46. ??It is better to drink afternoon tea than to eat rock skin cake
"It is true that what you are learning now is a brand new method of casting spells, but the basis of the spell itself is still the same as using a wand to cast spells. So if you want to strengthen the ability to use the levitating spell on yourself, the most fundamental thing is to
Understand the floating spell deeply enough."
Slughorn gave Jon a cup of black tea, but he held a glass of lemonade and drank it while talking.
Jon raised the wand in his hand thoughtfully.
"In other words, as long as I master the normal floating spell better, the effect of the floating spell used on myself will also be better. If I want to improve myself, I just need to keep practicing the spell itself."
Slughorn nodded.
"You understand correctly. The essence of wand casting and ring casting are the same, but there is a difference in the objects that change. This is why only the syllables of the spell change but the spell itself does not change."
As he spoke, he took out a large stack of notebooks and magic books from under the desk cabinet.
"Also, take these with you when you leave. Some of the insights Adrian left behind about the spellcasting method you have learned should be of great help to you. Of course, Hogwart
The part left in the castle must be much more than what I have now. His last wish at that time was to donate all his research results to the Hogwarts library, but unfortunately he did not do so later.
Something like that happened. Before he died, he also asked me to try my best to help bring out the information and stones from the castle. Now that you have inherited everything from him, I will hand over this matter to you, Qiao.
kindness."
Slughorn said with a smile.
"I hope you can really do this one day, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. You are only 11 years old after all."
Jon looked at the things Slughorn handed him, with a somewhat stunned expression on his face.
"Professor...do you mean that you no longer intend to teach me about the things behind the ring?"
"It's not that I don't want to teach." Fat Walrus shook his head, "It's just that I only know so much about Jon. After all, I have never really learned how to use that ring. All the things I taught you before
I learned it from these notes. Now that you have initially mastered a magic spell, instead of asking me to relay it to you half-baked, it is better for you to think it is appropriate. Besides, if you have any questions later, of course you can
Keep asking me, but there is a high probability that I will not be able to give you a direct answer. We have to discuss it to solve the problem."
Although he said this, Jon still couldn't accept it for a while. He originally thought that the teaching of this method of spellcasting would take a long time, at least one or two school years, but now it has ended in only half a school year.
.
While they were chatting, the office door suddenly opened a gap. Jon turned his head and looked over, but did not see anyone walking in.
Just when he thought it was some student who accidentally opened the door, he suddenly found a familiar small figure running past his feet, then jumped onto the table with a slight jump and ran to Si
In front of Raghorn.
That was Hagrid's pet - Beech.
It seemed to be very familiar with this office, and it didn't shy away from Slughorn at all. It directly spread its little paws, as if asking for something.
Slughorn looked at it and smiled, grabbing a handful of Bibi's Strange Flavor Beans from the drawer and placing them in front of it. His skillful movements made it seem like this was not the first time he had fed it like this.
"Professor, why is Beech here with you?"
Slughorn looked a little surprised when he heard what Jon called this sniffer.
"Do you know this Niffler?"
"This is Hagrid's pet. When Hagrid and I first got acquainted, it was because it stole something from me."
"Yes, Hagrid told me that this was the only animal he brought out from that forest. This little guy does have dirty hands and feet, but he also has a sniffing instinct." Slughorn said with a wink.
, "Not long ago, when I returned to the office, I found it stealing my preserves. This magical animal is very interesting, so I took the initiative to give it some snacks. From that day on, it stuck with me, and every time
He will come to my place for afternoon tea from time to time."
It is not wrong to say that Beech came to have afternoon tea. Slughorn actually prepared a cup of tea for him in a small pocket cup so that he would not choke while enjoying the candy.
Jon looked at it looking like he was enjoying it, and couldn't help complaining in his heart. No wonder he kept seeing Hagrid looking for it in the carriage recently. If he were Beech, he would rather come to Slughorn for afternoon tea than eat sea food.
Rock cake made by Ge Ge himself.
After sitting in the office for a while, Jon said goodbye to Slughorn and left.
In fact, Fat Walrus is right about one thing, that is, Jon has nothing to learn from him in terms of rings now.
If you want to learn the next magic, you need extra sapphires, but apart from knowing that one of them is in Hogwarts Castle, there are no clues about the remaining three. Now it is definitely impossible for Jon to rush directly into Hogwarts Castle.
He wanted to find it, so he could only delve deeper into the floating spell he had already learned.
As for improving the proficiency of the levitation spell, Slughorn couldn't provide him with much help. He mainly had to explore it on his own.
Thinking this way, Jon felt a little relieved. He returned to his dormitory and began to study intently on how to improve the effect of the floating spell.
But at the same time he did not forget other spells to learn.
The spells learned in the first-year spells class are basically elementary spells, which may be very practical in life, but in real wizard battles, they can only play a supporting role at most, and it is difficult to produce any effective damage.
force.
Of course, he would not wait until Flitwick started teaching after his second year before being exposed to spells that directly hurt him. Instead, he borrowed a spell book from the library, selected the Petrification Spell, and began to study it on his own in private.
The Petrification Curse is undoubtedly a very useful spell. Even today's Aurors in the Ministry of Magic have been using the three spells of Petrification, Stunning, and Disarm as their main tools.
After all, no matter how vicious you are, you cannot catch any criminal and use the Death Curse to kill. As an important means of subduing the enemy, the Petrification Curse has always performed very well.
And this spell is not difficult to learn. In the original book, Hermione can learn it by herself in the first grade, so it will not be a problem for Jon.