All Things Have Spirits and Spells of All Things

The reason Andy had decided to study alchemy in the first place, aside from wanting to refine the Philosopher's Stone and being genuinely curious about alchemy, was mainly to gain another way to accumulate Potential Points.

All knowledge progressed from easy to difficult.

When he had first begun learning magic, Andy only needed ten days of hard practice to gain one Potential Point.

But as Andy's mastery of magic gradually deepened, the rate at which he gained Potential Points through practicing magic had slowed considerably.

It was not that practicing magic automatically earned Potential Points.

Only effective practice could earn Potential Points.

In other words, he had to improve his strength.

That had also been why he had studied Divination last year.

Unfortunately, Divination relied entirely on talent. Hard work alone was useless for that sort of thing.

For now, Andy did not need overly powerful divination abilities, nor did he have any plans to invest points in Divination anytime soon, so he could only find another way to gain Potential Points.

With that in mind, Andy stopped complaining. He casually opened an alchemy book and began taking notes in earnest.

"Have you decided to study alchemy?" Hermione asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Andy replied.

Although he felt alchemy was not exactly the proper path, it was still a magical craft that had been passed down for ages. There was never any harm in mastering another field of knowledge.

Besides, studying alchemy could also earn him Potential Points.

His point investments for the second half of the school year would depend entirely on it.

He said that mainly because he had just completed the fusion of his mind and magic. Practicing magic at this time would still greatly improve his strength.

And improving his strength naturally earned Potential Points.

However,