After class, Albert stayed behind and blocked Professor Smith in the classroom, asking him to fulfill his promise and help him learn the Traceless Stretching Spell.
The bad thing about the task rewards on the panel is that sometimes the rewards will be delivered to him through other means. This time it was a bit tricky. Instead of learning the Traceless Stretch Charm directly, he had to learn it himself through Professor Smith.
We're going to Hogsmeade tomorrow. After we deal with Mundungus and get the fur of the swamp digger from him, the traceless extension charm will come in handy.
"Do you think that part I talked about in class was... a bit extreme?" Professor Smith stopped in front of the office, turned his head to look at the absent-minded Albert, and asked.
"It's indeed too early for most sophomores." Albert nodded. Professor Smith's teaching level was indeed very high, but Albert still had some doubts as to whether these sophomores could accept this part of knowledge.
"I will probably leave Hogwarts early like Professor Broad did." Professor Smith turned the doorknob and said to Albert, "Probably around May."
"May?"
Albert was not too surprised. The curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts was too dangerous. For his own safety, leaving early was the best option.
"Before you leave school, I will teach you as much useful knowledge as possible. Come in..." Professor Smith invited Albert into his office.
Albert sat on the sofa as usual.
"Is it still milk tea?"
"Yeah." Albert responded.
Professor Smith waved his wand and turned a cup of milk tea into something for Albert.
"Honestly speaking, Hogwarts students are very bad at Defense Against the Dark Arts." Professor Smith said to himself, as if he was talking about something interesting. "You can't believe it. Many people, even most people working in the Ministry of Magic, can't recite a decent Shield Charm. They are extremely bad in the field of Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"This is an era of peace." Albert said without hesitation, "and the Ministry of Magic doesn't want them to master... You know, there are not many things that schools really teach students. Most of them need to be taught by others, or they need to learn by themselves..."
"I heard some news that the mysterious man is still alive." Professor Smith interrupted.
"Well, I heard other wizards talk about this at the alchemy gathering." Albert nodded to show that he knew it. However, Albert felt that Professor Smith did not say that in class for this reason, but for other reasons.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Professor Smith didn't seem to want to talk about it. "I can probably guess why you want to learn the Traceless Extension Charm, but I need to remind you that the Traceless Extension Charm is a high-level spell and is very difficult to learn. You have to be mentally prepared."
"I'm mentally prepared," Albert said calmly. He was ready to invest a lot of experience and quickly upgrade his skill level to level three after mastering the Traceless Stretch Charm.
"Let's start. Pay attention." Professor Smith raised his wand and cast a spell on the empty cup of tea.
"Capacity expansion!"
He tapped his wand on the teacup, then smiled and said to Albert, "Try to fill the teacup with water, and you will find that the capacity of the teacup has increased."
Albert took out his magic wand and used the clear water like a spring to slowly fill the teacup with water, and the capacity inside indeed became very large.
"Pick it up." Professor Smith made a gesture of invitation.
Albert found that the teacup was not as heavy as he had imagined.
"The Traceless Extension Charm can not only expand the internal dimensions of an object while keeping its appearance unchanged, but also make the objects inside lighter." Professor Smith explained.
"This magic is very practical." Albert said honestly. He already had several ideas on how to use this thing.
"It is indeed very practical." Professor Smith continued, "However, due to the risk of abuse of the Traceless Extension Charm, it is strictly monitored by the Ministry of Magic."
"If you make full use of the Stretching Charm, you can make a suitcase as wide as a room. This teacup is the best proof. But this kind of magic also has a big problem, which is that it is easy to recover." Professor Smith waved his wand and cleared all the water in the teacup.
"If a wizard were to walk down the street with a suitcase cast with a traceless extension spell, and the spell on the suitcase suddenly failed, you can imagine what would happen. This is a serious violation of the International Statute of Secrecy."
"Will everything come out?" Albert asked tentatively.
"Yeah." Professor Smith shook his head. "Anyway, the Ministry of Magic has issued a bunch of strict regulations. Wizards can no longer expand the capacity at will, let alone use it for private purposes, otherwise they will be fined."
At this point, Professor Smith was even more disdainful. "You know, those bullshit rules have a lot of loopholes in them, or they were deliberately left with loopholes when the law was written!"
Regarding the law, Albert strongly agreed that the laws of the magical world are basically full of holes and essentially serve a small group of people.
"You probably don't know that the Traceless Extension Charm cannot be used for personal use, otherwise you will be fined. This rule is more for profit." Professor Smith said with even more disdain, "The only exceptions are suitcases or family travel tents approved by the relevant departments of the Ministry. Of course, these things are actually stipulated by a certain family for profit."
Albert was dumbfounded when he heard this. He didn't expect that there was such a truth.
"Of course, those suitcases or family travel tents have all been strictly inspected." Smith was not polite at all when talking about the dark history of some people.
"It's normal to use power to seek benefits for yourself." Albert said self-deprecatingly, "If I had the chance, I would definitely do the same."
Smith was stunned, probably not expecting Albert to say that.
However, if it were him, he would probably do the same.
Who would go against Garlon
What's more, this is a legitimate way to make money.
"Ahem, anyway, just be careful." Professor Smith reminded, "I don't want you to be accused of this and be imprisoned in Azkaban Prison."
"Okay, let's stop talking about this and give it a try!"
"Expand capacity and increase amount!" Albert waved his wand and cast a spell on the cup of tea he had finished drinking.
"The gesture is wrong. It should be like this." Professor Smith raised his wand and demonstrated to Albert.
"Expand the capacity!" Albert tried several times but failed.
However, Albert was not discouraged and continued to try while paying attention to the changes on the panel.
"Okay, that's almost it. Don't worry too much. With your talent, you will be able to master it in no time." Professor Smith was not too surprised that Albert's teacup did not change. After thinking for a while, he said to Albert, "There are also books about the Traceless Extension Charm in the restricted area of Hogwarts. I'll write you a note and you can borrow it and take a look."