Chapter 37 The Magic of Gestures

"Spell casting technique? You mentioned this?" Ryan was a little curious and looked at Kate, who was shaking the lion's head.

"This award is named after Barnabus Finkley, the master of gesture magic, and is awarded to those who have excellent spell casting skills." Kate said proudly when she saw that Ryan didn't know.

"Gestures? It's just another interpretation of the spell, an unnecessary product to reduce the difficulty of casting spells. This award is actually of little value from a magic point of view. No wonder the manufacturer of the chocolate frog did not add this honor." Ryan used his mind communication skills to Kate said, after all, magical knowledge cannot be heard by the driver.

"Mr. Ryan, why do you say that? There are many famous wizards who claim that gestures can enhance the power of spells." Kate replied in her heart habitually, blinking her big curious eyes.

Ahhh, so cute. From Ryan's perspective, Kate is like the schoolgirl who called Ryan Sensen in the Japanese good boy movie in her previous life.

"Yeah, let Lenson teach you." Len said with a righteous face.

"dense?"

"Teacher, don't worry about those details, five points from Ravenclaw!"

"Do you know about speech?" Ryan asked.

"What does speech have to do with gestures?" Kate looked confused.

"There has been research in this area in the Muggle world for a long time. Have you noticed that some speakers always dance when they talk about being happy? Why is that?"

"Make people more convincing? Increase confidence?" Kate guessed.

"Yes, it is to increase self-confidence. The height of the fountain will not exceed its source. The power of the spell also depends on a wizard's self-confidence. Just like silent spellcasting, as long as you have firm belief, you can successfully cast a spell even if you don't recite the spell. This is a superb skill that is only taught in the sixth grade at Hogwarts." Ryan paused and continued to communicate with his mind, "The same goes for gestures. Do you know Wakatu?"

"Wakatu, I know! The coolest magic school. Do you know how they recruit students? It's through dreams! The 'dreamer' will leave a token when the little wizard sleeps, usually a piece of paper with words engraved on it. Little Shitou! As far as I know, no other school recruits students in this way!" Kate was so excited that she forgot to communicate with her thoughts, and a long sentence couldn't stop coming out of her mouth.

"Then do you know their characteristics?" Ryan asked.

"I've known these issues since I was seven years old," Kate replied.

Ryan couldn't help but be surprised. Why did he emphasize the age of seven?

Kate confidently introduced: "Wakatu is an ancient school with at least a thousand years of history. It is the largest of all wizard schools and recruits students from every corner of this huge land in Africa."

"It is the only magic school that does not hide its location. The address is the "Mountain of the Moon", which is a breathtaking stone building on the mountainside, hidden in the mist, sometimes as if it is floating." Kate continued With such a eloquent sermon, few wizards at Hogwarts would be willing to listen to the story of an African magic school.

"Also, their students are very cool. Many of their spells and spells only require a finger or a gesture. Just wave your hand and you can make a person's jaw drop. They are also good at self-transformation, Unlike Animagus, they are both common animals in Africa. A little wizard around the age of fourteen can transform into an elephant or a cheetah at will!" Kate continued with fascination.

"Stop it, Kate, you just talked about gestures, right, gestures. Why do the wizards in Wakatu only need gestures? It's because hands are a kind of spell." Ryan paused, "And the modern magic in our British area It’s not useless. Stability, the triangle is always the most stable structure. Gestures, spells, and emotions make the little wizard no longer have any risk of casting spells.”

"It is more powerful than gestures alone. Modern magic that requires three elements at the same time is much more powerful than African magic that only uses gestures. Otherwise why, Wakatu's battle mainly relies on self-transformation." Ryan used The thought emphasized in Kate's heart.

"You know, the mysterious man also traveled. In order to achieve a breakthrough in magic, if hand gesture magic is really strong, why is it still dominated by modern magic?"

"The reason why many famous wizards claim that gestures can enhance the power of spells is because the gestures enhance their self-confidence, or they happen to be close to and consistent with the gestures of some powerful ancient wizards, triggering some indescribable power. These That's not what you should know now, Kate." Ryan was about to stop talking about this.

Going a step further will involve dangerous areas. Without a system, modern magic would be enough for a wizard to study for a lifetime. Knowing too much is sometimes not a good thing.

For example, Luna's mother died due to magic experiments in the original novel. What's even weirder is that Luna even kept the horn of a poison horn in her home, which was collected as the horn of a imaginary snorkel.

You know, the poisonous horned beast's horn will explode with just the slightest touch.

Seeing that Ryan stopped the topic, Kate was a little dissatisfied, but when she thought of discussing her favorite school with the little devil she had a crush on, her dissatisfaction disappeared immediately.

"Ryan, the first stop today is the vampire castle. I'm very curious about what vampires are like!" Kate thought about vampires again.

"Vampire? Kate, Kate, this is something only taught in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in third grade, along with werewolves." Ryan joked.

"Okay, Ryan's class is open again."

"Vampires, to be precise, should be called living dead who attack people for blood. Magic classification level: XXX. Vampires are widely found all over the world. They are monsters that can turn into bats and fly around. They reveal their true form in front of sleeping people and bite open their necks with their teeth to suck blood."

"Not only that, after the person whose blood is sucked dies due to weakness, they will become vampires and regenerate and suck blood everywhere. They mostly attack family members and other close people. If you dig up the graves of vampires, you will see that the bodies inside are as fresh, soft and with some bright red skin as living people."

"You can use crosses and garlic to defeat vampires. Some people also believe that if you use the blood in the vampire's body and wheat flour to make bread, you will not be attacked by vampires after eating it."

"Of course, this is definitely nonsense. The most effective way to eliminate vampires is to dig up the grave, pierce his heart and chop off his head. If you are more cautious, you can burn the body to ashes, which is foolproof." Ryan concluded.

"If you read Elder Worpole's Blood Brothers: My Life Among Vampires, you will probably know more about this creature. As a popular science book, it's pretty good."