"Ring, ring..."
The mechanical alarm clamored, and the air that had slumbered all night suddenly came alive.
With his hair a tangled mess, Su Er instinctively sat up and picked up the wand beside his pillow, pointing its tip at his heart.
"Amato, Animo, Animato, Animagus."
After reciting the incantation, he habitually closed his eyes and fell backward.
"Huh..." The next second, he sat bolt upright again. He did not know whether he had imagined it, but when he lay down just now, he had felt another heartbeat.
Su Er closed his eyes and relaxed his breathing, letting his own heartbeat settle as much as possible.
Yes... yes... that's it. There really is a faint heartbeat in my chest.
"Whew..." He suppressed the wild joy in his heart. It's been half a month. You've finally responded...
According to the explanation in the book, the appearance of a second heartbeat in his body indicated that the potion was steadily progressing toward maturity. It also meant that success with Animagus magic was in sight.
"Now I just need a thunderstorm." Su Er pressed a hand to his chest, carefully sensing that faint heartbeat.
The unexpected delight swept away every trace of sleepiness. He was as happy as Dudley finally receiving that expensive greatsword.
Hermione had not wanted to pay Su Er any attention. This insufferable man stared at her ears every day. Did he not know that he could not just touch a girl's ears?
You say they're cat ears now? They're still a girl's ears!
But she was simply too curious about Su Er's strange behavior at the moment-grinning foolishly and touching his chest from time to time.
"Hey, what are you grinning about?" Hermione asked irritably.
"Something good. Hehe." Su Er raised his hand and touched his chest again.
"Have