The Silent Witch of Hogwarts

Chapter 25: The Grand Production of the Magic Array

"The first thing to do when engraving a magic circle is to take a deep breath..." Loila muttered as she took a deep breath and then slowly picked up the quill pen.

The tip of the quill pen lightly touched the red paint, which was made of Veela blood.

"Is this blood?" Luna asked curiously. "Can I taste it?"

"This is Veela's blood...wait?" Loila quickly grabbed Luna's outstretched hand: "This...you can't eat this."

"Why?" Luna asked, tilting her head. "I'd really like to try Loila's flavor."

Don't suddenly say such strange things! And I never said this was my blood!

Loila blushed, then snatched the ink and placed it in her bosom: "Anyway... no... you can't eat it..."

"Alright then." Luna shook her head absentmindedly, but for some reason she smacked her lips slightly... as if she had already tasted it.

"call……"

After taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down, Loila slowly raised her quill.

The first step is to draw the magic circle, just like a draft in painting, marking the positions for the subsequent inscription.

Loila gently held the quill pen, and the delicate, reddish tip skillfully drew a perfect arc on the book cover.

Just as Loila remembered, the magic circle was made up of ancient magic runes and spells. Loila first drew an energy-storing magic rune in the center of the book cover. This was the center of the energy-storing magic circle and the source of magic power for all magic circles thereafter.

Then, Loila dipped her brush in ink again and began to write around the runes. What she wrote were the original spells of various spells, with letters similar to Latin arranged around the ancient runes, and then joined together to form a circle.

The practice of the past few days had indeed paid off... Loila felt that her movements in drawing the magic circle were just as rusty as they were fifty years ago.

The energy storage magic circle is the simplest magic circle and the easiest to draw.

Loila pursed her lips and slowly opened another bottle of ink, a black bottle of paint without any luster.

"This is..." Luna muttered curiously.

"This...this can't be eaten either..." Loila said subconsciously.

"I didn't say I wanted to eat it." Luna smiled slightly. "I just recognized what it was."

"This is ash sap, right?"

"No...that's right." Loila glanced at Luna with some surprise. She didn't expect Miss Lovegood to know about ash sap...could it be because she had drunk it before?

It is said that wizards who choose ash wands will not be easily disturbed by others. Loila, who did not know much about wands, just regarded this as a rumor, but the sap of ash wood can indeed prevent different magic circles from interfering with each other.

She used black paint to outline the edges of the energy storage magic circle to prevent subsequent magic circles from overlapping with it.

This process is much faster than drawing the energy storage magic circle, and it can be completed in just a few minutes.

After comparing the magic array diagram she had copied from Newt, Loila nodded slightly... There were no problems... The combination of magic arrays with the energy storage magic array as the core point already had a support point.

Next came the engraving...

Loila raised her wand and flicked it gently. The spellbook in front of her floated up, along with a delicate little knife.

Under the control of magic, the knife moved slightly closer to the book cover and, with the flick of the wand tip, began to carve along the magic circle on the cover.

Loila is not only skilled in using spells, but she is also extremely adept at controlling her magic. During her student days, she once gained Professor Durmstrang's appreciation by carving carrot flowers with her wand.

This allowed her to have some entertainment while she was being punished with solitary confinement, instead of being locked in a dark cell like everyone else, unable to move.

"..." Luna's big eyes were fixed on the small knife, which floated in the air and delicately slid down the cover.

"call……"

With the final slash, the drawing of the energy storage magic circle was completely finished.

Loila let out a soft sigh, then reached out and stroked the cover.

"Loila is amazing..." Luna's voice came from behind. She was lying next to Loila at some point, gently pinching Loila's hair with one hand.

"Ah!" Loila was startled and instinctively leaned back, almost falling to the ground along with the chair. If Luna hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed the armrest of the chair, she would have been in trouble.

"I...I'm sorry!" Loila quickly said in a low voice, realizing she had just been a little too engrossed in her outburst.

"I should be the one apologizing," Luna said, straightening her chair. "But it's rare to see Loira so serious just now."

"And it feels exceptionally...interesting."

"Interesting...is it..." Loila really felt that this description didn't sound like a human being...it was more like some kind of animal...

Could Luna really think of herself as a magical creature? Thinking back, the way she was fiddling with her hair just now didn't seem much different from petting an animal...

No... I have to prove myself...

Loila pursed her lips and slightly opened her mouth: "hope...Xi Ya...come here..."

"Coo?" At her command, an owl perched on a chandelier tilted its head, then flapped its wings and slowly flew down.

"Hmm." Loila, trembling as she caught the owl, tilted her head slightly. "See? I tamed an owl. No other animal but a human could do that, right?"

But when she met Luna's smiling gaze, Loira immediately felt awkward...

Because there was an owl showing off to a little girl who was fifty-seven years younger than him...

Isn't that really inappropriate?

"Ah... Miss Lovegood, this is my owl..." Loila said, pursing her lips, "I wanted to introduce it to you..."

"If I were to write to you or something..." she said, her voice trailing off. She didn't think she had the courage to write to someone else.

The mere worry about whether the letter had been delivered was enough to keep her anxious for half the night.

"I understand, Loila." Luna nodded. "I won't eat it."

"We wouldn't pluck its feathers to make quill pens."

"You..." Loila's lips twitched slightly, and she subconsciously hid the hand holding the owl behind her back.

"Let's...let's continue drawing the magic circle..." she stammered, then sat down stiffly and picked up the quill pen.

Miss Lovegood must have been joking, right?

After all, if you eat owls, you probably won't receive an acceptance letter from the college, right?

After comforting herself, Loila picked up her quill pen again and began drawing.

The creation of magic array props is a long process, especially since Loila tried combining various magic arrays this time, which she rarely did before.

Therefore, it took even longer, and she hadn't finished by late at night on the first day. It was only when Mr. Lovegood arrived that the two of them finished their day's work.

Watching Luna leave, Loila was a little worried that she might not come back the next day because she was bored, but to Loila's surprise, Luna knocked on the door just a few minutes after she got up.

After about three or four days of this process, the production of Loila's spatial storage book finally came to an end.