"Hm?" Seamus Finnigan raised an eyebrow, his expression sharpening. "How does it have anything to do with this magic?"
Dean Thomas seemed to have thought of something. "Before Potions Class, you said you were still looking for a technique to master this magic efficiently..."
"Neville..." His eyebrows lifted. "Are you hiding some inside story and only just letting it slip now?"
"It's... it's not really an inside story," Neville explained. "It's just about lowering the difficulty of the Charm to Repel Weapons. After all, the Charm to Repel Weapons is pretty complicated... Everyone in M.S.C. has been trying to figure out a way."
"To master this magic quickly, you need a fuller understanding of the so-called Survival Instinct. For most students, that's still quite difficult."
"And what we're trying now," he continued, "is mainly to see what methods can lower the threshold for understanding Survival Instinct."
"Like Fred and George taking Ron away now. I'm guessing... they're also trying to figure out a way. The main reason I didn't tell you in detail before was that none of it had a final result yet..."
He scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "I was afraid that if I told everyone and then couldn't do it, I'd disappoint you."
"At least on my end... I actually don't have much confidence that I can guarantee I'll think of a suitable method before the open class arrives."
Seamus Finnigan nodded thoughtfully. "So that's how it is..."
Seeing this, Harry quickly said, "Neville, I think Seamus and Dean were only joking."
Dean Thomas hurriedly nodded as well. "Right! We were only joking. Don't take it to heart."
"We share a dormitory, don't we?" He patted Neville on the shoulder. "Do you think we still don't understand your personality? You definitely wanted to get everything done