Thanks to a good night's sleep, when Kate woke up the next day, her body had largely recovered.
It just goes to show that while medicines developed by Muggles might be slower to take effect, they at least taste better than the "poison" concocted by a certain Potions Master.
One wonders if a certain Professor Snape sneezes while brewing potions.
After breakfast, Hermione had intended to burrow into the study again, but she was forcibly dragged back out by Kate.
As a future Gryffindor, how could she spend every day soaking in a study?
Driven by the mischievous thought that since she herself had been kicked out of the training room by the butler, she couldn't let Hermione return to the study so easily either, Kate had to come up with ways to keep Hermione outdoors.
For example, teaching her spells.
"This is the Levitation Charm. I'll show you the results of my current training first."
Kate stood in the backyard of the Granger home, pointing her pure white wand at Mr. Granger's small car. Her wrist flicked lightly—
Under Hermione's astonished gaze, the small car slowly rose up, hovering steadily in the air.
As a hardcore grinder who had trained even a simple Levitation Charm to Level 8 proficiency, Kate could actually lift the entire house along with its foundation if she used a bit more force.
However, that was truly unnecessary.
Carefully setting the car down, Kate cleared her throat and spoke solemnly, "Although the Levitation Charm is the simplest spell, there is a saying: 'Great truths are always simple.'"
"In Wuxia novels, even if one repeats the most basic martial arts moves ten thousand times, they can still defeat the enemy."
"And this Levitation Charm, although it can only make a light feather float at first, as long as you practice diligently, once your Mana grows in the future, it can also be used to repel enemies."
This was Kate's philosophy. She acknowledged that she had no creative talent and couldn't compare to those senior transmigrators who invented unprecedented spells to kill Voldemort.
But she could imitate the Sword God of Ten Mile Slope!
An ordinary Levitation Charm isn't scary, but are you afraid of a Levitation Charm that can lift a house and smash it into your face?
If Voldemort were to use Avada Kedavra on her in the future, could she not lift the entire ground to block this Unforgivable Curse?
If one Levitation Charm isn't enough, what if she added other spells?
If Harry Potter could train the Disarming Charm to the point of blasting Snape away, why couldn't she?
By mastering all the spells she could currently grasp to a state of perfection, even if she still couldn't kill Voldemort, she could at least save her own life, right?
It was with this mindset that, more than half a year ago, after Kate finished learning all the spells she could learn at the time, she began striving to train every single spell to the level of specialization.
Half a year isn't long; at most, it allowed her to train all the spells she wanted to master to Level 6 or higher.
But for the sake of this proficiency, she had paid an unimaginable price in hard work.
Her own Mana almost never ran dry, but her Spirit was honed in practice session after practice session until her body was exhausted.
It was seeing this method of training that the old butler couldn't help but worry, eventually dragging her out of the training room.
Of course, this was only based on the foundation that her own Mana and Vitality were sufficient to support this training method.
When teaching Hermione, there was no need to demand that she be exactly the same.
"Here, you try with this first." Kate took out a practice feather and placed it on the ground.
Although letting Hermione watch a car fly first, and then making her fly a feather seemed a bit unkind, everything had to be taken step by step.
Hermione looked down at the feather, took a deep breath, and raised her wand. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
The feather didn't move a muscle.
"Calm your mind first. Focus your Spirit. Think only of making the feather fly, then chant the spell," Kate guided with exceptional experience from the side.
Hermione raised her slightly flushed face, gave her a complicated look, and then lowered her head again. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
This time, the feather wobbled and floated up.
Although it fell back down after lasting less than five seconds.
"Good!" Kate clapped her hands. "That's much better than when I learned this spell."
Hermione paused. "Was it also very difficult for you when you learned this Levitation Charm?"
"Yes, I was even sternly criticized by my Teacher back then," Kate sighed, putting on a look of helplessness.
She had indeed been criticized by Newt, but not because she couldn't release magic. It was because she had too much Mana and couldn't control it at all.
In order to control the massive Mana within her body, she had made quite a lot of effort over the past year and even had to drink potions every three days.
Everyone truly has their own worries.
However, in Hermione's eyes, this appearance seemed to imply that she was lamenting her own poor natural talent.
She pursed her lips in hesitation and cast the Levitation Charm on the feather on the ground once more.
And this time, the feather managed to persist for more than ten seconds.
"Kate!"
As the feather drifted down, Hermione suddenly leaned in close to her, looking up at her with a spirited little face. "I will protect you in the future!"
Her original intention was actually to say that it didn't matter if Kate couldn't learn magic well; she would work hard to learn it well and then protect Kate.
But naturally, Hermione couldn't say such slightly hurtful words out loud, so she deleted a little bit.
As long as the meaning remained the same, it was fine.
Friends were meant to protect each other anyway.
"Okay," Kate smiled happily, not perfunctory in the slightest despite the childish nature of the promise. "With Hermione here, I'll be at ease."
Mn, she will double her efforts!
As if suddenly wound up like clockwork, Hermione turned around and continued casting spells at the feather.
She didn't notice the slightly peculiar expression on the face of the older girl behind her, whom she had promised to protect.
[Congratulations Host on obtaining "Hermione's Promise", completing the prerequisite task, and triggering the Hermione Granger Exclusive Personal Side Quest!]
[Hermione Granger Exclusive Personal Side Quest is now opening!]
[Character Side Quest 1: Study magic with Hermione for fifteen days during the summer vacation (1/15)]
This was rather troubling.
Originally, she had only intended to stay at Hermione's house for three to five days before going back. It seemed she would have to stay for a few more days.
Or... could she visit more often?
Since there were still fifty-plus days left in the summer vacation anyway, coming over every few days and staying for a day or two each time should work, right?
After confirming the feasibility of this method with the System, Kate looked once again at Hermione, who was still practicing with concentration.
Other spells were inconvenient to practice, so they might as well practice the Levitation Charm together. It was a good opportunity to train her control over Mana.
"Kate, look! It stayed up for a minute!"
Hermione turned her head in delight, but her expression couldn't help but change when she saw every single floatable object in her own backyard floating up along with it.
She couldn't help but look at Kate, who had her eyes closed and was commanding her Mana to perform minute movements on all the current items.
Gritting her teeth, she turned back around and continued practicing on that single feather.
One day, she would surpass Kate, and then she would protect her properly!
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