allendalepharm Chapter 167 Cleansing Spells and Warm Healing
Chapter 167 Cleansing Spells and Warm Healing
Chapter 167 Cleansing Spells and Warm Healing
For Percy and Crabbe, this wondrous journey through the Muggle world was filled with a fantastical and bizarre dreamlike quality.
It's so interesting, and so annoying.
Lockhart asked them to write a travelogue, saying he was willing to teach them his writing skills, but he wanted to see their abilities first.
Crabbe obediently did as he was told. Although his writing was terrible, it didn't sound like the words of a 12-year-old wizard who often wrote papers and assignments. Instead, it sounded like the words of a kindergarten child. But interestingly, Lockhart could sense a very unique simplicity in it.
This simplicity is rare, making this young wizard's paper observing Muggle society extremely valuable.
Yes, it is extremely valuable.
When Lockhart brought Crabbe's childish, rambling essay, "A Day in the Muggle World," to Dumbledore, the old man read it over and over again.
His expression was so strange, even carrying a peculiar astonishment. He glanced at the article, then at Lockhart.
"How is it?" Lockhart asked, sipping his drink with obvious satisfaction.
"I want to write a recommendation for him and submit it to 'The Wizard in War'," Old Deng said very solemnly.
"The Wizard in War" has existed for hundreds of years, dating back to the time of the Deathly Hallows, and is a newspaper and journal in the field of Muggle studies.
It exhibited different biases in different eras. For example, during the Muggle witch hunts, it was a standard anti-Muggle publication. However, in the era of Grindelwald and Dumbledore, its direction changed drastically, focusing on the survival relationship between wizards and Muggles.
Dumbledore's intention in writing the recommendation wasn't to add his own name to the article; his status and influence no longer required such a thing. On the contrary, he intended to endorse his student and draw attention to the article.
—I agree with this student's opinion!
If someone truly intends to attack this article, the first target will be him.
"I wrote one too," Lockhart said, gesturing to the last part of the travelogue.
Dumbledore nodded.
"But you might have to wait a bit longer. Percy Weasley is writing too. The kid's clearly thinking too much, which is why he's writing so slowly." Lockhart smiled and placed his teacup on the table. "I plan to submit them to the journals at the same time."
"Crawb and Weasley..." Dumbledore's eyes narrowed.
"Oh, no, no, no..." Lockhart rolled his eyes. "Don't pollute children's innocence with dirty political thinking. This is just a travelogue for the two kids!"
Dumbledore laughed. "Isn't that the role of us professors? To shelter tender seedlings from the wind and rain, and wait for them to grow strong."
"Yes, give them a chance." Lohat nodded.
Percy realized this was an opportunity. Professor Lockhart had advised him that Dumbledore had been actively involved in social activities since his student days, which provided him with endless possibilities to step onto the international stage.
But the more burdened he was, the more painful it was for him to write. He carefully considered every word, constantly recalling every detail of this short but dreamlike journey through the Muggle world, trying to grasp that spark of interesting inspiration.
"You tend to overthink, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I wouldn't advise you to stop overthinking, even though that's a truism, but you need to realize that it's your inner driving force. So what if you overthink?"
Professor Lockhart once said, "But your thinking cannot be superficial. You must think more deeply, think hard, and understand that your mind will unleash tremendous energy for you under such strong desire, allowing you to find the brilliance of thought to blossom in your spiritual perception of the world. This is the magic without magic, where the workings of magic are involved."
From an Auror in the Ministry of Magic to a political figure...
From academia to international organizations...
From magical power to becoming a magic master...
The professor pointed out three paths to him, but did not require him to choose one immediately. While leaning more towards the path of magic, he still left open the possibility of the other two routes. This travelogue is the first step in taking that first step.
But it's very difficult, really very difficult.
So, on another weekend, Professor Lockhart once again took them to the Muggle world for two days.
Sometimes he would return to his house in Hogsmeade Village to instruct them on magic.
Percy was still practicing the "Repairing Charm," while Crabbe, under the professor's guidance, began to study the fire-based healing magic "Warm Healing" more deeply.
Therefore, when Lockhart went to the Muggle world next time, he took the two young wizards to soak in the hot springs.
The three of them soaked comfortably in the warm spring water, their whole bodies enveloped in warmth, and all their complicated thoughts and physical fatigue from walking around for most of the day disappeared.
"Vincent, remember this feeling," Professor Lockhart instructed, gesturing for Percy to listen as well. "There are actually different types of healing arts. One is to heal wounds intensely, like a healing spell, while the other is to gently heal the mind and body."
"They have different applications, but never underestimate the power of slow healing; it is more powerful because it can heal physical injuries that you cannot heal immediately with your current abilities."
"Its healing power penetrates the material and reaches the mind. By changing the state of the mind, it inadvertently triggers the mind itself to release its own magic to resonate with your healing magic, thus changing the physical body together."
"It works by influencing the surface of the body from the deepest level of the mind, thus achieving a complete transformation of body and mind. This kind of magic is full of tension."
Crabbe listened in a daze, but he wrote down what was said very carefully.
Percy thought about it a lot and realized that what Professor Lockhart had said could also be applied to the field of Restoration Charms.
As the saying goes, "If you understand one thing, you understand everything." There aren't that many truths in the world, nor are they that complicated. This is why people with high comprehension can always excel in different fields at the same time.
Percy was precisely such a quick-witted child.
He may not have been able to perceive the difference between 'mind' and 'body, brain, and thought' as profoundly as Professor Lockhart, but he keenly grasped that very subtle feeling.
He excitedly and impatiently drew his wand, and under the curious gazes of the professor and Crabbe, pointed it at the hot spring where they were soaking, "All cleaned up!"
A very unique, invisible light flashed by.
The hot spring water seemed to have changed, but it also seemed that nothing had changed.
"That's right, that's right, hahaha..." Lockhart burst into laughter, "That's it! The hot spring water is still hot spring water; it hasn't become pure water because of the cleansing spell. On the contrary, it has become even more vibrant!"
"That's it!"
"The wonders of magic unfold right here!"
"Percy, welcome to the world of magic!"
Percy held his wand silently, seemingly still immersed in the unique insights he had just gained from casting the spell.
It was a magical experience unlike anything I had ever had before.
So wondrous.
"Professor, I can do it too!" Crabbe raised his hand, his silly face full of desire to show off, like a kindergarten child vying for a little red flower.
"Really? Come on, you try it too."
Lockhart encouraged him, but he was also somewhat curious about what Crabbe knew.
"Soul Fire!"
Crabbe waved his wand, and a faint two-tone flame, interwoven with orange and dark blue, flickered in the ripples of the hot spring water.
Lockhart and Percy could both feel the temperature of the spring water increasing, but it remained within a comfortable range, not scalding hot.
He didn't stop, continuing to wave his wand.
"Warm and healing!"
For a moment, the pool water seemed to glow.
It also seems to reflect the faint glow of the sunset in the sky, radiating light.
Yes, Crabbe did it!
The vitality that the pool water exuded instantly combined with the other two to reach an extremely exaggerated threshold.
This doesn't mean Crabbe's magic is stronger than Percy's, but rather it's the unique effect of the "joint spellcasting" domain.
The effect of 1+1 is sometimes greater than 2.
The technique of switching from individual spellcasting to collective spellcasting is common among Aurors, as it can produce a power far exceeding that of two individual spellcasters.
Lockhart had talked about this when promoting fairy tale adventures at school. Cedric was the one who knew it best, and he often led the Hufflepuff students to perform exceptionally well in the Four Houses Tournament.
Of course, what we are seeing now is even more interesting.
Percy reduced the amount of hot spring water, while Crabbe added to it, yet both miraculously produced beneficial effects.
What's even more remarkable is that the magic "Warm Healing" is essentially the power of the fire side that inspires the earth's capacity to embrace and nurture all life, and now Crabbe has expanded its scope.
From the power of the earth to the power of nature.
This expansion is precisely the sign of breaking through barriers.
Crabbe, too, has embarked on this wondrous magical world!
"Nice~"
Lockhart gave a thumbs up, comfortably immersing himself in the hot spring, too lazy to speak anymore. He felt the healing power of the hot spring on his mind and body, and the weariness accumulated from his busy life so far, which he himself could hardly perceive, was gradually dissipating.
He had to admit that, given the current results, he couldn't actually do any better than Percy and Crabbe working together, but that was precisely the joy of teaching.
Individualized instruction guides students toward excellence based on their individual talents.
If this excellence is not comparable to that of a professor who is not particularly good at this area, then this teaching achievement should actually be discounted.
A disciple need not be inferior to his teacher, nor a teacher necessarily be more virtuous than his disciple.
How good.
At least Lockhart is now enjoying some of the best hot springs in the world.
The setting sun painted the sky with a blush, and the three of them lazily fell silent, soaking in the hot spring, either letting their minds wander or immersing themselves in deep thought. The tranquility was so profound that only the faint sounds of the world from afar could be heard.
(End of this chapter)