The Hell Is This Supposed to Be a Lighting Charm?!

He was far too stubborn.

Old Barty Crouch went to work with a helpless look on his face.

Since he was merely a subordinate-like partner, he had no way to deal with Vinson Wright's stubbornness. All he could do was wait for Vinson to enter Hogwarts and let the teachers educate him properly.

"Who would willingly study something this boring..."

Vinson Wright lowered his head and glanced at the Charms textbook in his hands. As he marked down his study plan, he shook his head and sighed. "If it weren't for the Greater Good, who wouldn't want to honestly be a genius..."

[Lighting Charm: The spell is Lumos. When used, the caster uses magic to release a ray of sunlight that remains stable for a long period of time. If the caster has sufficient magic power, they can control the area and duration of the Lighting Charm, enough to make summer daylight reappear in a winter night of snow.]

It was only a Lighting Charm...

Vinson Wright felt that this spell's power had already been enhanced far beyond the ordinary.

It wasn't just the Lighting Charm. According to the system's method of study, it seemed that any ordinary spell could be mastered to the extreme directly. Once the magic within Vinson became more abundant, he would even be able to unleash power beyond imagination.

To be honest, mastering these spells was very interesting.

However, the incantations for spells were often incredibly tedious. Combined with the study method of copying them three hundred times, even Vinson felt a little lost about life.

After an entire day.

Aside from the Lighting Charm, Vinson had also mastered two completely new spells.

[Levitation Charm: The spell is Wingardium Leviosa. When used on an object, it can make the object float. If the caster has sufficient magic power, they can alter the direction of the object's gravitational pull, even making a building float in the air.]

[Fire Charm: The spell is Incendio. It releases and manipulates a mass of raging flames. If the caster has sufficient magic power, they can draw the flames along and transform them into any shape.]

It was just an ordinary Fire Charm...

Yet its magical effect looked just like the terrifying Fiendfyre!

It had to be said...

The true efficiency of this method of study was actually not low!

It didn't take much time at all. In about a week, Vinson would be able to skillfully master all the spells in the first-year textbook.

Of course.

There were also Potions.

Vinson Wright felt somewhat unable to bear it.

The potion formulas were simply too long and tedious, and they even included the methods for processing the potion ingredients. Some of the things involved were things he had never even heard of.

Vinson planned to set aside some time to seriously study Potions and have Old Barty Crouch prepare a formula for a commonly used potion, Polyjuice Potion. He had to strive to completely master the brewing method for Polyjuice Potion before the start of term...

Polyjuice Potion could transform a person into someone else for a short period of time. Whether it was for framing someone or deceiving others, it was an extremely useful potion.

These past few days.

Compared with the strange and bizarre subject of Potions, Vinson still planned to focus mainly on studying spells. His own magical power was the most important thing.

In any case...

The things Vinson would mainly need in the future were definitely his unique Life Potion and Mana Potion. Along with the indispensable Polyjuice Potion, that would basically be enough.

As for when he enrolled and took Potions Class in the future...

Even if he was completely unable to brew a potion successfully in class, it wouldn't matter. When it was time to form groups, he could find someone with good grades to work with.

For example, his new friend Cedric Diggory would be very suitable...

If there were any individual assessments, Vinson Wright could only hope that Hogwarts' Potions professor, Severus Snape, wouldn't sarcastically mock his Potions grades...

At dusk.

Old Barty Crouch came home from work.

When this normally self-disciplined man saw that Vinson Wright was still sitting at the living room table studying his textbook in advance, a hint of approval appeared in Old Barty's eyes.

Vinson's serious manner of studying looked quite proper.

"How did things go today?"

Old Barty Crouch took off his suit while asking about his progress. "Have you learned the Lighting Charm?"

"You go cook first."

Vinson's voice sounded a little impatient as he replied casually, "I only have a few more repetitions before I finish copying this incantation... Don't disturb me while I'm studying."

"Merely memorizing the incantation isn't enough..."

Old Barty Crouch couldn't help frowning. Whenever wizards came up, he became extremely serious. "If you really want to master this magic, whether it's the intonation of the incantation or the spell's..."

"...Imperio!"

Vinson Wright suddenly raised his head.

A flash of red appeared in Vinson's eyes, and Old Barty Crouch was instantly controlled by Vinson's Imperius Curse, forcing him to shut his mouth.

Vinson Wright raised his hand and pointed toward the kitchen. His childish voice suddenly became gentle. "Mr. Crouch, go make dinner. We'll talk about magic after dark..."

"...Yes."

Old Barty Crouch turned and walked toward the kitchen.

Night fell.

It was time for dinner.

As the sky grew darker and darker, Vinson finally lifted the Imperius Curse from Old Barty Crouch, allowing Old Barty to regain his freedom.

However, after Old Barty Crouch regained consciousness, the first thing he did was not argue with Vinson Wright about the Imperius Curse. Instead, he warned him with a solemn expression, "Once you enter Hogwarts, you can't use magic casually outside school before you come of age..."

There was a reason for this.

Once underage wizards enrolled and registered, the Ministry of Magic would place a Trace on them to monitor them, preventing these young wizards from abusing magic in the Muggle world.

As soon as a young wizard's Trace showed unusual activity, it meant that the young wizard had illegally used magic outside school. Even if they were underage, they would still be held accountable by the Ministry of Magic.

Vinson Wright didn't pay much attention to the details.

Moreover, the little fellow seemed to especially enjoy using Unforgivable Curses.

If the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic found out about this, they would definitely send Vinson straight to Azkaban prison. By then, the Ministry of Magic might not even have an Auror Office anymore...

"I understand."

Vinson Wright answered seriously.

Whenever he heard something serious like this, Vinson also respected Old Barty Crouch's advice very much.

"However, this isn't much of a problem."

After Old Barty Crouch finished speaking, he explained, "You don't like using a wand. As long as your magic doesn't pass through a wand, the Trace won't react..."

Since Old Barty had once served as the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he knew how to bypass the Trace. Perhaps only someone like Vinson could pull this off...

As for the other young wizards...

They probably couldn't even perform Nonverbal Spellcasting!

As for Wandless Magic, they had probably never even heard of it!

"All right."

Vinson Wright felt slightly relieved. He slowly raised his palm and snapped his fingers. "Now, let me show you the results of my studies... Lumos!"

As Vinson's childish, clear voice rang out...

In an instant, the entire living room suddenly brightened as if it were daytime!

Not only that, the light in the living room slowly spread toward the kitchen and the other rooms, because the caster was still controlling the area affected by the Lighting Charm!

This kind of illumination...

It was as though light had appeared out of thin air!

It even made the room feel somewhat warm!

Old Barty looked up at the living room, which was as bright as day, then finally turned his astonished face toward Vinson Wright, who was still sitting at the table. "This is... the Lighting Charm?"

"Mm."

Vinson gently nodded as he looked at the stunned Old Barty. "Based on the magic I used, it should last until midnight. In the future, we won't even need central heating in winter."

"...This doesn't look much like a normal Lighting Charm..."

A trace of confusion appeared in Old Barty Crouch's eyes.

The Lighting Charms used by ordinary wizards generally only produced a glow at the end of the wand, like a flashlight in the Muggle world... But Vinson's Lighting Charm had caused light to appear throughout the entire room!

Of course.

There were other ways to make a wand release stronger light.

However, the magical effect produced by Vinson Wright was even more powerful. The entire room was as bright as daylight beneath the sun!

It was as if his magic had directly transformed into sunlight...

It was completely incomprehensible...

Was this still a Lighting Charm?

This simply wasn't a Lighting Charm anymore, was it?

"How is this not a normal Lighting Charm?"

Vinson Wright rested his elbows on the table and propped up his chin with both hands. "My magic can keep people surrounded by light at all times. Isn't that a good thing?"