Chapter 240: The Impact of the Patronus Charm Paper

Andy didn't dwell on this issue.

Whether it was magic power or innate air, they were just a term. But one thing could be proven, magic power must be related to life.

Andy opened the system panel.

"Damn! There are just too many attributes to add."

Last year, Andy could still leisurely add points. As long as [Charms] and [Transfiguration] were added, Andy would be able to maintain his 'genius' persona.

But this year ... Andy wanted to add everything.

"Sure enough, the more you know, the more you want."

Of the five attributes on the right side of the system, Andy now had a general understanding of their roles - except for the soul.

[Magic] was related to life, and it also increased the length of Andy's blue bar.

[Mind] controls magic, it is a combination of positive and negative emotions.

[Thinking] improves learning ability and memory, as well as transfiguration - a strong mind can more quickly construct the object it wants to transfigure in its mind.

[Will] May grant resistance to the side effects of magic.

The mind, thinking, and will all originate from the human soul.

"For the time being, it's better to focus on improving learning ability and memory. Before learning Animagus, it is important to add [Will] to the mix."

"Before carrying out magic transfiguration, the [Will] attribute should be higher or equal to the [Thinking] attribute."

Andy settled on a short-term point-adding plan, temporarily focusing on [Thinking] and [Will], and putting everything else on reserve for now.

"Hoo--"

Taking a deep breath, Andy got up and patted his butt, then waved his wand to disperse the fat cat patronus and practised magic in the practice room.

If he wants to add points, he has to practice hard!

***

Early in the morning three days later, an owl flew into the great hall and brought Andy the latest issue of The Future of Charms.

As a side note, Future of Charms is a weekly magazine.

Along with the magazine came a letter handwritten by Mr. Carbone.

"Andy, when you're done reading it, can I borrow it?" Hermione asked expectantly.

"You read it first!"

Andy handed the magazine to Hermione while raising the letter in his hand, "I'll read what Mr. Carbone wrote first."

"Thanks!" Hermione couldn't wait to flip through it.

Andy opened the envelope as well.

Aside from some daily greetings, Mr Carbone mainly mentioned the impact caused by the Patronus Charm.

The magazine had only just been published, after all, and it would take a few more days for it to make an impact in the wizarding world.

But Mr Carbone had already discussed it with his friends.

For anyone, Andy's patronus charm had opened up a new way of thinking - that was the perfect fusion of mind and magic power.

Mastering such a Patronus charm, you would have the ability to fight one against two.

And the only difficulty at the moment was how to bring the magic back to its unstable state.

Some magic potions could cause the same effect, but that was too short-lived, and just a few hours was not enough to cause a qualitative change in the Patronus Charm.

Infusing the mind with magic power ... that's a long nurturing process, not something that happens overnight.

In short, according to Mr Carbone, a group of people were already about to research a magic spell.

On top of that, there was the issue of manuscript fees.

The manuscript fee for publishing a paper was definitely not much, after all, the magazine itself wasn't very profitable.

However, Mr. Carbone specifically mentioned that Andy's improved Patronus Charm had a special significance - it proved that the mind and magic power could be actively fused.

This was a great enough achievement to push forward magic research.

So the International Confederation of Wizards and the British Ministry of Magic ought to reward Andy.

Especially since the Supreme Mugwump of the ...International Confederation of Wizards was also Andy's Headmaster. Mr. Carbone suggested that Andy should make a private deal with Dumbledore.

"Andy, look." Hermione suddenly pulled Andy's arm.

"Huh?" Andy turned his head to look.

On one page of the magazine, the photo in it was literally a few minutes of a short film - it was a photo (video?) of Andy using the Patronus Charm to fight Mr Carbone.

There was also Professor Flitwick and Hermione in the photo - the two of them were spectators, albeit looking a little silly.

The young witch was quite happy, it was her first time being in a magazine.

"From a spectator's point of view ... Andy, your Patronus Charm is simply the greatest magic of all time," Hermione said excitedly.

During the last test, at the request of Mr Carbone, Andy had attacked three times along with the fat cat Patronus.

Just looking at this photo (video), that effect was indeed quite impressive.

After all, it was two against one!

"Pretty cool, right?"

Andy ruffled his bangs, feeling a certain sense of being lonely in life.

***

Headmaster's office.

Dumbledore was also reading the latest issue of The Future of the Charm.

It was the one that Flitwick had given him this morning.

"I didn't expect Collins to actually succeed." Dumbledore was a little emotional.

Dumbledore had read the paper Andy had written about the Patronus Charm with all seriousness, not missing a single letter.

He dared to think, and he dared to do it.

The most crucial thing was that he still had the right idea.

Just by looking at the library of Hogwarts, one could realize how many books related to magical theories were available in the magical world.

But only a portion of those theories have been confirmed, and as for the remaining portion ... they are just theories.

Within the magic world, there are actually quite a lot of wizards who like to study magic, but not many of them can stick to it. Because on the road of researching magic, the most important thing is the idea, especially the right idea.

Once the idea is wrong ...

The patients in St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries will tell you exactly how terrible consequences a magic accident can cause.

Luna's mother even died as a result.

"A genius idea, a monstrous talent."

Dumbledore didn't know what Andy had used to bring his magic back to an unstable state. But Dumbledore knew that it must have been a very dangerous experiment in magic.

Luckily, what Andy was studying was a Patronus charm.

That was a relief to Dumbledore.

What was a dark wizard?

In Dumbledore's opinion, a wizard who had mastered dark magic was not necessarily a dark wizard, but a person with a corrupted soul was definitely a dark wizard.

For example, Lockhart.

In Dumbledore's opinion, Lockhart is a dark wizard who does not know dark magic.

Because his soul was completely corrupted by the temptation of fame and fortune, and that was the root cause of Lockhart's inability to use magic properly.

Can Voldemort use a Patronus Charm?

He can't!

On the contrary, if Lockhart learns dark magic, his progress will be incredibly fast.

Dumbledore was somewhat relieved.

Having crystallized the Patronus Charm to such a point, in Dumbledore's opinion, dark magic could no longer bewitch Andy's heart.

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