With her fingertips resting against the scarred surface of the training dummy, Vera closed her eyes and tried to awaken her Magic Circuit on purpose.
The golden lines flickered faintly beneath her skin, gradually gathering across her vision and transforming the residual spell fluctuations on the dummy into clear, visible paths of magical flow—
In her sight, those long-dried traces of magic slowly began to glow under her touch: the silver trail left by a sharp Severing Curse, the orange-red sparks still flickering within the charred scorch mark of an Exploding Curse, even several eerie purple patterns left behind by Dark Magic…
Under the perception granted by the Magic Circuit, magical traces of different ages and different strengths seemed to come alive again, each one clearly displaying the way its power had once flowed.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, instinctively trying to take in every magical trajectory before her at once—
And then a sharp stab of pain suddenly pierced from her temples straight into her brain.
Vera let out a muffled groan and jerked her hand back, her breathing turning slightly ragged.
"Miss!" Kreacher rushed forward in alarm. "Are you all right?"
Vera waved a hand, fine beads of sweat already appearing on her forehead. "I'm fine…"
So that was it.
At her current Magic Circuit level, trying to perceive the magical trajectories of so many spells all at once was still far too much.
Once she understood that, Vera took a deep breath and tightened her grip on her newly purchased wand.
"I'd like to practice alone for a while."
Kreacher hesitated. "But Miss in your current state… would you like Kreacher to prepare some refreshments?"
"No." She shook her head and said softly, "If I need anything, I'll call for you."
After the house-elf left, Vera rested for a while, then opened her eyes again and refocused on the training dummy.
This time, instead of greedily trying to sense every trace at once, she carefully searched for the simplest one—
a mark left behind by a basic Severing Curse.
She cautiously extended her hand and let her fingertip brush the nearly invisible groove.
The Magic Circuit activated once more, golden lines flowing beneath her skin and laying out the curse's magical trajectory with crystal clarity before her eyes.
It was a bright pink thread, winding through the air like a living thing before finally sinking into the dummy's body.
Vera held her breath and followed the course of that magical trail with total concentration, trying to grasp the spell theory contained within it.
Then suddenly, the crystal near her heart trembled slightly.
A warm current poured out from it, flowed through her Magic Circuit, and rushed to her fingertips.
The bright pink trail of magic seemed to be infused with life, and an unfamiliar scene abruptly unfolded before her eyes—
A tall, slender boy stood in front of the dummy, his wand slashing through the air in a sharp arc.
"Diffindo!"
A burst of spell-light immediately carved a vicious裂口 across the dummy's chest.
The vision vanished in a flash.
Vera snapped back to herself, and the illusion disappeared with it.
She breathed a little harder, sweat gathering once more on her forehead.
"Is this… seeing memories from the past?" she murmured, her fingertip still resting against that same split in the dummy while her heart pounded violently.
The crystal near her heart trembled again, and a line of text appeared across her vision:
[Magic Circuit Skill 3 Unlocked: Mana Traceback — can read strong residual magical fluctuations left on an object and reconstruct fragments of the caster's memory from the moment the spell was used.]
Vera lowered her gaze to her fingertips, where a faint residue of magical fluctuation still lingered.
"Mana Traceback…" she repeated softly, eyes shining with excitement at this newly unlocked ability.
This meant that by touching magical objects, she could trace back magical events they had once experienced—and even glimpse fragments of the caster's memories through the lingering magical residue.
It was practically a key to窥探 the past.
And Hogwarts Castle was full of objects left behind from earlier ages.
Even setting aside the treasures Voldemort had turned into Horcruxes, there would still be more than enough for her to explore.
The only drawback was that Mana Traceback clearly placed a considerable burden on both her mind and body.
"Looks like I'll need to control how often I use it," she murmured.
On the panel floating across her vision, her magic reserve had dropped to 20/30, while her recovery rate remained 6.5/hour.
Twenty magic points left.
She still didn't know how much magic ordinary spellcasting would consume—but she was already impatient to try.
After another brief rest, Vera slowly raised her wand.
The magical trajectory of that Severing Curse was now stamped into her mind with perfect clarity, every detail vivid and sharp.
Her wand tip traced the same arc through the air as she whispered,
"Diffindo."
Gold flashed beneath her skin.
A faint beam shot from the wand tip and carved a shallow cut into the dummy.
Success!
Vera's eyes lit up.
The spell's power was nowhere near what it had been in the boy's memory, but this was unquestionably the first spell she had successfully cast since arriving in this world.
This was the true strength of the Magic Circuit—
it didn't require systematic study. As long as she had seen it once, she could imitate the casting process.
She checked her magic again.
It had only consumed one point.
Which meant ordinary, standard spells would probably only cost a single point of magic.
As for stronger offensive hexes, curses, or even the Unforgivables, there was no way to know yet.
Vera drew in a deep breath and began practicing the spell repeatedly, following the magical trajectory as her guide.
With each cast, she could feel the magic coursing through her body, flowing along the Magic Circuit into her wand, helping her fine-tune both the spell's power output and the angle of her wand movement.
What the Magic Circuit gave her was not just learning ability, but also an acute sensitivity to magical flow.
It allowed her to clearly see the path magic took when a spell was cast, and to precisely adjust every fraction of her output.
Those golden threads began at the crystal near her heart, flowed along fixed pathways to her fingertips, and were then released through the wand.
The sensation was incredible.
It was like suddenly mastering an innate ability she had possessed all along, yet never realized was there.
Gradually, the spell grew more and more effective.
At first it could only leave shallow scratches. Later, it began carving deep splits into the dummy's body.
"Diffindo!"
With the final cast, one of the dummy's arms snapped clean off and crashed to the floor with a bang.
Vera let out a long breath and leaned back against her wheelchair, her small face damp with sweat but wearing a satisfied smile.
At this point, she had finally gained a basic grasp of how the Magic Circuit's support abilities worked.
Now, what interested her even more…
was that so-called Ancient Magic.
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