Chapter 42
As they both took my hands, I Apparated us to my house.
"Alright, Madam Bones, welcome to my humble abode (it certainly is humble, compared to my manor, not that anyone else knows about it). You can choose any of the free room for yourself and Susan, as you like. But for now, how about we retire to my study and continue our talk." I said and she replied affirmatively.
"Actually, I think I should go get all my stuff here as we agreed in the morning." Said Tonks, I agreed with her and she Apparated away.
Madam Bones raised one of her eyebrows and I answered the unasked question, "We decided that we will be living together this morning, she is going to bring all of her stuff here and live with me from now on."
She nodded and we retired to my study.
She asked, "So, What else did you want to talk about?"
"I actually want to talk to you about a group called 'Order of the Phoenix'. I was invited to join but I would like to know your opinion about it. As far as I know, it operated during the last war." I asked.
"Ah yes, Order of the Phoenix. My brother and sister-in-law were members of the group. Though they said they were fighting against the dark lord, they made things more difficult for DMLE. You see, many of good Aurors joined the group thinking that they were helping but truth is, order only used non-lethal spells and Death eaters almost never suffered any casualties because of that and even got more encouraged and bold. Since many of the Aurors were part of the group, they didn't even use Lethal spells during official DMLE raids. Not to mention, order didn't do anything else other than cripple our fighting strength by making many Aurors passive. If you ask me, they were also terrorists that weakened our forces. Not to mention their leader, Dumbledore. He sat with thumbs up to his ass without doing anything until it was too late. He even pardoned many death eaters at the hearings as he was chief Warlock." She said angrily.
Whoa, somebody does not seem to like the Order and Dumbledore. Hmm, I can use this. Since I can't outright reject them as Tonks was the one to ask me, but I can use the excuse of them not using lethal spells and refuse to join them. Yes, making an alliance instead of joining will be more beneficial.
"Yes, I agree with you. I think it will be better if I were to help you and ministry to prepare for the fight. Besides, if anyone attacks me with the intention of killing me, I am going to defend myself with lethal force. Using stunners is not really my thing." I told her stoically.
We discussed a few more unimportant topics and she decided to go to her room.
That day Tonks brought her stuff and started to live with me. Since the next order meeting is not for a while, I decided to make myself busy doing research. What research you ask? Well, lately I feel like my progress has come to a halt. I have not grown strong since the Ritual. I know books say that it's possible to only have 2 Magical maturities. But that's only the case because a wizard/witch's body is not strong enough to contain more magic than 2nd Magical maturity. But due to the ritual, my physical strength is on par with a lesser vampire. My body should be able to contain more magic since I feel no strain even though my crystal core has more magic than a solid core, which should not be possible according to the books. If, that's the case, who's to say I can't progress further.
So, I have been looking in other Magical cultures which could be helpful. Almost all of them were a waste of my time but I didn't give up.
After much research, I finally found something. Chinese magical community.
There are only a few books available because unlike other Magical cultures, Chinese Magical community is closed for outsiders. From what I've read from these few books, Chinese wizards call themselves 'Cultivators'. Though from what I've read they seem more like lazy old people who sit around for years on out to 'Cultivate' to get stronger. Yeah, that's not gonna work out for me. I am nowhere patient enough to sit around for years. But their method has merit. If I could modify it for needs, it might prove to be very beneficial. Unlike wizards who use most of their magic externally using magic wands, these 'Cultivators' use magic internally. There also seems to be other methods called 'Body Refining Techniques' to get physically stronger. Hmm, it seems worth checking out at least.