Good Big Brother and Good Little Sister

With his talent for Charms increased, Andy was unwilling to waste such a good opportunity. He picked up his wand and prepared to go to the basement to practice magic.

He went down the stairs to the living room on the first floor.

Little Isabel was lying on the sofa, eating snacks while reading a fairy-tale book. She looked completely relaxed, entertaining herself.

What a monotonous childhood.

Luckily, he had taken her to catch fish in the river yesterday. Otherwise, how bored would she be day after day?

It was time to buy her a Muggle game console...

Hmm... better not. Getting addicted to games was not a good thing either.

Good big brother Andy walked over.

"Wingardium Leviosa."

With a gentle wave of his wand, Isabel and the fairy-tale book in her hands floated into the air.

This was a flying game Muggle children had never experienced before. Andy felt that this spell was filled with a big brother's affection for his little sister.

"Mm..."

The little girl puffed out her cheeks.

This was already the 103rd time this month. Isabel had never looked forward so much to owning a wand, so she could cast every spell she knew at Andy once.

No, a thousand times.

If Andy had learned Legilimency, he surely would have felt immensely gratified at this moment.

The little girl finally knew how to work hard.

This was a thousandfold love.

"Where's Mom?" After setting her down, Andy raised a brow and asked.

"There!" Isabel tilted her chin toward the Potions Room.

"I'm going to practice Charms. Want to come watch?" Andy asked.

"No!" Isabel refused without hesitation.

When Andy had first practiced Charms, Isabel had been quite interested. But no matter how interesting something was, after seeing it repeated dozens of times, she probably would not be interested anymore.

Andy patted the little girl on the head and entered the basement alone.

The basement had originally been a storage room, but since Andy needed a place to practice magic, Kyle had renovated it, built a new room, and expanded it with a Space Extension Charm.

Andy had once been very curious about why Kyle and Helen did not practice magic.

The answer they gave was remarkably powerful.

They felt that magic did not need to be practiced.

The magic they had mastered was already enough to solve every problem they encountered in life. Continuing to practice might make them a little stronger, but only a little.

It was like how Muggles viewed fitness.

An adult's strength was already enough to handle the trivial matters of daily life, so what was the point of continuing to exercise? Dark Wizards were dealt with by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, and Voldemort had Dumbledore to oppose him.

If all else failed, they could use a Portkey to live in another country.

Becoming better at casting spells would neither extend their lifespan nor add a few more Galleons to their vault. Since that was the case, mastering enough magic for daily life was enough.

Andy understood.

This was really a matter of perspective.

They had grown up in the Wizarding World and were used to seeing all kinds of magic, so naturally they did not think magic was particularly amazing.

It was like how Andy thought the Muggle technology of this era was very backward, while Mr. Weasley was fascinated by Muggle technology.

Shaking his head, Andy could do nothing about such things. He only needed to do what he needed to do.

Entering the Practice Room, Andy flicked the switch and turned on the basement lights.

Do not think that the Wizarding World did not use Muggle technology. Aside from those wizards who lived cut off from the world, using certain Muggle technological products was already an open secret in the Wizarding World.

The Practice Room was around a hundred square meters. Kyle had set up several humanoid targets inside, and Helen had also enchanted some of them to fly—once Andy attacked them, the targets would move on their own.

Besides that, Andy had installed a huge mirror in the Practice Room, one that nearly covered an entire wall.

Whether magic was powerful enough and whether it could hit its target were important, but those were long-term concerns. More importantly, one's casting posture had to look cool.

This mirror allowed Andy to observe his casting posture at any time, so he could promptly correct any movements that looked unappealing.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Stupefy!"

"Incendio!"

"Reparo!"

"..."

The sounds of Andy practicing Charms echoed through the basement. Besides basic spells, Transfiguration was also part of his practice.

There was a reason Transfiguration had been separated from basic spells. It was a highly complex form of magic and one of the foundations for wizards to understand the principles behind how the world was made.

For example, to turn a wooden stick into an iron rod, a wizard needed to understand the components of both before beginning the transformation.

That was why no wizard could transform an object into a Magical Creature.

Because they did not understand the principles of magic.

"Phew—"

Andy plopped down on the floor. Panting heavily, he opened the system to check today's progress.

After just one short hour of practice, the red liquid inside the sphere had already risen to one-third.

The progress was encouraging!

The growth of the red liquid not only meant that Andy could gain Potential Points, but also that his practice today had been effective.

If the practice had been ineffective, the red liquid would not have changed in the slightest.

But that was only temporary.

His progress was so fast today mainly because his talent for Charms had increased. Once his talent had been developed to a certain extent, the pace of progress from practice would naturally slow down.

Fortunately, increased talent allowed Andy to learn new magic more quickly.

After catching his breath, Andy got up from the floor, dusted himself off, tidied the Practice Room with a Mending Charm and a Cleaning Charm, then left the basement.

In the living room, Helen and Isabel were sitting on the sofa playing Wizarding Cards.

"Andy, school hasn't even started yet. If you work this hard now, the professors won't know how to teach you once term begins."

Helen shifted over. "Come sit down and rest!"

"I can just go to the library and read on my own," Andy said after sitting down.

Of course, he was working hard now so he would have more time to spend in the library.

Hogwarts lasted seven years. No matter how he thought about it, there never seemed to be enough time.

"My son is amazing!"

Of course Helen would not stop Andy from studying hard. It was one thing for her and Kyle to be lazy, but she had high hopes for Andy.

"Hmph!" Isabel curled her lip.

She felt that she definitely could not match Andy's diligence, but once Andy grew old and could no longer walk, she would be able to defeat him.

She had the advantage in that regard!

"There are only three days until school starts. Don't tire yourself out too much these next couple of days," Helen reminded him.

"Mm! I was planning to rest for two days too."

Andy said, "By the way, Mom, I should be allowed to read those magic books at home now, right? I mean the parts about casting spells."