Chapter 18: The Slowdown Charm
"How's the holidays?" Gawain smiled and beckoned to Hermione, drawing his wand and tapping it on the large box she was dragging, "Arresto Momentum." ”
A flash of light shot out from the tip of the ebony wand, landed on the chest, and quickly faded away.
"Is that a spell? What does it do?"
Hermione looked at the box in amazement, trying to see what had happened to it.
The crate is still the same crate.
The appearance is gray, it has not grown or smaller, and it has not become glamorous.
"Gawain, have your spells failed? I've tried to learn some spells at home, maybe I can help you?"
Hermione hesitated and said that in her opinion, there was no doubt that Gawain's spell had failed.
She had read all the textbooks, but she had never seen the spell that Gawain had just used. But Gawain just smiled, and grabbed the box with both arms, allowing it to lift it up slightly.
"Now we'll see. ”
He turned the lever of the box and handed it to Hermione. Hermione took the letter suspiciously and tugged tentatively.
The original bulky box now seemed to have lost its weight, and it was at her disposal.
"How did you do that! Is that a levitation charm?"
Hermione's eyes flashed with a fiery glow, as if it had a big "I'm curious" written on it, but there was a flash of frustration.
"It's just a little spell, let's get on the bus first, otherwise we may not find a seat later", Gawain applied his box according to the law, and walked to the car first, "There will be a whole day to study after that."
"Then we'll make an appointment, after getting in the car. ”
Hermione's forehead furrowed, and she reluctantly suppressed her curiosity for the time being, and walked towards the carriage with her suitcase.
After a crying family and bypassing a few students, Gawain quickly got on the train. Maybe it's because they came early, and the carriage seems a little empty.
"Jane, do you see it? The spider in the boy's hand. I'm sure it's almost bigger than his face. ”
Picking an unmanned box slightly back, Gawain opened the door and leaned sideways to let Hermione sit in first.
The students they met as they got on the bus were clearly from a higher grade, and one of them was a dark-skinned boy holding a giant spider with eight fluffy legs.
"I hope it wasn't because of magic, but if it was natural..."
Gawain was a little tormented, on the one hand, he hoped that it wasn't a wizard abusing magic, but on the other hand, he was also a little worried that if all the animals in the wizarding world were that big...
He definitely didn't want to face a mosquito the size of his fist.
"Hmm, what are you thinking? That's the South African marsupial spider, as mentioned in "Monsters and Where They Are Made", Hermione raised her eyebrows, as if she was a little incredulous at Gawain's blankness, "How did you just do it compared to that?"
"I've seen Standard Spells: Elementary, Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Defense, and A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration. I dare say there is no such thing as a spell with that effect. ”
She looked at Gawain with piercing eyes, and as she spoke, she took a book from her pocket. With a slight frown, she took out the other two and stacked them on her lap.
"That's a secret, you won't find it even if you look through the seventh-grade textbook," Gawain smiled mysteriously.
Gawain blinked and said to Hermione, taking out the ebony wand and holding it in his hand, "Of course, if you're willing to treat me to lunch today, I wouldn't mind sharing this little secret with you. ”
"Say it!
Hermione simply nodded in agreement, urging Gawain.
"That's actually a small use of the Slowdown Charm, which is included in Standard Spells: Intermediate", Gawain grimaced at Hermione, who was glaring at him.
He wasn't lying, the seventh-graders didn't study Standard Mantra: Intermediate.
Rudolf Spearman used this spell in 1927 when he was knocked out of the car where Grindelwald was imprisoned and saved his life. ”
After Gawain finished speaking, he saw Hermione's mouth slightly open.
"Rudolph Spearman, and Grindelwald, I've seen them in books, The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts, and The Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century." ”
Hermione's face lifted upwards and she said excitedly.
"Rudolph was the Minister of Prisons of the League of Nations at the time, and Grindelwald was the first Dark Lord, Jane, I guess we're still talking about the Slowdown Charm, right?"
Gawain said helplessly and turned the topic back.
"I'm sorry, Gawain, please go on", Hermione was a little shy, and tied up her hair, which had become disheveled.
"Its spell is..."
There was a knock outside the box door, and then a boy pulled open the door.
"That's... Is there anyone else here? I looked around and didn't see any."
He looked a little timid, his slightly chubby round face was slightly red, and he said nervously.
"No, please come in, we're talking about a spell, if you don't mind, you can join in. ”
Gawain looked at Hermione, saw her nodding, stood up, and helped the boy take the box in his hand and place it on the luggage rack.
"Thank you, my name is Neville, and I'm from Longbottom. It was Lev, a gift from Uncle Algie when I received my acceptance letter from Hogwarts. I thought I was a Squib and wouldn't be accepted into Hogwarts. ”
It was as if the stone in his heart had finally fallen, Neville said happily. Noticing Gawain's eyes, he pulled out a palm-sized toad from his breast pocket and placed it on the table.
"My name is Gawain, and she's Hermione. We're both Muggle-born, and trust me, I can relate to what you're feeling. ”
Gawain waved at him, then at Hermione.
Neville was taken aback when he mentioned the Longbottom family, and he really wondered why someone would choose a toad as a pet, but those weren't the reasons he was staring at Neville.
"Okay, the spell is Arresto Momentum, and the wrist should shake like this, at least that's what I did. ”
Summoning the two of them to the table, Gawain paused word by word and demonstrated in slow motion.
"Now you're going to try it, shall you?"
Pulling out two apples from his dragon skin pocket, Gawain grabbed his hand and said to the two.
"Hermione and I are both Muggle-born, so we could not have been more perfect with Neville as a control group. ”
Gawain feels that he is playing a big game of chess, and finally there is a victim... , "Phew, volunteer", to test the magic theories you have summarized, not just for the free lunch.
But who would say no to a free lunch?
PS1: As for why Neville still sat in a box with Hermione. I don't think Neville happened to meet Hermione, but after looking for many boxes, he found that only Hermione's box was not full, and he was not excluded.
Hermione's personality meant that she would arrive early, and it would be difficult for the bio to get along with her at first, so her aura would make some of the students who wanted to sit in the box look for her, and she was the only one until Neville arrived.
Of course, this is based on assumptions and is not necessarily rigorous.
Rowling eats books anyway
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