Chapter 8 Magic is not easy

"Is it enough?"

George took out a bulging cloth bag with more than four hundred gold galleons in it.

He chose such a large owl for two main reasons.

First, an owl of this size already has good attack capabilities. If he is really in danger, he can provide him with considerable help.

The second is to value its flying ability. A normal magical owl can fly with something weighing more than ten kilograms. So for such a big owl, it should not be a problem to carry something weighing more than a hundred kilograms.

If you encounter trouble in the future and cannot defeat it, you can also let the owl fly away with you. Not only is it a pet, but it can also be used as a flying mount. You don't have to choose who it is.

"Since you are sure, of course there is no problem."

When the clerk saw that George was really rich and not joking, he immediately enthusiastically helped George move the eagle owl to the cart, fearing that George would regret it.

This owl eats a lot every day, and it will lose money if no wizard comes to buy it.

After buying the pet, George went to the last and most important store, Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

Today he not only wanted to buy all the textbooks for the first grade, but also many other magic books, especially those about gesture casting.

Because if he cannot learn to use hand gestures to cast spells, then his body in the Marvel world will not be able to display his magical abilities normally until he makes a wand.

Today is August 3rd, and there are still eighteen days before Gilderoy Lockhart’s book signing at Flourish and Blott Bookstore, so there are not too many people in the bookstore, and finding books is relatively simple. Just ask the clerk directly. .

"Gesture casting? That kind of book is no longer sold. Now that everyone uses wands, who will learn that backward method of casting spells."

The clerk shook his head.

George did not give up, but continued:

"I'm very interested in that backward way of casting spells. I wonder if you can help me find a way to find one?

I can add money! "

To show his sincerity, he first took out twenty gold galleons.

The clerk hesitated when he saw this, and finally stretched out four fingers:

"It needs to be purchased separately, and the cost is very high, forty pieces."

"no problem."

George directly took out forty gold galleons and placed them on the table.

He knew that the price must be a rip off, but as long as he could get the magic book related to gesture casting, he could pay for 400 or 400 pieces, not to mention 40.

"Three days, the goods will arrive within three days."

Upon seeing this, the clerk immediately accepted the forty gold galleons with a smile.

"I'll pick it up in three days."

After shopping around again, and after paying the clearly marked gold Galleons, George pushed the full trolley, hummed an unknown tune, and began to return to the drugstore in Knockturn Alley, preparing to teach himself magic.

On the way back, we also attracted a lot of curious eyes because of the huge and eye-catching Eagle Owl.

"Be obedient and don't bark."

When he arrived at the store, he placed the eagle owl on the table in the bedroom, took out the hare bought at the owl shop and fed it to one. George gave instructions and began to sort out the magic book he had just bought.

After hearing what George said, the eagle owl actually nodded very meekly.

For ordinary little wizards, the Eagle Owl is too big to handle and dangerous, making it unsuitable as a pet.

But it was different for George.

His body is stronger than that of a normal adult. Even though the Eagle Owl is big, it can't defeat him.

As for the danger, the psychic ability he inherited from Professor

Not only can it easily communicate with animals, but it can also influence the behavior of animals to a certain extent.

Sometimes George thinks that if he spends time studying magical beasts, he will probably be no worse than Newt and Hagrid in the future and become a master of magical beasts.

""Standard Spells, Elementary" and "Magic Theory", study these two books first."

He pulled out the two most important books from a pile of magic books and began to study them with concentration.

Nowadays, the most important thing is to master practical spells. As for the history of magic, herbal medicine, potions and other subjects, we can put them aside for the time being until the crisis of Marvel itself is over.

This research lasted until evening.

"Sure enough, it's not that simple!"

Putting down the magic book and rubbing his dry eyes, George picked up the bread he bought while shopping in Diagon Alley and ate it.

When watching the movie, it seemed as if a wizard could perform magic by waving a wand, as if it was very simple.

But in fact, when I actually learned it, I found that it was not that easy to successfully release a magic spell.

This is the same as cooking.

It looked like there were only a few steps, but in fact when it was my turn, I was blinded.

Even if the steps are the same, the taste is different.

According to the magic book, if you want to successfully cast a spell, you must first have the blood of a wizard and have magic power. Otherwise, even if all the subsequent steps are OK, it will still be in vain.

The second is the spell. The spell must be pronounced clearly. Different spells have different speech speeds, emotions, and other aspects. If the standard is not met, either the magic effect will be greatly weakened, or it will have no effect at all.

There are also very few that may produce some unexpected effects.

Finally, there is the action of waving the wand. The wand is not waved randomly, and the trajectories of different spells are also different when waved.

Of course, these are all for beginners.

If you really understand and master a spell, and even its fundamental principles and laws have been studied very deeply, it is not difficult to perform this magic without a wand and silently.

A truly top wizard can cast most magic instantly without a wand and silently.

"Softening spell, cutting spell, unlocking spell, floating spell, locking spell and repairing spell, focus on learning the unlocking spell first."

After eating bread, George turned to the page of "Standard Spells, Elementary" that explains the unlocking spell.

The spells in the first-grade textbook are the most basic and easiest to learn spells, and they are basically not powerful.

For example, even if he learned the cutting spell, at his level, he could only cut a napkin or something, and he probably couldn't even cut a person's skin.

Instead of doing this, it is better to learn the unlocking spell first, so that the self in the main world of Marvel can open the mutant ability inhibitor tied around his neck and exert his own abilities.

You can also open various high-tech doors in the laboratory and escape smoothly.

If there is extra time, it won't be too late to learn some other spells.

In fact, he thinks that the Transfiguration Spell should be more useful than the Unlocking Spell, especially for high-tech weapons. As long as one of the parts can be destroyed, it can be disabled.

But after thinking about it carefully, he gave up.

The Transfiguration Spell is a separate category to learn. The difficulty of learning is definitely much more difficult than other spells. Even a genius like Hermione couldn't learn it before school started. He didn't think he could learn it in a short time without guidance.

Even if he really learned it, the effect would probably not be so obvious. There was no need to take the risk.