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Chapter 41: 41: The advantage of being in a "cheat mode"

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"Ivan, do you know the essential difference between magical creatures and wizards?"

Ivan thought for a moment and replied, "Well... magical creatures can be used as materials for alchemy and potions. But wizards, no matter if it's their blood, hair, or bones, are no different from Muggles."

"Yes, wizards and Muggles are fundamentally the same."

This wasn't the kind of statement one would hear in the wizarding world, and Dumbledore wouldn't make such comments in public.

However, in this private conversation, he felt comfortable sharing it, knowing Ivan likely understood it as well.

Ivan nodded but was still puzzled.

"But wizards have magic, while Muggles don't."

"The key difference isn't simply having magic, but rather, understanding magic," Dumbledore said, giving Ivan a knowing smile.

"Understanding magic?" Ivan was still perplexed.

"Yes," Dumbledore continued. "What do you think magic really is, Ivan? What is it made of, and what form does it take?"

Ivan paused, considering the question. In other fantasy worlds—like Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, or similar realms—he might have said that magic is a form of energy or perhaps an elemental force that flows through the world, like an aura or mana. But this was Harry Potter, where magic didn't quite follow the same rules.

Finally, Ivan answered.

"It's indescribable... Magic is ethereal," Ivan said thoughtfully.

"You can't see it or touch it, but wizards can channel it, turning it into power that allows them to make their wishes come true."

"Yes, invisible and immensely powerful," Dumbledore agreed. "We can only witness the manifestations of magic, but we can't truly explore magic itself."

This leads to a higher level of Transfiguration beyond permanent transformation—magical transformation.

Magical transformation refers to the transformation of magical objects, or even living magical creatures. Wizards, however, are incapable of this.

While wizards can transform metals, plants, and animals, they cannot transform 'magic' itself.

"If the day ever comes when you, Ivan, can transform a stone or even a mere ball of air into a fire-breathing dragon that can not only exist forever but also reproduce, you will no longer be considered a wizard. Instead, you would be called a god."

Even Merlin, or the four founders of Hogwarts from a thousand years ago, couldn't achieve such a feat.

"I understand," Ivan nodded, taking Dumbledore's earlier warning to heart. "I won't meddle with those dangerous powers until I receive your approval."

Magical transformation essentially involves the creation of new materials and life, which is a divine realm.

For now, Ivan understood that it was enough to simply be aware of such a level of magic. Delving into it without proper understanding could result in irreversible damage—too dangerous to pursue carelessly.

Moreover, Ivan still trusted Dumbledore.

Outside of the complex plans surrounding Harry Potter, Dumbledore's character and wisdom were nearly impeccable.

Ivan didn't believe that, even with his system, he could just do whatever he wanted without caution.

"Thank you, professor."

It was getting late, so Ivan bid Dumbledore good night before making his way back to the Gryffindor common room.

The next morning, Gryffindor had Charms class together with Ravenclaw. Their teacher, Professor Flitwick, had some goblin blood, which required him to stand on a stack of books to reach the top of his desk.

Flitwick was incredibly approachable. As he called roll, he also took the time to chat with each student, quickly becoming familiar with all the young wizards.

After that, Professor Flitwick began the day's lesson.

He started by explaining some simple theoretical foundations of charms. Ivan could tell that Flitwick was a very skilled teacher.

Many complicated theories suddenly seemed easy to understand when he explained them.

Throughout the entire lesson, Flitwick's clear and detailed explanations benefited Ivan greatly. Many of his previous doubts were resolved during this class.

In the middle of the lecture, Flitwick posed a few questions on basic charm theory.

Hermione, with her quick responses, managed to outdo the Ravenclaw students and earn 3 house points for Gryffindor, which made the little witch incredibly happy.

"As expected of the Charms professor at Hogwarts," Ivan remarked to Hermione during the break. "Professor Flitwick's mastery of spells is clearly top-notch."

"Yeah!!" Hermione agreed enthusiastically, her eyes brimming with excitement and a thirst for knowledge.

"Um, Ivan..."

Neville, sitting on the other side of Ivan, scratched his head. "I... I didn't understand."

Unlike the two academic wizards, Neville felt as if he had been listening to a foreign language during Flitwick's lecture.

"Actually, we're the same," Ronald admitted, and Harry nodded in agreement.

The three of them hadn't understood much—not because Professor Flitwick wasn't clear, but simply because this style of teaching didn't suit them.

How to put it?

Some people excel at explanations, but when it comes to practical execution, they struggle.

Harry, on the other hand, was a person of action.

After observing for two days, Ivan realized that Harry was the type who relied more on "hands-on experience" than theory.

In short, Harry didn't need to hear complicated explanations. Just give him the spell and the wand, and his natural abilities would likely shine through and surprise everyone.

As for Ronald and Neville.. Ehm* their situations were different.

Ronald was more of an average student in the wizarding world. While he had potential, it was difficult to see him achieving extraordinary things in the future.

Neville, on the other hand, had a talent that was in no way inferior to Harry's.

The only problem with Neville was his lack of self-confidence.

As is well-known, magic in this world is deeply connected to one's thoughts, emotions, and willpower.

In Ivan's understanding, thinking influenced how quickly one could learn spells, mind determined the strength of the magic, and willpower governed how well one could control it.

Hermione has an exceptionally high thinking attribute, which allows her to grasp most spells instantly.

However, due to her relatively low mental attribute, it's difficult for her to cast powerful spells, and this is her major shortcoming.

Neville, on the other hand, is very slow—his thinking could almost be considered negative.

So no matter how high his mental or willpower attributes might be, he struggles to learn spells initially.

'The first step is hard for Neville, but once he gets going, everything else will be much easier,' Ivan thought to himself. 'If Neville can master just one spell, his performance might rival Harry's.'

Harry, however, has an incredibly high mental attribute and an astonishingly strong willpower, but his thinking is another story entirely.

Each attribute affects more than one aspect of magic.

For instance, thinking includes factors like memory, calculation, analysis, and reaction speed.

So, even if two people have the same level of thinking, their performance might differ depending on how the attribute is distributed.

For Hermione, her thinking is distributed roughly 5:4:1 across these aspects.

Her reaction speed is slightly above average but not extraordinary.

Harry, on the other hand, has a severely unbalanced thinking attribute, with nearly all of it focused on reaction speed—an astonishing ratio of 1:1:8.

In Ivan's terms, Harry is a natural-born combat wizard.

In battle, it would take three Hermiones to even stand a chance against one Harry, even if Harry only knew how to cast a simple Disarming Charm.

Of course, Ivan's system of point distribution focuses on maxing out all aspects of an attribute.

Once he upgrades his thinking, all related aspects—memory, calculation, and reaction speed—will reach optimal levels.

In terms of numbers, Ivan's data would be a balanced 10:10:10.

Yes, Ivan's total isn't just 10—it's a full 30.

The advantage of being in a "cheat mode" is obvious.


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Chapter 42: 42: Giving The Charms Professor A Little Shock

"Next, let's learn the first spell of the year, the Lumos spell."

Professor Flitwick said in his high-pitched but pleasant voice, which had a playful and endearing quality.

"When you recite the spell, make sure to pronounce it clearly. Follow me and say: Lumos!"

After ensuring that the students from both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw were familiar with the incantation, Professor Flitwick let them practice freely.

"Lumos..."

For a while, the classroom echoed with the sounds of students repeating the spell.

The Lumos spell wasn't particularly difficult, and the self-suggestion required by the spell didn't pose much of a challenge for the young wizards.

The main difficulty lay in controlling the right amount of magical power. Since many of the students had never used their wands to cast spells before, even with a clear goal, they struggled to make their wands light up.

"Your pronunciation is a bit off," Hermione said, correcting both Harry and Neville as they practiced, while Ivan sat quietly, reflecting on the Lumos spell and the issues he encountered while casting it.

The magical knowledge Dumbledore had imparted to Ivan was mostly theoretical, designed to provide a strong foundation for more advanced studies later on.

This approach made sense—after all, Dumbledore was the headmaster and focused on broader instruction.

For specific subjects, there were designated professors responsible for teaching, and Dumbledore wouldn't take over their duties. Besides, he didn't have the time to handle everything.

Ivan's current approach to learning was straightforward: study independently in the library, seek out the professors for help when encountering difficulties, and only consult Dumbledore when something truly perplexed him.

"Oh, look, Miss Granger did it!"

Professor Flitwick exclaimed as he noticed the light shining from the tip of Hermione's wand. He jumped up and down with excitement, enthusiastically praising the young witch's talent for spells.

"Gryffindor, 5 points, thanks to Miss Granger!"

In the first class, the first student to successfully cast a spell certainly deserved recognition.

Soon after, several Ravenclaw students also managed to cast the Lumos spell.

Given the spell's low difficulty, Ivan mentally ranked it as the baseline — the simplest magic with a threshold that most first-year students could master quickly.

Time ticked away, minute by minute.

By Ivan's estimation, about 10 minutes remained in the class, and only five students had managed to successfully cast the spell.

Most of them were Ravenclaws, with only Hermione and Harry succeeding among the Gryffindors—thanks largely to Hermione's guidance and corrections.

"That seems about right," Ivan thought. With just over 20 students in the class, a quarter of them succeeding wasn't too surprising.

"Lumos!"

"Lumos!"

"Lumos…"

Bang!!

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion, and Ivan's calm expression turned serious.

"Ah!"

"What happened?"

The young wizards in the spells class were all startled by the unexpected blast.

Even Professor Flitwick didn't expect the sudden explosion.

The short head of the Ravenclaw House rushed over as fast as his short legs could carry him toward the site of the blast.

"Huh?"

Flitwick paused, stunned for a moment. He saw a faint golden barrier surrounding Harry, Ronald, and a few others, which encased a boy who now had a blackened face and hair that had puffed up into a ball.

Relieved that the student wasn't seriously hurt, just dirty, Flitwick asked, "Are you okay, Seamus?"

Ivan swiftly dispelled the magic barrier, waved his wand, and quietly cast two spells: "Scourgify! Reparo!"

In an instant, the cracked and charred table returned to its pristine state, and Seamus' hair and clothes were magically restored as if nothing had happened.

"Oh!"

"What a beautiful use of cleaning and repairing spells!"

Professor Flitwick's eyes widened in amazement as he looked at Ivan in shock. "I've never seen a first-year wizard cast those spells so smoothly."

"Gryffindor, 10 points!" he declared.

"Thank you, Professor," Ivan said, then turned to Seamus, asking a few questions to make sure the boy was all right. Seamus, still somewhat dazed, thanked Ivan for helping him out.

"It's okay," Ivan replied with a smile.

Ivan quickly resolved the situation and then asked, "Professor, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you."

"Oh!"

"Of course! Mr. Ambrosius." Flitwick responded, clearly flattered.

"Please call me Ivan."

"Oh! What would you like to know, little Ivan?" He had a fondness for students with a thirst for knowledge, especially one like Ivan, who was both exceptionally talented and polite.

"Well," Ivan began with a slight smile, his tone calm but filled with curiosity, "during the process of casting the Illumination Spell, I realized that the spell itself isn't necessarily required. It seems to be more of a psychological suggestion that helps solidify our intention."

"Hm, yes, indeed," Flitwick nodded, agreeing with Ivan. "That's the basis of silent casting."

After Flitwick's confirmation, Ivan placed his wand on the table and extended his index finger.

A ball of bright white light appeared at his fingertip, glowing steadily but without being blinding, instantly drawing the attention of the entire class.

"Merlin's beard!" Flitwick exclaimed, completely taken aback.

The little wizard before him had not only abandoned the verbal incantation for the Illumination Spell but had also cast the spell without a wand. This was something extraordinary.

Silent and wandless casting—these were the pinnacle of spellcasting techniques in the wizarding world!

"How did you manage that?" Flitwick asked, still in awe.

While Flitwick had seen African wizards casting spells using hand gestures, that technique still involved drawing the symbols of the spells in the air. For example, the incantation for Avada Kedavra required the drawing of a 'lightning' shape.

Many spells, when cast with a wand, also traced specific trajectories in the air.

But Ivan...

Flitwick watched closely, realizing that Ivan wasn't drawing any runes with his fingers. Ivan had truly completed the process of channeling magic solely with his mind.

"Just a few minor tricks," Ivan said modestly as he picked up his wand again. "Actually, what I want to ask isn't about the casting technique itself, but rather how the same spell can have different effects depending on how the magic power is mobilized."

"What?" This time, not only did the group of young wizards look confused, but even Professor Flitwick seemed momentarily stunned.

"It's like this." Ivan realized that words alone wouldn't be enough to explain, so he decided to demonstrate the results of his half-month-long research.

"Professor, look—this is the Illumination Spell cast with a standard amount of magic power."

"Lumos!" Ivan recited the spell accurately, and a bright light glowed from the tip of his wand.

He then began adjusting the output of his magic power and quickly pointed the wand toward the ceiling. "But if I cast the spell using ten times the usual magic power, it will look like this!"

Buzz!

In an instant, the light above their heads became blindingly bright, making everyone feel as if they were staring directly into the sun.

Fortunately, everyone focused their attention on Ivan, otherwise it would have been like what happened with him and Yuumi, with his eyes stinging and tears streaming down his face.

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