Chapter 830: Hogwarts Study Panel Chapter 358
And Mr. Stan didn't know, he continued:
"All of You-Know-Who's supporters were arrested, right, Ernie? After You-Know-Who ran away, most of them knew the situation was gone and stopped making trouble.
Only Sirius Black was the exception. I heard he thought that once You-Know-Who rose again, he could take the second-in-command seat.
Anyway, they blocked Black on a street full of Muggles, and Black pulled out his wand and blew up half the street, hitting a wizard and a dozen Muggles who happened to be there.
Terrible, isn't it? Do you know what Black did next?"
Stan continued to say in an exaggerated tone in a low voice.
"What?"
Harry asked.
"Laughed out loud,"
Stan said,
"Stood there and laughed out loud. Later, the Ministry of Magic's reinforcements arrived, and he followed them obediently, still laughing non-stop.
He must be crazy. Right, Ernie? Is he crazy?"
"Even if he wasn't crazy when he went to Azkaban, he definitely is by now."
Ernie said in a low voice,
"I'd rather blow myself up than step into that place. This is the punishment he deserves... to have done such a thing..."
"They had a hard time smoothing things over, right, Ernie?"
Stan said,
"The street was blown up, so many Muggles lost their lives.
How did they explain it, Ernie?"
"Gas explosion."
Ernie muttered.
"Now he's out again."
Stan said, looking carefully at Black's haggard face in the newspaper photo,
"Azkaban has never had a prison break, right, Ernie? I really don't understand how he pulled it off.
Pretty scary, isn't it? Honestly, I can't imagine he could handle the guards at Azkaban. Right, Ernie?"
Mr. Stan had a strange habit, which Sean and Harry easily learned—every time he spoke, he had to call out "Ernie," as if what he said had no credibility if Ernie didn't speak.
Of course, what he said was indeed bizarre, not only scaring Harry, but even Ernie shivered.
"Talk about something else, Stan, there are two decent lads here.
I get a stomachache whenever I hear about those Azkaban guards."
Stan reluctantly put the newspaper aside.
Harry leaned against the window of the Knight Bus, never having felt worse.
He knew nothing about the wizarding prison, but he heard everyone speak of that place with the same fearful tone.
The Knight Bus swayed in the darkness, scattering bushes, trash cans, telephone booths, and trees.
Harry lay on the feather mattress, upset and worried.
"Sean, that Black, the Ministry of Magic will capture him back, right?"
He asked the young wizard who was still reading, across a bed.
"They will try their best."
Sean thought for a moment and said.
"If they can't capture him back? What will Black do?"
Harry couldn't help but ask.
Sean didn't speak; he just looked at Harry silently, and Harry immediately understood something from those bright eyes.
"Miss Witch, can I swap beds with you?"
Harry ran to a witch with freckles on her face; it was her bed that blocked Harry from Sean.
Not until the witch moved reluctantly did Harry's pounding heart ease a little.
Once closer, Harry could see what Sean's quill was writing.
On the neat page was a portrait of a wizard holding a wand, with intense light erupting from the tip of the wand.
It was as bright as the headlights of the Knight Bus just now.
Below the illustration were the gestures and pronunciation breakdowns commonly used in Green's Notes.
But strangely, Harry had never seen such pronunciation, nor had he witnessed such gestures.
"What spell is this... it seems to be Lumos..."
Harry didn't dare to disturb Sean, so he could only look at the completely changed spell illustration and guess in a low voice.
"It's the Strong Light Spell."
Sean's quill paused, and he explained.
"Oh, sorry to disturb you, Sean... but what is the Strong Light Spell?"
Harry trembled when he heard this and asked.
"The first spell to be reshaped—changing the original order of Lumos in the wizard's heart, from longing for light to causing a blinding effect—after the wizard's inner purpose is different, the order also naturally changes with the change of the wizard's will...
So the order collapses and then rebuilds... therefore, even if the same gesture and pronunciation are used, it won't necessarily produce light.
... The only problem is that the original collapsed order will affect the wizard's casting, and wizards learning the Strong Light Spell can no longer stably release Lumos, so I must redesign the magical ritual...
This is the Strong Light Spell that has reshaped the order but has not yet perfected its wisdom."
Sean explained while perfecting his notes, as if saying a long string of spells that Harry couldn't understand at all was as simple as eating and drinking.
"What is... reshaping? What are order and purpose? What needs to... collapse and rebuild?"
Harry was bewildered, as if listening to a heavenly book.
Why were all the words Sean said in English, but he couldn't understand them when put together?
"I created a new spell."
Sean summarized.
"Oh, Sean, you could have said that earlier."
Harry suddenly realized.
"Oh no, Sean, what did you say?"
Harry suddenly came back to his senses.
"I..."
"You created a new spell!"
Harry exclaimed.
"Hey! Sir!"
The witch with freckles on her face glared at Harry angrily.
"Sorry!"
Harry hadn't adjusted yet,
"Sean, you created a new spell? Just now? Just before? On this bus?!"
"Hmm."
Regarding magic, Sean was always rigorous.
The Strong Light Spell verified Sean's conjecture.
Although it originated from the pronunciation and gestures of Lumos, it completely broke away from the basic spell that wizards had inherited for thousands of years—Lumos.
It was not an improvement of Lumos, like the relationship between red sparks and green sparks.
But a completely new spell, from zero to one.
It could be used awkwardly by wizards using the casting techniques of Lumos, but this was definitely not the casting technique that fit it.
So this precisely proved one thing.
Wizards seek inward, establishing an unshakable 【Order】 in their hearts; at this point, reality must obey the wizard's 【Order】.
【Wisdom】 is just the wizard's drawing of bones and seeking form for magic. ===== CHAPTER 831 =====
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