The consequence of practicing spells until the wee hours of the morning was that Kate nearly failed to get out of bed the next day.
Fortunately, her Vitality had been raised to 8 points yesterday, so she wasn't so frail that a single late night would cause a fever.
"I don't know how well you've learned Astronomy and History of Magic, so today we'll still start with the most basic books."
Newt arranged today's curriculum while eating. "Study History of Magic in the study this morning. I'll give you a pop quiz later to see how your foundation is."
"As for Astronomy, we'll leave that for after dinner. I'm not very good at that subject, so Tina will teach you."
"In the afternoon, you can go to the greenhouse, or you can learn how to brew potions. I can still teach you lower-year Herbology and Potions."
Although there were no classes requiring the use of magic power, these theory-heavy courses were already tedious enough. Not to mention courses like Herbology and Potions that combined theory with practice.
Kate listened listlessly, while in her heart she was calculating which spell would be better to self-study today.
The master and apprentice: one busy talking, the other listening absent-mindedly.
Tina, having just come out of the kitchen, immediately saw that Kate's complexion didn't look too good. She stepped forward concernedly. "My dear, what's wrong?"
Kate snapped back to reality, her pitch-black pupils still a bit dazed. "I'm fine, Ma'am."
"How can you be fine? Your dark circles are almost showing!" Tina cupped the girl's small face heartachingly.
"Did you not sleep well here? do you recognize the bed? Or are you not used to the daily schedule here?"
Newt also seemed to remember something. "It seems today is your third day here, right?"
Seemed so. Had she already been here that long?
Just as Kate was recalling this with a trance-like expression, she saw Newt hurriedly stand up and push the door open to leave.
A short while later, he returned with a look of joy, holding a glass vial. "Look at me, I actually almost forgot!"
As he spoke, he placed the vial in front of Kate.
"This is the medicine Professor Snape said he would make for you. An owl delivered it early this morning."
"It's just that the house is enchanted, so the owl could only deliver it to the mailbox at the gate. I actually almost forgot to retrieve it."
Upon smelling that rich and indescribable medicinal fragrance, Kate's spirit, which had been quite languid, was instantly jolted awake.
Th-th-this... the unpleasantness of this potion was simply ten times that of the last bottle!
Did Snape make this medicine thinking that as long as he poisoned her to death, he wouldn't have to worry about subsequent magical riots?
Kate lifted her head with difficulty. On her fair, rosy little face, a pair of black pupils were filled with pitifulness. Like a wronged kitten, she made people unable to resist feeling pity.
"Teacher, can I not drink this medicine?"
Newt had never seen a little girl act so spoiled with him and was momentarily in a difficult spot. "But..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Tina opened the lid of the potion with a face full of smiles. "Little Kate, be good. Only by drinking the medicine can you nurse your body back to health."
Her tone was gentle, but her actions brooked no argument.
Kate's eyelid twitched. She gave a dry laugh, not daring to disobey in the slightest, and could only obediently cup the potion bottle.
She threw her head back, closed her eyes, and downed the dark liquid inside completely.
"Cough! Cough, cough..."
The bitter liquid permeated her oral cavity, and it felt as if a ball of bitter fire was burning in her throat.
Kate bent over, coughing desperately, as if she were about to vomit out her internal organs.
"Merlin's beard! Little Kate, how do you feel now!" Seeing her in such pain, Tina instantly panicked as well, hurriedly patting her back to help her catch her breath.
Newt also came around from the other side of the table, staring at her every move with worry.
Soon, those bitter liquids from just now seemed to rapidly seep into her limbs and bones, transmitting an inexplicable warmth through her nerve endings.
The burning sensation in her throat gradually alleviated. Kate sat up straight, gasping for large mouthfuls of air, and shook her head while covered in sweat.
"I'm fine... you don't need to worry..."
Although she said so herself, Newt still raised his wand and began to check her body. Tina also brought over a cup of clear water for her to rinse her mouth.
After a good while, Newt finally put away his wand. "Rest assured, there is nothing seriously wrong with your body."
"It's just that the potion's properties are a bit fierce, which is why the symptoms appeared so painful. I'll write a letter to Professor Snape right now to have him adjust the formula."
Seeing her husband hurriedly enter the study, Tina stroked the hair of the child in her arms with considerable heartache.
"Good child, you should rest for a bit this morning. I'll help you upstairs first."
Kate nodded, her face still pale, and allowed Tina to support her into the room.
After Tina helped her onto the bed and left, she called out softly, "System, what influence does this dose of potion have on my body?"
[Host's Current Mana: 35+15 (Mobilization Unavailable State)]
15 points of Mana were in a state where they couldn't be mobilized?
Kate instantly sat up from the bed, her brows furrowed tightly. "What does that mean? I can't use this magic in the future?"
[This state will be lifted in three days. Please do not worry, Host.]
Three days... in that case, Snape's next bottle of medicine should be delivered in three days.
Kate breathed a temporary sigh of relief. Judging from her current state, although this magic-suppressing potion was a bit hard to drink, it was indeed useful.
If it were an ordinary young wizard, this kind of fierce magic-suppressing potion would be able to directly block off their magic power. It was just that Snape had still underestimated her total magical volume.
"System, I'm suddenly thinking of a question."
She stared at the status bar before her eyes and asked thoughtfully, "If my total magic value decreases, will my control over magic correspondingly increase?"
[Host's control over magic is unrelated to the total amount of magic.]
[However, if the total amount of magic decreases, the difficulty for Host in controlling magic will be significantly reduced.]
That's it!
Kate subconsciously tightened her grip on the wand at her hand, a 'just as planned' smile appearing on her face.
For her, every time she practiced a spell, it was an exercise of her own control.
But the amount of magic in her body was too large, so large that she had to spend too much extra energy to suppress other unneeded magic.
And now, with the arrival of Snape's magic-suppressing potion, a part of her magic was suppressed by the medicinal power and couldn't be mobilized.
This meant she could divert a portion of her control to focus on the spell itself.
In this way, the efficiency of her spell practice could be improved quite a bit again.
"Alohomora!"
The wand was aimed at the bedroom door, and the latch on the door instantly slid down.
Kate lay back weakly on the bed, panting slightly as she stared at the ceiling, a trace of a smile revealing itself on her face.
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