Magic and Desire

"Now that you can control your magic power to perform some magic tricks, perhaps we can try combining spells to release some magic," Mu En's voice slowly emerged in the living room.

"Really?!" Harry, who was reading at the table, perked up. A week had passed since he successfully lit a fire for the first time.

Now, driven by his conscious will, he could perform tricks like starting fires, breaking branches, or making flowers bloom early.

At first, he was a little proud, but then Mr. Lucifer quietly told him that at his age, Uncle Mu En's magic power was perfectly controlled, and he could cast spells with his entire body.

He used to lie in bed and cast spells with his feet, breathing fire with his butt.

This immediately made Harry unsure whether to cry or laugh.

In any case, from then on, he felt even more how amazing Uncle Mu En was...

"The first spell – Reparo." Mu En opened "Standard Spells: Elementary" and pushed it in front of Harry.

[Reparo]

This spell can repair damaged items, returning them to their original appearance.

Harry had already read many magic books during this time, so he was naturally familiar with this spell. The book also had detailed annotations on the intonation and wand movements for this spell.

He cautiously looked up at Mu En and saw that smug cat face nod in confirmation, saying, "That's right, no wand, use your hands."

Well, as expected. Harry wasn't very disappointed; on the contrary, he was excited. He just wanted a definitive answer.

"You can use your hand as a pointer and your glasses as the target," Mu En said.

Harry's glasses were very broken, with the temples and nose pads held together by tape, and the lenses also had cracks. They were perfect targets for repair.

Harry nodded, took off his glasses, and placed them on the table, starting to try repeatedly.

"Reparo!" Harry waved a finger in front of his eyes while chanting the spell.

The glasses on the table suddenly twitched twice, then returned to calm.

"Don't rush, kid," Mu En chuckled, stood beside him, and extended his hand.

"Watch my movements," he instructed, then loudly chanted the spell: "Reparo!"

Whoosh—

The tape on Harry's glasses suddenly spun, and a small silver glow erupted at the damaged spots on the glasses. The cracks on the lenses began to shrink and then merged.

In the blink of an eye, a brand-new pair of glasses appeared. The metal corrosion on the temples vanished, the broken parts healed, and the old tapes detached from the glasses, lying on the table.

"Wow!" Harry couldn't help but exclaim. This was one of the few times he had observed spellcasting so meticulously, and the feeling of reality being rewritten deeply shocked him.

"Merlin is the founder of modern magic. He combined the legacies of Runic, Latin, Ancient Greek Magical Script, and Egyptian Magical Script to lay a solid foundation for modern magic," Mu En explained slowly.

"Tell me, what are the three essential elements of modern magic casting?"

"Gestures, incantations, and desire!!" Harry exclaimed loudly. The books he had read during this time were not read in vain. Besides spells, transfiguration, and potions, he had also read many history books.

Mu En's saying, "Learn from history, and take the ancients as your teacher," had already been written by him on the first page of his notebook.

"What is the fundamental difference between it and ancient magic?" Mu En asked again.

This question made Harry think for a long time before he finally said, "Desire!"

"That's right. Before Merlin's era, except for some dark magic in ancient Egypt that required malice, most ancient magic was an absolutely rational discipline. Runes, formations, or spells, which were used to communicate with the origin of the world, absolutely could not tolerate any mistakes.

Rigorousness was the basic requirement for becoming an excellent wizard in that era.

And after Merlin, he innovatively combined various knowledge and simplified spells and runes, allowing people to cast spells by simply reciting a word or a short phrase."

As he spoke, Mu En placed his hand on the table and drew a rune.

"These simplified spells and gestures act as the skeleton during the casting process.

And our casting desire is used to drive the laws of the world, allowing them to fill in the flesh and blood along the prescribed path of our skeleton."

Harry nodded, "I understand."

Mu En nodded, then waved his hand. With a flash of silver light, the glasses returned to their previous broken state, with the tape wrapped around them again.

Meeting Harry's astonished expression, Mu En smiled, "Isn't this the best practice tool?"

Harry also gave a wry smile in agreement, "That's true..."

Although Mu En was encountering the magic of this world for the first time, his vast theoretical knowledge and casting experience had already allowed him to master many simple spells.

However, he hadn't chosen to repair Harry's glasses before, nor had he managed many minor damages in the castle. He was waiting for this day.

Applying what one has learned, wasn't that the point?

Besides, he wasn't a nanny.

As he spoke, Harry began practicing again, repeatedly chanting the spell: "Reparo!"

This continued for a long time, but the glasses showed no change. Harry looked at Mu En with some distress, seeking clarification.

Mu En smiled, took "History of Modern Magic" from the side, flipped to a page, and handed it to Harry.

"The answers are in the book," Mu En said.

Harry was a little confused but began to read word for word, trying to find the answer. Before long, he suddenly noticed a sentence.

"...The fusion and development of Latin and English undoubtedly also changed the incantations. It can be confirmed that all current incantations are merely 'imitations' of ancient spells."

Modern spells, however, because they use the Latin alphabet, which has been developed over many years for writing, have undoubtedly introduced deviations in their notation and true pronunciation.

Therefore, in learning contemporary spells, we need to abandon our everyday language habits and seek out the awkward intonation, pitch differences, and variations in pronunciation. Only then can we quickly master a spell..."

Harry's ears felt a little hot. He had seen this page before, but at the time, he hadn't noticed that the book contained such records; he had been completely captivated by the thrilling stories of history.

"Reparo—"

Mu En said slowly, "Rise, fall, slow fall, rise. Use a low tone for the 'L'."

Harry nodded, then focused his gaze on the glasses and tried a few more times. Finally, he concentrated his attention on the crack on the lens.

He understood. If he couldn't fix the glasses in one go, he would take it step by step.

As he chanted the spell again, a small silver light suddenly appeared at the edge of the crack on the lens, beginning to move along the fissure.

Where the silver light passed, that tiny crack disappeared.

Harry held up the glasses and looked happily at Mu En. "Uncle Mu En, I did it."

Seeing this, Mu En nodded with satisfaction. Being able to do this with his bare hands, if he were given a conductor, he should be able to repair the entire pair of glasses.

If he were given an amplifier, repairing larger items wouldn't be a problem either.

"Not bad," Mu En praised, then smiled. "But it's not considered true mastery yet."

"Not yet?" Harry asked, a little confused. He noticed the 'apple-like smile' on Mu En's face.

"If you can repair some of the old objects in the castle, then I'll believe you."