Why Is the Levitation Charm Considered Dark Arts?

Why Is the Levitation Charm Considered Dark Arts? Brook sighed helplessly and took a large bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans from the cabinet.

Hermione's eyes immediately lit up (✧◡✧), and the corners of her mouth curled up into an expression that said, "I knew it."

"I knew you still had some!"

She took the beans, unwrapped them without ceremony, and popped one into her mouth.

Hermione was never polite with Brook, but she never came empty-handed either.

She pulled two hefty hamburgers from her schoolbag.

"Here, your breakfast." Hermione blinked. "I made them myself."

Brook took the hamburger and bit into it, his brow furrowing slightly.

The steak was a little burnt, but he swallowed it anyway.

"How is it? (●⁰ꈊ⁰●)" Hermione looked at him expectantly.

"Not bad."

Hermione happily took out The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 from her schoolbag and began reading it seriously.

Brook had originally planned to buy some cosmetics, change his appearance, stroll around Diagon Alley, and pick up a few tasks along the way.

But since Hermione was here, they might as well read together. He had to study sooner or later anyway.

If he really ended up last in class at school, he would be too embarrassed to show his face.

He ate his hamburger leisurely, glancing at Hermione from time to time.

Hermione was already absorbed in her book, and at some point, she had taken out her wand as well.

She was not waving it around recklessly. She was simply reading with complete focus.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Hermione's brows drew tighter and tighter, nearly twisting into a knot.

Brook noticed something was wrong. "What is it?"

"There's a problem with this book."

Hermione looked up, a trace of dissatisfaction in her voice.

Brook's expression instantly turned grave.

Could this little girl be a reincarnator too?

Otherwise, how could she notice the problem in a magic book the moment she encountered one?

"What problem?"

"The book only lists the spells and what they do, but it doesn't explain how to cast them. Is magic really as simple as holding a wand and saying the incantation?"

Brook let out a breath of relief.

That was all?

"Actually, that's pretty normal. It's probably a kind of secrecy measure."

"Secrecy?" Hermione's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"Then how are we supposed to study in advance? Hogwarts must have lots of young wizards from wizarding families. They can learn early under their families' guidance, and we'll fall far behind them."

She looked anxious, her fingers unconsciously tapping against the table.

Brook thought Hermione had a point.

He could not refute it.

But what did it matter?

He had already seen through many things.

Sometimes, the gap between people was greater than the gap between people and dogs.

Some gaps could be made up for through hard work.

Some gaps could be made up for through hard work, but others were determined from the moment one was born.

He could score a hundred because a hundred was all he could score.

Those geniuses scored a hundred because the test was only worth a hundred.

That was the essential difference between people.

Besides, that was how class structures formed in the first place.

Why did books in ancient Great Xia have no punctuation?

Wasn't it simply to create a barrier to learning and prevent ordinary people from teaching themselves?

Those clans could then maintain their monopoly on knowledge and secure their own status.

Brook was not worried about Hermione's concerns in the slightest.

Those who sought suffered; those without desires were strong.

Having lived another life, all he needed to do was live freely and happily.

If he had any goal at all—

There was only one.

If he had the ability in the future, he would wipe out Japan.

Brook's thoughts drifted away. It seemed "8.19" was approaching.

He really ought to get involved.

"Brook, are you even listening to me?"

Hermione's voice pulled him back to reality.

Her hands kept rubbing her wand.

She clearly wanted to try casting magic, but she was afraid something might go wrong, leaving her extremely hesitant.

"I heard you." Brook looked at Hermione helplessly.

Whenever this little girl got involved in anything related to studying, she became very unlikable.

He then turned his gaze toward the book in Hermione's hands.

The page happened to be about the Engorgement Charm.

The moment he looked at it, he learned it.

He even had the feeling that he could cast it without a wand.

(⊙o⊙)

Brook frowned slightly.

He summoned his personal panel in his mind.

[Host: Brook Lott]

[Age: 11]

[Identity: Incoming Hogwarts student]

[Host has received rewards: Door-Door Fruit, Occlumency, "Asian Sorcery," Top-tier Dark Arts talent]

There were only four rewards, and none of them had anything to do with spellcasting talent.

As for him naturally possessing top-tier spellcasting talent—

He would not believe that even if he were beaten to death.

Then there was only one explanation—the Engorgement Charm was Dark Arts.

Brook took out Qingfeng.

He had named both of his wands.

The normal one was called Qingfeng, and he planned to use it as his main wand at Hogwarts.

As for the other wand, which resembled a small sword, he had named it Mingyue and intended it as a hidden trump card.

He pointed his wand at the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans in front of him.

"Engorgio!"

The beans immediately expanded by more than ten times, becoming as large as a football.

Hermione looked at Brook as if he were a monster.

Then she pointed her wand at one of the beans as well.

"Engorgio!"

But the bean did not change at all.

Refusing to accept it, she chanted at the bean several more times, but she still could not make it expand.

A sense of frustration rose within her.

Her little face scrunched up, and tears began to gather in her eyes ⸝⸝ʚ̴̶̷̆ ̯ʚ̴̶̷̆⸝⸝.

"Am I not suited to be a witch?"

Brook lightly patted Hermione on the head.

"What, giving up already?"

Hermione raised her head, her eyes filled with grievance and defiance.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you!"

Brook did not offer any comforting words.

He understood Hermione.

When it came to studying, comfort was the most useless thing for Hermione.

The best comfort was helping her learn it.

"Can I really do it?" Hermione's voice still trembled slightly.

"Give it a try!"

Brook shrugged and began carefully explaining his understanding and experience with the Engorgement Charm.

That was only because Hermione had never attended classes at Hogwarts.

Otherwise, she would have discovered that Brook explained it even more thoroughly than Flitwick.

It was not that Brook's teaching ability was better than Flitwick's.

Rather, for young wizards, being able to cast a spell at all was already good enough.

Understanding the essence of a spell was advanced-level material.

Hermione truly lived up to her reputation as a genius.

Following Brook's guidance, in less than half an hour—

She was able to cast the Engorgement Charm smoothly.

Although she could not achieve Brook's tenfold effect, making an object grow two or three times larger was easy for her.

A smile reappeared on Hermione's face.

While Hermione practiced the Engorgement Charm—

Brook also roughly flipped through Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection and The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1.

He discovered that Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection contained only one Impedimenta Jinx.

It could give the target a severe cold and make them constantly suffer from a runny nose, so it counted as Dark Arts.

He could not learn any of the others after reading them once.

Yet in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1, there were many spells he could instantly learn.

The Fire-Making Spell, Softening Charm, Dancing Feet Spell, Tickling Charm, Severing Charm, and even the Levitation Charm all counted as Dark Arts.

Was that reasonable?

He could understand the earlier ones, since using them on people could cause a certain degree of harm.

But the Levitation Charm?

Was he supposed to cast Levitation Charms in different directions on each of a person's five limbs?

Looking at those spells, Brook remembered a proper Dark Arts spell.

Avada Kedavra.

The reason it left such a deep impression on him was not because of the movies.

It was because he had once come across a video by accident.

It seemed one first used a curse as a marker, then created a branching chain of Avada lightning.

It was incredibly spectacular.

It looked far more like magic than what was shown in the movies.

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