•What is mine, naturally I am not afraid of losing it

Pomfrey: "Excellent Mr. Shadowless, with this you have mastered all the concepts and the proper way to perform a blood test. It only remains for me to say that, although this particular ability cannot cause any harm, I hope you put this knowledge to proper use".

Extimum: "Do not worry Madame Pomfrey, I am very grateful that you have agreed to teach me, I would not dare to disappoint your expectations and effort".

Hearing Extimum's words, Pomfrey's previously serious and strict face visibly relaxed and a look of appreciation seemed to fleetingly pass her eyes before softening her gaze.

Pomfrey. " Well, it's still early and you've already helped me a lot today. Go, go, take advantage of your free time, do not always be around here hanging around or glued to books, do not think I do not notice those dark circles, the season of intensive work has already ended a while ago, but your dark circles do not seem to diminish and for the otherwise they seem to be deepening. If you continue like this, I will have to make you stay in the infirmary, but as a patient". Finishing her words Pomfrey seemed to be about to resume her strict gaze.

Extimum: "Okay, I'll take your words into account and try not to over force myself". Speaking up to here, Extimum said goodbye and left the infirmary.

It had been about a month since Valentine's. Things continued calmly and the excitement of the events that occurred on that day had already lessened to a greater extent.

The teachers realized that it was not very realistic to continue to overload the students with homework and decided to give them a break. Extimum had the slight idea that Lockhart was the cause of such a heinous idea, but since all the professors seemed quite unanimous on this matter he could not be completely sure of it.

Well, it's not like it was something really important about who came up with that idea.

That aside, Extimum had followed the same intensive pace with his study earlier and this time devoted all his attention to deciphering, understanding, and experimenting with the Runes that make up the pendant.

Extimum knew that he was biting off more than he could chew with this project, the pendant was not a simple magical artifact, even among advanced artifacts it could be categorized as one of excellent quality and complexity. With his knowledge that could hardly be considered outstanding among apprentices it was unrealistic to try to replicate and/or repair an advanced artifact.

Also, some runes were completely destroyed, so he had to start playing around with possible replacements and hope the prototypes don't explode or worse.

Of course, the question of some Runes being different than the ones he currently know was not something that was off the table, however with his current capacity it was enough if he could make the pendant work to some extent and there was no need to repair it completely, this could give him some peace of mind to continue developing at a more relaxed pace.

Speaking of the classification of magical artifacts, there was not really an official division to classify them because there really was no need, however, it could still be said that some artifacts are better than each other based on the overall quality of their construction.

Currently, Extimum had finished learning how to perform a magical blood test. The process was a bit more complicated than I expected, but on second thought it was not that strange, I was just beginning to venture into the field of magical medicine, it would be strange if, on the contrary, I could grasp everything.

So he had to learn a few more things, not only theoretically but also a certain set of related little skills, at least until his base of magical knowledge and understanding of medicine was sufficient to perform a magical blood test.

It had been a bit tedious, but you couldn't expect him to be good at everything, a talent for compression and practice were different after all.

Extimum: 'Now that I know how to do the blood test, one of my goals is almost complete, I guess I'll rest a bit for now and then test it on myself, if the problem is really in my blood I won't have to try so hard with the pendant '.

Although his thoughts were these, he himself knew that there was not much hope of finding something really useful in his blood, be it his instincts or just his perception of the situation, but he felt that it could not be that simple.

Leaving the infirmary, Extimum walked through the corridors of the castle, he did not have a specific goal and was just taking his time while observing the place and distracted in his thoughts.

As he wandered the castle halls he felt someone sneak up on his back, well, at least she seemed to be trying to sneakily, but it was hard not to notice.

Today was Sunday, so there were no classes and it was around 3 in the afternoon. The atmosphere was quite good today, spring was just beginning, but they already had a warm climate, a break compared to the previous cold days of winter, so all the students seemed to be in a good mood and surrounded by an atmosphere. relaxed.

Although the weather had long since ceased to be one of Extimum's concerns, the feeling of the warm and soothing atmosphere together with the light cool breeze creates a certain relaxing and enjoyable balance for the body and mind.

Speaking of the breeze, they brought a distinctive scent of someone familiar to Extimum's nose.

The combination of his memory and his keen senses were quite efficient at identifying things or people with whom he had had some interaction, he did not even have to turn around, but his mind had already immediately thrown images of someone into his mind .

Such perception of his surroundings for such minor things had ceased to be a surprise long ago and he no longer found strange the way in which the hypersensitivity of his senses seemed to come together in a unique way to provide him with what seemed like a sixth sense.

Extimum: 'Hermione huh… actually, I haven't talked to her much these days…'.

Thinking this far, he decided to take her by surprise instead.

Extimum slightly accelerated his pace and turned directly through the next intersection, at all times his face did not reveal any trace of change, on the other hand, even if there were, it is most likely that the person behind him could not notice it.

After turning through the intersection, he turned immediately after and extended his arms to capture the person coming behind him.

Hermione: "Kyaah." Hermione cried out in surprise and shock as she was grabbed by two arms and suddenly lifted off the floor.

If the scene were seen by some of the nearby students they would be surprised that Extimum could lift Hermione completely off the ground with just his arms, considering there wasn't too much of a difference between their sizes.

Hermione: "* Sigh *, you almost made my heart fly, it was too sudden. How did you know I was behind you? I didn't see you turn around at any time, by the way ... could you put me down now? " As she spoke, Hermione had one of her hands holding her chest area over her heart. She had been greatly surprised while trying to surprise Extimum herself.

With that aside, Hermione didn't seem at all surprised by Extimum's show of strength. Although she hadn't experienced it herself, she had already gotten an idea about various peculiarities of Extimum, including his physical strength.

Extimum: "well, I don't think your intentions in following me so stealthily have been much more innocent, so a little retribution is not bad."

As he spoke, Extimum turned Hermione around a bit while still holding her in the air before gently placing her on the ground.

Extimum: "Also, I could discover Ron under the invisibility cloak, why would it be more difficult this time?"

Hermione: "it's different." Hermione smoothed her messy clothes a bit as she spoke.

Extimum: "How is it different?"

Hermione: "well, on that occasion you knew that we would come, you were also specifically waiting for us and you also knew the direction from which we would come, so even if you could not see us, you could have listened to us, after all, there was no one at that time more in the hallway and everything was very quiet or you could just have been acting and not showing your surprise. "

Extimum: "Well, what you say makes sense, but ..." - as he spoke, Extimum was slowly reducing the distance between them until leaving only a small space between their eyes - "How could such a sweet fragrance be so easily ignored."

Hermione: "Hmp". Hermione only snorted lightly and pushed Extimum lightly to create some distance between them, although a slight blush that quickly disappeared was still perceptible to the watchful eyes.

Of course, it was mainly Extimum who allowed himself to be pushed, otherwise it would be difficult for her to move him with just that little effort.

Hermione: "Do you still remember how to speak?, but a few days before and one would think that you had forgotten, if it weren't for a few moments in class or at dinner, everyone could have forgotten that we lived in the same castle."

Extimum: "oh, so did you miss me?"

Hermione: "It's not about whether I missed you, but about the fact that you became too elusive and distracted, not only do I mean it from my perspective, I'm sure everyone else thinks the same." Hermione softened her tone a bit and deftly dodged Extimum's question.

Hermione: "What has kept you so busy?"

Hermione's words were not without reason, Extimum had become quite elusive of late, a change that was only truly noticed by others as the terrible day of intensive work ended. Because Extimum continued with the same rhythm, it caused that except for the times when it was absolutely necessary to appear, it was difficult to talk to him, he would even seem distracted during classes and meals as if he was always thinking about something, neglecting a little to the people around him, sometimes he even skipped meals and they only saw Bloom who came to eat and brought a portion for Extimum.

Of course, Extimum didn't ignore them, he just seemed less attentive and more distant when meeting others.

Extimum: "These are just a few matters that were too important, however, don't worry, I'm also a bit tired, so I already planned to stop."

Hermione: "Those issues ... do they have something to do with what happened the other time?"

Extimum blinked a little at his words.

Extimum: 'That's a pretty insightful assumption.'

Extimum: "No, it is just a project of vital importance to me." Of course, Extimum lied, he did not want to generate unnecessary worries in the people around him, for him it was already quite stressful and he did not consider it useful at this time for them to share his concern.

Hermione: "Mmm." Hermione gave him a fixed look, as if trying to find something on Extimum's face, but couldn't find anything and could only sigh at herself.

It's not like Hermione didn't have her suspicions, but Extimum was a person who was generally quite reserved, perhaps only Bloom could know more about the situation, but she seemed quite determined not to say anything.

Hermione had already tried both hard and soft methods and still couldn't get anything out of her.

Of course, from the outside perspective, Bloom could only nod or shake her head, but they had also seen her write on paper on occasion by mistake, so she still did not speak communication was not too difficult. It was interesting that despite knowing that Bloom could understand them perfectly and could even write in the same language, it never occurred to them if she could speak, except for Luna of course.

Hermione: "Just don't forget that you have us, if it's really that important to you, you can ask us for help, you don't have to carry things yourself."

Extimum: 'I have you huh… I guess that's true, but it's not that I look down on you, but even I can only do so much and I already have a certain advantage over you. Right now my problem is not necessarily one that can be solved by simply having more hands and it is not an issue that can be easily disclosed. '

Extimum was silent for a moment processing Hermione's words and then he couldn't stop a soft little smile from playing at the corner of his mouth.

Of course, this small smile still could not bring down his imperturbable face and only added a small touch of softness to his image, this smile, although loaded with a certain feeling, was still not far from the common standards that Extimum would usually demonstrate.

Extimum: "You're right, thank you."

Extimum: "then, would you grant me the honor of enjoying your company for the rest of my walk?" Extimum tilted his body slightly as he offered his left hand to Hermione.

Hermione: "Of course, I would be delighted to accompany you."

Hermione replied with the same tag playfully as she took his hand.

Since Extimum was fine and could even joke around, it meant that the situation could have actually been resolved.

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Bloom: "oh, you came back and you seem much more relaxed."

Extimum: "Yes, today I finished learning everything I needed to do the blood test, so the load on me was reduced a bit, also, I think it is time to reduce the intensive rhythm. On the other hand, I didn't expect you to be here too. "

After taking a walk around the castle and its surroundings for a while with Hermione, Extimum returned to his room. Although he had originally planned to sleep and rest, while spending time with Hermione he had relaxed his mind and eliminated much of his fatigue until at one point he even completely forgot his tiredness and became more energetic.

Extimum's room had changed quite a bit from its previous order. It was still a spacious room illuminated by light blue torchlight, however compared to its previous neat appearance, it was now mostly occupied by all sorts of papers and posters plastered everywhere in the room.

Even the ceiling had not been saved from having some paper stuck. Each of those sheets and posters contained several Runic experimental leads that he had been investigating for the past few weeks. The only place that contrasted with the walls and furniture was the floor.

Although the room was flooded with papers, none of them were on the floor, it was more likely that you would see a sheet suspended in the air than some of them would remain on the floor.

With this it could be inferred that, despite all the apparent chaos, Extimum still maintained order in his room.

Bloom: "Ouch, you hurt me, isn't this also my room?" Bloom said dramatically.

Extimum: "yes, but I thought you would be with Luna."

Since Extimum had been so busy recently, Bloom would only spend a little of her time with him helping him where she could and then spend most of her time accompanying Luna, of course, she would not forget to come back at night to sleep with Extimum.

Bloom: "Are you jealous?"

Extimum: "Oh, should I?" While saying his words, Extimum narrowed his eyes as he stared at the figure of Bloom who was sitting on the desk in the room.

Bloom: "Hmm, maybe?" While putting a finger to her cheek, Bloom said thoughtfully.

Extimum: "What is mine, naturally I am not afraid of losing it."

Extimum's words weren't strong, but they seemed awash with an irresistible confidence and dominance that seemed to reverberate through the room, yet just as he finished his words, both Bloom and Extimum were dumbfounded.

Bloom: "W-what?" Bloom was the first to shake herself out of her shock and ask in surprise.

Extimum: "…".

An uncomfortable silence seemed to descend in the room for a moment, disturbing the thoughts of Bloom who was still a little surprised.

In fact, the silence was not because Extimum was embarrassed, but just like Bloom, he was just as shocked by his own words. Those words had come out with such confidence as if he was just saying a natural fact.

Other than that, he was not aware of his own words until after they left his mouth. In fact, if there were an image to describe the current state of Extimum, it would be of someone massaging their temples at the troublesome implications of the situation.

Extimum: 'clearly, that is not something I would say, however ... the more I savor the words the more I feel as if such a statement is correct, it seems that I have overlooked something, * sigh *, should I be concerned ?, forget it, It was enough for today. '

Extimum: "* Ahem *, let's ignore that for now, I'll sleep until dinner time."

Bloom: "What? How can I just ignore that? I want-".

Extimum: "Good, then sleep with me."

Extimum did not give Bloom a chance to speak more and directly cut her off as one of his tails extended and captured her, thus attracting her if before her he had a chance to say something else.

In the time they had been talking earlier, Extimum had left his things on the nightstand and loosened his clothes as he walked to the bed, so there was no need for too many pauses before laying down on the bed.

Bloom of course still wanted to talk more, but she was unable to free herself from the tail that held her until she found herself lying on Extimum's chest and calmed down a bit.

In the end, Bloom didn't fight anymore and simply fell asleep quickly on Extimum's chest. After all, although Bloom's routine had been slightly more casual compared to the intensive form he took Extimum, but she had also dedicated a lot of her time from early morning to late at night helping him.

Speaking of the current situation, Extimum was naturally a bit worried about the development, however, it was not something so urgent and he could fix it later. Truth be told, although the previous situation in which he had said something that even he felt was out of place had not happened before, yet he had previously felt as if certain emotions or ideas were trying to seep into his mind and alter his behavior personality, it was fortunate that in his current state, both his mind and his heart were not things that were easy to move and Extimum could easily eliminate those invasive thoughts with his oclumency, that is why although the previous development surprised him, he was not too preoccupied and could remove the influence at any time.

...

Despite only sleeping for less than 2 hours, Extimum still woke up in the perfect time to go to dinner. It had only been a few minutes since the start of dinner time, so it would still be considered early.

So he organized his clothes and left his room into the large dining room. Of course, he brought Bloom with him, who he let sleep on his head, there was no need to wake her up and in the same way he would wake up to the bustle of the dining room accompanied by the aroma of food.

...

In fact, not long after entering the large dining room, Bloom woke up and organized herself slightly as she looked around with a look a bit dazed from sleep, either way, given her size, not many would notice her on a first glance. .

On the way to the dining room Extimum had already thought about where to sit, so when he arrived he sat at the Gryffindor table next to Hermione, after all, he could perfectly imagine the scandal that Steve and Mitchell would make when he arrived if they noticed that he had returned to The normality. Although they were his friends, those two were overly enthusiastic and rowdy at times, and Trudor was not too far behind at times. The only ones who were calmer in that group were Luna and Padma and at the Slytherin table he would probably find a similar situation, leaving the only tables where he could find a bit of calm being Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.

Ron and Harry were already at the table as well, although they seemed a little less enthusiastic about their arrival except for the common greeting, thinking that he would still be spending it in his own world at dinner.

Ron: "Pst, hey Harry, when do you think Extimum came back from his mind? I think now he acts even more dreamy than Luna."

Harry: "Mmm, well-".

Extimum: "Actually, I have not been completely oblivious to anything you have said when I have been sitting with you, it is just that I mostly ignore it leaving it in the background. So yeah, I've been aware of all the things you said when you thought I wasn't listening. "

Ron: "What? Y-everything?" Ron's face went a bit pale as he asked with a hint of panic in his voice.

Extimum: "Of course, and taking into account the above, I have already scheduled a day to settle all the pending accounts, after all, it seems that you still like to talk without consideration, so I suppose a little more experimentation could fix it."

Ron: "Hey, no, Extimum, you know ... I didn't mean those things, I was just ... I was thinking aloud."

Hearing Ron's excuse, Harry couldn't help his smile twitch a bit, Ron didn't seem aware of how he finished digging his grave.

Extimum: "you're right, that's precisely why you need to reflect on leaving some things in your mind, luckily for you, I'm sure I can fix you with some more experiments."

Hermione: "Hahaha-".

Ron: "What are you laughing about Hermione, you're not innocent either, you keep using the same bossy tone, so you should also go through the same thing as me."

Hermione: "Of course not, I don't ...".

Ron: "Harry himself was a witness, so you can't deny it."

Harry: "It's true, both you and Ron failed to meet self-improvement goals."

Hermione gave Harry a betrayal look, trying to convey that she would seek revenge.

Extimum: "oh, actually, Hermione will also be punished, but not as a test subject. With you, Ron, it will be enough for that task, however, she will also have her own punishment. "

Extimum's words seemed casual and no different than usual, but they made Hermione's body tremble strangely.

Ron: "ah, it's not fair, you're giving him preferential treatment."

Extimum: "Hmm, actually, I'm giving her preferential treatment, but as to whether this preference is really better than your punishment is just something she could say herself."

As for which self improvement goals they were talking about and which they would be punished for, it was actually goals set by Extimum on Ron and Hermione for each of them to meet. Ron's was to stop talking without thinking by making potentially hurtful comments and Hermione's was to be aware of his bossy tone that he took most of the time when he spoke.

It was in a way nothing more than a personal improvement game, but for real problems. As for Ron's punishment, it was serving as a test subject for potions that Extimum created.

Of course, Extimum was fully aware of the effects, however, he still needed to know their extent, so a test subject was necessary, furthermore, they were not potions that had risky potentials and their results were already to some extent calculated by the Extimum itself through other methods, however, it was necessary to observe its effects live.

Given Ron's character, it had been much more difficult for him to hold back and be thoughtful with his words and he had already had a chance to taste Extimum's punishment.

As for Hermione, she had so far managed not to fail, however, as Extimum wasn't around them all the time and lately he seemed distracted it was easy for her and Ron to relax unconsciously. Of course, Harry who was in favor of the changes would act as a lookout in the other times, but his presence did not put too much pressure on Ron and Hermione.

Naturally, there was also a reward for both of them being willing to play this game of improvement. On Ron's side there were some Quidditch things, from a new broom to other elements, with his fanaticism for the game it was not difficult to convince him that he was willing and on Hermione's side it would be access to certain topics of interest of his choice that were not available in the Hogwarts library.

With the benefits and a reasonable goal, it was not difficult for Extimum to convince them to agree, in addition, leaving aside that he was helping his friends, this game was not without benefits for him and the losses did not generate too much problem in his current finances .

Harry: "Let's change the subject, by the way, Extimum, what had you been so thoughtful about before? I hadn't wanted to ask you before because you really seemed very dedicated to it, but now that you finally came to, does that mean you solved it? "

His question caught the attention of Hermione and Ron who turned most of their attention to Extimum, awaiting his answer. Of course only part of his attention, since Ron had not strayed from his main objective which was to eat.

Extimum: "I would not say completely, but let's say I solved an important part of it and now I can take things more calmly". 'Well, it's more like I just can't afford to continue in the same way, plus it's not a lie when I say there was progress. Fixing the pendant can only represent one of the issues that complicate my mind right now. '

Harry: "So it's good that you were able to solve it, it was a bit worrying how you seemed so focused on that that you didn't even seem aware of your surroundings, besides that you disappeared in your free time."

Harry also had his concerns with the state of Extimum, but based on the understanding he had come to when he had traveled with Extimum, he thought that no problem could be really difficult for him, after all he had a great family that could support him.

After putting the Extimum topic aside, they continued the rest of the dinner in a more lively atmosphere while enjoying the food and talking about some casual topics and things that happened around this time.

...

Leaving the large dining room, Extimum still ran into Steve and the others and just as expected, they made a dramatic commotion as they made their way to the Ravenclaw common room, however, everyone seemed glad that Extimum was okay.

Because of this, Extimum accompanied them for a while in the common room before returning to their room.

Bloom: "So, about what you said earlier ...".

Almost immediately after entering the room, Bloom's question came up. When they had left before, Bloom had not asked about the subject again, besides that she maintained an ordinary fairy facade for the people outside and had concentrated like Extimum to enjoy the dinner and the atmosphere. Of course, if she had wanted to, she could also have asked him using the mental connection he had with Extimum, but she had decided to wait until she returned to ask.

So when he entered, he could not help asking about the situation they had left on hold, out of the simple curiosity of knowing.

Extimum: "I don't know… to put it honestly, I was as surprised as you by such words, however… after questioning myself a bit, I don't completely disagree." Extimum spoke slowly and deliberately as if each word was carefully selected before saying it.

"On the other hand, the key here is ... are you mine?" These last words carried an extra mix of a new emotion, one that neither Extimum had expressed nor Bloom had felt in him before ...

With the end of the words there was again a short silence in the room until Bloom answered.

Bloom: "Have I not been yours from the moment I woke up in this world?" Bloom said with a certain tone of joking, after all, they were already linked by a master-slave contract and although the connection of said contract united them in a rather particular way, it did not change the fact that in theory she was his property. Of course, she did not have too many thoughts regarding the subject, after all, she had never been treated as a slave or an object by Extimum, being so, her comment was simply for joking.

Extimum: "However, that is only limited to your body and to a certain extent to your will that follow the contract, then I have you, but are you really mine?"

Bloom: "Can't you say it?"

Extimum: "Is that so? ... .... .... However, I still feel a little greedy, what I have now is simply not enough for me, what I want ... is all of you".

Extimum's words shocked Bloom a bit, but more than the words it was perhaps the feeling and the intention that he conveyed and that only she could feel. There was no lust, greed or a possessive desire like the one there was when those first words were said previously, it could not be Love, it was still too early for something like that to have developed, it was something that in a way transcended everything. that and that at the same time he was not completely detached from such feelings.

Either because of the peculiar way in which they had been intimately bound by the magical contract or because of Extimum's eccentricity of thought and heart, but the resulting sentiment was difficult to express in words alone, however, even if what was there It was not love, surely it was not very far down that road.

So his words disturbed Bloom a little, who had been sitting on Extimum's shoulder at all times, while he spoke and moved around the room.

Bloom: "We haven't been together for too long ... but time just can't define feelings. Your words are limited, but the message is clear to me. Give you all of me ... something so important ... but in my heart there are no doubts about it".

There were not too many words, but the meaning was there, so when the silence fell, it was no longer uncomfortable, everything returned to calm, however, something invisible really changed. The sun would still rise in the east and set in the west and the stars would not stop shining with the same splendor in the night sky, but something definitely changed.

Of course, while the outcome was significant in more ways than one, there was no such thing as a passionate continuation or anything like that at this point. There were still too many things on Extimum's mind. His heart had not yet warmed up enough and despite all the experience and development, he was still a 12-year-old boy.

However, that night Extimum did not investigate anything else on Runes and instead just went to bed early accompanied by Bloom.

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The next morning Extimum woke up early in the morning as usual. The only difference was that instead of getting up early to go out to exercise, he wake up early with a bigger goal in mind.

So much so that instead of taking a bath naturally, he cast the spell of quick bathing on himself to start his activities more quickly.

Then he took out his wand and almost like directing a musical, he waved it from one place to another throughout the room, meanwhile, all kinds of papers flew and fluttered around the room until then settled in a pile and entered a filing cabinet. delighted that it had been added to the room recently, after which some instruments came out of his bag and others out of his closet until they were arranged in a certain order on his desk.

It was a really interesting scene to see how each thing seemed to move of its own free will and flutter through the air until it organized itself in a certain place by itself.

Extimum: 'Well, I think I should have everything I need.'

Of course, all this procedure was still carried out with relative silence, so it did not interrupt the sleep of Bloom who was still sleeping peacefully on the pillow of the bed.

Extimum: "Let's get started."

Putting his wand in its case, Extimum extended his hand in front of a thin concave glass container and then using his other hand he brushed his index finger. The movement seemed very casual, but by the time he passed his hand, the fingernails of said hand had been extended and sharpened for a moment while leaving a slight line on the finger of his outstretched hand.

With that finished, he exerted some pressure on his finger from which a few drops of blood subsequently fell into the container. Extimum only controlled that his body did not try to close the wound on his finger, of course he could also have done it more dramatically by cutting the palm of his hand to speed up the flow of blood, but he found it unnecessary and exaggerated to extract a quantity of blood so minimal.

He bled his finger for a time until there was a substantial enough amount in the container and then he allowed the wound to close.

Although she had already gotten used to the peculiarity of her blood, but even so, Extimum couldn't help but lift the glass container to have it in front of her gaze and observe her carefully.

A mostly red liquid, but with fine lines and flickering gold-purple particles. Both colors were quite striking in the mix. Compared to before, the gold-purple lines seemed to have thickened and even intensified, however, the observation that most caught his attention this time was on the contrary red.

The red had always been there as a record of his human part, however, in his last observation the red seemed to have become a bit depressed compared to the other two, it was not that it became weak, it was simply a feeling that it generated to the observer, However, now, it was difficult to tell, the red seemed as if it had drawn strength from an unknown place and suddenly became more animated and alive and although still incomparable in front of the gold-purple, it seemed to maintain that energy that made it stand out even between their difference. Of course, all of this was nothing more than a feeling that arose after continuous observation and it may or may not really mean something.

Extimum: 'An interesting development, but we'll see if it's relevant.'

Bringing his thoughts here, he did not linger in contemplation any longer and began to move between the different instruments on the desk.

With a tool similar to a dropper, he extracted small amounts of the blood from the container and distributed it: a little for microscopic observation, a few more for other containers where they would collect and react to other substances, a few for certain meters and a last part is saved for later observation.

The sound of some instruments moving and glass jars clinking or shaking became clearly audible for a moment in the previously silent room.

Luckily the sound wasn't too loud and it didn't bother Bloom who continued to sleep comfortably.

Extimum: "almost already ... done".

The analysis that was being carried out covered several areas, therefore there were so many different types of experiments and it was completely different from the superficial results that could be obtained if only a common spell was implemented on the blood, of course, in Extimum's opinion it was mainly an optimization problem, although the current method was quite good, the cumbersome part of the process could be avoided by taking a different approach.

The blood analysis required observing, combining and comparing the various data that could be analyzed by the various magical devices, however, since magic exists, why would it be necessary to take so many steps to obtain the information? Magic is capable of many fantastic things, then why does it require so much procedure here? The answer is that they have not tried to develop it until now and as for why would this development path be taken from the beginning? It was quite simple, for Examining the blood there were many things that had to be measured, are there potions present? Are there curse effects present? Is it under the influence of any spell? Any foreign substance? Diseases? etc.

There were simply too many things that could be found, too many variables, of course, not all things are directly reflected or affect the blood, but for which, if they were, different methods had to be used to identify them, in addition, despite the similarity in certain methods, magic was not equal to science and the behavior of certain things could become quite abstract and unpredictable for limited knowledge.

With that said, the problem was still based on the initial development path that was taken to address these problems, the approach of verifying each visible option is the most common and simple way, it would be something like a checklist, is it present? Yes? No? How to continue? However, this method was simply too slow and if the development of the field of magic was fast, then in the long run the method would become more and more inefficient.

Therefore, the correct way would be to identify the root of each of the options and gather them in a single method, capable of verifying and classifying all the previous processes without too much experimentation.

Something like that would not be naturally simple, but having current information as a base and some years of development it would not be impossible to summarize the long list of procedures in some simpler ones gathered in some spells.

Of course, Extimum did not have the time or the interest currently to carry out such a complicated process, creating a new spell was not as simple as saying what you wanted and waving your wand, there was a whole related study that had to be done and a specific logic to implement it. If it were that simple, it would not have become a high-risk task that very few magicians of the current era would risk doing and even more so when the not short list of reports of magicians who perished when embarking on such a task was at hand.

Extimum's achievements in the area of ​​spell-making could already be considered quite impressive, and much more as dangerous and complicated a subject as space.

But leaving aside the subject of spells, in a short time, the results of most of the experiments on the table were coming out little by little.

The contents of some containers had changed color, some had dissipated, and others remained completely the same as they were at the beginning. On the other hand, some magical instruments had stopped their previous movement and magically transcribed the result onto a nearby scroll.

The scene could still be considered quite common within wizarding society, but there was no doubt that if it were seen by non-wizarding society it would look as if they had combined a scientist's laboratory and a table from some strange cult with perhaps no the best of intentions.

Extimum: 'well, let's see the results and then ... the verdict'.

Subsequently, Extimum recorded the visible results in certain vessels and the data from some instruments before sitting down to analyze them.

It had to be said that, although starting all these instruments and experiments until their results took no more than 10 minutes, I put some pressure on Extimum.

After all, although Pomfrey had taught Extimum how to perform most of these tests, there were some of which he hadn't had a chance to test for himself before.

The scope of these tests that I perform were far too detailed and would normally only be done on demand at St Mungo's Hospital, so Madame Pomfrey was only able to fully teach him up to a point with the school supplies and manage with some others that fortunately she herself had among her belongings, as for the latter, she could only explain it to her theoretically and with some images of books, however, she did not have the instruments herself.

Since Extimum wanted to be thorough, naturally he got all the instruments and had ordered them beforehand, however, showing so much eagerness and importance regarding the subject could be seen in a different way than simply learning, being too energetic would clearly reveal his intentions and although he trusted Pomfrey to some extent, it was not a topic that he was willing to share with anyone at the moment, just the fact that she saw his blood would already raise too many questions, then there were the possible outcomes and the reasoning behind why someone like him would need to perform such an exam.

Of course, Pomfrey could have her ideas, but most likely she just thought that Extimum was quite interested in the subject and wanted to learn it for the future, it would be a different story if he was learning it to rule out possible threats, because even if he seemed quite mature for his age, it is very likely that Pomfrey did not think in the same way and did not allow him to perform such experiments himself. After all, although these experiments are visibly risk-free in their procedures, in reality there was a certain level of risk if the instruments were not handled correctly or the reactive substances in some of the containers were combined or touched directly.

So, to avoid suspicion and annoyance, he hadn't mentioned that he had the missing instruments. As for how he obtained them, he had commissioned some easily obtained things from the Weasley twins who were very welcoming after offering them a good commission and for the more complicated he had asked Professor Flitwick again to allow him to send Bloom for them through the network flu.

Extimum: "So it is: curses - negative, strange substances - negative ... - negative ... - negative ...".

"… - Positive".

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