At the workbench, Lucien held a quill and wrote fluently in the open magical notebook.
"The questionnaires were distributed faster than expected," Harry's text carried a sense of relief at having completed the task. "Everyone seems quite curious about this survey, and..."
"And there are vouchers," Lucien added with a smile, writing down a line of text.
This was exactly the small strategy he had designed: each completed questionnaire came with a Seventh Workshop voucher, which could be used for a discount when purchasing products.
The Young Wizards got a bargain, while the Galleons and Sickles they spent would ultimately flow back into Lucien's pocket.
Of course, the key was still advancing the loan progress of the Emerald Tablet Fragment.
At the same time, Lucien had also asked George and Fred to release some news in advance, giving them samples of Potions with simple beauty effects, as well as previews of new products being prepared for the upcoming Valentine's Day.
Vouchers stimulated the desire to buy, new product previews piqued curiosity, and the questionnaires collected the Young Wizards' thoughts on Valentine's Day in preparation for the Fire Element Magic Pattern loan. It could be considered killing several birds with one stone.
The pages were soon filled with Lucien and Harry's back-and-forth handwriting.
Immediately afterwards, all the handwriting faded as if washed away by water, and the paper returned to blankness, waiting for new writing.
However, the previous conversation records had not disappeared. They could be recalled with a simple magical command.
Drawing on the ideas and experience of WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat from his previous life, Lucien had replicated many practical functions in this small notebook.
Of course, this first-generation product also had its limitations.
Each specially made sheet of Communication Paper could only be bound to one fixed contact.
To add a new friend, a new sheet of Communication Paper was required.
Creating a multi-person chat group also required consuming an entire sheet of paper.
But these so-called disadvantages were actually glittering advantages in Lucien's eyes.
In fact, aside from the cost of purchasing the notebook itself, Communication Paper was the real major source of Galleons.
What surprised Lucien the most was that, according to the system's judgement, a single sheet of Communication Paper counted as an independent Alchemical item.
The loan task for the Emerald Tablet Fragment required selling thirty thousand Alchemical items or Potions and earning a cumulative total of one hundred and fifty thousand Galleons.
If a sheet of Communication Paper could count as an Alchemical item, then the difficulty of reaching the sales target was undoubtedly much lower.
As for the sales quota of one hundred and fifty thousand Galleons, it needed high-end, high-priced goods to support it, such as the new broomstick...
Lucien had also designed a luxury custom version of the communication notebook. Its functions were naturally improved, but it was mainly aimed at those Pure-bloods who pursued dignity and a sense of superiority.
The tip of his quill paused for a moment as a thought flashed through his mind, and he muttered to himself.
"Perhaps... even Communication Paper itself could have a Luxury Custom Edition?"
For example, it could use more exquisite materials, have miniature family crests embedded into it, or possess faster message refresh speeds. The target customers would still be those Pure-bloods who valued dignity and pursued a sense of superiority.
This thought made Lucien raise an eyebrow.
However, if he did that even with the paper, wouldn't it seem too dark and unscrupulous?
Well, prioritise completing the Emerald Tablet loan first. As for how to improve products and benefit the Magical World, that would be a story for later.
Lucien quickly shook his head.
Once this magical communication notebook officially debuted at the exchange competition, its subversive functions would surely cause a sensation.
The influence of the three major magical schools radiated across the entire European continent, and the eyes of the Magical Worlds of various countries were focused here.
It was foreseeable that as long as the product was stunning enough, it would likely sweep through European Wizarding society in a very short time.
And since the centre of Magic in the entire world was in Europe, the subsequent waves of reaction would also grow dramatically.
Lucien looked at the blank pages before him, as if seeing countless sheets of Communication Paper one day connecting an unprecedentedly close and instant magical communication network.
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In the mountains surrounding Beauxbatons, the snow began to slowly melt under the sunlight, releasing an even more piercing chill.
In a leeward clearing, Fleur held her wand, a faint silver halo flowing around her.
"I'm starting."
As her voice fell, she flicked her wrist, and her wand traced a smooth arc. Crimson flames erupted from the tip, flying lightly around her like a tamed silk ribbon.
Immediately afterwards, Fleur's lips parted slightly, and the syllables she uttered were no longer wizarding spells, but the Veela language with its strange rhythm.
Not far away, Lucien stood quietly. Tiny black vortices emerged deep within his eyes; the Eye of Peering Magic was already active.
As the Veela language was spoken, the originally pure and blazing crimson flames seemed to be infused with moonlight, gradually taking on a layer of flowing silver radiance.
These intertwined silver and red flames became increasingly agile, dragging brilliant bands of light through the air at will. Sometimes they gathered into blooming flowers, and sometimes they stretched out like the wings of a bird. Light and shadow interlaced, dreamlike and beautiful.
Against the backdrop of these magnificent flames, the young girl's already stunning beauty was further enhanced, giving her an otherworldly ethereality and exquisite brilliance.
However, Lucien's attention was always drawn to Fleur's Magic Circuit, and he sighed softly.
"Truly wonderful."
What amazed him was not the form, colour, or docile controllability of the flames, but the quiet changes occurring in Fleur's Magic Circuit under the vision of the Eye of Peering Magic.
Under normal circumstances, a wizard's Magic Circuit was like a tree with clear veins, possessing a trunk, roots, and leaves, along with magical condensation points shaped like fruits or clusters.
Fleur's original circuit was the same.
But now, as she abandoned standard wizarding spells and instead drove the Veela talent deep within her bloodline, that tree changed.
The terminal circuits that resembled branches and leaves gradually extended and branched out, transforming into a more delicate, light, feather-like structure.
Around the periphery of the entire Magic Circuit system, two faint concentric rings glowing with moonlike silver light quietly emerged, rotating slowly.
Possessing specific Magic Circuit characteristics in order to cast corresponding racial Magic?
A wizard with magical creature blood...
Lucien immediately thought of another person: Hagrid, who had half-giant blood.
When they had met before, he had not specifically used the Eye of Peering Magic to observe Hagrid in depth, nor did he seem to have seen Hagrid cast wizarding Magic or Giant Magic.
Would Hagrid's Magic Circuit also undergo changes?
Because the Chamber of Secrets incident from fifty years ago had been cleared up and the injustice against Hagrid had been resolved, the Ministry of Magic had allowed him to possess and use a wand again.
Hmm. He could find an opportunity to talk to Hagrid about this after he returned.
This association was like a key, gently nudging a concept Lucien had previously set aside.
He had long wondered whether it was possible to achieve an Animagus transformation into a magical creature form.
But this idea meant carrying out a comprehensive reconstruction of his entire Magic Circuit. Even the slightest mistake could lead to unimaginable consequences.
Now, witnessing Fleur's partial, controllable, adaptive transformation of her Magic Circuit, which was closely linked to specific magical effects while she performed racial Magic, was like a bright lamp being lit in the darkness.
"Perhaps... I can try a different approach."
Lucien stared at the figure dancing within the silver-red flames and her strangely beautiful, evolving Magic Circuit, as a vague research path gradually took shape in his mind.
There was no need to think about transforming into a dragon or a phoenix from the very beginning.
He could start by imitating and studying wizards with magical creature blood, such as Fleur and Hagrid, specifically the localised deformations produced in their Magic Circuits when their bloodline abilities were triggered.
He could understand the principles behind this transformation and its relationship with magical effects.
Break through from point to plane, from the local to the whole.
The first step was always the hardest.
If he could take this first step, understanding and initially mastering these circuit changes based on bloodline or special talent, then truly achieving an Animagus transformation into a magical creature in the future might become a reality.
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