He opened the book, and the contents were utterly outrageous.
Magic did not exist.
Like physical strength, it was not a substance that actually existed.
It was merely a psychological illusion, an artificially fabricated concept.
You could feel it, and you could make others perceive it, but it did not actually exist.
That was also why powerful wizards preferred to call it power or Mana.
Magic was a phenomenon produced by combining one's own field with the Earth's field.
A wand was merely an antenna.
If one's own field was strong enough—in other words, if one's will was firm enough—then gestures, incantations, and even wands were unnecessary.
But that was not even the most outrageous part.
He turned to the page on Magic Fields.
Any creature with magic possessed a Magic Field.
It could cause objects to become animated.
That was how the talking mirror in their home had come about.
In alchemy, creating animated objects was a method of accelerating this process.
Squibs also possessed Magic Fields, but theirs were simply far too weak.
That was why they differed from their Muggle brethren: they could still use magical items and see Dementors.
They were also not quite as vulnerable to spells.
"Why is this so scientific?"
Basil felt the magical world he had imagined collapsing.
What the hell was a magnetic field?
Was that even in the novels?
According to the book,
Magic was not something consumed when casting spells.
It merely represented one's ability to cast magic.
It was like an ID card distinguishing wizards from ordinary people.
So magic was more like spell power?
Setting aside those complicated theories, the creation of a spell mainly relied on the power of belief.
That was to say, things like willpower and emotions.
And Basil had searched through every book.
Not one sentence mentioned cultivation or refining any extraordinary energy.
Improving one's magical attainment simply meant constant practice and using magic.
It was as mechanical as Muggles training their muscles.
The more advanced path was using Transfiguration to alter oneself.
Voldemort was one of the best at it.
Wizards seemed to be born wizards.
Wizards and Muggles were different races.
Before obtaining wands, young wizards could trigger magic and produce magical phenomena when their anger, fear, or joy reached an extreme—Magical Outbursts.
When negative emotions accumulated and rejected magic, the magic concept within them could even become tangible and gather inside their bodies, becoming the terrifying Obscurus.
If Muggles did the same, they would only experience physical reactions caused by hormonal changes accompanying their emotions.
Growing older, gaining deeper knowledge, developing a complete or flawed personality—all of that meant an increase in magic for wizards.
And Muggles?
No wonder wizards were so arrogant.
They were like people chosen by some mysterious power in the dark and separated from humanity.
Magical knowledge was simply the means of applying that power.
Gestures, incantations, wands, wand movements, and emotions were all things that brought wizards closer to it and made it easier to wield.
Muggles, even if they possessed profound magical knowledge, could not cast a single spell or use magical items.
From the moment they were born, a thick and pitiable barrier stood between wizards and Muggles.
If there were not no reproductive barriers, young wizards would also be born among Muggles.
Then Grindelwald's attitude toward Muggles would probably be the majority view among wizards.
At that thought, Basil stretched.
With a snap, he shut Magical Theory and tossed it onto the pile of books beside him.
Over the past five days, he had not done nothing but read.
Aside from killing ants for +0.0001, +0.0001, +0.0001,
and steadily increasing his health points,
during his morning, noon, and afternoon breaks, he had used the list of required supplies to find everything except a wand.
That stack of books contained all the first-year texts, including Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, A History of Magic, Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, Magical Drafts and Potions, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection.
But unfortunately, his parents, whom he had never met, did not care for studying. Apart from the names on the title pages, the books were as good as new.
The other required items were the same.
Three sets of plain black work robes, one plain pointed black hat for daytime wear, one pair of dragon-hide protective gloves, one black cloak with silver fastenings for winter. A pewter cauldron, several small potion bottles, a telescope, and brass scales.
He had found all of them in the storeroom.
The pristine magic lingering in the storeroom had kept them looking brand-new.
According to Magical Theory, not only the storeroom but every room in this tunnel—including the tunnel itself—possessed Magic Fields because they contained magic.
The Magic Fields combined with the Earth's magnetic field and reinforced one another.
That was why they could continue operating indefinitely.
Sophisticated magical items, magical structures, and the eternal Goblet of Fire were all born from this principle.
Ordinary prank items, however, like Werewolf Fang Discs, would gradually lose their magic as their own fields weakened if they were not used by a wizard owner.
Yawning, Basil made his way to the entrance chamber.
He casually picked up the gilded sculpture. After a flash of blue light, he returned to the treehouse.
Beneath the redwood tree, Fenrir's corpse had been used as fertilizer for Devil's Snare so it would not be such an eyesore.
Basil naturally accepted the meager haul of nine Galleons and eight Sickles.
And Fenrir's Blackthorn wood wand, with a Dragon Heartstring core,
was another reason he had come to the treehouse, besides feeding Snowy Owl Fenda.
In fact, the instant he touched the wand, that cold mechanical voice rang out again.
Wand detected: fourteen and three-quarters inches, Blackthorn wood, Dragon Heartstring [Curse bonus 10%, poison curse and hex bonus 8%, Transfiguration and charm bonus 5%]
.Loading failed. Would you like to spend 2,000 gems to repair the Wand Appearance function?
Basil was not surprised by those strange bonuses.
In truth, those bonuses should only have been rough averages.
If they were more detailed, they should apply to specific spells.
For example, a 12% Killing Curse bonus or a 6% Incendio bonus.
All of this had been mentioned in Our Friends – The Wands.
As long as you are a wizard, you should be able to use almost any tool to express your magic.
But the best results will always come from the closest bond between wizard and wand.
Those bonds are complex. At first, there is mutual attraction, followed by mutual exploration and shared experience.
The wand learns from the wizard, and the wizard learns from the wand.
Without a doubt, they are our closest and most mysterious friends.
They can absorb our techniques and learn our magic.
But even so, I advise you not to use a wand that is rich in knowledge and profound in magic.
No matter how powerful the magic they contain, their bodies remain fragile.
The habits and styles they learned from their former owners often do not align with the new owner's magical style.
To use them, the new owner must suppress their own individuality to adapt to the wand.
That is unwise, especially for a wizard with aspirations and ambitions in the field of magic.
Therefore, I suggest that everyone use a wand that "chooses" them, rather than any secondhand wand.
When a wand learns too much, the positions of master and servant can reverse.
The famous dark wizard and Wandlore expert Godelot was such a case.
He regarded his wand as a partner, even a mentor.
Guided by it, his mind became twisted, and he fell from a distinguished wandmaker into a dark wizard.
That was why, in modern times, wands were generally buried with their owners after the owners died—or burned.
This practice prevented a wand from learning from too many owners.
Some wizarding families deliberately preserved the wands used by their ancestors for later generations.
They hoped that close blood relations and the same family upbringing would reduce the negative effects.
But remember, no two leaves in the world are identical!
Before anyone argues: I did not make up the term Magic Field, so do not say it does not fit the setting. You cannot find it in the novels or the Harry Potter Encyclopedia because Rowling added it later.
There was no electricity or electronic equipment at Hogwarts. Hermione Granger had mentioned that because the Magic Field there was so strong, Muggle substitutes for magic, such as computers, radar, and electricity, would "malfunction" around Hogwarts. However, wizarding wireless radio was an exception. Rowling had mentioned that wireless radio in the magical world was not powered by electricity, but by magic.
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