#54 - Magical power growth

Regarding the duration of the charm, Moon wasn't in a hurry to experiment on himself again.

Besides, he didn't want to experience that feeling of powerlessness after being hit by the charm.

After his legs were freed, he once again used the stick figure to cast the [Leg-Locking Curse].

This time, no matter how hard Moon tried, the stick figure's legs were firmly fixed, without any sign of separation.

In the end, the duration of the curse exceeded ten minutes.

"It seems George and Fred weren't tricking me; personally experiencing it really can improve the ability to cast charms."

Having learned new knowledge, Moon couldn't help but try it on the stick figure a few more times.

After confirming that the [Leg-Locking Curse] effect had indeed improved, he returned to the dormitory to rest.

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Friday morning, after practicing spells, Moon seized the time to preview the content of today's Potions class.

Being fully prepared for Snape's class was one of the most useful conclusions Moon had drawn since the start of the semester.

Fortunately, Moon had already finished reading "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi" this week, so he only needed to preview "Magical Drafts and Potions".

As long as he previewed the content of the day's lesson, it was enough for Moon.

Because, apart from the first Potions class, Professor Snape had never asked Moon questions beyond the syllabus.

Of course, this range excluded Harry.

Harry, who had been training Quidditch for a month, hated Potions class the most.

Every Friday, all he could do was endure the humiliation. As long as he survived Potions class, it was equivalent to catching the Golden Snitch during training for Harry.

Quidditch was very important to Harry, besides helping him relieve the pain of Potions class.

The wizarding bar on his head would grow a small section every time he trained Quidditch.

Now his wizarding bar was already one-third full.

As for Neville, after smoothly passing three Potions classes, he had also grown to one-third.

Moreover, Neville had now discovered his favorite subject: Herbology.

In fact, Neville's performance in Herbology had been very good since the beginning of the semester, but Moon's performance was even more outstanding, which made many people not pay attention to him.

Just in Wednesday's Herbology class, Neville was rewarded a point by Professor Sprout for independently completing the transplantation of the Wound-Healing Herb.

It was also on that day that Neville's wizarding bar had a significant increase.

As for Seamus, he seemed to have fallen in love with a very alternative magical path.

Ever since Neville's potion accident, Seamus had fallen in love with the feeling of flames erupting.

Especially after Professor Flitwick explained the fire-based magic, he began to constantly study the relevant knowledge.

This research also affected his normal coursework. Now, he would be reprimanded every time in Charms class.

Even once, when learning the [Locking Spell] (the counter-charm to the Unlocking Charm), his wand emitted flames, and he was reprimanded by Professor Flitwick as a monkey waving a big stick.

However, in this constant fire and explosion, Seamus's wizarding bar also increased to one-third.

As for Ron, after completing the teaching of the Tickling Charm, his wizarding bar finally changed.

It had now grown to one-quarter.

This change further confirmed Moon's guess that Ron must have a high talent for the Tickling Charm.

As for Moon himself, his wizarding bar had surpassed everyone in the second echelon.

The wizarding bars of Malfoy, Michael Corner, and Susan Bones had just exceeded half a bar.

And Moon was already close to three-quarters, with only Hermione ahead of him.

However, Moon carefully observed that the gap was not very large.

Unlike Hermione's steadily growing wizarding bar, Moon's wizarding bar grew sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

In addition to a significant increase when creating the wand, Moon's wizarding bar slowly increased every day.

After carefully observing the people around him during this period, Moon roughly summarized the reasons for the increase in the wizarding bar.

The first is learning, including reading books and attending classes seriously. The most representative example is Hermione.

The second is practice, especially long-term and repeated practice of magic. After accumulating to a certain extent, the wizarding bar will also change.

For example, Moon's daily charm practice and wand making.

The last one is talent.

Discovering one's talent and making use of it can also increase the wizarding bar.

For example, Harry's flying skills, Ron's Tickling Charm, Seamus's weird explosive magic......

Moon wrote down the summarized methods one by one in his notebook. These were all directions for him to improve his magical strength.

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The day after returning to Xilin from Hogwarts, Zalan came to Neil's house.

This man was still fully armed, with bows and arrows, matchlock guns, daggers, and that big yellow dog.

Fortunately, this man arrived in Xilin at night, otherwise Moon suspected that the sheriff on the street would have arrested him during the day.

"Little Moon, we meet again!"

Zalan gave Moon a big bear hug as soon as he entered the house.

The last time the two of them searched for magical trees on Black Iron Mountain together made them much more familiar with each other.

"I heard from your uncle that you took down a [Night Owl], which is simply incredible!"

"It's not taking down, just knocked unconscious, and that person was injured."

Moon was not used to Zalan's praise and said truthfully.

"That's also amazing. You are the second person here to survive from the hands of a [Night Owl]."

Only after becoming familiar with Zalan could one discover that he was actually very talkative, even with a bit of a chatterbox potential.

"The second one! Who was the first one?"

As soon as Moon asked the question, Zalan proudly pointed his thumb at himself.

"Of course it's me, this eye is......"

Zalan wanted to continue, but Neil suddenly appeared and interrupted him.

"Zalan Knight, don't you think Moon is still very young? He's not suitable to hear these things now."

"Uh, okay."

Only after watching Neil walk away did Zalan look at Moon again.

"I think your uncle is protecting you too well, which is not very good."

Moon did not respond to Zalan's words.

He actually enjoyed the care of his elders very much, but he also had a faint idea of wanting to prove himself.

Zalan was hired by Neil specifically to look after all the military families nearby.

This man, who claimed to be the only one who survived from the hands of the [Night Owl], lived in Neil's kitchen from that day on.

During the day, he would quietly stay at the entrance of the alley, not allowing any strangers to enter, and return to the kitchen to sleep at night.

As for the big yellow dog he brought, it became a playmate for the children in the alley.

Especially his cousin Sophia, she fell in love with this fierce-looking but actually adorable animal from the first day she saw the big yellow dog.

In addition to looking after everyone in the alley, Zalan paid more attention to Moon's movements.

When the man who went out to buy supplies every day returned home and no longer needed his care, Zalan would stay with Moon.

Even after three days, he was still very curious about how Moon escaped from the hands of the [Night Owl].

"Don't worry, don't look at me talking a lot, but it's only aimed at people I can trust."

Moon agreed with Zalan's words. After staying at the entrance of the alley for three days, this man had never said a word to anyone else.

Thinking about the other party's identity, Moon dispelled his doubts and slowly opened his mouth.

"Actually, I am a caster."

"A caster! Didn't your uncle say you can't feel magic?"

"That was just the old me."