Chapter 15: Apparition, can the professor do it again?
Under Charles's expectant gaze, the tip of the old wand in Dumbledore's hand burst into silver light.
A silver phoenix with its head held high emerged from the silver light, spread its slender wings, and circled in the ward for several weeks with its long tail feathers dragging, then rushed out of the window and disappeared without a trace.
Charles' eyes showed shock.
Even though I had seen the Patronus Charm being cast in movies in my previous life, the shock was completely different from witnessing it with my own eyes.
Dumbledore's Phoenix Patronus exudes an aura of power and nobility that is visible to the naked eye. Just like Dumbledore's terrifying talent and strength, it is completely different from the patronuses of other wizards in the magical world.
This also made Charles more excited.
What would be your patron saint?
At this time, Dumbledore began to explain the conditions for casting the Patronus Charm.
After just finishing talking about the wand-waving posture, Dumbledore wanted to extend the topic and talk about the noble spirit of love, tolerance, and kindness behind the Patronus Charm and how it affects the Patronus.
But at this moment, Dumbledore seemed to suddenly remember something, his expression suddenly changed, and he showed an apologetic look to Charles.
"I'm sorry, Ciel, but I'm afraid this is all the instruction we'll have for today."
"I remembered something urgent that I must do right away. I'm going to take you to buy textbooks and a wand. Professor McGonagall will come over later."
After saying this, Dumbledore's figure disappeared from the spot, and at the same time a sharp explosion was heard.
He Disapparated away.
There was a strange look in Charles' eyes.
Dumbledore's departure was a little too hasty. What made him so anxious?
Ciel remembered that in the original book, there had been a theft at Gringotts before Harry Potter entered school.
Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, broke into Gringotts and tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone to help Voldemort restore his body.
But Dumbledore had already made arrangements in advance, moved the Philosopher's Stone out, and had planned to use the Philosopher's Stone as a prop to test Voldemort and Harry Potter later.
This must be the matter that made the usually calm Dumbledore so hurried that he didn't even have time to say a few words.
However, Dumbledore used Apparition to leave in a hurry, which gave Charles an unexpected surprise.
In his mind, there emerged the image of Dumbledore using the Patronus Charm, as well as the image of Dumbledore Apparating away.
The Deep Blue System's mechanical prompt sounded immediately.
"Derivable knowledge detected - Patronus Charm, Apparition."
"Do you want to deduce?"
Hearing the prompt, Charles was filled with surprise.
This time, I got not only the Patronus Charm from Dumbledore, but also the Apparition Charm!
To be honest, in Ciel's opinion, the application of the Patronus Charm is a bit narrow.
Even Dumbledore's patronus can only be useful when fighting against dark creatures. Otherwise it has to be a messenger.
With such a narrow use, if Charles was not able to continue to deduce it, it would really be a shame for its high release conditions.
But Apparition is definitely one of the most incredible magics in the wizarding world.
Not only is the threshold for use low, but the effect is also extremely powerful. You can travel through space by just turning a few times, and you don't even need a magic wand. It's really a bit perverted.
Although there may be a risk of splitting, this risk is insignificant compared to the effect it involves on space.
I don’t know who developed the Apparition, but this person is definitely a master of space spells in the magic world!
If we carry out subsequent deductions, we will probably be able to develop more spells involving space!
Charles showed an uncontrollable excitement on his face, and asked Deep Blue in his mind how many points were needed to deduce the two spells.
The reply he got was like a bucket of cold water poured over Charles.
"It takes 10,000 points to deduce the Patronus Charm for the first time."
"It takes 50,000 points to perform the first apparition."
The Patronus Charm was not a big deal, as Charles could still afford the 10,000 points if he gritted his teeth. After all, he still had nearly 50,000 deduction points left.
But the Apparition was outrageous, 50,000 points, which was almost enough for all the points that Charles had on his account now.
As for why it is so expensive, Charles can understand it.
Things related to space are mysterious no matter where they are placed.
Even the general theory of relativity among Muggle sciences would take up a lot of points to deduce, not to mention the apparition that can allow people to travel through space directly.
Ciel sighed.
"It takes 50,000 points to perform the first apparition. If it's performed a second time, it will take at least 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands. It's simply a bottomless pit."
"Deduction points are really not enough."
He began to think about what other channels he could use to obtain a large number of deduction points, apart from the reimbursement from the Ministry of Magic and Dark who might come again at any time.
Finally, Ciel's thoughts were fixed on Dumbledore's hurried departure. "Quirrell, Two-Face..."
"The Philosopher's Stone and Horcruxes are all good things..."
Charles couldn't help but lick his tongue, a hint of heat flashing in his eyes.
"There is a Philosopher's Stone in Hogwarts this year, and the Ravenclaw's Diadem can be found in the Room of Requirement. I wonder how many deduction points I can get by eating these two?"
"By then, it should be enough to perform the Apparition Charm three times."
Just as Ciel was thinking about it, another explosion was heard outside St. Mungo's Hospital.
A serious-looking, well-dressed witch hurried to the outside of Ciel's ward. This was naturally Professor McGonagall, who Dumbledore mentioned would take Ciel to Diagon Alley.
When she saw Ciel, Professor McGonagall's eyes were slightly red and she gave him a hug.
"Poor kid, such a terrible thing happened to him."
"Don't worry, as long as you go to Hogwarts, no one will be able to hurt you again."
Feeling Professor McGonagall's sincere concern, Ciel nodded in gratitude.
In the original book, Professor McGonagall can be said to be spotless.
He is fair and just, yet also humane, and has absolute care for the students of Hogwarts.
In terms of character, Dumbledore seems to be less reliable than Professor McGonagall.
After a moment, Professor McGonagall calmed down, reached out her hand and took Charles's.
"Come, Ciel, I'll apparate you to the Leaky Cauldron and teach you how to get into Diagon Alley."
"This process will be a bit disgusting, please bear with me."
Then, with a loud bang, Xia suddenly felt dizzy.
He finally understood what the original book meant when it described the process of Apparition as being like being flushed down a toilet.
The space was distorting, and countless scenes were flying past and away at a high speed. The feeling was more intense than the most uncomfortable motion sickness that Charles had experienced in his previous life.
When he landed, Charles also retched.
But at this moment, a prompt from the Deep Blue System sounded in his mind.
"Since the host witnessed the spatial distortion during the Apparition process, the deduction has some references. The points required for the first deduction of the Apparition spell are reduced by 5000 points."
Charles' eyes widened instantly, and he wondered in his heart how could he have forgotten this.
The Deep Blue system does have the ability of infinite deduction, and can deduce advanced mathematics step by step from elementary school mathematics.
But this consumes a lot of deduction points, after all, it is equivalent to creating a new field from scratch.
But if you get the corresponding textbooks, it is like having a reference and you just need to study according to it.
In this way, the points consumed will be greatly reduced.
Now it seems that the same is true for spell deduction.
If one could obtain enough reference materials, or witness the spatial distortion and changes during the Apparition like this time, the difficulty of Deep Blue's deduction would be reduced, and the points consumed would also be greatly reduced.
This is definitely good news for Charles.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall was waiting beside Ciel.
She seemed to have gotten used to the reactions of the young wizards after they had experienced Apparition, and was patiently waiting for Charles to recover from his dizziness and nausea.
She even moved a little further away to prevent Charles' vomit from splashing on her robe.
After Ciel straightened up, Professor McGonagall said.
"Okay, Ciel, we're already at the Leaky Cauldron. Follow me, I'll take you to Diagon Alley..."
In her opinion, the little wizard would definitely be eager to witness the magical world.
But this time, Ciel's performance obviously caught Professor McGonagall off guard.
Ciel had no intention of moving forward at all. Instead, he stood there and pleaded with Professor McGonagall.
"Professor, can you take me to Apparate a few more times?"
"I really like riding the Muggle roller coaster and Ferris wheel. The feeling of the world spinning around is really exciting. This Apparition is much better than the roller coaster."
“Fun, love to play!”
(End of this chapter)
