Hogwarts, Filch's Room.
As the gatekeeper of Hogwarts, Filch had his own small room, which could also be considered an office. At this moment, Filch placed three oil lamps at various locations on the table, illuminating the area around the desk brightly. As for himself, he was breathing heavily as he looked at the parchment on the table. Especially the slowly changing patterns on the parchment, his eyes were full of fiery gaze.
Magic, magic, he finally had a chance to truly master magic.
As Filch looked at the patterns, he thought back to the first half of his life. As soon as his salary was paid every month, he wasn't willing to spend it. As long as he saved a certain amount of gold galleons, he could sign up for a magic class outside. From when he was young until now, he had applied for one or two almost every year.
But...
There was a lot of magic knowledge in his mind, but none of the magic spells could be released. There was only increasing despair in his heart. Especially when he saw those 11-year-old first-year wizards playing with their wands and performing magic—he was filled with jealousy.
Now, in his forties or fifties, every time he mopped the floor, he had to hold a mop with his hands and wipe it step by step. For a wizard, it would take them minutes to do this with a spell. When he thought of this, Filch's heart was filled with sadness, despair, and complaint. He blamed himself, blamed his parents, blamed his family, blamed God. Why? He had been exposed to magic since he was a child but had no magical talent. He saw a lot of wizards every day, grew up year after year, and learned more magic day after day. As for himself, he could only keep recalling the magic knowledge in his mind every night, shouting out spells repeatedly, and waving the wand he spent his salary to buy. Even if his mouth was dry and his arms were sore, Filch felt it didn't matter. As long as his efforts could make a leaf fly, Filch would feel very satisfied.
It's a pity that all his efforts were like air, which couldn't be seen or touched.
The more he thought about it in his heart, the more fiery Filch looked at the parchment. Recalling what Professor Lockhart said not long ago, Filch tapped the upper right corner of the parchment.
Snap!
The fingertips touched the parchment and made a slight sound. Immediately afterward, the rune patterns that were constantly emerging on the parchment became motionless.
Snap!
Filch tapped lightly again, and the originally complex rune pattern on the parchment began to split into nine runes. Then Filch touched one of the runes lightly with his fingertips. The rest of the runes on the parchment suddenly disappeared, and the rune pattern expanded rapidly where he touched it. In his field of vision, this pattern quickly filled up the entire parchment. Seeing this, Filch took out a piece of white paper and started copying and sketching stroke by stroke. Every time he drew a stroke, Filch had to look at the structure of the entire rune and imprint it deeply in his mind.
According to Lockhart's suggestion, he needed to memorize nine runes and fuse them together. In the beginning, it was just a matter of direct copying, and whenever possible, a complete rune could be copied without looking at the parchment. It represented initial success. Later, it was the same, always memorizing all nine runes. After memorizing them, he outlined each rune pattern in his mind and visualized it according to the movement trajectory on the parchment.
The next day, Hogwarts, a certain classroom.
"Principal, the Nine Element Meditation Method I researched is composed of nine runes."
As he spoke, Lockhart waved his wand, and nine runes of different shapes appeared in mid-air.
Lockhart introduced, "The meanings behind them are spirit, soul, and resonance respectively."
After finishing speaking, Lockhart swung his wand, and the nine runes in the sky began to move around a strange trajectory, forming a strange swimming pattern.
"When nine runes are combined, long-term visualization can effectively enhance the wizard's mental power. The most important thing is that you can transform your mental power to a certain extent, allowing your mental power to resonate with the magic in the air, thereby reducing the cost of casting spells."
Dumbledore sat at a table, looking at Lockhart in front of him who continued to introduce eloquently, waving his wand wantonly, and ticking off one pattern after another. He couldn't help but feel dazed, as if he saw a friend from many years ago reappearing in front of him, explaining his ideas and inviting him to join again. Shaking his head slightly, his mind returned to reality, thinking about the concept revealed in Lockhart's words.
"Principal, is there anything you don't understand?" Looking at Dumbledore who was thoughtful, Lockhart asked directly.
"Not yet." Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, as if thinking, and then replied firmly.
Hearing the principal's affirmative answer, Lockhart thought for a moment and said, "Principal, I just mentioned about transforming mental power. This is the core of the entire meditation method. What do you think? Let's discuss it together."
After hearing Lockhart's question, Dumbledore thought for a moment and said gently, "Based on my many years of experience, discovering the nature of spiritual power will itself change as we continue to cast spells. For example, a wizard who often performs black magic will become a little impatient, violent, and mentally more aggressive. Therefore, the black magic he performs will be more powerful. I think if your meditation method can transform the nature of a wizard's mental power, are there any side effects? Or how should we get rid of the side effects and retain its essence?"
After hearing Dumbledore's question, Lockhart thought for a moment and replied firmly, "Headmaster, I understand your question. While meditation can transform people's mental strength, it will also affect their personality. According to my research, meditation methods of different natures can transform people's spiritual nature at different speeds, and they will also have varying degrees of impact on people's personalities. The Nine Element Meditation Method I proposed is the most basic meditation method. It is the most peaceful in transforming people's mental power, but at the same time, the speed of improving mental power is relatively slow. But the mastery threshold is also the lowest. Even a Muggle can master it after deliberate practice to slowly improve their mental power."
"Muggles?" After hearing Lockhart's last words, Dumbledore muttered to himself, then asked, "Will this also help Muggles?"
"Yes, Headmaster." Lockhart replied affirmatively, then turned a little regretful, "Unfortunately, ordinary Muggles do not have magical blood and cannot sense magic power, or energy particles. Thus, they can only strengthen their mental power, but cannot change the nature of their mental power. When they meditate, at best they find themselves becoming more and more energetic."
"Energy particles?" Regarding the new term proposed by Lockhart, Dumbledore asked with great interest, "Why do you name magic like that?"
Lockhart explained Dumbledore's question without hesitation.
"I have had an in-depth understanding of the Muggle world before. Scientists in the Muggle world proposed the particle hypothesis. After understanding it, I found that the particles they mentioned are similar to our magic power to a certain extent. Furthermore, I think that if we think of magic as particles filled with magical elements, we can more clearly explain the mental power transformation process of meditation."
As he spoke, Lockhart waved his wand and drew a pattern in the air. A pure white beam of light continuously absorbed energy particles of various colors around it, and then changed its own color.
Lockhart explained calmly, "This is what I think of as the process of spiritual transformation. When we continue to absorb specific energy particles through meditation, we can improve our own magic accumulation and spiritual resonance, and reduce magic consumption."
However, Dumbledore's attention was obviously not here. He was full of curiosity about what Lockhart just mentioned—going deep into the Muggle world. The more he got in touch with his student, the more he found that he couldn't understand him. He remembered that Lockhart's previous attitude towards Muggles seemed to be like that of most wizards—full of contempt. Now he heard from his mouth that he had gone deep into the Muggle world and also about Muggle scientists. He had to make a lot of associations.
A person's change never comes without a source.
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