Chapter 71: Spiritual Will and Magic

Just as Sean looked at the extra candy in his bag, and Jia Siting was in despair,

the owl suddenly opened its mouth angrily:

"Young wizard, humph! Lucky young wizard! Hurry in! Don't let Lady Ravenclaw find out!"

With the flapping of its wings, a crack also split open on the wall, revealing a sky-blue door.

Hermione's eyes widened immediately.

"Thank you."

Jia Siting instantly put away his collapsed face and thanked it sincerely.

And Sean picked up the quill lollipop, lost in thought.

Inside the hidden room.

Hermione's focused face still retained some confusion.

Sean took out his notebook, then heard Jia Siting say softly:

"Actually, portraits also get lonely, right? Mr. Owl has been hiding in the wall, I guess it must not be able to visit other portraits freely like others,

otherwise its glasses wouldn't keep falling off."

"Mm."

Sean said.

"Oh, Sean, if no one could chat with me all the time, I think I would go crazy."

Jia Siting seemed to have thought of something, his light gray eyes becoming deeper.

"What do you plan to do?"

Sean seemed to have expected it.

"How about we move it away?"

Jia Siting said softly.

"Can try."

Sean nodded, but he actually didn't think it would succeed.

One of the most fascinating things about Hogwarts Castle lies in the many secrets it hides.

Even Headmaster Dumbledore dare not be sure he knows all the secrets of Hogwarts.

And the owl portrait is part of these secrets.

Sean had reason to suspect,

it is just like the Fat Lady in a floor-length dress in Gryffindor,

shouldering some heavy responsibility similar to guarding the entrance to the Gryffindor common room,

and this kind of responsibility is obviously not something that can be erased at will.

Otherwise, the professors wouldn't have left this classroom alone.

But...

he still held a little bit of hope.

Just as he said,

trying wouldn't be wrong.

【The Boil-Cure Potion is one of the simplest potions, and also a potion frequently used by North American wizards.

I changed its ritual, making the success rate greatly increase, while significantly improving the quality of the potion.

Before you use it, please ensure you have mastered the improved ritual and are prepared with a mental level that can go three days without sleep.】

Success rate greatly increased?

Quality improved?

Sean felt his breathing accelerate.

【I can understand the excitement of every potion researcher when they reach this point,

but I must remind you once again,

when brewing potions, ensure you do not make a mistake in any step of the ritual, otherwise you can only pray for Merlin's blessing,

and not open your eyes to see me.】

The cold humor common to wizards...

Sean thought silently.

Immediately,

he began to learn and master the improved ritual.

And Jia Siting and Hermione beside him began practicing the Levitation Charm again.

Outside the window, owls flew out of Hogwarts Castle with letters,

every weekend is the busiest time for owls,

they carry some words, delivering the language of longing,

and return carrying even thicker longing.

Thus, Hogwarts Castle was also gradually shrouded in twilight.

Magical lanterns slowly lit up,

revealing Jia Siting's anxious face,

"Oh, Professor Fuliwei said, you have to make the feather spin in a circle, this represents the entry-level of a wizard's Levitation Charm,"

his face was full of fatigue, but that feather wouldn't spin at all—

even though he had done it exactly according to Sean's guidance.

Even Hermione looked distressed; although they were already outstanding as newly enrolled young wizards,

but for that young wizard who used the Lumos Charm as an eye-disease spell, both felt immense pressure.

Sean on the other side of the classroom had finished familiarizing himself with the ritual; he flipped to the last page of the notebook:

【When a wizard has strong emotions toward the potion being brewed—whether joy, worry, or sadness, this will have a great impact on the potion.

This is the reason why apothecaries need focus and calm,

but magic can always be divided into two sides, some appropriate emotions can also produce unimaginable power.

This is what the improved ritual aims to achieve.】

What Master Libatius Borage left behind is more than just some improvements; perhaps it is truly as he said,

this is a great pioneering work.

Sean thought,

when performing the ritual, he would become more focused,

and it would be mixed with a strong emotion, similar to yet different from the emotions of Transfiguration and Lumos.

"Then what is the emotion required for the Levitation Charm?"

Sean muttered to himself, naturally associating it with the question that hadn't been answered in the previous Charms class.

He looked at that feather,

suddenly remembering a question, why must the practice object be a feather?

Is it just because it's very light?

"Because a feather symbolizes breaking free—breaking free from gravity, breaking free from restraints—

Win—gar—dium—Le—viosa!"

【You practiced the Levitation Charm once at an expert standard, proficiency +50】

The light at the tip of Sean's wand flashed and vanished, the feather floated up shakily, spinning a few times in the air,

then like a bird flapping its wings,

danced rhythmically in the air.

Jia Siting on the side was already stunned.

"He just muttered a few words, said something I didn't hear clearly at all, and can reach this level?"

Jia Siting said blankly,

"Sometimes I feel Sean is exactly like the wizard I imagined, muttering a few words, and he can violate the magical common sense I haven't solidified yet."

Hermione stared unblinkingly at the dancing feather, then looked at her own wand with a frown,

then sighed helplessly.

She looked at Sean's focused profile, and her little face gradually became firm.

The feather fell slowly,

Sean waved his wand again.

"Win—gar—dium—Le—viosa!"

【You practiced the Levitation Charm once at an expert standard, proficiency +50】

And at the moment the panel prompt sounded, Sean felt a wave of fatigue; he let the feather float slowly into his palm,

and then saw the excited Jia Siting and the somewhat embarrassed and blushing Hermione.

"Just as Professor Fuliwei said when explaining the Lumos Charm, spells that incorporate a wizard's emotions will be more powerful, ===== CHAPTER 72 =====