Chapter 81

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I put these improvised binoculars on my head and felt how the straps gently encircled my head, so I decided to look around. The world was indeed as if it were in a light haze, except for the darkening on the edges of the artifact's line of sight.

With me, the story repeated itself completely. The demonstration with the wand, shown by the professor, caused a slight tension of the smoke film around his body and thin and faint streams of sparks of magic. The experiment fit Hermione's description perfectly.

"Now, let's draw conclusions," Flitwick spoke up as he got his artifact back but didn't put it away. "You may write it down if you wish."

Of course, at least one of us had that desire. So Hermione instantly had a notebook and a regular pen in her hands. After all, it's good that we take daily notes this way instead of with parchment and quills.

"So. Every spell or enchantment forms a certain magical structure in the process of creation. For most, it is a sphere, and far less common are others, sometimes much more complex. In this structure's formation, both gesture, word, will, and desire play an equally important role. Their interrelationship is somewhat more complex than in our experience, but you need to spend much more time experimenting to confirm my words, so just trust the experience. The movement of the wand itself, meaningful, please note, directs our magic from the body through the wand outward. The word imparts certain properties to the magic as it leaves the wand, and the will forms the framework of the structure. However, a bare will without wand movement will not be able to form the necessary framework, and without a word, it will not fill it with magic correctly. The word and movement enhance the flow of magic from the body through the wand, making it sufficient to fill the framework. That said, word and will can form a framework almost right and even with almost correct magic filling, but without movement, there will not be a strong enough flow of magic. Your thoughts?"

"Hmm," I scratched my chin thoughtfully, and Hermione began to chew on the cap of her pen. "So far, I've heard that magic without a gesture is much easier to achieve."

"For most wizards. After all, a wizard's power is in the mind, and the mind determines how that power is expressed. Some are quicker to learn witchcraft without a gesture, some without a word. But no one does witchcraft without a desire, even the most seedy one. "

"It turns out," Hermione entered the conversation. "Practicing magic is akin to playing the piano."

"An excellent point, Miss Granger. However, I must correct your thoughts. Repeating the spell multiple times and practicing it - helps to literally hammer the structure-making process into a meaningful reflex. However, it's not that simple, here's your comparison, for example. A pianist feels his hands and fingers very well from the beginning and can perform various actions with them. Magic, on the other hand, we can hardly feel it. The overwhelming majority of wizards won't feel magic for the rest of their lives, and those few who can - will feel only slight echoes of it. Very few wizards really feel it even vaguely, and only a few feel it as part of their bodies. Even this little device will not help to develop the ability, only to understand the principle. So practically the only way to reach the heights of wand magic is to practice, practice, practice."

"That's kind of sad."

"Yes, Mr. Knight. However, now you know what, how, and why."

"But Professor," from the look on Hermione's face, she had some very important question. "Why isn't any of this in the books or in the lectures, either?"

"Oh, there's nothing easier," Flitwick smiled. "For ninety-nine out of a hundred - this knowledge is of no use or meaning whatsoever, only time wasted trying in vain. And those for whom it can be useful - will feel, understand, and realize without it. But if somebody asks, then why not show and tell."

"And who can sense magic?"

"Magical beings feel it very well, people like me, half-bloods. All sentient magical beings feel magic well. But most of them you will not see conjuring. Goblins within England, Europe, and both Continental Americas are forbidden to wield any magic concentrator, be it wand, staff, ring, or something else. Veela are heavily restricted legally and socially almost everywhere, and their magic has a strong bias toward subtle manipulation, so they don't conjure anything global and powerful. Werewolves are even more restricted, and vampire magic does not involve working with hubs at all."