HP: A Sociopath Gamer In Magic World [ Chapter 73: Fillius Flitwick LV:?! ] (Patreon)

[Special Holiday Quest: Cupid's Helper

Love is in the air, so be careful.

Objective: Create 10 new couples.

Objective: Cause ten duels to happen over someone's affections.

Objective: Cause one couple to get engaged.

Reward: ?]

"And I'm sure this favor you owed him wasn't at all planned," she said suspiciously.

It really wasn't but there was no need for her to know that, so I just gave her a wide smile and stayed silent.

She gave an exasperated sigh as she tossed the bag at me, "It's honestly scary how smart you can be."

"Now, now, no need to be afraid Princess," I told her, "you're starting to get there too."

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "Back to business, I think you can manage to get some information on this Clare girl. There's a lot that needs to get done before the big day," she said, taking out her notebook and reviewing the notes she had taken.

"I suppose I could," I'll say, walking to her side and looking at the notebook only to see it was blank. Using [Observe] I saw that there was a charm to keep others from seeing what was written, smart of her, unfortunately that didn't apply to me.

"Now the only problem is how I'm supposed to get this?" she said with a frown.

I pointed to different places on the page, "Just leave these to me."

The notebook immediately shut with a snap as the blonde looked startled, "Y-you can see what was written?"

"Oh yes. Why? Is there something you don't want me seeing?" I said with a teasing tone.

"No!" she said a tad too fast.

"Anyways, don't worry about those, I'll get them for you," I told her as I began to walk toward the door.

Messing with people was so easy.

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Empty classroom:-

"Ready," the small charms professor asked as he readied his wand.

"Yes," I told him as I did the appropriate wand movements and called out the spell, "Protogo."

A small semi-transparent barrier appeared just a few inches away from the tip of my wand.

"Alright, I'm going to send a spell now and you try to block it," Flitwick said.

I adjusted my stance.

"Stupefy," he said calmly, sending a red beam of light at me.

My eyes sharpened as instinct tried to get me to move faster than normal to avoid it, but I crushed it as I moved at regular speeds to block it instead.

I knew better from previous experience that I shouldn't let the shield take the spell head on and should instead deflect it to the side.

My slashed my wand down, causing the red stunner to glance off the shield and behind me.

Flitwick gave a satisfied nod, "Well done. I knew you had it in you Charles."

"Thanks Professor, it's all thanks to your teaching," I said modestly. I had actually already learned the shielding charm before he started teaching me, but now I could finally use it in public.

"Now that you've learned the basics, how about we get some actual experience?" the small Professor said, sounding giddy.

"Finally," I said excitedly.

"Hehehe. Ah, to be young," Flitwick muttered under his breath as he walked to opposite sides of the empty room. "I trust you brushed up on the rules," he called out from a distance.

Standard dueling stages were typically 46 feet long and 6 feet wide. A duel consists of 3 rounds with no set time limit. To win a round you had to either incapacitate your opponent or push them off the other end of the stage. Participants were forbidden from crossing the middle section or attacking each other physically.

I gave a nod as I stood at attention and gave a bow. Flitwick reciprocated and we got into our stances with the wand hand up pointing downward and the other hand at the chest.

The small professor smiled as he gestured for me to go first.

Taking a deep breath, I launched my first spell, "Stupefy!"

The red beam snaked through the air like a viper intent on catching its prey.

Unfortunately, it was easily dismissed by the smaller wizard with a simple wand gesture.

But that was to be expected, as I had already begun the motions of calling my next spell, "Impedimenta!"

It was slower than the first, but it had a wider area of effect.

Again, Flitwick dismissed it casually before finally calling out a spell of his own, "Stupefy."

It was certainly faster than my own, but I was ready as I summoned a shield and let it slide behind me.

The manner in which a spell traveled differed so if you wanted to use the shielding charm to the best capabilities you first needed to know what spells your opponent was using. For example, the stronger the spell, the brighter and straighter its path.

Area of effect spells were usually weaker, colorless and had a cone shape. Some had more penetrative power while others had more force behind them. The mark of a master duelist was being able to modify spells to have different properties.

A full body binding curse was sent to me next. I was able to block it successfully, but the force behind it made me tighten my grip on my wand or else have it knocked out of my hand.

[Fillius Flitwick LV:?]

I could tell he was going easy on me from the fact that he was telegraphing his moves and saying his spells out loud. However, so was I, though I suppose I could let slip one or two things.

We traded spells for several seconds before I felt I finally had a basic understanding of his battle mannerism.

Gathering magic in my wand I let it build pressure as if shaking a bottle of soda.

"Stupefy!"

This time the red beam was noticeably brighter as I poured in more magic, though it did have the effect of being slower by a small degree.