Chapter 140 Teaching Hermione

"What you need to do is use magic to control this rag doll so that it can move as if it is alive."

As he spoke, Bell used magic to control the rag doll to levitate from Hermione's hand.

The rag doll faced Hermione, folded his hands on his belly, and bowed to Hermione.

"Hello, master. Can you give me a nice name?"

"Ah——! So cute!"

Hermione couldn't help but exclaimed.

"..."

Bell looked at Hermione speechlessly. Although he admitted that the doll was indeed very cute, otherwise he would not have bought it and wanted to give it to Shanna. But is that the point? Now let’s talk about magic control, okay?

"Ahem... I, I mean, so awesome. Wow~ Bell, you are so awesome~"

Hermione tried to remedy the situation.

Bell said it was understandable for Hermione's insane behavior. Isn't it said that falling in love will lower a person's IQ? Bell just thought that Hermione was temporarily in a negative state of reducing intelligence.

"You come and give it a try."

Bell controlled the doll to fall back into Hermione's hand and gestured to her.

"no problem!"

Hermione confidently took out her wand and pointed it at the doll in her hand.

She decided to name the adorable doll ‘Betty’.

1 second passed, 10 seconds passed, 1 minute passed...

"Bell, what should I do?"

Hermione asked sheepishly. She was so excited just now that she didn't think too much about it.

"..."

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What else could Bell say? He could only choose to forgive Hermione! Who makes the other party have a negative status now?

"Imagine what it feels like to cast, um... Transfiguration, the feeling of magic flowing out of you."

Faced with Hermione's question, Bell actually didn't know how to answer. After all, both he and Shanna could instinctively output their magic power when they were young.

And little wizards like Hermione, who have lived in Muggle families since childhood, because they don't know that they are wizards, they even think that the so-called magic is just people's fantasy. In this case, the ability to control magic, which should be instinctive, will gradually be lost.

This is also the reason why the spellcasting ability of ancient wizards is far weaker than that of modern wizards.

Wizards who do not receive magical education realize the unusual powers they possess even after they reach adulthood. But long-term storage will also make the magic power in their bodies become inert, making it difficult to mobilize.

Hermione followed Bell's instructions and tried hard to recall the feeling of casting Transfiguration in Transfiguration class. Her eyes were fixed on 'Betty', and her little face was turning red.

‘Bang~’

A shallow crater appeared at Hermione's feet.

She accidentally overexerted herself and output too much magic power.

"Huh~"

Bell wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

so close!

Just by a hair, he was almost too late to deflect Hermione's magic. He didn't have a second doll for Hermione, let alone such a cute one.

"Belle~"

Hermione looked at her boyfriend with tearful eyes.

She has never been so lost.

Whether it was a Transfiguration class or a Charms class, as long as it was a class that required actual casting of spells, Hermione was always the first to complete the professors' requirements (Bell didn't want to attract attention, so he kept letting off steam).

Gradually, even though she never said it, Hermione still felt a little proud in her heart. So she liked the feeling of holding a wand in her hand.

But just now, Hermione felt for the first time that her wand was not so obedient.

She tried hard to attach the magic to Betty. But as soon as the magic power leaves the tip of the staff, she will lose her sense and control of the magic power, and then the magic power will dissipate quickly.

"Don't be discouraged, you've done a great job."

Bell rubbed Hermione's little head lovingly and comforted her.

"real?"

"Um...well, it's actually fake..."

There is no way, Bell is so honest.

"...Am I stupid? Will you hate me?"

Tears quickly filled her eyes, and Hermione looked at Bell timidly, fearing that she would hear a positive answer from her boyfriend's mouth the next second.

"How is it possible! How could I hate you? And you are not stupid at all. You are number one in your grade! If you are stupid, wouldn't the others be worse than a troll?"

"And what you just did is actually not bad. Most underage wizards can basically only do this."

Bell comforted hurriedly.

He couldn't stand others crying. Whenever he sees others crying, he wants to cry too.

"real?"

"Really, really, this time it's really true!"

"Um."

(ノへ￣、)

Hermione wiped the tears from her eyes and tentatively believed Bell's words.

"But Bell, since you said this is the foundation of the foundation, why don't the professors teach us the relevant knowledge?"

Hermione suddenly discovered her blind spot.

"Because for most wizards, magic control is of no use."

Seeing Hermione's puzzled look, Bell paused and continued to explain.

"With the popularity of wands, the danger of magic backlash that wizards need to face when casting spells has been greatly reduced."

"At the same time, modern spells are characterized by simplicity and speed. Because they consume less magic power, they do not require a high degree of control over magic power. And even if the spell fails, it will not have much impact on the wizard."

"The combination of the two makes it very safe for wizards to cast most magic spells. Therefore, for most wizards, exercising their control over magic power can only slightly increase the power of some magic spells. , if you have that time, you might as well learn some more powerful spells."

"but!"

Bell stopped Hermione's question and continued.

"If you want to keep moving forward on the road of magic, strong magic control is essential. The popularity of wands and modern spells has greatly enhanced the power of wizards, but it also inevitably limits As high as wizards can reach."

"To give a simple example, the existing powerful spells and magic props are all handed down from ancient times. For example, the 'Fire Curse', 'Life Curse' and 'Patron Saint Curse' among the curses 'Etc., and magic props are such as 'Philosopher's Stone', 'Three Hallows of Death' and 'Time Turner'. In the past 100 or 200 years, most of the new things created by the wizarding world are functional. It doesn’t have great power.”

"Do you remember the question I once asked you? Do you want to be an ordinary wizard, or do you want to be an excellent and outstanding wizard?"

"I understand, Bell!"

Hermione's eyes regained their determination.

"But...is there really no shortcut?"

"..."