The Wizarding Journey of Hogwarts

Chapter 11 The Essence of Magic

After the conversation with William and Elena on Christmas night, Bell stopped caring about these things. He believed that his parents could do better than himself.

Bell devoted himself to spending time with his sister at home.As for William's request to take Bell to the banquet in the future, Bell basically rejected all of them. Only some important banquets that cannot be shirked will Bell bring Shanna to attend.

Before I knew it, more than half a year had passed since the Christmas banquet.Although Bell is busy playing with his sister every day, in his spare time, he will study magic knowledge hard and practice casting spells.

And after studying and thinking for so long, Bell also has his own understanding of magic power and spells.

Bell has seen a question in many grimoires: 'What is the nature of magic? '

Many powerful wizards have thought deeply about this question, but no one has ever come up with a clear answer.

Bell was very puzzled by this.It's such a simple question, why do they think so complicated?What else could be the nature of magic?

Suppose someone asks you: 'What is the essence of human beings? '

Then of course the answer cannot be 'Repeater', let alone 'True Fragrance'.

To answer this question, all you need to do is hand the other person a mirror and see for yourself.What?can't read?Then give up the treatment.The brain is actually not a good thing, as long as you give it up, you can become very happy.

Therefore, the essence of magic power is of course 'magic power'!Or you can put it in a more detailed way: it's a kind of... power called 'magic power'!
The wizard is the human being who controls this power.

In Bell's view, the so-called wizard is different from the magician in the general sense introduced in the novels and anime he read in his previous life.And magic power is also different from the mana, mental power, elemental power, or arcane power used by magicians in the general sense.

If one insists on finding a power with a similar nature from Bell's memory, perhaps it can be said that magic power is closer to... the original force?
When Bell uses magic, he doesn't need to build any spell models, nor does he need to communicate with external elements and other energies, and he doesn't even need to consciously mobilize the magic power in his body.

All he needs to do is clarify his thoughts, strengthen his beliefs, and pass them on to the magic power in his body.Then the magic will answer his request and make it come true.

This is why many spells require wizards to have corresponding strong emotions when casting them.

For example, transfiguration, it can be said that transfiguration is the simplest and most complex magic that wizards came into contact with first.In the first-year Hogwarts transfiguration textbook, Chapter 1 of "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration", it is about how to turn a match into a needle.

It is obviously unrealistic to expect a group of 11-year-old wizards to analyze the structure of wood, sulfur, metal, etc. and perform deformation. So how to realize the deformation?
Bell didn't know either, but it just changed.

Casting Transfiguration is actually very simple, as long as you have the concept of 'needle' in your mind, and remember this concept while casting Transfiguration, you can deform the match.

But there is no guarantee of success.And even if the deformation is successful, the speed of deformation will be very slow.As for the final transformed needle, its material cannot be guaranteed, and even the needle transformed twice may have different shapes and materials.

But in order to increase the success rate of transformation and speed up the transformation, it is necessary to have a more detailed understanding of the concept of 'needle'.

Just find a needle, feel it, lick it, look at it, and prick yourself twice.

As long as the piercing is deep enough, the success rate and speed of deformation are guaranteed to be greatly improved.This is because the ideas received by the magic power have become more accurate.

Of course, the best way to improve Transfiguration is to use magic power to analyze the structure and nature of the 'needle', and firmly engrave the analysis results in his mind.In that case, it is guaranteed that a needle that is exactly the same can be deformed in an instant.

However, it is not simple.At least with Bell's current level, even if it's just a small 'needle', he can't fully analyze it, and further rigorous training is needed.

In Bell's superficial understanding: "The study of transfiguration is the analysis of the world; and the study of spells is a reference to the experience and lessons summed up by the predecessors." 'So if a wizard wants to become powerful, he must constantly use magic.

At the same time, Bell also discovered the reason why wizards must use wands to cast spells: 'The magic power can only receive the wizard's thoughts in the wizard's body'.

If the magic power wants to fulfill the wish of the wizard, it must undergo changes in form and nature.For example, if a wizard wants to summon flames, the magic power will change in nature according to the wizard's understanding of the concept of 'flame'.And this process must be carried out in the wizard's body.

A wizard is not a fire dragon, and the consequences of flames appearing in his body are obviously not good.So wizards need wands to help cast spells.

A wand can be thought of as an extension of the wizard's body.The wizard can transfer the transformation process that should have been carried out in the body to the wand, so that many magic can be successfully cast.

In order to cast spells without a wand, at least one of the following two conditions must be met.

First, powerful magic control.

Even if the magic power is transformed in the body, it can rely on the precise control of the magic power to avoid harming the body.

Second, a strong body.

The strength here does not refer to the strength of strength, agility, etc., but the inclusiveness and adaptability of magic power.

As the wizard continues to use magic, it will pull the magic power to circulate continuously in the body.The flowing magic will passively strengthen the wizard's body.When this strengthening has accumulated to a certain level, even if the magic power is transformed in the body, it will no longer cause harm to the body.

Due to the experience of the previous few years, Bell's control over magic power has surpassed most wizards, and he just needs to continue training every day.So Bell focused on physical strengthening.Passive strengthening is too slow and too passive. He decided to actively promote magic power to strengthen the body, and this will also be his main research direction in the future.

"Brother...Brother..."

Little Shanna's call interrupted Belle's thoughts.

The siblings are staying in Shanna's room.Bell was sitting on the ground reading a book, Shanna leaned quietly on Bell's body, obediently playing with the doll.This has become the daily life of the two of them, and everything looks so warm.

"What's wrong, Shanna?"

Bell pampered Shanna's head and didn't mind being interrupted at all.

"The bear's head fell off."

Shanna pouted, and handed the teddy bear in her hand to her brother.

Bell took the teddy bear.The teddy bear's head appears to have been accidentally twisted off.

Picking up his wand, Bell cast a restoration spell using the silent casting technique, put the teddy bear's head back in place, and handed it back to Shanna.

(End of this chapter)