Wizet slowly lowered his wand. As he dispelled the Tracking Charm, the golden dust hovering in midair dissipated along with it.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke again, softly uttering one relatively obscure spell after another. In time with the incantations, he swung his wand, tracing one arc after another through the air.
Waves of magical fluctuations spread out in succession, yet Minerva McGonagall's whereabouts still failed to appear.
During this process, Professor Flitwick's expression changed. His initial ease gradually turned grave, and his eyelids began to twitch faintly without his noticing.
Watching from the side, he could see things clearly. The detection magic Wizet had cast at first had still been within the expectations of both himself and Professor McGonagall.
To test the effectiveness of this Disillusionment Charm, Professor Flitwick had already tried all the detection spells Wizet was now attempting. That was why he had seemed so relaxed at first.
Once all those detection spells had failed, Wizet turned to deeper, more obscure magic, and Professor Flitwick's expression gradually became solemn.
Professor Flitwick had reason to believe that if Wizet were allowed to continue, Professor McGonagall's whereabouts truly would be revealed.
The hidden Professor McGonagall felt the same way. What worried Professor Flitwick was also what worried her.
After all, she had given Wizet private lessons before. She knew that when studying magic, he was the sort of person who liked to get to the bottom of things and examine magic from every angle.
She also knew that after accumulating a vast amount of magical knowledge, he could always think of multiple ways to deal with the same spell.
Although this Disillusionment Charm combined with Animagus transformation was an entirely new magical attempt, Professor McGonagall—who should have been confident—still found herself thinking this: perhaps Wizet really could