Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 195 Tom Riddle: Magic and the Soul

Riddle became mysterious, and the first to notice it was his little follower, Geraint Knott.

"What have you been up to, Tom, you don't always come to meetings."

"Study, Geraint, I'm studying, see you later."

Riddle would use various excuses to shirk trivial matters, and then go back to the dormitory to read, or go to the secret room to exchange for a magic book he is interested in.

To be honest, he was not interested in the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets or Mr. Forgotten Curse.

The only thing there that made him linger was the magic books from more than a thousand years ago that were covered with dust on the bookshelf.

The content of that book is completely different from now.

The content is obscure and the principle is profound. It will take him a long time to read a book.

But he was happy to do so, because it made him see a different magical world.

Completely different from today's spells and wands, the magic of that era was still very old.

To learn magic in those days, wands were not necessary:
Mastering magic, letting it work the way you want it to spread, is the only way to use magic.

wand?

That increases the power of your magic and increases your casting speed, but it doesn't do much more.

Controlling magic power was the most important way of cultivation in that era.

This almost broke Riddle's understanding of magic, because since he came into contact with magic, magic has become simpler.

First of all, you must have talent, secondly, learn to recite spells, and finally understand the rhythm of swinging a stick.

After doing all this, it will be a matter of course.

People have long wondered why such a spell is used, why such a wand is waved like this.

I no longer think about the connection between spells and wands, the secret between spells and magic.

And these associations and secrets are all in these magic books.

"Thousands of years ago, wizards first learned to cast spells without a staff..."

The contents of the book both shocked him and excited him.

He even re-deconstructed his own way of casting spells, and began to try to release spells with older methods.

In the early days, he encountered many problems. It was not an easy task to mobilize the magic power in his body to make it flow and vibrate as he imagined.

But he is a persistent person, and he never gives up easily.

Slowly, his magic began to shift.

In many cases, his magic mobilization has completed all preparations before he even waved his wand.

It seems that the wand no longer needs to wave a unique rhythm.

Its function is only to make the magic leave the body more smoothly, and then strengthen and speed up the magic spell.

After he was able to skillfully use this method to use a few spells, he asked his classmates to compete.

"fainted..."

"Boom."

As a result of several attempts, he was knocked down by the other party before he had used magic more than halfway.

For a while, Riddle's reputation as a good fighter attracted the attention of the students.

Even some senior classmates came to challenge him, but he never failed.

"Tom Riddle, the most powerful wizard apprentice Slytherin ever had, but he was never complacent, always humble and polite."

With the help of several seniors including Malfoy and Lestrange, this reputation began to spread to the whole school.

He was revered by more and more people, and many junior students even came to him for advice.

Riddle never shirks or perfunctorily asks for advice like this.

He is helpful and courteous, and even treats students from other colleges like students from this college.

There is no professor who doesn't like him, and everyone has publicly praised him.

Professor Horace Slughorn even publicly stated when students asked questions after class: "Go ask Tom Riddle, he understands this problem, and he will definitely be willing to guide you."

More and more people think that he will be extraordinary, and those who chase after power and like to invest in young guys all look at him.

He began to stop refusing funding.

Yes, he let go of that damned pride just because he needed more Galleons for magic materials.

His life at Hogwarts became more and more prosperous.

But in the process, he suddenly found that the eyes staring at him became more and more aggressive.

why?
Riddle didn't quite understand, was it just because he robbed some toys from others?

He didn't believe the answer, and quickly found out why:
The man staring at him was actually a close friend of Grindelwald.

He believes that birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups, so he looks at this person the way he looks at Grindelwald.

Then he unexpectedly discovered that the behavior of the two people was no different.

They all have their own charm, and they are all influencing the people around them, and...

During this period, both of them made breakthroughs in their magical achievements and status.

That is, they are doing the same thing in two different places - Germany and the UK.

Be the most prominent one in your group.

They each climbed to the pinnacle of power in their own places, at the same time.

This made Riddle feel terrified. He felt that the person staring at him was more dangerous than the one in Germany.

The one in Germany is too prominent and attracts too many people's eyes.

But the one who stared at him plundered everyone's trust in a silent way.

Riddle began to become cautious, even the previous group, he also faintly showed the intention of leaving.

Without his coordination, Edward began to be unable to suppress Henry, and the team split from within.

The knights of Walpurgis began to slowly exist in name only.

But Riddle didn't care about these, he put more energy on magic, during which he read a very interesting book called:
【Magic and Soul】

According to the book, the top wizards thousands of years ago would try to connect magic with the soul.

Reflecting the power of the soul in the magic power makes the magic played more magical and powerful.

It's hard to do that.

First of all, the control of magic power must be very fine.

Secondly, one must be able to actively mobilize the power of the soul, and be able to map the soul into the magic power.

These two conditions directly cut off the possibility of modern wizards using magic like this, because modern wizards no longer mobilize magic power, they let everything go with the flow.

For them, magic has been simplified to spell + swing.

Mobilize magic?

Who knows what that is.

"Adding the power of the soul to the magic, wouldn't it raise the mood of the spell to another level, if so..."

Riddle glimpsed a possibility from it, and he couldn't wait to study the Flying Curse again, reverse its magic trajectory, and then try to add the freedom of flight imagined in the soul to the magic movement...

On a sunny afternoon, sitting on the lawn behind the Quidditch pitch.

In this corner of no one's attention, Riddle introduced soul mapping into his magic for the first time, and he also realized his dream of flying for the first time.

Feet slowly left the ground, the wizard's robe was drooping, and Riddle opened his arms to embrace Lieyang.

At this moment, he was extremely happy.

(End of this chapter)