Watching Harry leave brimming with ambition, Tris rubbed his chin. Something seemed a little off.
Holy shit, wasn't Harry supposed to be my future brother-in-law?
As his future wife's older brother, is it really right for me to teach Harry how to pick up girls?
Shaking his head, Tris banished that ridiculous thought and found somewhere to settle down for the day's deep reading. Training Draco lately had made his own schedule considerably tighter.
I've done so much for a classmate. I'm such a good person!
Tris silently praised himself.
It was Saturday, and there was another Dueling Training Class that afternoon.
Unlike Lockhart's Duelling Club in the original storyline, which had folded after a single session in the second year, the Dueling Training Class Osgilia had applied to run had received a good response from its very first session and continued steadily afterward.
Professor Flitwick had even stopped by once to offer a few pointers on duelling.
Tris hadn't attended, but Theodore had relayed what he had said.
How should he put it? From Tris's perspective, there had been plenty to learn. Professor Flitwick's techniques were genuinely useful to him. For most young witches and wizards, however, they probably wouldn't be all that applicable for at least the next few years.
Their understanding and application of magic still fell rather far short.
He wasn't planning to attend today's Dueling Training Class either. He wanted to find somewhere to explore a new branch of magic.
He had more or less finished his research into Shadow Magic and could now open the Shadow Realm without relying on the Deluminator. All that remained was patient practice to hone his proficiency.
Under those circumstances, it was time to study a new system of magic. For instance...
Tris pulled a small booklet from his