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As he spoke, Ethan went to sit on the sofa, planning to rest for a while before continuing his attempts in that area.

“Even so, you need to be careful.”

Luna looked at Ethan with a serious expression.

Safety can be ensured countless times, but an accident only needs to happen once to cause endless regret.

“Yeah, I know.”

“When I experiment later, I’ll wear the armor charm necklace, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right!”

Seeing Ethan say this, Luna didn’t say anything more and sat down to the side.

Ethan still felt somewhat unwell. As expected, the power of the explosion just now was a bit too strong, and he was a bit too close, causing some damage to his internal organs.

Ethan, who had originally planned to take a potion, stopped that idea for now.

He directly opened the Nibelungen, transformed a goblin’s spirit into a small ball of blue substance, took it out, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Instantly, Ethan felt warm all over. A portion of the magic power he had just consumed was restored, and his internal organs, which had been aching, were now rapidly recovering.

In just a few breaths, Ethan felt like his entire state had returned.

This wasn’t the first time Ethan had swallowed a spirit. He already possessed the ability to instantly restore vitality and magic power after swallowing one, and it had no effect on him whatsoever.

The reason he chose a goblin was that Ethan's injuries weren't serious, and he didn't need to replenish much vitality.

As for magic power, according to Ethan's current level, he hadn't consumed much at all and didn't need to replenish it.

“Ethan, you're changing the form of the Patronus Charm, are you trying to make it an offensive magic? Would that be considered creating a new spell?”

Penelope was also quite interested in Ethan’s idea.

If Ethan could successfully create it, her Patronus Charm would no longer be just a mascot.

That's right, the current Patronus Charm is just a mascot, only having symbolic value. After all, things like Dementors and Lethifolds, if nothing unexpected happens, you might never encounter them in your entire life.

When you don't encounter these magical creatures, the Patronus Charm can at most only negate some dark curses, but it's really not as effective as the Armor Charm, completely useless.

Even if her Patronus image is a Thunderbird, could it possibly discharge electricity to shock others?

But if it were changed to an offensive one, it might actually be able to discharge electricity.

“I guess so!”

“I haven’t heard of this type of dark magic, unless you count Serpensortia.”

Serpensortia is using magic power to form a snake to launch an attack. The higher the proficiency and the more magic power used, the stronger the snake becomes.

But that's only limited to snakes, and it’s fundamentally different from Ethan’s idea.

To be honest, if it were an ordinary animal image, even if Ethan succeeded and taught her the method, its effect wouldn't be great.

It’s only useful for those with Patronus Charms in the form of magical creatures like Ethan and his friends.

Then, Ethan took out a small bottle of potion. The liquid inside had a golden color and looked somewhat viscous, like liquid gold.

It was completely different from the potions he had seen before.

The quantity wasn’t much either. This extremely small bottle only contained three milliliters.

This was the most suitable amount for drinking that Ethan had specially portioned out after obtaining Felix Felicis at the auction.

Overdosing can cause dizziness, recklessness, and arrogance, while taking too little has no effect.

And three milliliters can ensure that a person remains in a lucky state for twelve hours.

Developing new magic requires not only sufficient talent and a considerable accumulation of knowledge but also a bit of inspiration and luck.

And Felix Felicis can grant Ethan the latter two.

After all, its characteristic is to bring good luck, making everything successful. Isn't that good luck and inspiration?

It can also improve the user's emotional control ability, allowing them to enter a state where they are not controlled by emotions and make the most accurate decisions in extreme situations.

“Is that Felix Felicis?”

Hermione looked at the golden liquid in Ethan’s hand with some surprise. She was quite interested in potions and had a relatively high talent in that area.

Having read many potion books, she knew that only Felix Felicis could present in this state.

Unfortunately, she didn't even have the accurate recipe for Felix Felicis. Of course, Hermione didn't think she could successfully make it now.

“I obtained it at an auction during Christmas.”

Ethan nodded in acknowledgment. As long as he didn't talk about the process of the auction, there wouldn't be any problems.

And Felix Felicis was indeed purchased with real money.

“Ethan, are you going to take it?”

“If Felix Felicis is taken multiple times, it will lose its effect later on.”

Cassandra reminded him. Many people regard Felix Felicis as a panacea.

But in reality, the first few times have the best effect. Afterwards, the effect gradually decreases until it becomes completely ineffective.

So even if she could get Felix Felicis, she hadn't thought about taking it. It's better to use it at a critical moment; in her opinion, it would be a waste now.

“I know this. Actually, besides developing magic, I don’t know where else Felix Felicis can be used.”

Ethan had naturally considered the problem that Cassandra mentioned.

Taking Felix Felicis during battle does have a certain effect, but hard power is more important.

After all, Felix Felicis gives you luck, but it doesn't give you the identity of the Child of Destiny, allowing you to explode with power when near death, complete various heaven-defying reversals, and even make your opponents' IQs plummet.

It doesn't help much in combat, so Ethan can only use it in this kind of situation.

Immediately, Ethan opened the potion bottle in his hand and drank the golden, viscous liquid in one gulp.

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As soon as he drank it, Ethan felt the effect coming.

He felt an inexplicable sense of confidence and extreme rationality, as if his thinking had sped up a lot.

Recalling the process of the spell explosion just now, reviewing everything in his mind, Ethan now had different ideas.

It's not necessary to follow the magic power route of the Patronus Charm just now, and even less necessary to use a spell like the Patronus Charm.

Since the nature is opposite, then they are two completely different magics.

Blindly copying won't work at all.

Magic doesn't necessarily require gestures, words, or specific routes of magical power; accurately speaking, it's a kind of idealism, materializing what you think in your heart. Making what you wish come true is magic.

The various spells and routes of magical power circulation that exist now are merely created for the sake of convenience and practicality. More accurately, they are shackles. Although wearing these shackles eliminates the ability to create, they make spellcasting more convenient and faster.

It's like on Crete Island not long ago, where there were people using all sorts of languages.

But many dark wizards knew the Killing Curse, and even though the incantations they uttered were clearly different, they could all succeed.

At this time, if you ask a British wizard, even if he has learned the Killing Curse, to use it by reciting the incantation in French,

as long as he doesn't know the Silent Spell, he will definitely fail. This illustrates that the incantation is not the key to successful spellcasting.

What Ethan needs to do now is to abandon everything about the Patronus Charm and start from scratch.

This completely overturns Ethan's previous idea that he needed to rely on a highly skilled Patronus Charm to succeed.

What Ethan needs now is to imitate the wizards of the early Middle Ages. Back then, they didn't need anything, not even wands were necessary. Spellcasting relied entirely on magical power and their own thoughts.

It can be said that it's making what you think come true.

After completing the first step, then use incantations or fixed routes of magical power to assist spellcasting, making it faster and more convenient while also increasing its power.

This is what needs to be done at this moment.

After opening the shield of the Body-Binding Curse,

Ethan fills his mind with all negative emotions, and sets up a hypothetical enemy for himself. This is the target he needs to attack, and then imagines the image of his Patronus in his mind, and makes it intend to attack.

This step is not a big problem for Ethan, mainly because he had rewards in terms of thinking improvement before.

As magical power surged around Ethan, a mass of dark mist rolled in front of Ethan. Extremely distinct features such as dragon scales and dragon horns began to materialize on the black mist, and a five-headed silhouette like an alien was slowly taking shape.

Just as Ethan wanted to continue further, the black mist suddenly collapsed, and the five-headed dragon that had already formed instantly disappeared into nothing.

Although it still failed, it was much better than the direct explosion just now.

This proves that his current thinking is correct, and he must abandon everything about the Patronus Charm in order to succeed.

Now, the only thing that needs to be done is to experiment repeatedly until it is completely successful.

Moreover, the continuous effect of Felix Felicis is twelve hours, and only a while has passed now, so there is still plenty of time.

With this first step of progress, there will be no need to take Felix Felicis to assist in creating this magic later.

[Thanks to大佬掃 地僧 for the monthly ticket, thank you大佬! 干].

Chapter 197: Finding Sirius Black

Mid-February.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, Ethan led Penelope out of Hogwarts Castle and walked towards the edge of the grounds.

"Where are we going now?"

Ethan pulled her out so late at night without saying where they were going, which made Penelope have a strange idea.

"Looking for a person, or rather, a dog."

Ethan finally decided to find Sirius Black. After all, if he doesn't go now, he will jump out on his own in a while.

Ethan is very interested in the Black family, which has been passed down for thousands of years and is known as the oldest and most noble family.

This is not something they boast about themselves, but a true evaluation of them from the outside world. In this area of Great Britain, the Black family is one of the oldest and wealthiest pure-blood wizarding families.

In terms of history, it is even longer than the Malfoy family, and the purity of its bloodline is also above it.

After all, the Black family does not accept Squibs and has always supported the pure-blood supremacy view, which is also one of the factors in their decline.

Ethan is quite interested in the collection of such a family.

The wealth accumulated over thousands of years is also a considerable amount. Last time on Crete Island, although nearly 400 wizards were slaughtered, the harvest was less than 300,000 Galleons.

The main valuable ones should be the group who were in the bar with Ethan, but unfortunately, they all became scrap metal after a fire.

In addition, Slytherin's locket is also in the Black family.

As long as it can be obtained, a reward for one achievement is indispensable, and Voldemort's remnant soul inside can replenish a wave for Little Tom.

With so much value, Ethan would be ashamed of himself if he didn't take advantage of it.

Although Ethan knows that the Black ancestral home is at 12 Grimmauld Place in London, it is protected by magic, and he certainly won't be able to find it directly.

After Sirius Black's mother passed away, it is estimated that only Sirius Black and Kreacher could find it and enter.

Even Lucius's wife, she most likely cannot enter it.

Otherwise, after Sirius Black and Bellatrix were imprisoned in Azkaban for life, she would definitely go in and ransack it, and bring it back to the Malfoy family.

No one can refuse the inheritance of the Black family, a huge family that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Since she didn't do this, it means that she is still not qualified to enter it.

The real heir is still Sirius Black's branch, even if Sirius Black was removed from the family tree by his mother, this cannot be changed.

Now, if you want to get everything, you still have to start with Sirius Black.

"Looking for someone? Looking for a dog?"

Penelope looked at Ethan suspiciously, she didn't know what Ethan was talking about.

She originally thought that pulling herself out so late at night meant that he had some ideas about her.

Wanting to find a place to play some exciting projects, but you're going to find a dog?

"You seem very disappointed?"

Ethan turned his head to look at Penelope, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"No, definitely not!"

Penelope denied it immediately, she would definitely not admit that she had misunderstood.