#248 - Quirrell's Changes
After resolving the issue of hatching the dragon egg, Moon inquired about Squeaky from Hagrid.
Specifically, he asked for the exact location where the large tree Squeaky lived in had been cut down.
Moon suspected that Squeaky's parents would take the time to check on their child.
Even if their child was very noisy and didn't resemble a proper Snowy Owl at all.
"Oh, that won't do. That place is deep in the Forbidden Forest, you can't go in there."
Hagrid had intended to draw Moon a map, but upon hearing Moon's plan to venture alone in search of the little Snowy Owl's parents, he decisively refused his request.
"I see. In that case, it seems I'll have to start by searching the owlery in the castle."
Moon was well aware of Hogwarts' rules, especially since Dumbledore had stated at the start of the term that students were not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest.
Squeaky, having spent time with Moon and Bouncy, had gradually forgotten about searching for its parents.
Upon learning that Bouncy would be staying with Hagrid for a while, it automatically flew up to the rafters of Hagrid's hut and pretended to doze off.
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of these two little ones for you, absolutely nothing will go wrong."
Hagrid was very happy; it was rare for his place to be so lively.
After saying goodbye to Hagrid, the four young wizards returned to the castle.
Moon planned to go to the small classroom on the second floor to practice spells.
During his last battle with the Voldemort Bat, he realized that the coordination between his left and right hands wasn't very good, and he needed to identify the problem and practice more.
Hermione, on the other hand, pulled Harry and Ron back to review their lessons.
"Hermione, the exams are centuries away, there's absolutely no need to worry."
"It's fifteen weeks," Hermione retorted.
"That amount of time is just a blink of an eye for Nicolas Flamel."
"But we're not six hundred years old, and why do you need to review? Don't you already know all the knowledge?"
Ron couldn't understand Hermione's actions at all. In his opinion, reviewing should only be done two days before the exam.
"Why do I need to review? Are you crazy? Don't you know that we have to pass these exams to advance to the second year!"
Listening to Hermione's nagging in front, Moon, walking behind, finally understood why this little witch's wizarding bar was growing so fast.
No, Moon had already known this, but he didn't expect Hermione's enthusiasm for learning to be so great.
Harry's wizarding bar was now three-quarters full, which was the result of his growth after the Quidditch match.
As for Ron, his wizarding bar was only one-third full, although there was progress, it wasn't much, almost at the bottom of the first-year wizards.
As for Moon, he wasn't holding the Old Willow Wand, and the length of his wizarding bar was just over two bars.
This should be the level of an outstanding third-year student.
Of course, this level of strength was inseparable from Moon's magical battles and various extreme magical practices in another world.
For example, Moon's training with the Giant Squid, the spell training conducted according to Professor Flitwick's plan, the peculiar memory ability, and the absorption of various forbidden book knowledge.
All of these allowed Moon's strength to grow far beyond others, and his foundation was very solid.
"Why don't you listen to Hermione and go back to review your lessons?"
Moon hadn't been so concerned about Harry and the others' learning situation before.
The same was true for the magical strength displayed by the wizarding bar.
He knew that the little wizards' hobbies were closely related to their strength growth, and Ron just hadn't discovered a related hobby.
But now it was different. After Harry received the Invisibility Cloak from Dumbledore, Moon guessed that the white-bearded headmaster must have some special arrangement for Harry.
Just like himself, after being arranged by Dumbledore to take a divination test, he engaged in one battle after another in another world.
Moon didn't know if this was the difficulty he was destined to encounter, or if Dumbledore had foreseen something in advance.
Now Harry was likely to encounter various dangers, and thinking of this, Moon naturally hoped that his friend's strength could be rapidly improved.
"You can't be serious, in you two's eyes, is there nothing else besides studying?"
Ron was still unwilling, but Harry listened to Moon's words.
He nodded and followed Hermione away.
Ron, seeing this sudden situation, quickly ran forward two steps.
"Fine, don't say I didn't accompany you, let's wear the shackles of learning together."
Returning to the castle with the three, Moon found Filch, borrowed the key, and went to the small classroom on the second floor alone.
During the last battle against the Voldemort Bat, Moon tried to cast spells with both hands simultaneously in order to quickly resolve the battle.
His skilled right hand controlled the Old Willow Wand, casting silent spells.
His unfamiliar left hand held the wand purchased from Ollivander, casting ordinary spells.
However, during the battle, Moon discovered that this method was not as fast as casting silent spells with one hand.
Fortunately, the Voldemort Bat had already been severely injured, and Moon was essentially practicing, discovering many problems.
The first was the issue of magical conflict.
Silent spells require highly concentrated and extremely restrained mental control, while ordinary spells usually require incantation and wand gestures.
Casting two spells simultaneously can easily create conflicts.
Whether it's magic power allocation or movement interference, it can cause spells to fail to achieve the desired effect.
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The second was the excessive consumption of mental power.
Controlling two wands at the same time is definitely not a one-plus-one effect; it greatly diverts the caster's attention.
And a person's mental power is limited. If you divert your attention, it will lead to insufficient control over the details of each spell.
The consumption of mental power is also very large. As the battle continues, mental fatigue will accumulate rapidly.
This will affect the caster's reaction speed and thinking, and can also cause errors in judgment and action during battle.
These problems were all summarized by Moon in actual combat, and now he needs to solve them one by one.
The first point in resolving magical conflicts is to strengthen left-hand training.
Using the [Magic Power Perception Training] method learned from Professor Snape, try it again with the left hand.
Moon's right hand can cast spells quickly, and he can cast silent spells so early, which is largely due to this practice method.
Use the left hand to cast [Levitation Charm] to practice on the pottery figurines, and then slowly add the right hand's silent spells.
This kind of practice requires a lot of time, but the effect is very good.
As for the problem of excessive consumption of mental power, this can only be solved by finding ways to improve mental power.
In fact, Moon, who has already begun to study brain magic, has far more mental power than other young wizards.
In particular, Professor Flitwick had formulated a detailed training plan for Moon.
One of them was a suggestion regarding the expected effect of spells, the quality and strength of the spell effect.
This includes the Charms Master's summary of mental power training methods.
With specific implementation methods, all Moon needs to do is practice continuously and gradually increase the difficulty of the spells.
In the following days, Moon spent twice as much time in the small spell classroom.
Of course, Moon would also take time to help search for Squeaky's parents in the castle.
However, there were no gains.
It wasn't until Wednesday, during the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, that Moon noticed that Professor Quirrell seemed to have changed a lot.
He looked increasingly pale and thin, as if he had suffered a major illness.
Moreover, his clothes were not only filled with the smell of garlic, but also had a woody scent.
Moon was very familiar with wood carvings. Although Quirrell stayed on the podium the whole time, he could still smell this subtle difference.
Not only that, Moon also noticed that Professor Quirrell's gaze towards him had also changed.
It carried a bit of appreciation, but more of it seemed to be hatred.
"Where did I offend this professor?"
Moon looked at the book, thinking about the question.
"Alright, that's all for to.today."
Quirrell's teaching style returned to reading from the textbook, boring and difficult to endure.
Moreover, he didn't assign any homework, but even so, this professor seemed to be very busy every day.
