Hogwarts... Late at night...
"A book…a shovel…a pickaxe…an iron axe…an iron sword…"
After tinkering on the workbench all morning, Professor Kaisen finally succeeded in creating the Novice Spell Book from Newborn Magic Art.
"Oh my goodness, this looks even more advanced than a magic manual!"
He marveled at the magic book floating beside him, with its purple cover and gold trim, looking incredibly impressive.
He waved his hand, and the magic book flew into his hand. Upon opening it, there were only five basic magic symbols: three were casting methods—Launch, Self, and Touch—and two were casting effects—Damage and Destruction.
For example, the Launch casting method makes a spell fly forward. Combining the Launch magic symbol with the Damage magic symbol can create the most basic Damage spell.
Emmmmmmmm.
The damage is probably enough to take a quarter of a person's life; a healthy, normal person can essentially meet Death after four hits.
As for the expressive power of this spell… Kaisen recalled the magic of the Hogwarts Professors he was familiar with, as well as the original magic of this world. The Damage spell only causes harm to life itself.
The rest of the body and mind will not have any problems. If one had to find a comparable spell...
Avada Kedavra. Only this one. Although different in degree, their underlying logic is terrifyingly similar.
Of course, besides launching it, one could also choose Touch. Touch plus Damage is basically equivalent to hitting the enemy four big slaps to send them to a team-building with Death.
As for the other magic symbol among the casting effects, Destruction, it is very easy to understand: it destroys matter. It is useless for life and flesh. At least in Kaisen's experiments, it should only be able to destroy inanimate objects.
This Destruction can only be used with Launch, because if it were Touch combined with Destruction... he could do that himself.
Didn't he knock down the wall of Diagon Alley with two thuds the first time he went to Diagon Alley with Harry?
In short, the expressive power and potential for excavation of this magic book are very strong. Most importantly, it is much more fun and safer to study than the Mystical Era.
The only problem now is that there are too few magic symbols that can be used in this magic book—only five in total.
Only four are usable, because the Self casting method... currently has no use.
In his thoughts, the Self casting method should be for buffing oneself, but as he said, there are too few magic symbols, and no buff magic symbols.
However, there is also a way to increase magic symbols, which is recorded in this elementary magic book.
First is the scribing table, though Kaisen thinks it should be called a research table. This scribing table is also not easy to make, requiring a material called High Tree.
It also requires a special parchment. This parchment is different from ordinary parchment; according to the records in the magic book, it needs to be made from a magic fiber combined with ordinary parchment to create this parchment capable of recording magic.
However, Kaisen hasn't figured out whether this special parchment and researching magic symbols have a necessary connection, but he now has two more tasks before the holidays.
One is to find High Tree, and the other is to find the raw material for making magic fiber, the magic Flower.
Kaisen leaned back in his chair with some helplessness. He thought of last year's holiday, when he and Lupin searched the world for magic crystals. He was much stronger then than now.
Now he could be said to be a truly headless chicken, whereas last year he had a clear goal...
Hey!
A light bulb suddenly lit up above Kaisen's head.
Who gave him last year's goal?
Professor Trelawney!
If it worked last year, it should work this year too... It should work!
Kaisen left his office excitedly and headed straight for Professor Trelawney's tower.
Then he saw two entries in the hallway.
[Human] [magic]
The two entries floated empty in mid-air. Kaisen was a bit helpless; the only Little Wizards at Hogwarts who could do this was Harry Potter, using his Invisibility Cloak.
Other Little Wizardss could also use the Disillusionment Charm, but their skill was clearly not very good, basically equivalent to optical invisibility; one could still see a shadowy outline if they looked closely.
He instinctively reached out from top to bottom, wanting to grab Harry's Invisibility Cloak, and then the sensation on his hand felt a bit strange.
The sensation was fuzzy, like someone's hair, not the slippery feeling of the Invisibility Cloak.
And the height was different. Harry was still a little sprout, but at this moment, Kaisen felt that this so-called [Harry]... he might be riding on Ron.
The next moment, he just felt his hand being swatted away, and then he finally saw the true face of the person who was invisibly wandering around in the middle of the night...
"...How long has it been, old man, why haven't you left yet?" Kaisen looked at Grindelwald, who was stroking his hair with one hand, with a half-moon eye and some helplessness.
"Is Hogwarts your property?" Grindelwald retorted.
"No, but I am a Professor at Hogwarts. I have the right to expel Dark Wizards. Moreover, you, old man, are not in Nurmengard prison right now, but constantly under the nose of your mortal enemy... What's up, did Dumbledore find you a new cell or contract out the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor position to you?" Kaisen complained speechlessly.
"You recognized me?"
"I flipped through a few pages of early century history. You still haven't answered my question, Mr. Grindelwald."
"...Theoretically, Al is not my mortal enemy. We just... have different ideologies. Moreover, he still hasn't truly sent me back to Nurmengard. Isn't that enough to explain the situation?" Grindelwald said elegantly, with his hands clasped behind his back and his chin slightly raised.
"...There was another question."
"Your guess is correct. He did give me the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor position for the year after next."
Kaisen's mouth twitched.
"The Daily Prophet was right, Dumbledore really has gone senile," he muttered, his steps quickly changing direction, heading towards the Headmaster's office.
"You believe that already? Professor Kaisen?" Grindelwald said from behind Kaisen.
"I believe it completely. Dumbledore's mind! What was he thinking?!"
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