What were the benefits of enhanced mental strength?
If he had previously only judged it through the power of his spells, without experiencing it in any truly intuitive way...
Now, Charle had clearly felt its wonders.
As he continuously stuffed knowledge into his Memory Palace and gradually strengthened his mind, quantitative change seemed to have triggered qualitative change.
At that moment, Charle felt more clear-headed and energized than ever before.
It was like the feeling of a person who had been exhausted for a long time, then woke after a full night's sleep. The sunlight seemed especially brilliant, and the flowers and grass especially enchanting.
Even things he normally saw every day seemed to feel different.
Even Charle's thinking speed and reaction speed had improved compared to before.
When facing the same enemy, perhaps just that slight increase in reaction speed could make the battle turn out completely differently.
Moreover, Charle could use Short-Range Apparition. With faster reactions, the improvement would become even more pronounced after teleporting, allowing him to recover more quickly and cast spells after flashing away.
A sudden realization struck Charle, and he recalled the scene from the original story where Dumbledore fought Voldemort.
Logically speaking, Dumbledore had been a one-hundred-and-ten-year-old old man then, while Voldemort was already in his sixties or seventies.
Their fight had practically been a battle between old geezers. If Muggles of that age had been put in their place, it would have been impressive enough if they did not have dementia.
Yet not only were the two of them agile, their reactions were terrifyingly fast. The young wizards watching could barely keep up, but they could still fight continuously with Short-Range Apparition and alter their spells at the very last instant.
Charle had originally thought it was because Voldemort had undergone Dark