Training naturally could not take place in the common room.
But after leaving the common room and descending the long spiral staircase, they reached the sixth floor.
There were plenty of empty classrooms for them to practice in.
After arriving on the sixth floor, a dark figure suddenly darted out from some unknown corner—Filch,
followed by Mrs. Norris, who came panting along even more slowly than before.
When they saw that Harry was leading the group ahead,
they stopped in their tracks, along with their almost-blooming smiles.
Filch could only glare fiercely at Ron, who had been exchanging letters with his girlfriend Campbell, and let out a breath.
Then he vanished into the night.
Ron muttered a few uncomfortable words.
Then he followed Harry and the others toward the room beside the clever Statue of Julius.
There were many empty benches inside.
They could be used for Impediment Curse training.
"Coming, Harry."
An hour later, in the empty classroom.
Ron waved his wand, and the bench behind Harry flew toward Harry's head.
"Obstacle Curse!" Harry alertly pointed his wand behind him.
The bench stopped, like a fly trapped in amber.
"Reducto!" The bench turned to dust.
"Reparo!" It was as though time had reversed; the dust gathered back into a bench,
then flew toward its original position and finally landed steadily on the floor.
Ron could not help exclaiming, "Merlin's beard!
Every time I see your Repairing Charm, Harry, I'm amazed.
You can actually use it like this.
You can even repair things that have been ground into powder.
And you can restore an object's displacement in space, making it return to where it originally was."
"Practice makes perfect." Harry pretended to be calm.
But his mind could not stop recalling the scenes from summer, when he had repeatedly restored