Chapter 958 The Price of Power

In the early stages of learning spells, professors will emphasize the four basic conditions for the success of the spell:

Specific wand movements, the correct incantation, the caster's subjective awareness of the spell's effect, and a certain degree of concentration on the part of the caster.

When these four basic conditions are at least slightly inconsistent, for example, the caster does not use the correct wand movement during the spell, does not pronounce the spell correctly, fails to concentrate, or does not have a clear effect of the spell in his mind , then the spell will not be cast successfully, and may even cause a backfire - an explosion caused by the return of magic power. This is also the cause of death of 90% of spell masters.

Fortunately, the magic power of the underage wizards is not enough to blow themselves up for the time being.

On the other hand, spells or their corresponding magical effects can also be cast without a wand or without chanting the spell aloud. This is also the so-called silent spell and wandless casting, but this is not suitable for wizards. The ability requirements are particularly high.

Therefore, silent spells and wandless spells are not taught to beginners and intermediate learners in general spell teaching, and practice is not encouraged.

For example, at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, there are no silent spell courses before sixth grade. Because before this, the magic control and magic power of the little wizards had not reached the level where they could skip the constraints of spells and gestures and independently complete a certain magic effect.

Of course, all the above restrictions are only for: minors, ordinary people, humans, and wizards.

For Elena, there is almost no difficulty in releasing an elementary spell like the Freezing Curse once the source of the magic is cracked.

"The World——"

Along with the surge of her magic power, a biting coldness quickly spread along Elena's fingers.

Fine ice crystals began to appear in the air, and Hermione's breath formed a cold mist.

What's worse is that her whole body seems to be stuck in a sticky quagmire. Even if she wants to blink her eyes, she has to use all her strength.

"Well, it seems that the time and space suspension was successful?"

Elena poked Hermione's soft lips curiously, admiring the ever-changing expressions of embarrassment and surprise in the little beaver's eyes.

From a microscopic perspective, temperature is essentially the intensity of thermal motion of the molecules of an object.

Regardless of whether the origin of the "Freezing Curse" is "stillness" or "freezing", the presentation process of magic power may still be a black box process that cannot be completely cracked for the time being, but its results are mostly objective physical states that can be observed ——Magic originates from the consciousness of wizards. The N.E.W.Ts magic assessment standards mentioned by Umbridge are essentially just concentration and the overflow of magic power.

When a spellcaster has a certain understanding of the macro and micro worlds, such as Elena, she can selectively increase the magic effect on a certain side.

In other words, whether it is freezing or stopping, she can easily...

Ouch——

Before Elena could finish the thoughts in her mind, there was a sudden pain in her index finger.

Hermione didn't know when she broke free from the restraints of "Time Stop", opened her mouth, and bitterly bit the claw that was poking her lips.

"hiss--"

Elena couldn't help but gasped and looked at Hermione helplessly.

Since she had tripled her strength before, she didn't dare to act rashly now. If she accidentally shook off the little beaver's teeth, she might be in bad shape for the rest of her life. This would be no better than after Tie Hanhan spanked her buttocks to become swollen. Once it is cured, it can be treated as if nothing happened.

The most important thing is, from whom did Hermione learn this bad habit of talking when something doesn't agree with her? !

However, it was now in class. After grinding her teeth bitterly, Hermione finally quickly let go of her teeth.

"What was that just now? That curse..."

Hermione lowered her voice and shivered unnaturally several times.

This was a very uncomfortable experience, as if she was suddenly stripped naked and stuffed into an icehouse. The skin all over her body felt the sudden drop in temperature at the same time, and her body was still unable to respond. The wizard's robe seemed to be The heavy armor made Hermione unable to move.

"Freezing spell? So...is this the advanced spellcasting technique Professor Flitwick talks about?"

"Well, I guess so. Hmm - why are your hands..."

Elena was shivering, and she subconsciously reached out and touched Hermione's left hand on the table.

Ice cold.

Um? Why is it so cold? !

Before Hermione could speak, Elena's hand quietly lowered her hand, and under the cover of the desk, she reached into Hermione's thick wizard robe and fumbled a few times.

Judging from the temperature feedback from her fingertips, it was not just the exposed back of her hands. Hermione's entire body seemed to have experienced a rapid cooling. However, this did not cause any damage to her body. It seemed more like a comprehensive body surface cooling. The temperature decreases.

No wonder her expression was so embarrassed and angry just now. Was it because of this...

"Ah! We're still in class now. If you keep moving like this, Elena, I'm going to be really angry -"

"Stop it, Wyrd—"

Elena frowned, activated the healing magic text directly, and pressed Hermione's waist gently without any explanation.

The next moment, a warm current instantly spread through Hermione's body, quickly driving away the remaining chill in her body. The comfort like a hot spring almost made Hermione moan, but luckily she used the only remaining Reason bit her lip hard.

"Sorry, Granger...it was my fault just now. I didn't expect this magic to..."

Elena looked at her palms in confusion, carefully recalling all the details of when she released the magic just now.

In theory, a wizard would gain a spell boost when using a wand.

Therefore, it stands to reason that her wandless and silent spell casting just now would be somewhat weakened.

But the fact is exactly contrary to her guess. The "time pause" she just released towards Hermione not only forced Hermione into a stagnant state in terms of macro actions, but also affected Hermione's body functions and... The surrounding environment is cooling down.

This is completely different from the effect Elena had when she used the wand to cast the "Freezing Spell" in class.

It seems that attempts at molecular magic, or microscopic magic, need to be more cautious and establish more repeated experimental groups.

"This knowledge belongs to the application of Muggle physics and magic, just like the delayed explosion spell you mastered before. If you are really interested in these, you can stay in the Hufflepuff lounge for the next few days. I’ll give you extra lessons in the evening—”

Elena thought for a few seconds, temporarily put aside the improvement of "microscopic magic", and turned her face to look at Hermione.

After being together for so long, she certainly knows how to eliminate Hermione's anger. When faced with those mysterious and interesting knowledge, Miss Know-It-All has never had much resistance, especially when these contents are closely related to school exams. So true.

Sure enough, Hermione nodded slightly, her bright amber eyes twinkling.

"Then it's settled, you can't make any additional demands!"

"Well, of course."

Dude, Dude——

Behind the girls there was the faint sound of high heels hitting the ground.

Elena realized that Umbridge was approaching not far away, as if she wanted to hear what they were talking about.

She quickly touched Hermione's shoes with her feet under the desk, opened the book and began to study the contents in a low voice. She felt that it was better not to let Umbridge get involved at this time. If the senior investigator " Killed in action" here, that would be too wasteful.

Elena has long made up her mind to squeeze out the value of the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge this time and create a villain image.

For this reason, she reduced 30% of the subjects of the Hogwarts campus research institute, and suppressed the information about the werewolf community attacks that Rita Skeeter had collected through adventure. The current situation is different from the fifth grade in the original work. Whether it is Cornelius Fudge or the wizarding society, their relationship with Dumbledore has not become so tense, which also binds their hearts. The reflection monster.

Although Umbridge and Fudge have always claimed how much they care about and value the order and stability of magical society.

But Elena knows very well that the only thing they care about is the power under their butts - the suspension of the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic will tear a power-hungry gap in Umbridge's heart, and she will gradually reappear. Those bad behaviors in the original world line.

Before that, Elena had to buy enough time and space for Umbridge, waiting for her to anger all the teachers and students of Hogwarts little by little.

"By the way, Elena. You just said you wanted to apologize, right?"

At this moment, Hermione's voice suddenly came to Elena's ears.

"You just said this morning that verbal apology is meaningless. Apology must be put into action-"

"Eh?"

Elena turned her head blankly, just in time to meet Hermione's bright amber eyes.

"I hope--"

Hermione paused for a few seconds and then said seriously.

"When Professor Flitwick conducts the spell assessment later, can you give it your all - in a student's way, with your true magical strength? I want to see how far you and I are. As for the content, it should be That’s today’s freezing spell.”

From a long time ago, Hermione had a vague feeling that Elena had always had reservations.

This white-haired ball was like an unfathomable whirlpool, and Hermione never knew what her limit would be.

Just like the spell training at the beginning of class, no matter which magic she casts, Elena can complete the perfect solution to the curse with "All Curses End" - she truly made the "Stop Curse" become "All curses will end" exists only in a theoretical sense.

"Full power...casting?"

Elena stroked her wand thoughtfully.

"Okay... I'll give it a try, but let's talk about it first - don't be surprised if I'm too good."

Speaking of which, it seemed that she had never cast a spell at full power on such a functional spell.

It just so happens that the "Freezing Curse" will not have a derivative freezing effect without considering "molecular casting". It will even produce a "hedging effect" by restraining the magic power that acts on the molecular level. This may actually be something you can try. try……

After all, a defensive spell like the Freeze Curse wouldn't be like the Explosion Curse and accidentally open a hole in the castle, right?

…………

In the following spells class, Elena did not continue to try "molecular magic".

As a hybrid wizard who combines the advantages of humans and Veela, the lower-grade spells class is not difficult for Elena. Unless there are revolutionary changes in the logic and principles of spell casting, her magical talent derived from her bloodline will never be the same for Hermione and others. A ravine that cannot be caught up with hard work.

At the end of class, Professor Flitwick gave Elena two more points as a reward for her wonderful magic performance.

In the last round of magic practice, her spell instantly froze all the floating books in the Charms classroom.

If Elena is not wrong in her estimation, if she uses the wand to cast the "Freezing Curse" with all her strength, it should be able to cause a small-scale "Time Pause·Pseudo" for at least five to ten seconds. The most important point is that this magic is not slow or slow. Beam magic with paths.

However, she has not tried extreme spellcasting yet, and she doesn't know if she can cross the Quidditch pitch like Dumbledore.

"It's a tie today, and you won two extra points for Gryffindor, didn't you? Hermione."

Elena said as they left the Charms classroom, walked down the steps, and walked through the long corridor to the foyer to prepare for lunch.

"The fineness of magic manipulation is something that cannot be rushed. When you finish studying advanced physics, you might be even better than me -"

Seeing that Hermione's mood seemed a little low, Elena continued: "I mean, look, Professor Umbridge is also learning new knowledge, and senior officials of the Ministry of Magic are like this, so you don't need to be too anxious and disappointed. Compared to most students, your magic is already great. And in the question and answer session in class, you have been better than me this semester. Isn't this the most obvious victory?"

A muffled gurgling sound came from Hermione's throat.

"Of course, I may have a slight advantage in terms of magic power. This may be the increase in the formation of runes. When you finish studying advanced mathematics, advanced physics, and advanced chemistry, I will try to see if I can condense the healing Magic text, secretly teach you——"

They sat down together at the long Hufflepuff table.

"If it really doesn't work, I can also think of a way to help you and ask Professor Apokalis, just in case he is willing to make an exception and teach you a second time..."

"Elena," Hermione bit her lip, "If you think you can make me happy by giving in to me and deliberately losing to me in class, then you are definitely wrong. Your upper limit of magic power has long been exceeded. Are you above the level of everyone in the same grade? You have always given in to me before, right?"

"I don't - of course I didn't think so - besides, as time goes by, everyone's magic power will slowly grow -"

"Human beings have their limits," Hermione said, ladling tomato and beef brisket soup into her bowl, "but you are different from Professor Flitwick."

"Hey, when did you find out-"

Elena was stunned for a moment, then shrugged helplessly.

After being together day and night for such a long time, if Hermione couldn't discover the unusual things about her, then it would be the strange things.

"Well, I do have some magical talent - but that comes at a price."

"……cost?"

Hermione repeated softly.

Then, she looked at Elena's breasts and raised her eyebrows.

"oh?"

"It's not the price! Don't make blind guesses!"

"oh--"

Hermione's voice was drawn out, and her eyes flickered to the angry hair on Elena's head.

So that's it, that makes sense.

For example... why would Professor Dumbledore let a first-year student like Elena serve as the go-between between Hogwarts and Gringotts?

Gringotts Goblin Queen...goblin, queen...

She should have thought of this a long time ago——

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Great!