And so, Harry raised his wand once again.
This time, Professor Snape finally wore a satisfied smile:
"Very good. Once you've finished learning the lower-level spells, I'll gradually begin teaching you nonverbal spells..."
Although the praise was brief, Harry knew Snape's character fairly well through the original books.
For Snape to say "very good" meant that Harry's performance had already left Professor Snape utterly astonished...
In fact, this time it went beyond "very good." It had even made Snape consider teaching him nonverbal spells. Apparently, he really was doing very well...
And that was indeed the case.
Professor Snape had never imagined that a young wizard who had never studied Charms could master it after she taught him just once.
His first attempt had been flawed only because her standards were too high.
In an O.W.L. exam, that first Levitation Charm would actually have earned an O...
After all, it had indeed levitated, and there had been absolutely nothing wrong with the floating foam box. His magical output had been extremely steady.
It had been an excellent piece of spellcasting.
Even if Harry made no progress in other areas in the short term, Professor Snape would already have been perfectly satisfied.
After all, what more could she say when he had achieved that much after a single lesson?
Of course, his second attempt had been something even someone as exacting as Snape could find absolutely no fault with...
Snape's magical ability fell short of Dumbledore's, but his ability to pick faults was still just a little better than Dumbledore's...
The main thing was that Harry's second attempt had been just a little too absurd...
When had I first managed to do it that flawlessly?
Fourth year? Or fifth?
And Harry had done it in his first year?
*Fine, aside from