The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 338 A Slightly Successful Experiment

Chapter 338 A Slightly Successful Experiment

"Repeat?"

How should we come up with ideas for repetition?

Are you just thinking about it in your head the whole time?

Loila pursed her lips, tilted her head, and thought for a moment.

"Ideas are not like reciting a text repeatedly in your head, but rather about thinking in detail about what repetition means."

"What does repetition represent? What can represent repetition? — While thinking, you also need to use your wand — to inject magic into your head."

"Remember not to use too much, or your head will explode!"

"ah?!"

"Just kidding, it'll just give you a headache. After that, all you have to do is let magic interact with your thoughts—"

"Dad really has a wicked sense of humor," Loila pursed her lips, closed her eyes as her father instructed, and then gently picked up her wand and tapped it on her forehead.

Repetition — What is repetition?

For example, does the rotation of the watch hands count as a repetition?

The changing seasons must also be repetitive, right?

And—and the daily hunger pangs, that must be another recurring issue, right?

As Loila pondered, she carefully channeled her magic into her head, something she had never done before. However, as she moved, a slight stinging sensation came from the tip of the staff.

Then it slowly spread into her head. Although that sounds a bit abstract, she did feel something crawling around in her mind.

As this sensation came over her, she suddenly noticed that faint blue and shimmering silver had quietly appeared on her eyes, which were clearly closed.

Silver seems to represent one's own thoughts—while blue represents the little insects—magic.

Next is to let it access its own thoughts—how should this access be achieved?

Guided by mental power?

Loila subconsciously held her breath, focusing all her attention on the little bug in her mind, and then guided it to move.

Even so early in the morning, she still had to think about—what is repetition—

It was a very difficult process—but thankfully, the experience of reciting the Silent Spell was somewhat similar, but—but compared to her ease with the Silent Spell, Loila was still a bit rusty.

Guiding the insects was far more difficult than waving a wand, and it also involved that eerie stinging pain—

Ugh—I'm so sleepy—

However, in the end, Loila successfully guided the little bug to the so-called mind center, which is the silver "repeat".

"Pop".

Whether it was Loila's imagination or not, she felt that the silver seemed much clearer, and she could vaguely see inside—was this... something?

It still doesn't feel enough—I need to channel my magic more—

Loila gently turned her wand, and a pale blue light flickered at the tip of the wand once more.

Then another small blue insect slowly appeared—

She guided him while enduring the stinging pain, and perhaps because she had already succeeded once, this time the guidance was much simpler.

"Pop".

The insect touched the silver light, dimmed it, and finally—a character appeared.

Or rather, the pattern—is this the Demon Rune?

So that's how simple it is?

Loila stared at the clear character in her mind and felt a sense of absurdity.

If it's that simple, why hasn't anyone been able to do it before?

Or perhaps—or was it just Loila's imagination, she felt a sense of familiarity with the process, her thoughts unconsciously drawing upon the magic.

Perhaps it's because I'm very good at silent spells?

After memorizing the silver character, she slowly opened her eyes.

"Hmm!"

As soon as she opened her eyes, the stinging pain returned, making her feel dizzy for a moment.

"Loila?"

Startled because she was worried about disturbing Nagini, who had been watching silently, she quickly came over and helped Loila up.

"Thank you—thank you—"

I feel so tired — is it because thinking like this is mentally exhausting?

But the magic circle hadn't been activated yet—Roy forced himself to stay awake and looked at the letter.

"It's okay to fail, it's normal."

"I tried hundreds of times back then."

"I'm exhausted every time—it's common for the little blue bugs to be unruly. Once you can see the silver light, that means you're almost there."

"Only when it is guided towards the light can we say that we have made progress."

"As for success, that's a real hassle. You need to keep repeating the above steps until the characters become clear and finally visible—you might have to do that thousands of times."

eh?

Is that really all there is to it?

Did Dad fail hundreds of times? Why did I succeed on my first try? Loila's lips twitched involuntarily.

Could it be that I really am a genius?

The genius Loila felt a surge of joy, then looked down again.

"If you succeed, the characters should look like this."

This is followed by a very complex and continuous string of characters —

Well?

Why is it different from mine? Loila feels like hers is simpler. Is it because her method is wrong?

"This ancient rune is indeed a bit complicated, but its meaning is very important."

"It has a sense of repetition—but it is different from an automatic magic circle. An automatic magic circle is a physical repetition, while it can achieve a repetition of magic power."

"In other words—if you have a way to convert it into a magic circle and engrave it on a wand—it can do the same thing as the Flashback Charm."

"Repeat the spell you cast."

"Ah—but after my research, it's very difficult. After all, this character is a bit too complicated—it would be very difficult to engrave it on a wand."

"At least none of the wand makers I asked could do it."

So, in other words...

"This is a useless magic rune."

No—Loila felt a wave of dizziness. Had she gone through all that trouble only to get an unusable magic rune?

No, no, no—the runes I got are different from the ones my dad wrote; mine are much simpler—but being much simpler doesn't seem like a good thing.

Maybe this one of mine isn't even as good as Dad's... Ah... I'm a little tired... I feel...

I feel so sleepy ————

Loila felt the things in front of her becoming increasingly blurry, and then gradually, she lost consciousness.

"Loila? Loila!" Nagini was startled when she saw Loila suddenly close her eyes. She quickly shook Loila's body, but only heard the girl's murmur.

"So sleepy—so sleepy—"

Are you just sleepy?

Nagini breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the sleeping Loila, shook her head helplessly, and then gently picked her up.

She was indeed very tired today, preparing for the party, setting up magic circles and stuff—and even conducting some strange experiments—so she should probably be careful with her movements.

Only after Nagini gently placed her in the bedroom on the second floor and covered her with a blanket did she finally let out a soft sigh of relief.

However, looking at the girl's sleeping face, she had some mischievous thoughts—especially looking at Loila's long eyelashes—

Ah—forget it, she reluctantly withdrew her hand, then blinked and carefully closed the door.

Sweet dreams, Loila.

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