"Oh," the boy watched, in awe as the girl dispelled the magic.
That must be a shield charm. Or, was it a shield charm? It seemed like one, or at least, it seemed that what Louisa had done functioned in a manner consistent with what he understood shield charms to be. He'd just never cast one himself. He'd read about them in magical theory, but hadn't thought about the concept beyond what he'd needed for the test.
He'd definitely have to look into that. It seemed remarkably useful, even outside of the present context. Maybe he could ask the girl about it later?
Millie Potts seemed obsessed with either charms or potions. The young muggleborn felt an impending sense of doom that it was only a matter of time before he was asked to be the teen's assistant for testing out one or the other. In the case of the former of which a shield charm would be absolutely clutch.
Bowing to Louisa for the third, and likely final, time, the boy repeated the same process as before. Not wanting to risk any further harm to her, he tried to re-create what he'd done with the previous invocation of the disarming spell.
"Expelliarmus!"
That must be a shield charm. Or, was it a shield charm? It seemed like one, or at least, it seemed that what Louisa had done functioned in a manner consistent with what he understood shield charms to be. He'd just never cast one himself. He'd read about them in magical theory, but hadn't thought about the concept beyond what he'd needed for the test.
He'd definitely have to look into that. It seemed remarkably useful, even outside of the present context. Maybe he could ask the girl about it later?
Millie Potts seemed obsessed with either charms or potions. The young muggleborn felt an impending sense of doom that it was only a matter of time before he was asked to be the teen's assistant for testing out one or the other. In the case of the former of which a shield charm would be absolutely clutch.
Bowing to Louisa for the third, and likely final, time, the boy repeated the same process as before. Not wanting to risk any further harm to her, he tried to re-create what he'd done with the previous invocation of the disarming spell.
"Expelliarmus!"
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