"When heating the potion, the small magic burner's valve only needs to be turned three times, but you turned it four times here, so the potion got a bit scorched."
Hermione pointed at the parchment in front of Link and spoke quickly in a teacher-teaching-a-student tone. After she finished speaking, she looked at Link with a "Did you understand?" kind of expression.
At this moment, Link's face was already full of astonishment. He indeed knew Hermione was very smart and very studious, and the vast amount of knowledge she had even led others to give her the strange nickname "Miss Know-it-all" not long after they started school.
It's just that… it's only been about a week since they started school, right? In such a short amount of time, Hermione had already started studying second-year Potions curriculum?
Link was full of doubt about this. He almost didn't hesitate and blurted out, "How do you know that?"
"I just know." Hermione glared as she answered.
But after speaking, she seemed to realize that what she said was a bit inappropriate, and after giving Link one last glare, she lowered her head and continued reading, no longer paying attention to Link.
And Link had no intention to continue pestering Hermione. To be cautious, he memorized what Hermione just said and then stopped being tangled about the issue. Instead, he began researching the Refilling Charm.
This was the first spell he had learned, and also the highest-level spell he currently knew. Because of how easy it was to level up, after some thought, Link chose it as his first option for leveling up.
And this research lasted an entire afternoon.
During this time, he flipped through many books with related knowledge, which led to a small mountain of books piling up on the table in front of him.
To be honest, this kind of learning process, relying solely on reading without any guidance, was actually very difficult and extremely dull.
But Link still persisted. This wasn't because Link had particularly strong willpower, but because of the constant +1 EXP messages flashing in front of him, which gave him the motivation to keep going.
This wasn't aimless effort.
In Link's previous life, he had many video games, including some extremely grind-heavy and insanely difficult ones. If we're talking about hardship, studying like this didn't even come close to those games.
But many players who could grind through such games still complained bitterly during study sessions and couldn't even stick with it.
That's because those video games constantly gave players positive feedback in the form of stats, levels, and equipment growth during the gameplay process.
Although each bit of feedback wasn't much, don't underestimate them, these bits of feedback are exactly what allowed players to continuously gain pleasure and keep playing.
And those +1 EXP messages that Link saw were just like that positive feedback mechanism.
At the same time, the knowledge infused in him when the Refilling Charm leveled up also played a big role during the learning process.
Many basic theories only needed to be glanced at once, and he could instantly understand them based on the knowledge already in his brain. This high efficiency allowed Link to not only push the Refilling Charm's experience to about 50% of level 3 in just one afternoon, but also to gain a general understanding of how spells work in this world.
As everyone knows, the so-called spells in this world are composed of a wand, an incantation, and magical power.
This is a relatively simple and complete casting procedure that the wizarding world has gradually summarized over countless years of development.
It's precisely thanks to the strength of this procedure that little wizards like Link can easily cast spells.
Normally, only powerful wizards who've undergone professional training can skip this procedure and cast silently or even without a wand. Ordinary wizards can only cast spells step-by-step and in order.
And in this casting procedure, the most important thing is magical power. This is the foundation of all spells. Spells can only be released by operating and expressing magical power in various ways.
The so-called incantation and wand are actually just tools to channel magical power in a fixed way.
After figuring this out, Link immediately had a guess. That is, his Refilling Charm may not be able to level up again in a short time.
Because according to the earlier theory, to reach the level of casting silently or without a wand, he must first understand the magical flow structure of the Refilling Charm and learn how to control magical power precisely.
Only by achieving these two points can Link skip the incantation and the wand to directly cast the spell.
But that's not something simple that can be done easily, at least not with Link's current knowledge reserves. He even internally complained about how such a simple spell like the Refilling Charm could be this hard?
But in truth, Link understood clearly in his heart.
What was blocking him right now wasn't the Refilling Charm, but the techniques of silent casting and wandless casting.
Not to mention the vague and elusive wandless casting, even silent casting was only taught by professors when students reached higher grades. It was truly an advanced spellcasting technique, so it being difficult was normal.
Moreover, if Link truly mastered the silent casting technique of the Refilling Charm, he would gain endless benefits.
Because this entire process would become a valuable experience, making it much easier for him to learn silent casting techniques for other spells in the future.
After gradually accepting this reality, Link put down the book in his hands.
It was already dinner time. Learning also requires the right state, and in his current state, tired and hungry, he wouldn't make much progress even if he continued studying.
Thinking this way, Link stretched his joints, and after hearing a series of crisp cracking sounds, he got up contentedly, ready to go eat.
However, just as he stood up, he noticed that Hermione sitting across from him was still completely absorbed in her book, not showing any intention of going to eat at all.
This made Link hesitate whether or not to remind Hermione to go eat. After all, in principle, he didn't really want to deal with her, because it could drag him into troublesome matters.
But even though he thought that way, when he saw Hermione's lips, dry and pale from not eating or drinking for too long, Link finally softened.
He mimicked what Hermione had done earlier and waved a quill in front of her. When she looked up, he said, "It's already this late, aren't you going to eat?"
"No, I haven't finished reading this book." Hermione replied without even lifting her head. Perhaps because she was too tired, her voice sounded a bit weak.
This made Link frown. "You're a student, right? Once meal time passes, you won't be able to get any food. Are you planning to starve all night?"
"Thanks for your concern, but could you please not bother me anymore? I want to quietly finish reading this book."
Hermione seemed quite displeased with Link, who kept chattering by her side and disturbing her study. She frowned and snapped.
Hearing this, Link was amused. His kindness was treated like donkey's liver and lungs, a good deed not rewarded.
Helplessly shaking his head, Link left the library directly. Dinner time was almost over, he definitely didn't want to go hungry because of some argument with Hermione.
And after Link left, the now-empty library instantly became quiet again.
Hermione sat alone behind a tall mountain of books, still holding the Standards of Potion Making in her hands. Now she could finally continue reading.
However, her attention never quite managed to stay focused on the dense words in front of her. Countless thoughts were flying through her mind.
'Thinking back… was I a bit too harsh just now? That guy was a bit annoying, but he meant well.' Thinking this, Hermione couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
She let out a soft sigh and looked up toward the seat across from her, but at that moment, Link's figure was already gone.
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