Chapter 156: Magic Crash Course (Part )

Of all the spells, Apparition is definitely one of the most difficult and dangerous.

First of all, as a Hogwarts student, you must be at least seventeen years old and in the sixth grade to be eligible to apply for this course.

Secondly, when learning spells and practicing, there will be a teacher to accompany you throughout the process, because if one of you uses the spells improperly, the spells will split into pieces, and missing arms and legs is very common.

At this time, the teacher needs to use healing magic in time to reconnect the separated parts.

Many young wizards suffered from the psychological trauma caused by splitting, and eventually they dared not use the Apparition Charm anymore.

Finally, after completing the study, you have to take an exam. Only the young wizards who can use the Apparition spell perfectly can get an Apparition license, which is equivalent to a driver’s license in the human world.

If a wizard without a license uses Apparition, he may face a heavy fine if he is not caught.

This is done on the one hand for the safety of the young wizards themselves, and on the other hand to reduce the burden on the wizards of the Ministry of Magic’s team to reverse accidental magical events.

Before fines were imposed, the team received dozens of reports every day of people who had Apparated without permission, resulting in separation and being discovered by Muggles.

So under normal circumstances, it would not be easy for George to learn Apparition in the first grade.

Even though he had actually already found the spell and related learning materials about the Apparition Charm in the restricted area.

Unlike other magic, even if you fail to learn it by self-study, there won’t be any major safety issues. But if you fail to learn this well, you will die.

Given his physical condition, he would not survive if his head was separated from his body.

It was not easy for him to ask Snape for advice on this magic, because it was impossible for Snape to go against school rules and guide him in learning it in advance. This was different from the spells that Snape taught him to create.

As for the Voldemort in the diary, on the one hand, the Voldemort in the diary is the fifth-year Voldemort, who has not yet started to learn the Apparition Charm, and on the other hand, it would be useless even if Voldemort knew it.

What he needed was someone to help him heal and recover in time when he was split into two parts while practicing the Apparition Charm. A diary could not do that.

He also thought about kidnapping a dark wizard, using the Imperius Curse to control him and ask him to teach him how to Apparate, but he felt that was also unsafe.

People who are controlled by the Imperius Curse are not normal to begin with, so it is really unreliable to let them be teachers. If he is discovered, he will have to go to Azkaban.

So after thinking it over, he felt that there was only one way to go, which was safe and had no consequences.

That is to spend money to sign up for a magic crash course.

In the Muggle world, a magic crash course is actually an after-school tutoring class co-founded by some wizards who are recognized to be quite capable.

The main purpose is to provide remedial lessons for young wizards who do not do well in school, and to further improve adult wizards who have graduated but do not have sufficient magical skills and are therefore unable to apply for good jobs.

Of course, in addition to this, they would also trick the Squibs from wizard families into learning magic.

Argus Filch, the school’s janitor, has always wanted to take a crash course in magic to see if he has a chance to learn magic.

He believed that as long as he spent enough money, the teachers of the magic crash course would not mind breaking the law to teach him how to Apparate in advance.

After all, this is not a big deal. Even if it is discovered, it is just a matter of fine. It is not on the same level as the crime of using the three unforgivable curses.

Besides, the Ministry of Magic generally doesn’t pay much attention to these things, especially since the current Ministry of Magic is already in a mess, and it pays even less attention to this aspect.

George felt that since it was something that could be solved with money, there was no need to take unnecessary risks.

After thinking this through, he began to study magic normally again. Recently, he was studying the Disillusionment Spell, a high-level spell that can make the body invisible. Last time, when he saw Alia successfully sneak attack Makarov through invisibility, he felt that the magic of invisibility seemed to be very useful in battle.

The next morning, George first visited the wand-making master Ollivander with gifts.

The old wizard Ollivander has extensive connections in the wizarding world. Even though he no longer needs to learn wand-making, he certainly still has to maintain his relationships.

This way, if anything happens in the future, I can ask Ollivander for help.

Ollivander was very happy about George’s arrival. It was a rare opportunity to have such a talented apprentice. What’s more, George also brought some rare materials for making wands.

After coming out of Ollivander’s, George found an advertisement for a crash course in magic on a wall on the street, and followed the address on it to find a store with the name “Crazy Course in Magic” written on it.

This was a very small shop with a faded-looking front, probably the smallest shop he had ever seen in Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley, sandwiched between a second-hand cauldron shop and an ice cream shop.

Pushing the door open and walking in, he found that the space inside was even smaller than he had imagined. There was only enough space for a table and two chairs, and there was not much free space.

At this moment, in the shop, a witch who looked to be about thirty years old, with fair skin, short hair, and wearing a jacket that was a little faded from washing, was sleeping soundly on the table. She didn’t even notice George coming in.

“I’m beginning to doubt my decision.”

George’s mouth twitched, and he walked forward and knocked on the table.

“Ma’am, is this a magic crash course?”

The witch opened her eyes dazedly, and when she saw George, she immediately stood up.

“Of course, are you here to sign up?

Our magic crash course is low-cost and effective, and can help you improve your grades quickly after school starts, so you won’t be looked down upon by your classmates anymore.”

“Okay, stop!”

George raised his hand to interrupt the witch’s introduction, and then asked:

“Just one sentence, can you teach me how to Apparate?”

“Apparation is no problem, but your age doesn’t seem to be a problem.”

The woman was stunned for a moment, then looked George up and down, and her tone began to become hesitant.

George replied calmly:

“If I meet the age requirement, I can just study at school. Why would I come to you guys?”

“Ah, but we only provide Apparition training to adult wizards who haven’t mastered it yet, so that they can retake the Apparition license.

This service is not provided to wizards under the age of seventeen. You should know that if they are caught by the Ministry of Magic, they will have to pay a lot of money!”

The witch looked troubled.

“Why don’t you try other spells? Normally, we can teach spells from first to seventh grade in your school. We can also help write your school’s holiday homework.”

(End of this chapter)