The Flying Curse

With half an hour to go before the first class, Hermione followed Kyle's advice and went to see Professor McGonagall.

Kyle didn't know whether she would continue using the Time-Turner or be free to choose the courses she wanted to take.

Judging from her appearance, Kyle guessed it was the former.

Because Hermione looked just as hesitant when she left as she had when she arrived, it meant she had already made up her mind.

But even if she really did use the Time-Turner, it wouldn't really be a problem.

After all, the conditions required to influence someone outside one's own time are quite stringent. Putting aside everything else, it's highly unlikely that the entire Wizarding World could find another Time-Turner that special.

Not to mention there's a powerful wizard like Salazar Slytherin pulling the strings behind the scenes.

Kyle shook his head, stopped thinking about it, turned and went upstairs to attend his first Charms class of the year.

In Kyle's opinion, Professor Flitwick's Charms class was progressing at a somewhat slow pace.

The first lesson in fourth grade was about the Summoning Charm, and it's no exaggeration to say that Kyle already knew this spell before he even started school.

Furthermore, during the last few months of first grade, Oren mentioned this spell when he was teaching Werewolf, and also taught them the gestures and incantation.

At that time, most people didn't pay much attention to it.

"A quill pen Accio."

Kyle waved his wand gently, then reached out and caught the quill that floated down from the shelf.

"Perfect demonstration, Hufflepuff gets five points!"

Professor Flitwick smiled and said to everyone, "Everyone, give it a try. This spell is quite simple..."

"But remember, when you chant the spell, you must think clearly about what you want to summon, the clearer the better... Also, your hand holding the wand must be steady... otherwise it might fall on your head."

Professor Flitwick stepped down from the thick stack of books and handed everyone a quill pen, just as they had done when they were learning the Levitation Charm.

This time, however, the quill pen not only has to float up, but it also has to fly into your hand.

Professor Flitwick walked around the classroom, patiently correcting every little mistake he saw.

He quickly arrived in front of Kyle.

At that moment, Kyle was teaching Ryan the correct hand gestures... His Summoning Charm had been going awry, either stealing the quill from the Ravenclaw student or intercepting Mikel's.

The quill pen in front of him, however, remained completely still.

"This situation can indeed occur if there are too many identical things around."

Professor Flitwick stepped forward and said, "You can try making a mark by dotting the quill with ink; that will make it easy to distinguish them."

Ryan suddenly realized and quickly looked down to look for ink.

Professor Flitwick then looked at Kyle.

"I knew it, this wouldn't be difficult for you."

He lowered his voice and said softly, "So I have another request for you this lesson."

"You mean, Professor?"

"Try to change the trajectory of the Summoning Charm, so that the quill appears in another place."

For example, like this...

Professor Flitwick gently waved his wand.

The quill on the table immediately flew up, but instead of moving towards Professor Flitwick, it circled in front of him a few times before flying straight into Kyle's hand.

Kyle looked at the quill pen bouncing around in his palm and asked, "Is this Summoning Charm?"

"It's another application, you could also call it the Come-and-Go Charm '."

Professor Flitwick said, "While most people believe that learning the Summoning Charm is enough, and the rest can be replaced by the Levitation Charm, I've always believed that it's different."

A hint of reminiscence crossed his face. "I remember the first time I won the dueling tournament, I used a rock to unexpectedly knock my opponent's wand away."

Kyle looked at the quill pen in his hand and nodded in deep agreement.

Professor Flitwick is right, they are indeed different. The biggest difference is that the Levitation Charm cannot move living things, but the Summoning Charm can.

"Professor, are their spells the same?" Kyle asked impatiently.

This spell is indeed very useful; besides quills and stones, there are many other things to choose from.

For example, Biting Cabbage... Venomous Tentacula... Mandrake have just been pulled from the ground and are still howling.

He happens to have both.

The only drawback of these magical plants is their difficulty in moving, so they can usually only be placed in fixed locations and used as traps.

But things will be different once you learn this spell.

With a wave of its hand, it can deliver Biting Cabbage or Venomous Tentacula directly to the other party, which is convenient, quick, and perfect for creating surprises.

Upon hearing Kyle's question, Professor Flitwick shook his head. "There's no difference. This is the Summoning Charm, so the incantation itself won't change."

He explained, "What you need to do is find and alter the traces of trajectory magic in the spell as it flies by, and find a way to extend them to other places."

"Give it a try," Professor Flitwick said with a smile. "Consider this a little test for you. I remember writing about trajectory magic in my third-year notes."

"Yes, it's on the page with the Pathfinding Charm." Kyle nodded, then took out his wand...

"A quill pen Accio!"

On a shelf not far away, a quill pen wobbled and flew over, as if it were drunk, swaying left and right in mid-air, sometimes turning to the left and sometimes backing away a little.

Professor Flitwick watched intently until the quill finally ended up in Kyle's hands, at which point he nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good... Well, what I mean is that this requires a high level of control over magic, so it's normal to fail on the first try."

Professor Flitwick cleared his throat and smiled, "But I'm sure this won't be too difficult for you. A few more tries should do the trick... Remember, the key is to use trajectory-altering magic."

After saying that, he left with his hands behind his back.

"Mr. Todd, and Mr. Winard ...we're only allowed to use quills now, so put away your Exploding Snap ..."

Before he could finish speaking, several Exploding Snap collided and exploded in mid-air!

Fortunately, these Exploding Snap are just entertainment props; they're just noisy but don't cause any harm.

However, the loud noise still attracted everyone's attention. Some people were about to succeed in their Summoning Charm, but because they were suddenly startled, their hands trembled, and the quill pen they were about to grab instantly fell to the ground.

The two people who started it all had ten points deducted from their scores and their homework doubled.