Chapter 196

In the same place where only the previous day the "duel" between Severus and Bella had taken place, the Prince was calmly sitting at the table and drinking tea, while at that time, Black herself, five metres away from him, was using dark magic - gray energy, trying to give it shape, without a wand or words.

For convenience, Severus cleaned and dried the earth inside the barrier, and also raised the temperature.

He chose this place simply because he was too lazy to look for another, and from here there was a particularly beautiful view in the evenings and at night.

At the moment, Severus was just silently watching the girl's attempts to control magic without a wand.

The exercise Bellatrix was doing was supposed to help her improve control, concentration and gradually strengthen the core, thanks to the magic that was constantly moving through her body and accumulating in it.

"Come on, Squirrel, I believe in you, you can do it! You're already getting a pretty good hang of it!" he exclaimed with a smile, looking at the grey magic in the witch's hand, the shape of which was a stretch similar to the number 1, but already much better than at the beginning of the day.

"Oh, shut up! Let me concentrate! Don't distract me!" she hissed at him, throwing lightning from her eyes.

"Consider this also a training, what you are doing now is just the beginning and my voice should not distract you at all." getting up from the table, he headed towards her, "At the end of our training, you will have to do this without even thinking and by the way, as you learn to shape your magic from one to ten in this state, in the next stage I will also throw water balls at you, and in addition to all the previous advantages, we will also improve your reaction …"

"Water balls ...?" Bellatrix looked at him, puzzled.

"What did you think? Your opponents will just stand in place and wait for you to concentrate and cast a spell?" He measured the surprised girl with a mocking look, "They are not going to throw fireballs at you? Although, if you want, you can do the second one, I was personally taught this way, so that I can raise my control over fire, but you have no talent for this element, and you will need an incentive to dodge them."

"Em ... perhaps the first …" she answered embarrassedly, she did not really want to feel their heat on herself.

"That's great."

"And after that?" Bellatrix asked with slight interest, while continuing to give the form "1" to her magic.

"Concentrate while on the run, and then on the run and dodging the balls." gently running his palm over her cheek, he added, "When you can finally cast magic non-verbally and at a decent level, we will move on to the next stage."

"The next stage?"

"Now that's a secret," he broke her off and poked her in the nose, "Once you finish the first part of the training, then we'll discuss the second, and don't drill me with your eyes, I won't tell you anything."

"Well, anyway, I won't be able to tell the master (Voldemort) anything because of the oath…"

"But I don't want to spoil the surprise." Severus chuckled, lifting her chin, to which Bellatrix only rolled her eyes and returned to her work again.

But still, after a few seconds, she looked up at him again and asked "Tell me, how long did it take you?"

"It was a long time ago… about three months, I think." but remembering what he had to go through, his smile wavered, because back then, he almost kicked the bucket many times and compared to how he was training the girl now, it was like night and day, for this reason, when many spent a year or even years on this, he finished in three months, because he wanted to live.

"Okay, let's wrap it up,I need to get ready for tomorrow's trip today," he let out a disappointed sigh as he watched the sun slowly set behind the horizon, gradually illuminating the clouds, which were taking on a light pink hue, and the clearing was beginning to be enveloped in shadow.

"In the summer, the sunset here is especially beautiful, but it's pretty good now too."

"I can't help but agree," Bellatrix nodded softly, also enjoying this mesmerising view and feeling a pair of hands close around her waist, she did not say anything, because it was useless to break free, and she had long since realised that she would hardly ever be able to escape from him and therefore, the girl did not resist, surrendering to this warm, calm feeling, which was a huge rarity in her life and placing her palms on top of his, she closed her eyes…...

The next ten minutes, they stood like that, until finally the sun set behind the horizon, and the sky began to quickly darken and the first stars began to appear.

"Then ... I'll go ..."

waking up with a bit of embarrassment, Bellatrix tapped his hand and looked into his eyes.

"Maybe at least a kiss goodbye? We will not see each other until the ninth of January, will we?" Severus said as he looked at her.

"You're going to contact me with the help of a mirror anyway." she measured this impudent fellow with a narrowed gaze, but in her mind she had a thought. 'I don't care, he'll do it anyway,'

Turning around, she rose on her toes and, closing her eyes, pressed herself to his lips, 'If it's him…'

Feeling a pair of hands lowered to her bottom, the witch gently bit his lip and raised his palms to her waist, '...maybe this isn't such a bad choice…'

"Enough already!" and again she had to forcefully raise his hands to waist level and bite harder...

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This time, Severus decided to get to China on his own, so as not to attract the special attention of the Chinese Magic Government, an analogue of the "Ministry of Magic" of Britain, because he had no doubt that in their ranks, there were definitely spies of the "Black Star" and they would find out about his arrival in the country pretty quickly.

But still, crossing more than eight thousand kilometres at once was almost impossible, even with his current strength, but in three movements, with the help of an analogue of "Apparition" from his world, it is quite possible, which is what he was going to do.

On the way, stopping in the city of Volgograd and Karaganda, located on the territory of the USSR, the largest power on the continent.

Of course, the Prince was tempted to visit Koldovstoretz, one of the best schools of magic located in the country, which annually participated and took one of the first places in the world championship in potion-making, and also to watch how the local wizards fly on trees branches playing Quidditch, but Severus decided to postpone it for now and concentrate on the main thing.

But, he still made a note in his notebook, so that sometime later, he would definitely visit this country.

He did not take anything with himself, because he almost always had everything with him and therefore, in the morning of the next day, having finished with the instructions of the house-elves, as well as the training schedule for the rest, he left the country.

Although Severus offered Eileen to go with him, she refused and stayed to look after the house, and she also had unfinished business, because only recently she finished absorbing the energy of death and managed to raise the rank of the core to medium, and now, the woman was getting used to new powers and therefore, she simply did not have time to travel to other countries ...

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USSR. Volgograd.

Before moving, the Prince immediately used the spell of distraction on himself, as well as the chameleon spell, so as not to attract special attention.

And as soon as they found themselves there, the first thing they were met with was a real snowstorm, through which it was difficult to discern the outlines of low buildings, and behind it were people wrapped in fur coats and fur hats, there were quite a few of them on the street, and even cars and buses were moving along the roads.

Nagini, feeling the chill on her face, quickly ducked back under the robe, on which there were thermoregulatory charms.

"It is not for nothing that the USSR is one of called the coldest country." Severus drawled, studying the infrastructure with interest, since, thanks to the spell, acting like Moody's eye, he could admire the city without any problems even in such bad weather.

"Hm?" his gaze caught on a huge statue in the distance, belonging to a woman walking forward, holding a sword in her hand and looking back with an outstretched hand, as if calling to follow her.

Although Severus was not particularly interested in the history of the commoners yet, but until the age of eleven, Severus went to a Muggle school, so he was familiar with the basics and knew about the war that engulfed the entire continent and in one of the history textbooks, he saw this statue, but old Severus did not remember the name, as well as in honour of what it was built, because at that time, the boy mainly ran after Lily and only half-listened to the lessons of the Muggle history teacher, and was much more fascinated in the magical world.

The wizard made another note in his notebook, somehow in the future to study Muggle history, but in more detail, because in it too many interesting moments can be hidden.

But he did not stay long in this city, and several magical sources that appeared nearby and moved straight towards him served as an incentive to leave it...

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