My name is Sasuke, from being the richest man in Naruto to dominating the world

Chapter 577 Silent Casting and Castrated Flying Spell

"No, I haven't left the car since I got on."

Cedric shook his head. "Do you need my help to find it? Or I can go and tell the prefect…"

"Oh, that's not necessary. Granger has already gone. I can just help look for him."

Zhou Ming said with a smile.

Cedric nodded, said nothing more, and went back to the carriage.

Then Zhou Ming walked around the carriage as if nothing had happened.

He was really not in a hurry, because he knew very well what had happened to Harry and Ron, and he also knew that it was basically impossible for them to be in danger.

It must be said that the wizarding world is still very safe at this stage. Although there are still dark wizards and dangerous magical creatures active, most of the time these guys will not appear in densely populated areas, and it is impossible for them to attack two Hogwarts students.

The real danger Harry encountered outside happened after the Goblet of Fire. The return of Voldemort gave enormous confidence and motivation to those termites who were ready to make a move. They were no longer satisfied with hiding in the sewers and alleys, but began to step forward and attack those normal wizards in the sun.

And there were still at least two years until the Triwizard Tournament, maybe three? In short, Harry was safe now.

Hermione returned soon, accompanied by Percy Weasley.

Percy Weasley is undoubtedly a member of the Weasley family and Ron's brother. However, he is different from the other Weasley family members and is the only one in the family who has no sense of humor.

In addition, his personality is very old-fashioned and unpleasant. He has a strong desire for power and is an extremely utilitarian person. He likes to point fingers at people of lower status than him, and he likes to deal with powerful people.

In the future, he will temporarily part ways with his family because of power, but the Weasleys will eventually get together. And Percy is actually not as cold and unkind as he appears, it's just that his personality may not be good at expressing these things.

Now hearing that his brother did not get on the car, Percy became very nervous. When he saw Zhou Ming, he subconsciously wanted to order him to go with him to find Ron.

Fortunately, he quickly remembered that Zhou Ming was a student of Ravenclaw. As a Gryffindor prefect, he could theoretically command him. But please note that this was only theory and would only work in an emergency and when necessary. If he really dared to give orders to the students, Ravenclaw's prefect Penelope would not tolerate him.

Of course Zhou Ming won't spoil him.

One more thing to add, Penelope is not sure whether she and Percy are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship at the moment, but they should be at the stage of mutual affection, so if Penelope does not spoil Percy, it means not spoiling him in the true sense, and Percy will never resist.

"Student Zhou Ming, have you found out about Ron's situation?"

Percy asked calmly, suppressing his anxiety.

"No, I just met Cedric from Hufflepuff, and he didn't see Ron either. Percy, you should tell the teacher on the bus about this and ask him to contact the school, whether it's Professor McGonagall or other professors. Once they know about this, they will definitely find Harry and Ron as soon as possible."

Zhou Ming reminded.

"I know. I'm going to go look for the teacher right now... Next, I'll have to trouble you to help look for her in the car. And Miss Granger, I'm counting on you."

It must be said that Percy is quite good at dealing with people. After all, his ambition is to gain more power, so his emotional intelligence cannot be too low.

"Okay, that's what I should do."

Hermione nodded.

Then Percy left quickly, leaving only Zhou Ming and Hermione in the aisle of the carriage.

"Let's go back to our carriage and rest for a while."

Zhou Ming smiled and said to Hermione.

"No, I still have to find Harry and Ron..."

Hermione became anxious when she heard this, and her whole body turned red.

"Don't worry. If they are in the car, you will find them sooner or later. If they are not in the car, it is useless to worry. And think about it, with Harry and Ron's personalities, if they were in the car, why would you have not found them for so long? Or, is it possible that you are not together?

So let the professors take care of finding them. There is no point in you worrying about it now."

This is the truth. Hermione is just trying desperate measures.

Given the relationship between her, Harry, and Ron, how could the trio not be together after being in the car for so long? Even if Hermione didn't go looking for Harry and the others, Harry and Ron would have taken the initiative to look for them.

It's not that Hermione didn't understand this logic, but she was too anxious before and never thought about it in this way.

Now that Zhou Ming reminded him, he immediately came to his senses.

"But……"

She wanted to say something else.

"Don't say buts. In fact, you really can't do anything. Can you leave this train? Even if you can leave, do you know how to find Harry and the others? Do you know where they are?"

"I, I don't know..."

"So, since you can't do anything, you might as well calm down and wait for news from the professors. You have to believe in the abilities of the professors, especially your Dean McGonagall. If you don't trust her, she will be very sad when she finds out."

"Hmph, don't talk nonsense. I never doubted Professor McGonagall...Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go to your carriage to rest. Alas, it's still not possible. My luggage is still in another carriage."

"That's easy."

Zhou Ming smiled, took out his wand and suddenly pointed it forward. Then the door of a carriage in the distance opened, and a handbag and a suitcase jumped out from it.

Fortunately, there was no one else in the aisle of the carriage, otherwise this scene would have really scared many senior students.

"What kind of spell is this?"

Hermione's eyes widened subconsciously.

"The Flying Curse, a castrated version."

Of course Zhou Ming couldn't cast the complete version of the Spell of Flying Spell yet, and he didn't even know the spell of the Spell. However, in the last few days before school started, he took Cynthia to Diagon Alley and bought some teaching materials that could only be used in higher grades.

These textbooks were set in previous years. Needless to say, they will change today, but there is enough knowledge to provide in the previous textbooks.

After Zhou Ming made a simple attempt to confirm that he was indeed unable to cast the complete version of the Flying Spell, he modified the Flying Spell, weakening its power while also reducing the difficulty of casting it.

Of course, this kind of transformation spell itself is very difficult, and students generally cannot achieve this level. Fortunately, Zhou Ming has the knowledge and experience of other worlds, and barely achieved this. And it must be pointed out that this time the transformation of the flying spell was actually very unsuccessful, but it doesn’t matter, failure is the mother of success, with this experience, it will be smoother in the future.

"The Flying Spell? You mean the Flying Spell that only fifth graders learn?"

Hermione's eyes widened even more, and she looked at Zhou Ming as if he were a monster.

"Huh? You knew that too?"

Zhou Ming was somewhat surprised.

He knew that Hermione was a top student who liked to study on her own and preview lessons, but wasn't it a little too outrageous that she was already trying to read fifth-grade books before the second year even started?

"Of course, I bought all the textbooks for the senior grades, but I can't learn the flying spell. I can only simply understand the name... How did you do it? And you didn't recite the spell just now, what was that? Silent casting?"

Hermione's little mouth was like a machine gun, spewing out a bunch of questions.

Zhou Ming smiled.

"It seems that you know a lot. Yes, that is indeed silent casting."

"Wow! This is a skill that only senior students can learn. How did you learn it?"

Hermione became even more interested.

As we all know, she is a top student.

Gone.

Okay, just kidding.

Xueba, literally means a dominant figure in learning. Such a person not only has a strong learning ability and a brain far superior to that of an ordinary person, but most importantly, he must be interested in learning.

If someone is not interested, it will be useless even if you give him Einstein's head.

The reason why Hermione became a top student is undoubtedly that she is very interested in learning itself.

When she thought about the fact that there were students of her age who had mastered advanced skills like silent casting without anyone knowing, and could barely use a weakened version of the Flying Spell, she felt a strong pressure in her heart.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be discouraged and devastated by now.

But Hermione was different. Not only did she not feel hit, but she became even more excited.

As for silent casting, it is listed as an advanced magic technique along with wandless casting.

Among them, silent spellcasting is a compulsory subject for senior students. Its main function is to make the spell casting more concealed and avoid being cracked by the opponent because of shouting out the spell in advance. The Apparition spell widely used by wizards in the later period and the large number of silent spells cast in wizard war scenes are all concrete manifestations of silent spellcasting.

However, although it is a compulsory course, it is not actually an assessment item in the graduation examination because it is too difficult. 99% of students cannot master this skill when they graduate.

The remaining one percent can only suppress the sound to an extremely low level, but it is impossible to make it completely silent.

Wandless spellcasting is an "advanced super-magic skill" in the field of wizard spellcasting.

For some wizards with superb spellcasting skills, skilled wandless casting can enable them to use the spells they need more quickly and efficiently.

The role of a magic wand in this world is actually more like a "signal amplifier", which can enhance the magic effect and improve the accuracy of casting. Some spells that require gestures may not be able to be cast without a magic wand, but some simple spells are also incredibly powerful without a wand.

For example, Grindelwald was proficient in the silent and wandless Spell of Flying; in the year of the Order of the Phoenix, when Dumbledore left Hogwarts, he released a silent and wandless Escape Spell with the cooperation of Fawkes; and the famous "Animagus" are all classic representatives of wandless and silent spells.

In addition, it should be emphasized that it is not only very advanced and powerful wizards who can master the silent and wandless techniques, but only those who have mastered the silent and wandless techniques can be considered advanced wizards.

In the magical world, there are actually many similar advanced skills, such as the Patronus Charm.

To perform this spell successfully, the wizard must focus as much as possible on the good memories they have; this positive energy is the fuel necessary to cast the Patronus Charm.

If effective, there are two forms of the Patronus that may be summoned.

One is incorporeal, just a flash of silver light from the wand; or a fully cast, corporeal Patronus, whose appearance is the animal that best reflects the caster's personality.

To summon any of these is an achievement, and the latter is universally acknowledged as being extremely difficult, as only a few wizards have the ability to focus on both the spell and their emotions at the same time.

The other is Occlumency, which is almost on a par with the Patronus Charm in terms of difficulty.

If the Patronus Charm requires wizards to mobilize their emotions, then Occlumency requires wizards to clear their hearts and empty their minds completely.

Only in this way can he resist the Legilimency spell and prevent others from discovering any expression of emotions or thoughts, because there is no emotion or thought here, so the brain block requires a specific psychological state to complete, which is not just a difficulty in casting the spell.

In short, there are many advanced techniques and spells in magic, most of which Zhou Ming has little contact with now. Or to put it another way, for all students in all grades of Hogwarts, if nothing unexpected happens, the only advanced technique they can come into contact with in their seven years of student life may be silent casting.

The reason why Harry was able to master the Patronus Charm and Occlumency in the future was entirely due to his own peculiarities and the circumstances. Otherwise, old Dumbledore would never have allowed him to learn so many advanced spells so early.

Let’s talk about Zhou Ming.

Hearing Hermione's question, he smiled and didn't answer immediately.

Hermione also reacted and lowered her head embarrassedly.

"Sorry, I don't mean to pry into your secrets."

"It's okay. It's not a secret. I just can't tell you here. Come on, let's go back to the carriage. If you really want to listen, I can tell you briefly. If you want to learn, you can come to me and I can teach you this technique."

Zhou Ming directed the suitcase and handbag to follow, speaking as he walked.

"Really? Are you really willing to teach me? Can I really learn it?"

When Hermione heard this, a look of surprise appeared on her face. She didn't expect Zhou Ming to be so generous.

"Of course you can, but you have to promise me that you can only learn it by yourself. Without my permission, you are not allowed to teach this skill to others. If you promise me, I will teach you."

"I promise!"

Hermione said immediately without even thinking.

(End of this chapter)