History of Magic is indeed very boring. During class, the entire classroom of students felt drowsy, and it was only when the end-of-class bell rang that everyone regained their energy.
During the time before dinner, Albert prepared to reply to his letters. Keeping up a correspondence with that group of famous wizards had one major benefit: when discussing and researching a certain field, one's experience gained a massive boost. The price to pay, however, was spending a huge amount of time and energy writing back.
After all, everyone was a professional. Aside from brief greetings, the majority of the content in the letters consisted of academic problems or opinions on specific fields.
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