Chapter 18: Magic Links
Coming out of the principal's office, he sneaked down the eighth floor, through the long tables in the auditorium, and to the door of the front hall. He'd explored the entire castle before, and probably knew where no one usually walked by. The hallway facing the antechamber was off the beaten track, as there were only a few unused classrooms at the end of the hallway, dirty, old, and littered with clutter......
Even if there are seniors who can't bear the loneliness in their hearts and sneak out at night to do something sneaky, they probably won't be so emotional as to choose this kind of place where they can't even breathe.
Pushing open the door of classroom eleven, a musty smell poured into Brandy's nostrils, and he couldn't help but cough hard.
There are desks and chairs in one corner of the classroom, which are very neat. I don't know why, although the musty smell is very strong, but at least the classroom is spotless, he stretched out his hand and wiped it on the lectern, but there was no ash at all. It seems that it is often cleaned......
I really don't know who would run around like this to clean a classroom that no one uses, I just hope that no one will come to bother him for a while.
With that in mind, he walked over to the empty corner of the classroom, then took a deep breath and brought his hat to his head.
…… Well, I have to say, this broken hat is really dirty.
"Boy, you dare to call me dirty?!"
(Eh!) It's been discovered! You're a little foul in this ability, right? )
"Hey, of course, I'm one of the Big Four, and I can sense any idea that comes to mind. But speaking of which, I didn't expect you to really remember this~ I almost forgot that I made an appointment with a little kid to chat. ”
(Ahh......h Didn't Dumbledore tell you? )
Brandi thought so, he began to panic a little, didn't Dumbledore mean that at all? He didn't know if the Sorting Hat could help him, but he just wanted to come over and fulfill the promise.
"Uh...... I don't quite understand what you mean, but... I think I get it... You seem to want me to do you a favor? ”
(En!) Actually, that's the case now............) Brandi quickly thought carefully about his current state, and in order to ensure that the Sorting Hat could understand it, he even hurriedly released a fluorescent spell on the spot, putting himself into a state of magical exhaustion, and transmitted the feeling of weakness and tingling to the Sorting Hat.
After a long time. The Sorting Hat finally made a move. Its voice came out of Brandi's head, and its tone was slightly solemn and puzzled.
"I see, I have a general understanding of the situation, but this matter is very strange from the beginning, not to mention that there will really be someone who has the luxury of adding egg pain to make something like a chalcedony wand, let's just say that this kind of thing can be successfully contracted by an eleven-year-old child, this world is really becoming less and less magical. Now it's like this...... It seems like...... It's a bit tricky to solve it completely in a short period of time. ”
(Well, I knew it was going to be like this......) Brandi lowered his hand in some frustration, his eyes out of focus and staring blankly ahead. But after a few seconds, he seemed to finally react.
Huh? Wait a minute...... Are you saying it's a bit tricky to completely solve it?
"Is there anything wrong? Didn't Dumbledore tell you that this is just a matter of history, it's just that you'll be fine if you use this wand for a while, but the length of time depends on your own mana reserves... What's all the fuss about? ”
No...... Brandi jumped to his feet in a hurry, what's the matter with you hiding and tucking them one by one, tell me clearly then, okay. The victim is still waiting to be rescued at the scene of the crime! How can you all have the leisure to discuss how bizarre and ingenious the modus operandi is!
"Clam Clam~ If you want me to help, you have to beg me~" The Sorting Hat laughed shamelessly in Brandi's head, how much to be beaten and how much to be beaten. For a moment, Brandi was shocked by the shameless ferocity.
(…… Yes! Up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, your old hat family has the final say! )
"Oh, then I'm not asking too much...... That's ......"
The Sorting Hat told Brandy what he wanted, and the latter was stunned.
(Huh?!) )
"What's the matter! You mean you have an opinion! ”
(Don't dare, don't dare.) )
……………………
The bell of the school auditorium rang for a full ten, melodious and loud. The moon rose from the sky above the Forbidden Forest, and the milky white light mischievously jumped into the window of classroom eleven. The figure standing in the middle of the classroom is clearly visible.
He was trying to tighten his muscles, beads of sweat the size of beans were constantly flowing down his neck, soaking his robe through.
"Relax! Told you about relaxing idiots! I'm here to let you control the flow of your magic, not to let you strain your muscles and be a wooden man! If you do this for a month, nothing will change except to become a muscle stick! ”
(Oh...) How about a stop point first... I'm already working on it! )
Brandi gasped and spat out with difficulty. He didn't bother with the Sorting Hat's fingering, thinking only about what the Sorting Hat had told him an hour earlier.
an hour ago.
“………… If you want to solve your current problem of mana exhaustion, you need to find out why your mana disappears after a single cast. "The Sorting Hat was rare to speak to him in a serious manner." I don't know exactly how wizards today understand the process of casting a spell, at least in our day, the release of a spell was mainly based on the establishment of a magical link. ”
"Magic Link?" Brandi read the word, pondering it carefully.
"That's right, the wizard's spell casting mainly relies on the flow of magic power, when the magic power passes through the wand's access permission, and is introduced into the wand, the magic link is basically constituted, at this time, the wand itself will take over the magic link, relying on the wizard's spells, gestures and other behaviors to transform the received magic into a mature magic, and then release it through the wand head. Any additional mana is returned to the wizard along the wand, which actively breaks the link and the spell is complete. ”
(But isn't that what I do now?) Or isn't that how all wizards cast spells? )
"No, no, no...... It's not like Brandi, you're not like them. The Sorting Hat said. This brings us to another issue, your wand. Brandy, I don't think you know what the nature of chalcedony was in the ancient wizarding world...... But also, the ancient wizarding lineage seems to have been completely severed before my time. Hey, seeing that you're in a hurry, I'm not going to remember that bit of in the past. You just have to remember that your wand is not an ordinary thing, its wand core is actually a very powerful magic material, but because it has existed for too long and too long, it has completely spanned the era of high magic in ancient times when you can only rely on yourself to cast spells...... You can understand that it has taken so long for it to finally manage to mutate... Of course, I don't know exactly what happened... In short, it is glorious this time, and it has exhausted its magic power~"
(Ahhh...... Ha? )
Brandi blinked suspiciously, it was the first time he had heard that there were magic materials that he could change in order to adapt to the trend and then exhaust his magic power, it was a whim, and he was planning not to make magic materials?
(No, Mr. Sorting Hat, what does it have to do with me when it runs out of magic?) )
“…… Therefore, the current little wizards are stupid to death, and now that their magic power is exhausted, and it may be a magic item with a certain self-awareness, then the primary purpose must be to try their best to restore their role. And in this day and age, there is no magic in the outside environment that can absorb it. At this time, you jump out again to do something, so that it falls in love at a glance...... Since it recognizes it, of course you can't look down on other people's magic, who do you say if you don't smoke it now? ”
(But why doesn't it usually smoke it, but only when I'm going to use magic?) )
"That's the problem with the magic link, if it were still a chalcedony, it might have been unscrupulous, but it was made into a wand. The wand has a wand energy supply method, and only the wizard's magic link can be imported into the wand if the magic link is actively established with the wand, which is why you are different from other wizards. Throughout the ages, all wizards' magic link permissions have been given to the wand, and the wand will mechanically convert a fixed amount of magic into a spell, and then will actively disconnect the magic link, which is a matter of course. But yours... It's a little different... Once this wand is linked, it will never take the initiative to disconnect the link without giving you a draw to the bottom, and 99.99% of these magic powers are estimated to be used to restore the wand itself, and the magic power that really helps you transform into spells and release them is estimated to be not even a dime, so you will immediately enter the mana exhaustion every time you cast a spell, and many spells with relatively large magic consumption are not complete. In fact, it stands to reason that your magic power should still be much better than that of ordinary people, otherwise it would not have chosen you. ”
(Not...... You told me how rare and powerful this thing is, but now it has no use for anything but to eat and drink from me. When will it be fully recovered? How do I feel like I'm having mixed feelings with my children......)
"Hmm...... This depends on the face.,In fact, I have three solutions here to solve your magic exhaustion problem.,One of them is to do nothing.,Hang the magic link to it every day and let it smoke.,Maybe it's full for ten or eight years.。 And isn't that good, you see how ferocious your mana recovery ability is now! You can recover one or two percent in a minute, and if you persist for ten or eight years, you won't be able to go to heaven? ”
(yes...... By that time, I had already been expelled from school on the grounds that a fish-lipped Gryffindor Squib was a waste of the Academy's educational resources. Brandi pursed his lips with a look of disdain.
“…… It seems possible that you would say that, but Professor McGonagall's patience is obviously not very good. Therefore, there is a simple and crude method~ Of course, the side effects are obvious. As long as you pout your wand yourself, your magic talent should not be bad anyway, and you have practiced a good ability to return to the blue during this time. Find you another wand that recognizes you, and it won't be long before you're a good man again. ”
(Okay, next...... )
"I knew you couldn't bear it, haha...... Then you have to listen honestly to my arrangement. After I knew that your ability to return to blue would improve because of practice, I suddenly had a bold idea, of course, you can choose not to listen to it...... Because I don't think anyone has tried this idea in the past, and probably no one has thought about it at all. ”
Brandi inexplicably snorted, as if he felt the terrible fanaticism and hidden malice in the hat master's tone.
"The first step is easy~" The Sorting Hat's tone was relaxed, as if it were a trivial matter. "You just need to break the rules a little bit when you set up the magic link, and grab control of the magic link with your wand!"