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Chapter 22: Ritual's and Magic's evolution!

{Hogwart's Express, Unplottable}

{1st Sep 1991}

"...My hobby is exploring runic schemes and Ritual Magic and I'm looking forward to what the Library of Hogwarts has to offer..." Daphne replied.

Rigel nodded at her introduction and turned to Tracy. The girl took a deep breath to compose herself as she introduced herself, "My name is Tracy Elaina Davis, heir apparent to the Ancient and Noble House of Davis. I like flying and playing quidditch."

"It's nice to meet you heiress Davis," Rigel responded politely before he turned to Daphne and asked, "Why did you introduce yourself as the heir apparent, I did read some books on pureblood customs but this wasn't in there?"

"Yes, it is an old custom that is normally handed down. Until you wear the heir ring during the winter solstice, you aren't actually the heir, just the heir apparent. This was to make sure that the quality of the family didn't decline as you could get stripped of your heirship title by the current Lord. If Father decides that Astoria would become a better heir then he could hand over the heir ring to her instead of me." Daphne explained. 

"So when's the full moon this winter?" Rigel asked.

"The Ritual should take place on 24th Dec," Daphne replied. "If you want I could tell you more about that later." She offered.

"Certainly," Rigel responded, the official talks were getting to him a little bit. If Daphne doesn't loosen up, then conversing with her would become boring very quickly. 

"What about Rituals, the prerequisite to study them required at least some knowledge of runes and arithmancy. I did try to catch up but I focused more on the wanded magical arts during the past months." Rigel asked, since Daphne was willing to share, it would be a good idea to get an inkling of how Rituals worked.

"I know they had to do with sacrifices and equal balance but I don't know much," Rigel admitted.

"That's a very basic way of looking at it." Daphne retorted as she frowned. "Rituals are quite probably one of the oldest magical branches that wizards figured out. Even before Runes were discovered to channel the mediums, Ritual existed since wizards became aware of magic." Daphne spoke.

Seeing that Rigel was genuinely curious she explained further, "There are no records as to how those ancient rituals were created. But Rituals are one of the only three ways to channel the power of wild mana that populates our world back during those times. Wild Mana is naturally occurring and is present in almost all forms of life. Wizards and Witches purify this wild mana naturally at our core and use the purified magic to perform most spells." 

"The other ways to channel Wild mana are through Potions, Runes, and some esoteric magic that also scale up depending on the wild mana in the surroundings. Rituals use the wild mana that normally increases around celestial events to transfer boons. Like you could theoretically get the ability of a magical creature if you could design a Ritual around it." Daphne finished her long explanation.

"So Ritual uses the effect of celestial events on the mana that surround us to facilitate some form of change. If they are that beneficial then why are they not more commonly used?" Rigel asked, this was one of the things that had been bugging him.

"If I could increase my speed or reflexes by sacrificing some magical creature then why shouldn't I?" Rigel asked, he noticed that Tracy shifted slightly at the casual cruelty toward magical creatures in his voice but Daphne smiled instead.

"Because most of the actually benefiting Rituals are self-sacrificing in nature." Daphne smiled. 

"Wands were not that dominant in our history with spells and using other channeling objects coming quite late into our world. Before that swords and shields were used as channeling medium because they could be used to not only perform spells but also help in other combat instances. The Rituals during that time were designed so that Wizards and witches sacrifice a portion of their own mana reserves to enhance their physical prowess." Daphne spoke, her eyes shining a little as she talked about the ancient Rituals.

"Since casting magic wasn't a priority, most of the wizards relied on using these physical enchantments. Now though with the versatility of spells, no one would be dumb enough to sacrifice their reserves to be faster when someone could disarm or even kill you from 20-30 feet away. So slowly all families placed aggressive bans on performing these rituals from being used and the Wizarding world focused on spell casting itself."

...

'Okay, so are rituals bad? I kinda wanted to see if I could increase my speed or reflexes beyond the ordinary.' Rigel thought.

"Do all Rituals have to be self-sacrificing? I mean surely after years of research we could have diminished its effects, somewhat no?" Rigel asked.

"That they did. See, when wizards started making more spells, and all their research focused in that direction. Someone came up with Arithmancy to understand the more delicate art of spell crafting. People began noticing that it could be applied to almost all magic. Arithmancy broke down magic into nifty little formulae and equations, although it didn't work that well with Wild mana because of its unpredictable nature. It was able to streamline more runic schemes and thus make it possible for researchers to mitigate the side effects of rituals into something else."

"But..." Rigel added for her and she gave him an annoyed look, he held up his hands to display his innocence as she continued, "But, the advancement was quite slow and most of the ancient Rituals that were banned were forgotten with time. Some families had parts of these rituals but due to the aggressive bans placed on them the amount of knowledge that remained was just a fraction of what we once knew." Daphne finished.

Rigel nodded in her direction as he leaned back in contemplation, the situation made sense. With the advantages of spells and wands, the families placed aggressive bans to stop their family members from performing Rituals and damaging their own mana capabilities. 

'Most of the knowledge would have been purged from their Libraries but I refuse to believe that they wouldn't have any backups just in case.' Rigel thought.

"But surely some rituals would have remained right, like the heirship ritual during the winter solstice?" Rigel asked.

"Of course, they remained, but they remained locked in the libraries of older families. With researchers not having access to them, all advances into Ritual magic remained stunned as wands and spells became more prominent. In a couple of generations, ritual magic was forgotten." Daphne replied.

"But surely an old family like the Greengrass should have access to some of the Rituals right?" Rigel asked and Daphne's face returned to stoic once again.

He gave her a puzzled look so she sighed and explained, "We don't talk about family magic, it is considered taboo. When you gain access to the Black heirship you would probably find some of the Ritual sets locked in your Family vault."

...

'Ah, so Rituals became obsolete for the newer families, older families still enjoy their advantages but at the same time they want to push forward the agenda that Ritual magic is extinct...' 

"Thanks." Rigel nodded toward Daphne as he settled down in his seat, the impromptu History lesson cleared some of his doubts that some of the books weren't able to.

'Most of the more useful and older books should be locked in the family vault as well... I need to make sure I get access to those heir rings before Christmas.'

...

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AN - I went with a more streamlined approach to magic's evolution. I hope it all made sense, it was a lot of continuous conversation!

I was traveling yesterday so a double release today?


Chapter 23: Hogwarts and Sorting! Part-1

{Hogwart's Express, Unplottable}

{1st Sep 1991}

~Knock~ ~Knock~

A couple of knocks broke the pleasant atmosphere in their compartment. The journey from London to wherever Hogwarts was, was surprisingly long and in the 5-6 hours Rigel had gotten a more deeper idea of who both the girls were.

Till now they had gone undisturbed even though Rigel was expecting Hermione to break into the room searching for the toad. 

Daphne was as he was expecting, she was stoic and confident in her goals. Even though she hadn't let it slip why many of her requirements were geared toward the Black Library, Rigel was guessing she was into some of those Rituals. 

Tracy was more shy but after she got comfortable she went into an hour-long discussion to describe the frankly confusion quidditch league structure. Her eyes lit up at the mention of the sport and her requirement analysis page showed objectives geared toward that as well.

She was quite beautiful but Rigel put her aside to focus on Daphne, she had maintained her stoic demeanor though she loosened up every time they talked about magic or something similar.

...

The door opened and an older-looking male peeked into the room, he looked at all three of them and spoke, "We are going to reach Hogsmeade, change into your uniform before then." 

[Samson Maximilian Lv 17]

'Hmm, he's level 17, I wonder what year he is in Hogwarts. 3rd or something?' Rigel guessed as he turned to Daphne and Tracy.

"I'll go out first," Rigel offered and both Daphne and Tracy nodded at the same time. 

Rigel stood up and walked out of the compartment, the train had a nice aesthetic and it was quite clean. However, some wrappers were lying on the floor that Rigel assumed were from the candy trolley lady. He had personally just tried a chocolate frog, though he did wait for it to lose its magic before he bit into it. The thought of eating something 'alive' was just disgusting to him.

He looked around and noticed several students began leaving the compartments likely following the same cycle of allowing people to change into their uniform. After looking at several unfamiliar names that weren't covered in the original story the door behind him opened and Daphne and Tracy walked out. 

The Hogwarts uniform had remained unchanged so although it was quite unsexy, Daphne managed to pull it off. Her shirt was quite tight but it was tightened to press against her curves at strategic places. She kept her robes unlocked giving him a nice view of her long legs. Compared to her modest skirt it was the short skirt and stocking-covered legs that enhanced her appeal. 

"Cough~" Daphne fake coughed and Rigel realized that he had spaced out a bit too long there. He cleared his throat and decided to give an honest compliment, "You look rather enchanting there Heiress Greengrass."

Her face got a hint of rosy tint so she glared and he gave her a small smirk as he brushed past her into the compartment. He pulled out his wand and flicked it toward his trunk.

"Wingardium Leviosa~"

The levitation charm was his highest-leveled spell and it barely cost him any mana as he lifted his trunk down. He removed his casual robes and quickly changed into his school uniform. The plain white shirt and black tie rather suited his black robes but they would change when he got sorted into his house. 

Rigel wasn't even sure why the store owner packed these 3 shirts because, in the admission letter, no shirt or trousers were ever mentioned. He was only wearing these to fit in for now as he didn't want to stand out the first day by wearing jeans and a t-shirt under the school robes.

After packing his worn clothes he lifted his trunk up and opened the door only to come face to face with Daphne having an argument with Malfoy.

"...come on we know what your plan is, it would never work though and you would regret double-crossing us," Malfoy spoke with utmost confidence in his voice, his two cronies flanking him on either side.

...

[Draco Malfoy Lv 1]

[Vincent Crabbe Lv 1]

[Gregory Goyle Lv 1]

...

'Huh, I wonder what plan he is talking about.' Rigel thought as their eyes met, Draco's eyes boiled with righteous fury as he pointed his wand at Rigel who summoned his wand from his inventory and sent a Stinging Jinx at his wand arm in one smooth motion, "Aculeo~"

"Ah!" Draco exclaimed as he pulled his hand back and in the process, he dropped his wand and then dove after it as he scrambled to get his wand back.

Vincent and Gregory stepped forward and Rigel gave them a raised eyebrow, he pointed his wand at them next and focused on forming another stinging jinx, his wand lit up an eerie red color causing them to stop and take a step back.

"Ah, it was nice to meet you Draco, though do be careful where you point your wand at, someone might think you were about to attack them," Rigel spoke in a fake condescending tone. He was aware that he was against the Malfoy family, and since he fully intended to fuck the blond's mother, there was no point in being nice to him.

"Run along now," Rigel spoke as he closed the door, by now both Daphne and Tracy had walked into the compartment and were looking at him with wide eyes.

"What?" Rigel asked.

"Nothing," Tracy eeped as she sat back down.

"Nothing, it's just we grew up attending parties with Malfoy and no one has ever stood against him till now," Daphne answered as she also sat back down, her B-Cup breasts pressing against the thin fabric of her shirt.

"I guess," Rigel shrugged, "I don't want him to cast the first spell, who knows if the idiot knows how to cast a spell? What if he botches it and we all end up in the hospital?" Rigel joked and Tracy finally smiled, his actions had increased the tension in the room but it was beginning to calm down again. The blindfold of the compartment was closed so Rigel wasn't sure if Malfoy was still out there.

'Shouldn't he... you know, harassing Harry or something?'

...

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AN - Sorting coming in soon!

P.S.- 29 Extra chapters on P.atreon


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