Headmaster, May I Borrow Your Wand?

"The Dust-Free Land Curse, true to its name, excludes any magic not permitted by its caster from its range once cast."

"All wizards affected by Dust-Free Land will be unable to cast magic for a short period."

"The stronger the wizard's magic, the shorter the duration of the effect. However, unless a targeted counterspell is cast in advance, no one can be exempted from the magic-ban effect."

The moment Charle saw the Dust-Free Land Curse, irrepressible joy surged through him.

It could really ban magic over an area?

Deep Blue, you're awesome!

Compared to the banishing and suppression effects of the Complete Banishing Charm, a magic ban was countless times stronger.

The Complete Banishing Charm could only weaken an enemy's magic, causing them to feel fear, panic, and similar emotions.

But Dust-Free Land genuinely sealed away magic.

For wizards, magic was even more important than their hands and feet.

Moody had lost an eye, yet he could replace it with a magical eye said to see through everything.

In the original story, Wormtail lost an arm to revive Voldemort, and Voldemort gave him a powerful replacement arm.

This showed that losing limbs, eyes, and the like did not have much impact on wizards. There were plenty of alternatives.

But magic was something even Dumbledore could not replace.

A wizard unable to use magic was more fragile than the Muggles they spoke of.

They could have a hundred different defensive spells, but without magic, they were helpless!

Charle's eyes lit up.

With Dust-Free Land working in tandem with offensive spells like the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell and the Laser Spell, his combat effectiveness would skyrocket.

One Dust-Free Land Curse to disable the enemy's protective spells and Apparition.

While the enemy was thrown into utter confusion, one Flash Spell to seal off their vision and turn them completely into headless flies.

Then follow it up with an Eternal Blazing Sun Spell.

Buddy, just try running.

With a wizard's physique, compounded by the instinctive panic of being unable to use magic, escaping the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell's area of effect would be something few could manage!

In fact, in most cases, once Dust-Free Land was cast, Charle would not even need the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell. A single Laser Spell could finish the enemy directly.

At last, the problems Charle had been dwelling on—low accuracy and high risk—were resolved.

If he could get another defensive spell later and deduce that as well, Charle would truly be an all-rounder in offense, control, and defense.

As long as his magic and mental strength were not depleted, he could handle the vast majority of opponents with ease.

And as he sensed the Dust-Free Land Curse, Charle discovered another important use for it.

If Charle wished, within Dust-Free Land's range, not only would an enemy's magic be temporarily blocked, but even the Trace inside wands could be temporarily shielded!

The Trace had been set up by the Ministry of Magic to prevent underage wizards from abusing magic while away from school.

It could record every spell an underage wizard cast with their wand and be retrieved by the Ministry of Magic whenever an investigation was needed.

In other words, it was basically the Wizarding World's portable surveillance system.

Unless you were good enough to cast wandlessly while still underage, every spell you cast could be traced by the Ministry of Magic whenever they wanted to investigate.

In the original story, Harry Potter had cast magic in the Muggle World because he did not know about the Trace, and nearly faced imprisonment because of it.

Charle did not want to spend the next seven years constrained at every turn, having to consider the Ministry of Magic and the Trace in everything he did.

What was more, if the effects of the spells deduced by Deep Blue were leaked, they would likely draw the covetous attention of many people.

Until he had enough ability to protect himself, Charle did not want that.

The appearance of the Dust-Free Land Curse solved this problem for him.

So what if he carried portable surveillance with him?

Whenever necessary, Charle could make that "portable surveillance" malfunction at any time, leaving him with no need for restraint when he acted!

With all these effects, although the Dust-Free Land Curse had only undergone Second Deduction and still had plenty of room for further deduction, Charle did not intend to spend more Deduction Points on it for the time being. It was already enough.

Taking a deep breath, Charle shifted his attention from the system back to reality, in an exceptionally good mood.

Though the process of Deep Blue deducing the Dust-Free Land Curse from the Banishing Charm seemed long, fewer than ten seconds had passed in the real world.

Dumbledore had only just risen from the bedside and walked to the ward's door.

He turned back to Charle and said, "Charle, the Banishing Charm isn't a spell that a first-year student can master overnight."

"Come on. Go with me to Diagon Alley to buy the things you need. Then you'll have plenty of time to practice before school starts."

At that moment, Charle extended his hand.

Dumbledore's expression immediately grew tense.

"What is it, Charle? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Do we need to call a doctor?"

Charle shook his head and looked at Dumbledore, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.

He had no intention of hiding his talents before Dumbledore—or rather, even if he did hide them, he would not hide too much.

He could conceal those spells with unusual effects that Deep Blue had deduced, but there was no need to hide how quickly he mastered spells.

Once he entered Hogwarts, there would be no way to conceal that anyway.

Like a piece of gold, it would still gleam even if tossed onto a beach!

If Dumbledore later discovered that he had been hiding it all along, it might instead arouse Dumbledore's suspicions.

It was better to openly display his astonishing talent now.

With his title of Smartest Student in All of Britain in the Muggle World, such talent was astounding, but not impossible to understand.

It would also give him a perfectly legitimate excuse to ask Dumbledore for guidance on more and stronger spells.

As for whether Dumbledore might make some secret arrangements because of his talent?

Probably. But if that could earn him opportunities to come into contact with more advanced spells, Charle felt it was worth it.

After all, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

Well, except for the time Dak pulled him into Dream R'lyeh, and the time Dak kept feeding him Sublimation Potion...

In any case, Charle believed that the speed at which he grew stronger would far exceed Dumbledore's expectations—enough to shatter any arrangements Dumbledore made.

So Charle said softly, "No, Headmaster, I'm not feeling unwell."

"I just feel that the Banishing Charm you taught me earlier seemed a little simple. I've already learned it."

"So..."

"Headmaster, may I borrow your Wand for a moment?"