#125 - Spell Show

“That's right, I heard that professor was once a curse-breaker at Gringotts, with a very strong foundation in counter-curses and curse-breaking, but I don't know when it started, he just became like that. Reading” Another male senior agreed.

“I've heard of him, he used to have quite a few papers on counter-curses in several journals, but it seems that since four years ago, he's become particularly unlucky, whatever spells he experiments with will fail, and there will always be accidents in places where there shouldn't be mistakes during curse-breaking. Since then, he's no longer been a curse-breaker.” Shirley Runster, who joined the club in the same year as Anduin and is now in her seventh year, also chimed in. Shirley has always been particularly obsessed with counter-curses, which is also her main research direction.

“Do you think he might have been hit by some special curse when he was in Egypt? His situation is too abnormal.” Another senior interjected after hearing Shirley's words.

“Who knows, maybe there's really such a possibility, otherwise, why would a perfectly fine person become like this.” Senior Shirley also had similar suspicions.

Just as everyone was discussing, Professor Flitwick came in, bringing two young wizards with him, who looked like new members. The group of people gathered together dispersed and returned to their seats when they saw the professor, listening to him preside over the meeting.

Hearing everyone's discussion, Anduin couldn't help but have some guesses in his heart. Professor Leti's condition was definitely abnormal, but there wasn't enough information right now, and there was no clue to speak of.

Looking at the empty chair beside him, this had always been Senior Vanessa's seat. This Slytherin senior had given him a lot of help. Now that this former senior had graduated, he didn't know how she was doing. He heard that she had joined the Ministry of Magic and was now interning in the Auror Office.

While he was lost in thought, Professor Flitwick spoke.

“Everyone, I am very happy to see you all again in the new school year. Similarly, let me first introduce the new members who have joined the Charms Club this year.”

After speaking, Professor Flitwick looked at the two young wizards standing beside him and said, “The first one is a fifth-year student from Hufflepuff House, Marin Macmillan, everyone welcome!”

The crowd gave warm applause, and then the professor introduced another female student, “This is a third-year Ravenclaw student, Oriana Sinclaire, everyone welcome!”

Anduin recognized her as an acquaintance. He remembered that this girl had taken the same boat to Hogwarts with him when he had just entered school. He seemed to have seen her once later, but he had forgotten when.

“Let me arrange seats for you first, Marin, you sit there, Oriana, you sit there, that is, the seat next to Anduin.” After Professor Flitwick introduced the new members, he began to arrange seats for the two.

Oriana, walking down from the podium towards the seat, happened to see Anduin next to her seat. She couldn't help but frown. She had a vivid memory of this guy. The year before, she was just joking with him, but he knocked her over with a snowball. He was completely a rude and impolite guy. She didn't expect him to be in this club too.

But Oriana thought again, she was selected by the professor to join in her third year. Wasn't this guy in the same grade as her? How could he have joined the club earlier than her?

With confusion, Oriana frowned and sat next to Anduin, while Anduin only glanced at her when she walked over, and then stopped paying attention to her.

Sure enough, he's a rude guy, Oriana couldn't help but feel resentment in her heart.

“Okay, after introducing the new members, let's announce this academic year's research topics. The other topics are the same as in previous years, but a new topic has been added this year. I hope everyone will continue to work hard.” Professor Flitwick, as usual, pointed his wand at the whiteboard next to him, and various topic names began to appear on it.

“The development of elemental magic? This new topic is quite innovative.” Anduin looked at the newly appeared topic and immediately recorded it.

Oriana on the side, seeing this, also took out her notebook and recorded it in the same way, while Professor Flitwick on the stage spoke again.

“You have finished recording the new topics, right? The topic selection time will be carried out here first. Next, let us congratulate Anduin Wilson. His paper 'Development and Application of the Echo Charm' has been published in several journals, including 'Century Charms'. I believe those of you who have subscribed to 'Century Charms' should have already read it. As far as I know, many famous scholars and charm masters have shown great interest in this new charm. Be careful, Anduin, those old guys will soon flood you with owls.”

Professor Flitwick made a small joke, and everyone sitting there looked at Anduin with a smile. Since he joined the Charms Club, he has always been a diligent and low-key figure. He didn't expect that in two years, Anduin would have made such a big breakthrough in the field of charm development.

Seeing this, Anduin also got up and bowed, and then said modestly, “The development of the new charm mainly relies on the knowledge I learned from the seniors in the club. For example, Senior Quirrell's Sonorous Charm gave me a lot of inspiration, as well as Professor Flitwick and Professor Bones' guidance and support. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to complete the development of an independent charm so quickly on my own.”

The seniors around him smiled warmly at Anduin when they saw how humble he was, and Quirrell, who was mentioned, took the lead in applauding.

Oriana, seeing that Anduin had achieved such great success, suddenly felt a little unbelievable. Was this really the young man who entered school with her? Developing a new charm? Wasn't this a joke?

Professor Flitwick on the stage also nodded with a smile. He had always been very optimistic about Anduin. This young man's hard work and rigor also gave him a lot of encouragement. Originally, he thought that Anduin would start from the topic of magical sensitivity, but he didn't expect that he would have results in sonic magic first.

“Alright.” Flitwick pressed down with both hands, and everyone stopped applauding. “Anduin, let everyone see the Echo Charm you have developed. After all, everyone has only seen the paper in the journals, and I believe they are still very curious about the specific effects of the charm.”

Anduin nodded. Professor Flitwick had notified him in advance that he needed to demonstrate the charm, and then he got up and walked to the front desk to introduce it to everyone.