Chapter 40: The Magic of Hogwarts
Thanks to the extraordinary popularity of the Harry Potter series in his previous life, in addition to movies, various games also emerged endlessly.
In Owen’s view, the wizards of the Harry Potter world fit the definition of wizards in this world quite well. Although their upper limit wasn’t high, their breadth was good, and they were very suitable for a farming style. For instance, if he transformed the castle into a magical castle similar to Hogwarts, it would be quite interesting.
Moreover, because of Mysticism, Owen possessed magic power and the foundation to learn magic. However, his twelve Intelligence attribute gave him one hundred and twenty magic points. Whether this value was high or low, he wasn’t sure, but it didn’t prevent him from immediately exchanging for Hogwarts textbooks from the first to seventh year, a work robe, a pointed hat, protective gloves, a cloak, a crucible, a set of crystal vials, a telescope, a brass scale, and most importantly, a magic wand.
Owen didn’t choose the wand used by the protagonist, nor did he choose the most powerful Elder Wand, but a standard wand used by students.
Standard wands had no special attributes; their only attribute was stable output.
However, stability was the most important thing for beginners. Moreover, a standard wand without special attributes could allow Owen to better observe and learn various magic spells without deviations caused by the wand’s attributes.
In addition, Owen chose the Hogwarts magic system as an introduction to the magic profession for a reason: it was simple enough to get started.
A group of elementary school students could cast spells and brew potions in their first semester after being taught by professors, which showed how easy it was to get started. It was as simple as having magic power.
Owen wasn’t particularly intelligent, but at least his intelligence was normal. Puppetry gave him powerful psychic power, and Mysticism gave him stable magic power. The only thing he lacked was the way and method to release magic power. It just so happened that the casting conditions for Hogwarts magic were notoriously simple.
“Aguamenti!” Owen held the wand, flicked and pointed it gently, and a thin stream of water was released from the tip of the wand. The process was very smooth, without any forking. The round and powerful stream of water drew a graceful arc and landed steadily on the ground, creating a small pit in a short while.
“Perfect!”
After stopping the output of magic power, the last few drops of water dripped from the tip of the wand. Owen took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, feeling proud of himself for successfully casting a spell for the first time. At least his feet weren’t wet.
Regardless of the effect, at least he had successfully and stably released a spell. There were no mistakes in the whole process, which was good, considering he had no professor to teach him.
Of course, being able to do this, in addition to his own efforts, this standard wand also played a significant role.
Standard wands were specially prepared for students. Stability was the only requirement, as students’ magic power was unstable due to their growth period. Many times, they would erupt due to emotional outbursts. If it were not restricted, Hogwarts would probably lose a few unlucky students every year.
Moreover, because they had been using standard wands, many students would not choose to replace their wands even after they became adults. After all, stable and durable standard wands were very convenient to use in daily life, and there was no need to worry about breaking anything.
Of course, in addition to standard wands, there were also enhanced wands and dark wands. The former were powerful wands specifically used by Aurors, and the latter were wands used by dark wizards to enhance dark magic.
Further up were the special wands used by several protagonists. They were expensive and not practical. After all, the magic in the Harry Potter series wasn’t known for its power, so high quality didn’t mean great power.
After finding the trick to casting magic, Owen successfully mastered many simple spells in the following period.
To be honest, magic was really interesting. If he weren’t reluctant to give up the wonderful prospect of being a Puppet Master, Owen really wanted to completely abandon this profession and devote all his energy to magic.
However, the Puppet Master profession wasn’t weak either. It had given Owen a considerable advantage in the early stages, especially the existence of psychic power, which was like cheating.
Wizards in Harry Potter often needed to use emotions to drive magic. Spells and wands were all used to guide magic power because their psychic power wasn’t strong enough.
Only a few wizards mastered wandless and silent casting because they had stronger psychic power and were more familiar with magic.
Owen didn’t have these worries because the powerful psychic power of a Puppet Master could even perform operations at the nanometer level. Even though he didn’t have such powerful psychic power now, it still made learning magic twice as effective, so learning Puppetry wasn’t really a waste of time and energy for him.
Owen had been diligently learning magic during this time, but exchanging for textbooks and practicing magic didn’t consume much Progress Value. After all, he hadn’t gone crazy and started brewing potions. So he used the accumulated Progress Value to exchange for some things, the largest of which was the herb greenhouse behind the castle, which was also in preparation for future potion brewing.
The potions in Hogwarts were really amazing. There was no need to mention colds and fevers. Being covered in blood from a fall could only be considered a minor injury. Being able to recover from having your bones removed was a bit unreasonable. In any case, Owen definitely wouldn’t give up on Hogwarts potions.
As the place where Hogwarts cultivated herbs, this greenhouse wasn’t so simple. Or rather, no building in Hogwarts was simple, but the herb greenhouse was more dangerous. As for how dangerous it was, it was probably no less dangerous than the Forbidden Forest. After all, the smell of some magical herbs alone could kill a person, not to mention terrifying herbs like Mandrakes whose screams alone could kill a bunch of people. So Owen didn’t exchange for the complete herb greenhouse. He couldn’t afford it.
After getting the framework, Owen borrowed the ability of Super Farm, added soil and spring water that could accelerate plant growth, and prepared many seeds. Now the only thing lacking was a qualified worker.
Feeling that it was about time, Owen prepared a book on spell basics, a book on everyday magic spells, a book on Herbology, and a standard wand, and then asked Maya to bring Dier.
Compared to Correns, who lived in the town and toiled every day, Dier had been living in the castle since the day she arrived. However, neither Correns nor Maya felt that there was anything wrong with this. Obviously, in their understanding, Dier wasn’t an independent person, but Owen’s spoil of war. As for how to place this spoil of war and how to use it, it all depended on the lord’s preference.
Unfortunately, after learning from Maya that Dier possessed the bloodline of a witch, Owen had to be a gentleman. And it seemed that he had to continue being one for a while, as the witch’s bloodline itself was unstable. He didn’t want to be the one to attract hatred. So although Dier wasn’t allowed to leave the castle, her treatment wasn’t bad.
