C71 Motivation
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Charlus took out the bracelet on his hand and felt clear-headed. He looked at Nicholas Flamel.
"Take off your shirt."
Charlus took out his T-shirt.
"Sit down. Face your back towards me."
Charlus followed the instructions to the t. He felt a cool palm on his back.
"Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Only on your breathing. There is nothing else important in the world than your breathing. Inhale..... Exhale. Inhale..... Exhale."
Charlus took almost half an hour to get to the state that Nicholas had asked him.
"Now try to see where the breath you are taking is going. Try to follow it. Look into your body and follow it."
Charlus tried to do just that. He observed his breath. It went through his mouth down his neck. He followed it till his lungs. After that, he could no longer sense the breath of air.
Nicholas could almost predict Charlus' findings.
"Do not think that the breath has rested in your lungs. Every breath you take has magic in it. As long as you sense that magic, you will be able to follow the breath."
After one and half hour, Flamel told Charlus to stop.
"You can stop now. Any further will not give results."
Charlus had concentrated so much that he did not notice the rise in temperature in the room. He was sweating lightly.
"Now we will take a short break of five minutes and then start with your lessons."
Charlus lay on the floor and started breathing heavily. In the 2 hours, he had made no progress. He hadn't even sensed the magic in his breath.
Flamel came back after 5 minutes.
"How we will be studying will be quite new to you. We have very little time, so this is necessary. We will be in a separate space that will host our minds. This separate space will let us spend more time. 48 minutes inside is one minute outside. This space will only let in your mind so you will be free of distractions. You will concentrate more. Are you ready?"
Charlus nodded.
"Good. I will activate the runes now."
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Mind Subspace | 19th September 1988 | 3:30 PM
Today we will be talking about magic theory first. Then we will go through the other subjects. We will cover Charms, Dueling, Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration every day for the first 2 months. Then we will cover Alchemy and Runes alongside them."
Charlus listened intently as he literally had nothing else to do.
"The first thing we will be talking about is our emotions. Magic is a sentient being, and it senses our emotions. The stronger your emotions, the more they impact our magic. There are certain spells designed around these emotions. These spells are the strongest spells known to mankind. People generally believe that the wording of our spells is what makes a spell. It is not. It is the intent and emotions behind it. The wording is mot for magic itself. It is for the mind to produce the intent behind a spell. This is one thing that if learnt properly will take you to the top of the wizarding world."
Charlus had a doubt. "If the wording doesn't count, why are parselmouths stronger? I heard that it was because of saying their spells in parseltongue."
Nicholas Flamel immediately clarified.
"To a parselmouth, parseltongue is more natural and understandable. This allows them to display their intent better. It can be accomplished with Latin spells, but with practice. We will not be able to practice here, so we will move on. Herbology. We will talk about the magical plants found in France...."
The next 8 hours passed. The study session had breaks of 5 minutes every 1 hour to make sure that Charlus wouldn't lose his concentration. After all the subjects were finished, they returned to the real world. Only ten minutes had passed.
"We will start with the practical part of the lessons in thirty minutes. Get your wand and take some rest. Walk around and get some fresh air."
Charlus took a deep breath. He had expected that the session would be intense, but not that intense. He suddenly started questioning his decision. Why did he come? Why was he trying to work so hard. Why did he want to meet Nichols Flamel, his saviour?
Because he told him that Harry was in danger!
Charlus immediately decided that he would ask Nicholas Flamel when he came.
Nicholas Flamel came back in thirty minutes. Charlus immediately questioned him in case he forgot.
"Sir. You said that my brother was in danger and that you would tell me how to help him. Could you please clarify?"
Flamel sighed.
"Your brother is indeed in danger. But not imminent danger. He will face this danger when he is out of the protection of Sirius Black, your godfather. Your godfather is actually stronger than you think. He was able to keep both of you safe. However, if you want to have the strength to do the same, you must devote more of your time. I expect that if you give 12 hours a day, you will be able to accomplish what you would do in 3 years in these 3 months - at least. Maybe even 4. If I find that you are powerful enough at the end of these 3 months, I will give you all of the details."
Charlus didn't like that his teacher was keeping details from him. He couldn't do anything about it though, so he could only do what was asked of him.
"Teacher. I will do what you expect of me. In these three months, I will become strong enough."