Modified Apparition

Chapter 55 Modified Apparition

This unexpected surprise propelled the progress of Voldemort's analysis forward by a significant margin. If the progress before today was only 15% to 20%, then this dynamic sample pushed the progress to over 60%!

Undoubtedly, this saved Avada a great deal of effort, giving him more time to do other things he wanted to do.

So, on this beautiful Sunday, he decided to temporarily forget Voldemort, forget the Horcruxes, forget the original plot, and take a good rest to change his mood—to study the Vanishing Cabinet.

For the past two weeks, I've been frantically recording Voldemort's mental power and breaking the seal. Now I can finally start studying spatial magic again. Isn't this a great way to change my mood?

And so, Avada finally returned to the Room of Requirement, which he had been away from for so long. Due to its special status, there was no anti-apparition spell inside the Room of Requirement, so one could freely apparite here, but only within the room—it was impossible to apparite from inside the room to another place, or vice versa.

This further highlights the value of the Vanishing Cabinet.

It's worth mentioning that, in order to prevent Voldemort from having the urge to revisit his Horcruxes after returning to the school, he has put Ravenclaw's tiara back in its original place, and he has also restored all the arrangements he made in the "hiding room" to ambush the fake Beck.

In the original story, the tiara remained safely in the room where things were hidden until Harry and his friends were in seventh grade, so presumably no one touched it during that time. Therefore, Avada wouldn't have any reservations about doing this.

He was currently in his own room, which, in addition to the broken vanishing cabinet he had moved in, had been furnished with several tables, chairs, and storage cabinets. It had also been enchanted with protective magic, and its size had been expanded from a little larger than a toilet to about the size of an auditorium.

"Knowledge related to the Vanishing Cabinet, Floo Powder, the Unseen Stretch Charm, and Apparition, as well as Hogwarts' anti-Apparition restrictions..."

Since the logical symbols for expressing magic are still a mystery, the study of magic cannot be calculated directly on paper like mental power; it can only be calculated by using magical senses and Avada's mind.

However, this also means that he can directly take out his wand to practice magic, so although it puts more pressure on his mind, it is still a kind of relaxation compared to simply writing and drawing on paper.

Avada stood silently in the center of the room, his magical senses locked onto the magical structure of the Vanishing Cabinet and Floo Powder. At the same time, he recalled the relevant knowledge of spatial magic while taking out a small bottle of psychic potion and drinking it down. Too frequent or excessive use of psychic potions could damage mental strength, but under Avada's constant monitoring, he could naturally control the degree.

"The goal of this research is to use the inspiration from the Vanishing Cabinet to gain a basic understanding of Apparition and the Unseen Stretch Charm, with the Unseen Stretch Charm being the key focus—after all, I'll learn Apparition sooner or later, and I'll be spending most of the next five years at school, so knowing Apparition won't be of much use..."

"But Apparition is relatively easier, so let's start with Apparition."

"All the books about Apparition only describe how to better achieve 'goals,' 'determination,' and 'composure,' but they never explain the changes in space itself..."

"Damn, it's related to mental strength again."

"It was unimaginable before I learned about it. The book on teaching spatial magic actually records a meditation method. Only by strictly following it can one's mental energy penetrate space and be directed to the desired destination. And the way to activate spatial teleportation is simply to turn around while maintaining meditation..."

Avada closed his eyes, strictly following the steps in the book to adjust his mindset, imagining the empty space next to the locker, about to spin...

"no."

As he began meditating according to the procedure, he was surprised to find that his mental energy had become deeply integrated with the surrounding space, and through some indescribable, super-geometric transformation, it directly pointed to the destination he had imagined.

But as he turned around, he discovered that the space around him was distorting, forming a phenomenon that could barely be described as a "channel" to teleport him through. However, he could clearly see in his magical senses that his arm was stuck outside that "channel".

"This is probably the fundamental reason for the split design."

"Try again."

Avada continued to guide his mental energy through meditation and soon constructed the same channel again.

"This time the eyebrow is stuck outside... Let's try again."

"Hair..."

"The hem of her clothes..."

"It's done!"

Avada suddenly spun around, and with a loud pop, he felt as if he had been stuffed into a narrow pipe—no, no need to feel it, he was actually stuffed into a narrow spatial passage, and then ejected from his predetermined destination in the next moment.

The Apparition experience was better than he had imagined—he was just a little dizzy. Last semester, he had heard that some sixth-graders had vomited the first time they successfully Apparated in class.

"It's just not comfortable enough. It would be better if the passageway were wider... Wait a minute!"

"What would happen if I used the Seamless Stretch Charm on that narrow passage that was constructed?"

"And if I succeed in doing this, what happens if I enter the expanded passage and can't come out? Will I be stuck in the space, or will I be forcibly ejected somewhere?"

"However, the Seamless Stretch Spell is very difficult to learn. Unless someone demonstrates it in front of me, allowing me to observe the magical structure of this spell, it would take me at least several days to learn it on my own..."

"Oh right, the Room of Requirement can expand on its own, right? Isn't that the principle behind the Seamless Expansion Charm?"

Under the influence of the brain-enhancing agent, Avada's mind worked at lightning speed. He immediately came up with a solution to the problem of death and focused intently on transmitting his thoughts to the Room of Requirement.

"I need this room to be bigger... I need this room to be bigger..."

Soon, the House of Requirement responded to his idea. The surrounding walls began to recede, and the edges of the floor expanded, making the entire house feel spacious again in a short time.

"I saw the change in space!"

"It should be based on the same principle as the Seamless Stretch Spell!"

Avada tried several more times to expand the Room of Requirement. After confirming his guess, he took off his wizard's robe, aimed his wand at the robe's pocket, and extended his mental energy using the Unseen Stretch Charm to begin adjusting the spatial structure within...

The next moment, he saw the interior of his pocket suddenly expand, becoming almost the size of a backpack, but from the outside, it looked exactly the same.

"Next, it's time to put my idea into practice and apply the Seamless Stretch Charm to the spatial passage created by Apparition..."

Almost the instant he completed the Unseen Stretch Charm, he began his attempt. The mental energy gathered through meditation effortlessly pierced through space, landing at the other end of the room and creating a narrow spatial passage in the middle. He immediately raised his wand, preparing to cast the Unseen Stretch Charm on that passage…

Then his mental energy withdrew from the space to cast the spell, and the spatial passage, losing its support, closed on its own.

Avada: ...

"It seems this trick requires someone who can Apparate to work with me, but Apparate is forbidden at school, and Baron, who knows about the Room of Requirement, doesn't know how to Apparate. If only I could cast two spells at the same time..."

"Wait, why does this premise sound so familiar?"

(End of this chapter)