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Three days later, George successfully received a copy of "Gesture Magic Guide" from the clerk at Lichen Bookstore.
Ten days later, George stood in the courtyard, waving his wand and reciting a spell towards a locked box.
"Accio!"
A blue magical beam shot out from the tip of the wand, striking the box accurately.
Most magical spells are accompanied by different colored beams when they are cast, especially offensive and directional spells such as unlocking charms, disarming charms, and death curses, and so on.
However, there are also spells that are cast silently without any obvious signs, such as Leviosa, Restorative Charm, and Floating Charm.
"Clack."
A crisp sound echoed from the lock, and the lock mechanism automatically popped open.
"It worked!"
George saw this and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
After a ten-day study without sleep and occasional lessons from occasional visitors, Tongks, George finally managed to successfully cast the unlocking charm.
With these days of study, he also knew that he was not what people called a magical prodigy.
A true genius is like Hermione, who has no prior exposure or guidance, spends most of his time learning about the history and common knowledge of the magical world, and still finds time to study spells, effortlessly mastering several types of magic before school starts.
More genius like Snape, who can create powerful spells during their school years.
As for Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort, they can't even be described as geniuses.
Fortunately, he also has his own ways.
Although he said he studied for ten days, in fact, he studied for twenty days.
Because when his own body couldn't bear it and needed rest, his counterpart in the Marvel universe would take over.
The most important thing in learning magic is talent, followed by diligence. If his talent isn't enough, then he'll make up for it with diligence.
His counterpart was at the experimental base, doing nothing but training, and had plenty of spare time. He could have found a stick similar to a magic wand to practice his hand feeling.
Through constant practice and contemplation, he could accelerate his learning of spells.
As long as he pays attention to avoiding or facing away from the surveillance cameras, it's okay not to be discovered. Even if he is discovered, nothing will happen since no one in this world knows what he's doing.
Once his counterpart is free, his speed of learning magic will be even faster because he effectively has twice the time that others have for studying and researching magic.
In fact, if it's not considered cheating, learning a spell in ten days would be considered genius among wizards.
It's worth noting that most young wizards actually don't learn many spells in a year, and some can only learn a few.
"Next, it's non-stop practice of gesture magic until it's successful, and then we can consider the next spell."
After several consecutive experiments, confirming that he had fully mastered the unlocking charm, George immediately dropped his wand and began to practice the unlocking charm according to the instructions in "The Handbook of Gesture Magic."
After another eight days, through continuous practice by both the primary and secondary selves, he finally managed to successfully release the unlocking charm without using a wand.
However, compared to the magic wand which can release the unlocking charm in a couple of seconds, using hand gestures instead of the wand took about seven to eight seconds, and even when he was proficient, it would probably take five or six seconds.
In a wizard duel, five or six seconds is enough for an opponent to cast three or four attack spells with a wand.
It's no wonder that this method of spellcasting has been eliminated.
"August 21st, today is the day that Lohat will sign books at Lichen Bookstore."
In the morning, George ate breakfast while looking at the magical calendar and began to calculate in his mind.
George had no interest in the big liar, Lohat, but as far as he remembered, today was also Harry Potter's and the Weasley family's shopping day for new school items in Diagon Alley.
Harry, after completing his first year of learning, spent the summer back at his aunt and uncle's house that he hated. Due to the house-elf Dobby being locked up by his uncle and forbidden from going to Hogwarts again, Harry's education was put on hold.
Harry was picked up by his best friend, Ron, and the Weasley brothers, who stole their father's magical car and returned to live at the Burrow.
"Let's make contact first."
In the end, he still felt that it would be better to approach them actively.
Compared to Voldemort, who would only resurrect in a few years, he thought that it would be more rewarding to be with Harry and his friends for the time being.
There are many places and things at Hogwarts that he couldn't access if he tried on his own, but there were no issues when he was with Harry and his friends.
For example, the restricted area of the Hogwarts library where some of the magical books are kept, he would basically have no chance of sneaking in to read them.
But if he was with Harry, Dumbledore would look the other way, and there were also places like the Quidditch World Cup.
After breakfast, George did not continue his study of spells as usual today. Instead, he stood by the window in the pharmacy hall and observed the outside world.
About an hour later, he saw a father and son with shiny blonde hair, walking gracefully into the opposite Borgin and Burkes store.
"That should be the Malfoy family."
It seems Harry Potter is already in the store.
Daring to bring their child into Knockturn Alley, at this exact time, and sporting expensive wizard robes and that air of superiority, it was easy to determine their identity.
Indeed, about ten minutes later, not long after the father and son left Borgin and Burkes store, a thin boy with glasses and covered in gray came running out of the shop in a hurry.
"Where is this?"
Harry stood in the narrow and dimly lit alleyway, surrounded by what appeared to be black magic shops, feeling a bit spooked.
Next door, the shop window was ominously filled with shriveled heads, and two shops down, a large cage in front of the door was crowded with gigantic black spiders.
Turning his head to the right, he saw two destitute wizards huddled in a dark doorway, whispering to each other.
"I need to leave here quickly, but I hope I can find my way out."
It was the first time today that he used Floo Powder, but something went wrong, and instead of reaching Diagon Alley, he ended up at a terrifying and strange shop, where he accidentally saw Malfoy father and son's illegal transaction.
"Are you lost?"
Just as he was preparing to hide from the dark doorway and search in another direction, a steady but somewhat youthful voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Turning around, he saw a boy of similar slender build but with a resolute expression, standing behind him, holding a magical book.
"This is Knockturn Alley, a place where dark wizards gather. It's not safe for you to be alone here."
"Hello, I'm Harry. I accidentally came here because of Floo Powder. I want to go to Diagon Alley."
Feeling the goodwill from the young boy, Harry hurried to explain.
George smiled upon hearing this.
"Hello, Harry. I'm George. You must have pronounced Diagon Alley as Knockturn Alley."
But that's okay; they are connected. I'll help you get out."
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