Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

“Let me start by talking about the magical subjects you are good at… Neville and Hannah are both good at herbalism, but their focuses are different…”

“Neville is good at cultivating magical plants, while Hannah is more interested in the properties of various herbs, am I right?”

Blushing, Neville waved his hands and stammered, "Actually, it's not that I'm good at it... it's just digging and fertilizing... anyone can do that..."

"I don't know much either..." Hannah explained shyly, "I've just read some things since I was little... and they just happen to come in handy..."

Luna smiled and said, "Professor Sprout praised you all the time when we went to help out at the greenhouse recently!"

“Yes!” Fred nodded. “When we went to the greenhouse recently, Professor Sprout also mentioned you, asking why we couldn’t be like you…”

"Is that the same thing?" George raised an eyebrow. "We were looking for something, and then Professor Sprout caught us..."

"Cough cough!" Fred coughed repeatedly. "George, now is not the time to use the 'nitpicking method'!"

“Oh…right!” George realized. “But now…I think I understand Snape’s feelings a little better.”

“Next up are Fred and George…” Vizette steered the conversation back on track. “You two are not only skilled in spells, but also in magizoology, and you’ve even taught yourselves alchemy, right?”

"Wow, we're good at so many magical subjects! Clap!" Fred and George clapped with great confidence, grinning from ear to ear.

George clapped and nodded, "As expected, it has to be Vizet, he has an eye for our strengths!"

Fred added, "Oh, by the way! Once we successfully breed the Miniature Fluffy, we'll send you a few as pets!"

“Since there are subjects you’re good at, there are subjects you’re not so good at, for example…” Vizet looked at Fred and the others.

Whether it was Fred and George, or Neville and Hannah, they all shouted the same answer.

Potions!

The sound echoed throughout the entire entrance hallway.

……

“Then let’s take potions from Potions as an example.” Vizet raised his wand and waved it toward the storage cabinet in the corner.

A cauldron and a set of potion ingredients flew out of the storage cabinet and landed smoothly in front of Vizet.

“Potions Class!” Fred stroked his chin. “Shouldn’t we… change our name?”

“If you ask me!” George said, winking, “I actually think calling someone ‘teacher’ is pretty good…”

Luna beamed and said, "I think it's a good idea!"

"Alright, alright! Luna has no objections either," Fred and George chimed in. "Let's call her that!"

"Ahem! Let's get back to the main topic!" Vizet coughed lightly, reaching out to pick up the potion ingredients. "Tell me what this is? What happens if you get pricked by it?"

Neville said, "Nettles."

In response to the second question, Hannah said, "If I get pricked... my skin will swell up and I'll feel a stinging sensation."

“We need two more materials…” Vizet waved her wand again, and several more materials flew onto the table.

Three of the jars contained a grayish liquid in which eyeballs were soaking;

The other jar contained a red liquid, and it was impossible to see what was soaking in it.

Vizette pointed to the four jars and asked, "And what are these?"

Fred leaned in so close, his nose almost touching the jar, and they stared at each other intently. "The eyeballs... they look like fish eyeballs..."

George picked up another jar, and as he unscrewed it, a faint smell of blood wafted out. "It should be some kind of internal organ?"

Luna looked at Fred and the others, smiled but didn't say anything.

“This is a potion ingredient we’ve studied before.” Vizet nodded, pointing to the jars. “These are three portions of pufferfish eyes… and this is bat spleen…”

Nawi and the others realized, "Swelling potion!"

Neville answered the fastest, perhaps because during the previous school year, when he and Seamus Finnigan were brewing a swelling potion, the cauldron suddenly exploded;

If Snape hadn't been standing by and pointing fingers, the explosion would likely have affected many people.

Nevertheless, he and Simon Finigan still lost fifty points in that class.

“There’s another spell… We’re in the same school year…” Vizette raised her wand, drew a circle downwards, and then gently flicked it upwards, “Grow bigger!”

A beam of blue light shot from the tip of the wand and flew straight toward a wooden barrel beside it, which quickly doubled in size.

"Stop immediately!" The barrel returned to its original state, and Vizette put away her wand. "The Swelling Charm, a spell with an effect similar to the Swelling Potion. Are there any key points regarding the casting technique?"

This was a magic subject that Fred and George excelled at, and George immediately said, "First, we need to understand the middle part of the spell, 'gor,' which means 'expansion' and 'filling.'"

Fred added, "Also, when chanting the mantra, the overall stress pattern is: unstressed 'en', then stressed 'GOR', and then unstressed 'geeoh', with the 'oh' sound being pronounced very lightly."

“Next comes the more complete secret…” Vizet snapped his fingers, and a cluster of flames appeared at the bottom of the crucible.

"Let's take a look at... what kind of connection exists between Charms, Herbalism, and Potions..."

Hearing Wizette's words, Fred and George stopped joking around, their expressions becoming much more subdued than before...

Chapter 197 The Magic of "A Gentle Pull"

As her knowledge accumulated, Vizette developed new perspectives on the wonders of the magical world.

Like a "world" containing human wisdom, it may be a "gift" left by the pioneers, allowing later generations to more easily cast spells;

Similar ideas and research directions can often be combined and integrated to form a brilliant cluster, providing more possibilities for a wide variety of magic.

The pioneers transformed their research findings into brilliant star clusters, which evolved into sophisticated potions, spells, and alchemy, providing convenience for those who followed.

Even if later generations do not understand all the principles, as long as they can unlock the "gifts" left by the pioneers, they can make them their own help.

Vizette traveled to the "Otherworld" more than once, and successfully transformed what she had learned, understood, and felt into stardust, leaving it in the "Otherworld";

It was precisely because of his extensive contact with the "other world" that he regarded the wisdom left by the pioneers as a "gift".

The star clusters do not exist independently; they reflect and influence each other within the larger context of the "Otherworld," and are interconnected. This is what Vezet wanted to tell Neville and the others.

However, the concept of "the afterlife" and related ideas may be difficult to understand if one has not actually seen it.

Furthermore, since everyone's "other world" seems to be different, it makes the description even more difficult, so a different way of saying it is needed.

……

"Clear water like a spring!" Vizet pointed his wand at the cauldron and cast a water-making spell to pour pure water into it.

He gently beckoned with his finger, and the flames, as if possessing a life of their own, spread across the bottom of the crucible, as if supporting the crucible and heating it.

"Cool!" Fred and George whistled.

Vizette looked at the Weasley twins and thought of a good way to put it, “The connection between Charms, Herbalism and Potions is actually a bit like magical fireworks.”

Neville and Hannah repeated, somewhat puzzled, "Magic fireworks?"

Fred and George's eyes lit up, as if they understood what Vizet was trying to say.

"Ahem! Let Teacher George explain!" George coughed lightly, puffed out his chest, and said, "Making magic fireworks isn't a simple matter!"

"For example, how to add magic spells... how to adjust the proportions according to the initial recipe to achieve the desired effect..."

When talking about what he's best at, he rattled off a whole bunch of things, sharing some of the events that happened during that time.

“Mr. Fred, would like to add a few words!” Fred also straightened his back, “But to ignite the magic fireworks, all you need is a gentle pull…”

"Or like Dr. Philippa's self-igniting, water-blooming magical fireworks..." he said, catching his breath, "you just need to spit on them to light them."

The two then looked at Vizette and said, "So, what do you think? We're not wrong, are we?"

Neville and Hannah were still somewhat bewildered, and looked at Vizet with a mixture of understanding and confusion.

“That’s it!” Vezel nodded. “Fred and George have put in a lot of effort to make magic fireworks so simple and easy to use.”

"What would happen if we tried to break down the magic fireworks and treat them as subjects of magic?"

He looked at Neville and Hannah, "What magical discipline do you think those materials used in the production process belong to?"

Sensing Vizette's gaze, Neville nodded and tentatively whispered, "Herbalism?"

“That’s right!” Vizette nodded. “So, what’s the process of making magic fireworks?”

Fred and George answered in unison, "Of course, it's complex potions!"

“The process of elimination…” Vizette continued, “The final ‘gentle pull’ or ‘spit’ to light the fireworks is what we call magic.”

"Next question... Magic fireworks are so complicated to make, yet so simple to use. What is their common purpose?"

Hannah spoke up, "Was it... an explosion?"

Fred whistled. "Absolutely right! It's for the explosion, of course!"

George grinned. "Hannah, it seems you understand the allure of magic fireworks!"

……

Vizette picked up the jar containing dried nettles. "Let's go back to the swelling potion and the swelling charm... what's their common effect?"

Hannah tentatively asked, "Make the object...inflate?"

“Right?” Vizette nodded. “Back in the school hospital, I used the tickling charm as an example, hoping you’d recall some interesting things…”

"For example, a leaf tickling your leg will make it itchy... Is that something in common with the Tickling Curse? The situation hasn't changed yet, we still need to find commonalities..."

Vizette pointed back to the potion ingredients, "Let's take 'expansion' as a common thread and rethink why they can do this, based on what we already know..."