Regulus of Hogwarts: Lord of the Stars

The dormitory was completely silent.

Regulus drew the heavy bed curtains, casting spells to block out sound and spying, shutting out everything from the outside world—praise, gossip, vigilance, scheming, and even the lingering fervor of Bella's letter.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness sink into the depths.

The basic magic circulation gently cleansed and nourished the limbs and bones along the familiar path, continuously strengthening every inch of skin, flesh, fascia, and bones.

Immediately, at the higher levels of consciousness, spiritual power began to coalesce and weave.

The three stars of Orion's Belt lit up one by one in the dark sea of ​​consciousness, moving with a slow, imperceptible, yet real, motion.

The star trails guide the meditation to begin, and the complex thoughts are soothed by the grand imagery.

After his mind had completely calmed down, Regulus attempted to light up the fourth star.

Things have developed beyond expectations, and he should quicken his pace.

Samsung syncing is just the beginning; it's the threshold for star-guided meditation.

He focused his consciousness on the brilliant right shoulder of Orion, on the supergiant star Betelgeuse, which emitted a dark red glow.

This requires incorporating this new point into the entire dynamic system while maintaining Samsung's dynamic model.

Betelgeuse has its own trajectory, and its relative position and movement with the three stars of the Belt form the basis of the upper body structure of Orion.

The difficulty has increased dramatically.

Simulating the dynamics of stars is a hundred times more difficult than building a static model.

It requires precise calculations, powerful spatial imagination, and absolute magical control.

He must keep the precise relative position of the light spot in his mind in sync.

At the same time, each point moves slowly in a direction that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye but conforms to the laws of celestial motion.

It's like simultaneously manipulating multiple points of light in your mind, each moving along a different, complex function trajectory, while ensuring that the overall shape they form remains intact.

This requires intense concentration and non-stop calculation.

Even the slightest lapse in concentration can cause errors in the dynamics of a particular point, leading to a disruption of the dynamic balance of the entire model, or even its collapse.

That slow pace, far from reducing the difficulty, actually brings a greater mental burden because of its inevitable existence and long-term maintenance.

Simulating such extremely slow, almost static motion requires absolute patience, precision, and continuous control.

Regulus first tried to pinpoint Betelgeuse's current location in his mind.

A dark red dot, slightly larger than the three-star belt, appeared in the upper right corner of the belt.

Then, it is to give it dynamism.

Betelgeuse's self-movement data differs from that of the three stars in the belt, and even the direction of movement is slightly different.

Regulus had to devote some of his attention to calculating and maintaining the movement of Betelgeuse, while also coordinating its dynamic geometric relationship with the three stars of the Belt.

Distance, angle, and direction all change slowly as they move.

When he added the motion of Betelgeuse, the originally stable three-star model was immediately disturbed, the motion trajectories of the three points of light became disordered, and the entire dynamic structure was on the verge of collapse.

He immediately stopped, reverted to maintaining only three stars, and cautiously tried again after things stabilized.

This time, he first added Betelgeuse as a static point to stabilize its relative static position with the three stars.

Then, extremely slowly and subtly, the calculated momentum is injected into it, and the momentum of the three stars is simultaneously fine-tuned to adapt to this newly added variable and seek a new dynamic equilibrium.

This is an extremely time-consuming and computationally intensive process.

He felt his mind was like a taut bowstring, and a slight throbbing pain came from his temples.

Maintaining a four-star dynamic model requires far more mental energy than a three-star model, almost exponentially more.

Time slips away in silent struggle and adjustment.

After an unknown amount of time, it was as if some invisible gear finally clicked shut.

The dark red dot of Betelgeuse is no longer an abrupt addition.

It achieved a certain coordination with the movement trend of the three stars of the belt. The simple quadrilateral structure formed by the four stars began to move synchronously in a harmonious and unified rhythm in the void of consciousness.

Successful.

The four-star dynamic model has been initially completed.

Regulus maintained this state, carefully experiencing the changes.

The mental exertion was indeed enormous, but at the same time, a deeper sense of peace and a subtle feeling of fulfillment as the soul was expanded also came over me.

After lighting up the fourth star, the sense of depth and stability of the entire meditation state seemed to have improved, and the perception of the free magic in the surrounding environment also seemed to have become more acute.

He slowly exited his deep meditation state and glanced at the magic timer on the bedside table.

From the initial attempt to light up the fourth star to its initial success and stabilization, the entire process took nearly two hours.

And this is just the time required to add one more star to a model that has already been mastered.

It is foreseeable that as the number of stars included in the model increases, the dynamic relationships between them will become increasingly complex.

The time, computing power, and mental burden required to add each new star and integrate it into the overall dynamic system will increase at an alarming rate.

However, it is also foreseeable that as the depth of meditation increases, the mind will become more resilient and vigorous under continuous high-intensity training, and the ability to calculate and spatial imagination will also be improved accordingly.

This, in turn, will gradually accelerate the process of illuminating subsequent stars. It is a spiraling upward process, difficult and slow in the early stages, but will accelerate later due to the solid foundation.

However, the biggest challenge is not lighting up more stars, but solidifying them.

Dynamics are the essence of this method, and also its greatest challenge.

He must recalculate, reconstruct, and maintain this dynamic model each time he meditates, unlike solidified meditation patterns which form instinctive magical pathways.

To bring this dynamic star trail model to a state of "walking, sitting, lying down, and spontaneous mental activity" is an incredibly difficult task.

Solidification usually means being fixed and unchanging, but what he was trying to solidify was a system of perpetual motion.

This requires that his underlying spirit must develop an active structure capable of automatically processing complex dynamic changes and automatically fine-tuning synchronization.

The road ahead may be long, but the light is also clearly visible.

Regulus closed his eyes again and did not continue to challenge the fifth star.

Tonight's four-star success is a breakthrough. He needs to consolidate it and make the four-star dynamic model more stable and natural.

The extension of the star trails takes place quietly with each breath, each calculation, and each synchronization.

......

The news that Regulus had crushed fifth-year student Alger Travers was like a drop of cold water on boiling oil, causing an uproar in Slytherin and even the entire Hogwarts pure-blood circle.

Slytherin revered strength and the wisdom to wield it; when these two were combined and presented in such a dramatic way, the impact was immense.

Overnight, Regulus's position within Slytherin underwent a subtle yet fundamental change.

The older students no longer looked at him with the casualness one would show to a promising junior; instead, they looked at him with more seriousness and even a hint of apprehension.

No one said anything foolish anymore, and the pure-blood wizards who had been somewhat distant from the Black family because of their family stance or the Sirius Black incident began to take the young heir seriously again.

"The Black family might really be on their way this time," a seventh-grader whispered to his classmate at breakfast.

"Think about it, the power he displayed, and his nonchalant attitude towards dark magic, it's very much to the liking of some people."

"The important thing is strength." His companion replied seriously, "He's only a freshman, and he can already play with Travers, a fifth-grader, like a toy. What will he be like when he graduates?"

"Lord Voldemort is currently at the height of his power. If the Black family produces such a formidable figure, their future status will be..."

Similar conversations are taking place in many corners of the world.

Pragmatism is one of Slytherin's survival rules. When the balance of power begins to tilt significantly, adjusting one's stance and reassessing relationships becomes inevitable.

The owl mailman became exceptionally busy in the following days.

Many Slytherin students, especially the older ones with close family ties, wrote home describing in detail the duel and Regulus Black's extraordinary strength beyond his years.

On Thursday morning, Regulus was stopped by a seventh-grade student right after his Transfiguration class ended.

"Black, Professor Slughorn requests your presence in his office." The senior student's tone was polite, even carrying a hint of barely perceptible flattery.

Regulus nodded, packed his things, and headed towards the underground classroom.