Vizet slowly lowered his wand. As he dispelled the Tracking Spell, the gold dust coiled in midair scattered with it.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke again, softly uttering one relatively obscure incantation after another. At the same time, he moved his wand in rhythm with the spells, tracing path after path through the air.
Magical ripples spread one after another, yet Professor McGonagall's whereabouts still did not appear.
During this process, Professor Flitwick's expression changed. It gradually shifted from relaxed at first to grave, and his eyelids twitched slightly without him realizing it.
Watching from the side, he saw it all clearly. The detection magic Vizet had cast at first had still been within his and Professor McGonagall's expectations.
Previously, in order to test the effects of this Disillusionment Charm, the detection magic Vizet was now trying had already been tested by him. That was why his expression had been relaxed at first.
Once all this detection magic failed, and Vizet turned to trying even deeper, more abstruse magic, Professor Flitwick's expression gradually grew solemn.
Professor Flitwick had reason to believe that if Vizet was allowed to keep trying, Professor McGonagall's trail really would be revealed.
Professor McGonagall, hidden from sight, felt the same. What Professor Flitwick was worried about was exactly what she was worrying about too.
After all, she had once given Vizet Private Lessons, and she knew very well that when he learned magic, he was someone who liked to get to the bottom of things and study magic from multiple angles.
She also knew that after Vizet accumulated a great deal of magical knowledge, he could always think of multiple countermeasures against the same spell.
Although this Disillusionment Charm combined with Animagus was an entirely new magical attempt, Professor McGonagall, who should have been