!
Although it isn’t very comprehensive, he was able to at the very least understand it a little bit more about this mysterious black ring who constantly gnaws at his magic reserves albeit not as much as it did at their first meeting.
‘So it was originally worn by the great Merlin, and through this ring he was able to get access to the power of to banish anyone from this world into God knows where. A power called ‘authority’ at the cost of losing the ring is somewhat a bit of a a loss if you ask me. Aside from the fact that it reduces casting time and magic consumption it also offers protection against fear, illnesses, and some low level curses making it very useful.
Why did Merlin choose to banish them instead of just eliminating everyone? He did after all have enough power to kill them instead, right? Is he some kind of hero wannabe? An idealist perhaps? The greatest wizard to have ever lived? These are questions I can never answer until I get information and proof things that are very scarce and protected can’t be so easily accessed since Merlin himself restricted leakage of his personal information.’
Freeing himself from his thoughts from the matters of the ring, he was honestly shocked about Durmstrang’s facilities, curriculum and Durmstrang itself.
‘Why is Durmstrang sooo damn different from my expectations? Comparing it with Hogwarts? Hogwarts where they teach students how to turn a matchstick into a needle, make a feather float, and summon a little light from their wands. Incomparable. Durmstrang is so advanced that a graduate here fighting someone who graduated from Hogwarts would be a total abuse. I did expect it to be a little different but not to this extent. Oh hell no don’t go looking at me for changing anything. I’m pretty sure this has got nothing to do with me as I haven’t been doing anything that might affect the whole plot to go haywire. Yet at very least.
That leaves it to two possibilities, it can either be Medved’s really that good or Karakov’s machinations.’
Viktor headed to grab his lunch and finished rather quickly, and he ended up with ample of rest time before his afternoon classes.
Talking about classes, Durmstrang does not offer the same morning subjects at the same day. Today, we had Transmutation and History, tomorrow is going to be Potioneering and Muggle Studies, the day after that, we are having Herbology and Arithmancy, then we have Magic Theory and Spellcraft on Thursdays, Theoretical Enchantments and Magic Beast Zoology on Fridays and a single subject which is the Wizarding Laws on Saturdays. Sunday is a rest day where people can go home or do anything really as long as one knows their boundaries then its good. Getting back to class is simple, apparation is available outside the castle gates so one can apparate back to Durmstrang’s gate anytime of the day, they just have to make sure they’re not late for class comes Monday.
The ship? The ship is just for traditional sakes as it is apparently required for freshmen classes to take the trip, although some upper-class men do like enjoy themselves on the relaxing trip on the ship while thinking it’s a vacation of some sort. Anyway, everyone is weird for their own good.
Afternoon classes on the other hand is going to be the same from Monday to Friday having Magic Combat from one to three and Physical Combat from three thirty to five thirty as for Saturday afternoon, it is a free for all type of training day where one can finish homeworks, projects, or train in magic, their physique or simply read a book.