Chapter 017: Learning Magic

Wow... so comfortable.

Although being thrown into the sea made Miyamizu Mitsuha very unhappy, the moment the seawater submerged her head, the cool water quickly cooled her body.

Her whole body was cold, but it felt very comfortable.

This allowed Miyamizu Mitsuha to quickly cast that small displeasure to the winds.

But when she swam back from the sea, she couldn't help complaining to Wang Bo, "Really, you should at least have told me before doing that. I'm very unhappy."

Wang Bo casually cast a Scourgify to clean the water from Miyamizu Mitsuha's hair and body, and said, "Then how about I teach you a few more spells as compensation? What do you think?"

"Deal." Miyamizu Mitsuha immediately broke into a cheerful smile. "I want to learn the magic that turns cups into cats."

Wang Bo shook his head and said, "Transfiguration is a very troublesome magic. Once, someone accidentally turned a classmate into a badger, and without the teacher's help, that student might not have been able to change back. So I don't really recommend you learn this magic."

If Miyamizu Mitsuha were to stay by his side all the time, Wang Bo would naturally teach her this magic.

But Miyamizu Mitsuha would soon be sent back by Wang Bo.

So Wang Bo truly did not recommend that Miyamizu Mitsuha learn this troublesome magic.

Fortunately, Miyamizu Mitsuha was a good child who listened to advice. She quickly nodded and said compliantly, "Then I'll learn a few simple spells."

"Alright. From now on, I will teach you a very practical and simple magic."

"Nani nani?" Miyamizu Mitsuha blinked, her eyes wide and round.

Wang Bo teleported with Miyamizu Mitsuha to the doorway of a room in the palace. "Watch closely," he said to her, then raised his hand toward the door and spoke: "Alohomora."

With a click, the palace door swung open on its own, without any help from anyone.

Miyamizu Mitsuha stared at Wang Bo in utter bewilderment.

"See that? The Unlocking Charm, or you could call it the Opening Charm. No matter what kind of lock, once you cast this spell, you can open it easily. Pretty impressive, huh?"

Wang Bo said smugly.

Miyamizu Mitsuha couldn't help but complain: "What use is a spell like that?"

"It's very useful when you forget your keys and need to get home," Wang Bo said. "Of course, if you ever wanted to rob a bank, I'm sure the bank vault door wouldn't be a problem either."

"I'm not going to rob a bank! That's a crime, you know!" Miyamizu Mitsuha exclaimed loudly.

"Don't worry, as long as you use the spell, the lock won't have your fingerprints on it."

"I told you, I'm not going to rob a bank!" Miyamizu Mitsuha grabbed her hair. "By the way, isn't magic supposed to be like—whoosh—fire and lightning? Why is it that with you, it's just opening doors? And opening doors is way too low-level."

She looked as if her illusions about magic had been shattered.

Wang Bo said earnestly, "Songshui Mitsuha, you have to understand, for someone living in modern society like you, lightning and fire have no real use. Compared to combat magic, the Unlocking Charm is just a basic spell, more suitable for you."

"It's Miyamizu, Miyamizu! Don't get my name wrong, you idiot!"

"I understand, Songshui Mitsuha."

"That's it. From now on, just call me Mitsuha." Miyamizu Mitsuha, out of options, came up with a decent idea.

"Fine, Mitsuha."

"Then I'll call you Master," Miyamizu Mitsuha said.

"Whatever makes you happy." Wang Bo didn't care about titles. He said to Miyamizu Mitsuha, "Anyway, I'll first tell you the application of the unlocking charm, and you can practice on your own."

Then Wang Bo explained in detail to Miyamizu Mitsuha the basics of how to mobilize magic power and how to cast spells.

But Miyamizu Mitsuha's practice did not go smoothly; the main problem was her very clumsy control of magic power.

This magic power was not refined bit by bit by Mitsuha but obtained suddenly, so she couldn't wield it as easily as moving her fingers. This was unexpected to Wang Bo yet reasonable.

Wang Bo had seen such cases before.

For example, after Duan Yu absorbed vast internal energy, the Six Meridian Divine Sword would sometimes work and sometimes not.

Wang Bo hadn't expected Miyamizu Mitsuha to encounter the same kind of magic as Duan Yu.

With no other choice, Wang Bo decided to have Miyamizu Mitsuha pause learning magic and instead taught her meditation.

Having read many magic books at Kamar-Taj, Wang Bo was no stranger to meditation. Under his earnest guidance, Miyamizu Mitsuha spent a week and finally learned to meditate.

After another week, she finally managed to control the magic power within her body.

Then Miyamizu Mitsuha began learning the unlocking charm.

This time it went extremely smoothly; it took her only a day to learn the unlocking charm.

Although half a month had passed in the Time Villa, in the real world only a few hours had gone by, not even a full day.

After seeing that Miyamizu Mitsuha had learned the unlocking charm, Wang Bo taught her several other spells.

These included the Loudly Charm, the Whispering Charm, the Silencing Charm, the Cleaning Charm, the Repairing Charm, and so on—all very practical spells for daily life.

Especially the Cleaning Charm and the Repairing Charm.

One could clean stains, the other could fix broken things. With these two spells, Miyamizu Mitsuha could support herself by opening either a repair shop or a laundry.

In the blink of an eye, another week passed, and Miyamizu Mitsuha had learned these spells as well.

All she lacked was practice.

Wang Bo arranged for Miyamizu Mitsuha to practice these spells diligently. It didn't matter if her magic power ran out, as he had plenty of magic potions. When her magic was exhausted, she would take a sip of potion and maintain meditation.

Once her magic recovered, she would continue practicing.

In addition, Wang Bo taught Miyamizu Mitsuha new spells, such as the Enlarging Charm, the Shrinking Charm, the Summoning Charm, the Levitation Charm, the Waterproof Charm, and others.

To give Miyamizu Mitsuha the ability to protect herself, Wang Bo also taught her the Shield Charm and the Invisibility Charm.

Once she learned these spells, Miyamizu Mitsuha could be called a qualified witch.

But mastering these spells was not easy. Fortunately, Miyamizu Mitsuha was very interested in magic, so she fell into a state of obsession these days.

Whether eating or bathing, she liked to use magic.

She seemed almost bewitched.

As a result, her progress was remarkably rapid.

Two months later, Miyamizu Mitsuha had smoothly mastered these spells. In a sense, she was no less than a first-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Of course, that was only in terms of spells.