After Charms, Basil told Harry and the others about this.
Except for the part about why Slytherin students became bad.
Hermione shook her head like a rattle. "The books don't say any of that. We should stick to the textbook."
Ron had a different opinion. "What you said does make sense. I've seen it in some old books at home. But they also said, 'If you successfully cast a spell, no matter how you pronounced the incantation or waved your wand, remember that feeling! It may be the casting method best suited to you!'"
"I think Harry might have directly found his own personal style."
Harry nodded along.
He considered himself very ordinary.
How could he possibly have such powerful magic?
What Ron said was more reliable.
"Fine." Basil shrugged.
Being convinced of one's own correctness was also a kind of spiritual power.
Just as wizards skilled in Transfiguration could ignore incantations and wand movements.
It was fine for Harry to think that way.
When he learned advanced spells later, he could completely do it like this.
Just like what Seamus had done in the Great Hall at noon.
"Rabbit eyes round and bright, harp strings soft and light, turn this water into wine." It was not an incantation at all.
Just as Fred and George had tricked Ron, they told Seamus that it could turn water into wine.
Yet that joke of an incantation worked.
As Seamus angrily waved his wand.
The water immediately took on a fruity fragrance.
Although Seamus had never tasted wine, so it tasted more like fruit juice, it was still not bad.
That was the power of belief.
But unfortunately, Seamus did not know how to draw conclusions from it, so it became a fleeting glimpse.
His later attempts only ended in explosions.
The other classes that week did not leave much of an impression on Basil.
Herbology three times a week.
After Basil discovered that he could invade the greenhouse through Hogwarts in his mind at any time and secretly take pictures, it became somewhat boring as well.
In fact, after Tuesday afternoon's Herbology class, Basil made a batch of Summoning Cards.
Chinese Biting Cabbage, Mandrake, Gillyweed, Venomous Tentacula.
They cost him 2,000 gems.
Good heavens! He had not even had time to make his Echo yet!
Of these Summoning Cards, Basil felt that the Mandrake and Venomous Tentacula were the most worthwhile.
Magical Plant: Mandrake Level: 1 Magic Cost: 4 Summons a Mandrake. When enemy units are present in the fan-shaped area ahead, the Mandrake will scream loudly and slowly crawl toward them. When attacked, the Mandrake can avoid damage by merging into the soil. Mandrake sound damage is neither magical nor physical. Player units' magic resistance cannot fully take effect. Health: 50 Damage: 10 Damage per Second: 3 Fire Weakness: -10 Attack Interval: 3s Attack Range: 3m. For every additional 1m, damage decreases by 1 point. Targets: Ground, Air, Underwater When the target is an underwater unit, attack range is reduced to 2m. Beyond 1m, damage reduction becomes 0. Movement Speed: Slow
Although the Mandrake's health was low, even among plants.
It was more resistant to fire.
Its voice could also be fatal.
This was not magic, so magic resistance could not negate part of the damage.
And because it incorporated magic, it was not a purely physical attack either, so it could not be completely avoided through sheer force of will.
Ordinary wizards, limited by the structure of the human body, generally had less than 10 health.
Unless they covered their ears immediately, they would only face death.
Magical Plant: Venomous Tentacula Level: 1 Magic Cost: 4 Summons Venomous Tentacula. When enemy units are present in the surrounding circular area, Venomous Tentacula will extend its vines and pull them toward itself, then inject venom through its Stinger. The venom causes paralysis and continuous damage. Venom damage is neither magical nor physical. Player units' magic resistance cannot fully take effect. Health: 140 Fire Weakness: -50 Tentacle Damage: 3 Damage per Second: 1 Attack Interval: 5s Attack Range: 3m Targets: Ground Movement Speed: Unable to move Venomous Tentacula Venom Damage: 10 Damage per Second: 1
Judging from the panel, it was like a poisonous Devil's Snare.
Its strangling power was not as strong as Devil's Snare's.
But it had a Stinger, and its venom damage increased every second.
Moreover, the condition for the venom to cause damage was that it had to be injected into the body.
So unless an antidote was taken within ten seconds, or the venom was extracted from the body with an Extracting Charm.
It would still bring death.
Although the immunity of wizards inhabited by magic could also be considered an innate constant spell, and ordinary poisons could not endanger a wizard's life.
This venom was not entirely magical damage, so it could not be resisted or reduced by magic.
And because it incorporated magic, the poison could not be expelled by a wizard's natural immunity.
According to Ron, Professor McGonagall's former husband had been poisoned to death by Venomous Tentacula.
Chinese Biting Cabbage and Gillyweed were purely there to make up the numbers.
The former was because its name included China. In terms of damage, it could not even break through the natural physical defense of the human body, which was not reflected on the stat panel. Those with strange tastes could give it a try, though, since it had a mouth.
The latter was because its pus could remove acne after being diluted.
It could make money.
Other than bringing the experience bar of Basil's Grimoire to 900 and letting him make one more card, the two had no other use.
Then there was Astronomy every Wednesday.
Other than the romantic atmosphere of the tower top beneath the late-night starry sky, the knowledge it taught was extremely dull.
Basil did not dislike A History of Magic as much as Harry and the others did.
Although Hogwarts' history lessons were limited by circumstances and could not be taught in museums like in Basil's Previous Life during middle school.
It would do. A ghost teacher, after all!
How rare!
Especially since he did not care what you did, and his lectures helped you sleep!
Defense Against the Dark Arts was a course offered only at Hogwarts and Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In this course, students learned how to resist various types of Dark Magic, including Dark Magic creatures, dark curses—including curses, poison curses, and evil curses—and dueling.
Logically, everyone should have looked forward to such a cool class.
But the entire class, Basil included, had lost faith in it.
Basil had watched the movies and knew what Quirrell was like.
The other students had specifically looked into this professor after the opening feast incident.
Yet everything was beyond their expectations.
As first-years, what they mainly had to learn was about dangerous areas in the magical world.
As well as various survival methods.
For example, using the Red Spark Charm to release Red Sparks into the sky.
Ministries of Magic in every region regarded this spell as a survival signal, equivalent to an emergency hotline in the Muggle World, except it worked worldwide.
Quirrell explained this material clearly and without stammering.
It only took half a class period.
For the remaining time, he focused on the Black Forest of Albania.
The Magic Field there was exceptionally chaotic.
Unless someone had lived there for many years or possessed superb magical cultivation, they simply could not cast magic normally there.
A Seer's Heavenly Eye would also become blurred there.
As a result, the place was filled with all sorts of dangerous dark creatures and fugitives.
After one lesson, most students had gained a new respect for Quirrell.
Even the garlic smell that still clung to him no longer seemed so eye-watering.
According to the older students, Quirrell also had exceptional insight into dealing with dark creatures and Dark Magic, and his nonverbal spells were shockingly powerful.
One Armor Charm had blocked several Stunning Spells.
But Basil was not particularly moved by that.
What he cared more about was Quirrell's behavior.
Quirrell seemed to have stopped pretending altogether.
He was extremely gloomy, even more Snape than Snape.
Only while teaching did he show a hint of passion.
Fortunately, this change counted toward Basil. It added nearly 5,000 more gems.
That was why he had been willing to spend gems making Summoning Cards that evening, after Herbology class.
As for the remaining Flying lessons, they were apparently still a few weeks away.
All in all, from this week's classes alone, the only useful ones to him were Transfiguration and Charms.
But now, he needed to pull himself together.
Ron was still complaining about that morning's Potions class as they walked.
He, Ron, and Hermione were following Harry toward Hagrid's hut.
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