“Aresto Momentum！”

Hermione and Neville gripped their wands and pointed in unison to the apple in Gawain's hand. At the same time, Gawain's hands loosened, and the apple naturally fell downward.

"Boom!"

The apple fell on the table with a muffled thud.

Only one sound.

Not because Gawain was imitating a bald man named Galileo to verify that the iron ball and the feather landed at the same time, but because the apple in his left hand was floating in the air at the moment, and it was descending very slowly.

"Ahh

Hermione let out a shrill cry, and the abyss, which was lying on top of Gawain's box, straightened up. Neville smiled awkwardly, a hint of sadness flashing across his eyes.

"Hermione's spell was undoubtedly a success, and it was exactly what it was designed to do.

But if that's the case?"

Gawain hesitated, feeling that his theory had once again deviated.

When he piqued Hermione's interest, he deliberately didn't explain the effect of the slowdown charm, but instead lifted the box with some exaggerated movements, making her mistakenly believe that the effect of the spell was to keep the object in the air.

"Isn't subjective perception the core?"

Taking the notebook out of his pocket, Gawain flipped through a new page and took notes.

The spell he used to help Hermione carry the chest was indeed "Aresto Momentum", but the effect was not a simple slowdown charm, but a note found in the section on Quidditch in the History of Modern Magic.

"When I talked to Spearman, I discovered that the slowdown spell used on the Quaffle only needs to be properly adjusted to keep working on the object, giving it a wonderful floating state without falling. ”

Dumbledore marked "tandem" under this passage, and explained that the essence of the technique was to continuously attach new spells to the object to keep it in the air.

If Gawain's conjecture was correct, then Hermione's spell would undoubtedly keep the apple in the air, because in her mind, items with the slowdown spell should not fall again.

"But the speed at which it landed was too slow, could it have something to do with it?

Or is there some deeper reason for this, or... Because of my own? This possibility must also be included. And, Neville... Although not as a control group, it seems..."

Writing another line in his notebook, Gawain put a question mark.

After thinking about it, he took another apple out of his pocket and took a bite.

"Neville, you don't mind if I call you by your name, do you? ”

"No, no, I mean, it doesn't matter. Of course, of course you can. ”

Neville's face flushed instantly, and he hurriedly took the apple, answering nervously, as if he had never been called so intimately by his peers.

"Neville, I want to know, did you buy your wand from Mr. Ollivander?"

Pointing to the wand in Neville's hand, Gawain asked.

"Well, I guess so. ”

Neville scratched his head, uncertain.

"It's my father's... There is only grandma in the house, St. ... It will cost a lot of Galleons there. ”

His words were staccafe, but Gawain patiently listened to him.

In A History of Modern Magic, what happened to the Longbottom family is told in a separate chapter.

Only in that chapter, Dumbledore did not make any annotations.

"Follow me, Lumos. ”

Gawain slowed down the motion and demonstrated once.

Lumos (fluorescent scintillation). ”

Neville gripped his wand and whispered.

A silvery glow appeared at the tip of the wand.

It's fluorescent scintillation.

"Nox", Gawain instructed Neville to extinguish the light, and then handed his ebony wand to Neville's hand, saying, "Try this wand again." ”

Lumos (fluorescent scintillation). ”

Suspicious, Neville took the silver-handled ebony wand and said timidly.

This time, the tip of the wand didn't light up.

"Jane, do you mind if I borrow your wand?"

Neville's spell failed, but Gawain smiled.

"Of course not.

Just tell me what the hell this is doing. ”

As she spoke, Hermione raised her brow haughtily and handed the handle of her wand to Neville's hand in the middle.

"Deal.

Neville, you're already a mature wizard, and you should know how to pronounce it yourself. ”

Gawain said with a smile, snapping his fingers.

“Lumos。 ”

Neville blushed and shouted.

This time the tip of the wand lit up successfully.

It was slower and bleaker than the first time, but it was a success.

"Sure enough!"

Gawain applauded excitedly, as if he had seen a wonderful performance.

"Neville, your wand doesn't belong to you. ”

Under Hermione's anxious, disgusted, and Neville's puzzled gaze, Gawain said.

"The wand doesn't belong to me?"

"Yes, it doesn't recognize you yet. Of course, this is just my personal speculation", Gawain patiently explained.

"Wand... Will you disapprove of me?"

But that only confuses Neville even more.

"Don't worry, eat it, let me finish first", Gawain shoved the apple into Neville's hand, "You know, if you have to repeat my words every time, I'm afraid it will take us twice as long to explain." ”

"I don't know if it's because the wand is resisting you, or if you're resisting the wand. But whatever the reason, it doesn't play to its full potential.

In other words, it may not be that you are not talented, but that you use this wand and need to work harder to catch up with others. ”

Gawain spoke his mind.

He had the feeling that Neville's "connection" was so fragile that it would take all the effort to establish it just by using the Slow Curse, and it became even more pronounced when he had Neville use two wands that already had their owners.

"Not necessarily right, but I have an idea.

Neville, if possible, might try it out with Mr. Ollivander and pick a new wand. ”

PS: This chapter involves a lot of wandology, and I would like to explain the relevant content here.

1. The material of the wand is believed to be related to the owner of the phase, for example, Hermione's wand is made of grapevines, and they usually choose those who have noble aspirations, vision, and will do things that will shock their friends who think they know them, while the material of the dragon as the core of the wand is suitable for powerful wizards but lacks loyalty.

So Hermione was able to use it quickly after taking Bellatrix (the dragon's nerve wand core) from her, even though she hated it.

2. Neville's father's wand is made of ominous material, but the one he later replaced was cherry wood and unicorn hair. Ollivander says that cherry wood is a very rare wand wood that can give wands very strange powers, and wizards who own them are often extremely prestigious. Whereas, unicorn hair favors good, upright wizards.

The text mentions that Neville's father is very gifted and researched in charms, and his wand is difficult to match Neville, but the core of their personalities is somewhat similar, brave and kind.

So I think Neville's use of his father's wand is partially incompatible.

3. Regarding Neville's talent, although it has been negative stupid in the front, mobile scourge, Potions class destroyer, but after the fifth part, especially after breaking into the Ministry of Magic, there is a clear improvement, and in the seventh part also proves his leadership and talent, especially at the end, it is he who is in charge of guarding the gates of the castle against the monster army.

I'm more inclined to be stuck in a vicious circle where Neville has always been repressed, belittled by the outside world, self-doubted, and unworthy of his father's wand, or Longbottom's surname.

From his visits to Mr. Weasley in Parts 1 and 5, it can be seen that Neville is actually very sensitive. What he needs is not sympathy or pity, but to be treated and valued normally.

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