#93 - test
“Rest assured, Professor,” Anduin said with a delighted smile.
In the following days, Anduin borrowed many spell-related books from the library. As soon as he returned to his cabin, he would study them and practice engraving.
Charles also began to receive special training from Anduin. They would meet every morning for a session of morning exercises. At first, Charles couldn't handle it at all, because Anduin's own training intensity was very high. The route he planned was at least five kilometers long. After a week of adaptation, Charles could barely keep up.
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In the afternoon, Charles would return to the cabin in the Forbidden Forest for spell practice and endurance training. Anduin set up several wooden dummy targets outside the cabin for Charles to practice the 'Disarming Charm,' 'Stunning Spell,' and so on. Then they would proceed with endurance training. Although it was only a few hours each day, Charles felt completely drained, but the tangible feeling of becoming stronger also made him very obsessed.
One day, Anduin, who was about to go to the library to return books, encountered Vivian in the Clock Tower Courtyard, who was sitting on a nearby bench with a troubled expression.
“What's wrong, Vivian? Didn't you say you were going to participate in Quidditch tryouts today?” Anduin remembered that yesterday, Vivian had excitedly told him that she was planning to sign up for the Quidditch tryouts to become a Quidditch player. In Anduin's opinion, Vivian's flying skills were good, and even if she wasn't directly selected as a starting player, she would at least get a substitute spot, so Anduin was quite supportive of her.
Seeing that it was Anduin, Vivian complained to Anduin angrily, “Tryouts my foot! Now those pure-blood supremacists are jumping up and down in the common room, and now they want to control our House's Quidditch team. Any Slytherin student who hasn't clearly sided with them isn't allowed to participate in the Quidditch tryouts. Even the original old players who aren't on their side are being suppressed.”
Anduin frowned slightly and said, “Aren't Vanessa and Headmaster Slughorn doing anything about it? Are they just letting them run wild like this?”
“You know how our Head of House is, he's just a pushover. What can he say when facing those tough guys? As long as there's no physical fighting, he doesn't dare to interfere, and he's too lazy to. And Vanessa is about to graduate and is very busy every day. Besides, those guys don't take her seriously at all. They restrain themselves a bit when she's around, but when she's not, they make a complete mess,” Vivian said indignantly.
Anduin had been avoiding the Slytherin common room for some time due to his own safety concerns, but he didn't expect it to be so tense now.
Vivian, unable to hold back her feelings, continued angrily, “Oh my god, do you know what they're saying now? They're now daring to publicly declare their support for the Dark Lord! Fourth-year Viren Higgs was kicked off the Quidditch team just for arguing with them a few words. He was the Seeker who helped us defeat the Gryffindor team last year.”
When Anduin heard Vivian mention him, he also recalled this Viren Higgs. In his memory, he was a polite older student with excellent flying skills.
“So your Quidditch tryout is off?” Anduin asked.
“What else? Now that Rory Yaxley is leading his reorganized Quidditch team in training. With a prefect like him, I don't think Slytherin will win a single Quidditch match this year,” Vivian said dejectedly.
“Rory Yaxley.” Anduin heard this name again. This guy was a staunch supporter of pure-blood supremacy. He had a big argument with Vanessa in the common room at the beginning of last year. Now he's leading those pure-blood students?
Seeing Vivian's dejected appearance, he couldn't help but comfort her, “Alright, Vivian, it's okay if you didn't get selected. If not this year, then next year. I believe in your strength. You have to have confidence in yourself.”
“It's not as easy as you say. With them around, not to mention next year, I might not even be able to get on the Quidditch field once in my seven years of school,” Vivian said unhappily, listening to Anduin's empty comforting words.
“That's not necessarily true. You have confidence in yourself, and I have confidence in myself. They won't be able to be arrogant for long,” Anduin said meaningfully.
“What do you mean?” Vivian didn't understand Anduin's words, but she seemed to realize that something was wrong.
“It's nothing. I'll support you, and I hope you'll support me,” Anduin said, comforting the girl one last time before turning and leaving.
“Support me? Support you?” Vivian repeated, tilting her head in confusion.
Anduin no longer paid attention to these jumping clowns. He currently only wanted to strengthen his own strength as much as possible. His progress in learning spells was very fast. Professor Bones' explanations were easy to understand, and Anduin understood them immediately.
His Homing Charm had recently overcome many difficulties. After the two constantly adjusted the combination structure of the spell, it was now able to emit a sufficient frequency after activating the spell. In other words, emitting ultrasound had been achieved. Now, the problem to be solved was the reception. For this, Professor Bones and Anduin had also combined several receiving runes. As long as the test was successful, they could try engraving them into alchemical items.
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“The fourth group of runes is much better than the previous groups. The reflected sound waves can already be transformed into an image that can take shape, but the accuracy is a bit poor, and it's not very stable. Record it first. After testing the last two groups, if the effects are all average, I suggest using the fourth group as a prototype for fine-tuning,” Professor Bones said, holding a crystal ball used for testing spells and observing the image inside.
Anduin, who was casting the ultrasonic wave spell on the side, quickly recorded the experimental data on the parchment after hearing Professor Bones' description.
The two had been experimenting for quite a while. Anduin was responsible for casting the spell to emit ultrasonic waves, while Professor Bones used a crystal ball containing different spells for reception. Each spell would be tested about ten times. After testing four groups, only the fourth group could form an image, while the others could not.
“Okay, let's test the fifth group of runes next,” Professor Bones put down the crystal ball in his hand and took out another one.
“Yes, Professor,” Anduin nodded and began to repeat the ultrasonic wave spell.
After years of self-practice, Anduin possessed very strong magic control. When using his own developed new spells, he could directly perform nonverbal casting, which greatly improved efficiency without having to translate the spell into incantations.
