Hermione was flabbergasted by Andy's question.
Was it the soul that was wielding the magic, or was it the body that was wielding the magic ... Without understanding how the Imperius Curse worked, the answer of many people would probably have been the soul.
"I never thought about that before."
Hermione analysed with some excitement, "Ghosts can't use magic, so the answer is definitely not souls. People who have been struck by the Imperius Curse can use magic, so using magic must have something to do with the body."
"I always thought magic was related to the soul before, after all, magic is so mysterious ..."
"But I never thought that the mystery of casting magic is actually in our bodies."
Yeah!
Andy also nodded his head greatly.
Whether it was a novel, a mythological story, or an online game, the mages in them all needed intelligence and spiritual attributes.
Which mage relied on their physical body to cast spells?
This conclusion served to break the stereotypes.
What's more, Andy had just concluded that 'the mind controls magic' not long ago. But it had only been less than a few days, and this conclusion was already starting to wobble.
"What a headache!" Andy scratched his head.
Hermione gave Andy an understanding look, as she also had a bit of a headache right now.
Once the theory of physical body wielding magic was established, a lot of the theories of magic would be disproved - a lot of magic doesn't even have the slightest relation to the physical body, though.
"Actually, we can think of it this way."
Hermione said, "Our body plays an extremely important role in casting spells, but the key to casting spells still lies in our soul."
"The soul issues the command and the body performs the spell casting ..."
Andy nodded.
This statement of Hermione's could be justified.
It was as if a general issued orders and the army was responsible for executing them.
With a different general, the army could still fight. But without the army, the general alone could not fight.
The soul was important, but without the body, the soul was a foundationless platform.
Although Andy still didn't understand the logical connections here, it was fine as long as the conclusion of 'the body is important' was confirmed.
And Andy also understood the reason why Voldemort's remnant soul could cast spells.
Whether it was Voldemort's main soul or the soul fragments in the Horcrux, they all needed to absorb life to regain their power.
This also echoed the idea of 'magic power originating from life' that Andy had previously derived.
"I can probably understand it."
Andy analysed, "The soul is the basis for controlling everything, whether it's physical actions or using magic power to cast magic, the soul is needed to give orders."
"But the soul has nothing to do with magic power."
"Magic power originates from life, and life originates from the physical body. Including the soul, it likewise needs to reside in the physical body."
Although the logical relationship here was not yet clear, the soul and magic power just had a relationship of controlling and being controlled, other than that, there was no other relationship.
Hermione looked at Andy, "Andy, you're thinking about all this, are you researching some kind of magic?"
"No, it just came to mind at the spur of the moment," Andy said with a light laugh.
"Then take your time thinking about it," Hermione said nonchalantly.
"When you study magic, of course, you have to be open-minded and imagine things out of the box," Andy said, spreading his hands.
***
In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
During this time, the castle had a rare peace, and there was no attack again. Even if the culprit who attacked Justin still had not been caught, many of the young wizards had already forgotten about this matter.
Campus life was just too lax.
Andy had been secretly observing Harry all this time.
Even if he said on his lips that he didn't care, people will always have curiosity, and the more they know, the more persistent they are in their pursuit of the truth.
Because ... it is just short of the truth.
Andy was curious about who had followed him, discovered the Room of Requirement, and found Voldemort's Horcrux.
This person had a bit of luck, but he was also unlucky.
At first glance, he was destined to be cannon fodder.
Aside from Andy, George and Fred were quite active in tracking down the culprit.
Filch, after all, became a suspect because of their prank, and the Weasley twins were now bent on catching the real culprit and helping Filch clear his name.
Of course, they weren't doing this intending to turn enemies into friends with Filch.
According to George and Fred, they could only continue to work against Filch if they helped him clear his name.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to have much confidence when they met Filch.
Andy also asked the twins, but unfortunately, even if they held the Marauder's Map in their hands, they didn't find the slightest clue of the culprit.
This culprit was very cautious.
Of course, the most active people in tracking down the culprit were Harry and Ron.
It's just that the two of them seem to be fixated on Snape, and apart from Snape, there's no second person worth suspecting.
Oh no, there was also Malfoy.
Anyway, as far as Harry and Ron were concerned, the culprit couldn't have been a third person besides Snape and Malfoy.
It's completely based on dislikeability to find the culprit.
***
For everyone else, it was a pretty normal day.
But for Andy, today was very special.
In the Room of Requirement.
Andy sat on the floor and opened the system panel.
[Potential Points: 4]
After this period of unremitting efforts, Andy finally saved up four [Potential Points].
Without hesitation, Andy clicked all the potential points on the [Thinking] talent.
Thinking: 4
As expected, it was an attribute related to learning ability, when the [Thinking] attribute was raised, Andy only felt that his brain was sublimated in an instant, not only did his thinking speed speed up a lot, but even those somewhat fuzzy memories became a lot clearer.
Memory seemed to have been enhanced as well.
Andy closed his eyes and after just a little bit of thinking, he felt that his understanding of magic was on another level.
All those knowledge points that were previously difficult to understand seemed to have become easier in this instant, and just by casually thinking about it, one could get the answer to the question.
"Is this the feeling of a genius?" Andy felt refreshed.
If he compared himself before he added the points, Andy felt that his current self was a smartphone, while his previous self was a brick mobile phone, and the difference between the two was simply like a difference between clouds and mud.
Of course, this was only Andy's illusion.
However, it was undeniable that the enhancement of [Thinking] was indeed a great enhancement for Andy.
Andy took out his wand and pointed it at a walking target, and as the magic surged, the walking target quickly turned into a small white rabbit, bouncing around in the practice room.
'Transfiguration, it's also improved quite a bit.' Andy was surprised in his heart.
After [Thinking] was upgraded, the most notable effect was the improvement to Transfiguration.
Andy could now more quickly construct things he wanted to morph in his mind and then cast Transfiguration on the object.
"Animagus ... it seems like I can start learning it."
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