Death Arrives

A knock came from outside the door. Anna excitedly hurried over to answer it, eagerly anticipating the giant Boston lobster she had just ordered.

Anton paid no attention and continued leaning over the railing, looking down.

"Traces of Time..."

It was clearly an effective method. The question was how to add this "ingredient" to the environment downstairs. That was where things got interesting.

Potions wasn't limited to standing at a workbench and fiddling with bottles and jars. Once you understood the magical principles behind them, you realized they had a much wider range of applications.

Take the "Flight Charm" Ritual Magic Voldemort invented as a student. You put a potion representing the "self" inside a Golden Snitch, release it into the wild, then chase after it on a Flying Broomstick.

This was, in fact, an extension of "stirring a potion."

Back when Anton had first crossed over and become the Old Wizard Fiennes's apprentice, he had already learned that his emotions and thoughts while stirring could influence how a potion took shape. For that, he'd even taken a Cruciatus Curse. It was best not to remember it too clearly.

And if "emotions and thoughts" could have an effect, then the "environment" naturally could, too.

Following that line of thought, Anton immediately came up with an interesting idea: influence the "environment" in reverse, accomplishing the step of "applying the potion."

—A Curse.

Curses were an enormous subject. They could involve Charms, Potions, Mysticism, Ritual Magic...

Magic was sometimes like that. It was difficult for people to clearly organize it into a well-structured system.

Especially Dark Magic. Most wizards who studied it went mad or became twisted. Could anyone really expect them to organize an academic body of knowledge for those who came after?

Anton chose to use the kind of magic