Chapter 21 Pandora’s Magic Theory

"The Modern Spell Theory?"

Andy had a copy of Basic Spell Theory at home, but the author of the two books wasn't the same person.

Andy glanced at the author's name.

Pandora Lovegood!

Surprisingly, it turned out to be Andy's neighbour.

When Andy was eight years old, Pandora Lovegood died accidentally during a spell experiment, and Andy even went to her funeral with his parents.

Andy flipped through the pages casually, "I'll read this one first, then. What about you, have you picked a book to read?"

Hermione pulled a bulky book off the shelf, "We have History of Magic this afternoon, so I want to learn about famous wizards in history first."

Andy glanced at it, it was a book about all the famous wizards over the millennia, and the type of book that Andy would never glance at.

"Go!" Hermione cocked her head.

Perhaps because the school had just started, the library was basically empty, and the two of them found a quiet spot and sat down to read in silence.

After casually flipping through a few pages, Andy realized that the Hogwarts library was truly a treasure.

There were many books on the market that introduced the theory of spells, and different authors naturally had different views on spells, and the focus of their explanations of spells was also different.

The Modern Spell Theory book can be seen as a general framework for modern spells, which does not focus on a specific spell, but rather on what is involved in casting a spell.

The book begins by talking about the effect of emotions on the power of a spell.

Spells require not only the recitation of incantations and specific gestures but also the caster's emotions as a complement.

In many cases, extreme emotions would even make the power of the spell get a huge boost.

The Obscurial mentioned in the book "Research on the Development of Ancient Witchcraft" that Andy had read before was the product born from the fusion of the negative emotions of the young wizard and his magical power.

'It seems that there is a need to raise the [Mind] attribute.' Andy thought secretly.

Many people have described Voldemort as the most powerful dark wizard in a hundred years, and there were even some who called him the most powerful dark wizard of all time.

Of course, the expression 'ever' was more or less bragging, but Voldemort's power was unquestionable.

'Could it be that his dark magic is so powerful because his mind has become completely evil?'

Andy guessed, 'An evil mind paired with dark magic is what makes dark magic more powerful.'

I believe there is more to it than that.

Andy so far only knew that Dumbledore and Voldemort represented the very ceiling of the wizarding world, but what exactly the secret of their power was, Andy still had no clue at all.

But there was one thing that was beyond doubt, the secret of their power could definitely be found in the Restricted Section.

Maybe those secrets are hidden in a corner of some book.

Andy calmed his thoughts and continued to read the book, an hour and a half of time passed by in a flash.

"Andy, class is in fifteen minutes!" Hermione reminded.

"Got it." Andy closed the book.

Andy even wanted to skip this History of Magic class if possible. Unfortunately, it is mandatory, and skipping class on the first day of school would more or less leave a bad impression on the Professors.

Checking out the books with the librarian, Madam Pince, Andy and Hermione left the library.

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The History of Magic classroom was also on the first floor, so they didn't have to deal with those troublesome stairs.

Ravenclaw's History of Magic class is being held together with Slytherin.

Slytherin House had a bit of a less-than-stellar reputation, and it all had to do with Gryffindor.  

It wasn't just the Voldemort incident, but many times in the history of the wizarding world, Slytherin played the role of the villain, while Gryffindor was the representative of justice.

This led to the students of the two houses tearing each other apart regularly.

Blackening Slytherin is the daily routine of all Gryffindors.

In Gryffindor's value, if you get a point deduction for fighting a Slytherin student, then you are a hero to the entire house - provided you win the fight.

As a result of such conflicts, Slytherins generally don't offend Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students.

Because being targeted by one house was enough, they didn't want to be targeted by two.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a pearly white, translucent ghost floated out of the wall.

Professor Binns is a ghost, and he looks very old. According to the official story: when Professor Binns was still alive, he went to class one day and accidentally left his body in the faculty common room.

Andy was disappointed in this class beyond words.

A lot of the ghosts in the castle were actually pretty funny, but Professor Binns was clearly not.

His voice was dry, low and monotonous as he read from the book. Everyone in the class drifted off to sleep, occasionally coming back to their senses and copying down a date or a person's name before falling back into a semi-sleep state.

Even Hermione, who usually loved to study, could only muster up some energy in Professor Binns' class - Andy could already see her pinching her thighs.

It was truly a case of head-hanging and thigh-pinching story.

Andy decided to abandon this class.

History of Magic, well! Give me a pen and I'll create history.

This class doesn't have much impact on magic, so it's enough to read the book before the exam and pass.

Andy took out the Modern Spell Theory borrowed from the library and flipped through it.

In addition to mentioning the influence of emotions on the power of spells, the book also mentions a novel point of view.

Modern Spells were magic invented based on modern languages, so what about ancient magic?

Not only that, but each country has their own different languages, yet different tongues can use the same spells.

Does this mean that neither language nor gestures are necessary for spell casting?

Little wizards have unstable magic, yet they can do what they want when their magic flares up - and they don't even need a wand.

Many powerful wizards can cast spells without an incantation, and can even use some simple magic without a wand.

So does this mean, on the flip side, that learning magic, and even becoming skilled at using it, is simply recovering our spell-casting instincts?

Of course, the book only mentioned this theory, and even the author of the book couldn't do wandless spellcasting.

Andy accidentally realized that the author of this book shared many concepts similar to his own, it was just a pity that the author of this book was already dead.

Pandora...

Andy had heard the story of Pandora's Box.

'Is this a reminder for me not to try it easily?'

Many things were destined in the wizarding world, and even many prophecies were unexpectedly accurate.

Andy decided to believe in the guidance of fate and never try dangerous magical experiments until his own magic level had reached a certain level.

'But when it's Christmas time, it's a good idea to pay a visit to Lovegood's house!' Andy thought.

'Uh...better not!'

After all, it was more or less impolite to mention someone's dead wife or mom out of the blue

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