How to study History of Magic? Did this professor not know how to teach his own subject? Ryan eyed Professor Vinteren with renewed interest. If he didn't know any better, he'd say the prof was trying to get the lesson out of the students. Clever.

He raised his hand and offered the following: "You can use Veritaserum to force the truth about the past from people. Unless they're willing to offer it up themselves. I mean, old people, of course. Because we all know history is always biased."