Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 39: Spiritual Will and Magic
Just as Sheehan was looking at the candy that had suddenly appeared in his bag, and Justin was in despair,

The owl suddenly spoke up, huffing and puffing:
"Little wizard, huh! Lucky little wizard! Hurry up and go inside! Don't let Madam Ravenclaw find out!"

As it flapped its wings, a crack appeared in the wall, revealing a sky-blue door.
Hermione's eyes widened immediately.

"Thank you."

Justin immediately composed himself and sincerely thanked her.

Sheen picked up the quill lollipop and seemed to be deep in thought.

In the hidden room.

Hermione's focused face still held a hint of confusion.
Sheehan took out his notebook, and then heard Justin say softly:

"Actually, portraits get lonely too, don't they? Mr. Owl has always been hidden inside the wall; I bet he can't freely visit other portraits like he can."
Otherwise, its glasses wouldn't keep falling off.

"Ah."

Sheen said.

“Oh, Sheen, I think I’m going to go crazy if I don’t have anyone to talk to.”

Justin seemed to have thought of something, and his light gray eyes became even more profound.

"What are you going to do?"

Sheen seemed to have anticipated this.

"How about we move it?"

Justin said softly.

"You can try it."

Sheen nodded, but he didn't really think it would succeed.
One of the most fascinating things about Hogwarts Castle is the many secrets it holds.

Even Headmaster Dumbledore wasn't sure he knew all the secrets of Hogwarts.

The owl image is part of this secret.

Sheen had reason to suspect,
It's like the fat lady of Gryffindor who wears a floor-length gown.
They bear a responsibility similar to guarding the entrance to the Gryffindor common room.

This important responsibility cannot be easily erased.

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

but……

He still held onto a sliver of hope.

As he said,
You can't go wrong by giving it a try.

……

The scabies potion is one of the simplest potions and is also one of the most frequently used potions by wizards in North America.

I altered the ritual, greatly increasing the chances of success and significantly improving the quality of the potion.

Before you use it, please make sure you are already proficient in the improved ritual and are prepared with the mental state to go three days without sleep.

The success rate has increased significantly?
Quality improvement?

Sheen felt his breathing quicken.

I can understand the excitement of every potion researcher upon seeing this.
But I have to remind you again,

When brewing the potion, make sure you don't make a single mistake during the ritual, or you'll have to pray to Merlin for protection.
[You won't open your eyes and see me anymore]

Wizards' dry humor...

Sheen thought to himself.

immediately,

He began to study and master the reformed rituals.

Meanwhile, Justin and Hermione, standing beside him, resumed practicing the Levitation Charm.

Outside the window, owls flew out of Hogwarts Castle carrying letters.

Weekends are the busiest time for the owls.
They carry some words, delivering the language of longing.

They returned, carrying even deeper longing. And so, Hogwarts Castle was gradually enveloped in twilight.

The magic lantern slowly lit up.

Justin's anxious face was evident.

“Oh, Professor Flitwick said that the feather must spin once for a wizard to be considered to have mastered the levitation charm,”

His face was weary, but the feather remained motionless—

Even though he had followed Sheen's instructions exactly.

Even Hermione looked troubled, even though they were already quite outstanding as newly enrolled wizards.

However, the two still felt immense pressure from the young wizard who used the Fluorescent Charm as an Eye Disease Charm.

On the other side of the classroom, Sheen had finished familiarizing himself with the ritual and turned to the last page of his notes:
When a wizard experiences strong emotions—whether joy, worry, or sadness—in relation to the potion they are brewing, it can have a significant impact on the potion.
This is why pharmacists need focus and calmness.
But magic always has two sides; certain emotions can also generate unimaginable power.

This is what the reformed ritual aims to achieve.

Libashe Polach, the potions master, left behind more than just improvements; perhaps, as he said,

This is a great pioneering endeavor.

Sheen thought,
He becomes more focused during the ritual.
Moreover, it is accompanied by a strong emotion, similar to yet different from the emotions of Polymorph and the Flurry Charm.

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

Sheen muttered to himself, naturally thinking of the question he hadn't yet answered in the last Charms class.

He looked at the feather.
A question suddenly came to mind: why must the objects used for practice be feathers?
Is it just because it's light?

"It's because feathers inherently symbolize liberation—liberating from gravity, breaking free from constraints—"

Win—gar—dium—Le—viosa! "

[You practiced the Levitation spell to expert standard, proficiency +50]

A flash of light appeared at the tip of Sheen's wand, and the feather floated up, twirling a few times in the air.
Then, like a bird flapping its wings,
They danced rhythmically in the air.

Justin, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded.

"He just mumbled a few words to himself, saying things I couldn't understand at all, and he can reach this level?"

Justin said blankly,
"Sometimes I feel that Sheen is exactly the wizard I imagined. He can just say a few words and then go against my still-unstable common sense about magic."

Hermione stared intently at the dancing feather, then frowned and glanced at her wand.

Then he sighed somewhat helplessly.

Looking at Sheen's focused profile, her small face gradually hardened again.
The feathers fell slowly.

Sheen waved his wand again.

"Win-gar-dium-Le-viosa!"

[You practiced the Levitation spell to expert standard, proficiency +50]

The moment the panel notification sounded, Sheen felt a wave of exhaustion. He let the feather slowly drift into his palm.

Then you see Justin looking excited and Hermione blushing with embarrassment.

……

"As Professor Flitwick said when explaining the Flurry Charm, a charm infused with a wizard's emotions is much more powerful."

The Fluorescent Charm requires the wizard to crave light.
The emotion required for the Levitation spell is detachment.
Defying gravity... I think that's why wizards always use feathers to practice.

After Sheen finished speaking, Justin's expression became somewhat dazed.
Is that how you understand it?
Why couldn't I have thought of that?
Then he and Hermione quickly took out pens and wrote down every word Sheehan said.

Sheen then slowly took out his notes on the history of magic from his bag.
tomorrow,

He had a full day to complete the timeline of magical history and compile a magical historical outline "exclusively for Sheen".

The same goes for astronomy lessons; although it's a profound part of magic, the standards for young wizards have never been high.
Sheen only needs to record the celestial trajectories as if he were compiling a history of magic.

This means his scholarship fragments will reach four pieces tomorrow.
They are:
Charms class, Transfiguration class, Astronomy class, and History of Magic.

(End of this chapter)