At the dinner table, Newt and his wife exchanged a glance, then simultaneously looked at a certain Silver-Haired Ball of Fluff still engrossed in her meal.
Wanting to speak but hesitating, yet having to speak.
Clearing his throat, Newt was about to ask when the Little One, still seriously eating, proactively handed over a Water Glass.
“Teacher, have some water.”
Newt was left speechless, could only take the glass and drink a few sips, then looked pleadingly at his wife.
Tina sighed silently and asked straightforwardly, “Kate, have you ever learned Divided Attention Casting before?”
“Huh?” Kate looked up blankly, her mouth still chewing food.
If one didn’t know about her peculiarities, one would certainly see her as a Child still unaware of the ways of the world.
Swallowing the food with difficulty, Kate blinked in confusion, “What’s Divided Attention Casting?”
The Old Butler never mentioned this in the things he made her memorize.
As expected.
The Old Couple exchanged a knowing glance.
Newt then spoke up again, “Today, Tina went upstairs and saw that you seemed to have mastered the Levitation Charm. Is that true?”
“I don’t know if it counts as fully mastering it. I was actually planning to ask you to check for me again after dinner.”
Kate smiled sheepishly, casually picked up a Napkin to wipe her mouth, then pulled out her wand and gave a gentle wave towards the array of dishes in front of her.
“Wingardium Leviosa!”
Under precise magical control, several plates on the table floated up silently without any wobbling.
No signs of magical overflow, and the control was very precise.
Newt looked at her in surprise and tentatively asked, “Can you make them perform different movements simultaneously now?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, the two empty plates in front of him began to dance, one going up, the other down, alternating.
The other plates on the table remained floating in place, completely unaffected.
“Mmm…” Kate’s little face flushed red with effort, “I can only do this much for now. One more and I can’t!”
After speaking, the plates that were flipping up and down slowly descended along with the other tableware, landing precisely back in their original positions.
Despite possessing immense magical power herself, she could only forcibly use the smallest amount of force, coupled with mind-numbing concentration, to cast the spell.
Such a burden was truly a bit much for her current body, which had not yet begun to develop.
Tina immediately went over and hugged her tightly, then pointed her wand at the empty Cup in front of her, “Aguamenti!”
The Cup immediately filled with clear water.
Tina picked it up and handed it to her, “Here, Child, have some water first.”
“Thank you, Madam.”
Just as Kate tilted her head back and gulped down the water, Tina stroked her smooth silver hair with relief and looked at her husband.
After decades of marriage, Newt could understand any look from his wife.
After cleaning everything on the table with a Cleaning Charm, Newt stood up and smiled at his disciple.
“Good Child, you’ve mastered this Levitation Charm quite well. But how did you figure out this method of Divided Attention Casting?”
Having just finished drinking water and not yet recovered, Kate was stunned for a moment, “Isn’t this something you can do just by thinking it in your mind?”
She had never even heard of techniques like Divided Attention Casting; she figured it must be something everyone in the Wizarding World could do.
Newt was momentarily speechless.
Back in the day, he himself had practiced for a long time to learn it.
How come it was so easy for his disciple?
Fortunately, he was inherently good-natured and had reached an age where, aside from a slight sigh of Feeling, he didn’t mind much.
“Well, learning this isn’t a bad thing either.” He quickly adjusted his mindset and looked at his Genius Apprentice.
“Divided Attention Casting consumes a lot of mental energy. If you want to practice it in the future, you must remember to take breaks in between.”
Kate nodded vaguely, “Then, teacher, what lesson will I be learning tomorrow…”
“You’ve worked hard these past two days. Tomorrow, just read some Theoretical Lessons in the Study, or go to the Herbology Shed next to the Garden to learn about Herbology.”
Newt’s thinking was still steeped in Hogwarts’ Relaxed Teaching atmosphere.
Seeing Kate’s rapid progress in mastering the Levitation Charm today, he thought to let her rest tomorrow.
His grandson had also been all about fun and games at that age.
He figured that although Kate was introverted, a Child’s nature should be largely the same.
“Alright, I understand. You two rest early. I’m a bit tired, so I’m going to bed first.” The source of this chapter is g.com.
Kate showed not the slightest dissatisfaction with his teaching arrangements.
She nodded and went straight upstairs.
After closing the door, she opened the system and allocated the two attribute points rewarded for completing the task to her Health.
Although there was no perceptible, obvious difference from before, according to the system’s description, higher Health meant a thicker HP bar and improved stamina in all aspects of the body.
In other words, if she practiced spells all day again tomorrow, she definitely wouldn’t be as exhausted as she was today.
At the same time, the new daily task had already refreshed.
[Daily Task 3: The Host must understand and initially master one spell before tomorrow ends.]
Same as today’s…
Kate stared thoughtfully at the screen.
If her predictions were correct, the daily tasks the system would issue for the foreseeable future would be pretty much the same.
Every day, she would need to understand and initially master one spell.
In the early stages, she could still choose simple spells and practice them slowly.
But later on, once the basic everyday spells were learned, more advanced ones, like the Patronus Charm, wouldn’t be something she could finish learning in a single day.
The system should be aware of this.
After the daily spells were learned, it would either have her switch to learning other subjects, like Herbology or Potions, or have her delve deeper into spellwork.
However, in that case, whether it was gaining a deeper understanding of previously mastered spells or learning more advanced ones, neither could be completed in just a day or two.
Kate looked at the spell interface where only one spell was illuminated and remembered the progress bar for the Levitation Charm earlier.
In the afternoon, to master the Levitation Charm faster, she had chosen to cast the spell on multiple objects simultaneously, shortening the progress time.
The result was indeed as she had expected.
By casting the spell on multiple objects while distracted, based on her understanding of the Levitation Charm, she managed to raise it to level five in one afternoon.
For the future, she needed to practice the one spell she was required to learn each day using the same method.
“Wingardium Leviosa!”
Objects in the room once again began to float.
Kate stood in the center of the room, her small face flushed red once more.